text: WinAutomation can truly set your work on autopilot. It enables you to execute processes based on schedules and triggers that you have configured, in both Attended and Unattended mode. We can say a process is running in attended mode when you are logged on and active on the workstation. In attended mode, processes execute alongside users, and can pass tasks back and forth, enabling interaction between the user and the automated task, or process. On the other hand, in Unattended mode, a process does not explicitly require you to be active and logged on to the workstation. This is achieved by the Autologin feature, which authorizes WinAutomation to login on the user’s behalf.


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Salty Stan says….Carver Yachts believes the only way to build a yacht of stalwart construction is to utilize the CAST system to ensure structural integrity and build yachts superior to the competition. C.A.S.T. System—Carver Advanced Structural Technology incorporates, Superior Fiberglass Technology, Electrical Systems and Measures of Protection.
No more docking anxiety! The exclusive Carver Docking System is the most professional yacht maneuvering system available. This system provides precise control of your yacht while operating in tight quarters…even with strong current or stiff crosswinds.
At Carver, They are never satisfied with building anything less than the finest luxury cruising yachts in the world. Which is why every step of construction is performed in-house with the perfect blend of artisanship and technology. All so we can closely manage a quality build, one boat at a time.

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Victoria, a south-eastern Australian state has halted application process for Australia Skilled Visas due to huge rush. The acceptance of the new skilled visa nomination applications is on hold until further notice in order to manage the received requests. This is because of a huge pile of Australia Skilled Visas nomination applications. This is not a permanent halt although. The acceptance is stopped temporarily because the department has to assess and manage the applications received before 15th May.
The decisions to be taken on these applications might face a delay as well. Despite this, the nomination applications for the business and investor visa will not be affected. The Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources of Victoria issued a statement. It said that the department is not accepting any new applications for Australia Skilled Visas. This includes Subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa or Subclass 489 Skilled Provisional Regional visa. This is to help in managing this demand, and meet service commitments, it added.
Similarly, the Queensland government has also stopped issuing the applications until July 2018 in order to clear the previous logjam of applications. Once this is sorted out, the applicants must issue new EOIs in July so as to apply for the skilled nomination. It is to be noted that the Australian states have their own programs for migration to cope up with their needed skill set and meet labor demands. This helps them to sponsor the applicants.
Australia’s annual immigration intake cap of 190,000 is well maintained because of the strict visa checking procedure. In 2016-17 the intake of people was 183,608 which were reduced to 138,086 as of April 30th, 2018. The application of the skilled nomination became tougher and complex because the technology used indicated more factors which showed more details about the risks of approving an applicant.
The Head of Home Affairs department, Michael Pezzullo said that “applicants get more ‘hits’ in our trade. This is as they couple increased databases into their checking mechanisms. These have to be resolved” he added.

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I specialize in William Morris tile and Morris & Co. designs, and then a slightly wider circle around that in both time and space: William DeMorgan, the Rossetti Pre-Raphaelites, English and Morris-inspired next-generation Arts & Crafts, Glasgow School, Victorian themes, and William Morris interests: Chaucer and Camelot, Scandinavian, Medieval, and Forest themes. If you aren't familiar with William Morris and the Arts & Crafts movement, you might like to read my article, William Morris, The Soul of Arts and Crafts.
"But why William Morris?" you ask. Short answer: Because things are more than things; they carry meaning and meaning allows us to form our values. Arts & Crafts items are made by people for people, not by machines for money. Morris was reactionary to what he considered poor quality, cheap, and especially soulless mass-produced decorative art.
Tile was one of the first media taken up by Morris. Tile designs are "portable" and he could make something tangible and beautiful without years of apprenticeship. Designs such as the early fairy tale tiles done by Edward Burne-Jones for Morris were revisited in paintings, and tapestries, with designs adapting to the media.
The good news is it's hard to make a mistake here. As the father of the Arts & Crafts movement, Morris designs work in later Arts & Crafts homes. De Morgan and Mackintosh transition from Arts & Crafts to Art Nouveau. Medieval tiles work because Morris and Ruskin, like other Victorians, were fascinated with medieval culture, Chaucer, tales of Camelot and the Holy Grail. Tumbled marble tiles, originally handcut from slab and only owned by kings and emperors, can work in traditional homes, classic Victorian homes, or Arts & Crafts homes. The customer photos Kitchen Tile Installations show some beautiful marriages of stone, glass, and ceramic subway field tile with period accent tiles.
Decorative Tile. Tiles here are decorative tile with a William Morris twist: the intention of elevating the decorative arts to the level of fine art. Decorative tile means, at its essence, that you can't walk, ice skate, or use it for industrial utility. Tiles for those purposes have a different rating, and these aren't that. You can install them in kitchens as a border or backsplash, bathroom showers and baths, as fireplace overmantels or side panels. You can use it on your hearth if you wear socks, but not your golf cleats. I have one type of blank that is suitable for a garden, if you live in a temperate climate and install it in a protected area like Morris's Pilgrim's Rest porch. If you live where the weather can be extreme, then relief tiles made for exterior application are safer.
From there, tiles here are either Victorian / Arts & Crafts Reproduction tile (Morris, De Morgan, Morris & Co. tiles) or Art tile (Glasgow School, Pre-Raphaelite, Medieval). Most decoratiave tile here is Victorian, even the Arts & Crafts tile, although some tiles, such as the bluer and white De Morgan ships or William Morris daisies are more what people think of when they think of Victorian tiles.
Decorative Reproduction Tile means that the original design was for a tile, or in a wider circle, a decorative art such as textile pattern, or stained glass design, and adapted for tile. This is very Morris & Co.; Morris and his friends often adapted designs for one method to others.
Art Tile. Needs no elevating to the level of fine art because it started as fine art. An art tile came from something else: a drawing or painting. Ocassionally, decorative and art tile overlap; the bestiary dragons I mentioned actually come from both.
Jessie M. King Mermaid Tile Backsplash.
Choose your project. If you can, start with the place you live most. Arts & Crafts homes are traditionally open, with lots of dark wood, windows, where strong and autumn colors are at home. Victorian homes are more hierarchical in design and lifestyle, drawing rooms with closed doors, a closed off kitchen apart from living areas, good place for bright colors and pastels. Victorian kitchens focus on a central table where women or servants worked together to create the meals. Twenty-first century kitchens often open to a family area, there may be an island but most work takes place facing inward, at counter or sink. There's a dynamic being created here: You create the place, the place influences your focus and emotional state.
Find tiles that make you happy. The Morris philosophy is that your home is your work of art. These are guidelines, but really great art breaks rules.
Tudor or Victorian Home: Morris designs are Victorian but relatively uncluttered by Victorian standards, with natural lines and motifs replacing geometric designs with natural elements inspired by medieval culture and values. Arts and Crafts designs were never mass produced. If it reminds you of something medieval, it's Morris Arts & Crafts and will work in a Victorian or Tudor home. Kelmscott Manor, Morris's favorite home, was a Tudor richly decorated with his own designs.
American Arts & Crafts, California Arts & Crafts: Even cleaner lines, but with a heavy emphasis on wood and stone. California Arts & Crafts may show a Mediterranean influence with heavy use of oak and richer stains. If that's the case, you may want to go with stronger colors. Both Morris and De Morgan tiles will work in an Arts & Crafts Home.
Craftsman: You probably recognize this as furniture with slats. Gustave Stickley's brand of Arts & Crafts, often mass-produced and with a minimum of ornamentation which showcases the natural beauty of the materials. Later De Morgan tiles, as well as Glasgow and California tile collections are good candidates for Craftsman homes.
Art Nouveau: Arts & Crafts after its European vacation. Natural motifs, pleasing curves that can angle in unanticipated ways. Has been described as Arts & Crafts with whiplash. Glasglow tiles and are safe choices, but safety and predictability are not Art Nouveau / Jugenstil characteristics. Later De Morgan tiles have a stylized natural form that is consistent with Art Nouveau.
Look in the catalog for an overview of pages by style and customer installation photos. These link to individual tiles pages with more details and options.
Alternatively, the site map, mostly text, lists almost every page by category. It is divided into general areas (articles, site-specific stuff, tools, and of course tile). From there, the areas become increasingly granular.
Customer installation photos can give you an idea of what's possible.
You can also Search for a pages containing a key word or phrase such as type (e.g., nursery tiles), designer (e.g, William De Morgan), or format (e.g., mural). The search tool will return your keyword if it is in the Page title or Major heading.
I always maintain the sitemap and the catalog.
It is helpful to have a rough idea of your measurements. You just want a rough idea. Tile and panel sizes can in many cases be modified, but if you have a large space to fill, falling in love with a 12 inch fireplace panel may take you in a direction that is better for another project. If there are obvious sections, such as the sides and top of the fireplace surround, measure each section separately.
When measuring, it will only occasionally work to figure the tile you need based on the area of the space. For example, the tileable space around your fireplace may be 12 feet, but if the space between the mantel legs (pillars) and the hearth is only 6 inches, flanking eight-inch tiles won't work without without removing the mantel legs, something that dividing total area by the individual tile size can't tell you.
What if Everything Doesn't Fit exactly?
It is the usual case that the tiles you want will not fit the space exactly. Don't let this alarm you. For some patterns, a top or bottom tile can be trimmed. For others, we may well be able modify the pattern you want to fit the space. In this photo, the turquoise peacocks are on 8 x 6 inch tiles, although the panel size is only 7 inches wide. The pattern was adjusted slightly to leave an inch of white space on either side, and the peacock tiles trimmed at installation time.
All of this is solvable. Small areas can also be filled with mosaic tiles to form a border.
Some people will tell you to divide the area by the size of the tile, but this is a bad idea for patterned tile as it relies on cutting tiles by the installer, which may or may not go as well as one hopes, and results in more wasted tile. It's also helpful to know the dimensions before you choose to align your pattern and avoid mishaps such as having an angel's face cut in half. You can measure for tile yourself!
Divide your project into rectangular shaped areas. Don't worry if you have an arch, arches require cutting so you can take the longest point as your length.
Measure the width and length of each area. Write these down.
Repeat the above steps for each rectangular area.
The left side between the pillar to to the firebox itself up to the top edge of the firebox. (width and length).
The right side between the pillar.... (width and length).
The space between the the top of the firebox (but above any hood) and the bottom of the mantel (width and length).
Continue with any other surfaces you want to tile (hearth, any angled areas).
Once you have your measurements, you can estimate your number of tiles. If you're not sure the size tiles you need, just send me the measurements for each direction and we'll figure out how to make it work with the tile design you like.
For each area you just defined, divide the width in inches by the size of the tile. This tells you how many tiles in one direction. Round up to the next highest number.
Multiply the number of tiles in the length by the number of tiles in the width. Write this number down.
Add the number of tiles from all areas.
It's traditional to order 10-15% more tile than you exactly need, but I find this can be too much. You probably won't need more than 2-3 extra tiles at most, unless there will be a lot of cutting in your installation. In that case, maybe 5.
The left pane, width by length, are the only steps that really must be done before ordering a surround. Especially if you have a mural or need different size tiles, you may find it easier to just send me the measurements.
You can, if you like, order tile as shown. If you want to change things slightly, or want bespoke tiles, well probably half the people who visit here also want that. Finding the right set for each person is the best part of making tile. If it's a slight modification, there are no additional charges; go directly to How to Order Tile. If you want something I don't have here or require help with a design, Custom and Bespoke Tiles are for you.
Copyright information: Images of tile products on this website are ©William Morris Tile, LLC. They are derivative works requiring considerable creative effort. You are welcome to use the images, with attribution, for any non-commercial purpose, including displaying them on your blog or personal website. You may not use them for any commercial purpose without written permission, including but not limited to creating counted cross-stitch patterns, calendars, or any other commercial purpose.


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As successful as iOS has been, and continues to be, for Apple, there’s no question that it’s getting a bit long in the tooth. After all, a majority of the operating system looks just like it did when the iPhone first debuted back in 2007.
An interesting piece was published in The Verge’s forums yesterday entitled “Rethinking the Lockscreen” which features a concept for the Lockscreen that would make it much more useful. It consists of 2 parts: cards, and a custom grabber.
First up, is what the author calls Lockscreen Cards. Essentially they’re little informative tiles, or widgets rather, that are connected to an app. They’re customizable, and you can slide between them the same way you slide between Homescreens.
And it gets better. Double-clicking the Home button when on a Card brings up extra controls or information that is relevant to the app. For instance, double-clicking the Home button when on the Weather card would bring up the weekly forecast.
Then there’s the customized app grabber. This takes the quick camera access idea Apple introduced in iOS 5.1 to the next level by giving users the ability to set it to any application they want. I honestly can’t believe this isn’t already a standard feature.
The trick here is that swiping up on the grabber doesn’t simply open up the application, but it opens the app up into an active status. So an app like Messages or Mail would automatically open up into their respective composition screens. Cool.
Now, I like both ideas. But the most intriguing part of this concept to me are the cards. I think the current Lockscreen wastes a ton of space, and cards or widgets would be the perfect way to fix that. Plus they’d give you information at a glance.
Apple will introduce new Lockscreen music controls in iOS 6.1, but unfortunately that seems to be the extent of their interest in the area for the moment. Here’s hoping that changes sometime between now, and the software’s next major iteration.
What do you think of the Lockscreen concept?

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Official campaign partners, media partners and representatives from the European Commission and EU-OSHA gathered in Brussels on 5 and 6 March 2019 to exchange good practice information on managing dangerous substances and to celebrate 10 years of the campaign partnership scheme.
Sharing knowledge and ideas on improving occupational safety and health (OSH) within businesses and organisations was the focus of the 2-day event. With attendees eager to learn from one another, a number of workshops offered practical tips into topics such as OSH and the environment, communication in OSH, protecting workers from carcinogenic substances, and how to rethink risk assessments. We spoke to some of our longstanding campaign partners about their thoughts on the event, their role in the campaign, and the future of their partnership.
Henk Vanhoutte, Secretary General of the European Safety Federation (ESF), commented on the collaboration made possible through his organisation’s support of the Healthy Workplaces campaign. “Recently we’ve worked with the European Solvents Industry Group (ESIG), another partner, which was the result of networking. Being able to meet people – that’s a very important part,” he said. This collaboration helped make the ESIG’s Solvents@Work campaign more robust, combining the technical knowledge of the ESIG with the practical insight of protective glove manufacturers within the ESF. This partnership ultimately produced some comprehensive best practice guidelines for workers who are exposed to solvents in their day-to-day roles.
The Good Practice exchange event was also attended and promoted by several campaign media partners, namely BOZPprofi.cz, Gesunde Arbeit, Reputation Today, ppe.org and Quotidiano Sicurezza. These outlets were recognised for their work during the first year of the current campaign in communicating its key messages, events, tools and resources.
All our official campaign partners and media partners have played a critical role in the success of the Healthy Workplaces campaign and we’d like to thank them for their hard work and dedication in spreading the message of the campaign with their members, employees and networks. For more information on our campaign partners and to learn about the EU-OSHA Good Practice Exchange initiative, visit the campaign website. Don’t forget to stay informed with Healthy Workplaces Campaign news by following us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter (#EUhealthyworkplaces).

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Another year, another new prog festival. Now in its second year I got to visit ProgStock in Rahway, NJ for the first time this past weekend. Myself and many friends were drawn by the rare chance to see IQ stateside. We ended up seeing a variety of amazing music, with a nice combination of local acts, well known headliners, and some rare or unusual sets to round things off. One of the artists performing at the festival was Canada’s Mystery, whose latest album Lies and Butterflies is our featured album this week. Released over the summer and debuted at Night of the Prog in Germany the album has pleased the fan base and was delivered in full at ProgStock.
Along with the featured album and a lot of songs from the festival we covered a few new albums we didn’t get to last show such as those from Michael Romeo and Spock’s Beard. In addition we opened with the second new single from Haken‘s forthcoming album Vector which can be seen below. Also this past week Coheed and Cambria released their new album The Unheavenly Creatures, and a video from that is included as well.

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Palomas Trail (50) is a hiking trail in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It is within Santa Fe National Forest and San Pedro Parks Wilderness Area. It is 4.2 miles long and begins at 9,117 feet altitude. Traveling the entire trail is 8.5 miles with a total elevation gain of 1,855 feet.
One of New Mexico's best trails, Palomas Trail (50) is located near Santa Fe National Forest, NM. Trails' printable online topo maps offer shaded and un-shaded reliefs, and aerial photos too. Use topographic maps to find elevation, print high resolution maps, save a PNG, or just learn the topography around Palomas Trail (50). You can also get free latitude and longitude coordinates from the topographical map and set your GPS. Premium members can download or print any topo and cover more terrain when you map your Palomas Trail (50) route ahead of time.

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By Jordan Weissman, Slate, Jan. 23, 2018.
In spite of what some of its customers may have thought, Bank of America never cared very much about its poorer depositors. That’s because bank don’t care about people. They care about profits. And lower-middle class households who have trouble maintaining a minimum balance in a checking account are, by and large, not very profitable customers, unless they’re paying out the nose in overdraft fees.

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text: Lenihan, Alyssa (2017) "Frost," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 40 : No. 1 , Article 46.

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Buying a small business may seem an exciting factor to do, however it is fraught with danger. Re the distant keys, I assume the automobile can nonetheless be opened and pushed and so depending on the worth she paid and age of the automotive and many others, this is not going to necessarily make the automobile not of satisfactory high quality. There are a number of tax implications that can result when you obtain and use a car for your business. The chap came back in so we could attend to a small job on automotive B. He spotted automotive A and wished it back. However, most come about because of unrealistic expectations on account of customers getting advice that is too fast and too dirty – nothing like that here of course! The buyer collected the automotive a number of days later however inside 36 hours it broke down once more with the AA in attendance. If the seller is a personal particular person, the car solely needs to be as described – so it’s a case of ‘buyer beware’.
If something goes flawed with it you don’t have as a lot authorized safety as you’ll in the event you’d purchased the automotive from a supplier. We stand on any other issues that give you the automobile however not the pre-current faults we’ve advised the shopper about. If she viewed the automotive before agreeing to purchase then she would certainly have observed that the seats were not leather-based and so is likely to have misplaced her proper to complain about that. If the car turns out to be stolen from one other province or nation the police may present up at the doorstep and seize the car.
If you utilize credit to finance business purchases, the interest and carrying fees are absolutely tax-deductible. The foremost function of the centre is to supply sensible advice to the business and commercial sectors on learn how to develop crime reduction and prevention strategies. Once you are operating a enterprise, bills such as advertising, utilities, workplace provides, and repairs might be deducted as current enterprise expenses – but not earlier than you open your doors for enterprise. We had a couple of issues with it so I swapped it for one more automotive of the identical worth (Car B) in May. It can also be attainable to agree with a customer to undertake a restore beneath any guarantee you may have offered with the automobile as that may represent a contractual restore and so will not depend as a statutory restore below the Act.
And of course the main subject, if you happen to use automobiles in your corporation, is holding adequate data of your business utilization. If it was MOT’d at the point of sale then that is evidence it is roadworthy, if there was no guarantee then it’s unlikely given the value and age of the automobile that you’ve got legal responsibility but it could should be argued out.
According to the Act, a shopper is somebody appearing for functions which are wholly or mainly exterior that people commerce, enterprise or profession”. But, before you commerce or sell your automobile and purchase the household sedan, you will have to know how you can proceed. I ought to add that when the automobile was offered the cambelt had not been modified and it had gone previous the manufacturers recomendation level the place it needed changing. Mastering the foundations of automobile expense deductions will be tricky, but properly worth your whereas. If all else fails, you can reject your automobile so long as you tried to resolve the difficulty with the vendor first. For instance, if you use a leased car seventy five % for business, you may deduct only 75 percent of the lease funds. I am a dealer and I was concerned in a car accident the place I was hit from behind.

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Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jan;71(1):5-32. doi: 10.1002/art.40726. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
Special Article: 2018 American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation Guideline for the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis.
Singh JA1, Guyatt G2, Ogdie A3, Gladman DD4, Deal C5, Deodhar A6, Dubreuil M7, Dunham J3, Husni ME5, Kenny S8, Kwan-Morley J9, Lin J10, Marchetta P11, Mease PJ12, Merola JF13, Miner J14, Ritchlin CT15, Siaton B16, Smith BJ17, Van Voorhees AS18, Jonsson AH13, Shah AA19, Sullivan N20, Turgunbaev M19, Coates LC21, Gottlieb A22, Magrey M23, Nowell WB24, Orbai AM25, Reddy SM26, Scher JU26, Siegel E27, Siegel M28, Walsh JA29, Turner AS19, Reston J20.
University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.
University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
Concorde Medical Group, New York, New York.
Swedish-Providence Health Systems and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Comprehensive Therapy Consultants and Therapy Steps, Roswell, Georgia.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Florida State University College of Medicine School of Physician Assistant Practice, Tallahassee.
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk.
American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, Georgia.
ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital, New York, New York.
Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, New York.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, Rockville, Maryland.
National Psoriasis Foundation, Portland, Oregon.
University of Utah and George E. Wahlen VeteranS Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
To develop an evidence-based guideline for the pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), as a collaboration between the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF).
We identified critical outcomes in PsA and clinically relevant PICO (population/intervention/comparator/outcomes) questions. A Literature Review Team performed a systematic literature review to summarize evidence supporting the benefits and harms of available pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies for PsA. GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) methodology was used to rate the quality of the evidence. A voting panel, including rheumatologists, dermatologists, other health professionals, and patients, achieved consensus on the direction and the strength of the recommendations.
The guideline covers the management of active PsA in patients who are treatment-naive and those who continue to have active PsA despite treatment, and addresses the use of oral small molecules, tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, interleukin-12/23 inhibitors (IL-12/23i), IL-17 inhibitors, CTLA4-Ig (abatacept), and a JAK inhibitor (tofacitinib). We also developed recommendations for psoriatic spondylitis, predominant enthesitis, and treatment in the presence of concomitant inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, or serious infections. We formulated recommendations for a treat-to-target strategy, vaccinations, and nonpharmacologic therapies. Six percent of the recommendations were strong and 94% conditional, indicating the importance of active discussion between the health care provider and the patient to choose the optimal treatment.
The 2018 ACR/NPF PsA guideline serves as a tool for health care providers and patients in the selection of appropriate therapy in common clinical scenarios. Best treatment decisions consider each individual patient situation. The guideline is not meant to be proscriptive and should not be used to limit treatment options for patients with PsA.


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President Dallin H. Oaks spoke at the “Be One” celebration of the 40th anniversary of ending the priesthood and temple ban for black LDS.
In his pre-general-authority life, Pres. Oaks graduated from University of Chicago law school in 1957, clerked for the US Supreme Court for two years, and worked in corporate litigation and as a University of Chicago law professor before becoming president of BYU in 1971. He is a very intelligent and competent leader, and I am grateful for his leadership in the church.
From 1968 – 1970, he was on the editorial board of Dialogue, a Journal of Mormon Thought. He must have read Lester Bush’s landmark article published in Dialogue, that Mormon Historian Dr. Greg Prince believes had a significant impact on Pres. Kimball in the years leading up the revelation.
Pres. Oaks at the Be One celebration talked about his feelings about the priesthood ban in the years prior to Pres. Kimball’s revelation.
Why was the revelation on the priesthood such an occasion of joy? As a young man studying and working in the legal profession, I lived in the Midwest and the East for 17 years. The restriction on the ordination and temple blessings of persons of African ancestry—almost invisible to me as I grew up in Utah—was a frequent subject of my conversations in my life in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
I observed the pain and frustration experienced by those who suffered these restrictions and those who criticized them and sought for reasons. I studied the reasons then being given and could not feel confirmation of the truth of any of them.
I determined to be loyal to our prophetic leaders and to pray—as promised from the beginning of these restrictions—that the day would come when all would enjoy the blessings of priesthood and temple. Now, on June 8, 1978, that day had come, and I wept for joy.
Among those who also wept for joy at the priesthood revelation were Dr. Russell M. Nelson and then-deputy commissioner of education Henry B. Eyring. In 1978, both of these men had lived outside the somewhat isolated environment of the Mountain West for more than a total of 40 years. They had also witnessed the pain of this restriction among their associates.
Here are some observations I’m gleaning from his remarks.
In the years prior to the 1978 revelation, Pres. Oaks disagreed with an important church policy.
A primary reason for Pres. Oaks’ disagreement came from the fact that he was more familiar with the group of people affected and marginalized. The Utah church and leaders were somewhat isolated from the issue. But since he was working and living among black LDS and non-LDS, apparently this made him think about it more, relate better to the marginalized group, and more clearly see the injustice.
Other good LDS and future leaders (Pres. Nelson and Pres. Eyring) felt similarly and for similar reasons.
Pres. Oaks was likely reading Dialogue, A Journal for Mormon Thought, and presumably other non-Church-approved sources to help him determine his position on this issue.
In addition to his familiarization with the marginalized group, his study of scripture and church history and prayer also led him to disagree with Church policy.
He studied both the reasons for the ban and the criticisms for the ban, and he came down on the side of the criticism.
He determined, though he disagreed, to be loyal prophetic leaders and continue to pray for a revelation to be received.
I think this is a pretty good model to show why some LDS could disagree with a policy or doctrine, how to study it out and come to an opinion, and what to do about it. He gives license for members to disagree, implying it is the right thing to disagree in certain cases. The key for doing this as a member in good standing is to pray and hope for change, but do so while staying loyal to the Church. I analyzed what this means in a prior post, looking at many statements made by the brethren, including Pres. Oaks, and determined this general guideline.
I read in a recent post that Pres. Kimball consulted with Pres. Oaks in the years prior to the 1978 revelation. I think it can be assumed that Pres. Oaks rightly modeled the “OK” side of how to disagree and express disagreement on the issue. And maybe he was part of the reason for why Pres. Kimball became more active in seeking the revelation and eventually received it.
I think this illustration gives us great hope that the church can and does change on important issues. I can think of a couple areas, female equality and LGBT+ issues, where many people have some disagreement and are following this pattern modeled by Pres. Oaks to be involved in change.
I failed to be clear on a few things which I will clarify and hopefully provide a little better insight into my thought process on this post, which many people felt was bonkers.
Pres. Oaks, with training as an attorney and in public relations roles in his career, is a very precise speaker. He uses words sometimes to convey an idea without committing fully to it. He does this in his talk on several points, causing some to interpret things the exact opposite way. I tend to view things from an optimistic stand point, maybe wishing too hard to hear what I want to hear from the brethren. I think of this as receiving them in “patience and faith”, but others may view it as acting as an Apologist.
I do not make the point that Pres. Oaks ever asserted that the very existence of the ban ever in church history was wrong. I strongly believe that with his examples of where he was going against the mainstream views of the church, that he was admitting to some sort of disagreement with church policy, either that the ban should be modified, should have been ended a long time ago, or maybe was wrong in the first place. He wasn’t clear, but to me he strongly pointed to the idea that he disagreed. That’s the thrust of the article.
Pres. Oaks implied in his talk that though he disagreed, he stayed quiet and implied that’s how members should disagree. My intent here was to take the fact that Pres. Oaks disagreed and then pivot that to what other church leaders have said are OK ways to express disagreement. Though I also believe he quietly, behind the scenes, was working to end the ban, that’s not the only way to disagree.
If you are a faithful LDS, and if you have hope that LGBT issues will change, then the priesthood ban is the ultimate comparison. The time period and climate on black LDS issues leading up to the 1978 revelation would be directly comparable to today’s climate on LGBT issues. Any precedents or important events or angles that are relevant to the 1970’s climate would apply or give insight to today’s situation with LGBT. This is why I felt it was an important point to make.
Thanks for this. We have covered some of the negative aspects of his talk in a previous post. It is important to see where (subtly) the talk progresses the narrative.
I would only caveat, that he didn’t disagreed with the polciy, but he places a dichotomy between reasons and policy. He only disagreed with the reasons.
He was also the acting dean at Chicago’s Law school.
I disagree with your interpretation of President Oaks’ remarks. To me, they sound like the same thing he said to the Associated Press on the 10th anniversary of the revelation: “I decided a long time ago that I had faith in the command and I had no faith in the reasons that had been suggested for it”.
I agree with Nathan Whilk. Oaks’s comments and his general attitude about the ban are not at all reassuring to me. To decide that you have faith in a command while simultaneously not believing in any of the reasons that are given for said command is about as close to aimless and blind obedience as one can get. Indeed, it was men having faith in that command, despite not necessarily agreeing with the reasons for it, that allowed church leaders to be wrong about the eternal destiny of an entire race of people for over 100 years.
I have just read the 180+ comments.
What is clear is that Oaks language allows for dozens of different types of interpretations. I have dealt with hundreds of politicians and lawyers in my occupation and negotiated with many of them. His language is deliberate, thought out and able to have ascribed to it different meaning.
In reading the above comments, they reflect the normal confusion and variance of opinion when someone speaks like this. Literally dozens of different ways to interpret his remarks.
It would seem that you have taken one of the dozens of these options and overlaid a discussion on progressiveness – and lgbt issues. Taken in the context of his history, recent talks and the overall organisational behaviour of the church, this is, to me, a very unstable connection.
When someone like Oaks speaks the way that someone like Oaks speaks, I tend to listen to him the way I listen to a bad politician. With scepticism, in context and with caution regarding anything I do based on what they say.
Troy, where did he say he had “faith in the command”? Maybe I missed that?
churchistrue – I disagree that Oaks is expressing the idea that he disagreed with the ban. He states that disagreed with the reasons for the ban, not that he disagreed with the ban itself. In fact, he explicitly states that he decided to be loyal to the leaders (ie – loyal to their decision to keep the ban in place). He further says that he prayed that the day would come when people of African descent would receive the priesthood. He does NOT say that he ever felt, or that he now feels, that the ban was wrong from the beginning. But I agree with you that he is speaking in legalese. Oaks’s words are often spoken like a true lawyer, slippery and with hidden meaning. I’m trying to be objective in analyzing his words here, but I will disclose that I really don’t like the guy and that may paint my interpretation of his words.
churchistrue – I’m referring to Nathan Whilk’s comment. Oaks made the “…faith in the command” statement in an interview with the Associated Press in 1988.
OK, I see. Well, I don’t love that comment but I get where he’s coming from. For me, I think it’s relevant and important that he was expressing that he disagreed with a church policy. And then I think what we do with disagreement is better taught by other church leaders, which is where I got the bullet point list of do’s and don’ts.
In relation to the Ban, the church has been very consistent in speaking about it. Anyone who has worked for a large corporation (at least in the areas that deal with public relations), media companies or political parties would know that when there is a controversial topic, or matter of high media importance, leaders / managers are given talking points. The purpose of this is to express a singular narrative and to control the language. It’s almost like DHO has taken the essay on Race and the Priesthood and overlayed it to his personal experience.
Unfortunately, I don’t think your mental gymnast stuck the dismount on this one. Nice try, though. Really close.
I believe Mary Ann’s assessment was more accurate.
You list “attacking the reputation of a Church leader” under the Not OK file. Unfortunately the intimation that current or past leaders may taken an incorrect position on something is generally read as attacking their reputation. One doesn’t have to come out and say “The leaders are/were wrong on this issue” but it’s a pretty easy leap to that conclusion from a statement like “I disagree with the brethren on this issue.” If we don’t have space to do the former then we generally won’t be able to do the latter in a church setting.
Umm, I think that it’s *not* clear that he disagreed with the policy. That’s an unjustified interpolation. Anything laid on it is subject to doubt.
These sorts of strains seem to be intellectually satisfying to some, but that seems to be as far as it should be taken. Feeling justified in ones doubts … and, as usual, on either uncertain grounds or in retrospect sounds … so empty.
If you believe in the actual power of the priesthood, namely that it is a delegation from God, then it is entirely up to God to decide upon whom to bestow it and it is automatically “just” by definition.
if you do not believe in this power of the priesthood, what exactly is not bestowed? How much injustice can there be in bestowing, or not, something you believe is a fiction?
Perhaps some think it is a type of dominion over others, a power to be lusted after. As soon as a man begins to exercise unrighteous dominion, “amen to the priesthood of that man”.
Priesthood, in my opinion, should be seen as *permission* to use (or try to use) God’s authority to perform certain services. Some persons probably do not require this permission, and some services probably have implicit permission (parents for their children). The strongest power of all (*) is simply the name of the Son of God spoken in humility and faith.
* or so it seems to me.

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Good: I only take one Lyrica a day.
Not so: got out of bed yesterday morning for a meeting with an insurance agent. He didn't.
Good: I have a new fondness for dandelion root tea.
Not so: my physical therapist gasped a little when she found the pointy end of screw #5 poking up under her hand from inside my wrist (but not through my skin, don't faint).
Good: three weeks to London!
Not so: I'm nearly out of foundation, powder, brow make-up and our 20 year-old hair brush fell apart.
Good: I'm sitting on the couch watching QVC.
Good: walked to work all week, ate carefully.
Not so: I look exactly the same.
Silver lining: I've reached my maximum co-pay amount and so, for the rest of the year, all of my medical care and prescriptions are covered 100 percent.
which is good as I'm out of foundation and powder and have to be budget-minded.
I like that you reached your co-pay in March.
I don't like WHY you reached your co-pay in March.
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Every single day across the United States, tens of thousands of new and used vehicles alike are purchased. Since motor vehicles aren’t cheap, both professional car sales hubs and their private owners-and-sellers bring along various documentation to prove who they are, who owns the vehicle being sold, that the vehicle isn’t stolen, and to help establish records. Bills of sale, also known as reports of sale to some people, are documents that contain two parties’ agreement to sell an asset to the other party. Let’s look into what makes bills of sale so important here in the United States.
As you know, dealerships and private owners who sell vehicles need to transfer their ownership rights to buyers via title transfers. A title is simply a document awarded to people who purchase vehicles so the government knows who purchased them. Assume that you buy a vehicle and the seller fails to send the title over in your name a full week after the date of sale. As long as you have a valid report of sale, the government will seize the title for you.
Valid bills or reports of sale effectively offer a variety of legal protections to their users. Some people who are in need of a quick pickup of several thousand dollars is to fix up a nearly-broken used vehicle and sell it for as much as possible without representing its faults.
Yamaha is one of the most popular bike manufacturers in India and is known for its fleet of performance oriented models. It has won a lot of awards for its contribution to India’s motorcycle industry. The two-stroke 100 cc RX-100 was a legendary bike in the country and gained a huge popularity.
In the recent time, there has been a lot of Yamaha bikes that are doing well in the market. We have listed a total of four bikes below, including the latest crowd puller R15 V3, the fuel-efficient FZ S, the popular scooter Fascino and the affordable 250cc FZ25.
The R15 V3 is one of the latest Yamaha bikes in India bikes in the 150cc segment and is equipped with a complete new engine compared to its previous iteration. The motor is a 155cc, single cylinder, liquid-control unit that churns out a whopping 18.7 bhp of power at 10,000 rpm and delivers a peak torque of 15 Nm at 8,500 rpm.
The tuning is good enough for the engine to return an average mileage of 30 kmpl.
The Yamaha FZ-S Version 2.0, in its latest iteration, has managed to keep the bulky approach that the old FZs were known for. It features a halogen-type headlight and an all-digital console. The power is generated from a gets a 149cc, single cylinder engine that is capable of delivering a maximum of 13 bhp power at 8,000 rpm and the peak torque of 12.8 Nm coming at 6,000 rpm. The motor is mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. It offers an average of 45 kmpl mileage.
When you decide you want to buy a franchise, there are a number of things to keep in mind. Not all franchise opportunities are the same. If you look into auto franchise opportunities, you need to make sure that the company is setting you up for success. As such, you want to identify a few things before you pay franchise fees. It will ensure that you have the support you need.
Have you ever heard of the brand before? If you haven’t, other people probably haven’t, either. You’re going to be more successful if the name is easily recognized. You can get started by having a company that already has a reputation. It will make it easier to get people in the door so you can have a successful first year.
While you may know a few things about the industry, you should receive training from the franchise. This will tell you everything you need to know to run the franchise. You should find out how comprehensive the training is. You should learn the managerial side of things as well as what the employees will be doing. It will allow you to be a more hands-on manager and ensure that things run smoothly at all times.
Marketing is an important part of any business. When you want to be successful, people need to know about you. Marketing campaigns should be provided to you. It will make it easier to penetrate the market and promote your individual location.
When a toy train is placed on a railroad track that’s surrounding by general things, play sessions won’t be very thrilling. However, trains that cruise around an environment that has lights, sounds, and architectural elements command attention because all of these individual components make the setting stand out. If you want to design a place for your trains, you’ll need background components, architectural structures, and general terrain.
Modern trains and vintage trains travel in different environments. If you’re going to buy modern trains, you’ll need to design a background that features traditional buildings in the distance. Vintage trains will require a background that has less structures since these trains were commonly use throughout the old west era.
In order to make a backdrop for a modern or vintage scene, you’ll need a wide format printer and a few posters. The printer will help you print large pictures of destinations where conductors drive trains, and the posters will help you secure the prints in place behind the display.
Lego building kits feature tall buildings and small buildings. You’ll find generic options that are built for towns and urban areas and many iconic buildings that are only found in specific cities and countries. Although you’ll have to connect many blocks in order to create a Lego building, the completed design will make an impact after you attach the final brick.
A train scene won’t stand out if the ground underneath the track is unappealing. The terrain in a train scene will only stand out if a display has designer elements that reflect actual locations where trains are used.


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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Cape Regional Health System announced today that Cape Regional Medical Center is among the 12 communities selected as a grantee in a new initiative from New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) – the statewide grant making program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The NJHI: Upstream Action Acceleration initiative supports community-focused, cross-sector coalitions to adopt and implement “upstream” environmental-, policy- and systems-change strategies, accelerating their work in areas identified as priorities to improve their communities’ health.
Through NJHI: Upstream Action Acceleration, 12 two‐year grants totaling $100,000 each have been awarded to organizations to build on past or current strategies toward health improvement within New Jersey’s communities. Working “upstream,” these grantees will work collaboratively to achieve statewide impact in addressing social, economic and environmental factors that are known to influence health. These factors include income, employment, early childhood development, education, housing, nutrition and the built environment.
Grantees will be part of a learning network and participate in opportunities for peer sharing through in‐person and virtual convening. In addition to strengthening an in‐ state network of similarly‐driven coalitions, these collaborative learning activities will help the coalition’s implement their local projects and inform the field about practice‐tested strategies to improve community health. Throughout the grant period, the coalitions will also receive ongoing coaching, resources related to their initiative focus areas and communications support to promote and share their successes, challenges and lessons learned.
To learn more about this program, visit the Kicking ACES in Cape May County web page on the New Jersey Health Initiatives web site, or call Tom Piratzky, Executive Director, Cape Regional Foundation at 609-463-4042.
New Jersey Health Initiatives is the statewide grantmaking program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Established in 1987 in honor of the New Jersey philanthropic legacy of RWJF's founder, Robert Wood Johnson, NJHI supports innovations and drives conversations to build healthier communities through grantmaking across the State of New Jersey. To meet the many health needs of our state's diverse populations, regions and communities, the NJHI national program encourages collaboration across sectors to foster deep relationships committed to long-term change affording all New Jerseyans the opportunity to live the healthiest life possible. Learn more about NJHI at njhi.org, and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/NJHI_ or on Facebook at facebook.com/newjerseyhealthinitiatives.
For more than 45 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve health and health care. We are working alongside others to build a national Culture of Health that provides everyone in America a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being. RWJF has invested more than $1.2 billion in New Jersey since 1972. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org. Follow the Foundation on Twitter at rwjf.org/twitter or on Facebook at rwjf.org/facebook.


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I’ve had these two dolls since around Christmas-time but I have yet to really do anything with them so it’s time for them to move on.
There are links to my various feedback on my feedback page. I have a non-smoking but a formerly cat friendly home (cat died a while ago slight chance at phantom cat hair). I prefer to ship within the US as I tend to ship from the post office at my workplace and they only ship domestically, I work odd hours so I can not guarantee internationally shipped packages would get out in a timely fashion so I would prefer to avoid the whole headache and not ship internationally I ship Tuesdays- Fridays and in most cases I will be able to ship out the next day, possibly even same day if you catch me early enough in the day.
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Shipping is included within the US but she is currently on hold, I just sent a message to the person she is hold for earlier today if she backs out I can email you if you like?
Also, would you accept paypal?
Yes I would accept paypcal.
Is Suisuieiki bought?!? I like her, but can you possibly add a wig?


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These are a few of the items on my "Designer Wishlist" and believe me there are many more where these came from! If only I could afford at least some of these items but I am doomed to admire them from afar. I've got to say that one of my favourite items on this list is the 3.1 Phillip Lim sweater and I would actually save up for that. I also love the Alexander Wang bag! Which are your favourites?
Ah-mazing. Love your selection, the shoes are gutsy!!
great wishlist!love Alexander Wang flats and leather bag!
check out my blog girls!post is ready!
Oh man, can I have everything? I love #2 and #6!
#5 is amazing - obsessed with that dress!
Love that Philip Lim sweater!
The bag and the trousers are amazing! Love!
I'm in love with the checkered sweater!


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The scene is the 10th of June in the Year of Our Lord 2002: I'm riding my bike home from school when one of those sudden downpours--the ones where you feel like you're being pounded by rivers of water pouring out of the skies and it's impossible to even hope to remain dry--surprises me and in moments I'm completely soaked. Somehow it's those moments where I should start screaming in frustration that something moves inside me and I smile, laugh out loud and break into song. Typically, it's "Freude! Freude! Freude, schöner Gotterfunken..." but on this day, perhaps not surprisingly, it was a new song of mine entitled "Rain."
These words being more-or-less an image of grace in that lyric. I careened down the sidewalk next to the highway, no doubt an object of pity or horror, but squished my way down the halls of my apartment building, cleaned up and passed out.
But unbeknownst to me at the time, just as I was singing these words about the coming of grace, my sister was finishing eight hours labor and had just successfully brought Grace Jean into the world.
I was, unfortunately, out when Leslie called with the great news, but I was able to talk with her before too long. Grace apparently was very quiet, opening her eyes and simply looking around at her new and shocking surroundings as though trying to figure out who everyone was and just what was going on. Clearly in this middle picture, she's thoughtfully trying to figure all of this out, before she simply comes to the conclusion that she's the Number One Baby, and reminding all of us of this simple fact.
It would be a few weeks before I was able to see her myself, but I was already on my way to complete adoring my first niece and goddaughter.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


text: A sympathy arrangement is the perfect way to say what you need without saying anything at all. Flowers uplift spirits and remind us of happier occasions. For sympathy arrangements or any type of funeral flowers in Cartersville GA, COUNTRY TREASURES FLORIST is here for you.


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What is Kaal Sarpa Dosha or Yoga?
Kal Sarapa Dosha is a position in the horoscope when all the nine planets fall among the two planets Raahu and Keetu. If one planet is outside then there is no Kal Sarapa Dosha. The usual astrologers are of the view that this Dosha can be very dangerous and also remove the effects of all the good yoga’s.
The Kal Sarapa yoga can be of many types. It can be anaant Kal Sarapa yoga and also shessh Kal Sarapa yoga. Depending on the power of the Kal Sarapa yoga the cure is recommended. The country of India amusingly got freedom at a time when there was Kal Sarapa yoga. The then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru also had this in his horoscope. The yoga of Kal Sarapa can also do wonders for people. We just mean to say that don’t be sad if you have it in your horoscope.
It will not be incorrect to say that Kal Sarapa Dosha can also be cooperative to people. It has been experimental that many famous celebrities also have Kal Sarapa Dosha in their kundli. Furthermore it is very useful to those who do spirituality and faith. The majority of people who are born in February have this Dosha even though it can happen in other months too.
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Molinare’s senior colourist Asa Shoul returned for series two of The Crown. He talks to Jenny Priestley about adding colour to the 1950s and 60s.
FOR THOSE OF US THAT DON’T KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY DOES COLOUR GRADING INVOLVE?
Colour grading is the process of altering the colour, brightness and contrast of an image or series of images to firstly match them together and then to create specific looks to enhance the storytelling. As well as basic controls we can change individual colours and areas of the image to focus the viewers eye on specific aspects of the frame.
THE CROWN’S FIRST SERIES WAS SET IN THE 1950S – WHAT DID THAT MEAN FOR YOU IN TERMS OF COLOUR GRADING?
We started trying out different looks during camera tests and indeed went for a muted palette but then when viewing some make-up and costume tests these didn’t feel appropriate for the series. Claire Foy looked ghostly and the lush interiors looked faded so we changed our approach.
ALSO, THE CROWN IS SHOT IN 4K, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR COLOUR GRADING?
Apart from needing more storage and faster processors, the approach was the same but it was unforgiving in terms of hiding any wig-lines or reflections of production equipment. With 4k you see everything so there was more work to do to finesse the fine detail of skin.
TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU WORK WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRODUCTION TEAM?
I worked closely with the cinematographer Adriano Goldman and through him the make-up and costume departments. With the early grade tests I supplied jpegs to production to show the effect the grade was having on the lipstick and certain key costumes so that they could alter colours before filming, which saved us a lot of time in the final grade. It’s always better to have them change lipstick colour on set rather than us having to isolate and track someone’s lips for hundreds of shots.
We also worked with the digital imaging technician to ensure the look of the dailies rushes that editorial work with was close to our desired look.
DO YOU WORK WITH THE VFX TEAM?
We worked closely with One of Us, sending them graded references for various scenes to ensure their visual effects wouldn’t need too much adjustment in the grade.
HOW EARLY DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN BOTH SERIES ONE AND SERIES TWO?
We started testing about three months before series one and ten on series two. We did some exposure tests with the Sony F55 to check for noise in the blacks at various ISO ratings and also with some fog filters as production wanted to have the feeling of subtle smoke in some locations where they couldn’t add it practically.
I KNOW YOU DID A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR SERIES ONE, DID YOU DO THE SAME FOR SERIES TWO?
For series two I looked at some of the fashions of the day and also images from Egypt, Australia and the Antarctic.
YOU’VE ALSO WORKED ON SERIES TWO – WERE THERE ANY DIFFERENCES TO SERIES ONE?
We tried to be subtle and most of the changes were done through costume and location but we always tried to change things slightly even when returning to a location so that it stayed fresh for the viewer.
WHY IS BASELIGHT SO IMPORTANT TO YOUR WORK?
I helped to develop Baselight whilst at Framestore CFC where it was invented and the team at FilmLight are incredibly responsive to requests for new features and ways of working. Baselight is designed so that everything is at your finger-tips so that you spend your time looking at the image rather than down at a keyboard or going through menus so the grading experience feels creative and fluid. It’s also a powerful compositing tool so we achieved a high number of clean-ups and some vfx whilst in the grade.
WHAT’S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF WORKING ON THE CROWN?
Although we want all the episodes to feel that they have a consistent look we also want to keep it interesting and diverse, coupled with the fact that we’re working with two cinematographers and four directors who wish to make their episodes distinctive makes for a challenging but rewarding grade.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE CROWN SEQUENCE THAT YOU WORKED ON?
This season there’s an episode where we cut back and forth across 30 years to the same location with Charles and his father Philip when he was a boy at school.
We wanted to find a way to take the viewer instantly to each time-frame without the need for onscreen graphics telling us when and where we were. This was a great challenge and I thoroughly enjoyed it.


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I am glad you landed on this BEST BREAKFAST EVER, chocolate gravy recipe.
Have you ever had Chocolate Gravy and Biscuits for Breakfast? If not, you are missing the best breakfast ever!
Chocolate gravy and biscuits is a southern favorite for breakfast. Yes, chocolate for breakfast. It is not difficult to make since I have found a way to make it much easier and perfect every time.
If you have never tried chocolate gravy, I cannot stress to you what over-the-top chocolate treat for breakfast you are missing. Chocolate Gravy is my all time favorite breakfast. If you want to kick it up, serve it with bacon. The sweet and salty combination is fantastic!
I cannot eat this gravy without thinking about “Ma Willie,” my husband’s grandmother. She was from Tennessee where chocolate gravy is very common on the breakfast table. She was the one who introduced me to this fantastic gravy when I was just a teenager. Ma Willie passed away in 2008 at age 97. Thank you, Ma for introducing me to chocolate for breakfast.
Ma Willie and most people who make chocolate gravy, melt the butter and then add the flour for a roux. Next, they add the milk. I made chocolate gravy this way for years, but I now have a much easier way to make chocolate gravy. It always turns out smooth with no lumps. Adding the butter last gives the chocolate a glossy shine. I hope you enjoy this chocolate gravy as much as we do.
Please try it and let me know what you think. This is one recipe I wish I could fix for you to try. I know you will love it if you enjoy chocolate.
This recipe is easy and comes out smooth every time.
I haven’t tried the chocolate gravy yet, however I had it growing up in the Blue Ridge Mts. I must try it because Ma Willie reminds me so much of the southern beautiful gracious women of faith i have known.
Thank you for your kind words about Ma Willie. She was an extremely beautiful woman inside and out. She definitely loved God and I know we will see her again one day.
Chocolate Gravy is so good. Ma Willie would melt the butter and then add the flour for a roux. Next, whisk in the milk which is the true way to make Southern Chocolate Gravy. My way is a lot easier and it never has any lumps. However you try to make the gravy, it will be delicious.
I love chocolate gravy. Am wanting to use it in mini pie crust, do you think will could be made thick enough?
This is the way mom made it too. Kinfolk come from every where for mom’s cat head biscuits and choclate gravy…play awhile…then eat leftovers.
I am so excited you tried Chocolate Gravy and biscuits. It is my favorite breakfast too. I not sure why I have never seen it in a restaurant not even in the south. It is easy to make and amazing!
Thank you so much for not only stopping by my blog but for letting me know how much you enjoyed this recipe. I hope you will send your friends and family to check out my blog and my chocolate gravy.
I’ve always heard of Chocolate Gravy, but never knew how to make it!! Now, I know 🙂 Thank you for joining in our #PinUP Pin Party. Hope to see you again, there’s a new one every Friday!
It is tempting !!thank you for linking up at bloggers brags party. We would love to see again next monday.I’m pinning it to Bloggers brags pinterest board.
Thank you so much for stopping by and Pinning my Chocolate Gravy to your Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board. I truly appreciate it and love your party.
It is tempting !!hank you for linking up at bloggers brags party. We would love to see again next monday.I’m pinning it to Bloggers brags pinterest board.
Oh I could definitely go for chocolate gravy for breakfast! Or any other time of day for that matter! You can never have enough chocolate…at least that is my opinion! Thanks for sharing this yumminess with us at Foodie Fridays…what a treat it was to find it here. I hope you’ll be joining us again on Thursday night!
Thank so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment. I love your linkup. I hope you are having a great week.
Thank you for your sweet comment. I truly missed Ma Willie. I am so grateful she introduced me to chocolate gravy. It is the best breakfast EVER!
Thank you also for stopping by.

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A logo designed by a reputed graphic designer means much more than just an image slapped onto a billboard.
Your logo is a symbol that can help your company to be remembered by individuals and even stir their emotions. It has to be professionally designed for it to attract customers to your store or clinic.
Although one can decide to design his or her logo, in most cases, it does not come out the way they would have wanted and would not appeal to customers. A professional dental logo design like that one of Louis Pelletier Denturologiste offers advantages that can’t match that done by you.
The following are some of the benefits of hiring professionals to design your dental clinic logo to match that of Louis Pelletier Denturologiste.
People usually can’t resist the urge to add as much information about their company as possible onto the logo. One might understand where this reasoning comes from considering the fact that people can identify businesses using logos.
This is a rookie mistake since an excellently designed logo needs to be simple and straightforward. Intricate logos will tend to lose the essence of what you want to pass across due to the excess wording and design associated with it.
A good example of a simply designed logo would be Louis Pelletier Denturologiste logo. You won’t find even a single one complicated and overloaded with texts. This logo is a good example since it has very few texts and shapes on it.
People usually identify with simply designed logos since they are easy to spot especially when looking for a particular service or product.
Designing your logo might seem like a desirable choice. Besides, who knows their business better than they do? What they don’t know is that they don’t have the essential expertise to design a logo.
A good graphic designer brings more than just the skills he has towards creating your logo. They bring all of their industry expertise they have gathered over the years and all of the latest trends that have come up.
Let’s use Louis Pelletier Denturologiste logo as an example. Rather than use a dental smile in their logo which is used by almost every clinic out there, their logo design takes a step towards the abstract.
A designer like the one who designed the Louis Pelletier Denturologiste logo will use a colour theme that will help you send the message you want to put across without necessarily arousing feelings that were not intended.


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It’s not out of the ordinary for brick-and-mortar businesses to develop strong relationships with regular customers. However, many of these businesses struggle to have this loyalty transfer over to create a measurable social media presence.
Social media is an important part of growing your business in today’s world, so all small, local business owners should be just as concerned with their social presence as e-commerce businesses. Are you feeling the brick and mortar blues? We’re here to help! In this post, we’re going to explain why and show you four different methods to increase social engagement from within your brick and mortar store.
Why Should I Focus on Social with In-Store Customers?
There are plenty of reasons why you should be focusing on increasing social engagement from your physical brick-and-mortar location.
The first is that it will help build your online presence, making your business seem more credible and established. Now, businesses who lack complete social media profiles may be seen as behind on the times, or not caring about connecting with their customers outside of their stores. Since plenty of customers use social media search engines (especially Facebook) to look up information like store hours or reviews, you want your entire page to be a good representative of your business.
This is particularly important when new users discover your brand for the first time—a lively page with plenty of engagement will win over their confidence much faster. Which would you rather try—a restaurant whose last post was from 2015 and had one like, or its competitor who posts three times weekly with tons of engagement like “when are you having more chocolate pie, ours was gone before we got home!” and plenty of reviews?
Getting in-store customers to follow you on social media also does several things. It gives you another way of keeping in contact with them, keeping your business at the forefront of their minds. It also allows you to build a community around your brand. Think about gyms who promote in-location competitions, fostering stronger relationships between customer and business and other customers.
While you can hope that customers will like their in-store experience enough that they’ll immediately go home and find you on Facebook, that’s not the case. They forget, they get distracted, or they just never think to do it. Because of this, encouraging social engagement in-store is something all local businesses should do.
On your Instagram profile, it’s common practice to list your brand’s hashtags in the bio to increase their usage. Why shouldn’t you do the same in store?
I recommend that all my clients who have brick-and-mortar stores place small signs near the checkout that are designed to increase social engagement. Placing them by the cash register puts it in easy view of almost every single customer, and it’s not a bad place to leverage social engagement in exchange for offers like discounts.
This helps remind users that you’re active on social media and that you want to connect with them there, too, as well as giving them specific instructions for the kind of social engagement that you’re looking for.
It’s no secret that we’re all glued to our phones, and there’s a decent chance that users will have their phones out at some point during their in-store visit as soon as they walk into the store. Place Tips lets you take advantage of this.
Facebook’s Place Tips will be displayed to users who have them enabled once they’re in your store. You can create a custom greeting, welcoming users and potentially alerting them special events. Place tips can show users other customers’ favorite items, or UGC from their friends.
To create Place Tips, go to your Page’s settings on your phone, and then select Place Tips (this may be available to some users on desktop, but it was only available for me on mobile).
You’ll see the option to add a custom welcome note, or to show the category of your page or use the description of your business.
If you have an event going on or want to welcome customers to your store, a customized message can have a great impact.
If you don’t trust your customers to ramp up the engagement once they get home, you can always give them a little nudge with Facebook and Instagram Ads.
Facebook’s ad system allows you to target users who have just visited you in-store, or were very, very geographically close to doing so. Show users an ad within a week after they’ve visited, sooner if possible.
Make the radius as small as possible on your store’s location. If appropriate, you can combine this with custom audiences or other interest and demographic targeting.
Yep, this one is simple and straightforward. Just ask customers outright. “Hey, we’re trying to build up our Facebook Page—we’d really appreciate it if you took some time to check it out.” As long as you ask in a casual way and leave the Leslie Knope enthusiasm at home, you’ll be good to go.
Those one-on-one relationships you build in store are incredibly valuable. They see you as a real person running a business, instead of just a faceless business. If they like you as a person and you’re asking them for a favor, they’ll be inclined to actually complete the simple task you’re asking, whether it’s a check-in on Facebook or to leave a review. In fact, thanks to the nature of human psychology, if you ask someone a favor, it can actually strengthen their opinion of you.
When you’re asking for social engagement, don’t ask the same person every single time. It never hurts to say something like “I actually just posted knitting patterns on Facebook yesterday that I think you’d like,” personalizing it for each individual customer.
Building strong personal relationships with your customers is essential for small businesses, but building an online community through social media can help your business continue to grow. These five tips are the most effective ways to increase social engagement right from your brick-and-mortar location, helping to build that online community and grow your client base.
What do you think? How do you increase engagement from your local brick and mortar store? Which strategies do you use? Share your thoughts and experience in the comments below!

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Members of the Chamber of Commerce in American Samoa are bracing themselves for increased costs but support the government in its revenue raising efforts.
The territory is facing a projected 7.2 million US dollar shortfall in the payroll from reduced excise, individual and corporate taxes in an effort to stave off a reduction in work hours for government employees or cutting staff numbers.
The chamber's chairman, David Whitby, says either way, it will mean further increases for many businesses which have been struggling over the past year to recover from the 2009 September tsunami, and the economic impact of reduced cannery operations and an increased minimum wage.
But he says it's time to collectively move forward and be positive.
"If we can look to the future and what we are looking for is whatever decision is made it's going to bring some pain, it's going to bring some hurt. It is a very difficult time for the government to have to make these measures, but we hope that they come along at a good pace, that it doesnt keep delaying decisions, whichever way we go, so that the territory, the government, the businesses can work together to look towards the future."


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If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “I could eat Mexican food for a week straight,” then you’re in luck. No, not a week of lunches at Chipotle. Instead, take a fabulous culinary trip to Mexico to learn from a chef, trying your hand at cooking Mexican specialties while staying in a charming boutique hotel.
Brazil is a country known for being the life of the party. Its vibrant festivals and parades, coupled with diverse and exciting nightlife in each city, make this country the perfect place to dance your heart out.
With the holidays in full swing, it’s time to think of the family you choose to be with. Treat yourself and your best friends to the way time off from work should be spent.
Renegade Craft Fair is a craft explosion fair that happens in a select few cities. We are extremely happy to have them here in Brooklyn every year and this year they have rounded up a few Brooklyn hangouts that they recommend.
Escape from NYC to Catskills, and stay in this beautiful pied-a-terre owned by the award-winning Brooklyn architects.
We recently ventured to this beloved colonial city and asked local Santo Domingo hipsters to give us the lowdown on unique hot spots for delicious food and drinks. Here’s what we discovered.
Austin is really a funky combination of offbeat, artistic, intellectual, and just good old regular folks that have come together to create a laid back city of music and great food.
9 Best Asian Restaurants in NYC, Right Now!
Interested in the mixings of flavors and fancy Asian eats? With a slew of talented NYC chefs taking the age-old cuisine back to its roots, we can be sure to never order that same Pad Thai again.
Grace Bonney from Design*Sponge shares some of her favorite things to do in Williamsburg in 24 hours.
This is the first of a series FreshGrub is debuting: Insider’s Guide to a City.
Head up to the Catskills to Table on Ten, a cafe where they will treat you with a delicious Christmas pudding and also give you room for the night. Their beautifully designed inn is a must-go whether its winter or summer.
You like the outdoors, you like the sound of chirping birds and gushing waters, but are picky about the comfort of sleeping in make-shift tents or the food you eat and the horrid porta-potties, then you my friend, are in luck!
21 Reasons To Go To Hell’s Kitchen Now!
Hell’s Kitchen has become a desirable area to live in; a fair share of high rises and glass walled condos have moved in, hip restaurants have claimed their spots; we ‘ve warned you already, get here..
New Orleans is so many things all at once. But even if I put it mildly, New Orleans is a town where drinking is not just accepted, but is encouraged.


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RALEIGH - The contractor for the N.C. 211 widening project in Moore County will be closing Beulah Hill Church Road/Main Street in Taylortown at its intersection with the highway for a day late this week. The closure is needed to realign the intersection to accommodate the highway widening. Weather permitting, the closure will be in place for 24 hours, between 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov 8 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9.
Motorists will be detoured onto Juniper Lake Road, located west of the work zone, and then back to Beulah Hill Church Road/Main Street.
NCDOT reminds motorists to watch for signs with construction information, stay alert and obey the posted speed limit.
The project is converting 7.6 miles of N.C. 211 to four lanes divided by a grass median from N.C. 73 in West End to the traffic circle in Pinehurst. Motorists can expect intermittent lane shifts and closures for the duration of the project, which is expected to wrap up in May 2014.
Any questions regarding the project may be referred to Chuck Dumas, Resident Engineer or Jim Dietrich, Senior Assistant Resident Engineer at 910-944-7554.
Updated travel information is also available by calling 511 or online at www.ncdot.gov/travel. In addition, NCDOT now offers travel information on Twitter.


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WPT is proud to cover University of Wisconsin Athletics! Watch the Badger Hockey team on-air or online on The Wisconsin Channel.
Vote for the 2016-2017 Jim Santulli 7th Man Award!
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Today, UH architecture professor, Dietmar Froehlich tells us about Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and her kitchen. The University of Houston presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
N ext time you stand before your high-tech stove preparing dinner in your bright gleaming stainless steel kitchen, raise your cup to a pioneering Viennese architect. She was Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, inventor of the modern kitchen.
Early 20th century kitchens were unhygienic and impractical — a fire hazard, often put in a remote building. Or they were managable only by the wealthy with kitchen staffs. Schütte-Lihotzky saw a growing need among middle-class women and among workers pouring into city centers and crowding into small apartments.
The Frankfurt Housing Authority planned thousands of low cost housing units in the mid-twenties. Schütte-Lihotzky was charged to find an affordable solution for a kitchen. Her innovative approach was based on two concepts: hygiene and ergonomics. She conducted time-motion studies of work done and paths traveled in a typical kitchen of that time.
Frankfurter Küche, 1926, (Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky).
She concluded a kitchen must have no wasted space. Manned by a single person, all functions should be accessible simultaneously. She envisioned the homemaker as the kitchen engineer.
The functional improvements included electric stoves, often combined with a coal stove, hanging cupboards, and a work surface under the window. Here one could operate the kitchen from a swivel stool.
3 electric plates and one oven, coal drawer with warming drawer and plate above.
The kitchen was meant to be purely a work area; meals were to be taken in another room. The first modular kitchen did not include specific appliances. It was designed as a functional workspace. It could be outfitted with appliances as the budget permitted. Staples were stored in modular glass bins, drawers were made of aluminum. The faucet could be utilized with one hand. Products such as the dish drainer and cutting board fit right over the sink.
In fact, the whole kitchen was designed to be produced in a factory thus reducing cost. The cost of this first modular kitchen was added to the apartment’s rent. This additional monthly cost of one Reichsmark was so low a worker could earn it in an hour.
The new Frankfurt kitchen was devoid of excess decorations and ornament, purely functional and practical. The attractive blue-green paint used for the wood parts was suggested by scien-tists — it should repel flies from the windows nearby. To fully appreciate the new kitchen meant changing one’s lifestyle completely — and that was not easy. In the end, decorations, clocks, knick-knacks gradually found their way back into the clean utility of the kitchen. Maybe it really should be named the Vienna kitchen. But the Frankfurt Kitchen, or Frankfurter Küche, got its name from having been installed in over two thirds of the 15,000 apart-ments built in Frankfurt at that time.
Modularity and standardization meant that whole kitchens could now flow from factories. And they had the advantage of being designed by a woman for other women.
I’m Dietmar Froehlich, at the University of Houston, where we’re interested in the way inventive minds work.
Peter Noever (Ed.). DIE FRANKFURTER KÜCHE von Margarete Schütte-Lichotzky. (Berlin: Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn,Verlag für Architektur und Technische Wissenschaften Gmbh., 199)2.
M. Schütte-Lihotzky and K. Zogmayer, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Warum ich Architektin wurde (Salzburg, St. Pölten: Residenz Verlag, 2004).
C. S. Chiu, E. Borchardt (Transl.). Women in the Shadows: Mileva Eins-tein-Maric, Margarete Jeanne Trakl, Lise Meitner, Milena Jesenská, and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. (New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang Publisher Group, 2008).
D. Coleman (Ed.). Architecture and Feminism (Yale Publications on Ar-chitecture). (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997).
M. Kristan (Ed.). Austrian Architecture in Europe. (Vienna/New York: Springer, 2003).
See also the Wikipedia article on Schütte-Lihotzky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarete_Sch%C3%BCtte-Lihotzky.


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Bombardier is cutting 5,000 jobs globally in a bid to "streamline" its operations.
The struggling Canadian plane and transportation manufacturer said the cuts would be made over the next 12 to 18 months.
It will also sell its Q Series aircraft programme for $900m and the de Havilland trademark for $300m.
It was unclear if jobs at Bombardier's UK operations such as its Belfast headquarters would be affected.
"We have set in motion the next round of actions necessary to unleash the full potential of the Bombardier portfolio," said chief executive Alain Bellemare.
Earlier this year, Bombardier sold a majority stake in its loss-making C-Series aircraft to Europe's Airbus, which has been renamed the A220.

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At Westminster, we work with home buyers, real estate professionals, developers and financial institutions to ensure that the title to the property being transferred is legally valid, correctly recorded and free of problems. Westminster Title provides a complete line of residential and commercial title insurance products and services.
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We have provided our services to clients acquiring small residential properties as well as for clients requiring title services for the acquisition of large commercial tracts.


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Nearly 35 years since its release, Michael Jackson’s Thriller is back in news. A 3D version of the song video and Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller will premiere at the 74th Venice Film Festival, which will run August 30 – September 9.
To complement the enhanced visuals, all of the audio, including Michael’s music, Elmer Bernstein’s score and the sound effects, has also been updated to 5.7, 7.1 and Atmos standards in order to create the highest-quality audio and visual experience for in-theater viewing. The 3D version of the 14-minute video was originally slated as a backdrop to be used during Jackson’s This Is It tour.
Director John Landis, who shot the original in 1983, had helmed this re-release for Optimum Productions. In a media interaction, he said that he has taken full advantage of the remarkable advances in technology to add new dimensions to both the visual and the audio bringing it to a whole new level. Even though Thriller was shot traditionally, 3D has been used creatively. Landis also shared there is a shocking surprise for the audiences.
For die-hard MJ fans, this 3D video will be a perfect way to celebrate the King of Pop’s 59th birth anniversary. All set to be thrilled again?


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The pressure on the government to generate increased tax revenues has been well publicised and HM Revenue & Customs are targeted with delivering billions of pounds in additional yearly taxes. As a consequence, the number of tax enquiries undertaken by HMRC has increased significantly and this upward trend is expected to continue.
Any taxpayer can be targeted by HMRC to check that they are paying the right amount of tax and answering all of their questions takes time. The enquiries can often drag on for months and can sometimes even take years to conclude. This could result in you incurring thousands of pounds in professional fees as your accountants do everything they can to defend you and deal with HMRC on your behalf.
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Questions That Help Make a High-quality Chatbot Promptly. Who Are Your Users?
The first question to ask ourselves before starting a project is “who will use a product we develop?” The more we know about them, the better it is for developing and testing process.
First of all, we are to figure out the kind of target audience of the chatbot: who are the customers and the end users?
To find out more about target audience we use a statistical approximation of a client’s web-page traffic. We assume that the web-page audience will be the chatbot audience as well. Of course, there are specific stats for different messenger platforms on which chatbot will be developed. These stats also help us learn about target users.
select appropriate countries for stats for cross-platform and cross-device testing in order to get the best test-coverage.
to create and describe suitable test cases according to behavioral characteristics of using messenger platform.
The answers to this first question simply and quickly give us useful information to create and provide high-quality and high-retention chatbots you may see in our portfolio.
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One of the most valuable things I’ve ever read, Creating a Life Worth Living, provides practical exercises for building a creative life. One size does not fit all, and this book illuminates the different kinds of people who want to make art. Becoming a creative person is itself an act of creativity, and calls us to think beyond normal. It’s subtitled: A practical course in career design for artists, innovators, and others aspiring to a creative life.
Carol Lloyd does not rely on popular systems like the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator to reveal how you work. She has developed her own tools applicable to artists, through canny observation and thoughtful inquiry. As examples, each chapter profiles someone doing their thing.
My favourite section is a brief one highlighting the different ways artists approach their careers: the project nomad, the interdisciplinarian, the tightrope walker, the whirling dervish, the wood nymph. Although I’ve followed several patterns, the most natural one for a freelance writer is the monocled monk. Knowing this has helped me trust solitude while still valuing my social network and interactive aspects of my work.
I first read the book in 1998 when it was new. It was like having a coach or mentor who encouraged me not to follow their path but find my own. I wasn’t ready to follow through all the lessons. I’ve revisited the book several times over the years. Other books more specific to the craft of writing have guided me recently. However, Creating a Life Worth Living set the foundation, excavating my own values, desires, and ways of doing things. I have been more confident and better prepared to make choices when necessary.
I’ve become a connoisseur of self-help books. I have an entire shelf of them! This is the one I cherish most affectionately. I strongly recommend it for all creative people starting or changing careers, especially those who feel torn between what is expected and what seems meaningful for their lives.