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Here’s a little about Little Sea Bear. It has two authors, Shannon and LilyMay. LilyMay sometimes helps with the layout of the site and the Berg’s Book Club.
My favourite animal is a Polar Bear – all thanks to Chris de Lacey’s Ice Fire book from the Last Dragon Chronicles. Though I think he probably should have ended on the fifth book. Ice Fire is the second book in this series.
For some reason, I felt I could really connect with the Polar Bears in the story, plus they’re also left-handed and wise. My name, Shannon, means Wise Owl and I have always taken pride in learning new things.
Little Sea Bear gets its name from my name, my favourite animal and my size. I am 5.2″ and the smallest in my family. My love for Polar Bears is well known in my circle of family and friends—along with pirates. Combine them together and you have LittleSeaBear—because Polar Bears are essentially the bears of the sea, right?
I’m 22 years old and have Congenital Cerebral Palsy. Congenital means “born with” or “from birth”, cerebral means “brain” and palsy means “paralysis”. So in English, I have brain paralysis from birth.
This condition usually affects one or more limbs and just like many disabilities, Cerebral Palsy is on a spectrum from mild to severe. It also comes with many forms as well, sort of like sub categories and you can have more than one sub category.
I have spastic right hemiplegia. “Hemi” means half and “plegia” means paralysed. Right-half paralysed. Spastic is involuntary movements.
This means that my right side is mostly affected. It affects everyone differently, from mild to severe and does not mean that you do not have function in the affected side. There are people who are completely paralysed on their affected limbs and there are people who have the condition but are vary mild it is not noticeable.
I am not fully paralysed. I can walk and I can move my right arm but the fine and gross motor skills are difficult for me. I get tired easily, both in my leg and in my arm. It causes me great pain in the winter and I am unable to pick items up easily.
This means that many tasks that are two handed, I have to do with one hand. Changing my bed covers, playing video games, cooking are just some examples.
It also means that I require help for some two-handed activities, such as cutting up food, tying my shoelaces and spreading food.
I also have anxiety. It can prevent me from eating and be triggered without warning. It can take full control of my body, forcing me to the floor or paralysing me to the spot for a good 5-10 minutes.
Despite this, I believe that my disabilities don’t stop me from doing anything and I am happy to give anything ago. Giving up is not something I do very easily as I am a little stubborn at times.
I have recently finished my undergraduate course in BA (Hons) Creative and Professional Writing with a 2.1 at the University of Derby. It has been an amazing experience with ups and downs, not to mention crashing my car on the first week of university was an expensive bill right out of my student finance.
Now, I am preparing for my masters at the same university: MA Writing for Performance.
I’m not an idle person, my brain hardly ever shuts up and so I have to do something, lying around staring at the ceiling is just not something I can do. I love to cook, especially my favourite dishes: curry, roast dinner,and chilli but often need help here and there.
I also love to be creative. Taking Photos. Making things. Writing stories.
My blog will primarily be book reviews, disability and writing. Occasionally, I may talk about blogging, university life and issues I come across in my day to day life.
The disability side will hopefully give you ideas on how to overcome some issues and obstacles or maybe bring awareness of other peoples struggles.
The A in my name is Ann and just like Anne of Green Gables, I believe Ann should be spelt with an E, but oh well – I didn’t choose it.
If there is anything you’d like me to review or blog about, feel free to ask.


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That's a mold-bekarer. Great thinking!
YouВ’re a real deep thinker. Thanks for shairng.
I can't believe you're not plyinag with me--that was so helpful.
Way to use the innetret to help people solve problems!
You are so awesome for hlpenig me solve this mystery.

industry_corpus2: Others


text: Former gay venue that now attracts a mixed, arty young crowd. Small split-level bar-restaurant with a modern interior, there’s a flashy tile mosaic behind the bar and the sleek minimalist furniture is designed by the owner himself. Food is modern European and well-mixed cocktails are best supped on the small outdoor terrace during summer. Friendly and fun.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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Archives|Is Mr. Gorbachev Turning Tail?
Just who is Mikhail Gorbachev? The reformer whose unconventional thinking encourages the Soviet Union to transform itself, or a pushover for reac tionaries who want him to arrogate authority and save the Union at all costs? Americans have reason to wonder, and cause for concern. But they'd be wrong to ignore the continuing revolution in Soviet society amid the moment's political machinations.
Soviet reformers are themselves uncertain of what to make of Mr. Gorbachev's increasingly conservative behavior. Sensing a mood swing in Moscow, some actually applaud his efforts to restore order. Their hope is that he will thus tame the tiger of reaction and consolidate reform before renewing it. Others, like the most reform-minded of his inner circle, Eduard Shevardnadze and Aleksandr Yakovlev, warn of impending dictatorship. Yet even they have warm words for him.
Mr. Gorbachev's reformist critics fall into two camps. One is composed of radicals who favor the breakup of the Soviet Union. They, along with those who cheer them on from outside, call for Mr. Gorbachev's overthrow. But they've always underestimated his radicalism and his perseverance, while overestimating their own support.
The other camp consists of reformers who have grown disenchanted with the pace of change. They fear that he has been co-opted by apparatchiks who identify freer speech and markets with chaos.
But these critics do not include Mr. Shevardnadze or Mr. Yakovlev. The real enemy, they still say, is not Mr. Gorbachev but the forces of reaction deeply entrenched in Moscow's ministries, the security forces, Communist Party apparatus and regional military commands.
"We are witnessing the rise of a vengeful and merciless conservative wave," Mr. Yakovlev said last week. "I'm extremely worried by the indifference and fatigue of the democratic forces."
Now both he and Mr. Shevardnadze are on the outside looking in. And both may have lost power on what is now the central issue confronting Mr. Gorbachev -- how to reconstitute the Union.
Both men favor decentralization to allow reformers in the Russian Republic to plunge ahead, while republics in Central Asia proceed more slowly. And they want to cede more power to the republics as a way for leaders who favor the Union to head off independence movements. The exceptions are the Baltic republics; Mr. Yakovlev admits that they were forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union, implying they eventually deserve independence.
Such fine distinctions seem to be lost on Mr. Gorbachev just now. The immediate task, as he sees it, is to restore order. And to do so he has turned to the bureaucracy, the military and the K.G.B.
The great fear -- not only in Moscow but also in Washington -- is that Mr. Gorbachev's alliance of convenience will restore the reactionaries and torpedo reform. That could happen.
But the social revolution has moved too far for any lasting return to the days of Stalin, or even Brezhnev. No longer a peasant society, the Soviet Union is increasingly urban, educated and cosmopolitan. Mr. Gorbachev knows all that, and more: he knows that technological accomplishment cannot proceed without freer discussion and that social renewal cannot come without relaxing central command. For now, and as long as the transformation of the Soviet Union continues, it still warrants America's watchful encouragement.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


text: Bettina Pfeiffenberger moved to Fort Worth from Houston in 1997. It was supposed to be a quick stop along a career path in Large Mammal Husbandry (i.e. a zookeeper), but fortunately for her and Fort Worth, that career path did not work out in her favor. After a jaunt as an analytical chemist, she ventured into the world of real estate and has not looked back. During her first year in the Fort Worth real estate market, she realized how wonderful Fort Worth is and all that this great city has to offer. Her favorite client is one that is new to the city so she can share her love and knowledge for Fort Worth. Bettina has been licensed and actively selling and leasing residential real estate for the last 15 years. Currently, she is focused on the leasing and management of residential properties, but she also assists those that need to buy or sell their homes or investment properties.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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The ring type joint was initially developed for use in the petroleum industry, where high pressure/temperature applications necessitated the need for a high integrity seal. They are mainly used in the oil field on drilling and completion equipment. Ring type joints are also commonly used on valves and pipework assemblies, along with some high integrity pressure vessel joints.
Style R The Style R ring type joint is manufactured in accordance with API 6A and ASME B 16.20, to suit API 6B and ASME B 16.5 flanges. Style R ring type joints are manufactured in both oval and octagonal configurations. Both styles are interchangeable on the modern flat bottom groove, however only the oval style can be used in the old type round bottom groove. Style R ring type joints are designed to seal pressure up to 6,250 psi in accordance with ASME B16.5 pressure ratings and up to 5,000 psi in accordance with API 6A pressure ratings.
Style RX and SRX The Style RX ring type joint is manufactured in accordance with API 6A and ASME B16.20, to suit API 6B and ASME B16.5 flanges. Style RX ring type joint is a pressure energized adaptation of the Style R ring type joint. The Style RX is designed to fit the modern flat bottom groove, and is interchangeable with the standard Style R ring type joint. However, since the Style RX is significantly taller than a Style R, larger flange make up distances will result. Style RX ring type joints are designed to seal pressures up to 6,250 psi in accordance with ASME B16.5 pressure ratings, and up to 5,000 psi in accordance with API 6A pressure ratings. The design uses a pressure energized effect which improves the efficiency of the seal as the internal pressure of the system increases. Selected sizes incorporate a pressure passage hole to allow for pressure equalization each side of the sealing faces.
Style BX and SBX The Style BX ring type joint is manufactured in accordance with API 6A. The Style BX ring type joint design exhibits a pressure energized effect which improves the efficiency of the seal as the internal pressure of the system increases. All BX ring type joints incorporate a pressure passage hole to allow for pressure equalization each side of the sealing faces. On assembly, metal to metal contact of the flange face is achieved. The Style BX is not interchangeable with any other style, and is only suited for API 6BX flanges. Style BX ring type joints are designed to seal pressure up to 20,000 psi in accordance with API 6A pressure ratings. NOTE: Style SBX and SRX rings are manufactured in accordance with API 17D for use on subsea wellhead and Christmas tree equipment.

industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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Politics and IR have walked away with both a 'runner up' and 'winning' entry for two special prizes in the Edinburgh Sustainability Awards (ESA) competition.
The ESA included a 'green audit' (tol be continued next year) as well as an Ideas Competition. For the latter, teams were invited to submit ideas for practical ways staff and students can reduce their individual carbon footprints.
Our 'Sustainable Visitor' project -- which included a host of possible measures designed to reduce carbon footprint of international students -- won the 'runner up' award in the ideas competition.
Our 'Tapswitch' project -- which featured ideas on how to encourage students and staff to limit bottled water and switch to tap -- won the Cutting Personal Carbon Footprint Special Award.
An awards ceremony was held on 26 May 2011 in the Student Union and was attended by several team members. The winning team received a plant and certificate but were especially delighted to collect the ESA special prize -- vouchers for a year's supply of Mackie's ice cream.
The PIR team included staff Elizabeth Bomberg and Liz Cripps, and students Dochka Histrova, Kate Cora, BabetteTachibana-Brophy, Eleonora Clemente, Olivia Hack, Nazanin Bagherzadeh and Emma Mounsey. We hope and expect PIR and the wider School of Social and Political Science will enter the competition again next year.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Mr. Hernandez is an attorney in the Firm’s litigation department and focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and construction defect litigation cases which are routinely contentious, highly-litigated cases from the initial case evaluation through and including final judgment. Additionally, he litigates landlord/tenant matters, construction law, insurance coverage disputes, and government disputes. Mr. Hernandez also works in the Firm’s community association department where he assists our condominium and homeowners’ association clients with enforcing their covenants, drafting amendments to their governing documents, and also acts as general counsel for various association matters. He has successfully represented corporate clients, injured accident victims, construction companies, and condominium and homeowners’ associations.
Mr. Hernandez’s greatest professional accomplishment was obtaining a walk-away settlement for a local public university in a construction injury lawsuit where the facts were not in his client’s favor.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Boy oh boy is it hectic recently.
My last term so far has been so stressful and stacked, I haven’t actually had much time to do much photography at all. This makes me sad.
But between Big Data and AI, there are enough assignments to keep me busy for 90% of my free time, and the rest of the time I have to use to do interviews and stuff.
As unfortunate as it is, I still decided to take this still-life of what I’m currently experiencing, ha!
All in all, it’s just work, I’ll get through it, and I’ll have more stuff to come!
Probably won’t post for a bit tho, sorry guys.

industry_corpus2: Artificial Intelligence


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There you have it - the UK has voted in favour of Brexit, after a four-month campaign.
Prime Minister David Cameron announced his intention to resign by early October, to allow a new leader to steer the party and the country through the Conservative Party conference and beyond, to the many months of negotiations to come.
The markets had expected the whole thing to be in the bag for Remain, but by midnight, as results began to come in, that certainty began to diminish. By early morning, panic had set in, and the Pound was down 7% against the Dollar.
Share prices opened sharply lower, as financial institutions took fright. It has been estimated that $2trn has evaporated as a result of the market turbulence of the past day or so. Rating agencies have swooped in, and downgraded their assessments of the UK's creditworthiness, following the vote for Brexit.
As Mr Cameron wrapped up his address outside No10, his voice notably cracked. It was a speech brimming with emotion. Just over 6 years after he walked gleefully into No10, at the helm of a coalition government, Mr Cameron is now facing up to the final days of his stint in office.
Turnout was a respectable 72% up and down the country; turnout of this magnitude hasn't been seen at a general election since the 1990s.
72% turnout equates to about 33m people voting. The Leave option received 17.4m votes, a 51.9% vote share, against Remain, which garnered 16.1m votes or 48.1% of votes.
To put this into perspective, the figures are record-breaking; before June 23rd, the highest number of votes for any one party in UK history had been the shock 14m who voted to keep John Major in No10, during the tumultuous election of 1992.
The country voted for Brexit, but it's important to remember, the UK is still a member of the EU right at this moment, and will remain so, until the next Prime Minister invokes Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, and the UK completes negotiations. The actual Brexit itself could take a minimum of 2 years.
The referendum brought millions out to vote, but it's still not actually legally binding. The AV referendum in 2011 was legally binding, but this was because it concerned a massive overhaul of the UK's voting system. The people have had their say, but ultimate sovereignty remains with the UK Parliament that the people elect to represent them. What happens if Parliament votes to reject leaving the EU?
Vote Leave repeatedly faced criticism for running with a punchline: £50m per day or £350m per week is sent to the EU, and if we leave, the government can keep the cash, and spend it on the NHS. Adjusting for rebates and EU spending on subsidies and so on, the figure is likely half that at best.
Nigel Farage himself has admitted the pledge is a "mistake", despite having claimed on Question Time that the money would be better spent "helping the communities of Britain".
Scotland and Northern Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of staying, and Nicola Sturgeon has stated that a second independence referendum is "on the table". In the event of one, Scotland is highly likely to be granted its independence, overturning the outcome almost 2 years ago. Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister has called for a border poll, reflecting the fact that NI is the only part of the UK that shares a border with another EU member state.
The story is simple: Brexit isn't quite the sunlit upland people were told it was going to be, and significant numbers of voters are now starting to question whether the Leave campaign's pledges can be upheld. Then there's the question about whether the UK will come out of this whole ordeal intact.
Our next PM might just proceed to invoke Article 50, and the Brexit goes ahead, resulting in the break-up of the UK. 300 years of union will go up in a puff of smoke, just like that. England and Wales plod on, and that's that.
The other theory is not immediately apparent, but worth bearing in mind. Our next PM might just reject the idea of Brexit altogether for the sake of keeping the UK intact. In doing so, they would be sacrificing themselves and the Conservatives, going against the wishes of the 52%.
Whether it's Boris Johnson, Theresa May or Francis Urqhart, Mr Cameron's successor will have a massive in-tray on day one.


text: Take your modern vibes back a beat with this clean long sleeve women's sweatshirt. The colour blocked hem complements the graphic to serve up a classic look. French terry fabric layers over your favourite tee and pairs with laid back legwear for an everyday and 'on the way' ensemble.


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OWL’s annual Open House allows you to get a behind the scenes look of one of the busiest raptor rehabilitation centres in Canada. This is the only time that we open up 70% of the facility for the public to get a peek at our medical facility and some of our various rehabilitation enclosures. Come meet our local raptor species and learn about what we do at OWL and check out what else we have going on for the day!
The highlight of the Open House will be the release of a rehabilitated bird on both days at 1pm. Tours will leave on every half hour and there will be two Raptor Meet and Greets each day where you can get a more close up view of some of our permanent residents. Come listen to David Hancock talk about Bald Eagles both days at 11am in the School House. After you visit with some of our birds, take a walk through the Wildlife Museum to learn about different raptor habitats and check out the unique gifts and wildlife theme items we have available in our Gift Shop! There will also be a raffle fundraiser with some awesome prizes from local sponsors.
Come check out the other environmental and animal charities that will be joining us with informative displays and learn about the great they do and there will be kid friendly activities for the whole family to enjoy! Food and drinks will be provided this year by The Boundary Bay Lion’s Food Truck and GYPSYtrunk Vegan Food Cart & Catering.
There will be shuttle bus service off of 80th street for parking. Please follow the signs and Traffic Control to the parking area.
100% of the proceeds of the event are put towards food, medical supplies, cage upkeep, and facility growth. This is a great opportunity to help OWL and their dedication to the well being of our raptors and getting them back to the wild.
Admission is by donation at the gate and new this year, we now have debit and credit capabilities for the gift shop and donations! Please also leave your pets at home. Thank you!
Please share this event around and we hope to see you there!
May I have ticket pricing please?
Is there any handicap parking available?
Admission to this event is by donation at the gate and there will be reserved handicap parking near the front entrance. Traffic control will point you in the right direction on the day of the event. Please let us know if you have anymore questions!
So we don’t need to reserve tickets in advance? On the ad it says to go to the link to buy tickets?
No you do not need to reserve tickets. You just show up on the day of and entrance is by donation.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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You can read the full article from the Irish Examiner here. View works by Eimear Conyard, including the necklace seen above, in our current exhibition Amárach/Interplay, on now through October 17.
SO Fine Art Editions held the opening for its new exhibition Amárach/Interplay on Thursday, September 11. The event was opened by Irish fashion designer Michael Mortell and gallery director Catherine O’Riordan, who spoke on the significance of the pieces and artists involved.
The gallery was delighted to have several of the designers and artists featured in the exhibition to speak with guests about their works and practice.
Amárach/Interplay continues until October 17 and more information on the works and artists can be seen on the exhibition’s page and the gallery’s Facebook page.


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1985 Pontiac Sunbird S/E Turbo Hatchback had an improved hydraulic clutch and a standard 1.8 liter overhead cam turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that delivered 150 horsepower at 5600 RPM. The WS6 Performance Handling Package included front and rear springs and shocks, power steering,14″ hi-tech cast aluminum wheels and Goodyear Eagle GT radials.
Published on August 7, 2011 12:16 pm.
The 1982 Pontiac J2000 Hatchback had room for five and came with a 1.8 liter fuel injected overhead cam 4-cylinder engine with a free-flow exhaust system. It had contoured bucket seats, front wheel drive, MacPherson strut front suspension, rack and pinion steering and power front disc brakes.
Published on August 6, 2011 11:44 pm.
Published on September 5, 2010 5:01 am.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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I have already explained that the reason I have devoted a not insubstantial amount of time and effort to refuting the theories of Zecharia Sitchin is because I believe that, over a number of years, they have misled a great many people about matters of great significance.[i] To the extent that, like his former supporter Alan Alford, I was introduced to the enigmas of Ancient Mesopotamia by his work, I do owe him some debt of gratitude. Nevertheless it seems to me a great shame that his ideas are so misplaced that such massive effort is required to correct the balance of opinion in the alternative history community. Were his vivid reconstructions presented in novel form, we could perhaps enjoy them as harmless entertainment. But they are not.
What is my own view of the Mesopotamian texts? I believe that very little, if any, of Sitchin's work deserves to be salvaged. I believe, as I have already hinted on many occasions, that there are certain texts or passages which deserve close scrutiny from an esoteric standpoint; perhaps none more so than the multiple references to the 'creation of mankind'. Although I do not believe the 'gods' were flesh and blood visitors who genetically created man in their own image, nevertheless there are enigmas in these and other aspects of the Mesopotamian texts which are mirrored around the world. However the process of arriving at the most appropriate interpretation thereof is a difficult and lengthy one, not to be undertaken lightly.
[i] Readers should also be aware that I fundamentally disagree with Sitchin over the age of the Giza Pyramids. In order to support his revised chronology of mankind, and his contention that these pyramids were built as "ground markers" for the Anunnaki's incoming space flights, it was Sitchin who first suggested that Colonel Richard Howard Vyse faked the "Khufu quarry marks" in the Relieving Chambers in the Great Pyramid, some of which include the name Khufu. On proper investigation this proves to be one of the most appalling and distorted attacks on Vyse's character and integrity imaginable, and a full and highly detailed rebuttal of this nonsense can be found in Giza: The Truth, Chapter 2, pp. 94-113. Bearing in mind that it was this original attack by Sitchin which prompted so many other 'alternative Egyptologists' to repeat his accusations without question - although fortunately now most of them have seen the light - this saga perhaps more than any other tells us a very great deal about Sitchin and his work.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


text: No need to scramble when planning your next golf event. From sponsor banners and leaderboard signs to embroidered team shirts and custom awards, golf cart graphics and concession stand menu boards, we help you meet your visual communications needs. These events often attract large crowds, requiring wayfinding and ADA-compliant signage that will keep spectators safe. FASTSIGNS® of Honolulu, HI has you covered.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Taylor Swift Shake it Off: Im Lovin it!
Today is the 1st day of October, WHAT! Time is going so fast next thing you know it will be December!
You could've been getting down to this sick beat."
Taylor Swifts Shake IT Off!
Am I the only one that tried to do this haha!
Not only do I love this song but I'm in love with the video. From her awkward dance moves to crazy booty shaking moves, the whole video is Awesomeness. But behind the video is the amazing lyrics that you just have to listen to! The lyrics speak to me beyond anything else. When I first heard this song, I was going through a lot and this song absolutely removed all the negative thinking. It also made me dance...awkwardly in my own sense. I had to learn to shake it off...shake off the negativity. This song applies to anyone going through something. Take a listen, Tell me what ya think!
Also tell me whats your fave song of the moment, I would love to get some new faves myself!

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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The Style Suite gives young people interested in fashion the opportunity to learn design and get exposure to the fashion industry. Their project was to design T-Shirts for LDRS 1354, an internationally recognized streetwear brand based out of Chicago. The designers were asked “What does being a leader mean to you?” and to design a shirt expressing that theme. The winner would have their shirts carried at the local Chicago store. In addition, one designer would be chosen for a $1000 Commonwealth Fashion Fund award to be used towards starting a brand or producing a line.
In their process the designers did research, sketched their ideas, learned Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and vinyl printing to produce their designs. Sound Suite musicians modeled their clothes and Media Suite participants photographed them for their look books. They were aided by junior mentors Kisara Styles and Alexander Swain, who had participated the previous year when the program was STEAM Studio. Kisara and Alex worked on new lines that involved more sewing and intricate design work.
Style Suite showed off their designs to the public at the Steam Studio Trunk Show in the Chicago Cultural Center, Nerd Prom, and at the Style Bias show during Chicago Fashion week.


text: Frank is a long time collaborator and dear friend. I was back in September 2013 for some work and a celebration which was held at this space. If you like what you see, take a look at past posts.


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Corner Shower Guys is going to be there for your requirements regarding Corner Shower in Underhill Center, VT. We have a staff of experienced experts and the most advanced technology around to deliver exactly what you need. We make sure you receive the best service, the most suitable price, and the very best quality materials. Call by dialing 800-540-4530 to learn more.
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To put together the best choices for Corner Showers in Underhill Center, VT, you have to be well informed. We won't encourage you to come up with poor choices, as we know what we are working on, and we ensure that you understand what to be expecting from the work. You won't need to face any kind of unexpected situations whenever you choose Corner Shower Guys. Step one will be to call us today at 800-540-4530 to arrange your job. We are going to discuss your concerns whenever you call and help you get set up with a scheduled appointment. We are going to work closely with you through the entire process, and our staff can appear on time and organized.
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Friends, the Women Inspired podcast is turning 2! I released my very first episode on December 4, 2016, and wow has a lot happened in the past 2 years.
On this week’s episode, I’m going to recap a big transformation that has been happening behind the scenes. This week’s episode is a conversation among friends. I want to fill you in on the direction I see the podcast and my broader work going.
Bottom line: a HUGE announcement is coming toward the end of the year, and I can’t wait to tell you about it.


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You can build a high-end chair that will last lifetimes. I will help you in a 1:1 manner in my Arlington, VA workshop studio. Whether you are an experienced woodworker, or have absolutely no experience, you will learn the entire chairmaking process – from how to pick out rough slabs, to layouts, to cutting parts, to milling, to joinery, to sanding, and finishing. My favorite part of 1:1 chairmaking is building relationships with clients. Much like sherpas helped early mountaineering expeditions, I serve as your furniture-making sherpa to deconstruct a rather complicated chair with up to 130 individual components into a manageable process.
We work together to set up reasonable timeframes to build a rocking chair, bar stool, wheeled office chair, or dining chair. This timeline can take from a month to several months, depending on your schedule. This process starts when you and I meet in Virginia wine country to pick out rough slabs, then continues with the checklist of how we build the chairs iteratively. Luckily, the chair we build has a completed chair in the showroom studio, so we can visualize what we are doing before we tackle shaping, sanding, drilling, or whatever task is in hand.
Check out this video to learn more about this “Build Your Own Chair” process.
Many clients make an event of the chair unveiling, and invite friends, neighbors, family, and work colleagues over for this special occasion. When the furniture pads are removed, seeing the attendee’s faces light up with smiles and amazement culminates this process perfectly. Your friends will get to see, touch, and sit in something you created that is stunning. We will both be proud that we created a beautiful chair.
Contact me at jeff@spugnardi.com or 703.634.3632 to learn more and schedule when your chairmaking class will begin.
Spugnardi.com is copyright by J.C. Spugnardi. All Rights Reserved.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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This article will show you how to create fashion design with an easy computer program. It focuses on new beginner and amateurs who don't know much about drawing.
First, I am going to introduce this fashion design program about how it looks like, and what're the main features.
The biggest advantage of this software is its simplicity. As you see from the following picture, it has a rather straightforward interface which resembles Microsoft programs. You can use it at the first sight, saving lots of time from getting familiar with it. On the left of the drawing canvas, there are libraries of models and design samples to use. A set of sketching tools under Symbol tab help you draft out any shape you want; and with rich color fill options, you can visualize all your design ideas.
1. Drag a model from the model library.
Open the model library on the left of the canvas, and drag and drop a model. You can also use models from the built-in fashion design examples or draw a new one on your own.
2. Sketch out the clothes outline upon the model using the drawing tools.
Switch to Symbol menu, and you will see a set of drawing tools containing "Pencil Tool", "Pen Tool", "Move Anchor", "Add Anchor", "Delete Anchor", "Convert Anchor", and more. It will take you a few minutes to get familiar with these tools. You can always turn to the Dynamic Help on the right side of the canvas.
First, use the Pen tool or Pencil tool to sketch out the clothes. Then use Move Anchor and Convert Anchor tool to fine adjust the lines.
3. Apply fill colors and line colors.
Go to Home menu and find Fill and Line buttons. Select the shape and apply a fill color and line color.
4. Add more patterns and embellishments.
Repeat the above step to add more patterns and embellishments. Under Fill button, there is a pattern gallery with dozens of existing pattern to fill.
Hundreds of fashion design examples available in the program. You can find men suit design, kids fashion design and women fashion design examples.
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“What did I do wrong?” and “Am I doing this correctly?” are frequent questions from clients regarding Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administration. Over the upcoming months, we are going to highlight some of the more common mistakes employers can inadvertently make regarding FMLA administration.
Recognizing an employee’s notice of the need for FMLA leave can be tricky. When an employee requests FMLA leave, or when the employer acquires knowledge that an employee’s need for leave might be FMLA-qualifying, the employer’s FMLA obligations are triggered. An employee does not have to specifically state, “I need FMLA leave.” Failure to recognize when an employee might need FMLA leave could result in a claim of FMLA interference.
In a recent case, the court refused to grant an employer’s motion for summary judgment because whether the employee provided adequate notice of the need for continuing FMLA leave was a question of fact to be decided by the jury. In Francisco v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Civil Action No. H-14-3178, an employee needed continued FMLA leave after the employee’s short-term disability benefits ended. While on FMLA leave, the employee had temporarily relocated from Texas to Florida to care for his ill father. Although the employee failed to communicate with his supervisors locally, two facts were key to the court’s decision: (1) the employee updated his contact information while on leave with the company’s corporate office, and (2) prior to the deadline to submit a certification, the employee communicated to the company’s benefits department that he was attempting to comply with the medical certification requirements for additional leave but was unable to do so within the 15-day time frame because his doctor was out of the office due to a medical emergency. Although the employer argued that the employee did not provide adequate notice because the employee did not communicate with his local management, the court disagreed because the above two facts created an issue of fact as to whether the employee provided adequate notice his continuing need for FMLA leave.
In Guernsey v. City of Lafayette, No. 4:13-cv-00086, the court decided that an employee failed to put the employer on sufficient notice of his potential need for FMLA leave. The court explained that an employee’s notice obligation is satisfied so long as the employee provides information sufficient to show that the employee likely has a FMLA-qualifying condition. The employee alleged that the employer knew of his chronic pain and absence related to pain for years, but he gave his employer only limited information about his absences. Doctor notes submitted by the employee did not address the nature of the medical issues, but merely indicated that the employee was “ill,” “seen” by a doctor, and/or should be “excused” from work. The employee also refused to provide more information about his absences in response to his supervisor’s request. The employee’s doctor also informed the employer that the employee could return to work to “full activity without limitations.” Finally, for the last absence leading to termination, the employee simply told his supervisor that his back was “bothering” him. The court determined that this information, together, did not suggest that the employee’s health condition might be serious or that FMLA otherwise could be applicable.
Case law on this issue is particularly fact specific, and employers should keep in mind that “notice” of an employee’s need for leave can arise under unique fact patterns. Sufficient notice is also an important topic to include when training managers and supervisors on the FMLA. Supervisors are often the first individuals within the company to learn of an employee’s potential need for leave, and they should be trained on what could constitute an employee’s notice of the need for FMLA leave, and to promptly follow up with Human Resources, so that the company can meet its FMLA obligations.


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Coming of age is a rite of passage; in historic cultures, this transition is usually represented in rituals and ceremonies by which the child must endure by a collection of trials to show his newfound status of grownup. Produced by Kapil’s dwelling manufacturing K9 Films, Firangi is directed by his lengthy-time friend Ginni Chatrath and Rajeev Dhingra. In a phrase: “masala.” The idea of masala is essential to understanding Bollywood films. With a complete of sixty five motion pictures grossing over $100 million worldwide and quite a lot of field office data, 2016 set the bar high for this year’s films.
Most Bollywood films embody musical numbers. 1. The Incredibles – This animated movie is the story of a family that is primarily hiding its superpowers on account of a government crackdown on superpower shenanigans. 21 LISTS Leisure Taking place NowThe greatest, most popular music, films, and TV that must be in your radar.
Now moving in direction of its display, this upcoming MSI wind12 U230 is designed with a 12.1-inch widescreen display with 16.9 ratios that provides fairly massive view space. The comedy drama set in 1920 additionally stars Ishita Dutta and Monica Gill. Following are the list of flicks that’s going to be launched in coming weeks.
With the increasing advances and popularity in television, studios started to take notice of the small display screen adverts for his or her model and also their usefulness in selling their movies. Ryan Coogler – on blistering form after Creed – is one other deft director selection from Marvel, and Coogler has introduced Creed’s star, Michael B. Jordan, alongside for the trip.
The Nice Buck Howard (2008) directed by Sean McGinly is constructed round John Malkovich’s character who is in turn primarily based upon the mentalist Kreskin. In some instances, the upcoming movies listed below may not get released on the desired date since its utterly depending on the corridor’s choice and totally different constraints the theaters could face in the course of the film launch.


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A research team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new catalyst that is meant to make hydrogen fuel cells more efficient and less expensive. Conventional catalysts are notoriously expensive because they make use of platinum, a material that is resistant to the oxidation that occurs within a fuel cell system. The high cost of this material makes fuel cells somewhat unattractive when they are compared to other renewable energy solutions.
The new catalyst is comprised of phosphorus and sulfur, which are very common elements, and cobalt, which is nearly 1,000 times less expensive than platinum. The catalyst requires a relatively little amount of energy to power a chemical reaction and researchers believe that the catalyst is nearly as efficient as those comprised of platinum. The research team has found that the new catalyst can also perform on par with similar catalysts that make use of non-noble metals.
One of the defining qualities of the new catalyst is that it can use sunlight to produce energy as well. Researchers note that the use of solar energy to produce hydrogen fuel is significantly more efficient than conventional hydrogen production methods. This quality also adds more value to the catalyst, and may further improve the efficiency and energy production capabilities of fuel cells. The research team will continue experimenting with the catalyst, searching for ways to further improve the capabilities of the catalyst.
The expensive nature of hydrogen fuel cells has been one of the greatest roadblocks in the way of the widespread adoption of these energy systems for some time. Reducing the costs associated with fuel cells is expected to make these energy systems much more attractive to those interested in renewable energy. Several research teams around the world have been focusing on developing new catalysts to accomplish this goal.

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A new poll from the Behavior Research Center discovered that a slight majority of Arizonans favor ending the prohibition on marijuana.
Results from the Rocky Mountain Poll released Wednesday indicate 53 percent popular support for legalizing small amounts of marijuana for personal possession and use. A total of 39 percent are opposed to the idea.
Holyoak’s campaign is currently trying to put an end to marijuana prohibition through an initiative that proposes to regulate marijuana and tax it similarly to alcohol. Users over the age of 21 would be able to purchase up to an ounce of marijuana from licensed dispensaries. A 15 percent tax would direct revenue to regulation costs and public health education. Specific cities would still have discretion to ban sales of the drug. If the initiative receives 150,000 signatures from registered voters, it will qualify for the ballot in November of 2016.
Arizona is home to two competing legalization campaigns. The second, called Arizonans for Mindful Regulation, is run by dispensary owner Jason Medar, who filed paperwork last week to authorize signature collection for a separate initiative. This effort came a month after the Marijuana Policy Project’s Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.
Since the two sides couldn’t come to an agreement on what the end proposal would look like, they split ways. The proposal from Arizonans for Mindful Regulation allows possession of up to twelve plants, while MPP only permits six.
Carlos Alfaro, director of the MPP’s project, thinks the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol will ultimately beat Medar’s proposal.
Arizona passed medical marijuana legislation back in 2010 by just 4,341 votes, making it one of the 23 states where marijuana can legally be used for medicinal purposes.
Conducted from April 29-May 15, the survey drew responses from 701 Arizonans, resulting in a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percent.


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text: Processing of a given target is facilitated when it is defined within the same (e.g., visual–visual), compared to a different (e.g., tactile–visual), perceptual modality as on the previous trial [Spence, C., Nicholls, M., & Driver, J. The cost of expecting events in the wrong sensory modality. Perception & Psychophysics, 63, 330–336, 2001]. The present study was designed to identify electrocortical (EEG) correlates underlying this “modality shift effect.” Participants had to discriminate (via foot pedal responses) the modality of the target stimulus, visual versus tactile (Experiment 1), or respond based on the target-defining features (Experiment 2). Thus, modality changes were associated with response changes in Experiment 1, but dissociated in Experiment 2. Both experiments confirmed previous behavioral findings with slower discrimination times for modality change, relative to repetition, trials. Independently of the target-defining modality, spatial stimulus characteristics, and the motor response, this effect was mirrored by enhanced amplitudes of the anterior N1 component. These findings are explained in terms of a generalized “modality-weighting” account, which extends the “dimension-weighting” account proposed by Found and Müller [Searching for unknown feature targets on more than one dimension: Investigating a “dimension-weighting” account. Perception & Psychophysics, 58, 88–101, 1996] for the visual modality. On this account, the anterior N1 enhancement is assumed to reflect the detection of a modality change and initiation of the readjustment of attentional weight-setting from the old to the new target-defining modality in order to optimize target detection.


text: It has been SO long since I've written. The last 2 years have just flown by with numerous shows and trips to photograph new schools to add to our list. Speaking of the list, it has grown from 500 to 750 schools and we still continue to add at least 65 new schools to the list each year. For an up to date listing with images, visit our website at www.RichTraditionsArt.com.

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I find all the music I play during a wedding reception to be equally important. While many people focus solely on the dance music, the songs that will play during cocktails and dinner help set a tone for the entire celebration. Every once in a while, I get to work with a couple who is as passionate about the soundtrack to their wedding as I am, and they’ll provide a great list of song suggestions for me to include on their big day. Hillary and Dave put together wonderful playlists that truly made their fabulous celebration at the Heinz History Center like no other.
The Grand Hall looked amazing and was full of personal touches throughout. Guests enjoyed a fantastic meal as they listened to the custom music that consisted of some classic blues and rock.
When it was time to dance, there was a great variety of great music from yesterday and today!
By taking the time to think about the music for their big day, Hillary and Dave made their wedding truly customized to their style and tastes. As all their guests gathered in a big circle for the last song, it was clear this was a very special day for everyone that they will talk about for years to come.
Weddings held over the holidays are always extra special. It gives everyone a reason to pause from the hectic season and enjoy a time of celebration. Blaire and Colby’s wedding at the Heinz History Center was a wonderfully joyous occasion as their friends and family came to spend some quality time with the newlyweds and wish them well on their new lives together.
The Heinz History Center Great Hall is absolutely one of the most unique and captivating venues in Pittsburgh. Most of the guests traveled from Louisiana to be part of the big day, so this was an amazing way to show off our amazing city. They even got to see some snow!
Blaire and Colby’s wedding featured so many special moments, including live music for their ceremony and cocktails, some very special parent dances, and of course, lots of great times with friends and family. The music featured a wide variety of music from today, oldies, country and even some cajun selections. I’m sure their guests all went home with many stories to share about this once in a lifetime celebration of love.
At the end of Amie and Ben’s reception, there was a discussion about how everyone had all experienced a “unicorn wedding”. A day that was so perfect, most people would consider it a myth. It made me wonder how they had succeeded in having such an unbelievably epic wedding day.
For starters, Amie and Ben chose to work with a venue and vendors that they put 100% confidence behind. Many of the vendors were either personal friends, or ones they had experience with at other events. The Heinz History Center was an amazing choice for both their ceremony and reception; the ballroom looked absolutely stunning.
The newlyweds made so many choices that helped make their day unforgettable. From Amie’s stunning pink dress, to the absolutely beautiful flower arrangements, to the dessert bar featuring dairy & gluten free treats. Even their music choices formed a fun soundtrack for all of their guests to enjoy from beginning to end. More importantly, Amie and Ben remained relaxed and fun throughout the day and were able to enjoy their once-in-a-lifetime celebration with their friends and family. The happy couple is all set to enjoy some time away on their honeymoon in Hawaii.
One of my favorite questions I’ve included in my online wedding planner regards how much the bride and groom hope to be able to dance at their reception. Since guests want to be near the newlyweds, it’s so much fun for everyone when they plan to be dancing! Italia and Seth said they would be dancing “all night long”, and they could not have been more accurate!
Their ceremony and reception was held at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, which was the perfect setting for both an elegant and wildly fun celebration.
To help make their day even more special and unique, Italia and Seth included great events that represented both of their families’ traditions. This included starting off the dancing with the Tarantella followed immediately by Hava Nagila. After that, the songs the happy couple chose were a perfect match for their friends and family to enjoy. I loved that the newlyweds truly did get to dance “all night long” and loved every minute of it. They’re now off to enjoy a wonderful honeymoon in England and Scotland.
The success of your wedding celebration depends greatly on your guests. If they feel happy and comfortable, they will stay and enjoy every moment of your big day from beginning to end. Maggie and Kevin did a fantastic job giving their guests all they needed to completely let loose and have the time of their lives at their elegant reception at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA.
The ballroom at the History Center has never looked better as it was decked out in uplighting, candle lighting, and a gorgeous wall of rope lights.
Maggie and Kevin’s guest were treated to a full day of great food, a wonderful atmosphere and some fantastic music. When it was time to dance, everyone was up and ready to get a little wild on the dance floor. At the end of the night many of their friends and family were ready to join the newlyweds for the after-party. Maggie and Kevin are now preparing for a well-deserved, romantic honeymoon in Aruba.

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It seems like BitWig studio is freezing the drums or other samples i am using in a project sometimes. The drum sound or sample is just repeating very fast like is stuck. So I either have to deactive the audio engine or try to start the song again or drum loop again to make it stop.
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Outside Lands, one of the few (if not the only) festivals that actually takes place in San Francisco proper, has just released this year’s lineup. In the past the festival has attracted a range of talent, like Stevie Wonder, Radiohead, and Deadmau5, and 2013 proves to be no different. For their 6th year the organizers have gathered an equally formidable group of artists, many of who just performed at Coachella not but 600 miles south. Footed to perform are Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as Jurassic 5, Paul McCartney, and Willie Nelson. EDM fans won’t be disappointed either, as one of the reigning kings, Kaskade, returns home, followed by turntablist A-Trak, and moombahdub’s Dillon Francis.
The festival’s diversity not only comes form the Bay Area mentality but also because the variety of attractions at the festival. Equally important as the music is the schmorgasboard of food, beverages and art installations, all nestled into the wide expanse of Golden Gate Park. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Aprill 18th at 12PM PST for the August 9-11th festival, so check back here to make sure you grab your passes.


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Marina Mariola is as good a location as you can possibly find in Marbella. This landmark building situated adjacent to the Don Pepe Hotel and Cappuccino Restaurant is right on the beach and just a short walk from all the amenities of Marbella Town. From here the choice of restaurants and shopping is second to none and the views are completely beyond compare.
From the terrace of this 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment you can look over the pool, the beach and Mediterranean Sea towards Africa and Gibraltar.
Marina Mariola is one of the last buildings to be built on the Paseo Maritimo and has a distinctive architectural style. There is 24 hour security and, in addition to the two pools and gymnasium, manicured internal gardens add to the feeling of unashamed luxury.
The apartment is well presented with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with a well fitted kitchen. A garage parking space and store room are included in the sale. The asking price is 1,295,000 Euros.
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Located on the patio of Oakleys Texas Bar former Chef/GM Tim of Salty Dog is serving everything from fried Boudin to Mahi tacos and much more!!!!!!
816 N Valley Mills Dr, Waco, TX 76710 Located on the patio of Oakleys Texas Bar former Chef/GM Tim of Salty Dog is serving everything from fried Boudin to Mahi tacos and much more!!!!!!
SERVED 11AM-2PM MONDAY-FRIDAY & 11AM-1PM SATURDAY-SUNDAY CHOICE OF 1 MEAT AND 2 VEGETABLES.
Served with cheese, onions, and crackers.
Platter of chips with our homemade salsa. No free refills.
A heaping helping of tortilla chips with homemade queso.
Our queso mixed with chorizo, avocado, sour cream & pico de gallo, served with tortilla chips.
Five pulled brisket balls wrapped in bacon with pepper jack cheese, jalapeno, and fried to perfection. Served with spicy BBQ sauce.
Six cheese sticks fried to golden perfection, served with ranch.
A heavy baker's dozen of mini corn dogs served with mustard.
Homemade macaroni mixed with Rotel, bacon, and cilantro, tucked into a flour tortilla and fried to a golden perfection. Served with a sriracha ranch sauce.
Our house-made brisket on a mound of waffle fries with jalapenos and cheddar cheese. Topped with chipotle fresca sauce.
Potstickers, Oakley Bombs, Mini Corn Dogs, Hog Balls, and Cheese Sticks. Served with sweet chili sauce, ranch, sriracha ranch, mustard and BBQ sauce.
Six jumbo shrimp & homemade cocktail sauce mixed with pico de gallo & fresh avocado, served with crackers.
Fresh oysters served with crackers, horseradish, and lemon.
Texas Gulf oysters with sauteed spinach, bacon, fresh garlic & Romano cheese, lightly steamed & topped with a cream sauce.
Southwest stewed chicken, rotel & cheese, rolled in a flour tortilla & fried to perfection. Served with sriracha ranch.
The best parts of a bacon cheeseburger rolled in a flour tortilla & fried to perfection. Served with sriracha ranch.
Thick-cut tequila battered onion rings served with honey mustard.
A 1/2 pound of Cajun boiled shrimp with Andouille sausage.
On a homemade bun, served with tots. Substitute fried pickles, curly, or waffle fries for an additional charge.
Smoked ham and turkey on Texas toast with Cheddar cheese, Pepper jack cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and chipotle mayo.
A blackened chicken breast topped with avocado, bacon, and pepper jack cheese on a bed of lettuce, tomato, and chipotle mayo.
Thin-sliced ham and cheddar cheese on Texas toast, grilled golden brown.
Fresh romaine lettuce tossed in our homemade Caesar dressing, topped with your choice of chicken or shrimp.
Grilled, fried, blackened or buffalo style chicken with tomato, bacon & cheddar cheese.
Bacon, lettuce, tomato & mayo piled high on Texas toast.
Half pound patties on a homemade bun and served with Oakley's fries. Substitute fried pickles, tater tots, curly, or waffle fries for upcharge.
With lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles, and mustard.
With cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles, and mustard.
With Applewood smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles and mustard.
Topped with bacon, cheddar cheese, a hash brown and 2 eggs cooked to order. Served with mayo.
Topped with mushrooms sauteed in Maple Crown & pepper jack cheese on a bed of lettuce, tomatoes & chipotle mayo.
Topped with brisket and Applewood smoked bacon, with cheddar cheese, jalapeños, pickles, onions and BBQ sauce.
Three sliders topped with carmelized onions, candied bacon and cheddar cheese on a Hawaiian King bun.
A footlong Angus hot dog topped with tater tots, chili & queso.
Smoked brisket, caramelized onions, and jalapenos tucked into a cheesy flour tortilla.
Blackened chicken with black bean and roasted corn salsa tucked into a cheesy tortilla.
Each order comes with three tacos.
Fried shrimp tossed in a sweet chili sauce and topped with cabbage, cilantro, and drizzled sriracha sauce.
Grilled or blackened chicken tossed with Romaine lettuce and homemade caesar dressing, tucked into flour tortillas.
Slow-cooked brisket topped with fresh avocados, chipotle mayo & sriracha sauce on corn tortillas.
Choose from bacon, chorizo, or brisket with scrambled eggs & cheese.
Pulled pork on corn tortillas with cilantro, onion & limes.
Fried avocado, cabbage, pico de gallo, chipotle mayo & cilantro on corn tortillas.
A portion large enough to share! Served on a bed of crispy tortilla chips.
Half pound of brisket, queso, jalapenos, cilantro & diced tomatoes.
Half pound of blackened chicken, with queso, sour cream, diced tomatoes & avocados.
Half pound of slow cooked pulled pork, with black bean & roasted corn salsa, queso & sour cream. Finished with a drizzle of sriracha sauce.
Texas-size portions of comfort food served up in a ceramic cowbow hat!
Tater tots topped with bite-size Black Angus hot dogs, chili, queso, sour cream & jalapenos.
Mashed potatoes topped with fried chicken tenders, queso & pico de gallo.
Cilantro rice topped with fried shrimp & potstickers, oriental vegetables & sweet chili sauce.
Homemade mac n cheese topped with fried buffalo chicken tenders.
Homemade mac and cheese topped with Texas red chili.
Hand battered and fried to a golden perfection. Served with tater tots, Texas toast, and gravy.
Three tenders dipped in our Shiner Bock beer batter, served with tater tots, Texas toast & your choice of ranch, honey mustard, or country gravy.
Nine hand-battered fried shrimp served with Oakleys fries, hushpuppies & cocktail sauce.
Hand battered Texas Gulf oysters served with Oakley's fries, hushpuppies & cocktail sauce.
We offer both classic plates and lighter options!
Grilled or blackened redfish served on a bed of cilantro lime rice with steamed veggies.
Chicken marinated in tequila lime sauce, topped with fresh avocados and pepper jack cheese. Served with cilantro lime rice and steamed veggies.
Hand breaded chicken breast fried to golden perfection, served with mashed potatotes & green beans.
Cinnamon sugar bread pudding topped with icing.


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People tend to reject the primitive religions, but sun worship seems to me an entirely rational theology. This occurred to me as I struggled into body armour, beneath a sun as merciless as the Old Testament God, in the Main Operating Base (MOB) Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan.
As I shouldered my rifle an amplified wail erupted beyond the sandbags and wire and over the MOB’s monolithic walls. In Helmand Province, the Islamic call-to-prayer punctuates the pattern of life and, though it fails to emancipate Afghans from the tyranny of cousins, liberal alternatives are crushed with great success.
But the Adhan was competing today with an infidel chant. ISAF Christians had congregated in a canvas chapel and their hymn hummed with Enlightenment harmony. Yet, in this harsh, gritty land, the Islamic lament expressed a more atavistic authenticity. It conjures the image of nomads, hunkered around flickering camp fires, swathed against the desert dust, mesmerised by the mystic verses of illiterate poets, or perhaps just ranting in the Abrahamic tradition.


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The socialist leaders in the Soviet Union also had dachas on cold lakes where the summers are short and where they could indulge in the bourgeois activities which were restricted for the proletariat. So DeBlasio “Mr. I supported the Sandinistas” is in good company.
It really is amazing that he is the mayor of New York, as messed up as that city can be.
Well, at least it didn’t involve a dead guy.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, his wife, Chirlane McCray, and their two kids spent a couple of days at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ summer home on Lake Champlain in Vermont.
Photos show the progressive pols and their families at Sanders’ four-bedroom retreat in North Hero.
"De Blasio spends weekend at Bernie Sanders’ summer home." Mark Moore, NYPost.com, 2018-07-08.

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With the tiny kitchen in our 16 ft. Shasta equipped with an electric burner, an electric skillet, and its original propane-powered three burner stove and small oven, I have more cooking options than I even had some years ago in the bachelorette pad that I loved so much.
Add to that the use of a tiny portable propane camping cooktop and an inverter generator that can not only power our little camper, but that is light and quiet enough to haul on tent-camping trips for the electric burner — and we are in no danger of going hungry any time soon.
Yet, some of our favorite meals to prepare and enjoy are those which don’t require any such kitchen elements at all. I am talking about real CAMP FOOD. Food that is made outside of a “kitchen” — made beneath the big open sky.
Of course we still utilize much modernity even in our more rugged recipes — buying foods like rice which has already been processed, or storing groceries in ice-packed coolers, for instance. But many of our meals remain a far cry from the days of ripping the cellophane off a box of chicken nuggets and tossing them into the microwave.
But toss those nuggets (or anything, for that matter) into a cast-iron pan and throw it on a fire and then we’ll talk.
So, here are a few of our favorite things to eat that don’t require traditional kitchen preparation.
Along with eating just about anything that is fire-blazed in cast iron, I will eat just about anything wrapped up in crunchy, watery, lettuce. I don’t really eat much bread anymore, because most things that I like on bread, I love on lettuce. Turkey or ham or any meat, Swiss or Provolone or any cheese, and honey mustard or mayo or any dressing — it’s all good on lettuce.
And with limited space for keeping things cold — the Shasta’s mini fridge or an ice-filled cooler — lettuce wraps work well with many canned food items and vegetables that don’t need to be immediately kept in cold storage. Canned tuna, light mayo, and fresh onion are great as a wrap with both lettuce or tortilla, as is canned chicken, canned corn, and ranch dressing.
We make a lot of mixes that are also great heated as soup or in the skillet on the fire, with varying arrangements of canned chicken, corn, black beans, diced tomatoes, and fresh peppers and onions, and I love wrapping it all up in a fat piece of lettuce, either warm on the spot or as cold leftovers the next day.
The go-to cucumber or avocado is always delicious in a sushi roll, and avocado doesn’t require refrigeration before use, but we have recently discovered the green pepper we use so much for other things is a great replacement vegetable in our sushi roll. Something about its color, texture, and juiciness makes it just as enjoyable to us as the cucumber, but with a longer and easier storage life.
Sean is the major sushi-lover in the house, and has nearly perfected the art of sushi-making. He can make a roll or two in the same time it would take to make a sandwhich, and enjoys making them often. Which means I’m a lucky gal.
And if we run out of seaweed wraps before the other goodies, or if I’m not really feeling the seaweed (my least favorite part of the sushi experience, to be honest), the rice, crab, green pepper, and Yum Yum sauce (can’t do sushi without the Yum Yum sauce) still taste wonderful together mixed up in a bowl or lettuce wrap.
But the rice? Doesn’t the rice have to be cooked?
The rice does have to be cooked, and back in our apartment in Denver, we would wait up to 30 minutes for the Japanese sticky rice to simmer on the stove before it was ready to use.
But now, we go with instant rice, and with solar cooking, we let the sun do the work.
With certain foods, that is. Foods like pastas, beans, and rice are ideal for solar cooking because they are less likely to contain bacteria, whereas something like meat would need to be cooked at high temperatures with direct heat from a flame or stove to destroy the bacteria before consumption.
That said, many uncooked grains like Sean’s beloved Jasmine Rice wouldn’t cook in the sun, because the grain is too dense to be penetrated by the water at the solar temperatures. Instant rice, however, has been pre-processed and already cooked (there’s that modernity), thus easier and quicker to soften by water and cook in the sun.
Using roughly the same ratios as suggested for cooking the rice in the microwave — two cups of water and two cups of rice, give or take water as needed — we mix the rice and water in a microwave-safe bowl, cover it with a lid, and place it outside in the sun.
About twenty minutes later we have fully cooked and steaming white rice ready for sushi rolls or whatever else. Sometimes a little bit of butter and garlic is all that I need to add before eating the rice by itself.
With cooked rice on hand, every meal easily becomes heartier. Soup heated in a can or on the fire can be poured over a bowl of rice for some added thickness (broccoli and cheese is my favorite), or cooking it all in the cast iron skillet makes a yummy campfire casserole. And with many evenings at around 10,000 ft calling for wool socks, and a crisp fire — even in the summer months — a warm supper always hits the spot.
And I wasn’t exaggerating about eating anything from an iron skillet over an open flame — food truly tastes better this way. I’m not ashamed to say that throwing a leftover Taco Bell burrito into the skillet over the fire was one of our best ideas yet. Or those little spring rolls in the frozen food section in the grocery store? Fried in some coconut oil, butter, or sesame oil — you have yourself a real glamping treat. I’m coming to find that most things that can be fried, baked, boiled, or microwaved can be made over a fire.
We even witnessed a neighboring camper bake an entire lasagna over his open fire, and I only wish I had thought of that before.
So with having about five different ways to make a grilled cheesed sandwich or cup of coffee, there are many reasons to have some favorite rugged recipes in the lineup. Having the Shasta in an area with no electrical hookups, using the generator or propane for charging batteries or heating hot water rather than cooking, or tent camping in an area dry enough to enforce a fire ban, are a few instances where low maintenance meals are ideal.
Plus we just enjoy preparing food this way. For many people who love to camp, the creative cooking is their favorite part of the experience.
I think for us, our cooking accompanies the simplifying of our lives — our minimalism has sort of extended to our eating habits. Though not rid of them completely, we eat less and less processed foods, and I for one haven’t really had milk or dairy aside from cheese (which I’ll never let go of) in the last six months or so, and I believe I feel better for it.
Like I said, too, there’s something about making food outside of a traditional kitchen — out in the open air. Preparing meals that, in a way, I imagine my ancestors or the people on this land before me used to prepare them — with the aid of earthly elements like fire and the sun.
Kacie, as always I thoroughly enjoy reading your posts. Sounds like you and Sean have found some very creative ways for your cooking, but more importantly for your enjoyment of the camper lifestyle.
I read your article to David as we are driving to Texas for a visit with our friends for about a week. He said all of the recipes sounded really good to him, but since we don’t have a tent or an iron skillet and fire with us we had to stop at McDonald’s for crispy chicken strips. Also, he really likes sushi, but he has it made for him at the local grocery store by Mr. Miaugi (? spelling). Do you have s’mores for dessert?
We will stop in Tulsa on our way home on June 30 and spend two nights so we can have some time with granny Annie.


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1. Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India. 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 3. Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Barjora Super Speciality Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India. 4. Independent Researcher, Department of Community Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Introduction: In order to prevent the specific diabetes mellitus related macrovascular and microvascular complications, guidelines by American Diabetes Association recommend a reasonable glycosylated haemoglobin goal for non-pregnant adults to be less than 7% (53 mmol/mol). The common practice recently is to use a sulfonylurea like glimepiride or selective Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor like vildagliptin as add-on therapy to metformin when the latter alone fails to achieve the target level of sugar control. Many randomized clinical trials have demonstrated the comparative efficacy of glimepiride and vildagliptin as add-on therapy to metformin. But their results might not always reflect what actually could be expected in clinical practice.
Aim: To compare the efficacy and safety of glimepiride and vildagliptin as add-on therapy to metformin in achieving glycaemic control and also to compare the common adverse effects observed.
Materials and Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted among adult type 2 diabetes mellitus patients who did not achieve adequate glycaemic control with metformin monotherapy. Patients were purposively selected in a way so that 30 patients received 2 mg of glimepiride once daily and 30 received 50 mg of vildagliptin twice daily as add-on therapy to metformin 1.5 to 2 gm in single or divided doses. Fasting, post-prandial sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin levels were re-examined after 4 to 6 months. Data were analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Paired and unpaired T-tests were applied to compare the parametric data and z-test was used to compare the difference between two proportions at 5% significance level.
Results: In both the groups there was a significant reduction in mean FBS, PPBS levels and HbA1c% from the baseline (p<0.001). The mean of reduction in FBS and PPBS levels did not vary significantly between the two groups (p>0.05). However, glimepiride plus metformin reduced mean HbA1c% significantly more than vildagliptin plus metformin (p<0.001). The glimepiride group caused significantly more hypoglycaemia than the vildagliptin group (p=0.03) while vildagliptin group was significantly more associated with overall gastrointestinal symptoms (p=0.046). There was no significant difference in weight gain between the two groups (p=0.084).
Conclusion: Glimepiride appeared to be superior to vildagliptin in reducing the HbA1c level but at the cost of significantly more episodes of hypoglycaemia than vildagliptin while latter added to metformin produced significantly more gastrointestinal side effects than the former.


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Many of the problems that you will face when applying AI in the business world are not algorithmic. This talk will draw from a variety applied machine learning scenarios that we have encountered at Deep Machine and talk about the types of problems to expect, the reasons that businesses care and some of the trade offs that we face as a small company in a big data world. It will address the breadth of work being done and discuss some of the tradeoffs between startup and big company data science.
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A seventh-grader who died a day after shooting himself inside a middle-school restroom had fireworks and extra ammunition in his backpack, police said Wednesday.
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Emerson College holds graduation ceremonies once a year in May. Undergraduate students may only participate in one Commencement Ceremony. Graduate students may only participate in one Commencement and one Graduate Hooding Ceremony, which must occur in the same year.?
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A big welcome back to Year 3!
I hope you have all had a wonderful spring break! P.E will be on a Monday this term so please ensure all children have their P.E kits in school. Spellings will be handed out on a Monday to be learnt for the following week when the children will be tested. English or Maths homework will also be given out on a Friday and expected back the following Friday. If your child requires any help or has lost the homework please come and see me.
Children are expected to read every night to ensure they make the best possible progress.
Our topic this term is Britain through the ages, keep an eye on our class page for regular updates!
A big thank you to all the parents who came to our Maths and Grammar parent workshop. It was great seeing you all there and thank you for your wonderful feedback.
In Year 3 as part of our Computing topic, the children access Hour of Code to introduce them to block style coding blocks and the use of repeats and conditionals.
In year 3 we wrote instructions on how to bake Egyptian bread, then we made it! We added dates and honey for flavour.
As part of our 'Ancient Egypt' topic we made Egyptian necklaces!
As part of our PSHE education, we looked at microorganisms and how easily they spread! We used hand soap and glitter to show how easily germs can spread. We then looked at washing our hands properly to make sure the germs were removed.
In Year 3 we have been writing letters to Duncan from the book "The day the crayons quit" by Oliver Jeffers. We have been working on expression, something that we are becoming very good at!
In our English lessons we have covered many important topics. We have recently looked at 'Should humans interfere with nature?'. We completed a 'conscience alley' activity to debate the different talking points.
During our science lessons we have been investigating light. We explored how light reflects from different surfaces and how shadows are made.
As part of our 'Ancient Egypt' topic, we used strips of paper and a mix of PVA glue and water to make ancient Egyptian paper, 'papyrus'.
In our science lessons, we have been investigating forces. We recently tested the strength of different magnets by seeing how many paperclips they could hold in a chain.


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Across the country, October is traditionally a month when apples and pears are harvested and the production of cider and perry can begin. Since 2003, CAMRA has dedicated October to promoting the availability real cider and perry in our pubs, clubs and festivals.
Luckily for us here in Sheffield, cider month coincides with our Steel City Beer & Cider Festival. Last year’s festival featured almost 50 different ciders and perries, with more than 2,300 pints of the stuff being consumed over the four days. This year’s festival promises more of the same for fruit lovers, so why not head down to the Kelham Island Museum to try some?
There are also a number of pubs around the city who make a real effort to serve quality cider and perry throughout the year. Our 2018 Cider Pub of the Month is the Clubhouse on London Road, which offers three hand-pulled ciders, often including fruit-flavoured cider from the Lilley’s range. Meanwhile, the Harlequin on Nursery Street serves more than 20 ciders, mainly on gravity, with a handy blackboard showing the latest offerings along with some tasting notes, so whether you prefer your cider dry, sweet, or somewhere in between, there’s something for everyone.
Around the Kelham Island area, the Fat Cat often features hand-pulled cider, the Kelham Island Tavern serves Weston’s cider and perry, and Shakespeares offers three changing ciders on gravity. Wetherspoon pubs throughout Sheffield are also a good bet for boxed cider, and sometimes have cider festivals on during the year.
While there are no cider producers in our branch area, nearby Dronfield has two: Woodthorpe Hall Cider and the Drone Valley Brewery. For cider lovers heading out that way, real ciders are often available at the Travellers Rest at Apperknowle and the Miners Arms at Hundall.
So if you’re out and about in October and spot real cider or perry on the bar, give it a go!


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Earlier today I explained why moral nihilism is self-contradictory in reply to a comment by thedudediogenes on my earlier attack on moral nihilism from last Friday.
How I look at morality is influenced most strongly by Nietzsche, Mackie, Leiter, Garner, Greene and Blackford. I think we project our moral sentiments onto the world.
Yes, as a psychological matter of fact, we do sometimes project our moral sentiments onto the world, but this is not mutually exclusive with there being objective relationships of goodness and badness in the world which either justify our particular feelings as correct or are the basis for realizing our feelings are incorrect. Our feelings of preference should be towards those things that conduce to our flourishing and our feelings of aversion should be towards those things that harm our flourishing.
I view belief in moral facts or truths as similar to theism belief – as an intellectual comfort blanket.
That is a simplistic interpretation of both moral truths and of theism. Neither are purely comforting to those who think they are true.
Moral facts, say, “Slavery is wrong” play no explanatory role in our understanding of the world.
Moral facts are not explanations, they are conclusions which determine that an action is the best, the worst, or somewhere in-between. The apprehension of the fact that slavery is wrong plays a deep role in our understanding of the world, which presently prevents millions of people from owning slaves.
I hardly see how such a blanket statement could be made. Even were the initial reasons slavery was abolished in most parts of the world more cynical and less moral at the time, that is no reason to assume that it does not remain illegal out of moral judgments or (at least) moral abhorrence. And even were it legalized–or even were there ways to get around the law–there are still millions who would abstain from owning slaves on moral grounds, given the current state of values in the much of the world. And if it is true that slavery is wrong (damaging to overall flourishing and maximin flourishing) in the contexts where people think it is wrong, those people may be said to have true, rationally correct moral reasons against it.
But even if I am mistaken and there are no moral facts, surely people are motivated to do some things and to refrain from others by what they think are moral facts and because they think those things are moral facts. That is the definitional feature of Mackie’s error theory–there need not actually be any moral facts for us, nonetheless, to think and to be motivated as though there were.
Moral facts, then, if they exist, are inert in a way that other facts don’t seem to be.
I do not know exactly what he means by “inert”. If he means they have no ability to move us to action, then he is wrong for the reasons I just noted. Even if they did not exist, Mackie would be right that the misapprehension of them would still be enough to make them effective.
But by “inert” we might read thedudediogenes to be referring to another common argument among moral nihilists. He might mean that moral facts cannot be discovered to be facts because, aside from motivating us to action, they do not have causal influence on states of affairs in the world independent of our thought processes about the world. Presumably the only real kind of facts are mind-independent ones and they are proved to be really facts by the ways they observably change the universe by being present. So, the fact that there is a smoke in the air is demonstrable by its effects by which we smell or see it as it affects the air and our noses and our eyes. Smoke changes our perception of the world by its presence and enters into observable causal connections with other physical things, and through all of this the fact of its being is foist on us whether we want to believe it or not.
So, on this reasoning, moral facts would not exist because they do not do things like change the other empirical facts about the world by their presence and thus alert all objective observers to their presence–whether those observers feel like acknowledging them or not. We cannot infer moral facts through any tangible, sensible, or scientifically observable manifestations they make in the empirical world.
But if it is sensible to talk about “moral facts” these are not facts about empirical objects but about actions, such that some actions in particular cases are the best actions even when they go against shortsighted perceptions of our self-interest. The only way to say that a moral claim is a fact is the same way that we would say that a hypothetical imperative expresses a fact. It is a fact that if you want to make an omelette you must use eggs—given the definition of an omelette. Similarly, given the mathematically describable dynamics of strategic decision-making studied in game theory, and given the ways that we humans flourish in our powers, it is a fact that betraying others’ trust is usually not the best available action and so it is a fact that it is immoral to do so in those cases where you are shortsighted and feel like betraying others anyway. It is also a fact that it is in your objective interest to flourish in your powers since they are you and so their effective realization is your effective realization. And there can be no good reason, short of concession to sheer inability, to desire to realize yourself less than you can.
If moral facts exist, if morality is in that sense a “real phenomenon”, it is a sui generis phenomenon; no other “real phenomena” can be trangressed. The laws of physics can’t be broken, the “laws” of morality can freely be broken. I’m clearly not the only one who finds that “queer”, to borrow Mackie’s term.
Yes, and bats clearly cannot be used in baseball because it would be impossible to get winged creatures of such strength to stay still in the hitters’ hands. And because their bodies are not long enough or inflexible enough to be used for hitting a pitched baseball.
Law in the sense of “moral law” and law in the sense of “physical law” are homonyms. No moralist has ever thought that a condition of being a moral law was that no one could ever violate it. Moral laws have always been in principle violable. If they could not be violated then no one could ever choose to violate them. If no one could choose to violate them, they would not be matters of choice. If they were not matters of choice they could not be subject to moral appraisal.
The only sense in which there are “natural moral laws” is the sense is that, in given circumstances, if one were to choose against the recommendation of a moral law for a shortsighted short term interest, one would be harming one’s own ultimate effectiveness in power. What constitutes one’s ultimate effectiveness is a matter for factual investigation. Those are law governed natural relationships. Various functions in reality are either more or less effectively realized. These functions are naturalistic through and through and are as “governed” by the laws of nature as everything else.
I cannot effectively function as a human being without a brain. This is determined by the laws of nature. It is a fact that were I to damage my brain, I would damage the functioning through which I come into being at all. It is a fact that this harms my own objective interests as the essentially brain-having being that I am. I have this interest in the preconditions of my own existence since it (obviously) depends on them and I necessarily depend on it in order to be at all.


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The story of the Loop Table is a significant one for Barber & Osgerby. It was the first piece of furniture that Edward and Jay designed together and it launched them into the Italian furniture world. They were commissioned to design a restaurant in South Kensington in London, whilst still students at the Royal College of Art. In one part of the restaurant there was an area of low seating and it was for this area that the table was designed. The idea for the Loop Table was to have a table that incorporated some storage space for magazines and menus. Barber & Osgerby had already worked on some studies to create enclosed forms in the white card used for architectural model making at the RCA. Their first forays into furniture model making had a distinctly planar quality. Folding and slotting card together created a visual language for these early experiments. People have often commented that the Loop Table has an architectural quality. There is also something about the visual language of the table that is reminiscent of Trellick’s architectural details. It was a formative starting point and made Barber & Osgerby realise that they wanted to do much more with furniture.
The budget for the restaurant project never allowed the Loop Table to be realised, and in fact the cardboard model sat on the shelf in their studio for a year before finally deciding to have a prototype made. The seemingly simple design requires great accuracy to manufacture. The table is made from two identical sections of bent plywood that meet seamlessly. Their quest for a manufacturer led them to Chris McCourt, who owned a woodwork shop in west London and also owned Isokon Plus, the highly experimental furniture company first set up in 1935 under the direction of Marcel Breuer.
Chris was so taken with the table after seeing the design and then the prototype, that it was introduced into the Isokon Plus range, the first new piece for over forty years. He became a huge supporter of Barber & Osgerby’s work, working alongside them with many of their early designs.
The Loop Table was first shown at the London design fair in 1997. Wallpaper* magazine was then in its first year and Tyler Brulé, the Editor and founder of the magazine, had invited Barber & Osgerby to design a stand. The table was displayed on the stand and was spotted by Giulio Cappellini. The Loop Table was then introduced into the Cappellini collection at the Milan furniture fair the following year. This was the start of what has become a long and successful relationship with the renowned Italian manufacturer. The table was also widely acclaimed in the international press and was soon acquired by both the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for their permanent collections.


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