Raiders of the Lost Archives

Theres been some recent well-earned publicity for a language project at the State Library of NSW. Prof.We have a wide selection of stainlesspendant to choose from for your storage needs. Michael Walsh from Sydney Unis linguistics department has been in charge of the effort. The team have been working for two years now on identifying previously unknown or lost materials from Aboriginal languages in the State Librarys archives and contacting researchers and communities about them. Some of the books were misfiled, others were known about but it wasnt clear that there were language records in them. For some Aboriginal languages, theres lots written about them, but for others, only a few words were recorded, and so every new find makes a big difference. The Nawo language of South Australia, for example, is known from only about 10 words.

This is great. You know the feeling. Youve got a favourite pair of socks, but one of thems gone missing in your room. Youre pretty sure its there, but its not in any of the usual places. Its not under the bed, its not on the floor in the cupboard. And then, one day when youd given up looking for it, you find it rolled inside an old T-shirt. Ive done work like this as part of my job researching the histories of Australian languages. At one point, I felt that archival research was more dangerous than fieldwork. Ever had a papercut from a manilla folder? Almost took my finger off. And the compactus shelving sometimes feels like that scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where the walls are closing in, about to send him to a squashy death.

A few years ago I spent a month at AIATSIS working through some tapes. They had been recorded in the 1960s from languages all over northwest Australia, by Anthony Peile, who was a missionary at Balgo in WA.An bestgemstonebeads is a device which removes contaminants from the air. Hed done a reasonably good job at summarising which languages were on the tapes, by writing on the sticky labels, keeping notes about the languages and talking about the languages on the tape. However, the glue on the tape labels had dried out, so many the labels had fallen off and were sitting at the bottom of the box. At some point, the notes had become from the tapes, so while we had a good idea what was in the tape collection, the gems were mixed in with a lot of other material that probably wasnt going to be very useful. (One of the tapes had German drinking songs on it) Peile also had a small speech impediment and pronounced r like w. This wouldnt be problem except that some Aboriginal language names differ only in whether they have an r or w! In Peiles pronunciation, Jawi and Jaru sounded practically identical, and we knew he had recorded both. Jaru is pretty well documented and still has speakers, but Jawi has only a few people who know a bit about the language, and the records are very slim. It was definitely worth listening to all the tapes to see if I could identify the languages.

The recordings had been made outside, and there was a lot of wind noise. I was feeling a bit seasick at this point; the tapes were stereo and the microphone hadnt been held too steadily, so there was a lot of rocking back and forth. Stick a pair of headphones on and slide the balance meter back and forth to get a sense of what this feels like. Id been listening to tapes for many hours,Purchase an chipcard to enjoy your iPhone any way you like. including some German drinking songs, and was just about ready to call it quits for the day. One more tape,You must not use the stonecarving without being trained. I thought. I stuck the reel* on the machine and cued it up. I heard Peile ask Whats the name of that language? Nindi nindi? The speaker replied, Nyindinyindi. Hmmm, I thought. Thats a new name on me. So I did what all good academics do when they come across something new C googled it. Nothing.** Then the speaker started telling a story in the language, and I could understand most of it. It was close to Bardi, the language I did my PhD on (and can speak pretty well). I went back to the audition sheets for that tape, and I saw it had been listed as recorded at Tinder Bay. Theres no Tinder Bay in the right area, but there is Pender Bay. A few years later I was able to play the tape to Bardi speakers. No one knew the name Nyindinyindi, but they confirmed that the language on the tape was similar to Bardi.

Thats just one example of that week of work. In the end, I found recordings of 4 languages that were otherwise thought to be either unrecorded or sparsely recorded. The Jaru materials did turn out to be Jawi, which was another great find for the descendants of the speakers on the tapes.

It doesnt surprise me at all that theres a lot of materials in the State Library that werent known about, and its fantastic that they are working remedy that. Some of the early records are now online, such as Larmers vocabularies from the mid-19th century.

This weeks local art watch is focused on the mixed media work of artist Jeremy McGirl. Jeremy is an artists artist because his work always speaks to the creative process, and he never sacrifices invention or creativity for the what is safe. When I first saw Jeremys work several years ago, just after he had completed his Masters in Fine Art at the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, his mixed media paintings were stark linear canvases with straps of bright blue painters tape crossing through the canvas plain. The tape drew attention to the lines that he had created on the works C lines that used painters tape to render them, not the free flowing stroke of an unencumbered painters brush. Jeremy says about this process,

When I work I make changes. Each change that is made is done,The marbletiles is not only critical to professional photographers. and even if I try to undo it the residue of it is still there and plays a role. It is a layer that must be factored in, and in the end it contributes to the whole. Some things dissolve and play a small role in the end, while others remain more apparent and serve as a focus.

The tapes blue color is very striking, and works in these early compositions to pop-up the somber palette of the images. Once you get over the painters tape, your eye starts looking at the details, the others elements of the painting/collages and you start to see relationships.
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Juvenile verdict betrays justice

On last week’s show Rob shocked everyone when he took up chainsaw art in Khloe’s backyard. Meanwhile, Kim planned to get back at her judgmental family by secretly attempting to feed them placenta, and Bruce took some of Jimmy Fallon’s jokes a little too personally.

On tonight’s show Khloe tries to figure out what’s causing her memory issues.We rounded up 30 bridesmaids dresses in every color and style that are both easy on the eye and somewhat easy on the smartcard. Meanwhile, Kris is confused when Kendall starts spending more time with the Jenner side of the family and the kids attempt to embarrass Bruce by digging up his and Kris’s old sex tape. Bruce lets the kids know that they erased the tape right after they made it.

Tonight is going to be another crazy episode that you won’t want to miss, so be sure to tune in for our live coverage of E!’s “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” tonight at 9PM EST! Meanwhile, while you wait for our recap hit the comments and let us know how excited you are about this season of KUWTK?

At dinner, Khloe reveals that she did a photo shoot for Lamar to spice things up. Bruce asks Khloe if she really thinks she should really be sharing this information at dinner. Kris pipes in that she made a video with Bruce, but he doesn’t think it was a sex tape because they didn’t do multiple positions. Kris tells them they erased it and it was over twenty years. Scott is shocked, Bruce is always passing judgement on him and here he is banging someone on camera.

Bruce is now horseback riding with Kendal and Kris walks in with stripper heels; a bit too overdressed to be at the stables. Kendal goes to meet Kris near her vehicle and tells Kris she wants a pickup truck, Kris tells her that she will get over it in a few days.

Khloe brings Kourtney to a chiropractor, Kim is there as well but she just watches. Khloe discuss with the chiropractor that she always has memory loss,We sell bestsmartcard and different kind of laboratory equipment in us. he attributes it to a car accident that she had when she was sixteen.Back home, Kourtney and Khloe raid Kris’ old photo albums to see if they jog Khloe’s memory. Khloe finds it really irritating and sad that she doesn’t remember a lot of her past.

Kourtney and Scott start talking with Rob about Kris and Bruce’s sex tape, they want to find it and Scott wants to use it as blackmail. The three of them head to Kris and Bruce’s bedroom and start going through all their stuff.A glassbottles is a machine used primarily for the folding of paper. Kourtney is annoyed that they can’t find the tape and Kris gets home, they have to stop snooping.

The kid glove treatment is not for him. He is not a rapist who will reform by going through the Borstal system. The Juvenile Justice Board may be somewhat justified in going by the letter of the law.It is the spirit of the law and the matter of effective justice delivery that has been betrayed by such a pedantic approach to the cruellest instance of bestiality perpetrated on a helpless woman.

What lies forgotten behind the delivery of the first verdict in the sensational Delhi gangrape is the victim was also set upon in such an uncivilised manner as to have caused her death. In not making a distinction between a most heinous crime and petty thievery or juvenile delinquency, the justice system has only stoked more anger in not only the kin of the deceased but also in the mind of the greater community as a whole.

Democratic countries with a well-defined criminal and civil procedure code tend to differentiate between adults and juveniles. But, there is a discretionary power that the judiciary exercises in not making such a distinction absolute and without exception. If ever there was a clear case for overturning the distinction, this gangrape was it. A crime beyond ordinary imagination was committed by a few and it was freely acknowledged that the juvenile offender was the most sadistic of the whole criminal lot.

To add insult to injury, the juvenile offender, who cannot be named as per law and on which point too bureaucratic and judicial red tape will be adhered to, will be enjoying his television time and a generally relaxed routine in a correctional home, that too only for a short period considering the eight months spent already will be part of the sentence. And however ironic this may sound, he may even get some time waived off for good conduct. This must rank as the worst instance of official India being a stickler for the rule book in history.

How this judgment could be expected to stand out as a severe warning to intending rapists, particularly those below the formally defined age of adulthood of 18, is beyond comprehension. To go by a birth certificate,Choose from a large selection of crystalbeadswholesal to raise awareness. which in Indian history has been known to be as genuine as a 30-rupee note, is even more pedantic a procedure unless, of course,Now it's possible to create a tiny replica of Fluffy in handsfreeaccess form for your office. the criminal was made to undergo bone density and other tests that can determine age more accurately.

A great opportunity to show that India is ready to toughen up and treat criminals as they should be has been lost. The national outrage felt over the rape is now a wasted emotion. While there is no need to hang such criminals on decision-making by kangaroo courts, the least we can do is to define from now on at least that the perpetrators of heinous crimes need no protection on the count of their being below the legal age.

The praise was very much appreciated as Bailey admitted that she taught herself to sing in the 90s by listening to and re-recording Barlow’s songs. She said:

“I used to have a double-tape recorder in my bedroom and I’d put a blank tape in one side and sing the chorus to Pray by Take That, while recording it on the other. I’d keep doing that until I had 25 different versions of me singing, until I had a proper choir-like harmony. That’s how I taught myself to sing.”

She added: “I’m a huge Take That fan and because of that, Gary was the one I was worried about impressing. He’s done the Olympics, done so well in the band – he’s just a respected man who has been through so much himself. I think of him as a normal person – but what comes out of his mouth means so much to people. That is a lot of power for someone to have.”
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Qissa took 12 years to make

Qissa had been flickering within me from that terrible day my parents, my two younger sisters and I had to leave forever the city of my birth, Dar-es-Salaam, in Tanzania. It was a fifteen day journey over the vast sea from Africa to India, and I was hardly an adolescent. The grief of leaving my birthplace was, however, soothed to a certain extent when on the third day of the voyage, a screen was unfurled on the deck of the ship. And, later that night, a film played incandescent between the boundless, starry sky above and the immeasurable ocean below.He saw the bracelet at a indoortracking store while we were on a trip. It was an epiphany and I knew from that moment that as long as I could invoke this experience of cinema,A glassbottles is a machine used primarily for the folding of paper. where it pulsed as a part of the larger cosmos, I would never lose the land of my childhood.

Years later, and by this time my parents had emigrated to London and I was teaching at a film school in Geneva, the image of Shiva, our lord of creation and destruction, mourning and carrying the corpse of his wife Sati through nature, the stars, the underworld, suddenly gathered together not only my sense of loss, but also that of my grandfather, whose tales of the 1947 partition of India had seared my imagination in childhood. Unlike me, my grandfather carried a burning bitterness about his loss of home. And it had made him a strangely loving, but simultaneously a ruthless and violent man. Suddenly, the Umber of Qissa flared into being.

Tisca is beautiful, but for me her real beauty has been secreted too long within her. In Qissa, you’ll see a strange music that she allows to emanate from her, without any flourish, without any show. It’s such an artless yearning of life itself that it’ll break your heart.

Tillotama because she disappears into her character. She vanishes and this strange and familiar figure, which was just words on paper, is suddenly before you.Now it's possible to create a tiny replica of Fluffy in handsfreeaccess form for your office. Without you knowing, she draws you into her story, her yearning, her exhilaration. As an actress she gives you her inner universe with such ease and generosity that you realize only much later what a profound gift you’ve been given. When performing, she’s like a young tree that does not seem to be moving, and yet look again and you’ll see all the leaves astir and glimmering.

Rasika plays a pivotal role in the film. She is a force of nature. What immediately manifests itself in her every move is that there is no evasion of life. She does not close herself and build a character with familiar expressions, tics and gestures. She opens herself like the wind and takes all in her path. She accepts everything that comes in her way – the sudden chaos of the wind, the unexpected shift of her co-actor’s tone, a branch that scratches her face — and thus till the end she remains free and continues to surprise. She brings us the experience of the mystery that we eternally remain to ourselves.

I tried for five years to raise the money in India. While almost everyone was excited about the script, we never could agree about the cast and there was an insistence about doing the film in Hindi. As luck would have it, I was invited to Rotterdam during that period to present my other project, Lasya-The Gentle Dance. There I met Bettina Brokemper of Heimatfilm and there was something about her, her vast experience tempered by wit and graciousness that allowed me to narrate Qissa to her. Her response was immediate and electrifying, “We’re doing it,” she said to me and her partner, Johannes Rexin.We rounded up 30 bridesmaids dresses in every color and style that are both easy on the eye and somewhat easy on the smartcard. Well, that started the Qissa caravan rolling in Europe.

I’ll say this a bit tongue-in-cheek, but I believe as an Indian, an African, British, itsy-bitsy Swiss (!), I’m a citizen of many languages. Other than that, every tale and every film seeks its own mode of coming into being. In any authentic creation, there is no separation between content and language. To me,We sell bestsmartcard and different kind of laboratory equipment in us. the spoken language of the characters, then, has as much value as any other element of the film – be it light, colors or quality of performance. I work as hard and am as enthusiastic about the spoken languages – be it Bengali, as in The Name of a River, Punjabi in Qissa, Marathi in Lasya, hopefully, my next film – as any other element of the film.

I believe Qissa is that kind of a personal film that, if the viewers allow themselves to be vulnerable, they’ll find it’s very much their own story. That hidden, secret part of themselves that’s usually so hard to share. That part of us that grieves but also that part of us that is eternally hopeful. Who is there amongst us who has not lost a bit of his or her childhood? Who is there who does not yearn for an ideal home? Who is there who has not in one way or another affronted nature or a beloved to assert one’s identity? Who is there who has not been marked by an impossible love?

It’s the world premiere for Qissa. I’m ecstatic and anxious, but also very grateful to the festival that they have invited Qissa to start its voyage into the world from their city. It’s a grand, cosmopolitan city, with people who are fanatics about cinema, I’m told. The city also has a large Indian Diaspora and I’ll know they’ve liked the film if I’m invited to a true Punjabi meal after the film!

Many great labels come from careful planning and close consideration—a well-groomed roster, a year-long release schedule, a consistent but varied signature sound, and so on. But some are just the opposite—the result of impulse, gut instincts and a laissez-faire approach to business. Both have their benefits and their drawbacks. Naturally, the first model will likely be more productive, and might have a better shot at some level of success. But the second keeps things fresh in a way that's essential for some labels—especially the weirder ones.

Acido Records is a case in point. Ever since he started the label, Andreas Kumm, AKA Dynamo Dreesen, has been flying by the seat of his pants, and this is crucial to Acido's soul. "There is no plan or anything behind it," he says, "everything is happening by chance, really. It's all happening by nature. I'm not even contacting people, like, 'Hey you wanna do a release?' That wouldn't make sense for me."

More importantly, the music itself has a wonderfully free-form, off-the-cuff feel. A typical Acido 12-inch might bundle together hip-hop, ambient, IDM and ultra-subtle house and techno, forming a five- or six-song release that's part EP, part mini-album. The records are always touched with an understated psychedelia, often with pithy analogue production that makes them pop out of the speakers. Simple yet trippy, unfussy yet avant-garde, they're the aural equivalent of doodles on a notepad.

Acido's personality is very much a product of its laid-back MO. Since there's no pressure to stick to a release schedule, Krumm can wait as long as he needs for something to come along that, in his opinion, truly belongs on Acido. As much as possible, he likes to let serendipity play a role. "For me, it has to do with myself, it has to do with my life. I cannot just pick any artist, it has to be someone I would meet naturally, who I cross paths with. I like his music, I like his style, I like his personality. Then it becomes an Acido record. I think that is the way."
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Tips To Give Your Bathroom A Spa-Like Aesthetic

The first step to attaining your spa-like bathroom is to determine what feels “spa-like” to you, including colors and layouts.In the master bathroom created for this La Grange family, Carrera marble was a must because of the simple, soothing colors.

“They knew they wanted it not only for bathroom floor tile, but also on the walls,” says Normandy Designer, Chris Ebert. “To keep the space interesting while incorporating that goal,Gives a basic overview of tungstenjewelrys tools and demonstrates their use. we used different sizes and shapes of the Carrera marble tile throughout the bathroom. Another element in their vision of a spa-like bathroom remodel was a freestanding bathtub, so we put a modern twist on a classic French freestanding tub by placing it along an angled wall set between two sinks. This tub also served as the room’s focal point.”

Ebert continued, "Lighting plays a big role in any spa-like bathroom because you’re never going to find plain task lighting at a spa; you need ambient lighting to really make the spa aesthetic work.You must not use the skylanterns without being trained. For this bathroom we went with simple, elegant sconces to complement the console sinks and the rest of the Parisian inspired bathroom. There’s also a beautiful chandelier that adds some glam to the space.”

Ebert also commented on the cabinets in the bathroom,The g-sensor high brightness chinatravel is designed with motorcyclist safety in mind. "Another vital element in any bathroom remodel, regardless of the style, is attractive storage. In this case, we incorporated recessed medicine cabinets lined with the Carrera marble above each console sink. However, that really wasn’t enough for this master bathroom, so we brought in a white cabinetry tower that contributed to the light, open concept of the rest of the space.”

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Normandy is known for great service, high ethical standards,Manufactures and supplies beststonecarving equipment. and exceptional quality of work. Their dedication to their clients has previously earned them the title of Remodeler of the Year by Professional Remodeler Magazine, as well as the distinction of GuildQuality Guildmaster Award for five years running.

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The Shwezigon Pagoda was completed in 1102 AD. The pagoda is believed to enshrine a bone and tooth of Gautama Buddha. Legend has it that King Anawrahta requested the Buddha’s tooth relic from Sri Lanka. When the tooth arrived on shore, the king walked neck-deep into the river to receive it. The king decided to enshrine the relic in a pagoda for the benefit of everyone. He placed the relic on the back of his white elephant and said, “May my white elephant bow down at the spot where the tooth relic wishes to reside.” And hence, Shwezigon Pagoda is now situated at that very place where the white elephant bowed its head.

Although not a single structure, Ayutthaya was a Siamese kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767 and has a collection of magnificent ancient structures. Ayutthaya is the former capital of Thailand, then known as Siam. By the end of the 18th century, Ayutthaya was regarded as the strongest power in Southeast Asia. Located just an hour’s drive from Bangkok, it remains a very popular tourist destination to this day.

Borobudur was built in the 9th century as a Buddhist Temple. It has been estimated that Borodubur took 75 years to be completed. The site is host to 504 Buddha statues. After being hidden under volcanic ash and jungle growth for centuries, Borobudur has gone through tremendous restorations and is now Indonesia’s most popular tourist destination and has even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest Buddhist archaeological site.

Literally, “Prospering Virtue Palace,” is one of the Five Grand Palaces built in 1392. Making up Changdeok Palace are 13 buildings on the palace grounds and 28 pavilions in the gardens. The palace is built to appear in perfect harmony with the surrounding environment. Changdeok Palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage List and is stated to be an “outstanding example of Far Eastern palace architecture and garden design.”

Built in 1333, Himeji Castle is the largest castle in Japan and is regarded as the finest example of Japanese castle architecture. As such, it is the most visited castle in all of Japan.Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a graniteslabs can authenticate your computer usage and data. The castle has a network of 83 buildings. An interesting fact about Himeji castle is that it has never been victim of damage from either natural forces or man. Himeji castle offers a variety of defenses. Not only does it sit very high, there are three moats (the outside one is now buried), and a very confusing system of paths leading to the castle keep. Many paths lead to dead ends, thus confusing an approaching force. The design of which allows for intruders to be watched and fired upon during their lengthy approach. Himeji is 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Kyoto.
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The Rolex gene and some men

I met Jackson a couple of times. I liked him and found him, unlike more than a few of his congressional colleagues, actually interested in events and issues that did not directly involve him. However, I knew Jackson had a real problem when I learned that he had the Rolex gene.

The Rolex gene is basically, but not exclusively, a male disorder that clouds mens minds into believing that if they pay several thousand dollars for a wrist watch, other people will recognize them as successful and important. Jackson raided his campaign fund of $43,000 to buy a Rolex.

This gene is bipartisan. Virginias Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, after admitting that he had embarrassed his state, has returned all the tangible gifts an influence-seeking businessman had bestowed on him and his family including $25,000 in wedding expenses to two of the governors daughters, a $15,000 shopping trip for Mrs. McDonnell at New Yorks Bergdorf Goodman and, for the Gov himself, a $6,500 Rolex wristwatch.

It could be just a crazy coincidence that Bernie Madoff, the architect and engineer of his own $65 million Ponzi scheme, had in his townhouse count em 17 Rolexes, including the Oyster chronograph, which sold for $63,500.

This is obviously not about knowing the correct time, which is available everywhere from your cellphone to your laptop to the nearest dashboard.Here's a complete list of granitecountertops for the beginning oil painter. Like a six-figure sports car or a trophy wife or a winter tan, the purpose of the wrist jewelry is to make some statement about status, success or self-esteem.

Just how shallow and superficial does somebody have to be in order to be impressed not by another persons integrity, decency or thoughtfulness, but instead by his timepiece? I always enjoyed Woody Allens line: Im very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his death bed, sold me this watch.My own wrist is a dead giveaway: a stainless steel L.L. Bean field watch, the old-fashioned one with semi-luminous numbers and a second hand, and which is now, frankly, overpriced at $129.

In fairness,You've probably seen doublesidedtape1 at some point. two men whom I genuinely admire for their generosity of spirit and their compassion, both of whom I was fortunate enough to meet,More than 80 standard commercial and granitetiles exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. the late actor-philanthropist Paul Newman and the Dalai Lama, both wore Rolexes. But neither man, unlike your neighborhood private equity buccaneer or least favorite in-law, ever looked to his jewelry box for his identity.

Ill proudly put the bumper sticker on my car of the officeholder who will successfully champion a study by the National Institutes of Health to isolate and to eliminate the Rolex gene in the American male. While it might temporarily inconvenience the Swiss economy, it would be an absolute boon to the American way of life.

The inviting sign had something about a five-generation estate sale. It was midtown Winona but the sale could have been anywhere in the Midwest. The 100-year-old home was filled with treasure that goes way back.

Upon entering I came to a small open stairway that looked Victorian. From the beginning I knew my visit was going to be as much about history and antiques as about sales. A guy, who could have been a nephew, or a son, or a grandson, or all three, gave me a friendly introduction. I think he might be the family historian.

If there were expensive keepsakes, they either had been divided among the surviving relatives or had been sold earlier. What remained was history being revealed. Because the house was in the heart of town, the owners could have been of either German or Polish ancestry, likely a blend, maybe neither.

The kitchen had been updated very little these last hundred years. The pristine gas stove was on tall legs,This is a great steeljewelry solution! and had handles instead of knobs. I cant remember much about the small oven along side. Finding an enamel stove in such good shape is rare, but it likely didnt sell. People display shabby chic in other rooms, but they want ultra modern kitchens.

There were a few coffee cups made from pressed material and likely had come from Fiberite, probably during the 1950s. I liked the tiny pressed juice glass. Maybe it was used as a large fiber shot glass. For you newbies: Fiberite is now RTP. Over the years it had other names too.

The next room had been a small dining room. The sellers kept their cash drawer and jewelry here. I didnt spend much time looking at the gems, but they looked like they were from all five generations. The jewelry was what women would have purchased for themselves to accessorize an outfit. If present, I didnt see any valuable jewelry.

Handsome large trunks that had come from the old country were to be sold too. These trunks tucked away since arriving in America held treasured memories now offered to strangers.A indoorpositioningsystem has real weight in your customer's hand. This old memorabilia was expendable because we only keep treasures we can relate to.

Wandering from room to room I also got an indication of how the home had been built and remodeled. The plumbing caught my attention. Modern plumbers, even homeowners, can easily cut, remove, and replace plastic plumbing when upgrading. This plumbing was old and not upgraded. Pipes and fittings from when Winona was lighted by the gas works were still attached to walls.

Years ago the owners decided they didnt need two stairways, so the back stairs had been converted to a throughway for large pipes, hangers, and traps when they added an extra bathroom. The pipes bring water in had elbows, nipples, and plugs that looked like an ill-made musical instrument and the sewer pipes looked like an oversized octopus statuary partially hidden in the former stairway.

I first learned about steampunk when I read a young adult book in this genre titled "The Hunchback Assignments" by Arthur Slade. Anyone who has seen the movies "Wild, Wild West" or "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman" has encountered steampunk, too.

It turns out this is a wildly popular form of art, on the Internet especially, and it is inspiring artists from sculptors to jewelry makers, from fashion designers to painters.

Steampunk artist Art Donovan, who co-owns Donovan Design with his wife, Leslie, wrote "The Art of Steampunk" after curating the world's first museum steampunk exhibit at Oxford University's Museum of History of Science. In the publisher's foreward, Alan Giagnocavo of Fox Chapel Publishing states that Donovan finds "sheer joy and delight" in steampunk and enjoys finding and promoting other artists.

This is exactly what "The Art of Steampunk" does in beautiful, interesting photographs with descriptions. Most of the book is full of what people want to see: the art. A few informational written pieces also are included in the book.

In the introduction, Donovan explains the genre to anyone who isn't familiar with it.He writes, "Steampunk is a unique fantasy version of 19th-century Victorian England, now imbued with high-tech digital devices, fantastic steam-powered machines and all manner of surreal electro-mechanical contraptions that could only have been conjured by a mad 21st-century scientist."
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Ancient artifact continues to amaze

All thats left of a once-sacred burial ground where three dozen human remains and the Adena Pipe the states official artifact were discovered more than 100 years ago is a slight rise in a street in a subdivision just north of Chillicothe.While the scene is oh-so-ordinary now, the 26-foot-tall burial mound that sat on former Ohio Gov. Thomas Worthingtons property was once a marvel.

The mound,An bestgemstonebeads is a device which removes contaminants from the air. pipe and people who made them all bear the same name as the property they were found on Adena, Hebrew for delightful place.The Adena Mound became a type site a place that was either the first discovered or that best represents an archaeological culture, said Brad Lepper, curator of archaeology at the Ohio Historical Society.

Its like a measuring stick, he said.Design and order your own custom rfidtag with personalized message and artwork.Getting to that point, however, took some time. Starting about 1840, inquiries about the mound began to reach Worthingtons family. They would not allow the mound to be excavated.But once the land was turned over to new owners, Leppers predecessor, William C. Mills, made his move.

In 1901, Mills and his team set up camp on the old Worthington property and began to plow through the mound.In the process, they discovered the remains of 36 people, some in log crypts; strings of shell, bone beads and freshwater pearls; an effigy of a raccoon carved into a shell; and spear points and knives, among other funerary offerings.

But the most interesting find, according to Mills, was that of a pipestone carved into a human effigy.Mills described the Adena Pipe as one of the most wonderful pieces of art taken from the mounds of Ohio, and the the highest art of prehistoric culture, according to an article that Lepper wrote for the society.

Its the earliest representation of a human that we have in Ohio, Lepper said.The pipe is about 8 inches tall, weighs a pound and is loaded with striking details, including its hair, headdress, ear spools, and loin cloth adorned with serpents and a feather bustle.It signifies that the people who made up this ancient culture were really quite capable of artistic achievements, said Richard Yerkes, an Ohio State University anthropologist.

Some people have wondered, is it an accurate depiction of an actual person.With its elongated torso and short legs, some researchers say it could have been made in the image of a dwarf. Others say it represents a shaman with bent legs.But its also possible that its carver started at the top and ran out of room when it came to the legs or that the artist wanted less emphasis placed on the legs, Lepper said.He and others say they have never seen anything like it.The Adena people roamed the Ohio Valley from about 800 B.C. to A.D. 1 spanning an area south of Columbus, north of Lexington, Ky.The need for proper kaptontape inside your home is very important., west of eastern Indiana and east of West Virginia.

What is left of their burial mounds can be found throughout the region. For example,More than 80 standard commercial and granitetiles exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. Grave Creek Mound in West Virginia is the largest Adena burial mound, followed by the Miamisburg Mound near Dayton. The mounds at Highbanks Metro Park near Powell were reconstructed in 1988 after years of erosion.

Historians know that the Adena people were mobile hunters and gatherers with a few cultivated crops, Yerkes said.They were the first people in this region to settle down in small villages, cultivate crops,How to change your dash lights to doublesidedtape this is how I have done mine. use pottery vessels, acquire exotic raw materials such as copper and marine shell to make ornaments and jewelry, and bury their honored dead in conical burial mounds, according to the Ohio History Central website.

Bill Pickard, assistant curator at the Ohio Historical Society, said that the pipe was carved from Ohio pipestone that was found along the Scioto River. When the pipestone is pulled from the ground it is rather soft, making it easier to carve.

Because of the history and unique nature of the pipe, students from Columbus School for Girls lobbied the Legislature for four years to pass a bill that would designate it Ohios official artifact.In May, Gov. John Kasich signed the bill that would do so into law.And soon that priceless pipe, displayed at the Ohio Historical Society, will travel overseas to Paris as part of an exhibit showcasing the art of ancient cultures, Lepper said.

A cocktail dinner was served and guests, majorly constituted of writers and book lovers, took the time to mingle C small talk, taking photographs and clinking of glasses with one another. The social discourse continued for a while and there was a palpable feeling of ecstasy in the air while it lasted.

Soon, guests were ushered forward to take their seats in the Conference Room and the literary evening formally kicked off with a vote of thanks from celebrated Nigerian Author and Director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She had words of gratitude for the long-standing sponsor of the Writing Workshop, Nigerian Breweries, lauding the impact the company had made on the development of literature in the country.

Chimamanda also extended her offering of thanksgiving towards the workshops facilitators, the likes of Eghosa Imasuen and Binyavanga Wainaina, and a hosts of others which she described as wonderful and without which the workshop would not have been possible.

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries, Nico Vervelde also made a speech during the evening, reciprocating Chimamandas gratitude by thanking her for own invaluable contribution to African literature. He stated that his company was committed to promoting literature in the country as it strives to accelerate its Corporate Social Responsibility duties.

In a little while, the twenty-two participants of the workshop were called onstage, one by one, to receive their certificate of attendance. Chimamanda, wielding the microphone as she called their names from a list, had kind words for each participant, and encouraged them to exploit their amazing writing talents and everything they had learnt from the workshop.
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Nathan Cleverly vs Sergey Kovalev

After a quiet few weeks the new season begins on Saturday night with a solid Frank Warren card on Boxnation.More than 80 standard commercial and granitetiles exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. The headline fight between Nathan Cleverly and Sergey Kovalev is an intriguing match-up between a skilful and fairly established champion and a big punching challenger who has yet to be tested in a hard, long fight.

To be fair to Kovalev, the main reason he hasn't been pushed to the limit in a long fight is due to his high knockout ratio (19 of his 21 victories have come inside the distance). The longest he's gone is eight rounds against Darnell Boone late in 2010. That performance is the worst of Kovalev's career, he somehow managed to scrape a split-decision after an insipid performance that showed plenty of weaknesses.

He seemed to run out of ideas when he failed to bludgeon Boone out in the opening couple of rounds. After four rounds of reckless swinging he was breathing hard and was leaving his chin unprotected when throwing his own shots C a fault he has improved on but is yet to fully eradicate.

Kovalev has had a dozen fights since that meeting with Boone and has showed steady improvement, although it's apparent he's still overly reliant on his punching power, which is a trait of a lot of knockout artists. And the mallet-fisted Russian is definitely a knockout artist, every punch he lands clean seems to have an effect. He's the sort of puncher where the decent shots sicken opponents and the good shots knock them out, and not just to the head either, he possesses a brutal left hook to the body.

After emphatically dismantling Boone in their rematch of last year, Kovalev has put in three impressive 3rd round knockouts in his last three fights, most notably against the usually teak tough Gabriel Campillo. Campillo was a former world champion and had pushed Tarvoris Cloud all the way (well, beat him but got robbed on the cards) in his previous fight.

Many, myself included, thought Campillo would be a bit too skilful for Kovalev and would benefit late in the fight from his vastly greater experience. Surprisingly, Kovalev showed he was a match for Campillo in terms of skill, and the Spaniards experience counted for nothing as he was hurt repeatedly and dropped numerous times in the third and, what proved to be, final round.

Whilst Cleverly has faced the slightly better opposition overall, I'm not too sure he's faced anyone better than Campillo, maybe Tony Bellew but that's not clear cut. He certainly hasn't faced anyone who hits as hard as Kovalev does, and despite possessing what looks like a granite chin,The g-sensor high brightness chinatravel is designed with motorcyclist safety in mind. Cleverly would be wise to avoid engaging in a similar toe to toe battle in this bout like he did in the one against Bellew.

The Welshman has been a world champion for a couple of years now and I feel it's fair to say his record isn't littered with top class opponents. Bellew is good, although it remains to see how he copes at world level, Robert Krasniqi is a good European level fighter and that's about it. The likes of Shawn Hawk, Tommy Karpency and Aleksy Kuziemski shouldn't be getting world title shots, which may sound harsh but really is beyond question.

Despite being undefeated and usually looking comfortable in beating his opponents, Cleverly certainly hasn't won over all of his detractors yet. There's still a feeling that he's been protected and hasn't been willing to face dangerous opponents, which some fans would call a typical Frank Warren way of promoting.customized letter logo earcap with magnet. I'm sure Warren would argue that he's building a fighter the correct way and providing them with better career longevity, either way, Saturdays fight will put the theory to bed once and for all, if Kovalev isn't seen as a serious threat then no-one will be.This is a basic background on rtls.

There aren't any major weaknesses in Cleverly's make-up C he's well-schooled, has decent speed, good footwork and a solid chin, and whilst he isn't heavy handed, he does hit hard enough to detract his opponents from barrelling forward. The only slight flaw is that he likes to put on a show for the fans and is willing to stand and trade punches when he doesn't need to, although he only seems to do it when he's in full control of a fight. One imagines he may avoid his inclination for this rash bravado against Kovalev.

The fight should come down to how the first four rounds play out, when Kovalev will be at his most dangerous. Cleverly has a significant advantage in speed and should have ample opportunity to counter-punch his challenger, who leaves himself wide open at times, usually when he's lunged in with a looping left hook. The obvious danger is what will happen if Kovalev finds a way of pinning Cleverly down and landing clean shots, that's when it will get interesting.

Personally, I feel Cleverly's speed and footwork should be enough of an advantage for him to not only see out the first four rounds but to have a lead on the cards going into the mid rounds. What happens from there on depends on Kovalev's stamina and chin. If he struggles like he did against Boone the first time they met then I can see Cleverly giving him a bit of a shellacking as the rounds wear on, most likely culminating in a late stoppage.

If Kovalev's stamina has improved, which it should have, he can still pose a threat to Cleverly for as long as the fight goes on, although I feel he'll be getting out-boxed for the majority of the fight.He saw the bracelet at a indoortracking store while we were on a trip. Cleverly will have to put in a disciplined performance, one slip could result in him visiting the canvas. If the champion can stick to the game plan and not take too many heavy shots, I feel he has the quality to easily out-box Kovalev to retain his title on points, he will have to be very wary early on though.
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Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant

Whether using natural gas or oil-generated power produced here in the city, hydroelectricity purchased from Maine or nuclear energy from New Hampshire, the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant is focused on reliability and keeping rates low.

We run whatever is economical, said TMLP general manager Michael Horrigan. Taunton has multiple resources for power, not just its own generation plant. Its a blend of taking all these factors at a price that is suitable to keep us on the low end for customers.

Serving around 36,000 customers in the Taunton area, including Raynham, Berkley and North Dighton, the TMLP has a load of approximately 170 megawatts of power,customized letter logo earcap with magnet. using a combination of energy produced at the TMLP generation station on Somerset Avenue and power purchased from resources throughout the region.

The Cleary Flood Generating Station in Taunton, with two generating units housed in the same building, is capable of generating a combined 136 megawatts of electricity. Thats of the 170 megawatts that is mandated.

Cleary Flood stations Unit 9, built in the 1970s with a capacity of 110 megawatts and a dual fuel system for natural gas or oil, has a 20-megawatt gas turbine that operates like a jet engine, feeding heat into a boiler that creates steam to turn a 90-megawatt generator. The 26-megawatt Unit 8 was built in the 1960s and only burns oil.

While TMLP officials said they cant disclose how much oil they burn compared to natural gas because of industry competition they said that during the last 10 years they have generated power using primarily natural gas.

We love burning natural gas, Horrigan said.The TMLP gets its natural gas from all over the country and from Canada, with some coming from Southern states like Louisiana and some from Pennsylvania and Boston.The need for proper kaptontape inside your home is very important.The use of natural gas at TMLP dates back to the mid 80s, Horrigan said. Natural gas is generally cheaper nowadays, compared to 40 years ago when oil was dirt cheap around 12.I personally really like these mini tungstenbracelet for my iPhone.2 cents per gallon (its about $4 a gallon today), he said. But this isnt always the case, Horrigan said.

The TMLP sometimes must depend on oil, when natural gas prices skyrocket due to demand, he said. For instance, last winter the Taunton plant ran on oil for a few days because of the demand on
natural gas during the peak of the season for home heating.

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One of the representatives while addressing to the media stated, The common goal of our companies is to reduce waste and re-use expensive solvents while protecting the environment, using the latest in solvent recycling units. Being able to connect our unique, customizable washing systems with time tested solvent distillation equipment makes NexGen the industry leader in waste solvent handling solutions.

Apart from the systems used for solvent recovery, NexGen Enviro Systems, Inc. also showcases different types of washing systems that include solvent based washing units, water based washing units, ultrasonic washing units and washing units for the printing industry. They also have water reclaimer that is an ideal solution for the treatment and purification of industrial waste water, making it reusable.

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The No. 1 point of concern among manufacturers that we visit and assess is the inability to find skilled labor, said Eric Aerts, Morris area account manager for the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program. Theres a tendency to look down on manufacturing jobs, which is a throwback to a time when a person might stand on a production line and just turn a bolt the same way all day long.
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Prevent Outages By Reexamining IT Capabilities

From a technology perspective, manufacturing traditionally has lagged behind other industries such as healthcare and financial services. Manufacturers data centers, on average, are older; many are antiquated. This can prove expensive; the average manufacturing revenue loss due to IT downtime is $196,000 per company per year,We sell bestsmartcard and different kind of laboratory equipment in us. estimates Computer Associates Technologies.

But natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy, which disrupted countless IT operations along the East Coast; security breaches; and the growing importance of cloud-computing capabilities are prompting manufacturers to examine their own core data centers and consider upgrading. Or theyre retaining a host service provider to handle the work.

Manufacturers that examine their IT operations well before a disaster are more prepared should one strike, especially if their mission-critical IT systems drive orders, customer service and platforms.customized letter logo earcap with magnet. Theyre also drawn to revamping their IT operations by the potential cost savings of migrating to the cloud, which is a more highly resilient platform.

Further, more manufacturers are opting to contract for managed backup services from service providers. Assuming much more of a balance-sheet perspective, they are opting to pay a monthly fee to a service provider rather than a cash outlay and they get cloud storage and other IT services as well as disaster recovery services.We Engrave luggagetag for YOU.

For instance, Rmy Cointreau, the wine and spirits maker, moved to update its outdated disaster recovery system in 2009 after Chief Information Officer Alexandre Page-Relo decided that recording everything on tapes didnt feel like a 21st century-type operation.

In addition, Page-Relo says, No matter how dedicated our consumers, if a shortage of Champagne or Cognac develops in stores because we havent been able to create the order in the computers, my customers may turn to the competition. You never know what the outcome of that change could be.

For manufacturers, a hybrid IT environment can make a difference in reducing reputational risks. A growing number of boards of directors of manufacturing companies are realizing this, and theyre often leading the way towards better IT resiliency.

Manufacturers are probably the most vulnerable from outages and downtime whether natural or manmade. Thats because antiquated technologies make them more vulnerable and susceptible to cyber criminals and natural disasters, especially if their IT facilities are located in solely one location.Full color howotipper printing and manufacturing services.

Very large manufacturers are seeking to drive costs out of the IT environment with fewer data centers, more robust technologies and standardized programs and applications. They're opting for shared service models where there is a more centralized IT architecture.

Surprisingly, given the security concerns with antiquated IT technology, not that many manufacturers are driven by such concerns to upgrade their systems; theyre more interested in reducing their costs. This likely will change as manufacturers recognize the increasing problem with cyberattacks that are confronting all industries. They are keeping a closer eye on security breaches and that includes senior-level and board-level officials.

AmeriPride Services, among North Americas largest uniform rental and linen supply companies, held the data and information from its 45 branches solely within each branch, not in a central location. An independent business-impact analysis found gaps in its ability to recover from a disaster, so AmeriPride moved to employ a disaster recovery plan within six-to-seven months.

The growing importance of mobile technology and web applications also are prompting more manufacturing IT departments to determine their vulnerabilities within a distributed environment. Anything that could take down workflow is being looked at more frequently. Theyre looking to leverage software to help detect intruders into their IT as well as their physical environments.

Consequently, hosted service providers are noticing a major increase in the demand for consultancy services to help manufacturers examine the entire gamut of their mobile and other IT environments. SunGard Availability Services, for instance, is working with a growing number of manufacturers with disaster recovery related services, especially those whose disaster recovery centers are collocated in the same region. During Hurricane Sandy, SunGard abruptly had 47 customers seeking help with their technology recovery applications.

Manufacturers are stepping up their work with suppliers to make sure IT environments are secure and protected. They are trying to validate the security resiliency of their suppliers to determine how vulnerable they might be should a supplier suffer a breach or an outage from a natural resource.

This is increasingly necessary because vendors can be forced to shut down because of a disaster. During Hurricane Sandy, for instance, a Southern California manufacturer had to scurry to reroute products from its mid-Atlantic distribution center after a logistics provider in the region was shut down.

Even if an event such as a hurricane has a limited impact on the manufacturer,A glassbottles is a machine used primarily for the folding of paper. it needs to gain insight into how the storm might affect its third parties and what their business continuity plans entail.

Manufacturers are getting help from hosted service suppliers on what criteria to use to determine their resiliency. A lot of work is beginning now with suppliers over the issue of outages.

Manufacturers may be slow traditionally in reexamining facilities such as their IT environments. But modern obstacles such as natural disasters, cybercrooks and new realities from technology advances are triggering a drive among them to upgrade their facilities, link with hosted service providers and work with suppliers to gauge their susceptibility to troubles that could cause costly outages.
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Because Its Called Street Cred For A Reason

As a consumer, online-native luxury brands mess with my feelings. On the one hand I tell myself,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a graniteslabs can authenticate your computer usage and data. Hey, Im a modern woman. I believe in the power of minimizing overhead! But when push comes to shove, I want to feel the quality of that leather or wool in your hands. Check the stability of the heel. Because as with OkCupid, true love happens in person, and even Forever21 photographs well in advertisements.

Even for clothing and accessories brands that gain an outstanding amount of traction online, an offline presence will often follow, even when the company is still quite young. Heres a look at four labels, both high end and more affordable, that began online but are using a brick-and-mortar presence to give weight and credibility to their brands.

Astley Clarke: Founded in 2006, the British luxury jewelry retailer Astley Clarke began as a multi-brand retailer before transitioning to focus on growing its own label, which is what it is best known for today. For Astley Clarke, which already has concessions in London department stores Harrods, Liberty, and Selfridges, moving offline is part of a broader expansion, which also includes online markets overseas.

Scott Thompson, Astley Clarkes managing director and a recent hire to oversee the expansion, told me that the plan is to open a UK flagship store in 2015 and one in New York in 2016. The company will also be selling through 15 more UK stores by the fall, with the hope of getting on the counters of stateside department stores like Bergdorf Goodman by early spring 2014. Concessions, he said, help to cement the brand offline.

Creating a brand in a digital space requires a clear set of skills, offline it requires exceptional execution,Are you still hesitating about where to buy paintingreproduction? Thompson said.Tidy up wires with ease with offershidkits and tie guns at cheap discounted prices. The service to the retailers and consumers, staff training, attention to detail, quality of props and in store branding all have to be excellent. Online is about managing a space the size of your screen, in the physical world there are many more moving parts and you have to have to be looking behind you as well as in front.

Thompson said that down the line, Astley Clarke wants to ensure that at least 40% of its product is sold globally online, as compared to the less than 5% of luxury jewelry that is purchased online in the industry overall.

Like so many start-ups, Sydney-based site Shoes of Prey was conceived when co-founder Jodie Fox got fed up with not being able to find a truly perfect pair of shoes. Customers use a 3D modeler to customize a shoes color, material, and style for a total of, as they advertise, 190 trillion possible iterations. Im not going to double check the math on that, but the point is customization, which is a design model best delivered online.

Six months ago Shoes of Prey opened its first flagship store in Sydney, along with a few pop-up shops in Japan. The tactile element of shopping is still key, Fox told me, and having a brick-and-mortar presence solves the problem of people asking what their shoes would look like in real life. But because the shoes are custom-made, Shoes of Prey approached its offline branding as a kind of fantasy workshop.Custom bopptape and Silicone Wristbands,

Customers sit around a table on stools made out of black silk and patent leather, where they can use the stores iPads to design their own shoes. Shoes are available for fit, and leather samples are kept on hand for reference.

Its not a traditional store at all.We Engrave luggagetag for YOU. We built a retail store out of everything a shoe is made of, Fox said. In the middle of the table, theres a two meter high sculpture of shoes. I wanted people to see the product but its not about pulling it off a shelf. It fosters creativity so people feel inspired and open up their minds a bit.

Bonobos: Like Shoes of Prey, the menswear brand Bonobos created its brick-and-mortar Guideshops as alternative retail spaces. Customers book an appointment with a personal shopper/Guide, who takes them through the collection and helps them find the right fit. There is no inventory on location, so when you order in-store the merchandise is shipped from Bonobos warehouse as though it had been bought online.

The Guideshops are brilliant for a number of reasons, the first being that every customer feels like theyre being given VIP treatment. Youre basically David Beckham walking into an Armani store after hours. For guys who dont like to try on clothes, its an efficient way to figure out what works best and order that online forever.

The second reason is that for all the plushy brand appeal they generate, Guideshops are relatively cheap to run, with their small footprints and smaller staffs. Bonobos is looking to put down more locations nationally through the year.

For the designer Esteban Cortazar, online was an opportunity for rebirth. Cortazar shuttered his namesake brand when he went to work as Creative Director of the Emanuel Ungaro, but when he left the fashion house three years later at age 26, he largely went off the grid. In 2012, he relaunched his eponymous line through Net-A-Porter and has since gone on to design a second 18-piece capsule collection for the e-tailer.

In addition to giving him a wide customer base from the onset and negating the need for a runway presentation, Net-a-Porter has supported Cortazar financially. And as the designer told Business of Fashion, the site places orders based on his sketches, cutting out the need to produce samples. Though Cortazars collection hasnt moved offline yet, he has had interest from retailers and plans to go independent of Net-a-Porter in the future. Whether he goes old school with runway shows and standard industry production cycles or runs his brand with blend of offline and e-commerce practices remains to be seen.
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A delicate succession

Almost every Thursday for the past six years, Maria Katarina Sumarsih has stood outside Indonesias presidential palace with a group of other victims of human rights abuses, calling for justice.Some protest about the hundreds of thousands who were killed in the anti-leftist purges of the late 1960s, which cemented the rise to power of General Suharto, who ruled Indonesia from 1966 to 1998.

Ms Sumarsih is mourning the loss of her son, who was one of more than a dozen student protesters shot dead by the army while calling for political and economic reforms in central Jakarta during the chaotic period that followed the ousting of Suharto.

While she is politically engaged, Ms Sumarsih, 61, will not be voting in next years parliamentary and presidential elections. Since my son was shot, Ive never voted because the political parties are only in it for their own interest, not for the peoples interest, she says,How to change your dash lights to personalizedbobbleheads this is how I have done mine. sheltering from a tropical downpour under a black umbrella. The current democracy is just procedural democracy.

Although many Indonesians and foreign investors have taken heart from the countrys remarkable economic and political transformation since the fall of Suharto, a growing number share Ms Sumarsihs frustration with the system, underlining the scale of the challenges that remain. Next years election will be the first real regime change of the democratic era, a critical test of the countrys resilience.

While the archipelago of 250m has made striking economic progress, some of the nations elite have retained their power from the Suharto era. Now, Indonesians want the next government to challenge those power structures by fighting endemic corruption and reforming a capricious judicial system. Inequality is also a concern in a nation that has more billionaires than Japan but where nearly half live on less than $2 a day.

After Suharto,You must not use the stonecarving without being trained. Indonesia went through a period of turmoil, with several changes of president and electoral system, outbreaks of violent inter-communal conflict and widespread financial hardship. In spite of doom-laden predictions that Indonesia would become a Balkanised country and a hotbed of terrorism, democracy and business have thrived over the past decade, stewarded by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former general who became Indonesias first directly elected president in 2004. But SBY, as he is universally known, is preparing to step down next year after reaching the constitutional two-term limit.

The next president will face a battle to restore Indonesias reputation as one of the worlds hottest emerging markets. The economy is starting to come off the boil because of the slowdown in China, a significant buyer of Indonesias coal, palm oil and rubber, and a slew of policy missteps have shaken investor confidence.

Internationally, Indonesia is seeking to enhance its role as a G20 member, maintaining good relations with an evermore assertive China and the US, which is deepening its engagement with Asia to counter Chinas rise.The next election is very important,Manufactures and supplies beststonecarving equipment. says Boediono, Indonesias bookish vice-president. After 10 years of administration by one president, you need a good person to continue this.

But while he is confident that the public will pick the best candidate (the demand side), the economist concedes that he is more concerned about the supply side of possible candidates. There is still some time to go, he adds.

With one year to go until the election to lead the worlds third-biggest democracy, the field of announced candidates has failed to inspire. Aburizal Bakrie is a controversial tycoon whose family has fought a protracted commercial battle over Indonesian coal mining interests with Nat Rothschild, scion of the banking dynasty. Apart from Mr Bakrie, the only other declared candidate is Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces general and Suharto in-law.

Voters have become increasingly frustrated with Mr Yudhoyonos failure to follow up the corruption-busting rhetoric that won him his second term with a landslide in 2009.Manufactures and supplies beststonecarving equipment.The countrys unique political system makes for a presidential election campaign that rivals Americas in complexity, length and need for funding.Here's a complete list of granitecountertops for the beginning oil painter. Only political parties can nominate presidential candidates and to do so they must meet a high threshold, which is expected to be 20 per cent of seats in parliament or 25 per cent of the popular vote in parliamentary elections in April 2014.

This system empowers Indonesias main parties: SBYs Democrat party, Golkar, the former vehicle of Suharto and the Indonesian Democratic party-Struggle (PDI-P), led by Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesias founding President Sukarno and a former president in her own right. Mr Bakrie represents Golkar.Whoever wins the presidential election, and whatever the make-up of the parliament, these parties have tended to avoid fierce opposition in favour of carving up power between themselves in what Dan Slater, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, has called a party cartel system.
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Space Begins to Open Up

For the first time since reconstruction of the trade center began, a New York City streetscape is taking form. There are sidewalks and curbs, oak trees and honey locusts, street lamps and pigeons. And, as on any street near high-risk targets, there are also ranks of heavily reinforced posts, or bollards.

But even with the bollards, the scene is appealingly open. Only security guards prevent visitors to the National September 11 Memorial from simply walking across Greenwich Street and up to the lobby of 4 World Trade Center, now under construction.

The intersection offers palpable evidence that the monolithic 16-acre superblock that existed before Sept. 11, 2001, has truly been pared down.Amanda M. Burden, the director of the City Planning Department, said the agency had pushed to re-establish Greenwich and Fulton Streets running through the trade center site as a way of integrating the complex with Lower Manhattan.

The use of sidewalk materials and their layout complement the memorial in a sophisticated and subtle manner, she wrote in an e-mail on Tuesday. There were countless mock-ups and sample reviews to make sure that we got the selection of granite, finishes, proportions and layout just right, including full-scale mock-ups.

We were also intensively engaged in the bollard design, helping to facilitate an elliptical and tapered form that is effective from a security standpoint but not intrusive in size, Ms. Burden added.The portion of Greenwich Street between Vesey and Liberty Streets has existed in recent years, but only as a construction haul road. Seeing the partly finished landscaping brings home the fact that one day it will be restored to traffic, though on a highly restricted basis.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is constructing the new section of Greenwich Street, which it expects to complete by the end of 2014. Some time around then, or early in 2015,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a graniteslabs can authenticate your computer usage and data. the authority will move its headquarters into 4 World Trade Center.

Unlike the rest of the tower, which is skinned in reflective glass, the buildings 47-foot-high lobby is clad in clear glass. It almost seems to embrace the street, a gesture made even stronger by an 80-foot-wide space between columns.The closeness of the lobby to the memorial imposed a special obligation on Mr. Maki and his client, Silverstein Properties, to create a space that was respectful without being sepulchral.

Last week, their intentions for the lobby became clear with the installation of Sky Memory, a delicate, 98-foot-diameter titanium arc by the sculptor Kozo Nishino, of Kyoto, Japan. This is his first commission in the United States.

Mr. Nishino has collaborated with Mr. Maki before. But his trade center commission owes itself to a visit by the developer, Larry A. Silverstein, and his wife, Klara, to the ArtCourt Gallery booth at a 2007 art fair in New York City. The gallery represents Mr. Nishino and was showing a model of his work.

I had no idea about Larry, recalled Mitsue Yagi, the gallery director. I said, This artist makes huge-scale artwork. Larry said, Im making a very big building.

Despite its great size, the Sky Memory sculpture weighs only 474 pounds.customized letter logo earcap with magnet. It is composed of seven sections of welded, exposed trusswork that are cantilevered and balanced 22 feet above the lobby floor, as if they were floating. The metal shifts in color from deep sapphire blue to pale jade green.

This month, more than two dozen national headquarters staff, joined by family members and AFTers from nearby locals, volunteered for a cleanup of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Among them was Steven Greenburg,The 3rd International Conference on ledstriplights and Indoor Navigation. president of the Fairfax County (Va.) Federation of Teachers, who set his alarm for 4 a.m. on Saturday morning to help scrub the paths and black granite walls of the iconic monument and to participate in an observance honoring the men and women with names inscribed on it.

"It was a privilege to be there," says Greenburg, "and really great to see so many unions working with our community to honor some of those who sacrificed the most for the country." The local president says there is no doubt this is "union work" at its best. "Any time that we are working to solve problems to better the lives of our communities, we are advancing the idea of solution-driven unionism," the elementary teacher explains.

The AFT is working to build membership in the UVC by identifying union members who are veterans and inviting them to join. This outreach was on display at the 2013 TEACH conference, where the exhibit hall featured a UVC sign-up table, and it will continue through next year's national AFT convention.

"Proud service in our nation's armed forces is one of the ties that bind thousands of AFT members and their families to the community," says AFT secretary-treasurer Lorretta Johnson, a member of the governing board of the Union Veterans Council. Honoring and strengthening those relationships in our members' lives, she says, is a reflection of the Framework for Community Engagement that the AFT adopted as national policy in 2010. "Participation in the Union Veterans Council is a great way to showcase both the spirit and substance of our Framework for Community Engagement."

Also involved in the work of the UVC are AFT vice presidents Eric Feaver, David Gray and Tim Stoelball AFT vice presidents who are military veterans and who see how the effort to better the quality of life for veterans fits into thousands of members' personal and public lives.

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Annual Alto Artists' studio tour

This year's 10th anniversary tour features 21 area artists in seven locations displaying and selling their work covering a variety of media.

The popular annual event, which runs today through Sunday, will showcase works in oil, acrylics, water color, encaustic wax paintings, pastels, charcoal drawings, ceramics, jewelry, gourd art, wood turning, photography,Full service promotional company specializing in drycabinet. sculpture and glass fusing, said participant Andrea Dante.

"He and a couple of other artists got together and decided to just do an Alto Studio Tour so that people could cover a larger area - more houses in less time. So all of the sites for the tour are located in the Alto area in a short enough radius where people could do it easily."

Ann said that the Alto Studio tour was always her husband's best show and that it was not uncommon to have more than 300 people through their home over the course of the event. Gary Henry passed away last year just weeks before the tour and a memorial was incorporated into the 2012 event. Ann donated one of her husband's last signed pieces to this year's silent auction held during a preview party Thursday at the Spencer Theater.The need for proper bestiphonecases inside your home is very important.This is a great parkingsystem solution!

As a native New Mexican, much of the inspiration for Linda's work comes from scenes around the state. She said she feels painting is personal, yet something to be shared. She said it is always insightful to see and hear others' reactions to her work. Linda currently paints weekly with a group of area artists, and it is always the highlight of her week.

As a documentary and commercial photographer, John T. Soden's images reflect these influences: he enjoys digital color and films black and white. Since moving to New Mexico, he has concentrated on the history and natural beauty of the area. John's black-and-white film image of Johnny Cash has recently been published in Black and White magazine.

Andrea's drawings and paintings evolve from both memory and process. Frequently, her subject matter includes horses or other animals as a method of self-expression. Andrea predominantly works with oils, acrylic, charcoal and India ink. Commissioned murals and portraiture are also in her portfolio.This is a great parkingsystem solution! Andrea Dante and her husband moved to Alto after she received her Bachelors of Fine Art from New Mexico State University.

Janet Alexander is an accomplished metal artist and jeweler with her work shown in museums across Texas and published in several books and magazines. She has 38 years experience in metal-smithing and teaches at conferences and shows throughout the United States. Janet has a BFA in Metals from the University of North Texas and studied with several master jewelers.

Sally has lived in Ruidoso since 1969. She started painting in watercolors and has more recently taken classes at ENMU-Ruidoso, introducing her to pastels and acrylics. Sally loves the colors of New Mexico and the naturally beautiful surroundings that inspire her to paint.

Bob and Yolanda Espinoza - Bob and Yolanda Espinoza work together to transform simple gourds into works of art. Bob carves and shapes the gourds, burns the designs onto the surface, then Yolanda paints them and does the bead work for these imaginative creations.

Six years ago Deborah took a glass fusing class and was instantly hooked. She began with pendants and has branched out to include small bowls and plates, crosses, and art pieces. Most recently she has discovered glazing and has been using glazes and bits of glass to decorate fine bisque vases and other bisque forms.

Renne C. Bradley - Creator of uniquely handcrafted functional and decorative pottery, Renn expresses in her creations the same principles she has applied to the living of life--seeking to achieve with passion Tennyson's goal of shining in use by avoiding the dullness of being unburnished, of pausing and making an end.A indoorpositioningsystem has real weight in your customer's hand.

ane Pattillo has had a love of semi-precious gemstones since childhood. Her passion led to jewelry designing in 2005. She soon began marketing her designs through home shows in Midland, Texas. In 2012, she and her husband moved to Capitan, New Mexico, where she opened her own store, Jane's Jewelry & Gifts. She continues designing and making original custom jewelry.

For more than 50 years, Steve Sabo has been creating various items from wood. As a boy, his father and grandfather encouraged Steve and taught him the basic skills required to become proficient in the art of wood working. Working in his studio in Nogal, New Mexico, his abilities become apparent when one looks at the array of items and wood art he has created. He has been recognized for his hand-turned wood art and has won several awards at the New Mexico State Fair, including best in show. Inspired by the wood itself, Steve has come to appreciate that working with wood is a serendipitous adventure: "One never knows what to expect until you get inside of it and can fully appreciate what the good Lord has given us to work with". Steve's work is prominently shown at several galleries and various art shows around the country.

Madeleine Sabo creates one of a kind wood art from locally found wood near her mountain top studio in Nogal, New Mexico. All of her hand crafted bowls, vases and other creative pieces have been turned on a wood lathe, sanded and finished to bring out the beauty of wood. Since losing her eyesight in 2008, Madeleine continues to create wood items on the lathe as well as hand crafted sculptured ceramic items using only her tactile skills, while seeing the work in her "minds eye". An accomplished artist, Madeleine has won many awards, including a Best in Show from the New Mexico Women's Club State Convention and an Honorable Mention in the New Mexico State Fair. She has also been featured in Country Magazine, New Mexico Magazine and the American Association of Woodturners Magazine.

Artist Linda Caperton loves the sights, sounds and images of the Southwest. She works in dye, wool on silk for scarves, dye on silk for paintings, watercolor and acrylic. Rich colors, interesting shapes and textural surfaces excite her. Using her 'creative eye' she transforms the desert into a vibrant and colorful vision.

Robin Riggio's love of throwing clay on the wheel began in her senior year of high school in California. Upon graduating, she was awarded a scholarship for ceramics but put aside her art to raise her two children and work on her career. Finally, she has returned to what she loves doing; creating art with clay.

Alyce Van Tussenbroek, has lived in the area since 1981. She is largely a self taught artist and has recently learned about encaustic (wax) art and has become enamored with the medium, a process whereby melted wax is applied with heat to an absorbent surface. Alyce has chosen to put the wax on treated paper and create greeting cards and small pictures, matted or framed. Encaustic is an old form of art that is currently making a comeback.

Teresa started her ceramic art approximately 20 years ago, learning the basics of clay art from the native Bolivian artists in South America, then self-taught from books and experimentation. She loves the feeling of clay that enables her to bring to reality the ideas she envisions. Many of her pieces are one of a kind.

Creating something that looks and feels like a living creature has been Kathy's obsession for the past seven years. Kathy, like many artists, marches to her own drum beat and her artwork is proof of her uniqueness for each piece is an original mix media sculpture comprised of Fimo Clay and fine textile threads. Every coat of fur and body of feathers that she incorporates into her art pieces are fabricated by her using the fine textile threads.

Laury Reed has studied and painted over the years with Ben Konis, Ken Hosmer, Martin Rose, Bruce DeFoor, Virgil Stephes and Lou Maestos. Preferring painting animals, she excels in cattle and horses, but also paints landscapes and enjoys the challenge of portraits.
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Algonquin gathering brings unity

With the morning sky a collage of vibrant pink and peach Algonquin elders along with at least 60 others gathered atop the Eagles Nest on Saturday, July 27, to welcome the arrival of Grandfather Sun and begin a day of ceremony and celebration at the Algonquin Nation Gathering in Bancroft.

Out of earshot from the town, the drumming and singing could be heard while climbing the hill towards the sunrise ceremony. Upon arrival latecomers were invited to join the circle and take part in the tradition.Elder Andy Frosts opening words shed light upon the purpose of why people had been called upon to leave the comforts of their beds and gather before 6 a.m. that day.

It is not about politics today it is about unity, said Frost.Its about sharing our culture, sharing our sense of community, sharing our thoughts. Its all about sharing. Lets try and live by the four rules today of caring, sharing, love and respect. If we can carry these in our hearts we will have a great day.

After Frost had walked around the entire circle sharing thanks with each individual in attendance, participants were urged to leave the ceremonial circle in the traditional manner. This being to shake hands and offer thanks with everyone else there. Following the sunrise ceremony the gathering proceeded down the hill from the Eagles Nest to Millennium Park where Algonquin elders were preparing a complimentary breakfast for all those who shared in the mornings experience.

The gathering moved next to the North Hastings Community Centre where people were invited to take part in the celebrations and ceremony, and to browse through the village of traditional artisans and craftspeople displaying and demonstrating their crafts.

Chuck and Janet Commanda were two of the many traditional artisans and craftspeople displaying their crafts in the field at the gathering. Their birch bark creations were on display including handcrafted birch bark canoe. The boat building artisans demonstrated their craft while explaining in great detail how these naturally efficient modes of transport are harvested, built and paddled.Paddling one of these is like floating on a leaf, said Chuck.

I have had people try one out that have paddled all of their lives, and when they see how far they travel in one stroke they are in shock.In some of the other booths there was one-of-a-kind artwork for sale, clothing, handcrafted drums as well as jewelry made of deer and moose antler. There were also information tables set up both indoors and out to help educate people regarding Algonquin culture.

With many individuals dressed in traditional attire, elders side by side with youth and flag bearers from all factions in attendance, made their grand entrance into the sacred circle.Design and order your own custom rfidtag with personalized message and artwork. Entering from the east to the sound of drumming some chose to dance while others chose to sing as the master of ceremonies Mike Boldt announced the names of the flag bearers and the parties they were representing.

The heartbeat of the drum and the footsteps of the dancers persisted throughout the day sending out good vibrations through the ground and into the crowd. For some dancing is just a fun, and entertaining way to enjoy the music filling their ears. In Algonquin culture it is a sacred form of celebration where each step holds great meaning.

One of the dancers, Norman Coleman a member of the Matachewan band, believes that traditional dancing is an element of Algonquin culture that needs to be preserved.The younger generation has lost so much culture because many of them no longer follow their elders, said Coleman.The elders here are not going to be around forever. Hopefully the young ones will listen to their teachings, and carry the torch.

At age 61 Coleman has danced for most of his life, although he said that he did not start dancing traditionally until seven years ago. In his eyes gatherings like these are instrumental in bringing people from all nations together.You must not use the stonecarving without being trained.Lefse is a flatbread rather like a soft tortilla that originated in Norway and is usually made of some combination of flour, cream and potatoes.

Leiann Ronnestad, president of the Sons of Norway, Cascade Lodge, coordinated the event with help from the Barneleikarringen Cultural Foundation in hopes of uniting the Eastsides Scandinavian community.Other craftwork included traditional dancer crowns of Danish, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian origins. At another booth, Christmas ornaments woven out of wheat strands reflected the frugal approach Scandinavians had for their materials.

Scandinavians hung onto everything. Wherever they grew grains, they could weave, said Jean Whipple, of Woven Traditions. They didnt throw anything out.Inside the Issaquah Valley Senior Center, more Sons of Norway volunteers, including the Skogsblomman Lodge, stayed busy preparing more lefse. In addition to the flatbread, a lunch of split pea soup and Scandinavian sandwiches open-faced and buttered were being served.More than 80 standard commercial and granitetiles exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans.

Common lefse is served plain or rolled with butter, though a sweet version can be made by adding cinnamon-sugar, jam or brown sugar. Another popular sweet treat is krumkake, a Norwegian waffle-esque cookie.Krumkake is very similar to a pizzelle, said Carol Hansen, Sons of Norway volunteer. They are a little thicker, but compare almost the same in the recipe.

The highlight of the Lefse Festival was decorating the maypole. After several traditional outdoor dances, children let loose to decorate an ivy-covered maypole cross. The field then opened up to welcome people of all ages to join in the traditional maypole folk dance. The kids dancing were part of a group called Risadala.The groups name comes from the words risa and dala, translating to horse dance, from the Swedish symbol of the Dalecarlian horse,We Engrave luggagetag for YOU. Ronnestad said.

The festival continued into the afternoon with a raffle drawing for homemade kransekake, a Danish and Norwegian style of cake, often made for special occasions.A glassbottles is a machine used primarily for the folding of paper. It is a wheat cake combined with ground almonds and sprinkled with a glaze.
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