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So excited to share this post! It's my favourite DIY of the year… My Christmas DIY Advent Calendar. Come take a look!
This year, to pause and really relish the Christmas season before it flies past us as fast as Santa's sleigh, I thought that a hand made advent calendar tailored to projects and Christmassy traditions would be ideal to bring Neil and I even closer together when trying out new projects and spreading joy to others during December.
When you finish a pot of jam, a bottle of gin, or a jar of gherkins, what do you do with the empty pot? Often times I've thrown it straight into the recycling and not given it a second thought, but in more recent months I've started collecting used jars and bottles to repurpose them.
Ok so the bedroom is slowly but surely looking like how I want it. If you want to see before + after shots, head on over here. I also did a little step by step guide to creating a gallery wall for the less confident decorator.
The lighting has been on my list of things to change since FOREVER. When we moved in I was glad of the previous owner leaving all of the light shades and window dressings - it's meant we've had more time to think about what we want to replace things with, but in the same breath it's slowed down my progress as it's never been a priority to make changes.
With the help of family run lighting specialists (who I will now forever look to when considering lighting fixtures and changes) Dowsing & Reynolds, we had a pretty seamless switch over from our plain white plastic light fixture to this shiny new copper cage pendant.
Dowsing & Reynolds gave me the freedom to create my own bespoke light. From the colour of the ceiling rose, the material, length and colour of the cable to the shade, bulb holder and light bulb, you can customise a light to suit any space and fit it all as soon as it arrives without too much technical expertise (err, well, if you have a new build property that is).
Above is the basic kit you need for installing and hanging a light of this style. I chose all of mine on the Dowsing + Reynolds site, working to a copper theme with dark grey fabric cable, and a gorgeous vintage lightbulb. I asked Neil (he has no prior electrician experience) if he could remove our current fittings and install the whole light fitting and ceiling rose. It turned out very doable (he is pretty trustworthy with this sort of thing, and can turn his hand to anything although he'll probably disagree if he read this) until we reached a problem that only an experts mind could fix.
As we live in a flat built in the late 1800s, our wiring behind the ceiling rose had just 2 wires not the standard 3, so we had to get a sparky in to rewire and fit it for us. She did an excellent job at a really low cost (£25). It's one thing to bear in mind if you're thinking of doing a DIY job. In a new build, or in houses post 1920s I'd imagine it would be fairly simple. But for the sake of £25, we felt a lot safer having an expert come in to take over. And a huge high five was in order at the fact our electrician was a woman. What a legend.
Dowsing & Reynolds provide all the necessary screws, wall plugs and instructions to do this yourself but it's useful to have a cable stripper or stanley knife to cut the cable to the length you want it, and as I already mentioned, previous experience is better than none at all so if you do know electricians that don't mind doing small jobs, I'd ask them before you try it yourself.
Also one last thing - always remember to switch your power of at the fusebox before fiddling with any lighting or electrics.
I can't wait to start plotting ideas for our living room now. I think something a little cosier in line with our traditional feel we have going on in the living room might work. I'm sure I'll find a tonne of ideas on the Dowsing & Reynolds website.
Next on my list is to change those disgusting blinds!
I got a new Tassimo Bosch Coffee maker this week and thought I'd try my hand at some latte art to share with you.
You know the kind, white fluffy hearts or tulips neatly presented at the top of your cappuccino cup when you order in at Starbucks.
I did a very short barista class a long long time ago at a coffee shop in Brighton, where I was taught about the fast and slow pouring, and the quick hand gestures needed to craft fine coffee art. As an avid amateur baker, with the piping skills of a 5 year old, I didn't hold much hope for myself, and I spent the class fooling around getting high on caffeine.
I thought that being older, wiser and more serious about nailing the art I would give it another go with my shiny new coffee machine.
I've always wanted to be able to wow people that come visit us, presenting them with tulip shaped milk in their cups. I watched handy Youtube videos to sharpen my memory of the class (thank God for Youtube) but after using almost 10 Tassimo pods and about 4 pints of milk trying to nail it, I gave up. It was too much of a cost, and I just couldn't steam my milk right.
So I came up with a fools guide to wowing visitors with their very own bespoke coffee art designs. It's laughable, but it made me feel a little less like a failure in doing this.
As you can probably see from the photos (all very self explanatory and school girl) you cut out your guest's initial from some cardboard, place is over your freshly whipped milk, and sprinkle with cocoa powder (or in my case, Lindt Hot Chocolate sachets) et voille!
One day I will nail the art to creating cappuccino + latte hearts. But for now, I'll settle with my quick and easy DIY art.
All I need now are some visitors to show off my Tassimo creations, anyone fancy calling for a cuppa?
You may remember me mentioning that I wanted to spend 2015 being a little more crafty, trying out new arts and crafts. Well, not one to shy away from my word, I did just that with the help of some brilliant crafty how-to's on Sykes Cottages blog. They have a really inspiring vintage DIY and craft guide for beginners which you'll see me looking at in our wee film below. I first made some cute earrings from beads and wire, and then my own lavender votive candle. Not going to lie, I'm no natural but it was really fun switching off from technology and emails for a while to relax and make something with my hands - no pressure to do it well, no looking at the clock thinking about what I'm supposed to rush through next, just a chilled out morning with biscuits and beads. I can imagine how fun it would be to do a crafty weekend away in a secluded cottage. Something else we tried for the first time - filming. Well, Neil filmed and edited. I just stirred some wax in a saucepan and ate biscuits at the speed of light. Tough job eh? I hope you like the little film we made. Nobody told me halogen lights don't like being on camera?! Oh well, we live and learn.
Did you read my recent '7 ways I've made my life better?' post? If so you'll remember me wanting to be more creative in 2015.
I've long read DIY & thrifty home interior blogs wishing I could be even an inch as creative as the authors pulling together their own work of art for a mere £5, but in reality, it takes a lot of practice to become truly great at something.
I find that the best way you can introduce yourself to new skills, is by purchasing beginner's kits with instructions and all the necessary basic materials so you can gauge whether you want to make this a long-term hobby of yours - and get good at it.
Cue this Kirstie Allsopp Lavender Bath Bombes Kit arriving in the post from Hobbycraft last week.
By the way is it bath bombs, or bath bombes? I'll never know.
1. Empty the citric acid granules into a large bowl, then sieve the bicarbonate of soda and cornflour on top of the citric acid.
2. Empty your essential oil into a spray bottle and spritz a thin layer all over the dry mix and stir it together.
3. The instructions within Kirstie's pack says you should hear fizzing and bubbling as the mixture comes together, but mine was still very powdery. I added about 1tbsp of water (careful not to put too much in, or your bomb mixture will fizz away!) and found it came together much better.
5. Now, fill the moulds pushing firmly together and secure. Leave them 24 hours to harden and combine.
6. 24 hours later, twist the moulds to release the bath bombs, et voile! Enjoy your bath!
I have yet to use mine, as we don't have a bath in our new flat (!) so I'll be sharing them with my nearest and dearests expecting a full review shortly after they use them.
Overall, I couldn't believe how easy bath bombs are to make at home. You could even try using rose petals to decorate, or different essential oils depending on your favourite smells.
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They'd also make wonderful gifts. Check out Hobbycraft's range of gifts to surprise that special someone and watch this space for more crafty affairs.


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For four hours, members of the Coalition decked out in the groups black and gold tee-shirts talked with and engaged people on the street and went house to house knocking on doors. Understandably some were too afraid to even open the door, many have been traumatized, shell shocked by gunshots, yellow tape, bloody crime scenes and bad dreams.
This canvassing campaign was coordinated by "For Our Future Florida" and NCOJ. The boots on the ground data collection effort concluded that the majority of those interviewed expressed: a) there is great distrust in law enforcement and that many feel that blacks are victims of both implicit and explicit racial bias throughout the criminal justice system. b) The majority also expressed they are subjected to daily to racial, social and economic injustices. c) most residents feel there is a direct connection between unemployment, poverty and crime and at the top of this list is their feeling that there is a desperate need for job training and jobs. Shown is Tyrone Robinson entering a resident's property to complete the survey.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rojo and the second or maternal family name is Arroitia.
José Francisco 'Txetxu' Rojo Arroitia (born 28 January 1947) is a Spanish retired footballer and coach.
During his career the forward played solely for Athletic Bilbao, in a professional spell which spanned nearly 20 years. He was one of the club's most iconic players, and later also worked as a coach with the team.
Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Rojo joined local giants Athletic Club de Bilbao's youth ranks at an early age. In 1965 he started playing for its reserves but, after only three appearances, was promoted to the first team, and stayed there until his professional retirement 17 years later.
Rojo made his La Liga debut on 26 September 1965 in a 0–1 away loss against Córdoba CF, and helped Athletic to two Copa del Rey trophies. He played a total of 414 games in the Spanish top flight, becoming the player with the second-most appearances in the Basque side's history, only behind José Ángel Iribar.
In 1982, aged 35, Rojo retired from football, beginning a coaching career – a testimonial match was held in his honour, with Athletic Bilbao hosting the English national team. His first manager experience would be with Bilbao Athletic, and he was promoted to first-team duties early into the 1989–90 campaign, being sacked at its closure.
After a four-year spell at Celta de Vigo, achieving promotion to the top level in his second season, Rojo returned to the second division for the next three years, coaching CA Osasuna and UE Lleida. For 1997–98 he was appointed at UD Salamanca, helping the modest outfit retain its first division status, and the following season he joined Real Zaragoza, leading it to the fourth place in 2000 – with the club failing to qualify for the UEFA Champions League only because the fifth-placed team, Real Madrid, won the campaign's most important European trophy – which earned him a return to his main team, Bilbao.
After only one season Rojo moved back to Zaragoza, being replaced by Luis Costa on 22 January 2002 after a 2–4 away loss against Sevilla FC, and ultimately being relegated from the top level. He then took a sabbatical year, subsequently joining Rayo Vallecano in division two and again dropping down a category.
Rojo played 18 times for Spain, his debut coming on 26 March 1969 in a friendly with Switzerland held in Valencia. During his nine years as an international he scored three goals, but never took part in any major international tournament.
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v Pakistan at Newlands, 3rd Test, 26,27,28 January 2007 (5-day match) 2007 Result South Africa won by 5 wickets.
The South African cricket team, also known as The Proteas are a national cricket team representing South Africa. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.
South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status. Between February 18 2007 and April 7 2007, South Africa was ranked at the top of the ICC One-Day International rankings.
As of October 2007, the South African team has played 322 Test matches, winning 32.91%, losing 35.71% and drawing 31.36% of its games.
Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first Test match (against touring England at Port Elizabeth), becoming the third Test nation.
In 1970, the ICC voted to suspend South Africa from international cricket indefinitely because of its government's policy of apartheid, an overtly racist policy, which led them to play only against the white nations (England, Australia, New Zealand), and field only white players. This decision excluded players such as Graeme Pollock from partaking in international Test Cricket. It would also cause the emigration of future stars like Allan Lamb and Robin Smith, who both played for England, and Kepler Wessels, who initially played for Australia, before returning to South Africa.
The ICC reinstated South Africa as a Test nation in 1991 after the deconstruction of apartheid, and the team played its first sanctioned match since 1970 (and its first ever One-Day International) against India in Calcutta on 10 November 1991.
Since South Africa have been reinstated they have achieved mixed success, and hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2003. However, it is widely believed the sides containing the likes of Alan Donald, Shaun Pollock, and Hansie Cronje, grossly underachieved, gaining a reputation as chokers, due to them reaching the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup three times, but failing to progress into the finals, with Herschelle Gibbs famously dropping Australian captain Steve Waugh in 1999 in a league game. They have also had bad press for choking in vital matches in other important tournaments including the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.
With Donald retiring, Cronje banned for match-fixing and later killed in a plane crash, and Pollock nearing the end of his career, the team has once again changed shape. Due to a racial quota policy, the side now contains black players, unlike the past, it is currently captained by Graeme Smith, although following injuries to Smith and Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince was appointed Test captain on July 12, 2006. At the age of 29, he became the first non-white man to captain the once all-white South African cricket team.
South Africa has an unfortunate record of failing to win major tournaments. The 1992 cricket World Cup, for example, featured a rain-affected match played before the introduction of the Duckworth-Lewis method. As a result, South Africa was left in the ludicrous situation of requiring 22 runs from one ball in order to progress. At the 1999 Cricket World Cup, South Africa played against Australia in the last Super Six match as well as the knock-out semifinal. Australia defeated the Proteas in the Super Six match and recorded a thrilling tie in the semifinal, which was enough to knock the Africans out of the tournament since Australia had previously beaten them (in the match immediately beforehand). It is in the Super Six match that Steve Waugh is reputed to have told Herschelle Gibbs "Mate, you just dropped the World Cup" when the latter dropped him en route to a match-winning century, a comment which has to the disappointment of many a cricket fan been denied by Waugh himself in interviews. The image of the South Africans following the run-out of their last batsman has become an iconic sporting image, referenced by The Twelfth Man, among others.
South Africa hosted the 2003 Cricket World Cup, but failed to progress beyond the group stage due to a misunderstanding of how many runs they needed to score in a rain-affected run chase. As a result of this, Shaun Pollock resigned as captain and was replaced by young batsman Graeme Smith, although Pollock continued to play for the team. Under Smith's leadership, South Africa has achieved some success, although they have been hampered by the retirements of many star players, including fast bowler Allan Donald and one-day specialist Jonty Rhodes. As a result, they had a poor 2004, only winning against the West Indies.
South Africa became the world's No. 1 ranked side early in 2007 but then failed to deliver once again in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. They had a rollercoaster ride that included dominant wins over England, the West Indies, Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland, and a narrow win over Sri Lanka, but devastating losses to Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh that cost them the number one ranking. Then they bowed out in the semifinals with their lowest ever score in a World Cup as Australia bowled them out for 149 and won by 7 wickets. South Africa are regarded by many as the best team never to have won the Cricket World Cup.
However, they won the inaugural ICC Champions Trophy in 1998, beating West Indies in the finals, and also won the first and most likely the only Commonwealth Games gold in cricket in the same year. They are currently ranked No.1 in the world in the One-Day International Cricket rankings and are rated in the top five for Test cricket rankings. This is due to a long streak from January to November 2005, in which they were not defeated. They gained the top position in the ODI rankings after Australia's defeat in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series, but lost it during the 2007 World Cup.
They also hold the record of the Largest Successful Run Chase and the Second Highest Team Total in One-Day Internationals (438-9 in 49.5 overs), in an iconic match against Australia on 12 March 2006. This game is considered by many to be the greatest One-Day International ever played.
For World Cups from 1975 to 1987 inclusive, South Africa were not an ICC member, and therefore ineligible to compete in the tournament.
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AltLaw was an American academic project from 2007 to 2010 aimed at making federal appellate and Supreme Court case law publicly available, "to make the common law a bit more common." The project was a collaboration between Columbia Law School's Program on Law and Technology and University of Colorado School of Law's Silicon Flatirons program.

After Google Scholar added legal case documents to its collection in November 2009, the project announced that its mission was achieved, and it shut down permanently on May 3, 2010.

When AltLaw was launched, digital access to US case law was dominated by LexisNexis and Westlaw, charges for access to which can run in the hundreds of dollars per hour.

The data in AltLaw contained roughly 716,000 cases decided between 1950 and 2007, made available on US Circuit Appeals and Supreme courts web sites, all linked to from uscourts.gov, and collected by Prof. Paul K. Ohm at University of Colorado Law School and by Public.Resource.Org.

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Markoff, John. "A Quest to Get More Court Rulings Online, and Free", The New York Times, August 14, 2007. Accessed August 23, 2007.
Arewa, Olufunmilayo. Open Access in a Closed Universe: Lexis, Westlaw, Law Schools, and the Legal Information Market, Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 10, p. 797, 2006. Accessed August 23, 2007
Columbia Law School. Press release, August 23, 2007.

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In the HR world, one of the top goals is to hire "right" the first time. There really is nothing more important than finding people who complement your culture.
So today, let's focus on how poor hiring decisions affect an organization.
When a company has an open position, there's a lot of pressure to get it filled….and fast. On average, one study reported that filling a management position takes 7.5 weeks, while a staff-level position takes 5 weeks.
As the old saying goes, "Time is money." And since the hiring process can place an unbelievable burden on an organization, especially when there are no best practices in place, it's tempting to check it off the list as quickly as possible.
But haste often leads to bringing the wrong candidates aboard. And that's when the multilayered honeymoon phase begins.
Similar to an onion, as each peel falls away, you'll begin to see whether you hired the right employee.
This layer represents the acclimation period.
There may be some friction as employees are getting used to the organization and culture, but by and large, you remain confident they will be a great fit for the position.
Several weeks in, the employee should now be settling in.
If they're not, this could be the first sign of trouble. However, some employees simply need a longer onboarding time, so an extension of the acclimation period generally isn't a deal-breaker.
More time passes, and ideally, the employee is integrating nicely thanks to the additional time.
If not, you may begin second-guessing yourself. Is the position the wrong fit for the employee? Or is the employee the wrong fit for the culture?
Before transferring them to another position though, you first offer more training, coaching, and resources to the employee, thereby increasing your investment significantly.
Again, weeks or months pass. Hopefully the additional training has turned things around for the new employee.
If the employee is still struggling, you may decide to try them in another position (if possible) instead of terminating them. You make the move and allow them more time to acclimate. The already substantial investment rises.
At this point, it's really sink or swim. If the employee hasn't made great strides, it's apparent that the employee isn't a great match for the company, regardless of position.
Termination is likely the next logical step, and unfortunately, your considerable investment will be lost.
As employees move through each layer of the honeymoon phase, the employer's investment increases. The US Department of Labor estimates the potential loss in these situations is approximately 30 percent of the employee's annual salary.
And while it's absolutely critical to invest in the success of your employees, there comes a point where further resources simply won't undue a poor hiring decision.
11% of respondents reported fewer sales.
39% of hiring managers reported drops in productivity, in part because supervisors spent nearly one full day each week managing poorly-performing employees.
41% of respondents estimated the cost of a failed hire to be in the thousands of dollars.
With those numbers, there's certainly a lot at stake. All the more reason to establish best practices and hire "right" the first time.
Good article. Staffers can often underestimate what it really costs to hire a worthwhile employee, but a bad employee is even more expensive.


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If there is one skill that is essential to having a healthy, happy family, it is learning how to forgive. Forgiveness will determine the future of your relationships with your spouse and your kids.
Have you ever thought about how you resolve conflict, or what tools for forgiveness you've inherited from your family? Some of us have adopted the world's view on forgiveness, which is, "I will forgive you as soon as I'm done punishing you, or as soon as you've earned it," while others of us have a hard time seeing our own need for forgiveness.
Whether we are holding a grudge in self-righteousness ("I would never do that, I can't believe you did that to me"), or whether we are holding on to bitterness ("I will never forgive you or forget the way you treated me"). Unforgiveness, when left unchecked in our hearts, will leave our families with only bitterness and resentment.
Forgiveness is a two-way street; it requires that you are able to both give and receive forgiveness. The key to changing the way your family resolves conflict—no matter how broken—lies in how you build forgiveness into your family culture. This is hard work, but definitely worth the effort.
The way to build a culture of forgiveness into your family is to first recognize that as believers, we forgive because Jesus first forgave us. Think about that for a moment. Did Jesus wait until you deserved to be forgiven? Will you ever be able to earn His forgiveness? No way!
The same is true for your family. The truth is, Beloved, your spouse or your family will never be able to earn or deserve your forgiveness. Placing this kind of impossible burden on them will give you the exact opposite of a happy family – it will leave you with a bitter family.
You know the old saying, "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight"; it means to not come to a fight inadequately prepared. But the trouble some of us have is that we're bringing a weapon to the conversation at all.
So many families have inherited broken ways of dealing with hurt and conflict. The result is that instead of coming to our brother in gentleness, with a heart to restore the relationship, we come to our brother with a weapon (our hurts, or the offense) with the heart of someone who's been betrayed. We are ready to fight.
The word 'gentle' in the verse above means mild and fair; It can also mean moderate and patient. The idea is that we come to our brother with patience and fairness, even if he has offended us or sinned against us. We aren't looking to see them punished. We are looking to see them restored.
Going to your brother in gentleness requires that you spend some time calming down if you started in a place of anger. This is part of the process where we first take our hurts, our wounds, and our offenses to Jesus, who paid the price for them all.
In the years I've spent coaching families, I've noticed that they usually thrive or fail based on how quickly they learn to forgive one another.
When we are able to quickly forgive, it helps us keep the relationship intact. Often, we feel like we need time or space to get over the offense, but that time and space adds additional hurt and stumbling blocks on the road back to forgiveness.
Forgiving quickly doesn't necessarily mean the offense is over and forgotten. Sometimes forgiving quickly means bringing that person before the Lord, and forgiving them in the same way that Christ has forgiven you. How has Christ forgiven you? Was it when you cleaned up your act and became perfect? Was it when you begged for mercy? No. He forgave you while you were still a sinner (Romans 5:8).
Once you've cleared your heart before the Lord, you are in a better position to work on the problems or issues in the relationship that caused the offense in the first place.
My family has a house rule that it is not ok for you to go to bed angry, or without having first talked through the hurt. This particular rule has meant a lot of late nights for us, but it has also pushed us to forgive and to ask for forgiveness a lot quicker.
You may create a new house rule on how you talk about forgiveness or how you treat offenses. For example, when someone asks for forgiveness, it is not ok to be sarcastic or mock them (as children often do), but we must honor their vulnerability and courage to come and do the right thing by showing them respect and giving them an answer.
Forgiveness is the key to a happy family because it keeps us close and protects us from bitterness. Prayerfully following these practical steps will build a whole new family culture—not only for you and your family, but for generations to come.
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AND FAIR CANARSIE'S LAKE WE'LL VIEW: HILARY GARDNER and EHUD ASHERIE HONOR RODGERS AND HART at MEZZROW (March 17, 2015)
The combination of Hilary Gardner's creamy voice — floating, multi-textured, full of feeling — and Ehud Asherie's rollicking piano — sure-footed, playful, surprising — is intoxicating. They go to my head: I feel elated and happy.
They did it again just a few days ago — on St. Patrick's Day in Manhattan — when they presented a gorgeous concert of Rodgers and Hart at Mezzrow, that belowstairs oasis of fine music at 163 West Tenth Street.
A word about the video: viewers may at first think Ehud is getting visually slighted, which would be unjust. But if you look in the mirror, you will see him fine profile — reversed? — moving in rhythm. And his sound rings, which is the point.
There will be a few more videos from this evening. And even better news — Hilary and Ehud are not finished exploring Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Hart.
Key change.
There have been so many recordings and performances of MANHATTAN that I have no intention of tracing its history. But this one is both odd and special:
This clip — Allan Gould and Ruth Tester in the 1929 short devoted to Rodgers and Hart, MAKERS OF MELODY, is a fascinating window into what some might call early performance practice, and it reminds me that MANHATTAN was meant as a comic song for a UK couple marveling at this new landscape, where balmy breezes blow / to and fro.
The modern analogue, for me, is walking through Central Park and seeing visitors from other countries absolutely delighted and agog by the squirrels, snapping picture after picture of our furry friends to show to the folks back home, who will marvel.
Feel free to sing along, all through the day, no matter what borough you are in:
Summer journeys
To Niag'ra
And to other places
Aggravate all our cares.
We'll save our fares.
I've a cozy little flat
In what is known as old Manhattan.
We'll settle down
Right here in town.
We'll have Manhattan,
The Bronx and Staten
Island too.
It's lovely going through
The zoo.
It's very fancy
On old Delancey
Street, you know.
The subway charms us so
When balmy breezes blow
To and fro.
And tell me what street
Compares with Mott Street
In July?
Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by.
The great big city's a wondrous toy
Just made for a girl and boy.
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy.
We'll go to Greenwich,
Where modern men itch
To be free;
And Bowling Green you'll see
We'll bathe at Brighton
The fish you'll frighten
When you're in.
Your bathing suit so thin
Will make the shellfish grin
Fin to fin.
I'd like to take a
Sail on Jamaica
Bay with you.
And fair Canarsie's lake
We'll view.
The city's bustle cannot destroy
The dreams of a girl and boy.
We'll go to Yonkers
Where true love conquers
In the wilds.
And starve together, dear,
In Childs'.
We'll go to Coney
And eat baloney
On a roll.
In Central Park we'll stroll,
Where our first kiss we stole,
Soul to soul.
Our future babies
We'll take to "Abie's
Irish Rose."
I hope they'll live to see
It close.
The city's clamor can never spoil
The dreams of a boy and goil.
We'll try to cross
Fifth Avenue.
As black as onyx
We'll find the Bronnix
Park Express.
Our Flatbush flat, I guess,
Will be a great success,
More or less.
A short vacation
On Inspiration Point
We'll spend,
And in the station house we'll end,
But Civic Virtue cannot destroy
Into an isle of joy!
(I love beyond all that's reasonable one turn of the lyrics — that "fin to fin" anticipates "soul to soul," rather than the more predictable reverse.)
If Manhattan was indeed an isle of joy on the 17th, I think credit belongs to Dick, Larry, Hilary, and Ehud — let the green-garbed roisterers take a back seat.
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Generosities, Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, It's All True, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow!
Tagged Allan Gould, Canarsie, Central Park, Ehud Asherie, Hilary Gardner, Jazz Lives, Lorenz Hart, lyricism, MAKERS OF MELODY, Manhattan, MEZZROW, Michael Steinman, Richard Rodgers, Rodgers and Hart, Ruth Tester, Spike WIlner, squirrels, St. Patrick's Day, tourists
"SUNDAY, BY THE POOL, IN LOS ANGELES": DAN LEVINSON, MOLLY RYAN, MARK SHANE, KATIE CAVERA, RALF REYNOLDS, REBECCA ZOE LEIGH (Sept. 5, 2011)
Certain phrases evoke an instantaneous positive reaction: "on the beach in Maui," "No school today," "Friday after work," "hand in hand in the park." You can certainly invent those that make for happy vibrations.
A new one to add to my personal lexicon is "Sunday, by the pool, in Los Angeles." It needs some clarification: I don't swim well and Los Angeles is not the California city closest to my heart . . . but when these words connect with the Sweet and Hot Music Festival (as they did in September 2011), what could possibly go wrong?
Nothing, as far as I am concerned. And the measure of this swing session is that even with the bright light, the early hour, and the wind gusts, the music was sweetly triumphant. The participants were Dan Levinson, his phrasing so easy and comfortable on clarinet and tenor sax; Mark Shane, a pianist who has a real problem in that he finds it impossible not to swing; the tenderly compelling singer (and solid rhythm guitarist) Molly Ryan; the invaluable Katie Cavera on guitar. (Scientific studies, for what it's worth, say that "multi-tasking" is a sham, that we can't do more than one thing at once well: I would like to say, "Science, meet Katie Cavera.") And then some guests — one an Eminence, one a Newcomer, showed up and made us even happier.
Myabe because the sun was out, they began with SHINE:
Poolside, unfortunately, is not the best place for a singer with a microphone — the Weather Channel could explain the prevalence of gusty winds. But Molly Ryan, who is a resilient performer used to transcending larger obstacles than this, absolutely triumphed with a heartbreaking rendition of the Ink Spots' hit, IF I DIDN'T CARE. Molly cares! And her swinging empathy comes through in every note — a performance that was one of the highlights of Sweet and Hot 2011 for me. No, it's not a 1938 Vocalion or Victor — it's happening now:
And here comes the Eminence — not His Holiness, but the Prince of the Washboard, the Sultan of Hot, Mister Ralf Reynolds, to join in the fun. I don't know if Ralf is essentially an optimist, but he spreads joy copiously — so he suggested WHEN YOU'RE SMILING (rather than GLOOMY SUNDAY):
Then Dan invited a young woman up from the crowd and asked her to sing something. She really can and does — I introduce you to Miss Rebecca Zoe Leigh, having a good time with BABY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME? (She knows the verse: extra credit on the final):
The sky is dark and stormy: I wish we were back at poolside right now. And if that's not possible, I'll immerse myself in these delightful performances.
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow!
Tagged Central Park, Dan Levinson, Jazz Lives, Katie Cavera, Los Angeles, Mark Shane, Maui, Michael Steinman, Molly Ryan, Ralf Reynolds, Rebecca Zoe Leigh, Sweet and Hot Music Festival, The Ink Spots
"DO YOU LIKE JAZZ?"
I've decided to post a photograph of myself — but with an explanation.
The Beloved (as a special gift to me) commissioned Lorna Sass, photographer and transformational life-coach, to do a photo shoot. The rather serious portrait above is the result, taken in Central Park, with your blogger in full outdoor regalia. (We attempted photos of me in my natural habitat: in darkness with a video camera obscuring half my face, but the results were less successful.)
Why am I showing off in this fashion?
For me, some of the deepest rewards of the hours I spend on this blog have been my getting to meet kindred souls at a jazz gig.
Politely, they ask, "Excuse me, are you JAZZ LIVES?" "Are you that person who comes here all the time and posts things on a blog?"
These inquiries give me great pleasure — not for ego alone, but for the chance to meet someone new who shares my feelings for the music and the musicians. I get to talk with someone who loves the way Joel Forbes plays the blues, who gets excited when talking about Bill Savory's discs.
And my sense of a large, living, friendly jazz community is renewed and enhanced in the most warm way.
I don't go home thinking, "The music I love will not survive"; rather, I think, "Lucy or Jerome or X or Y is a wonderful person, and I've made a new friend who shares my essential values. We are not so alone!"
I would have stayed undercover except for a sweetly amusing incident that happened two nights ago at a Brooklyn beer garden that featured, for that night, a wonderful band and singer, with enthusiastic swing dancers enjoying themselves. One pair of dancers was particularly sinuous and expert, in close physical harmony, and I couldn't stop watching them even as a video-recorded the music.
At a set break, I walked over to compliment them. And the young woman (a wonderful dancer), having noted me at the bar with my videocamera, hearing my enthusiasm, asked very kindly, "Do you like jazz?"
I restrained any impulses to say, "Do bears like honey?" or the like. I grinned at the couple, took out my card, and presented it to her. "Oh!" she said, "I follow your blog!"
The interchange was very nice, but it made me think that perhaps I should come out into the public eye just a few tentative steps more. It might say something about my nature that I took to the woods to do so, but you are free to draw your own conclusions.
I don't want more attention; in fact, I want to be unobtrusive and let the musicians shine — but I thought that emerging in this way wouldn't (as the Sage Condon said) do anyone any harm.
Posted in Ideal Places, Swing You Cats!
Tagged anonymity, Bill Savory, Central Park, do you like jazz, fame, hot jazz, jazz blog, Jazz Lives, Joel Forbes, Lorna Sass, Michael Steinman, portrait photography, tansformational life-coach, the blues, videocamera
CHARLESTON MAD! (The SCANDINAVIAN RHYTHM BOYS)
The Scandinavian Rhythm Boys are a deeply rewarding hot band, and they've just come out with a new CD, CHARLESTON MAD. I've been excited by the band for a few years now. And I was delighted to be able to write a short liner note for this new release, which I've reprinted below.
I first encountered the SRB on YouTube and was astonished and delighted by their skill and feeling, their wit and casual intensity. I didn't feel the need for a pianist, a trombonist, a drummer. They swung; they were complete; they lived within the jazz tradition without imitating its recorded artifacts. Even better, they had solved the problem common to musical groups and larger communities (world leaders take note): how to gather individuals with strong personalities and blend them into a cohesive whole without trampling on anyone's identity.
Who are the Scandinavian Rhythm Boys? I'll start with the one musician I've been privileged to meet: reed master Frans Sjostrom. (I'm especially happy that I've learned how to pronounce his name correctly.) Frans' rhythm is irresistible; his solos are haunting songs. The easy assessment on hearing Frans play the bass sax is to compare him to Adrian Rollini, but why define his creativity in such a narrow way? When I hear Frans play any saxophone I think of Coleman Hawkins; I think of Pablo Casals.
Then there's Ole Olsen, whose clarinet playing has the deep feeling and down-home ease of Louis Cottrell and the New Orleans masters. On string bass, he supports and guides the group with his simple, neat lines, his woody sound, his strong pulse. His partner is the splendid Michael Boving, whose banjo rings and whispers – never a threat to communal serenity. Ole and Michael could rock a seventeen-piece band and have energy left over after the gig. Michael is also an astonishing singer whose vocals come from his heart. When he sings, "How long will I have to wait?" it has the mournful shouting force of a soul in torment; when he tells you he's "Charleston mad," we know it's true.
Robert Hansson must have daredevils and acrobats in his genetic makeup, because he knows no fear: his spinning, shining lines, light as air, leap and dance high above the crowd. I think of early Bill Coleman, of Doc Cheatham, of Bob Barnard when I hear Robert – and of bright traceries in the twilight sky.
These four players combine to make lovely music, an art that doesn't show off how difficult its achievements are. Whether they're playing the classic jazz repertoire of Joe Oliver, Clarence Williams, Lovie Austin, or the ODJB, or Scandinavian pop classics – they spread joy and inspire us to smile, to dance, to exult. What a delicious accomplishment this CD is!
The website for the SRB is http://www.srbjazz.com. There you can hear two performances from the CD, HESITATING BLUES and CLARINET MARMALADE, and there you can buy the CD. Or, as Michael Boving suggested, "JAZZCLUB Copenhagen is our best jazz record shop in town. They have
got the CD and it can be ordered now – your readers can find Jazzclub Copenhagen on Google and it's there."
Here are two video clips recorded by our mutual friend Flemming Thorbye — of the Scandinavian Rhythm Boys on a harbor cruise in Copenhagen. One of the sweetest things about this CD, by the way, is that the SRB create swinging versions of Scandinavian classic pop tunes — giving listeners like myself something new to hum (something new that we can't get out of our heads no matter how hard we try)!
Here's TRUBBLE:
And here's the title tune, with a thrilling, rough-cut vocal by Michael Boving, CHARLESTON MAD:
There are many video clips of the SRB on YouTube, including a few with the esteemed Joe Muranyi, but none of them will substitute for the pleasure of this CD — which I've been playing while driving through Central Park, for instance, with my window rolled down and the volume up to respectable (I hope not annoying) levels, sending this Good Hot Music out into the world. It deserves to be heard! (One of the best vignettes on this disc is the Richard M. Jones song — I associate it with the Oliver band — I AIN'T GONNA TELL NOBODY — which I've never heard with lyrics. That is the very opposite of the way I feel about this music.)
Posted in Swing You Cats!
Tagged Adrian Rollini, Bill Coleman, Bix Beiderbecke, Bob Barnard, Central Park, CHARLESTON MAD, Clarence Williams, Coleman Hawkins, Creole Jazz Band, Doc Cheatham, Flemming Thorbye, Frans Sjostrom, hot jazz, jazz blog, Jazz Lives, Joe Muranyi, Joe Oliver, King Oliver, Louis Cottrell, Lovie Austin, Michael Boving, Michael Steinman, New York City, ODJB, Ole Olsen, Pablo Casals, Richard M. Jones, Robert Hansson, YouTube
TODAY'S SERMON (in under a minute)
At work, I am surrounded by people who have made their job their life. Devotion to one's work is noble, but some of my friends have made themselves ill from stress. So the gospel for today is the Latin motto. To me, seizing the day isn't about abandoning one's responsibilities for self-absorption, but it does mean paying attention to the self. While we're young, as Alec Wilder wrote.
For me, carpe diem translates into making plans to go to the Whitley Bay Jazz Festival; for the Beloved, it means walking around the reservoir in Central Park. And you?
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Posted in Pay Attention!, The Real Thing
Tagged Alec Wilder, carpe diem, Central Park, jazz blog, Jazz Lives, Michael Steinman, The Beloved, Whitley Bay Jazz Festival

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The Spinney Children's Centre
Children's Centre
Contact us/Register
Health Services at the Centre
Breast Feeding Support
Funding for Childcare
What do children's centres do?
Sure Start Children's Centres bring together services for young children from birth to five years and their families in a multi-professional way. They work with children and families within and across the community and also make direct contact with families not accessing services. In order to reach the neediest children, children's centres take services into family homes and community settings used by families as well offering them from the centre. Children's centres ensure that their services are accessible to all and especially the neediest children and families. Children's centres are a proven element of prevention and early intervention having a profound impact on the life chances of children and their families.
Children's centre core purpose
The Department for Education (DfE) set out the core purpose for children's centres in a joint document with the Department of Health called Supporting Families in the Foundation Years (2010)
This explains the government's vision for how services for families with young children should be offered to ensure that by the time children reach school age they are ready to take advantage of all the opportunities available to them.
Supporting Families in the Foundation Years explains the crucial role children's centres play in offering early help to families with young children, particularly those in greatest need and describes this early intervention as at the heart of the core purpose.
The national core purpose meets the duties from the Childcare Act 2006 Section 1 to improve the well-being of children under five and reduce inequalities.
Improving outcomes for young children and reducing inequalities
The DfE continued commitment to Sure Start children's centres reinforces the significance of 'early intervention' to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
'The government is committed to Sure Start children's centres. Children's centres play a crucial role in early intervention, ensuring families can get help when they need it, tackling issues early and helping to prevent costly problems from emerging later on. The Government wants the network of children's centres to be retained but focused much more effectively on those families who need them the most'. (DfE, 2011)
It is intended that through an offer of universal services developed to identify and reach families whose children are most at risk of poor outcomes, children's centres can reduce inequalities in:
Child development and school readiness
Supported by improved:
Parenting aspirations, self esteem and parenting skills
Child and family health and life chances
The core purpose will increase the potential of children's centres to:
reach and support all families through universal services, targeted services and specialist support for those families with greatest need
establish an integrated approach in supporting those families with greatest need through partnership working with partners
ensure all children and their families are at the centre of the core purpose.
By providing this offer of integrated services for families, children's centres contribute to fulfilling the local authority duty to improve the well being of young children, reduce inequalities and to provide early childhood services in an integrated manner outlined in the Childcare Act 2006, Sure Start Children's Centre Statutory Guidance 2005 and revised draft guidance 2012.
Southway, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8YD
Childrenscentre@guildfordgrove.surrey.sch.uk
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3 Skulls of Toltecs is a decent cartoon adventure from media giant Warner Interactive that was curiously pulled even before it hit most store shelves for some unknown reason. In this frontier adventure, you're on a quest to find the 3 golden skulls of ancient Toltecs that reportedly point the way to their hidden treasure. Puzzles, while not inventive, are logical in this straightforward adventure. Recommended for those new to the adventure genre.


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VANCOUVER, BC – January 26, 2016 – Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., has been recognized for the seventh consecutive year as a leader in the clean tech industry for shaping the future of resource recovery with its proprietary technology that sustainably recovers nutrients from wastewater streams. Ostara has been named to the prestigious 2015 Global Cleantech 100, produced by Cleantech Group, whose mission is to connect corporations to sustainable innovation through its i3 Connect platform and global events. Expert Global Cleantech panellists chose Ostara for producing a sustainable wastewater treatment solution with a revenue-generating, Root Activated™ fertilizer as a by-product.
The Global Cleantech 100 represents the most innovative and promising ideas in cleantech. Featuring companies that are best positioned to solve tomorrow's clean technology challenges, Global Cleantech 100 is a comprehensive list of private companies with the highest potential to make the most significant market impact.
"It is an honor to be named to the Global Cleantech 100 list for the 7th consecutive year," said Phillip Abrary, Ostara's president and CEO. "Ostara is proud to be recognized as a pioneer in nutrient recovery, working to protect precious waterways by changing the way cities around the world treat nutrients while preserving a valuable resource essential to growing our food crops."
This list is collated by combining proprietary Cleantech Group research data, with weighted qualitative judgments of hundreds of nominations, and specific inputs from a global 100-person Expert Panel. To qualify for the list, companies must be independent, for-profit, cleantech companies that are not listed on any major stock exchange.
This year, a record number of nominations were received: 6,900 distinct companies from 60 countries. These companies were weighted and scored to create a short list of 323 companies. Short-listed nominees were reviewed by Cleantech Group's Expert Panel, resulting in a finalized list of 100 companies from 17 countries.
The 100-member expert panel was drawn equally from leading financial investors and representatives of multi-national corporations and industrials active in technology and innovation scouting across Asia, Europe, and North America. The composition of the expert panel broadly represents the global cleantech community, from pioneers and leaders to veterans and new entrants.
The diversity of panelists results in a list of companies that command an expansive base of respect and support from many important players within the global cleantech innovation ecosystem.
"The Global Cleantech 100 provides us with insight into the collective opinion of key market players on which megatrends and innovation, companies are most likely to have a significant impact in the next 5-10 years," said Michele Parad, Senior Manager at Cleantech Group and lead author of the Global Cleantech 100 Report. "Now in its 7th year, the Global Cleantech 100 program reveals which themes are staying relevant and which sectors are taking center stage."
The complete list of 100 companies was revealed on January 25th at Cleantech Forum San Francisco: http://events.cleantech.com/cleantech-forum-sf/
For complete information on Ostara's leadership within the cleantech space, access i3 by visiting i3connect.com—Cleantech Group's leading market intelligence platform—and search for Ostara. The list is accompanied by a full report with commentary and insight on the 2015 Global Cleantech 100—authored by Cleantech Group, powered by data from i3, and sponsored by Chubb. Download the report at: http://www.cleantech.com/indexes/global-cleantech-100/2015- global-cleantech-100/
The complete list of Global Cleantech 100 expert panel members is available at http://www.cleantech.com/indexes/global-cleantech-100/expert-panelists/
About Ostara & Crystal Green:
Ostara helps protect precious water resources by changing the way cities around the world manage nutrients in wastewater streams. The company's Pearl® technology recovers phosphorus and nitrogen at municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants and transforms them into a high-value, eco-friendly fertiliser, Crystal Green®. The process greatly reduces nutrient management costs and helps plants meet increasingly stringent discharge limits while improving operating reliability. Crystal Green is the first continuous release granular fertiliser to provide Root-Activated™ phosphorus, nitrogen and magnesium (5-28-0-10Mg), and is marketed through a global network of blenders and distributors to growers in the turf, horticultural and agriculture sectors. Its unique Root-Activated™ mode of action improves crop yields, enhances turf performance and significantly reduces the risk of leaching and runoff, thus protecting local waterways from nutrient pollution. Ostara operates multiple facilities throughout North America and Europe and will open the world's largest nutrient recovery facility in partnership with the City of Chicago in Spring 2016. For more information, visit www.ostara.com and www.crystalgreen.com.
Debra Hadden
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. Tel: (604) 240-3196
Email: dhadden@ostara.com
About Cleantech Group
Founded in 2002, Cleantech Group's mission is to accelerate sustainable innovation. Core to this mission is i3, an online platform that connects corporates with innovation, at scale, by allowing them to find, vet, and connect with start-ups—efficiently building an innovation pipeline. The i3 platform comes to life at our global Events, which convene corporates and start-ups, along with other players shaping the future of sustainable innovation.
Cleantech Group is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in London. For more information, visit; www.cleantech.com
Heather Matheson Cleantech Group
Email: heather.matheson@cleantech.com
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Media Madness: The two sailors 'rescued' at sea after 50 days? Finally, here's the kinky
SAN FRANCISCO – SF seems as appropriate a dateline as any for this story, given what the UK's Daily Mail has just revealed in an article entitled, "Truth about the bungling yachtswomen 'lost at sea for five months' - one was crash-prone 'kinky sailor' who paid for trip by working as a dominatrix - and the other had never sailed at all (and now they're planning to write a book)."
Well, the book part doesn't surprise your Ed. nor, I'm sure, any of our Dear Readers who have even a modicum of experience sailing offshore. But the rest of the story?
Some of you will find it hilarious, some of you will not be amused in the least, and some will be asking, LOL, "Why didn't they invite me along for the trip!" One of your Ed.'s waggish friends has suggested that the real story, at least the part on land, is way better than the fishy story they obviously concocted about their supposed 50 days lost at sea.
Pity the U.S. Navy who were sucked into this madness in the first place, by giving the two and their "boys" (as they repeatedly call their dogs who were with them on the 50' yacht) a hero's welcome aboard the USS ASHLAND fit for a returning astronaut, and arranging a self-congratulatory (for the Navy) press conference via conference call for media from Hawaii to New York and beyond. Earlier today your Ed. listened to some of it, and couldn't help laughing out loud at several of their absurd assertions.
One of those apocryphal assertions was that Jennifer Appel had built the boat herself over the last two-and-a-half years. Sailing Illustrated can now reveal that it's simply another fabrication (the story, not the yacht), thanks to good friend and fellow St. Francis YC member Mike Ratiani. I wasn't even going to bother posting all this, but here we are, so WTH. Earlier this week Mike emailed:
My brother, Father and I built that [Ms Appel's now infamous SEA NYMPH] boat! In 1979 we bought a Morgan-designed Starret 45 hull with deck, keel, floor boards, bulkheads and most of the things that make a boat a boat, from Florida and shipped it all to San Diego where we built it out so we could sail it to Hawaii.There, we finished out the interior more nicely and sailed her around the Hawaiian islands for about 10 years until we sold her. Great ocean going boat.
A quick search of USCG documented vessels shows that this is indeed our old boat! The USCG search shows the same vessel documentation number and manufacturer info/ vessel ID for the SEA NYMPH that was stamped on the transom of our boat.
So we built it, not Ms Appel. It's sad to see that the current owners don't appreciate a well-built, seaworthy yacht enough to actually learn how to properly put to sea in her....We had nothing to do with her after 1988.
When we had her she was named DAWN TREADER from the CS Lewis Narnia Chronicles. She was a true family project and quite special. We cruised around the Hawaiian islands extensively and my Dad and I took charterers around the islands for several years out of Waikiki Yacht Club. We were WYC members then. We had a lot of fun with that yacht! I can't bear to share this with my parents though as they are pretty sentimental about the old days as they age.
This was a Charlie Morgan design. As I recall it was his last boat designed just at the end of the old CCA rule with a barn door rudder. As soon as the world changed to the next best thing, IOR, the style was more or less obsolete and two guys in Florida bought the molds and tried to sell some cruising boats. We chose the kit boat option so our family could all be involved. Learned a lot and had fun together. Those were the days!
Pity, also, the Today Show who put these two fakers on live yesterday morning with host and self-proclaimed boater Matt Lauer He fed them mostly softball questions while, at least at times, raising a skeptical eyebrow at their stupid (and worse) story.
And congrats, again, to Dawn Riley who once again lowered the boom on Dumb and Dumber in an interview yesterday that Dawn did with HLN, after tearing their story to shreds early last week on HLN, and again in a Take Five with TFE on Sailing Illustrated last Wednesday.
I debated whether to post any of the salacious, almost NSFW Daily Mail photos, but I'll leave that to Sailing Anarchy. Besides, if you really must, you can see them all on dailymail.com here, and on this Daily Mail video report....
According to the UK's Daily Mail, this is Ms Appel's former yacht, the FSOW, that she wrecked in Hawaii in 2012.
St Francis Yacht Club


Amazing interior design and storage solution by Tina Kurpez / Karas studio as always. Tina has such a good sense of space complemented with great design eye. That's just my subjective thinking… blink blink.
Would love to have it as my own room! And I don't mean as a kid!


Few things are as funny to us as the "graceful" cat being anything but. And few things are as embarrassing to the cat.
This compilation of mostly cat fails….with a couple victories…will have you giggling in no time.


Robert E. Crew, Jr. is professor of political science, director of the master's program in applied American politics, and associate dean of the College of Social Sciences at Florida State University. He has published widely on gubernatorial behavior, on political leadership and on American public policy. He is an active member of the Jefferson County, Florida Democratic Party.
Chapter 15 Chapter 9: What Difference Did Bush Make?
A great read, packed with details and full of insight. The method of evaluating Bush's performance was sophisticated, balanced and thoroughly readable. This will be the definitive study of the Bush era in Florida. Outstanding!
A critical, probing review of an administration that had little appetite for criticism and public oversight.
Son of one president, brother of another. When the seeds of ambition in Jeb Bush begin to sprout, Robert Crew's book is the one you'll want at hand. He provides an in-depth look at the Bush family legacy, Jeb's values and how he applied them while governing Florida-who prospered and who did not. If you want to know what Jeb Bush might be like as president, Crew's deeply researched, authoritative book is the best place to start.
Jeb Bush: Aggressive Conservatism in Florida describes the rise of John Ellis (Jeb) Bush, the second son of former President George H.W. Bush, to political power in Florida. It examines the conservative theory that guided his behavior when he was elected and the aggressive manner in which he used the Office of Governor to pursue his goals. The book offers insight into his motivations and competencies, provides an analysis of the extent to which his self proclaimed 'revolution' achieved its goals, and asks what the revolution meant for Florida. The author's own views naturally structure the analysis provided, but readers are invited to examine his argument and to propose alternative explanations for the Governor's actions and the policy outcomes of his administration.


Prior research found that the quality of the working relationships between leaders and their followers, or Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) quality in leader-member dyads, predicts positive work outcomes for followers, including job satisfaction, engagement, and performance. Though leaders might be expected to receive similar benefits from high quality LMX with their followers, almost no published, empirical research to-date has reported benefits of LMX for leaders. The current study tested the relationships of LMX and positive work outcomes for leaders among middle managers and their direct supervisees in a large manufacturing company. Hypotheses predicted that average leader-rated LMX and average follower-rated LMX would positively correlate with three beneficial outcomes for leaders: job satisfaction, engagement, and their own performance as rated by their supervisors, while leader-follower deviance on ratings of LMX would negatively correlate with these three variables. The study used an archival dataset that included questionnaire-based measures of LMX quality and the three work outcomes among 25 middle managers and 84 of their supervisees. The supervisors of the 25 managers (17 senior managers) also provided ratings of the managers' individual performance. All measures were collected the same week; all had good reliability (coefficient alpha ≥0.80). Contrary to hypotheses, leader outcomes were unrelated to average leader-rated LMX or average follower-rated LMX. In the only significant finding involving leader outcomes, leader-follower LMX deviance correlated positively with leader engagement (r =.42 – opposite the hypothesis.) Leaders' LMX ratings were also unexpectedly lower than their followers' ratings of LMX, so leaders' engagement trended higher the further their followers' perceptions of the quality of their relationships exceeded the leaders' own perceptions of LMX. Implications for theory, research, and application of LMX are discussed.
Shaffer, Matthew Jason, "Leader-Member Exchange as a Predictor of Leaders' Positive Work Outcomes: A Field Study. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2016.


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The highs and lows of a British & Irish Lions tour
Springbok lock Mark Andrews has bitter memories of playing the British & Irish Lions in 1997, but the record breaker hopes next year's tour of South Africa by the men in the famous red jerseys will result in happier times for the hosts.
The 48-year-old Andrews – the first Springbok to reach 50 Test caps, in 1999 against Wales at Wembley in London – started in the first two Tests against the Lions in 1997, but missed out on the third and final encounter due to injury.
Former Springbok wing Carel du Plessis had just taken over as head coach and South Africa lost both matches – by 25-16 in Cape Town and 18-15 in Durban – which handed the tourists the series title in what Andrews describes as the "saddest" part of an otherwise illustrious career.
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Speaking to the SA Rugby Podcast, Andrews said the 1997 tour was an "unhappy" time in his rugby career, but he is very excited about next year's visit of the British & Irish Lions, especially since the Springboks have shown in Japan last year what they are capable of.
"It's always a phenomenal series against the British & Irish Lions – it's probably second only to a World Cup," said Andrews, a member of the 1995 RWC-winning Springbok squad.
"For a spectator it's phenomenal. You've got those crazy Lions fans coming out here, and they will give it everything – the stadiums are packed and there is a huge amount of vibe and atmosphere.
"Looking ahead to next year, I hope the pandemic can blow over. If there is one series that I think is even bigger than a series between the Springboks and the All Blacks, it's between the Springboks and the British & Irish Lions.
"At this stage, it's difficult to know who will be available and in form next year? But I would like to think that the guys will know what it will take to win and that we will have a core of players from last year's World Cup win who will be guiding our side next year.
"I just hope that culture and ethos of what it takes to be a successful Springbok is instilled in the players next year, and if that is the case, I'm sure it will be a great series."
Looking back at 1997, when the British & Irish Lions emulated the series win achieved by the great touring side of 1974, Andrews admits it was a tough time in his illustrious career.
"There is not many things I regret in my career – I was lucky enough to win the World Cup, Tri-Nations, Currie Cup – but one of my saddest moments was the 1997 Lions tour," said Andrews.
"SARU had appointed two legends – players who were my heroes when I was younger – to coach the Springboks, in Carel and Gert Smal. It wasn't a happy time for me or for South African rugby supporters.
"Losing to the Lions was frustrating to me, because in my opinion that wasn't the best side to come here, but we were in such turmoil as a team – we should have won convincingly. It became a very unhappy period in my life, and I regret it."
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