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The #ZolTed campaign riffs on the circus theme featured in the brand’s Spring/Summer 2014 campaign and includes a circus character quiz and circus talent video challenge.
Fashion brand Ted Baker wants fans to step right up to its circus-themed microsite featuring the character of ZolTed, or what the brand calls "a traveling mystic and diviner of circus fortunes."
Ted Baker's #ZolTed campaign invites consumers to "discover their true circus character" by taking a personality quiz with multiple choice questions like, "You've arrived at a party by yourself, what do you do first?"
The quiz has 13 potential circus character outcomes, including a ringmaster, lion tamer, bearded lady, and fire eater.
"All customers can get engaged themselves and start to show what they're made of," says Craig Smith, Ted Baker's global brand communication director. "The idea is that everyone's inner circus character can be defined by a few questions."
Upon completion of the quiz, users are also able to upload an image of their faces onto their circus characters and to share the resulting images, as well as to "dress their character" with pieces from Ted Baker's spring and summer 2014 collection that have been curated for each character on separate pages.
The circus also happens to be the shoot location for Ted Baker's spring and summer 2014 collection and the brand says #ZolTed helps it kick off its Get in on the Act campaign, which was shot with the Giffords Circus, a traditional small touring circus.
"We like the idea that people can break out of the mundane day to day and release some of their circus characters," Smith says.
The brand is asking fans to film themselves recreating each featured circus act and to share their own versions on Instagram. The first 50 to submit videos for each act using the hashtag #ZolTed and tagging @ted_baker will win a Ted Baker tote bag. All videos will live on a gallery on the campaign microsite.
The videos will be released over a two-week period with "a few days in between to digest," Smith says.
Like the Get in on the Act campaign, each video was filmed on location with the performers of the Giffords Circus.
"We teamed up with Giffords because of unique home-spun vibe and unbelievable talent," the brand writes in a blog post. "There's a charm about Giffords that's impossible to not love. Full belly laughs from the kids and adults alike make it one of our favorite theater experiences of last year."
According to Smith, the campaign has a wide target.
"We don't like to narrow our view, if you like," Smith says. "It's really a sort of mindset and attitude as opposed to age and demographic."
Smith declined to provide figures for the number of participants so far.
However, as of publication time, about 120 Instagram posts had been tagged with #ZolTed and about 40 videos had been posted to the video gallery, along with more than 900 images in the ZolTed Photo Gallery.
Ted Baker has 54,000 followers on Instagram.
The brand also has more than 45,000 Twitter followers and more than 172,000 Facebook likes.
In addition, the brand says it will feature pop-up popcorn carts and photo opportunity cut-out boards at select stores in North America and the U.K.
#ZolTed participants will be entered for the chance to win a trip for two to Cirque du Soleil at the O2 Arena, including a three-night stay in London with round-trip travel.
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Thousands of Budweiser cans piled up in warehouse after alcohol U-turn
The mountain of World Cup beer going to waste after Qatari royals’ booze ban: Thousands of cans of Budweiser are piled up in warehouse after rulers ordered last-minute U-turn on selling alcohol at stadiums
- Beverage giant had been announced as one of the sponsors for the tournament
- But it is now only able to sell the alcohol-free version of its beer at the stadiums
- It has left Budweiser with prospect of large amounts of stock now going to waste
- However, it has offered the cans of beer to the nation that comes out victorious
Thousands of Budweiser beer cans have been left piled up at a warehouse after the 11th hour decision to ban the sale of alcohol in stadiums.
The beverage giant had been announced as one of the sponsors for the tournament, and had been granted a monopoly to sell beer at the grounds, but it is now only able to sell its alcohol-free version of its beer there.
Furious football fans started demanding refunds from World Cup bosses when the decision was made on Friday, understood to be following pressure from the Qatari royal family.
It has left Budweiser facing the prospect of large amounts of stock now going to waste, The Sun reports.
However, it has now offered the cans of beer to the nation that comes out victorious following the tournament.
It said: ‘New Day, New Tweet. Winning Country gets the Buds. Who will get them?’
It comes after Budweiser poked fun at the announcement that alcohol would be banned in stadiums on Friday, tweeting ‘well, this is awkward…’ before it was deleted.
Budweiser has been left with thousands of cans of surplus beer after an 11th hour decision to ban the sale of alcohol in stadiums
Workers are pictured in the Budweiser bar at the opening of the FIFA fan festival in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday
Tankers are said to have made the 8,000-mile voyage to Qatar stocked with beer from breweries in London, Lancashire and Wales.
Qatar is a typically teetotal nation where tourists can only buy or consume alcohol inside licenced hotels or restaurants.
Exemptions for the World Cup previously meant meant fans were able to buy beers in special ‘fan zones’ or on stadium concourses.
But Qatar seems to have reneged on part of that deal, meaning beer can now only be sold only inside the ‘fan zones’.
Pints will cost £12, only be available at certain times, and each person will be limited to a maximum of four to stop them getting drunk.
Fans watching games at the World Cup will be unable to purchase any alcohol on site, instead only being able to buy it in designated Fan Zones away from stadiums
Empty Budweiser stands, which would have sold beer to fans before and after matches, now stand empty and will only be able to sell Bud Zero instead
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the brewing giant which owns Bud and dozens of other beer brands, said it is still looking forward to ‘celebrating football with our consumers’ but some sales cannot go ahead due to ‘circumstances beyond our control’.
In the statement on Friday, InBev made no mention of possible legal action over the $75million deal it holds with Fifa, which gives it exclusive rights to sell beer at World Cup games.
Doha could also be facing legal action, having signed contracts agreeing to ‘respect Fifa’s sponsors’.
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The Norwegian landowner and politician Jens Johan Vangensten (1766-1837) is not in this database. The poor man would have loved to have been included, of that I am sure, but his poetry never got him anywhere. What is worse, the poetry of others even made him end up in jail – but I will return to that later. First I will recount of how I made the acquantaince of mister Vangensten.
“BD was Literary Theft”
For my article on Tordenskjold I had done some research at the National Archive in Oslo. There I had the joy of ploughing through the personal archives of the archivist Bernt Moe (1814-1850), who had written extensively on Tordenskjold and his family. By sheer coincidence my eye fell on a small note (a 19-th century equivalent of a sticky note, no bigger than that) on “Jens Johan Vangensten, Member of Parliament 1815-17”. Beneath the usual biographical information, Moe had scribbled down that this Vangensten had published a single poem, in 1829, entitled “Balders Død” (The Death of Balder), and next to that he remarked: “BD was an instance of literary theft”.
Well, now Moe had my attention!
The myth of Balder does play a role in my dissertation and I had the suspision that Vangensten had plagiarized one of the two well-known literary re-tellings of the myth by Ewald (1773) and Oehlenschläger (1807). I thus digressed from my original mission and started to look for the poem. Which I could not find. I also browsed the newspapers of 1829 (which, luckily, can be done online and with the use of search words) – after all, had the former MP really committed this cardinal sin then surely there must have been some kind of scandal that had made it to the press? But – alas! – again I could not find anything. Not a word.
But I did find some other interesting stuff. An old issue of Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift (1918) contained a letter to his patron Christopher Hammer, dated 18 December 1797, that sheds more light on Vangensten’s literary aspirations. Above all, it shows that the man was not impressed by his own work, to say the least. He writes:
Here, I curse no one but my pen when it refuses to flow. Regarding my literary works… they have been quite trivial so far, and God knows if they will ever become anything else. (…) I have written and translated around 60 pieces of poetry. (…) Publici juris I have only delivered a couple of column-fillers in Journalen; and in our weekly, now that I come to think of it…
These are the words of someone who wanted but couldn’t. At least, that is how I read them. Perhaps it was this disappointment, in himself, that in the end propelled him to resort to plagiarism?
A Flying Machine and the Duchess’s Foot
Perhaps Vangensten should have stuck to writing diaries. In an even older issue of Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift (1907) I came across excerpts of the diary Vangensten had kept during a journey to Copenhagen in 1804-05. These few pages truly are a joy to read. In this personal, unpretentious genre Vangensten writes tidy and descriptive, and it is exactly this neatness that heightens the drama. On 26 September 1804 he for example meerly writes: “Student Hoff, seriously ill, fell from his window and died immediately.” It is especially the addition of the fact that student Hoff was “seriously ill” that gives this simple sentence its extra layer of tension, as it makes you wonder whether that fall was an accident at all or perhaps something else…
But the absolute highlight of the diary follows on 6 January 1805:
Kjerstrup’s latest attempt to fly ended in utter failure once more when his big sailcloth machine failed to come off the ground. The rabble became annoyed and wanted to assault the man, but he managed to escape and reach the guards. A lot of commotion. The Crown Prince himself had his hands full to restore the peace. A cloth seller who in the stampede had tred on the duchess’s foot and was defiant against her deputies was arrested. Kjerstrup will not get permission to show his breakneck stunts again.
You cannot make that stuff up. And it immediately made my attention shift towards that Kjerstrup character. Who was he? How many attempts did he have before this last disaster? Why were the Crown Prince and the duchess and apparently a sizeable crowd present during his presentation?
And Tordenskjold disappeared further and further from sight…
Taking the Bullet
But perhaps more about Kjerstrup and his flying machines another time. Now let us return to Vangensten and the reason why he wound up in jail – or the house of corrections, to be more precise.
On 12 January 1834 the radical publication Statsborgeren featured a poem that satirically targeted state secretary Jonas Collett. The gouvernment sued the (anonymous) author for defamation. Although he had not written the poem, Vangensten took the blame, possibly to test the boundaries of the freedom of expression in Norway. He was found quilty and, at his old age, had to spend six months in the house of corrections. The supreme court later established that someone else had written the poem (lieutenant Jens Henrik von Hadeln) and acquitted Vangensten in 1837. By that time, however, Vangensten had already passed away.
Aagaat Daae, “Et autobiografisk brev fra Jens Johan Vangensteen til Christopher Hammer paa Melbostad“, in: Personalhistorisk tidsskrift 39:3 (1918), pp. 145-150.
Odd Arvid Storsveen, “Jonas Collett – 1”, in: Norsk biografisk leksikon, https://nbl.snl.no/Jonas_Collett_-_1, consulted on 24 April 2019.
D. Thrap, “Af Familien Vangensteens Papirer“, in: Personalhistorisk tidsskrift 28:4 (1907), pp. 37-51.
Christopher Wilhelm Eckersberg, The Death of Balder (1817), Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen.
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Saturday 20 December 2014
Christmas Theatre in the Marble Hall
The impressive Marble Hall at Holkham, what better setting for our Christmas theatre production? Join us for Charles Dickensís tale of destiny, desire and duplicity, brought to you by the imagination of Rain or Shine Theatre Company in James Reynardís new adaptation.
The story tells of Pip, a young orphan growing to adulthood, whose expectations are shaped by a number of colourful and curious characters. His future is formed and fortune made by a mysterious benefactor. Could it be an escaped convict he meets on Christmas Eve, or perhaps Joe Gargery, the kindly blacksmith, Miss Haversham the eternal bride, or an uncompromising lawyer, Mr Jaggers? With the boundaries of good and evil blurred, Pip has to learn who is friend... and who is foe.
Dickensís novel of wealth, poverty, love, rejection and the conflict between good and evil is one of the most popular classics of English literature. Great Expectations is an enduring tale that has delighted readers, listeners, theatre and cinema audiences ever since!
The perfect festive Victorian theatrical treat!
Price: Tickets: Auditorium Adult £17.50, Child £12.50. Gallery Adult £13.50, Child £8.50. Please note that there is restricted viewing in the gallery.
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Major League Baseball’s final awards for the 2011 season are now complete, with the Cy Young and MVP awards announced after voting by the Baseball Writer’s Association for the best AL and NL players.
Cy Young Winners
Los Angeles Dodger’s pitcher Clayton Kershaw won the NL Cy Young award easily, taking 27 of the 32 votes. And his performance this year warranted it. He won the NL pitching triple crown with a 21-5 record (tied for first), 2.28 ERA, and 248 strikeouts. He’s the first Dodger to win the award since Orel Hershiser took it in 1988. He finished strong in the second half with a 12-1 record and 1.31 ERA, not losing after August 7th. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment to help him win the award was defeating Tim Lincecum each of the four times he faced him, giving up only 1 earned run in those games.
On the American League side, Justin Verlander put up equally impressive results to take home the AL Cy Young award. He also took the pitching triple crown, going 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts, not to mention throwing a no-hitter May 7th against Toronto. He won unanimously, taking all 28 first-place votes, with Jered Weaver of the Angels getting 17 second-place votes as the next-closest contender. He’s the only AL Rookie of the Year to also win a Cy Young. Of course, Verlander was looking for one more post-season trophy this year.
MVPs, Verlander Puts Pitchers in the Conversation
Justin Verlander was named the AL MVP this week, winning 13 of 28 first-place votes for 280 points, and is the first pitcher to take the award since Roger Clemens won it in 1986. The win makes a statement for the resurgence of pitching in the current era, with offensive numbers dwindling possibly due to stricter drug regulations. Besides his impressive stats and clubhouse leadership, the no-hitter weighed with many voters, though some still refused to give the MVP award to a non-position player, since starting pitchers only play in 20% of the teams’ games. Verlander’s primary competition was Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury in second place with 242 points, and Yankees’ outfielder Curtis Granderson in third with 231 points.
Braun Shows He’s Got What It Takes
In the NL, the MVP went to Milwaukee Brewer left fielder Ryan Braun with 20 of 32 first-place votes. Braun led the NL with a .597 slugging percentage and almost took the batting title, having had a shot to surpass Jose Reyes in his last game of the season but finishing with a .332 average. Braun had 33 homers, 111 RBIs, 109 runs scored, and 33 stolen bases, helping the Brewers get into the playoffs. He’s the first Brewer to win the award since Robin Yount in 1989. And luckily for Milwaukee, Braun just signed a five-year $105 million contract that will keep him with the team through 2020. Braun had to fend off Los Angeles Dodger’s center fielder Matt Kemp, who nearly took the Triple Crown, receiving 10 first-place votes.


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Indian rescuers searched shattered villages for survivors today after a powerful earthquake and aftershocks left at least 100 dead and 300 injured in a remote northern area.
A day after the quake, rescuers said the extent of the damage remained unclear as hundreds of medical and army personnel tried to reach the worst-hit districts, Chamoli and Rudraprayag, in the hilly north of Uttar Pradesh.
The quake, felt across many parts of northern India, western Nepal and southern China early Monday morning, brought houses tumbling down on thousands of people as they slept.
Star Television said at least 14 villages were buried under rubble. Regional officials said on Monday that most houses in the affected areas had been flattened.
Press Trust of India quoted officials as saying the death toll in Chamoli and Rudraprayag was at least 100, and the figure was likely to rise.
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This is one of my favorite quotes ever. I found it on The Bunny Blog my senior year of high school, one night at 3 or 4 in the morning when I couldn’t sleep. I remember sending it–on the verge of tears from understanding–to a friend saying THIS is what I was trying to explain. I am taking it so ridiculously out of context but it doesn’t matter, the literal interpretation is better.
We started talking about what it feels like to be young and have ability. You feel like you’re going insane, and you’re always afraid of empty or quiet rooms for the flashes of nebulous shit buzzing around you. You never feel truly alone. There is whispering in your ear and you can’t tell anyone about it. You never have control over the energy around you and no one else even knows its there, and when you slip into sleep its with white knuckles and sweat because the things you see on that plane between your eyes and the rest of the world are getting clearer every day. But like any fear, with age it dissipates.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – In testimony before a U.S. Senate panel earlier this week, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki assured a full and open disclosure process and action in response to allegations about misconduct involving patient care at VA facilities.
“This is a demonstration of concern by this department, trying to make sure that every veteran – no matter where they live in this country and even our overseas locations – have an equal opportunity to have access to quality healthcare,” Shinseki said.
I have had the honor of meeting with Shinseki personally, during a VA Veterans’ Minority Affairs Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., at the invitation of our fellow veteran, Mr. Lupe Saldaña, a couple of years ago. Our mutual friend, General Freddy Valenzuela (Retired) also helped to open the door for us.
South Texas veterans Josemaria Vasquez and Lydia Caballero traveled by car with me to Washington. We did so at our own expense to personally reiterate to General Shinseki our concern for the needs of more than 120,000 U.S. Veterans in Deep South Texas. We wanted him to know that the Rio Grande Valley is more than a 500 mile, ten hour plus roundtrip away from the Audie Murphy VA Hospital in San Antonio.
These are Shinseki’s words: “(We’re) trying to make sure that every veteran, no matter where they live in this country and even our overseas locations, have an equal opportunity to have access to quality healthcare.”
I would to remind General Shinseki the very best “quality healthcare” is not equally available to our South Texas Veterans. In fact, for thousands it is way beyond their reach. Too many of our impoverished, aging veterans who desperately need earned “quality healthcare” for their combat-related wounds or illnesses find it physically or economically necessary, to abandon their right to the VA healthcare they earned, due to the distance and travel time involved, especially during the hot Texas Summer days. Their only option is to continue with their suffering, to an untimely pain-filled death.
We find it hard to believe or to accept that our legislators and VA system officials remain blind to this fact and to acknowledge that the two VA clinics in the Valley are just not equipped to provide the emergency room, surgical, in- and out-patient care, or long-term facility, which our aging U.S. veterans desperately need.
“Any allegation, any adverse incident like this, makes me mad as hell,” Shinseki told the Senate panel. “I understand that out of those adverse events, a veteran and a veteran’s family [are] dealing in the aftermath and I always try to put myself in their shoes.”
Josemaria Vasquez, Lydia Caballero and I respectfully invite the General and/or President Barack Obama to put himself in the shoes of Valley veterans and in their old cars on any typical VA appointment day. We invite General Shinseki to accompany one of our Valley veterans and the family member who has to take the day off from work to drive the aging Veteran, usually in an older car without air-condition, from Brownsville to San Antonio and back. This arduous trip usually starts at just past-midnight, on the road, then patiently waiting most of the day to be seen by a doctor or PA for a few minutes at the overloaded Audie Murphy VA Hospital, then returning home close to midnight.
While way-too-many Americans have been calling General Shinseki’s resignation, we have remained staunchly faithful to him, as expected of military tradition, placing most of the blame of the current VA healthcare situation on the endless string of unsympathetic non-veteran, well-to-do legislators (with their own healthcare) who have delivered nothing but empty political promises over the years.
With my suggestion to convert a wing of the soon-to-be built University of Texas School of Medicine in Edinburg as an interim to ultimately building a much-needed full-service 24/7 VA hospital, Josemaria Vasquez and I met with UT System Chancellor Dr. Francisco Cigarroa and his staff. Cigarroa indicated that this seemed “doable.” This proposed medical wing to care for our Valley veterans, in a partnership between Veterans Affairs and Texas University School of Medicine physicians, would be staffed by interns, under the watchful eye of the VA and/or VA doctors.
Even an interim facility such as we have recommended for Edinburg would immediately alleviate much of the overload at Audie Murphy, allowing for more timely appointments for veterans receiving their care at Audie Murphy.
General Shinseki and most every senior officer have frequently stated that “it was our sergeants who helped me make it to the top… these sergeants knew what needed to be done – and they did it.” Well, I believe and recommend that any fact-finding committee, should include some middle-grade NCO Veterans, who have first-hand knowledge of what the situation is. I’m sure General Shinseki knows that Washington bureaucrats, or VA medical center directors will never be able, or willing, to give him factual details, either because they have not experienced the hardships of our impoverished Veterans or because they are actually part of the problem.
Previous communications to General Shinseki have gone unanswered. I hope this will not be the case with this communication. With all due respect, loyalty is a two-way street.”
Placido Salazar is a retired Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force. He is Veterans’ Legislation Liaison for the Dr. Hector P. Garcia American GI Forum Organization of Texas, Inc.


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These cookies are made with only peanut butter, sugar and 1 egg. They have an awesome, and very strong peanut butter flavor. Add the pure chocolate icing to them, and you have a very addicting cookie. The recipe for these are a combination of two different recipes that were found a few years ago in a magazine.
I always flip flop as to which is my favorite between these and the “Butterfinger Cookies“. The butterfinger cookies are also extremely addicting, but at this moment, I have to go with these peanut butter & chocolate cookies as my favorite.
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Diabetics who receive their prescription medication through the mail have higher rates of adherence to oral diabetes medications, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Economics.
“This is the first study to show that mail service can help Medicare Part D members achieve better adherence with their diabetes medications,” said Jacqueline Kosecoff, PhD, CEO of OptumRx, in a press release. “Improving adherence has been shown to prevent the worsening of disease outcomes, decrease the use of health resources and control escalating health care costs.”
Adherence is defined as “the extent to which a person’s behavior [in] taking medication corresponds with agreed recommendations from a health care provider,” according to the World Health Organization.
The study, conducted by Prescription Solutions by OptumRx, was a retrospective cohort study that analyzed medication adherence in Medicare Part D beneficiaries who had been diagnosed with diabetes. The team at Prescription Solutions used the data to determine if there is an association between increased medication adherence and the delivery of medication to the patients’ homes through mail-order pharmacy.
Researchers used Prescription Solutions data on pharmacy claims for 22,546 patients; 89% of the patients were 65 or older. The team excluded patients who treated with insulin or exenatide (Byetta and Amylin), those who received low-income subsidies, and those who were taking anti-depressant or anti-dementia drugs during the research period. The group was then divided into two cohorts — one composed of patients who only filled prescriptions at retail pharmacies and the other composed of patients who only received their medications by mail from Prescription Solutions.
The press release from OptumRx states that adherence to antidiabetes medications, including metformin, thioglitazones, and sulfonylureas, was measured by the proportion of days covered throughout the year 2009. Among the diabetic patients in the study, 41.6% achieved good adherence, with the average proportion of days covered being 0.60. When the researchers compared the patients who received medication through the mail versus those who filled prescriptions at a pharmacy, the mail-order patients showed a significantly higher number of days covered at 0.68 versus 0.57. The patients who used mail-order pharmacies achieved a higher adherence percentage at 49.7% versus the 42.8% of retail pharmacy users who achieved good adherence.
“Medication adherence is a multi-faceted problem that requires a multi-faceted approach,” said Brian K. Solow, MD, chief medical officer of OptumRx. “Our study provides convincing evidence that mail-order pharmacy would be one way to help improve adherence for patients with chronic diseases.”
Failure to achieve medication adherence can put patients at greater risk of developing complications associated with their conditions, especially those suffering from chronic conditions. Poor adherence can result in worsening of the condition, death, and increases in the cost of health care. Of the medication-hospitalizations that occur in the United States, approximately 33% to 69% of them occur because of nonadherence to a prescription plan. Unfortunately, it can be difficult for physicians to detect such nonadherence.
Some ways that physicians can monitor medication adherence include determining the rate of prescription refill, measuring physiological markers such as the levels of a metabolite in the blood, counting pills, directly observing the patient taking the medication, and asking the patients to keep track of their dosages, such as with a medication diary. Data has shown that adherence rates are inversely proportional to the frequency of dosing; in patients taking medication that required four doses daily, adherence rates fell to about 50%.


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Villa Cottages Soukkio will please even the most demanding guest. Located on the shore of the lake among beautiful pine trees, a cottage and a large summer kitchen with fireplace, perfectly fit into the landscape.
Natural motifs are visible in the interior of the cottage: for example, stone themes in the spirit of Rock and Lake are reflected in the design of the shower room. The rest of the interior of the cottage meets the bright Scandinavian style. One bedroom cottage, cottages soukkio located on the ground floor and three on the second. The sofa is 120 cm wide and can accommodate two more people. The cottage has three toilets on the ground floor, sauna and shower room on the ground floor.
Also on the ground floor of the cottage there is a spacious living room combined with dining area and kitchen. Such spatial resolution allows our guests to spend time together even while cooking. The cottage is equipped with Underfloor heating and automatic ventilation.
Located just 20 metres from the shores of the sauna cottage, cottages soukkio is heated with wood. It is also home to the shower room and toilet. Equipped with washing machine, drying Cabinet and other equipment for household room will significantly simplify the everyday life of the tourists. A partially covered terrace area of approx. 60 m2 with view of the lake will be a nice addition to relax in a Finnish cottage.
Prices from € 1725/week
Villa Lempi is a new, built in 2013 and equipped to a high class cottage. Kitchen, living room and dining room cottage Lempi form a single space, which gives the opportunity of being together even while cooking. Spend time making your meal and in the large summer kitchen, where reigns a very special atmosphere.
The cottage has four bedrooms and a total of 9 beds. Extra beds on a convertible sofa 120 cm wide Three bedrooms located on the second and one on the ground floor. The cottage Lempi three toilets on the ground floor, sauna and shower room on the ground floor. Shower room and toilet equipped so it was easy to move people in a wheelchair.
Wood-fired sauna cottage Lempi also meets all the requirements of accessibility and safety for people with disabilities. It also means that for a large family there's room. And taking a shower, the children can hold convenient and sturdy support. The yard with a gentle slope to the lake is also an ideal place for children . From the sauna to the beach just 20 metres away.
The entire wall of the cottage facing the lake is framed by a terrace of about 60 m2. Terrace facing South-West, and in fine weather the sun is not out with her almost all day.
Prices from € 1725/week
Saaronniemi is a unique creation of nature appeared after the passage of the glacier, a long and narrow headland on the edge of which now is the same cottage and lakeshore sauna and roofed grill.
If you look at a map of lake cottages soukkio, you can see that the cottage Saaronniemi is located near the center of the reservoir. Due to the location the sun never leaves the yard all day. Enjoy the rays of the afternoon sun is especially nice sitting on the spacious terrace of the new saunas. Enjoy the same sunset from the baths, a large window which faces West. This may be sure that in this window You nobody will look, because the nearest neighbors already in the 400 metres. Silence and tranquility are guaranteed!
The cottage Saaronniemi two bedrooms, each of which has two beds. The sofa in the living room can accommodate two more people. In the kitchen you will find a set of dishes for 8 persons, all necessary utensils and appliances.
While relaxing in the cottage and grill is an indispensable thing, because it's nice to cook something on the coals. Roofed grill Saaronniemi cottage located on the edge of the promontory, just meters from the water. At the disposal of guests there is also an electric grill.
Renovated in 2013, the coast sauna has a steam room with a wood burning stove, shower, toilet, room with fireplace. Magnificent terrace comes right up to the water. Here shallow shore, hard sand bottom. Depth at the edge of the jetty is about 1.3 meters.
Cottage Tiilikka (Tiilikka), and also lakeshore sauna and roofed grill is located on the island area of about one hectare. Tiilikka is the ideal place for those who want to spend their vacation in Finland in a secluded place away from the bustle of the city. The island is connected with mainland bulk bridge, so to get to the cottage by car. In order to understand the unique location of the cottage, you need only look at a map of lake cottages soukkio.
Cottage Tiilikka is ideal for relaxing with family and friends. The cottage has three bedrooms (one of which is on the second floor), dining-room, spacious living room and fully equipped kitchen. In addition the cottage has a shower room, toilet and electric sauna. Traditional Finnish wood-fired sauna on the lake shore. Thanks to the two convertible sofas, spacious lounge room saunas can serve as a fourth bedroom.
On the plot there is also a grill house, a carport and a sandpit. The accommodation is provided with a rowing boat and a gas grill.
The cottage Kiviniemi (Kiviniemi - translated stony point) a speaking name: it is, in fact, is located on the rocky ledge. However, due to land works here now has a soft lawn, and a sandy beach.
Gorgeous cottage and lakeshore sauna with kitchen and lounge for use all year round, and the shore is gently sloping yard area perfect for kids.
Cottage Kiviniemi built in 1997, in 2010 it was renovated. The cottage has two bedrooms, one with double bed and another with two single beds. The sofa in the living room can easily accommodate two more people. Kitchen and shower room fully equipped. The cottage has an electric sauna.
Sauna's magnificent new coastal building built in 2013, is heated with wood, there is also a walk-in shower. Kitchen, thanks to insulated Windows and floors heated can be used in the winter. The sofa in the dining area converts into a double bed.
Thanks to its location and large panoramic Windows, it offers gorgeous views of the lake cottages soukkio. In the evening you can enjoy the view of the setting sun.
Price from 950 EUR/week
Kotiranta is a delightful small Villa, located in a secluded area on the shore of the lake. From the nearest neighbouring cottage is 150 metres away the forest. This is perfect for a family or small group who appreciate traditional Finnish holiday cottage.
The cottage is located on the Eastern shore of lake cottages soukkio, so the sun never leaves his yard and beach throughout the day. The lake cottages soukkio there are pike, perch and bream. On the beach there is everything you need to fish.
In Kotiranta can accommodate four people. Twin beds located in a separate coach house, the main cottage - a sofa bed on which can sleep two more people. The cottage has both cold and hot water and you can drink it straight from the tap. The fridge has a freezer compartment. The lack of an oven can compensate for a good microwave oven and two-ring electric hob. Summer is an important attribute of the holiday cottage, of course, is the grill. On the terrace of the cottage Kotiranta them already two: electric and traditional grill over charcoal. Electric grill used for Smoking. For lunch you can sit directly on the terrace for the street a wooden table.
Sauna kotiranta cottage is heated with wood. In the steam room in addition to the traditional VAT of water there is a modern shower. On the sofa of the locker room, if necessary, can accommodate one person. Toilet cottage Kotiranta is located on the street, but don't worry - it's clean tidy room with no odor.
Prices from 420 euros/week

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Though most chubby birds migrate, these woodland creatures are grande size yard art cast in so much quality designer resin they’ll stay put through any season! Our fowl feathered friends garden statue is adorable bird garden decor sculpted with Design Toscano-exclusive detail from upturned wings to pointed beak. Though some animal statues deserve only a passing glance, this oversized bird statue boasts a hand-painted stone patina making it an ideal garden decoration for your very own outdoor bird nest.
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Nathalie Du Pasquier creates brightly coloured brick sculptures for Mutina
Artist and designer Nathalie Du Pasquier has translated her fascination with bricks into a site-specific exhibition comprising seven totem-like sculptures made from stacked bricks glazed in bright colours.
Du Pasquier created the Bric installation for Italian ceramics brand Mutina, which operates the MUT exhibition space at its headquarters in Fiorano.
The exhibition, which was curated by Sarah Cosulich, features seven sculptural structures that rise from the sand-covered floor of the building designed by Angelo Mangiarotti in the 1970s.
The starting point for each sculpture was the humble brick, which has been a recurring element in Du Pasquier's work – particularly her paintings.
"I know nothing about bricks," she said in an interview with Cosulich for the exhibition's catalogue. "For me they are strange, anonymous objects I have inserted sometimes in the still lifes I paint."
Du Pasquier has focused on painting since the 1980s, with her abstract works often including shapes that reference domestic objects.
Prior to this, the self-taught designer was a founding member of the influential Memphis Group alongside Ettore Sottsass.
She was responsible for many of its decorated surfaces, including textiles, carpets and plastic laminates, as well as creating products and furniture.
A recent revival of interest in Memphis designs has seen Du Pasquier develop a clothing collection featuring her graphic prints for American Apparel, as well as a range of textile designs with Wrong for Hay.
A London exhibition held in 2017 also presented new paintings, sculpture and drawings created by Du Pasquier using her signature bold, geometric forms.
For the BRIC exhibition, Du Pasquier explored the brick as the basic element of architecture and used it to create monumental structures that sit somewhere between art and design.
"I have built different three-dimensional things [in the past]," the designer explained.
"The new aspect of this experience is the almost architectural scale, and the fact that the bricks, being modular, almost lose their three-dimensional quality, and go back to being parts that form a surface."
Different types of brick are glazed in bright colours and layered to produce geometric shapes that are reminiscent of Du Pasquier's paintings, as well as some of the Memphis Group's sculptural furniture.
In several of the sculptures, the bricks are turned to display their inner structure. In this way their structural value is compromised but they take on a more decorative quality as patterned units.
"Bric is almost design or almost architecture, though it has no useful purpose," the designer added. "It has nothing to do with a painting, which I can alter down to the very last second."
"Bric is a collaboration with the Mutina team, the excellent engineers and masons without whom these small constructions would have remained merely ideas. I had an idea and other people made it. A painting is not an idea."
The exhibition was produced by Mutina as part of its Mutina for Art project. The theme connects with the company's heritage as it explores the idea of the brick as a product that is made from the earth in a similar way to traditional ceramics.
Mutina's main focus is on developing innovative ceramics products in collaboration with some of the world's leading designers.
Its previous projects include textured tiles by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec that can be combined to create different patterns, and a collection by Konstantin Grcic featuring contrasting matte and gloss surfaces.


text: Kehinde Andrews is a Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University’s School of Social Sciences. Andrews is currently engaged in a project examining the role of Black radicalism in contemporary organising against racial oppression. At Birmingham, he has led the development of the Black Studies degree and is director of the Centre for Critical Social Research; founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity; and co-chair of the Black Studies Association. He is interested in in supervising postgraduate research in the areas of race, ethnicity and racism; Black Studies and how communities overcome inequality. His most recent book is Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century (2018).

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Amazon Prime users are just finding that underutilized free benefits can save them money on their iPhone bills
IPHONE owners looking to save a little money could be missing out on a huge benefit right under their noses.
When you have an Amazon Prime account, you get a lot more than cheaper delivery and on-demand TV.
But people tend to forget about Amazon Photos — or even know about it.
The app offers you unlimited photo storage backups.
So if you pay for iCloud to store all your snaps, you can save some money by switching to Amazon Photos and canceling your iCloud subscription.
Or you can downgrade your iCloud storage to a lower option to save on costs.
The same also applies to Android users when using a paid service.
Amazon allows you to keep your photos in full resolution.
The amount of videos you can store is limited due to their size.
So you only get 5GB worth of videos.
And if you’re not a Prime member, you get 5GB of free storage for photos and videos, so this might still be useful for some.
For those who want to store more videos, you can upgrade to 100GB for £1.49 a month.
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Voted by 5280 Magazine, Centennial Holds the 2014 ‘Best Playground’
Voted ‘Best Playground’ by 5280 Magazine, Centennial Center Park is known for its gigantic “behemoth” playground. After careful consideration the magazine picked the park for their Editor’s Choice award in the Sports and Outdoors category.
Centennial Center Park is 11 acres of beautiful landscape and trails; perfect for a daytime ride or evening stroll. Since it is so close to the city, people come here to find relaxation from the busy urban lifestyle. Located just adjacent to the Centennial Civic Center, the park has been open since 2012 and has already made a name for itself.
Other outstanding features include: shaded picnic areas, outdoor fireplaces, a plaza for gatherings and, of course, the reason for the votes the playground built like a childhood dream. For more information about events going on in Centennial Center Park go to www.centennialco.gov.


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On May 8, 2016, Kix Brooks, of country music power duo Brooks & Dunn, was spotted attending the hit show ABSINTHE at Caesars Palace (Photo: Courtesy of Joseph Sanders/Spiegelworld).
In town for residency performances of “Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Together in Vegas” at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, the legendary country singer and wife Barbara took in ABSINTHE’s outlandish acts and hilarious antics during last night’s 8 p.m. performance.
Following the show, they met with The Gazillionaire, his assistant Joy Jenkins and the “Green Fairy” Melody Sweets for a photo and to express their enjoyment of the production.
ABSINTHE show times are Wednesday-Sunday at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., with no show on Monday and Tuesday. The schedule is subject to change without notice. For tickets and more information, visit AbsintheVegas.com.

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Until the 1950s, fashion clothing was predominately designed and manufactured on a made-to-measure or haute couture basis (French for high-sewing), with each garment being created for a specific client. A couture garment is made to order for an individual customer, and is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric, sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques. Look and fit take priority over the cost of materials and the time it takes to make. Due to the high cost of each garment, haute couture makes little direct profit for the fashion houses, but is important for prestige and publicity.
Valentino Garavani, better known as Valentino, was born in northern Italy in 1932. From childhood, he was interested in fashion, and he pursued apprenticeships and training from family and local designers. By his late teens, he was ready for Paris. His parents helped him to move there, and when he arrived, he began to study art and design in preparation for his chosen career.
Born on April 9, 1963 in New York City, Marc Jacobs suffered a lot with the death of his father at the age of 7. He would eventually move in with his grandmother and that made all the difference. Marc entered the Parsons School of Design and later position at Perry Ellis. Jacobs launched his own collection in 1986, started his own label and continued to impress the fashion world.
Growing up, Lauren was encouraged by his mother to become a rabbi, but he chose a much different course. Influenced by the easy, preppy elegance of the country club set, as well as the glamour of old Hollywood, he chose to emulate the work of Brooks Brothers and other WASP-y retailers, creating a look that seemed to embody easy American elegance. His interest in luxury, refinement and a certain “taste level” put a different spin on the staid classics of the past.
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When Christian Dior launched his “New Look” collection in 1947 he radically changed the direction of mid-century fashion, bringing the world a new idea of luxury from post-war Paris. Bustier bodices, bell-shaped skirts, rounded shoulders and cinched waists made Dior’s work different and irreverent. Dior took the world by storm, never producing an unpopular collection during his administratcion as the head of Dior brand.
London designer Mary Quant was not only an iconic fashion design but also the imortal creator of the miniskirt. Mary had an art-school background and had been designing and manufacturing her own clothes since second half of the twentieth century. She was convinced that fashion needed to be affordable to be accessible to the young, she opened her own retail boutique, Bazaar, on the Kings Road in 1955, introducing the “mod” era and the “Chelsea look.”
The very first collection of Christian Dior called ‘New Look’, was destined to become a turning point in women’s fashion. His very feminine ideal fashion designs became a sharp contrast to the harsh post-war vogue from that time. Christian Dior came to stay for a long time! Today, the fashion house Dior is on top of the fashion industry, and Christian Dior himself definitely was the best clothes fashion designer.
Over in London, things were distinctly more aggressive: Punk and themes of dissonance could be felt strongly (Brexit, much?), with plenty of tartan, more safety pins than even Johnny Rotten could handle and Vivienne Westwood staging an entire protest about climate change for her show. The strong mood could clearly be felt over the Channel, too, as British designer Sarah Burton's vision for Alexander McQueen this coming season established the poshest and most brilliantly executed iteration on punk we've seen in a long, long time. And talking of being combative, if you don't pick up on the "army" theme of many of the season's biggest shows (Bottega Veneta, Chloé, Miu Miu) and end up buying a pair of combat boots, I'll eat my bucket hat.
I don't think I've ever seen so many trends! The autumn/winter 2019 fashions are, to say the least, varied, vast and very much going to suit your style, whatever that may be. If you're a minimalist, there's much to love. If you're a maximalist, this is an epic time for you too. If you like colour, great. If you hate colour, fabulous! Want to dress like you're permanently at a party? That's an entirely legitimate planned, backed by many big industry hitters, including Marc Jacobs and Versace.
Talented and charismatic, he soon drew the attention of VIP’s in the fashion world; they appreciated his chic knitwear and his creativity. Always influenced by art, Gianni Versace drew inspiration from ancient Roman and Greek paintings and sculpture, as well as modern abstracts and Pop Art – producing bold, current designs using color, prints, and careful fitting that accentuated the lines of the body,
In this stage fabric properties like its weight, tenacity, and construction are determined. Now-a-days fabrics are becoming smarter. For the textile development there are new terms are used such as, high performances, technical, intelligent and smart fabric. Some designers select these kinds of fabrics to show their creativity and present it on fashion show.
Famous Italian fashion brands include Gucci, Armani, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Bottega Veneta, Roberto Cavalli, Costume National, Brunello Cucinelli, Diesel, Etro, Fay, Fendi, Salvatore Ferragamo, Fiorucci, Genny, Iceberg, Kiton, La Perla, Loro Piana, Marni, Missoni, Moncler, Moschino, Richmond, Ermanno Scervino, Tod's, Trussardi, and Versace.
In fact, Schiaparelli’s designs were often all too simple to copy, unlike the work of her chief rival, Coco Chanel. After World War II, Schiaparelli, who had lived in New York during the war, returned to Paris and found a different sensibility among its people. The post-war desire for simplicity and practicality made the unique embellishments of her designs less popular, and the endless knock-offs also cut into her profits.
Prefer to get a slick working wardrobe in order for autumn? Multiple savvy designers are catering to your needs and stepping up to fill the gigantic fashion hole Phoebe Philo has left in her wake since departing (old) Celiné. Want to be a total show-off for A/W 19? You'll have a great deal to choose from when it comes to loud colours, bold prints and even more statement-making silhouettes. But if you'd like to keep things chic and simple, there are many elegant, quiet pieces to combine together to that effect: You can't go wrong with Burberry's tailoring or (new) Celine's renewed bourgeois vibe.
“We love the body of a woman. Coco Chanel was wrong when she said that men were unable to design for women. Women know too much about women and they transpose their needs onto women’s clothes” The idea of women power and women shapes is as good to Dolce and Gabbana as it is for us. In 1985, their first collection was shown in Milan and built their themes on screen sirens, Sicilian widows and a rosary of Catholic kitsch. Dolce and Gabbana are arguably the most powerful and influential designers of our time.
Experiment with elements of design like shape, form, silhouette, proportion, texture, pattern and colour. In fashion design process the term silhouette refers to express the overall shape and volume of the design. Silhouette is one of the most important design considerations and it is easy to overlook when working on paper in a two-dimensional context. Designer gives the perfect silhouette from the front side and from the back side or side view. It is the meaningful relationship between garment and body like A-line, I-line, V-line, two tiered silhouette etc.
Fashion designers attempt to design clothes which are functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. They consider who is likely to wear a garment and the situations in which it will be worn, and they work within a wide range of materials, colors, patterns and styles. Though most clothing worn for everyday wear falls within a narrow range of conventional styles, unusual garments are usually sought for special occasions such as evening wear or party dresses.
Ottavio Missoni started their own fashion design company with his wife Rosita. First they started with stripes, the easiest design which could be made with the ch. They use up to twenty different fabrics, including wool, cotton, linen, rayon and silk and some 40 different colours for each of their collections. Their clothes range from sweaters to skirts, dresses and jackets. Ottavio Missoni has also diversified from clothes to tapestries and carpets. Ottavio died last year leaving Rosita being the head of the business.
Known for his stunning couture designs and his sophisticated women’s tuxedo jackets (known as le smoking), Saint Laurent was destined to carve out his own identity, but his career was not without its challenges. After a poorly received collection at Dior, which featured hobble skirts and other unusual designs, he was sent into mandatory military service. The stress of being in the army (although he lasted only 20 days) took a tremendous toll on the sensitive designer. He suffered from teasing and hazing by his fellow soldiers, and he soon plunged into a nervous breakdown; he was sent to a mental hospital for treatment.
As previously mentioned, punk spirit seized the London shows and definitely filtered into some during Paris. Alexander McQueen and Dior are two major luxury brands turning the rebellious signifiers of this look on their heads (studs! leather! mohair hole-y knits! plaid!), but you'll also find some homegrown talent pushing things into even wilder territory. Even if the more extreme ends of this trend aren't going to translate into the mass market, expect to see many tartan creations hitting shop floors over the coming months…
If there is one thing that is constant, it is “change”. And change is exactly the one thing that is constant when it comes to fashion. Since the beginning of human civilization, there has been a constant effort being put to make one look better. The different styles in fashion have always gone through innumerable changes. With the increase in the amount of innovations, the change in trend and fashion styles have also been rapid. So keeping that in mind, here is the list of a few fashion styles that we accepted with all our hearts:


Walking into Bay Burger on a Thursday night, you might not know what hit you.
Bay Burger may look like a casual burger joint on the side of the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Sag Harbor, but on Thursday nights for the past seven years, this joint has been jumpin’. Some of the greatest jazz musicians alive today have walked through the doors and made audiences swoon while downing pitchers of beer and grass-fed beef burgers. One of the most remarkable things about the jam session is you just never know who’s going to walk in the door.
The Thursday Night Live Band is comprises founder and drummer Claes Brondal, stand-up bass player Peter Martin Weiss and Wayne Sabella on piano. Then there are the regulars: trumpet players and saxophonists, pianists and guitarists, whose musicianship has grown under the simultaneously playful and professional vibe of the jam session. And finally, the superstars: people like Morris Goldberg on sax, who’s toured with Paul Simon but makes it a point to come to Bay Burger on Thursday nights regularly.
The idea for the jam session was really born when Joe Tremblay, who owns Bay Burger with his wife Liza and father-in-law John Landes, was still in college.
“Having gone to school in New Orleans,” Tremblay says, “where live music just pours out of almost every restaurant in town, I was interested in having live music be a part of the restaurant.”
Landes, who is passionate about public access to live music, collaborated with Brondal to create a vision for the music in the space.
“We’ve created magic in the sense of a mutual feeling between the musicians and the audience,” Brondal says. “The jam session is not pretentious. We try to create a space that musicians can create without fear. If you remove the element of fear, then there is much more room to create.”
The jam has grown over the years, so now it is a staple in people’s weeks and the faces you’ll see in the audience are familiar. Even in the depths of February, there’s a light on in Sag Harbor on Thursday nights, a place you can go and find community.
As the summer heats up, the jam becomes a hot ticket, and you’ll see cars lining the Bridge-Sag Turnpike well before the start time of 7 p.m.—so people can get their seats.
“It’s grown organically over the years,” says Tremblay, largely due to the vision and efforts of Landes and Brondal. But it’s also been shaped by the community and the character of the musicians who happen to live out here.”
The people of Bay Burger offered the space, and the Jam Session was clearly something the community was hungry for.
“So many of the great musicians who play just showed up one night and keep coming back,” Tremblay says. “They steer the tone as much as we do as organizers. We didn’t set out for this to be strictly jazz, but it worked out to be what works best in the space and what the market responded to.”
Perhaps the most important thing that the jam session has created in Sag Harbor and on the East End is an outlet for people to casually gather. Music brings people together as much as good food and drink, and they all mingle in the easy atmosphere at Bay Burger.
“One of the best things about Thursday night jazz,” Tremblay says, “is that it’s given us a reputation as an establishment that’s connected to the community, and that is really important to a lot of people who live here.”
The Jam Session takes place every Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Bay Burger on the Bridge-Sag Turnpike in Sag Harbor. Special guests are lined up throughout the series, and musicians are invited to bring their instrument and join in. Donations are appreciated. thejamsession.org.


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Microsoft has today introduced one note users with a new experience for the users. The new experience has an updated design that gives you simple navigation , an improved accessibility across all the devices and very easy move between your sections and pages.This update will be coming to Windows, iOS and Android in the coming weeks.
The new experience makes it very easy to access one note using keyboards with simple screen shortcuts. This app update brings a consistent experience across the different devices and different ecosystems. Here’s the introduction video from Microsoft:
In the introduction video Microsoft has shown that the app has a common UI on all kind of devices from small devices to large devices and from Windows to Android and iOS. You can see the new design of one note on the onenote.com on the web.
One surprising thing seen in the Introduction video was that it had not shown any Windows phone showing the UI in the Windows 10 Mobile platform. It’s sad to see that Microsoft isn’t giving any attention to the Windows phone user base who want to listen anything related to the future of this platform.


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Safflower is an annual herbaceous flowering plant. The flowers are produced in heads upon tall stems, containing yellow, orange, or red flowers. Safflower petals have many medicinal and culinary uses. They’re rich in minerals and Vitamin B-3, and it has a mild taste (with undertones of chocolate and tobacco.) Safflower also looks quite a lot like saffron, giving it the designation as “false saffron” when it’s used as a replacement for the pricy saffron in recipes. The plants seeds are also pressed into an oil. Safflower oil is a favorite of many who prefer a more neutral-tasting alternative to olive oil.
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- Safflower history
- Safflower flavor profile
- Health benefits of safflower
- Common uses of safflower
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Historians are not certain about the origin of safflower, but many believe it originated in one of three locations: India, Central Asia, or Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea). Most of the world’s safflower supply now comes from India.
There are mentions of safflower going back almost 4,000 years. The cultivation of safflower is thought to have started in the Fertile Crescent. Safflower was found in the tomb of Amenophis I, which dates back to 1600 BC, and it was referred to in manuscripts of Ptolemy II from 260 BC.
The dye from safflower was exported to France, Italy, and England to color cheeses and sausages in the 18th century.
Today, the seeds are the part of the plant most commonly used. Most safflower is cultivated for oil, which is extracted from the seeds. The seeds are also used as bird feed. And most recently, safflower has become popular as a nutritional supplement.
Safflower flavor profile
Safflower petals have a lightly sweet aroma that can still hold up to cooking. Its flavor is mild and has been described as having notes in common with the flavors of chocolate and tobacco. Because of safflower’s mildness, you will have to use a lot if you want to enjoy its flavor.
Safflower oil is also considered more neutral in flavor. It’s ideal for someone who does not like the flavor of stronger-tasting oils (like olive oil.)
–> Learn More: Safflower Oil – History, Flavor, Benefits, Uses
Health benefits of safflower
The petals of the safflower plant contain a range of nutrients like:
- Phytochemicals: Safflower contains limonene, which is a powerful antioxidant that can help to prevent cancer. It may even be able to help you to manage your weight.
- Minerals: Safflower contains iron, manganese, and magnesium. Iron is important for red blood cell production while manganese helps to build healthy bones. Magnesium helps with a large number of the body’s enzymatic reactions.
- Vitamin B-3: Also known as niacin, vitamin B-3 can help with cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. It boosts good cholesterol levels while lowering the levels of bad cholesterol.
Safflower has been used to treat a range of conditions, including:
- Abdominal cramping: Practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine use it to encourage menstruation and ease abdominal pain.
- Fevers: Herbalists in the US use safflower as a treatment for fevers.
- Skin diseases: Safflower is considered by some to be an effective treatment for measles along with rashes and other skin problems.
Common uses of safflower
Safflower has a reputation as the poor man’s saffron. Because the dried petals are similar to saffron, they are sometimes called “false saffron” or “bastard saffron.” Even so, safflower plays a major role in many cuisines worldwide. For example, it is used the Azerbaijani lamb and chickpea stew called “piti.”
In Syrian cooking, it is a favored ingredient used for cooking vegetables and omelets. It can also make Spanish paella a far less costly dish since it is not as expensive as the commonly called for saffron. Safflower is also used to provide the yellow color to margarine.


text: The Insite hears from sources the burglary of popular hip hop shop TV Jewelry in Sharpstown Mall may have been an inside job. The business owned by Johnny Dang and pitched by Houston nationally known rapper Paul Wall was hit by several thieves last month. I hear 100’s of thousands of dollars in jewelry – lifted from the showcases which weren’t locked. Also sources say this was one of the only nights inventory wasn’t taken at the insured store. The Insite has been told there were no signs of forced entry into the mall but bolt cutters were used to get through a gate on the front entrance of T-V Jewelry. Also a questionable sign – the burglars were able to pick all the real grillz and leave the fake ones behind. The suspects also took all the lay away orders – now that’s cold. The Insite is also told by individuals who have seen the unedited surveillance tape the burglars took their time and appeared to know what they were looking for. The very expensive so called VIP jewelry wasn’t touched. Supposedly, investigators took one look at the scene and said it’s an inside job. The question – who is behind it?


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Okay, people- this is one of those out of the box newborn sessions that I hope will inspire you to think about your own family and what kind of images could reflect you and your family’s personality. A photography session with me is not just a plug-and-play routine; I really love to brainstorm how I can customize to make sure your images reflect a real picture of your unique family.
When did you last truly celebrate your love story?
YOUR EVERYDAY LOVE STORY
FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY PROMOTION
It’s about to hit – the season of flowers and chocolates and super gushy sweet love notes.
There’s part of me that still loves that. . . . but when I stop to reflect, love has become something much more.
When you share a life with someone, life is a little messy. But it’s still beautiful.
Love is a spouse who will massage pregnant achy muscles, without a massage in return.
Love is the wonder of gazing at a little, longed for newborn, who knows nothing and is yet everything.
Love is taking turns getting up to calm that teething baby or nightmaring toddler.
It’s deciding to laugh when the toddler puts a bowl of spaghetti on her head.
Love is going to work bleary eyed, but coming home early for a big running hug from a 5-year-old sweetheart. Or it’s staying home with a little person who will somehow both drive you nuts and heart melt you like nothing else.
Love is smashed cheerios on the couch and sand from the beach in the car.
It’s Barbie shoes at the bottom of your purse, it’s band-aids as fashion statements, it’s peas thrown from the high chair, it’s muddy, muddy shoes in the mudroom.
Love is date night at home, with Chinese take-out and Netflix binging.
Love is a knowing gaze when your son giggles – the gaze of knowing that you can together joy at your kid being joyful.
It’s sharing a beer or a glass of wine. Sitting on the stools in the kitchen together while one kid whines for a snack even though he just ate dinner and the other kid zooms Hot Wheels by your feet. Sharing more of those gazes.
Those gazes are love. When you don’t even have to explain how you feel, because you’ve both shared it. You both know.
Life isn’t how it was before – it’s messier, it’s sleepier, but it’s also amazingly beautiful.
Your every day is beautiful. A beautiful love story.
This Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to celebrate your beautiful ordinary love with a family story session.
For $200, you’ll receive a 2-hour story session to gift your sweetheart, which can be claimed any time through June 2018. You’ll also get an 8×12 fine art piece, professionally mounted and ready for framing (artist’s choice).
Afterwards, you’ll have the opportunity to purchase what you love from our menu of prints, products and collections – a witness to your family’s gorgeous story to brighten your every single day. (Contact us for a copy of our session guide with all the details!) Your $200 session fee will be applied to your purchase of any prints or digital collections.
Also – purchase your session before February 6th and we’ll send you a pretty voucher in time to present your loved one on Valentine’s Day.
This voucher can be used to book a family session, an in-home newborn session, or a fresh 48 session. The session can either be in your home or at a location of your choice in the Philadelphia or South Jersey area. Sessions are for immediate family only and must be purchased before Valentine’s Day (2/14/18) to take advantage of this promotion.
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I start many conversations with clients these days telling them that more and more, my style is moving farther away from posed, and more towards documentary. This family was one of my favorite examples of what I mean by that. A documentary, storytelling session starts off with a conversation between me and you, where I start helping you think through – what is it about my family, during this particular slice of life, that is so special that I want to wrap it up and make sure I remember it forever? I have a questionnaire that is almost less for me and more for you – so that you can pause the laundry and dishes and have a moment of reflection – what exactly is the the thing that might drive me crazy now, but that someday I’ll miss? (For me, at this very moment one answer is the pile of books that my 8 year old leaves in the bathroom, by the sink and ready to be splashed on by her younger sister).
This family embraced the spirit – welcomed me into their Philly row home, and Miss Sassy Middle Sister walked me through their house, stopping to snuggle with her dog, watch her older brother sulk a little with his game system (he was nursing a foot injury and not having the best day), and watch her younger brother tumble upside down on the couch. Brushing teeth? Putting on shoes? Dog licking food of the plates as mom puts them on the dishwasher? Yup – that’s what we do in the morning before hitting the city.
So a careful observer would note that I haven’t been blogging. For like a year.
This is not disconnected from an emotional space I was in last fall – I think a lot of us were there. I started this specific blog post in early fall. I wrote about how I loved the leaves, the fall, the inspirations of nature and sudden beauty. It was a plea to tell those of you who were inquiring about foliage and holiday card shots, to tell you that even though there is yes beauty in nature, that there is something more. I wrote:
Don’t get me wrong – I love love love the fall, the leaves, the inspirations of nature and the sudden beauty.
There is an internal conflict, because I know I can get you the smile and pose shot – I know you will look beautiful and will fit right into a Gap catalogue. But I also still genuinely believe – your every day is beautiful.
And then November elections hit. And really, man, I just still don’t have words to explain how yucky it feels to me, to be self promoting on Facebook when there are real people, hurting real feelings. Like, I can’t post photos of cute puppies and my happy family without feeling something inauthentic. Because I was sad. Sad about the election, sad about my youngest going to full day kindergarten (leaving me alone for such massively long stretches after 13 years of being a stay-at-home mom with a part time photo gig), a little melancholic about turning 40 and time passing. My business partner had her own crises, but those are not mine to tell! So anyhow, I stopped blogging.
I didn’t stop taking photos. I did reflect a little about whether June Day Photo was what I was supposed to be doing with my time. But what I came back to was yes. That yes, the core of this post is true. That even if the world around is yucky, and not everything in your life is perfect, there are still beautiful moments in your every day lives – and in mine – that drive the passion of my photography. That’s what I want to do with my life.
So here’s my family, one lazy Saturday. One year ago.
I woke up to the girls building a blanket fort right outside my bedroom door. It is super sweet to wake up to the chatter of happy voices (don’t get me wrong, that DOESN’T happen every day!). These photos are peekaboo outside the tent and then a few when I peaked under the blanket.
Before you hit play on the video below (and yes, in a sec I’m going to explain here why you really really should hit play) – take a look at the photo I’ve chosen as it’s cover. It’s one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken, and I feel really thankful to have had the chance to take it. Every single person in this brand new family of five is in relationship to someone else in the frame, in a beautiful, joyful, I can’t believe this is happening moment. He’s here. Little brother is here, and we are now complete! He is snuggled to mom, cozy and listening for the first time to the chatter and exuberance that will be his new everyday. Mom is looking at her oldest and thinking about how big he is, and how he was once so little. Mr. Middle Child and dad are just reveling in the fun and newness and excitement that they are getting to share together. It’s not posed – it was documented – and exactly the kind of documented moment my artist brain is constantly looking to capture.
It’s Thanksgiving week!
What are you thankful for? My oldest turns THIRTEEN this week, and I am thankful for thirteen years, and all the lessons that thirteen years teach you about parenting. About what you can control and what you can’t. About being kind of amazed and also a little sad/scared/excited that he’s survived to that teenage milestone, and a little curious about what the next thirteen years holds.
Some of you are just friends of the family I’m blogging about, or maybe someone who is pregnant and considering a photographer, and you are wondering where I’m going with this! Apologies for being a little bit stream-of-consciousness here. But I do try to let people understand the vision I am looking at when I pick up my camera, choose a lens, and bring your world into focus. I do bring, unapologetically, my love for my own children, my love for parenthood despite its struggles, authentic and unposed beauty, and a quest to preserve real moments and real emotion.
So awesome to see news that Expertise.com named June Day Photography as one of the Top 20 Maternity Photographers in Philadelphia! In the list are so many other photographers I follow and love, so it really is an honor. Thanks to all of you who have been helping me along and turning my passion for authentic, everyday beautiful captures into a career that I love.
And of course – if you are expecting a new little one into your life, or know someone who is – give me a holler and let’s chat about how I can tell your family’s story for you – From maternity on through the first year!
Fresh 48. I’m not sure who came up with that term, but boy, I’ve been spending time editing this sweet family’s session, working to create this video fusion slideshow, and fresh feels like the correct word. It’s a fresh new family – little one is only hours old, and glows with fresh, new, tiny sweetness.
One of the things that I love about the small community I live in, Collingswood, NJ – is that I’ve met a myriad of people who embrace their passions and proactively work to make our community better. Totally inspirational place to live. Two of those people, are Robb Sewell and Eric Wolff. This article in NJ Pen highlights it in more detail, but basically, Rob and Eric saw a need in our community, and then created a project to help raise money to make sure that need continued to be met. Love it! You see a need in your community – you not only work to help it in your own individual way (adopting a pet), but you actively work to build community efforts in joining forces for a cause (creating a pet photography calendar to help raise money for a shelter you know specifically needs more community support.).
Are you looking for a photographer for family or newborn photos, but just are not convinced that you have the kind of home that is worthy of being photographed? As a photographer, I look for ways to show you that your life is beautiful, wherever you live. This couple are young graduate students who have given me some major flashbacks to my own life twelve years ago. They live in a normal apartment complex, in a suburb of Philadelphia, and you know what I saw with my photographer eyes in their place?


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Concert by the Lea Singers - War & Peace - Haydn Nelson Mass & Duruflé Requiem - 27 April
Event Date: April 1, 2013
Posted: March 19, 2013
Location: England, United Kingdom
Concert at St Mary's Church, Culverhay, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucs, GL12 7BT, UK as part of the Wotton Arts Festival on Saturday 27 April 2013 at 7:30pm
The Lea Singers choir was founded in 1960. During the last fifty two years it has given over 350 concerts and sung 1,500 different pieces of music. The choir has sung in 15 cathedrals, in 105 different venues, has toured in six different countries and made six recordings.
For the concert on Saturday they will perform two great choral works - Haydn’s Nelson Mass and the Duruflé Requiem, both pieces with organ accompaniment: a particular pleasure for the Duruflé, which started out as an organ piece based on plainchant melodies. This gives them the opportunity to work again with James Sherlock, a former conductor and a truly inspiring organist. Helen Neeves is the soprano soloist, and the other solo parts will be sung by members of the choir. Benjamin Goodson is their talented young conductor.
Go to http://www.wottonartsfestival.org.uk/timetable-of-events.html for more details & tickets or Tel: +44-1453-842499


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Why are we all so afraid to be ourselves? This is the biggest fear I see time and time again. And I get it because I have felt it too and releasing it was both the most terrifying thing I have ever done as well as the most liberating. There is a lightness that comes about when you make a firm decision to never act in a certain way or be a certain thing for fear of someone else not approving.
I used to think I would turn into an ass-hole if I stopped caring about the approval of others. But the beautiful thing is that the exact opposite occurred as now, if I do or say something for someone else, it is purely because I want to make them feel good. I want to lift them. I want to give. It comes from a place of complete heart with no strings attached.
It is very easy to get into a cycle of resentment when we are basing our lives on the approval of others. It’s easy, when in this state, to give and then have words running through your mind about how unappreciated you are. Or perhaps you give and then you feel like you have fallen short.
One of the best lessons I learned was that you can never dance well enough to someone else’s tune so it is impossible to keep them happy no matter how hard you try. Thus you might as well give up and dance to your own tune. You will find when you do this, others are attracted to you, because ultimately we all want to feel the freedom to be ourselves.
Why are we so afraid then? Why do we feel naked? It comes down to us humans being sociable creatures. We need to feel like we belong. It is hard wired into us. The problem arises when we find ourselves in a culture or group where our true self is different from what the “norm” is. And it is easy to believe the whole world is full of people just like those surrounding you up till now.
Here is the fun part though. There are people just like you. Your crew is out there, somewhere in this world and when you embrace who you are, you will find it easier to find them. Right now, if you are dancing to someone else’s tune, if one of your true “crew” walked by, they would not recognise you as being like them.
Be brave, be bold. And step out as yourself and you will soon discover that you are not alone for long.
My challenge to you this week is to delve into who you are and ask yourself how you can be more uniquely you?

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Hole conducting, optically transparent Cu2O thin films on glass substrates have been synthesized by vacuum annealing (5×10-6 mbar at 700 K for 1 hour) of magnetron sputtered (at 300 K) CuO thin films. The Cu2O thin films are p-type and show enhanced properties: grain size (54.7 nm), optical transmission 72% (at 600 nm) and Hall mobility 51 cm2/Vs. The bulk and surface Valence band spectra of Cu2O and CuO thin films are studied by temperature dependent Hall effect and Ultra violet photo electron Spectroscopy (UPS). CuO thin films show a significant band bending downwards (due to higher hole concentration) than Cu2O thin films. © 2015 Author(s).


• Says federal, provincial govts can’t independently handle Karachi needs
• Calls groundbreaking of Rs207bn KCR project ‘revolutionary move’
• Announces K-IV water supply will start in two years
KARACHI: Striking a tone of reconciliation, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday called for shedding “all political differences” between the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led federal government and the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government and moving forward together for Karachi’s development.
Mr Khan asked the Sindh government to reconsider its tough stance on the federal government proposal for Bundal Island, where the Centre had planned to build a new city infrastructure by inviting real estate tycoons and builders, but the PPP administration had called Islamabad’s move an attempt to “occupy” provincial resources, putting the whole idea on the backburner.
He expressed these views while addressing a groundbreaking ceremony of the Karachi Circular Railway project at Karachi Cantt Railway Station.
The PM explained reasons why the joint strategy of Centre and Sindh on key decisions was crucial, warning that it would not be possible for either of the two administrations to independently handle growing needs of the metropolis. If plans for Karachi were not put in place immediately, he warned, “thing would turn from difficult to impossible”. “The federal and provincial governments would have to go together,” Mr Khan told the ceremony attended by federal and provincial ministers, top officials of Pakistan Railways, senior officers and legislators. “We [federal government] can’t do many things without the support of the provincial government. Similarly, the province finds it hard to move on many occasions without support of the federal government. So whatever our political differences are, we would have to leave them behind for the sake of Sindh, for the sake of Pakistan. In Karachi, we would have to work together with all due honesty and hard work.”
Mr Khan then elaborated why he spotted Karachi for his reconciliatory political approach and called the port city the “engine of growth” that promised the country’s prosperity and his dream of a poverty-free Pakistan.
“What is the importance of Karachi?” he asked before explaining that in every developed country, one single city leads their development. “It’s like an engine of growth. In the UK, you would find London playing this role. If London prospers, the UK prospers. In the US, there is New York. In Pakistan, we have Karachi.
“Believe me we are not even aware of the potential this city carries. We have not even calculated its potential yet,” the premier said.
He referred to the recently launched projects by the federal government as part of the same strategy aimed at modernising the city’s infrastructure, rebuilding its image and attracting the world to its importance as a commercial centre of Asia.
Mr Khan asserted that the Bundal Island development would benefit the people of Sindh and ultimately release pressure from Karachi. “When we would develop Bundal Island, it would ultimately bring employment for people of Sindh and release pressure from Karachi,” said the PM. “Because the way Karachi is expanding, it would be extremely difficult for any government to cater its needs or provide its utilities. The more it is expanding, the more difficult it is becoming. We need to plan about it now and immediately. We need to decide what we have to do about this city and where we have to ring fence it? No government can meet such a challenge. We came up with the same idea to stop the shapeless expansion of Lahore and brought the Ravi City project. The same idea is aimed for Bundal Island. It’s a win-win situation for everyone.”
He called the groundbreaking of Rs207 billion KCR project a “revolutionary move” and a “major relief” for Karachiites facing transport crisis for more than three decades.
Before his address, the premier was briefed that the KCR was a public-private partnership project with an estimated completion period of 18 to 24 months. It would be a state-of-the-art project having all modern facilities including fast-moving electric trains.
Commissioned in 1964, the KCR was originally designed to facilitate travel of Pakistan Railways employees between their workplaces (at and around the City and Cantonment railway stations) and their residences in Karachi’s eastern neighbourhoods.
Later in 1970 the service was extended in a circular shape connecting four major work areas — the city port, the Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE), the Landhi Industrial Area and commercial areas such as Saddar — through 44-km tracks.
The circular railway remained the means of transportation of choice for the people of Karachi until 1984 when number of its trains was reduced. Reasons for the move included lack of maintenance and repair, a yawning gap between expenditure rising due to higher fuel and operational costs and revenue decreasing due to subsidised tickets, and the government’s inability to spend money on improvement of tracks and stations. The KCR finally shut down in 1999, forcing thousands of its daily users to travel by buses.
With KCR’s ‘groundbreaking’ ceremony and the expected launch of Green Line bus service, Prime Minister Khan was confident that the transport crisis in Karachi would be solved largely.
He also promised decades-old water crisis in the city was also meeting its solution soon. “Water supply is the second major problem of Karachi,” he said.
“Before arriving here [Karachi] earlier today, I met Wapda chairman for some brief [about K-IV project]. I am glad that they [Wapda] are confident about their progress on K-IV. He [Wapda chairman] has assured me that Karachi would be getting water supply in two years. So things are improving for Karachi and its people.”
Published in Dawn, September 28th, 2021


He has now signed onto the latest Big Lie of the American right.
He has endorsed the Beckian delusion that a new Grand Caliphate could possibly ascend successfully across the planet.
As one of the principal architects of the longest, the 2nd most expensive and the most unnecessary war in the in the history of our country, he said in early November of 2002 that it would take "Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that."
In the face of Iraqi rage amidst the utter chaos resulting from his policies and the killing and maiming of thousands of Iraqi women and children, he said he was "surprised" and did not "expect" it.
Donald Rumsfeld is a notoriously vicious and stupid liar. Most importantly, he has proven to be his generation's most incompetent analyst.
The whole of his career since has been spent excusing himself due to an inability to predict events geo-politically.
He has spent the last seven years saying he never saw any of it coming.
He is not to be listened to now.
He is not to be trusted.