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We are developing an online fertility charting platform and wireless thermometer to help women practice effective side-effect-free birth control. This is an area where women have a lot of frustration, and we'd like our brand to represent a simple, natural, smart, and sane option. No images of mom and baby or pregnancy please. This is a NATURAL BIRTH CONTROL company. Thanks!
Our target customer is a woman aged 20-40 who is looking for birth control that works in harmony with her body. Our system takes ancient wisdom about the fertility cycle and uses technology to allow women to read their daily fertility signs quickly and easily. Each woman can interpret her own signs and make empowered decisions about her reproductive health.
We would like our brand to be associated with the following words: Clean, sexy, responsible, trustworthy, well organized, pretty, relaxing, supportive, informative, useful, easy to use, solid, immaculate, safe, impeccable, friendly, honest, effective, feminine, sleek.
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We would like a logo that is simple and elegant and can stand on it's own without words and still identify the company (like Apple, Mercedes, or Lulu lemon)
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USA Women's Rugby Team Assembles in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The Olympic Training Center plays host as 43 rugby players from across the country arrive for the national team's four-day selection camp. The camp will determine the roster for the team's upcoming European tour.
Following a highly successful developmental camp in June, head coach Peter Steinberg and his staff narrowed down its selections to reveal the player pool to be finalized for the November contests.
"The focus of this camp is quite different," said Steinberg. "Where the June camp was about development and providing high-level competition, the September camp is about selecting the squad that will face Italy and France in November."
The Eagles are slatted to play Italy Nov. 18, followed by two matches against France, Nov. 21 and 24, respectively.
Only 30 of the athletes will be selected for the touring squad.
"The schedule is a challenge , and if we're going to meet our expectations for all three tests, we'll need all 30 players to be ready to perform at an international standard," said Steinberg
With three full international test matches to be played over the course of a week, the man at the helm will certainly test the depth of his roster.
"With the amount of time and travel we have between matches, we have to put a focus on our recovery," said Steinberg.
Knowing the schedule that awaited the team, Steinberg implemented the rigorous timetable ahead of time to help prepare the squad.
"At our camp in June, we put the players through three intense games over the course of a week and practiced the recovery strategies we'll utilize in November to make sure we're able to perform in every game ," mentioned Steinberg.
The following days of the current camp will be used to challenge the players mentally. The four-day assembly will test the pace at which players can learn in-game strategies.
"We'll only have five practice sessions in Europe before we play Italy, so one of our goals for this camp is to install our pattern of play and to establish our identity as a team," said Steinberg.
Follow the team's progress during camp on USARugby.org, or on the USA Rugby Facebook fan page!
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NBC Votes for 'Parks and Recreation' Season 5, Delivers 'Up All Night' Renewal
It's official! Waffles for everyone! Save for 'The Office,' as of now NBC has renewed all of its best single-camera sitcoms for additional seasons! One night after Leslie Knope had her big victory in Pawnee City Council, NBC has opted to renew 'Parks and Recreation' for an additional season! Joining 'Parks' for an additional season is freshman parenting comedy 'Up All Night,' but the real question remains: just how many episodes will each renewal see?
Additional details will follow, but for now 'Parks and Recreation' and 'Up All Night' fans can breathe a sigh of relief alongside 'Community' and '30 Rock' viewers, as NBC has opted to stick with its best comedies even with all the recent additions. Luckily 'Parks and Recreation' has received a full 22-episode order, whereas like 'Community' and '30 Rock, 'Up All Night' received truncated 13-episode order, likely to accommodate NBC's new wealth of programming and test ratings.
Of course, even if NBC only orders 'Up All Night" or the others for 13 episodes, additional pickups are certainly possible if ratings hold out. In a world where 'Chuck' floated on the bubble for three seasons before closing out with a 13-episode fifth season, anything has to be possible. Be advised however, 'Chuck's season-long stories suffered a bit when writers could only plot as far as 13 episodes, uncertain of how they'd continue given additional orders.
Still unknown is the fate of NBC's highest-rated comedy 'The Office,' but renewal seems especially likely now that John Krasinski, Ed Helms and Jenna Fischer have all committed to an additional season. It seems unlikely that NBC would give the same 13-episode order for 'The Office,' what with potential changes and a future spin-off mapped out, but word could come at any minute.
What say you? Does 'Parks and Recreation' deserve a larger order than NBC's other comedies? Should 'Up All Night' have been given the same treatment as a more fledgling series? Which shows would you like to see NBC make more room for? Celebrate what victories we have, and give us your picks in the comments!


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Scholarships Awarded to Athletic Training Majors
In continuing Ithaca's track record for scholarly achievements in its undergraduate athletic training program, senior athletic training and physical therapy double majors James Newton (Englewood, FL) and Courtney Woytovich (Shillington, PA) were recently awarded professional scholarships by the NYSATA and EATA, respectively. Jimmy won the Ed Abramoski Buffalo Bills Scholarship from the New York State Athletic Trainers' Association, while Courtney was the recipient of the Henry Schein Inc. Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association Wes Jordan Scholarship Award. Both awards will be given out at the 2012 EATA Annual Meeting to be held Jan. 6-9 at the Westin Hotel, in Boston MA. Congratulations on a job well done Jimmy and Courtney! In the last 3 years, 12 different National (NATA), Regional (EATA) and State (NYSATA) scholarships have been awarded to outstanding Ithaca College athletic training majors for a total of more than $22,000!
Dr. Chris McNamara speaks at the World Aquatic Health Conference
Dr. Chris McNamara was recently invited to speak at the 2011 World Aquatic Health Conference (sponsored by the National Swimming Pool Foundation), held in Seattle Washington October 12-14.
National Physical Therapy Month: Speaker Series!!
Tuesday, October 11th at 7PM in CHS 211: Come see Cynthia Templeton talk about Push To Walk, a non-profit organization that helps individuals with spinal cord injuries realize their individual potential!
Alum Ellie Phillips-Burdge Presents "How to be a Healthier Musician" on October 10th at 4pm
Ellie Phillips-Burdge earned a Bachelor of Music (1998) and a
Masters of Physical Therapy degree (2010), both from Ithaca
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collaborates music with physical therapy.
On October 10th, from 4-5pm in Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ellie will attend a trombone repertoire class led by Dr. Hal Reynolds. The rep class will feature current music students on trombone playing solo repertoire while she offers helpful tips and words of wisdom on how to be a healthier musician from a physical therapy perspective. She will also address performance anxiety problems and other physical ailments that can be related to playing an instrument or the voice. The class is open to anyone that would like to attend.
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For some stroke survivors, getting themselves out of bed, making breakfast, and getting dressed for the day is a seemingly impossible task. Ithaca College health sciences students are helping to make these things possible for many of these people.


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They aren't your common, garden-variety farm organizations, but the 116 groups that sent a letter to House leaders requesting more money for the new farm bill could prove to be valuable allies — or foes — for farmers.
The groups, which run the gamut from the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association to World Hunger Year, asked that Congress restore $6 billion in budget cuts made to the conservation, rural development, energy and research titles of the current farm bill since 2002.
The groups also asked that budget savings from higher than expected corn, wheat and soybean prices be reinvested in new programs aimed at meeting a number of challenges listed by the groups in their letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the chairman and ranking members of the House Agriculture and Budget committees.
"Renewal of the farm bill this year creates a singular opportunity to reform our farm and food policies to better meet America's economic, energy, environment, hunger and health challenges and take advantage of emerging opportunities," the letter said.
The groups say the budget resolution Congress is expected to pass within the next two months should provide for substantially more farm bill funding than either the current funding baseline or the $500 million increase over the current baseline proposed by the Bush administration.
The Congressional Budget Office baseline for commodity program spending from 2007 to 2015 is $41 billion — 29 percent less than it was the similar period covered by the 2002 farm bill, primarily because lower spending for counter-cyclical and loan deficiency payments produced savings.
"The entire food and agriculture community is speaking with one voice on the big picture farm bill budget question," said Ferd Hoefner, policy director for the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, which spearheaded the letter. He said the groups are making two points:
"First, the severe cuts made by the past two Congresses to conservation stewardship, rural economic development, energy conservation and production, and agricultural research spending promised by the last farm bill should be restored. Second, promising new initiatives to address emerging challenges should be the recipient of the substantial farm commodity program budget savings that will occur due to current higher market prices."
Hoefner said the budget letter is an outgrowth of a new alliance that rolled out its ideas under the umbrella of the newly organized Farm and Food Policy Project, which can be seen at http://www.farmandfoodproject.org/declaration.asp.
Among the priorities for adequate funding cited by the groups signing the budget letter:
- Fostering new farming opportunities
- Expanding new markets
- Leveling the playing field for sustainable and organic farmers
- Increasing food access and improving health
- Reducing hunger
- Promoting rural entrepreneurship and community development
- Rewarding farmers to help meet the nation's most pressing environmental and animal welfare challenges
- Investing in sustainable farm-based energy conservation and production systems
- Ensuring fair access to programs and services for socially disadvantaged farmers and farm workers.
"Unfortunately, since passage of the last farm bill, more than $6 billion in promised mandatory funding has been cut from the conservation, rural development, energy, and research titles," the letter said.
"These funds should be fully restored, and, given the very substantial budgetary savings that will result from changes in the farm economy and increased demand for biofuels, we request that you adopt mandatory farm bill spending levels and discretionary spending levels that reinvest the savings to meet these priority challenges."
Among the groups signing the letter were the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Farm Aid, National Wildlife Federation, Bread for the World, Organic Farming Research Foundation, Rural Coalition, and Crop Science Society of America.


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14th Asian Chemical Congress 2011Activity by Wanapa Jantarro | added on Jul 05, 2010 | Thailand
Sponsor(s): The Chemical Society of Thailand (CST)
14ACC is the largest international chemical congress in the region under the theme Contemporary Chemistry for Sustainability and Economic Sufficiency.
The Asian Chemical Congress (ACC) is held at two yearly intervals as a tradition hosted by the members of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) which comprises of 28 chemical societies of countries and territories in the Asia Pacific whose membership consists of individual qualified chemists.
In the coming year of 2011, for the first time The Chemical Society of Thailand (C.S.T.) receives an honor to host The 14th Asian Chemical Congress 2011 (14 ACC) between 5-8 September 2011 in Bangkok,
Thailand which is The Largest International Chemical Congress in the Region. 14 ACC is co-hosted by
- Department of Chemistry, Chiangmai University
- Department of Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University
- Department of Chemistry, Kasetsart University
- Department of Chemistry, Khon Kaen University
- Department of Chemistry, Mahidol University
- Department of Chemistry, Prince of Songkla University
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
Within this year, the congress is celebrating the "International Year of Chemistry" announced by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aiming to place importance on and promote the chemical scientific works which make the 14th ACC 2011 the largest international chemical congress in region.
14ACC will discuss the latest in chemical research, development and education, aiming to make progress in sharing and learning scientific knowledge and improving the quality of life and environment. Nobel and eminent scientists from all over the world are invited to present plenary and keynote lectures, e.g., Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, Yuan Tseh Lee (The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986), Ada E. Yonath (The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009), etc. The scientific works from Instructors, Researchers, Educators and Students in chemical and related fields are as well presented.
14ACC gives a great opportunity to researchers and academicians from graduate students to seniors to present, share and exchange their works and experiences. It is also a good chance for chemists from both public and private sector to gain proficiency from International leading scientists, to share new ideas and innovation, and to meet new exhibitors. These, will encourage the use of science and technology to push forward economy and quality of life to its permanent stability.
The Chemical Society of Thailand (C.S.T.) truly believes that besides the valuable scientific knowledge, all participants' trip to Thailand, The Land of Smile, will be an impressive and memorable one.
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Throughout the second New Mutants title, Vic's devoted to becoming and staying with Xi'an as his advisor. So when exactly did he switch to Northstar and why? I have no idea what series this happened in, other then that it wasn't in New Mutants II or New X-Men II.
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I think it was when the school enforced the new Squad scheme. Shan was originally the librarian, and Vic was the only student for her to mentor. I think...
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Actually Imma agree with Xerox-kitty. When they made the official squad system, Shan was put in charge of the kids not old enough to be on squads. Anole, being old enough was forced into having a new advisor. I don't know whether or not he chose Northstar but they did develop a bond. we see this when Northstrar is killed by Wolverine and when he is revived, it is my understanding that Anole was over joyed (I haven't read it) to see his former advisor, Northstar attacked him while under Hand(?) influence and they haven't been the same since. When cyclops sent Northstar to speak with Anole during the divided we stand arc, that is why it ended with Anole striking Jean-Paul in the same manner he had stricken him.
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Yeah. I just haven't a clue when they actually made her in charge of the younger students / Victor was put in Northstar's squad. I know it must have happened outside the series that were focused on the students, and probably in between New Mutants II and New X-Men; Academy X, but I haven't a clue what series or for sure when.
RE; Northstar & Anole reunion - that's what I've gathered as well, but it happened in a series (I think Wolverine, but I'm not certain) I don't follow.
Yes, thank you, I remember he was her first... whatever you call it. You don't happen to remember when he actually switched, do you?
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Cops With Cameras: Will Ferguson Prompt Police to Adopt?
With all eyes on Ferguson, Mo., in the wake of the death of Michael Brown, a renewed focus is being put on police transparency. Is the solution body-mounted cameras for police officers?
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Who's Got Next? Updating the Class of 2011 Rankings…Posted by Josh Paunil on April 26th, 2011
Who's Got Next? is a weekly column by Josh Paunil, the RTC recruiting guru. We encourage you to check out his website dedicated solely to college basketball recruiting, National Recruiting Spotlight, for more detailed recruiting information. Each week he will bring you an overview of what's going on in the complex world of recruiting, from who is signing where among the seniors to who the hot prospects are in the lower levels of the sport. If you have any suggestions as to areas we're missing, please let us know at email@example.com.
This week has been full of events ranging from my final class of 2011 rankings to high-profile commitments to big-time performances to much rumor mill chatter. Players being lost in their recruitment, underclassmen making names for themselves and conference champions rescinding scholarship offers from top-five recruits are just a few things that happened in a very eventful week in the world of college basketball recruiting.
What We Learned
Murphy Heads to Duke a Year Early. Former class of 2012 top-15 prospect small forward Alex Murphy (#34) decided to join the Blue Devils a year early (to see why, check out the "What They're Saying" section below) as he has already passed the necessary courses to graduate and has been in high school for four years. There was speculation since he first committed to Duke that he would reclassify to the class of 2011 and the fact that he never denied it just added to the conjecture. The scouting report on Murphy is that he has a very nice shooting stroke from both the perimeter and mid-range game and is a superb slasher who finishes well around the basket. Given his length and athleticism, he is also versatile and will be able to play either forward position for Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski. However, he needs to add strength to his frame and become a better rebounder, but there have been rumors that he will redshirt so if true he will have another year to develop both of those attributes.
Kevin Ware is a Knight… I think. Shooting guard Kevin Ware committed to Central Florida Monday joining an impressive class including center Michael Chandler, small forward Rod Days and power forwards Wayne Martin and Kasey Wilson. However, we don't know whether Ware still wants to be a Knight. Since he already signed a letter of intent with Tennessee (which they released him from after Bruce Pearl was fired), NCAA rules prohibit him from signing another one in the same year with UCF, so Ware is free to do whatever he wants. The first thing that raised eyebrows about his future college choice was the fact that he was announced as "undecided" in the Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic over the weekend (although his stepfather later said he filled out the forms before he committed and didn't feel like changing it). The next thing that made people question his commitment was when a Louisville website reported that Ware told them his recruitment to UCF wasn't a done deal and that he was "absolutely" still considering Louisville (see the "What They're Saying" section for Ware's quotes on this). Also, he reportedly told fans at the Derby Classic while signing autographs that he was still considering the Cardinals. The excuse for all of this that has been picking up steam lately is that Ware was simply afraid of potential backlash from Louisville fans at the event, which is plausible since Ware tweeted he was afraid of a backlash before he left for it. We still don't know what is going on with him but hopefully by next week we will have a clearer picture of his college choice.
UNC Rescinds Shabazz Muhammad Scholarship Offer. In a surprising move, North Carolina head coach Roy Williams pulled the scholarship offer from junior small forward Shabazz Muhammad (#5) this week while at the same time offering his teammate, small forward Rosco Allen (#27). It has seemed as though Carolina was losing steam with Muhammad ever since he didn't attend the North Carolina vs. Duke game at Chapel Hill (although a reason to why he missed it was never confirmed), and the rumor going around now is that he is close to making a commitment elsewhere. The other schools that he would be presumably choose between are Duke, Kentucky, Texas and UCLA. Muhammad is an impact player who will start from day one no matter the program he goes to since he is such a prolific scorer on the offensive end and is so athletic and versatile. He is a better scorer inside the arc than anyone else in the class of 2012 but needs to work on consistently rebounding and improving his ball-handling to become a complete player.


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CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn wants taxpayers to take advantage of a newly expanded tax credit.
The Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit provides low-income families with tax relief and an incentive to work. But the non-profit Center for Economic Progress estimates between 10 to 20 percent of eligible taxpayers didn't file for the credit last year.
In an event at Truman College in Chicago Saturday, Quinn said he wants to get the word out about how eligible people may apply for the tax relief.
Families earning less than $50,000 annually and individuals making less than $25,000 may qualify for free tax preparation help at assistance centers across the state.
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The Bain Athletic Center is a three-phase project that serves as the centerpiece of the University's Buffalo Sports Park. The facility is currently home to a 6,700 square foot locker room complete with lockers, showers, laundry facilities, equipment storage space and video screen for game-film reviews. When completed, the Bain Athletic Center will cover 31,000 square feet and will be one of the premier intercollegiate athletic complexes in the country. It will house an athletic training room, weight room, coaches' offices, meeting space, team study hall and a Championship Atrium to honor WTAMU's rich athletic history. The training center will provide WTAMU athletes with the latest in strength and conditioning equipment. Ray and Barbara Bain and the Bain family are longtime supporters of WTAMU, and the Bain Athletic Center was named in recognition of their generous gift to help build the $4 million facility.
The Charles K. and Barbara Kerr Vaughan Pedestrian Mall was dedicated in August of 2013. Charles K. Vaughan spent 55 years with Atmos Energy, acting as the company's first chairman, president and CEO. Atmos has recognized the couple's leadership and dedication with more than $500,000 in multiple gifts to the University. The company's generous gifts prompted University officials to recognize the Vaughans' support of education and name the pedestrian mall the Charles K. and Barbara Kerr Vaughan Pedestrian Mall.
The Hayward Spirit Tower, a skyscraping timepiece that marks the north entrance to West Texas A&M University's Pedestrian Mall, is both the brainchild and gift of Jack and Helene Hayward, who both hold advanced degrees from WTAMU. The landmark was dedicated in August 2008 and is electronically programmed to play the Hayward's requested Westminster Chimes on the hour and the University Fight Song at noon each day. It stands taller than Old Main and the nearby four-story Classroom Center to make it a very visible presence on the WTAMU campus.
Designer labels—Salvatore Ferragamo, Judith Leiber, Stuart Weitzman, Bottega Veneta—filled her closets while jewelry boxes overflowed with exquisite ivory, pearls, turquoise and more. Her country home featured graceful antique furnishings, and beautiful artwork hung from the walls. There's no doubt that Lily Jack "Jackie" Mercer's lifetime collection of furnishings, shoes, jewelry, handbags and more represented a happy and exciting life for her, and it's now paying off in dividends as a gift to West Texas A&M University.
Mercer, who died in August 2012 at the age of 90, gave her entire estate to West Texas A&M University and designated that all proceeds go toward scholarships in the Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities.
The estate included the Mercer home and 1,180 acres of land in Silverton as well as all the home furnishings. The inventory also included sterling silver flatware and more than 40 handbags, at least 25 pairs of shoes, and boxes and boxes of jewelry. The home and land sold for $850,000 in 2012, and University officials decided to put the household contents on the auction block. The furniture and artwork brought in $12,506.20 at public auction, and the designer items were displayed at the Amarillo Country Club in a special Mercer Collection Silent Auction.
All told, the three-hour silent auction contributed $20,987 to the estate's final total of $1,093,124.61. Mercer's shoes totaled $661 and her collection of designer handbags contributed $4,666 to the auction proceeds. Designer and costume jewelry sold for $7,345, and Mercer's sterling silver flatware brought in $8,315.
"The gift from the trust of Jackie Mercer allows us to create a number of very substantial scholarships to attract really outstanding students to the arts," Dr. Robert Hansen, director of the School of Music and head of the Department of Art, Theatre and Dance, said. "It's a perfect example of planned giving, and we hope more people begin to realize that option."
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved the renaming of WTAMU's varsity softball field in May of 2012. Stanley and Geneva Schaeffer are longtime supporters of WTAMU, and their gift of $200,000 to rename Lady Buff Yard to Schaeffer Park is just one of many gifts they have given to the University. The softball facility was completed in December of 2010 and houses ticket and concession buildings as well as a spacious press box with radio/television booths. The lighted field with its synthetic turf offers year-round play for the Lady Buffs, and fans have plenty of seating options—150 chair-back seats for season ticket holders and another 340 general admission seats.
The Stan Sigman family has given a $1 million gift to the University in memory of their grandmother, Oma Sigman, for the establishment of a Sigman Family Scholarship Fund. More than 70 years ago, Oma Sigman, a widow with nine children, owned and operated a boarding house across the street from the Joseph A. Hill Memorial Chapel on campus. She provided a home for many WT students through the years, and the gift reflects her giving spirit by supporting nine scholarships representative of each of her nine children. The scholarships will help WTAMU students in specific areas with room and board expenses.
The nine scholarships are:
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Wilder Park, part of West Texas A&M University's Buffalo Sports Park, is considered one of the best ballparks found in all of NCAA Division II. The lighted state-of-the-art facility provides year-round play for Buff baseball with its synthetic turf, and fans are assured of plenty of seating options with a crowd capacity of 490 in season ticket and general admission seats. Other amenities include ticket and concession buildings and a press box with radio/television booths. The park was named after David and Myrt Wilder of Plainview, longtime supporters of WTAMU, who donated $200,000 toward the construction of the baseball facility. They also have endowed the David and Myrt Wilder Scholarship Fund in WTAMU's College of Business.
The Williams Children's Literature Collection and Reading Room was established in 2011 by Rob and Judy Williams, Assistant Dean of Education and Director of the Reading Room. The Reading Room, located in Old Main, Room 214, houses a collection of contemporary and historical children's and adolescent literature with an emphasis on national and international award-winning selections. It is designed to provide an environment for individual and group study of children's literature and research in the field of literacy.


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Earlier this summer, studies published in Europe offered evidence that the percentage of the elderly population afflicted with dementia had declined there in recent years. Now, a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine is building on the earlier work, concluding in a review of those and several other studies that improved health care worldwide—particularly in controlling cardiovascular disease—has definitely lowered the average person's odds of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
The report, by three U.S.-based doctors, notes that the raw numbers of people suffering from dementia is bound to continue to grow significantly, since adults over age 80—what they call the "old old" population—are on track to steadily increase as a share of the global and U.S. population. But in reviewing five different studies that compare recent dementia rates with those observed in earlier decades, the researchers note that each shows a clear correlation between broader, society-wide improvements in heart health and declines in the share of older people with dementia symptoms.
Previous studies have associated higher dementia rates with high blood pressure and cholesterol levels (in part because dementia is sometimes brought on by minor strokes), and the recent research suggests that greater control those medical problems is paying dividends on the dementia front as well.
The report's writers caution that the progress in the dementia fight isn't permanent: Growing rates of obesity and diabetes among middle-aged and younger people, along with the rise in cardiovascular health problems that has accompanied growing affluence in developing countries, could well reverse the gains. The authors also note that dementia is "a syndrome—a complex of symptoms with multiple causes," and that the lifestyle factors that contribute to it are far from fully understood.
That said, the message comes through clearly that controlling risk factors earlier in life, through better diet and exercise, could forestall painful and expensive problems later on. Which, of course, could be said about many if not most health problems we associate with reaching retirement age.
Also worth reading:
Studies show drop in dementia rates
Solving a heart-attack mystery for women
Belting 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' may ease dementia
Matthew Heimer covers retirement for MarketWatch and edits the Encore blog. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewHeimer.


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Singer Bobby Brown, ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Tarzana early Wednesday morning, his second such arrest in the San Fernando Valley in about six months.
Los Angeles Police Department Officer Venus Hall told the Los Angeles Times that officers pulled Brown over near the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Corbin Avenue about 1 a.m. and "when they approached him, they smelled the alcohol."
Hall said it was unclear if Brown took a Breathalyzer test but said he was booked and released.
Brown was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in March near the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Wilbur Avenue. Authorities pulled him over for talking on his cellphone but then administered a field sobriety test and arrested him.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Spinach & Goat Cheese Turnovers
I have been sitting on this cookbook review for a long, long time now. The nice people over at Sterling Publishing sent me a copy of The Green Market Baking Book by Laura C. Martin, and asked if I would like to cook something out of it, or do a review of the book itself. I read a summary and quickly said yes. Well that was a couple months ago, and I am just now getting around to this post.
It wasn't for lack of interest, that is for sure. Things like school and work, vacations and appointments, weddings and funerals, cake orders and homework got in the way. The cookbook is wonderful, separated into seasons, providing a guide of produce that is ripe for the picking for that season, and corresponding recipes to use that produce. It has a lovely little canning guide in the back, for when you get a little too grabby at the farmers market and buy 20 pounds of peaches. It has beautiful illustrations and most importantly, delicious recipes. It is not necessarily a 'healthy' cookbook, but it is geared towards using fresh food in your baking, and finding natural ways to use natural sweeteners such as honey and maple syrup.
Since one of my goals this summer is to get my butt to the farmer's market more often, I think this book will come in handy when looking for things to do with my bounty. There were quite a few recipes that I was wanting to try right off the bat, but I could not resist spinach and goat cheese wrapped in crispy filo dough. I am glad I picked it first, they were a delicious little treat, and would make a great appetizer, or a main course when paired with a nice green salad.
Completely out of character, I followed the instructions exactly from the book, and the results were great. Me being me, however, I couldn't just leave it at that. I had to make my own version. I nixed the spinach, and instead made some turnovers with brussels sprouts, shallots, bacon, thyme, lemon, and goat cheese. I won't say which version I liked better, they were both outstanding, you can decide for yourself. You can find the recipe for my version here at Honest Cooking.
Spinach & Goat Cheese Turnovers
recipe by Laura C Martin from The Green Market Baking Book
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 green onion, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 large bunches spinach, stemmed and chopped
2 ounces softened goat cheese
1/3 cup pine nuts
3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 teaspoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon lemon zest
salt and pepper to taste
4 frozen phyllo sheets, thawed
1/2 cup, 1 stick, unsalted butter, melted
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute for about 5 minutes. Turn the heat to high, and add the spinach. Saute until spinach has wilted, about 5 minutes. Drain the spinach mixture by pressing it with a wooden spoon to get rid of as much excess moisture as possible.
Transfer spinach mixture to a bowl and let cool. Add the goat cheese, pine nuts, parmesan, herbs, and zest. Mix to combine, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Place one phyllo sheet on your work surface. Cut the phyllo lengthwise into 3 equal strips. Brush one of the strips with melted butter and place 1 heading tablespoon of filling at one end of the strip. Starting with the corned, fold the dough over the filling to form a triangle. Repeat folding the triangle over itself the entire length of the strip. Brush top with butter and place on a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining pastry and filling.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 F and bake for about 15 minutes, or until they are golden brown. Serve hot, or at room temperature.
Posted by Bria at 4:12 PM
Labels: appetizers, Goat Cheese, Pastry, phyllo dough, spinach, turnover
2 comments:
- LimeCake said...
Oh my, that pastry looks to die for. Love the flakiness against the delicious filling!
- June 9, 2011 at 11:33 PM
- baobabs said...
this looks amazing!!!!! And the steps somewhat doable for a clumsy person like me.
- June 22, 2011 at 1:43 AM
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A member of our Board of Directors and I attended the National Health Council's (NHC) annual meeting February 11-13, 2009.The National Health Council sets operating Standards of Excellence for its members such as the IPPF and over 50 of the nations leading patient advocacy groups regarding budgets, policies for working with pharma companies and expenditures. The NHC advocates in Washington, D.C. and is the only organization of its kind that brings together all segments of the health care community to provide a united voice for more than 100 million people with chronic diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers.
Made up of approximately 110 national health-related organizations, NHC's core membership includes the nations leading patient advocacy groups. Other members include professional and membership associations, nonprofit organizations with an interest in health, and major pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies.
The main thrust of this conference is the unique crisis and opportunity presented by our economic situation and the impact of the healthcare system.The NHC, as our advocacy arm in Washington, has developed the Campaign to Put Patients First. The Campaign to Put Patients First is a nationwide initiative dedicated to mobilizing people with long-term diseases and disabilities to achieve effective and affordable health care health care that meets their personal needs and goals. The NHC reported that the US spends TWICE as much as any other nation on healthcare and comes in 18-20th on quality measures.
Over the next three years, the National Health Council plans to recruit one million people with long-term diseases and disabilities to make their voices heard. The five health care principles that the NHC will advocate to healthcare policy makers in Putting Patients First are to:
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Michael Hofmeister enters his fifth year on Brandon Childs' staff. He was promoted as the Spartan lead assistant coach in the fall of 2012. Hofmeister possesses extensive playing experience and that enables him to relate and coach the Spartan players.
Hofmeister serves as the team's offensive coordinator and runs their substitution box on game days. He is heavily involved in all aspects of the program such as recruiting, scouting and practice & game planning.
A 2010 graduate of Eastern University in St. David's, Pa., Hofmeister played for the Eagles for four seasons, appearing in each contest during his career. Hofmeister was named a captain for his senior season and garnered all-conference honors as a midfielder. An Eastern University Alumni Award recipient, he received the Coaches Award in 2008 and the Heart Award in 2010.
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text: From: Ben Creisler email@example.com Mention of some new dinosaur discoveries from Utah and Wyoming in a 5-7-02 press release from the Geological Society of America: http://www.geosociety.org/news/pr/02-27.htm Imagine a one-ton Big Bird à la Sesame Street, but instead of friendly ?hands,? he has Freddie Claws. That?s basically what the Therizinosaurid dinosaur looks like that geologist David Gillette?s team from the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) found in Kane County, Utah. ?This is a one ton plant-eating carnivore with really bizarre claws,? said Gillette. ?It had slender arms and really long bones in the hand with bladed claws that look like sickles. With the sheath, the claws are about 15 inches long.? In 2001, Gillette?s crew found an almost complete skeleton, which is a rare find. Some Therizinosaurid remains found in China caused quite a stir because they were found with feather-like structures on them. The idea that these creatures were among the ancestors of birds has been gaining increased acceptance. Gillette will present a preliminary report on their discovery May 7 at the Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting at the Southern Utah University campus. He will also report on another uncommon find?skin impressions of a duck-billed dinosaur known as a Hadrosaur. Gillette?s group found the impressions while excavating the dinosaur?s tail in the new Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in Kane County. ?This is the second reported discovery of skin impressions in Utah,? Gillette said. ?On the global scale, however, this is a rare occurrence. This was a great discovery, especially in the context of the Hadrosaur with an articulated tail--that means the bones were still connected--that extended from the base of the tail (at the hips) to near the tip, about 13 feet long. In addition, the tendons that in life held the tail rigid were still preserved in life position.? The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is about two million acres large and much of it is exposed and eroded rock, so fossils are usually only found in unrecognizable bits and pieces. But the MNA discovery was different. ?The rear half of the body was in beautiful state of preservation and in articulation. The discovery of the skin impressions came during the excavation, to our great delight and surprise,? Gillette said. ?I would describe the skin as pebbled, with radiating grooves in each bump. The bumps were polygonal, nearly equilateral diamonds, pentagons, and hexagons. This texture surely added strength and toughness to the skin, which in turn would resist decay following death and burial. The carcass did not decay much prior to burial, but had to be desiccated to resist decomposition by bacteria--that is, the local environment must have been very dry.? Scott Sampson from the Utah Museum of Natural History will provide updates on his and his team?s discoveries from GSENM at the same May 7 session as Gillette? ?Paleontological Research in Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument and Surrounding Area.? Their findings include two previously unknown horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians), a partial skull of a dome-headed dinosaur (pachycephalosaur), a partial skeleton of a large- bodied tyrannosaur that is the first tyrannosaur from this time period in Utah, and the remains of two previously unknown giant crocodiles. Research for this project was funded by GSENM as part of a collaborative paleontological survey. ?Given how little is known of the dinosaurs from GSENM, chances are high that most of the dinosaur remains represent species new to science,? Sampson said. ?Now the goal is to find enough of each of these ancient beasts to establish that they do represent new species. Our efforts and those of others over the past several years suggest that GSENM has perhaps greater potential to yield new and interesting kinds of dinosaurs than any other region in North America.? Based on different types of Late Cretaceous plants and animal discoveries in Montana and Alberta versus those found in New Mexico and Texas, Sampson and others speculate that Utah may be an important boundary area between two major "biozones." ?To really understand this paleoecological story, however, will require a good record from the Late Cretaceous of Utah,? Sampson said. ?And GSENM will provide that record.? Brent H. Breithaupt, from the University of Wyoming?s Geological Museum, will take a look at what he calls ?Theropod family values? via a ?live-action? glimpse of their lives through intensive study of over 1,000 dinosaur tracks at the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite in northern Wyoming. He will present his report May 8 at the Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Paleobotany, Archaeological Geology, and History of Geology session at the meeting. ?We have evidence of gregarious carnivorous dinosaurs. These are groups of animals moving together,? Breithaupt said. ?Trace fossils such as tracks are unique in that they actually preserve the activities of ancient animals. In addition, as we have a very large and statistically valid database we can make some unique interpretations. This is important as evidence for gregarious carnivorous dinosaurs is relatively rare.? Using data from a variety of resources including aerial photography of the entire tracksite and close-range photogrammetric images of a single track, Breithaupt and his co-authors speculate there were family groups, ranging from yearlings to adults, interacting near their nesting area by a shore. ?The data also suggest a certain level of parental care and the level of dependence of the young dinosaurs, as we have juveniles traveling with adults? he said. ?From what we know about dinosaur growth, it appears that they grew at the same rates as some modern ground birds such as ostriches and emus. If our dinosaurs represent animals of different ages of the same species then the smallest ones can't be very old--a year or perhaps less. Little animals of this sort probably aren't going to travel long distances during the first year. Thus, they were probably relatively near a large ground nesting area. 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"This (sea lion) mess is manmade," said LJVMA chair Claude-Anthony Marengo. "This is an imbalance of nature caused by man plugging holes in the sea wall and sand filling up the swimming area."
Trustee Claudette Berwin called the issue "very serious."
"Our mission statement is to encourage a friendly environment," she said.
Berwin pointed out time is running out to do something about foul Cove odors ahead of upcoming community events — the Farmers Insurance Open at the end of January and the Concours D'Elegance car show in spring — to ensure they are not adversely affected.
Outgoing president Phil Coller was lauded at the meeting for his commitment to launching the business group and getting it off on the right foot. Coller remarked that lots of La Jolla business operators "don't pay their business license taxes," a situation he said needs to be rectified.
Coller also called upon merchants to change the downtown Village's image.
"There is a very big misperception by people who do not live in La Jolla that La Jolla has no parking, traffic is horrendous and there's better shopping elsewhere," Coller said. "We have to make plans to engage that market, make sure they understand there are special things La Jolla offers [like] an upbeat shopping experience with its art and eclectic merchants that are here."
Coller also called upon more merchants to become active in the LJVMA, noting the organization is only as strong as the commitment of its individual members.
At a later special meeting continuing its strategy discussion, the LJVMA debated scaling back or discontinuing Haute La Jolla Nights, an event with live music and merchant discounts to promote the downtown Village that has met with limited success.
The LJVMA opted to postpone discussion of its 2014-15 fiscal year budget beginning mid-year to give members more time to receive and digest financial information.


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Monday night's debate of the principal city attorney candidates at Temple Israel of Hollywood was the first time all four had shared a stage. Although devoted in part to questions of faith, morality and responsibility, the discussion also featured a number of sharp exchanges over the effectiveness of the incumbent, Carmen Trutanich, and the credentials and ideas of his challengers, Assemblyman Mike Feuer and private lawyers Noel Weiss and Greg Smith.
Smith, for instance, questioned whether voters should believe Trutanich, who once promised not to seek another office and then ran for Los Angeles district attorney. Trutanich suggested that Feuer's lack of trial experience rendered him unfit for city attorney. Feuer, in turn, questioned some of the fundamentals of Trutanich's record and argued that his own background as a leader of a legal services organization, a member of the City Council and a state assemblyman made him well qualified to run a legal office.
As part of the debate, the candidates fielded questions addressed to the entire panel, as well as ones that singled out each of the contenders. They also asked each other one question, which they addressed to a fellow candidate selected at random, and took a couple from the audience. I moderated the event, which you can watch above.


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Welcome to the course blog for GWSS 1002: Politics of Sex! While this blog is primarily for participants in the course, it is open to anyone for reading and engaging. Make sure to read through this welcome page carefully; I have provided many different links to important information. Use it as a reference guide throughout the semester. Many of your questions about blogging, assignments, etc. will be answered on this page and/or the syllabus and assignment pages.
Here are three ways to follow the class on twitter:
- Follow the class list
- Follow the instructor
- Search for #posex2011 after logging into twitter (our course hashtag)
For more general class information, make sure to check out the syllabus and assignment pages. They will always provide the most current information.
Can't remember how to blog? Download this checklist. Or review the entry How to blog, a primer. You can also check this category: How to Blog/Tweet. Throughout the semester, I will be posting entries with various tips/strategies for blogging and using twitter. Also, here's a handout with advice on using twitter.
When reading the blog:
- Always check for announcements by clicking on the announcements category.
- Click on the class summaries category to review what we discussed in class.
- Check out what your classmates have posted by clicking on your section category: 002, 003, 004, 005.
Why should you blog?
Having used blogs in my courses for over four years now, I see how valuable they can be for:
- Developing community between students
- Enabling students to engage with the material and each other in different ways
- Encouraging students to really think about and process the ideas
- Helping all of us to organize our thoughts and ideas
- Providing a central location for posting information and handouts
- Allowing for a space outside of the classroom for engaging with the readings and each other


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Bodhipaksa is a Buddhist practitioner and teacher, a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order, and a published author. He founded Wildmind in 2001. Bodhipaksa has published many guided meditation CDs and guided meditation MP3s.
He teaches at Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket, New Hampshire. You can follow him on Facebook or support him on Patreon.


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LAS VEGAS >> Many wondered if welterweight champion Timothy Bradley might be feeling the effects of his most recent fight — a brutal narrow-decision victory over Ruslan Provodnikov in March in which Bradley sustained a concussion and was decked — when he set out to defend his title Saturday against Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez.
Bradley, of Palm Springs, appeared fine. And in a fight in which the defense out-shined the offense, Bradley retained his title with a split decision in front of 13,111 at Thomas & Mack Center.
Judges Robert Hoyle (115-113) and Patricia Morse-Jarman (116-112) scored Bradley the winner. Glenn Feldman gave it to Marquez 115-113. This newspaper had Marquez winning 115-113.
Bradley (31-0) moved around a lot more in this fight than he did against Provodnikov, which is what he said he would do so as not to get into another slug-fest.
Both fighters landed their decent share of right crosses, left hooks and jabs, but both fought so well defensively there were not an abundance of clean punches landed, although things picked up in the last third of the fight.
There were no knockdowns, but the left eye of Mexico's Marquez (55-7-1) was puffy and Bradley staggered Marquez in the 12th round with a left hand.
Bradley, 30, liked his work.
"This was my ticket to the boxing hall of fame," he said. "I did everything I wanted to do. I gave him a boxing lesson."
The crowd, which was decidedly pro-Marquez, at times booed when Bradley was moving around the ring. But even when he was in front of Marquez, he slipped a lot of punches.
"I fight for the fans," Bradley said. "A lot of times they don't appreciate it."
Joel Diaz, who trains Bradley, said his fighter followed the plan for the most part, but he did have to tell Bradley to get back to it after Bradley had engaged Marquez in toe-to-toe action.
"I told you no one could beat Timothy if he boxed," Diaz said. "Tim did not have a mark on his face."
Marquez certainly was upset.
"I came to win," said Marquez, 40. "I felt I did win, the judges took it away from me. You don't have to knock out the other guy to win. I did my job.
"I felt I clearly won the fight. But now I've been robbed six times in my career."
Perhaps Marquez's best round was the ninth, which all three judges scored for him. He landed no less than three scoring left hooks to the head and a jab that pushed Bradley back.
Marquez came in having won titles in four weight classes, although one of the titles was of the interim nature. He was hopeful of becoming the first Mexican to win titles in five weight classes.
Orlando Cruz a year ago this month became the first openly gay fighter when he announced his sexual orientation to the world. He was looking to win his first world title when he took on Orlando Salido of Mexico for a vacant featherweight belt.
During the fight some in attendance chanted gay slurs. It's doubtful Cruz heard them, however, as he had his hands full trying to keep the hard-hitting Salido at bay.
Cruz (20-3-1) showed tremendous courage by taking a lot of shots to the head, but Salido (40-12-2, 28 KOs) finally got to Cruz and knocked him out in the seventh round with a right cross followed by a left uppercut.
Salido gave Cruz credit for making a fight of it.
"Cruz is strong, he hits hard," Salido said. "He's clever, he moves around the ring. I had to put pressure and fight with intelligence."
Cruz wore rainbow-colored trunks.
"I went into the corner and he hit me with a good shot," Cruz said. "Up until then I thought the fight was close. It was going back and forth."
Salido was leading by two, four and four points on the scorecards at the time of the knockout.
Vasyl Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold-medal winner from the Ukraine, knocked out Jose Ramirez (24-3-2) of Mexico at 2:59 of the fourth round with a body punch; Lomachenko had dropped Ramirez in the first round when he went to the body.
The bout was billed as Lomachenko's pro debut. However, Lomachenko had six fights in the World Series of Boxing, a recently established league that allows fighters to compete in five-round bouts with no head gear and get paid, while at the same time keeping their amateur status.
Ramirez was impressed with Lomachenko.
"His punches to the body hurt more than his punches to the head," he said. "I tried to attack, but nothing happened. I couldn't land anything solid."
Lomachenko had said he might want to go for a world title already if he defeated Ramirez, but he backed off that a bit, saying he needs a few more fights. He was cool with his work, though.
"I tried to keep my distance in the fight," he said. "I was happy with my performance, but I can do better."
Sean Monaghan, of Long Beach, N.Y., continued to move his career in the right direction when he defeated Anthony Smith of Kennett Square, Pa., via third-round technical knockout. The light heavyweight bout scheduled for 10 rounds was stopped at 2:39 of the round.
Monaghan, 32, is 19-0 with 12 knockouts. Smith is 14-2.
In other action, Mikael Zewski of Canada stopped Albert Herrera (9-10-1) of Riverside at the end of the fifth round of their welterweight fight scheduled for eight rounds. The fight was halted on the request of Herrera's corner.
Jun Dolguez (17-0-1, 13 KOs) of the Philippines stopped Geovanny Caro (23-14-4 ) of Mexico at 2:59 in the sixth and final round of their featherweight bout.


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V had her school project for word grouping to vowels , she cleared it.
To stretch further I asked to sort those words alphabetically.
She said yes.
I wanted to make sure she really understood my question. Asked her a few times and said the sorting should be really at each letter and not just the 1st letter of the word.
She confirmed she did.
Asked, between spoon and scale , which one comes first. Sure enough , she said scale, and that seemed she understood.
In few minutes, she confirmed that she completed. I said , are you sure you followed the instruction. It couldn't be completed this fast .
I went over to check. And sure enough, she had sorted the words alphabetically.
I said, how did you complete this sorting, my linked list sorting is still isn't working. For that she replied: "Give me your linked list and I can sort it in your computer program". ..
Looks like learning programming or new latest upcoming technology from her is not too far… 🙂


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MungoBBQ needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 223 designs submitted by 62 freelance designers.
New brief: Since a lot of the submissions were very similar and also not quite as "fun" as I was intending, I'm removing the rules and making this a free-for-all. So: Whatever you feel like doing to "proxi" - please go ahead and show me your stuff!
Prospective buyers for my one-man company are typically small- to medium sized businesses.
- Delivery in EPS/vector format.
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"Just to say I had the most fantastic day with you last Thursday and came away absolutely buzzing! It was brilliant and you were so inspiring! Thank you very, very much. I am very keen to start my new hobby!"
"You are a very professional and confident teacher who is warm and welcoming. But more than that you have that rare ability to make others feel thay can master the subject/task and with your enthusiasm and support you develop THEIR confidence and skills, which is excellent"
"Thanks again Georgia, you were absolutely wonderful and I can't thank you enough"
"Out of all of the courses I had to choose from I am so pleased I chose yours.The course had a fantastic balance between practical and theory and I really feel that I have a great grounding to get things going...."
"Just had an amazing two days at The Sussex Flower School. Even though I have been working in floristry for a few years now, the course has proved to me that you can always learn new things and see new ideas. Georgia is a superb teacher and lunch was scrumptious! I'll definitely be back for some more courses next year, many thanks."
" Thankyou sooo much Georgia for an amazing day.Have learnt so much today everything from your welcome to your clear and precise instructions. We all had our own style and you made me feel I had really achieved some positivity. I want to go and collect lots of flowers and foliage and make wonderful bouquets. Many thanks to Philippa for a delicious lunch too."
" I recently attended a one day DIY Wedding course. I can highly recommend it. I had an amazing, enjoyable and inspirational day at The Sussex Flower School.Georgia had chosen the most beautiful flowers for us to work with. She is a fabulous teacher, highly qualified but warm and approachable and very generous with her time and knowledge. Delicious lunch too I could not recommend more highly. If you love flowers, go! I can't wait to do my next course."
"As always, so enjoyed being at The Sussex Flower School and your company is always so inspirational and I love chatting to you."
" I always learn so much from you and you are a natural, gifted and most generous teacher"
"If I lived closer I have no doubt I would be a regular customer but in spite of the long drive, I will certainly be looking for an opportunity to make a return visit!"
"You are such a fun teacher, it made the day whizz by and I learnt so much from your generous knowledge."
"Thankyou is rather inadequate for your sublime patience and encouragement. Wonderful! Go to bed each night dreaming up floral splendours!"
"I learnt such a lot and came away feeling like I had been on holiday."
"Time at The Sussex Flower School is good for my floral design and good for the soul!"
"I had such a wonderful time at Georgia's place- a glorious and relaxing time"
"Your motivation and energy really rubbed off on me."
"Thank you for the amazing vintage extravaganza today. I learnt tons."
"Your enthusiasm and passion is a privilege to behold"
"I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful day yesterday. You were so welcoming and accomodating and Abbie felt really special.You have established a magical place and I am full of admiration."
"A very warm welcome, lovely space to work in and a delicious lunch"
"I have had a wonderful day. Thank you so much, you gave me the confidence to do the pedestal I never thought I would"
"Group size was excellent - not too many people"
"It was excellent.- very informative and interactive. Lunch and refreshments were plentiful and delicious. Thank you very much."
"Fantastic. More practical than I thought it would be so felt involved all day; best way to learn. Really welcoming and friendly people."
"Exceeded my expectations. Absolutely lovely day with my objectives achieved by the end of it."
"It was very enjoyable and has also made me want to do more. Very inspired."
"I could not have imagined a more lovely or informative day."
"I loved the wide choice of flowers I could use."
"I was so excited I had trouble sleeping - however it surpassed my expectations and my excitement!"
"It was very hands on, which was great"
"Fantastic, lovely course, very welcoming. I loved the enthusiasm of Georgia. Much better than I expected, absolutely loved it."
"Thank you so much for such a lovely and useful day on Saturday. I can't believe we managed to cover so much in such a short time, I feel completely prepared for the wedding day now and coming to your beautiful home made us feel like we'd been on holiday."
"As a mother of two boys aged 10 and 7, and all the running around that entails and also the running of a gift website I don't get much time to myself as don't many mothers I know. I came along to The Sussex Flower School last week for the day and had the most lovely time. The day started with fresh coffee and homemade chocolate brownies and a chance to get to know the other ladies on the course. Georgia then showed us how to hollow out a pumpkin and how to use this as a container for a lovely Autumn display, we then got to have a go and all with fantastic results. A couple of my friends were also on the course and were very surprised as they really didn't think they could make anything with flowers look good! We then had lunch in Georgia's lovely kitchen, the butternut squash tarts, salad and focaccia were homemade by a very good friend of Georgia's and by Georgia herself - it was Autumnal and very delicious. It was such a treat to sit down with lovely interesting people and eat beautifully presented food with no work or children interruptions! In the afternoon Georgia showed us how to make a hand tied bouquet, again with flowers from her cutting garden and other beautiful Autumn flowers. Both my displays took pride of place at our school barn dance and got many complimentary comments and a week later still look amazing. I would highly recommend a day at The Sussex Flower School either by yourself or with a friend or two, a lovely alternative to a spa day and you get to learn so much as well. Thank you Georgia."
"...the company was great, lunch was superb and it was so well taught and in such a beautiful location: I will definitely recommend you to anyone looking for something like that."
" Just a note to thank you so much for your help and encouragement last week. I always feel better when I have seen you."
"It was the best birthday treat ever and I was amazed with the impressive wreath I was able to achieve as a beginner, and in only a few hours..... We are already talking about revisiting next year"
" It was fantastic. I've learnt so much today and can't believe what I've achieved, fantastic teacher!


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lifetime needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 230 designs submitted by 61 freelance designers.
lifetime services
We are currently merging 3 businesses, 2 x accountants and 1 x financial planning. Looking for a design that reflects our view of having customer for life and building on trust established over years with existing clients. Want to offer a one stop professional services shop with Accounting, investments, insurance, business advisory, financial strategy, legal services, mortgage broking etc.
We want to grow our combined business and need a representation of strength and stability - there for a lifetime. We are a regionally based enterprise where the main surrounding businesses focus on agricultural and Crayfishing and mining in Western Australia.
Initial focus will be to build on our strengths as trusted accounting and audit professionals, experienced and local. The financial planning an investment service represents 5% of overall current business - but acknowledge this to be the revenue and value growth area for the business. Using the Mcdonalds "do you want fries with that" to up sell to our established clients in a professional manner.
We have about 10 staff - Mixture of personalities but all aim for best result for client driven primarily by reduction in tax.
We have a financial services relationship with 'Count' will need to incorporate there logo on letterheads etc and may need to be considerate of colours being used etc for cost purposes.
Mainly targeting business clients who have a need for professional advice and multiple entities seeking professional assistance to cover there business and personal life journey. Mid 30's to Retirees
Providing lifetime of professional advice to manage business and personal investmnet solutions and family protection
lifetime services will be the main business heading and name with divisons or services being branded underneath eg lifetime accounting, lifetime wealth advisors etc
Some thought to make the key focus the lifetime brand or logo and keep services as a smaller part of design requirement. (per the first couple of designs in our web search). Ouyr office is currently unbranded (no signage) so working from existing logo has internal merit rather than market acceptance
Existing designs of 3 merging entities have been attached and that of our licensee affiliate "Count"
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