I recently got the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform. It is a stamp positioner with a gridded base, and a hinged gridded clear lid. You put your cardstock on the base, arrange stamps on it, close the lid and raise it. Now you can ink the stamp, close the lid to stamp, raise it, change out cardstock and repeat.
If you don't get a good impression you can ink and stamp again and it always goes back to the same place!
The difference on this positioner is that the lid is removable so you can use one side for clear stamps and the other for the thicker red rubber stamps.
So, for this card, I had a swath of snowfalkes plus several individual ones, the sentiment and the bear. All could be stamped in one go. Then I turned the card around, removed everything but the swath and repositioned that to fill the opposite corner.
Just like that, I had a dozen card fronts ready to color.
I used Distress Markers for all the coloring. Then I got out the bulb spritzer and used it with two colors of marker to create the mist over the surface.
I do believe I am going to like this new tool.
The last couple of days I told you about a technique I found at http://stamptv.ning.com/video/embossing-over-watercolor called embossing over watercolor.
By scribbling on watercolor paper with three values of a color and of green where you want flowers and leaves then spritzing with water and using a heat gun to dry the piece, you set up for a floral background.
Versamark is used to stamp solid flower heads over the colored areas and solid leaves over the green areas then they are embossed with clear powder and a heat gun.
Sponging over the surface with dark ink lets the flowers and leaves shine through and then any extra ink is buffed off with a paper towel.
The second piece I did had better composition and more even results so I decided to use it as a whole background.
I tied twine in three strands and added a pre-stamped sentiment with a border popped up on foam tape.
Each flower got a pink rhinestone center and the whole piece was added to a green base card.
I started yesterday telling you about a technique I found at http://stamptv.ning.com/video/embossing-over-watercolor called embossing over watercolor.
On watercolor paper you scribble three values of a color where you want flowers, then three values of green where you will stamp the leaves.
You spritz with water and use a heat gun to dry the piece.
Stamp solid flower heads with Versamark over the colored areas and solid leaves over the green areas then emboss with clear powder a heat gun.
Sponge over the surface with dark ink and buff any extra off with a paper towel.
I mounted this on foam tape over a chevron paper and a text strip. Then I tied with twine and added a text tag.
The base card is burgundy cardstock.
I was watching some video tutorials on my favorite blogs the other day and ran across a technique I had not used before. If you want to see the original, visit Gina K Designs at http://stamptv.ning.com/video/embossing-over-watercolor for a technique she calls embossing over watercolor.
Start with watercolor paper and scribble three values of a color where you want flowers, then three values of green where you will stamp the leaves.
Spritz the surface with water and let the colors bleed. When it gets where you want it to be, use a heat gun to dry the piece.
Ink a solid flower head with Versamark embossing ink and stamp over the colored areas, Ink solid leaf with Versamark ink and stamp over the green areas. Cover with clear embossing powder and set with heat gun.
Use a foam tool and dark ink to sponge over the surface. The embossing will resist the ink but you can buff any extra off with a soft cloth or paper towel.
With the first one I made, I cut the piece in two and made separate cards out of them.
I used walnut ink for the dark background. I made a base card with a green floral and strips of coordinating papers.
I added twine and a little tag before popping the focal up on foam tape.
Time to make art for the County Fair!
We'll start with the assignment for a Christmas card with rubber stamping.
I began the process by inking a pine tree stamp with Distress Markers and stamping it on white cardstock. I masked the tree and inked an old-fashioned car with black Distress Marker and stamped that. I added brown Distress marker to color the car.
I masked the car and tore some post-it paper. This was used to mask a line below the car and blue Distress ink was brushed upward to create a snow bank. The torn paper was moved higher and blue inked again. Then a layer of brown was inked under the car followed by two higher snow banks.
At last, I moved the mask higher and stamped bare trees.
I removed all the masks and then used foam with Blue Distress ink to color the sky. I used a Distress Marker to sketch in a shadow underneath the car to ground it.
I stamped the greeting in the lower corner with black archival ink.
Stickles glitter was used sparingly across the tops of the snow banks and then dotted in the bare trees.
I used a brown bordering paper and then mounted it all on a green card base.
I had so much fun wandering around the SplitCoastStampers tutorials. I ran across a technique I haven't done for a long time - blue delft tile.
I decided to use 1-inch increments for the tiles, scored them on my ScorPal and stamped with dark blue Distress Ink. After the ink was dry I used an aqua-brush to blend the ink. I used a heat gun to dry it and then used a lighter blue Distress Ink and a sponge to tint the edges of the 'tiles' for dimension.
I went over the lines with a white gel pen (not effective) and then a white Distress Marker (much better).
I ended up with two panels to use and treated them only slightly differently.
First was by adding a sentiment stamped onwhite. I used some of the blue ink to tint the edges and popped it up on foam tape.
For the second card I added a blue stamped sentiment which I banded in white. This was also popped up on foam tape.
I'm going to have to go do more cruising around the SplitCoastStampers site for techniques and tutorials. These experiments have been a blast.
I think this is the last of the images I colored on the day with no power a couple of months back. I guess I might have missed one somewhere, but this is it for the time being.
I trimmed the image with a thin border and combined it with table scraps that picked out hues from the coloring.
I chose a solid yellow background for the same reason.
Again, with the gold Thank You sentiment sticker.
I wanted to have a card that had a more masculine feel to it. I chose table scraps with dark hues and low contrast.
I decided to enliven this with a strip of shiny gold the exact width of the stamped image.
Three strips of scraps pick up colors from the image and balance the right side of the card.
The shiny gold Thank You sticker on top of the shiny gold strip resembles embossing.
Some of the table scraps I pulled out were just meant to be together like these pink chevron and teal dot papers. I added the yellow crosspieces because of the yellow roof on the birdhouse.
I cut the image in a circle instead of the usual square.
I wanted something to pull out the orange from the image and chose these puffy hearts.
Since the birdhouse was so colorful in this version I wanted to keep the background fairly neutral, thus keeping the focus on the image.
I used table scraps with low contrast and soft hues but cut and arranged them in a casual style.
The addition of a pink border on the image separates it from the background.
I made use of those gold Thank You stickers again.
I had a lot of left over of this birdhouse. I had colored this in many different ways during the session with no power.
I trimmed this version down to nearly square and combined table scraps in a variety of coral patterns. The border on the feature is popped up on foam tape to separate it from the similar colored background.
The sentiment is a gold peel-off sticker.
OK, I am officially addicted to this technique. Once I showed it to the granddaughters they were addicted and now I am, too.
I amde this card larger than the usual ones I make so it will not go off to Operation Write Home. I might finally have some cards on hand to send to friends and relatives!
I used a different watercolor paper that I found when we ran out of the little pad I had been using. This was a bunch of loose sheets I had cut out of a letter-sized pad and of a higher quality. Not only were the pages thicker but there was less tooth and the surface could be manipulated when wet without pilling.
I worked on a half sheet filling the whole area. The top background was inked with tumbled glass and the bottom with sage green. Then I did the spot coloring with a green, pink and yellow. When this was dry I over-stamped with the flowers and the script.
I tore the top and bottom edges and placed on wide black borders. I trimmed the whole block and mounted it on a pink background that matches the flowers.
I added a sentiment block, bordered in the same pink and popped up on foam tape.
At the last minute I decided to use little dots of yellow pearl pen on the flower centers.
I liked that watercolor background card I made the first day so much that I decided to do it again - note to self: buy more watercolor paper.
This time I selected the stamp with the bottles with flowers standing in them. What a great technique this was to use with this stamp. I decided to start with a two-toned purple background. To this I added the blue and green for the bottles and an orange and red for the flowers.
After the last dry I used an unreadable text stamp to add some background in espresso ink and then stamped the image with black.
I mounted it on a purple card base with a very fine black border and hand drawn pen doodles around the stamped panel.
I attached a stamped sentiment block at the upper left.
I had three granddaughters here a while back and, as with all my grandkids, we needed to have some crafty time. Having just finished up the stretching stamps class I wanted to show one of them a technique I had learned.
I chose to demonstrate the spot watercoloring that we learned on the bonus day.
In this you tape watercolor paper to the table, apply Distress Ink to a large acrylic block, spritz it with water and press it to the paper, hold for a bit for the color to soak in the paper some, and lift it off. Then you use a heat gun to day it. It is swiped with water on a brush and you hold an image stamped on acrylic over it and drop ink onto the damp paper underneath. You then let the color bleed out into the background some.
It is dried once again and then you stamp over it with black ink and make it into a card.
I chose to border the panel with gold paint pen, added some of this gold to the image and gave it a border of patterned paper. Then I added a sentiment strip cut as a banner, popped up on foam tape.
The granddaughter made hers with a purple background and an over-all butterfly background stamp enhanced with peacock blue.
My next category to participate in at the County Fair was in the area of rubber stamping and other paper crafts.
Wow! Only two cards without an award of any kind.
Last month I entered a number of items in the County Fair. Over the next few days I will show the entries and awards in the categories I entered.
First up is the Agricultural Products class.
This is the first year I have entered any garden produce so it was a very good showing.
I was truly saddened to need another sympathy card so soon.
I had a single one of the watercolor stamping roses left and it was already trimmed. This got bordered by a matching paper and thus began the layout process.
I found a nice, subtle paper for the background and wanted to include a border around it also. Unfortunately, I did not have any more of the border used on the feature. So I used a Distress Marker to color the edges of the white base card and trimmed the background paper to let that color peek out.
I found a large silver Dazzles sticker for the sentiment and colored it with alcohol marker while it was still on the sheet.
I wanted to use more of the watercolor stamping roses but did not have a sketch upcoming that suited the shape or size that I had remaining. So I abandoned the sketch project for a bit and pulled out some paper scraps to make my own layout.
I started with a lavender card base to coordinate with the color of the illustration and added a green swirled paper to work with the leaves. The chevron paper in a neutral creates a nice setting for the bordered centerpiece which is bound by strips of silver peel-off sticker.
The sentiment is provided by a silver script Dazzles sticker and the feature panel is popped up on foam tape.
Grandmas tend to be rather accomodating with their grandkids and this Grammie is no exception. When some of the grands came to visit one made a special request that I do some crafts with him. Oh yeah! That's a big "Yes".
He was working on stamping a scene using some of my hand carved stamps and wanted to know about the process I used to make them. I got out the carving toolbox to show him and he asked if I would carve a stamp just for him.
Actual size is about 3 1/2 inches.
A challenge over at the OWH blog was to make a card with a penguin - and to use your most original image so everyone wouldn't make near duplicates. No problem there - the only penguin stamp I have is the one I carved several years ago.
I started with plain white cardstock and used masking to stamp the penguin three times. The only bit of coloring is the little bit of blue in the snow underfoot. I trimmed the panel so I could give it a red border and made a matching bowtie for one of the birds using 1/8" ribbon.
I used some little peg stamps to make the sentiment and added lines with black pen to turn the squares into cubes. This got bordered in red and popped up on foam tape.


A pulse pounding, take no prisoners descent into neo southern gothic horror.
When traveling through Resurrection County, watch your step and mind the signs. One false move could be your last. When two suburban couples roll into the backwoods southern town of Enoch for a weekend of all-terrain riding, their camping trip turns deadly at the hands of bloodthirsty locals who don't take kindly to outsiders.


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Road Runner Girl: Fitness Friday...April 12th Edition!
Well this isn't going to be much of a Fitness Friday for me because this week I took a recovery week! My body needed to rest and recover from all the racing I've been doing lately. Did I enjoy it? Absolutely! Did I miss running? Absolutely!!! By Wednesday I was so ready to go for a run but I knew it was best for my body to take the time to recover and rest. So I listened. So my workouts for the majority of this week were nothing but my #plankaday.
Saturday- #plankaday 1:00, lunging and leaping and sprinting at the Zombie Run...has to count for something because my legs were super sore!
Sunday- 13.1 miles in 2:41:45 at the Gulf Coast Half Marathon!
Today I am on a Field Trip with Sawyer and his kindergarten class! Should be lots of fun! Tonight I am super excited because it's date night!!! My hubby and I haven't had a date in FOREVER! I can't wait to spend some quality time with my man! Saturday we will be at the campsite with the Cub Scouts. We aren't camping this weekend but will spend the day there on Saturday and have a pack meeting that night. Should be a fun family weekend!
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Hi my name is Alex Eliades and this is my personal blog. I spent most of my life in various parts of the UK but currently I live in Cyprus (now back in London). Im not ashamed to admit that Im a bit of a geek and probably spend far too much time in front of my laptops. I help to run an online Forex and CFD brokerage and own a few websites that I run in my spare time. If Im not working Im generally with the wife, doing DIY or riding my bike in the countryside. Ive had a passion for the Internet ever since it helped radically change my life in the early naughties (2000s) but thats a long story. For some reason I often find myself tinkering around with Linux, web applications, cars or crypto-currencies in my spare time.
I believe in setting goals, openness, sharing ideas, efficiency, education, honesty, equality, statistics and a long list of other stuff that define who I am. I am an advocate of the paperless office, promoting young people, environmental and social responsibility, giving credit where its due and helping people when I can. In my eyes the most successful people are the ones that can identify strengths in others, then encourage and inspire them to do work they are good at.
I graduated with a bachelors degree in Business IT from Portsmouth University in the UK, then went on to start a career in software solution sales but after some years realised that it wasn’t my calling in life. The fact that I was a closet techie and developed websites in my spare time was probably a sign that my future didn’t lie in sales. Anyway it was an awesome ride, I travelled all over the UK and met loads of interesting people on the way. The turning point came during my time working at a cool web agency in Tech City, East London with some really inspirational people, not to mention my just as inspirational friends that were close to me back then. During my time there I discovered affiliate marketing, learned a bit about SEO and was surrounded by techies, usability gurus and digital strategists. It was at this point I knew that my future was with the web and I created my first website that produced me a regular income after leaving. I moved to Cyprus, worked for the family business and built up my affiliate business. In 2013 I landed a job doing marketing for an online FX & CFD business. I have worked alongside some industry veterans and learned all I could about this fascinating business. I now work in this field on an outsourced basis while also handling a few personal web projects and I thoroughly enjoy my work.
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My favourite quote is “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self” by Ernest Hemingway. The reason I like it is because I agree we should always look to improve ourselves and not be compelled with comparing ourselves to others.
London is one of the most impressionable places I have lived because the place is alive, full of people at the top of their game and I was lucky enough to have met a load of forward thinking people, which I hope rubbed off on me a bit. Limassol is another massively impressionable City where I lived as my years there helped me understand myself, others and what is really important in life (somethings you just dont learn in London!). Hanoi is another city I visited on numerous occasions and it really woke me up when I saw how people live on the other side of the world.
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Say hello to easy apple pie! This classic homemade apple pie is packed full of juicy apples inside of the best pie crust you’ll ever make. There’s nothing fancy in the prep work, which makes it a perfect fall baking project.
Ahh, nothing quite says fall like apple pie, am I right? Fresh apples from the local orchard and warm spices that make the house smell so amazing you just want to wrap yourself up in a blanket. I’ve tried dozens upon dozens of apple pie recipes over the years and I have to say, this one here is by far the absolute best.
This pie has such a tender, flaky crust and a mile-high dome of apples; it’s a pie that you could imagine seeing in the dessert case of a 1950’s diner. Perfectly golden crust packed full with a mountain of apples.
THIS is the ultimate apple pie.
I love the ooh’s and ahh’s when you pull such a tall and gorgeous pie out of the oven. So pretty!
First off, we start with a homemade pie crust. I have a very favorite version that uses a special ingredient to keep it crazy flaky and tender, and it’s the only pie crust recipe I’ve used for years now. However, if you need something super, super fast you can use store-bought (if you MUST).
The pie filling is wonderfully simple, which I think is best with fruit pies. Some sugar to sweeten it up, a few spices to enhance the natural flavor of the apples, and a little bit of instant tapioca to thicken the juices. The texture and flavor of the apples shine through, which makes for the best apple pie.
This recipe calls for Granny Smith and McIntosh apples, the combination of which provides a wonderful tart flavor (thank you Grannies!) and juicy texture (thank you McIntosh!). However, the beauty of apples and fall is that you can substitute in your favorite varieties, or head to the local orchard and pick whatever they have growing there.
I would recommend mixing and matching the tart and not-so-tart varieties to give the filling a good balance, but other than that, go for your favorites!
Apples – We discussed these above, look for a combination of a little tart and a little sweet and soft.
Sweetener – Sugar is obviously the sweetener of choice, and you can adjust the amount based on your personal preference and how sweet/tart your particular apples are.
Thickener – A lot of fruit pie recipes call for flour as a thickener, but I’ve found it inadequate. In most cases, the pies still turned out runny, which is so disappointing when you spend time making a homemade pie! When I made blueberry pie a few years ago, I used instant tapioca and the filling thickened like a dream. That’s all I use now and it works phenomenally well!
Spices – A very modest amount of cinnamon and allspice is used to impart warmth a little extra flavor the pie, along with lemon juice to keep it bright.
Can Apple Pie Be Frozen?
Freezing Unbaked Pies – Assemble the entire pie and stop before baking. Wrap the pie tightly in two layers of plastic wrap, then a layer of foil and freeze for up to 3 months. You can bake straight from the freezer, but will need to add anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes to the baking time. You can also thaw in the refrigerator overnight and bake as directed.
Freezing Baked Pies – Allow the pie to cool completely, then wrap tightly in two layers of plastic wrap, then a layer of foil and freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight, then reheat in a 350-degree oven until warmed through, approximately 30 minutes.
My recommendation is to freeze the pie unbaked – it will bake up better and taste fresher than freezing an already-baked pie.
It’s my personal opinion that apple pie should only be served a la mode, i.e. with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top (make homemade if you’re up to it!). When the melting ice cream mixes with the syrup from the apple pie, it’s pure heaven.
Happy fall baking to you! What are your favorite recipes of the season?
This classic homemade apple pie is packed full of juicy apples inside of the best pie crust you'll ever make.
Make the Crust: Process 1½ cups of the flour, the sugar and salt together in a food processor until combined, about 2 one-second pulses. Add the butter and shortening and process until a homogenous dough just starts to collect in uneven clumps, about 7 to 10 seconds (the dough will resemble cottage cheese curds with some very small pieces of butter remaining, but there should be no uncoated flour). Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula and redistribute the dough evenly around the bowl. Add the remaining 1 cup flour and pulse until the mixture is evenly distributed around the bowl and the mass of dough has been broken up, 4 to 6 quick pulses. Empty the mixture into a medium bowl.
Sprinkle the vodka and water over the mixture. With a rubber spatula, use a folding motion to mix, pressing down on the dough until it is slightly tacky and sticks together. Squeeze dough gently until cohesive and divide into two equal balls. Flatten each into a 4-inch disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 45 minutes, or up to 2 days.
Remove one disk of dough from the refrigerator and roll out on a generously floured (up to ¼ cup) work surface to a 12-inch circle. Roll the dough loosely around a rolling pin and unroll into a 9-inch pie plate, leaving at least a 1-inch overhang on each side. Working around the circumference, ease the dough into the plate by gently lifting edge of the dough with one hand while pressing into the plate bottom with other hand. Leave any dough that overhangs plate in place. Wrap dough-lined pie plate loosely in plastic wrap and refrigerate until dough is firm, about 30 minutes. Roll other disk of dough into 12-inch circle on lightly floured counter, then transfer to parchment paper–lined baking sheet; cover with plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Prepare and Bake the Pie: Adjust oven rack to lowest position, place rimmed baking sheet on rack, and preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, tapioca, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice. Add the apples and lemon juice and toss until combined. Spread apples with their juices into dough-lined pie plate, mounding them slightly in middle.
Loosely roll remaining dough round around rolling pin and gently unroll it onto filling. Trim overhang to ½-inch beyond lip of pie plate. Pinch edges of top and bottom crusts firmly together. Tuck overhang under itself; folded edge should be flush with edge of pie plate. Crimp dough evenly around edge of pie using your fingers. Cut four 2-inch slits in top of dough. Brush surface with beaten egg white and sprinkle evenly with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
Place pie on heated baking sheet, lower oven temperature to 425 degrees F, and bake until crust is light golden brown, about 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees, rotate baking sheet, and continue to bake until juices are bubbling and crust is deep golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes longer. Let pie cool on wire rack to room temperature before serving, about 4 hours.
You can substitute Empire or Cortland apples for the Granny Smith apples.
Freeze the unbaked pie for two to three hours, then cover it with a double layer of plastic wrap, and return it to the freezer for no more than two weeks. To bake, remove the pie from the freezer, brush it with the egg wash, sprinkle with sugar, and place directly into a preheated 425 degree oven. After baking it for the usual fifty-five minutes, reduce the oven to 325 degrees, cover the pie with foil so as not to overcook the crust, and bake for an additional twenty to twenty-five minutes.
Update Notes: This recipe was originally published in September 2011. Updated in September 2018 with new photos, a slightly revised recipe, and extensive recipe tips.
I have never tried Apple Pie recipe before and this looks very easy to make. Thanks.
Hello! Does anyone have the original copy of this recipe before the rewrite? I’ve made this pie two thanksgivings in a row and want to replicate, but I don’t have a food processor, so I always used her “by hand” recipe! Help!
Hi Stephanie, Here you go!
2. Sprinkle 6 tablespoons ice water over mixture. With a rubber spatula, use a folding motion to mix. Press down on dough with broad side of spatula until dough sticks together, adding up to 2 tablespoons more ice water if dough will not hold together. Squeeze dough gently until cohesive and divide into two equal balls. Flatten each into a 4-inch-wide disk. Dust lightly with flour, wrap separately in plastic, and refrigerate at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 days, before rolling.
3. Remove dough from refrigerator. If stiff and very cold, let stand until dough is cool but malleable. Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 425 degrees F.
4. Roll one dough disk on a lightly floured surface into a 12-inch circle. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie pan.
5. Gently press dough into sides of pan leaving portion that overhangs lip of pie plate in place. Refrigerate while preparing fruit.
6. Peel, core, and cut apples into ½-to-¾-inch slices and toss with ¾ cup granulated sugar, lemon juice and zest, salt, cinnamon, and allspice. Turn the fruit mixture, including juices, into the chilled pie shell and mound slightly in center. Roll out the other dough round and place over filling. Trim top and bottom edges to 1/2 inch beyond pan lip. Tuck this rim of dough underneath itself so that folded edge is flush with pan lip. Flute edging or press with fork tines to seal. Cut four slits at right angles on dough top. Brush egg white onto top of crust and sprinkle evenly with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar (omit if freezing unbaked pie, see below).
7. Bake until top crust is golden, about 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees; continue baking until juices bubble and crust is deep golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes longer. Transfer pie to wire rack; cool to almost room temperature, at least 4 hours.
*Note: Do-Ahead – Freeze the unbaked pie for two to three hours, then cover it with a double layer of plastic wrap, and return it to the freezer for no more than two weeks. To bake, remove the pie from the freezer, brush it with the egg wash, sprinkle with sugar, and place directly into a preheated 425 degree oven. After baking it for the usual fifty-five minutes, reduce the oven to 325 degrees, cover the pie with foil so as not to overcook the crust, and bake for an additional twenty to twenty-five minutes.
After years of making mediocre pie crust I have finally made a flaky, tender, flavorful crust with this recipe. This is the best apple pie I have ever made. I used apples from our tree which are sort of sweet/tart. Not sure what kind they are but they were delish!


Valentin Seiche is a French cartoonist and comic book creator. Born in 1987, young Seiche basked himself in Super Nintendo, Japanese culture and Japanese art. A combination that would heavily influence the direction of his art style.
Seiche has worked with Ankama Editions, the publishing arm of French video games company Ankama. He along with Laurent Box, worked on the fantasy adventure book, Anguille & Baldaquin. Valentin Seiche also added his artistry to the sprawling Spera epic, contributing a chapter in the award-nominated Spera: Ascension of the Starless. Last year he partnered with Swedish comic and art publishers, Peow Studio, for a mini-comic titled Wrecked Ship. The sequel of which is due to be released this year.
To find out what else Valentin Seiche is working on, check out his tumblr, Approaching The Air Fortress. You can also see some of his older work on his Blogspot.


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A tidy adjustable Amber Beaded Bracelet is pop of amber to suit all ages.
Beads: Alternating sizes with one centre bead highlighted.
This is a lovely tidy bracelet. The mix of colours and shapes and the inclusion of tiny silver spacers between the beads make it a fashion bracelet that would suit all but especially a younger wrist. Each one is different. Because it contains a smaller amount of amber than some of our stretch bracelets, it may not be the first choice as a healing bracelet but it still may have an impact. Our Fashion Bracelets are funky and stylish.
Please note that each bracelet is ubique in colouring and your may differ slightly from the picture shown.


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Here we have the unique example of a TV Special being a sequel to two different other Christmas TV franchises at the same time. I guess the folks at Rankin & Bass felt they couldn't lose by combining two iconic Christmas characters… in a somewhat non-Christmas special.
Here, Frosty makes the jump from traditional cell animation into Rudolph's world of stop-motion animation. We also learn that Frosty and his wife Crystal now have 2 kids, Millie and Chilly. Oh, and they now apparently consider their reindeer friend as "Uncle Rudolph." The villain from Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Jack Frost, makes an appearance, as does the whale Big Ben, who helped Rudolph in Rudolph's Shiny New Year. This is the crossover sequel to top all crossover sequels!
Today's song — Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (Overture) — is the introduction to the special, where you will hear some dialogue between Frosty and Rudolph, as well as a variety of musical themes.
Originally designed to be a theatrical film, it debuted in the United States on ABC instead, on July 1, 1979. Talk about attempting to extend a Christmas franchise into the summer months!


Jill McGown, who has died aged 59 from cancer, was one of the generation of crime writers who shifted the genre firmly into the contemporary world. Although she held fast to the traditional skill of well-crafted plots, she brought a modern perspective to characters and situations, creating a series of thoughtful and engaging police procedurals.
She will be best remembered for the 13 novels featuring Chief Inspector Danny Lloyd and Sergeant Judy Hill. Theirs was a relationship that encompassed the personal as well as the professional, and Jill's deft handling of its development was one of the keynote elements of the books. Interestingly, it was not until Carlton's adaptation of A Shred of Evidence in 2001 that Lloyd acquired a first name. In the books, he was always plain Lloyd.
Her work was critically acclaimed, and many of her peers believe she never achieved the level of commercial success she deserved. The TV adaptation, Lloyd and Hill, was never developed beyond its pilot, despite strong performances from Philip Glenister and Michelle Collins.
Jill was born in Campbeltown on the Mull of Kintyre, the daughter of a fisherman and a secretary. When she was 10, the failure of Scottish herring fishing forced the family to move to Corby, a Northamptonshire village then being transformed by the development of the huge iron and steelworks. Much of the workforce consisted of displaced Scots. Jill said of her adopted home: "[It] has Celtic and Rangers supporters' clubs, an annual highland gathering and an accent which has undeniable Scottish overtones, regardless of the forebears of the speaker, who might be Londoners or Lithuanians." Certainly, Jill never lost her own accent even though she would never again live anywhere but the house her family moved to in 1957.
After junior school, she attended Corby grammar school, where her Latin teacher was Colin Dexter, later creator of the Inspector Morse novels. Jill went on to Kettering technical college, leaving with few formal qualifications.
She worked as a secretary for Corby development corporation, a firm of solicitors and finally British Steel, where she ended up as a counsellor in their voluntary redundancy programme. Eventually, she was made redundant herself. She later said: "So there I was with my redundancy pay and a choice. I could look for another job in a town that had 25% unemployment, or I could take the opportunity to write a novel. I am not adventurous, but this adventure had been thrust upon me and I chose to write the novel."
Jill was always happy to mix with other writers and meet her fans. Invariably accompanied by her sister Una, she was a familiar face at conventions and festivals. In a world not short of overweening egos, Jill was an unassuming and amusing conversationalist, with the gift of a sharp but never cruel wit.
She is survived by her two sisters, Una and Patti, her niece Katy and great-niece Georgia.


Selling a few items I have been holding on to, but could be put to use by someone who could use them. Buyer covers PP fees. U.S. shipping only.
Valve cover and new FP intake (non-recirc.) Powdercoated wrinkle black and feature -10 an fittings for a catch-can setup. The setup has not been installed on a car since work was completed. OE baffles were removed to ensure no media was trapped. Setup will include new baffles that will need installed.
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So, we've finally landed here.
I know that we've moved around quite a bit over the past few years. That's more because of my continuing discomfort with the various platforms on which I've hosted the site.
I don't think that's going to be a problem anymore.
I want to take a bigger picture view of my web presence. I have a bifurcated web-life. There's school, and there's me. For a few reasons, I don't want to join these two spheres entirely. At the same time, I do want to present a web presence that's a bit more unified. This place is going to let me do that.
Planning for the future. I don't imagine that my toddler is going to start wanting a website anytime soon, but when he does (an inevitability), I'd like to provide him with a space that we have total control over. I also would love to have the ability to provide my other family members with a friendly webspace to showcase their thoughts, creations, and all the rest of it.
I want a site that is clean and responsive. This is a major one for me. I spend more time than is healthy thinking about the aesthetics of this space. Squarespace has a great design ethic, and it makes my life considerably easier as a result.
As for how this will affect anyone who comes here to read what I write, it basically won't. I've set this week as the cutoff week for moving to this new site, and I have archived the past five years of blogging at this archival space. It's all just thrown in there, so various platform-specific features of wordpress, and tumblr, will not work in the posts at that site. Still, it's super-nice to have a total record of what I've written about, and shared with folks for the last long time. Who knows, I may even pull out the best gems and do something nice with them (once I find the extra time in my life that I have misplaced).
So that's it. I hope you enjoy this new space, and I look forward to seeing what it becomes.
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Bastille reveal video for "Glory"
The UK's biggest Indie-Pop outfit - Bastille - have revealed their brand new video for their latest single, "Glory". Dan Smith said - " ... The song is about friendship and those woozy middle-of-the-night chats that drunkenly seem so important at the time. It’s my favourite track on "Wild World", and we wanted the video to be a celebration of storytelling, relationships, and how two people can remember things completely differently. ... "
The track is lifted from their second album "Wild World" which is out now.


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Friday night at Common Ground, Halsey took the stage and treated the crowd to an amazing performance! And it got personal. Real personal. During her performance of "Sorry" she appeared to have gotten overwhelmed and caught up in the moment. Speculation has led folks to believe she was in her feelings about her "ex" G-Eazy, fresh off the break up that she took to social media about on July 3rd.
On Tuesday, she confirmed the pair were on a break.
And in a story and performance (caught on video by several fans) that has gone viral, you can see that the breakup is still fresh and affecting the singer.


Who needs letters when you have Google?
“Hey Google, call Santa.” If you have a Google Assistant, that’s all your kid has to say phone, Mr. Claus, this Christmas. The new feature, added by Google on Thursday, lets you talk to Santa, along with a quirky elf named Gumdrop, while you listen to holiday tunes.
Here’s how it works: After giving the voice command, your kid’s call will be answered by Gumdrop, who will put you on hold because Santa, busy man that he is at this time of year, is busy recording a new song in the studio. Once you’re connected to Mr. Claus, he’ll ask you a series of fun questions to help him plan his annual Christmas concert, aptly named Elfstock. Your answers will determine which song the elf band will play for you at the end of the call.
For a more visual interactive experience, check out the Santa Tracker (also run by Google), which lets kids follow his journey around the world on Christmas Eve. Or try the NORAD Santa Tracker, which goes live on December 1 and features a cookie meter that tracks how many sweet treats Santa has eaten so far as he delivers his presents.


Corine Cohen attended the Warner Brothers Cabaret Press Junket and was lucky to interview Robert Osborne of TCM.
We deeply mourn the loss of Robert Osborne. He was a giant talent and we will miss seeing him!
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A simple error made by an employee sending an email to a contracted provider resulted in the unintentional disclosure of the medical records of 3,000 clients of the Community Care Services Program based in Georgia.
The Community Care Services Program is responsible for helping people at risk of nursing home placement to remain in their communities and is managed by the Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services.
In this instance, it was fortunate that the email was sent to a contracted provider and that the issue was identified and dealt with quickly. The information disclosed included names and certain diagnoses, but no addresses or other personal details such as Social Security Numbers were divulged.
Despite the breach being identified almost immediately with patients being informed of the error soon after, this demonstrates how easy it is for a data breach to occur when using email as the primary method of communication within a healthcare organization. The fact that a breach of this nature occurred suggests that there were limited safeguards in place to prevent emails from being sent to the wrong parties.
Human error is cited as the biggest concern for healthcare providers [link to white paper once published] when it comes to data breaches, and yet using emails to send and receive electronic protected health information, or ePHI, is routine. While the HIPAA Security Rule does not prohibit the use of email for sending ePHI, the standards for access control, integrity and transmission security require organizations to implement policies and procedures to restrict access to, protect the integrity of, and guard against the unauthorized access to ePHI sent and received via email.
Encrypting emails is just one of these requirements, yet a great number of healthcare organizations incorrectly assume that this is sufficient to make their organization HIPAA compliant. However, provisions such as access control, integrity, authentication, transmission security and auditing all need to be taken into consideration to ensure HIPAA compliance.
Access controls, such as usernames and passwords, should be strong and changed frequently. For email logins, passwords should be generated specifically for this purpose and there should be no shared login for any email accounts with access to ePHI. One issue with access control is that staff may be tempted to use the same login information across multiple accounts and devices to make it easy for them to remember login details. In addition to this, access control extends to the servers that emails are being stored on and being transmitted through. Emails may not be stored on a mail server that has implemented technical and physical safeguards as outlined under the HIPAA rules to restrict anyone from accessing stored email messages and ePHI.
Authentication is one of the biggest stumbling blocks with email, as sending to the wrong person can happen so easily. Another prerequisite of authentication is that healthcare organizations must strictly govern and control which employees are granted access to ePHI and at what level. ePHI must be both secured and encrypted in transit and then in storage to ensure only the intended recipients are allowed to access the data. Again, a small error in an email’s recipient field can result in ePHI being shared with employees that do not have the correct access rights to that information. When receiving an email that contains ePHI, it is unlikely that a user has to go through multi-factor authentication before being able to access the data.
Integrity refers to ePHI being protected from being altered or destroyed. It is possible to accidentally delete an email without realizing it and mail servers should be HIPAA compliant to ensure that malicious outsiders are unable to access ePHI at rest or in transit.
Transmission security is another sticking point with email, especially when sending and receiving emails on a mobile device that may be using unsecured networks.
Finally, auditing is a HIPAA requirement and while emails will provide a log of who sent and received them, discovering who accessed the emails and when, presents more of an issue. At a minimum, organizations need to be able to produce detailed login audit trails that include date, time and IP address of each login, as well as all trails of all sent and received messages.
There are more secure ways of transmitting and storing data than email – limiting the risk of a breach occurring. The Sfax cloud faxing platform restricts access to ePHI using multi-factor authentication, with military grade encryption protecting electronic messages both at rest and during transmission. All documents that are transmitted using Sfax come with full reporting to ensure that detailed audit trails can be provided, so you can be sure of the integrity of your patients’ ePHI.
Find out more about the Sfax cloud faxing today.


Thursday will be a minimum day schedule with Kindergarten dismissing at 1:55pm and Grades 1-6 dismissing at 2:05pm. We will not have school on Friday, February 14th nor Monday, February 17th in observance of Presidents’ Day Weekend. School will resume on Tuesday, February 18th, regular day schedule.


For the past 22 years, I have been the executive director of the Reuse Center at Boston Building Resources. We accept donations of used building materials—such as kitchen cabinet sets, windows, doors, and hardware—that may be left over from a renovation or surplus stock. We make these materials available to low- and moderate-income homeowners at affordable prices. An international reuse conference called ReuseConex was just held earlier this month in the Boston area, and my participation in the conference as a planning committee member and a panelist led me to reflect on some of the lessons I’ve learned about the reuse business over the years.
Materials from a dismantled movie set were donated to the Reuse Center at BBR.
Homeowners and business donors bring contractors to the party.
When seeking donations, we quickly learned that individual homeowners and business owners were eager to give us their used and surplus materials. They were very enthusiastic about the possibility of their unneeded materials being useful to someone else. Contractors were somewhat reluctant at first, due to a perceived added cost of taking the time to carefully dismantle materials (like a cabinet set, for example) rather than continue with the traditional “crunch and dump.” The federal tax credit for donations to a charity helped offset any added expense, and contractors quickly learned that becoming part of the reuse movement is good for business. Potential customers are impressed with the idea of finding a second life for their materials, especially when these materials would help someone in need.
The quality of donated materials is impressively high.
In 1994, when the Reuse Center was started in two storage trailers, two of our earliest donations were a brand new birch cabinet set with a wholesale value of $15,000 and an amazing variety of new hardware from a distributor that was closing their doors—a victim of the early big-box era. These donations set the standard and demonstrated to our fledgling customer base that we could provide great materials at steeply discounted prices. To this day, I am amazed at the quality of the materials donated to us.
Operating a reuse center is a challenging business.
It takes a lot of effort to bring tons of used materials through our doors each year, process them, and find them new homes. We need able-bodied people to drive our truck and collect materials, which are often heavy and cumbersome; people to clean, assemble, disassemble, and research prices; salespeople to serve customers; and supporting functions like scheduling, communications, and human resources. The Reuse Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, but we operate like a small business, and, like any business, we experience our share of turnover and headaches. However, we enjoy a diverse staff and customer base, so we have engendered a community spirit that is rare to experience these days.
Customers may try to keep our organization their little secret.
Word of mouth is the most effective means of outreach for any organization, and ours is no exception. But I have been told on more than one occasion by customers that they choose not to share the secret of our program with others for fear that there will be fewer great products available to them! Reuse Center customers suffer from, and thrive upon, the thrill of hunting for one-of-a-kind items, which can lead to euphoria or frustration.
Customers’ ingenuity and initiative are truly admirable.
The ReuseConex conference was sponsored by the Reuse Institute and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
See also "ReuseConex Recap" on the Trash to Treasure blog by Charlie Pioli.


The sounds in "fed" and "vittles"
The consonant sounds in "fed" and "vittles" are both made by putting your top teeth on your lower lip and blowing air through your teeth.
When we make a /f/ sound, we do not use our voice; the sound is quiet. Put your hand on your throat and make the sound /f/. You should not feel any movement in your throat.
However, when we make a /v/ sound, we do use our voice. Put your hand on your throat and make the /v/ sound. Can you feel the vibrations?


Hossen, Md Zakir and Chik, David and Chakraborty, Ashim and Hossain, M. A. (2015) Real-time Mobile Enabled Scheme for Virtual Spectacle Frame Selection. In: 9th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA), 15-17 December 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Selection of physical appearance related personal item in online shopping is extremely difficult. This research presents a mobile enabled scheme that provides an advanced online shopping experience of spectacle frames selection. The application is developed to automatically detect the face shape of the user from an image, give suggestions of frames based on the shape, and provide a virtual try-on for the user. Active Shape Model has been used to identify the facial landmark points. Mathematical equations have been designed to analyze and map the landmark points to a face shape. Expert knowledge has been used to recommend frames for each face shape. Haar feature based face and eye detector provided by OpenCV has been used to detect the face and identify the position of eyes for virtual try-on. So far this is the best mobile enabled application for real-time frame selection.


Test cricket great Shane Warne says Australia’s new buzz words are nothing more than “verbal diarrhoea”, saying the team should be focused on action rather than talk.
Fans were quick to poke fun of the “elite honesty” phrase plastered earlier this week in Australia’s change rooms, while the new players’ pact was also criticised for being too fluffy and cringe worthy.
Warne let his frustrations flow while watching Australia’s horrible display against South Africa in Sunday’s ODI in Perth.
“Forget all the words, forget the verbal diarrhoea and all that sort of stuff,” Warne said during his Foxtel commentary. “That’s just rubbish, that sort of stuff. Seriously, it makes you want to vomit.
Warne said it was important for new ODI captain Aaron Finch and vice-captain Alex Carey to inspire the team.
“JL [coach Justin Langer] is there to help prepare the players. The captain and vice-captain get out and say this is the way we’re going to play,” Warne said. “But if the leaders of the team aren’t performing and they’re not setting a good example, that won’t create inspiration from within. It’s as simple as that.


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Freehold’s curriculum is planned to enable our pupils to be excited about their learning experiences and become resilient, respectful, honest, empathetic learners who show integrity.
To achieve this we start every creative learning challenge question with a WOW event. We then link these to quality texts which allows us to provide cross curricular learning experiences which really broaden our pupil’s experiences and raise their aspirations. We ensure our curriculum provides opportunities to explore, investigate, create and problem solve. We also empower our pupils to develop their own self-awareness as learners with a growth mindset.
Although each year group has their own Long term planner detailing all of the subjects in the curriculum here you will find separate long term overviews for each subject.


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More Foreclosure Document Problems: Are Cram Downs the Answer?
From Daily Finance by Abigail Field.
Despite the deposition of Wells Fargo (WFC) employee Herman John Kennerty, in which he admits to signing off on foreclosure documents without verifying anything but their dates, Wells Fargo continues to insist it doesn’t have a documentation problem of the sort admitted to by its competitors, GMAC (GMA), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC) and OneWest Bank.
Consumer bankruptcy attorney Thad Bartholow defended the Guevaras in U.S. Bankruptcy Court against Wells Fargo’s claims that they owed $18,600 in mortgage arrears and fees. To prove that claim, Wells Fargo offered a sworn statement signed by employee Tamara Savery that Wells Fargo owned the Guevaras’ mortgage. After Bartholow pointed out that Freddie Mac claimed to own the mortgage, Savery signed a second sworn statement swearing that Freddie Mac owned the loan and Wells Fargo serviced it for Freddie. When Bartholow deposed Savery and asked her how she could swear to two contradictory things, Savery admitted she neither prepared the documents nor verified their contents before signing them.
Thad is a Bankruptcy Boot Camp graduate and let me tell you it is no coincidence that many of the stories coming out about the problems in the foreclosure industry include Max’s graduates. Max has been teaching attorneys for several years about these practices that are only know starting to get the mainstream media’s attention.


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The incredibly rocky, rhyolitic soils of this Howell Mountain site provide fruit with structure and depth, yet the cool climate produces a wine of restraint and vibrant acidity. An underlying minerality gives the wine a particularly distinctive character and provides another layer of complexity. The appellation has become a favorite of collectors who value the age-worthy capacity of wines from this elevation. “Their Howell Mountain cuvée, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Hershey Vineyard looks profound. With great ripeness and seamlessness, and a huge core of massive fruit, this wine has sensational purity, full body, and a finish that goes on close to a minute. What is amazing with this degree of ripeness is that consulting oenologist Philippe Melka reported that there was absolutely no raisining of the grapes in 2015 and that the tiny yields provided a level of fruit richness largely unprecedented even in other great vintages. This is a beauty to drink during its first 20 years of life. The wine will spend 25 months in 98% new French oak.” – Robert Parker.


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MYANMAR - Let the journey begin!
Mingalabar is a word of welcome and a wish for good fortune. This single word signifies the inherent nature of the people of Myanmar, offering world-class hospitality and always wishing others well. Traditions deeply rooted in the loving-kindness philosophy of Buddhism, the creed the Myanmar lives by is cedana, or heart-felt goodwill towards friends and strangers alike.
So, you want to learn more about Myanmar?
It’s time to plan your trip ahead of time. And we can help you get your visa approval letter in just 3 days.
* Tourist must stay in registered hotels, motels, inns, guest house and resort during the entire stay in Myanmar.
All passports / travel documents must be valid for more than 6 months from the date of entry.


Sermon for 11/26/2017 at Friends in Christ Lutheran Church, Morris, Illinois.
A sermon for November 19th at Friends in Christ Lutheran Church in Morris, Illinois.
Sermon for Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Friends in Christ Lutheran Church in Morris, Illinois.


Our world is in flux. Today, more than ever before, the private sector plays a critical role in safeguarding a sustainable future for upcoming generations. In 2015, world leaders from all sectors signed off on three major sustainability mandates: The Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The 2015 Agreements provide a comprehensive, global strategy towards a fair, stable and sustainable society. However, a 'crowding in' of private and institutional SDG investment (SDGI) towards the estimated $5-7 trillion in capital that is needed each year to finance the Agenda, is not happening at the right pace and scale yet.
We, the undersigned financial institutions, are committed to contribute to the SDG Agenda an view its underpinning 17 Global Goals as a catalytic driver for positive change. We believe that is is in our nest interest, as well as that of our clients and investees, to consider the largest societal challenges of our time in our work an investments. Efforts to date by the undersigned to maximize the positive impact of the -2,800 billion in Euros in assets we collectively manage, are testament to this.
This Dutch SDG Investing (SDGI) Agenda serves to reinforce our commitment and to offer concrete recommendations for 'SDGI action' in context of Dutch investment value chains. It articulates milestone achievements to date, priorities that we will collectively undertake, as well as ways in which individual institutions will seek to make a difference. Most importantly however, it identifies areas where we believe that collaboration with the DNB and the Dutch government will unlock greater SDG investment and increase our net positive contributions to each of the seventeen SDGs - including SDG #17 which calls for greater collaboration between public and private sectors.
Our hope is that our attempt at articulating a shared national SDGI Agenda will help lead to greater convergence, collaboration, and coordination between a broad spectrum of actors. We are greatly encouraged by the resonance this Initiative has found already with the Dutch government and by the new connections that were forged as a result of our consultation with them.


This year, we had two panoramic selfie installations at the EU open day. Besides the Council of the European Union installation, we had another one set-up at the European Commission.
Located on the top of a building on the Schuman roundabout, our cameras had the perfect view on the famous Berlaymont building.
For the second consecutive year, we were part of the EU Open Days for the Council of the European Union. This year, we've beaten the 2017 record with no more than 375 panoramic selfies!
The Star Gold Coast has been thrilling guests for over 30 years with luxurious accommodation, a world-class 24-hour casino, sumptuous dining, lively bars, and star-studded entertainment. This is arguably the place-to-be on the Gold Coast in Australia!
As an Official Partner of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, The Star Gold Coast is the hub of all the action, with themed nights on the lawn, giant screens, live concerts, award-winning dining and the chance to meet some of the athletes.
To get the perfect memory of these once-in-a-lifetime moments, attendees have the opportunity to take their panoramic selfie and share it with their beloved ones.
Until Sunday, April 15, join us and take the pose in our giant deck chair installed on the Celebration Lawn.
Goodyear fly you from Geneva International Motor Show to Miami Beach!
We have been requested by Ketchum Agency to install a panoramic selfie system for Goodyear during the 88th Geneva International Motor Show.
For all participants who took a panoramic selfie and shared it on Facebook or Instagram, Goodyear offered the chance to win a week for two in Miami (and even more prizes) to celebrate 120 years of history!
The panoramic selfie station was highlighted by a nice classic car, the iconic AC Cobra.
Last week-end, we partnered with UP Brand Activation to install a panoramic selfie system for Coca-Cola at Jasná Winter Games Olympic Village.
Like in the Olympics Games, skiers could step on a podium. With the Instagram contest, the best Olympic selfie of the day won cheering overalls!
Come take your panoramic selfie with BX1 at Brussels Winter Wonders every Saturday and Sunday between 3 and 8pm. In collaboration with Eventattitude.


The British Thematic Association is a national organisation composed of and supporting theme based collectors and exhibitors from across the UK, Europe and the world. We are affiliated with the Association of British Philatelic Societies and the American Topical Association.
Our aim is to give support to those wishing to embark on or expand a theme-based collection, whether it consists purely of stamps or postcards, or includes a wide range of additional material including postal history, postmarks and ephemera.
On this site you will find news from the BTA, updates about events and exhibitions, useful information about theme based collecting and a whole lot more. Please bookmark the site or get in touch to become a member of the Association.


5 Plants That Make Great Holiday Gifts - Kauai Seascapes Nursery, Inc.
With Thanksgiving past and decorations sprouting everywhere, it’s safe to say that the holiday season is upon us. With this come parties, good cheer, and gift giving.
If you’re looking to give a special gift this year, then one of the plants below could be the perfect thing (because really, no one wants another fruit cake or pair of candy cane underwear).
As a special bonus, they’re all easy to grow and look great in a pot. Come along and learn what each of these special plants has to offer.
To ensure it lasts through the whole of the holidays, pick one with little to no yellow pollen visible.
Water the plant whenever its soil feels dry.
Why It Makes A Great Gift: Beautiful, easy to care for, and fits well into holiday color schemes.
With a lovely name and an equally beautiful appearance, the peace lily looks at home in any garden no matter the time of year. Though not technically a true lily of the family Liliaceae, this plant is lovely nonetheless, drawing its name from the fact that its white spathe (the white parts that look like flowers) resembles the flag of surrender.
Water it about once a week.
Relax and admire it. It’s really that low-maintenance.
Why It Makes A Great Gift: Looks lovely indoors or out, and its leaves will also “droop” when it needs to be watered.
The poinsettia and peace lily are beautiful, but you wouldn’t want to put either of them anywhere near your mouth. This next plant, however, is attractive and tasty. Thought to be a cross between a “true” lemon and an orange, this plant originated in China and has a sweeter flavor and rounder shape than the lemons most of us are used to.
Named for Frank Meyer, the USDA employee who brought them to the United States in 1908, the Meyer lemons you see today (and the ones the nursery sells) are technically “Improved Meyer Lemons.” Unlike their predecessors, they are resistant to the citrus tristeza virus. Trust me, though, they’re just as tasty.
In general, you can substitute them for regular lemons, though bear in mind that they are less sour and acidic.
Give it plenty of water. These trees are thirsty!
Be patient. Trees should fruit within the first four years of growing.
Why It Makes A Great Gift: Did I mention the lemon bars and sorbet?
Continuing with the pattern of edible plants, the miracle berry is next. Also known as the “miracle fruit,” this berry has the curious effect of making sour and bitter foods taste sweet. Native to West Africa, the term “miracle” makes perfect sense, as does its species name, dulcificum (from the Latin word for “sweet”).
According to an article from Scientific American, the miracle berry owes its flavor-shifting powers to a molecule called “miraculin,” which binds to the tongue’s taste buds for around 30 minutes or so. Scientists still aren’t sure exactly how this process works, but it sure is cool!
While it’s fun to prank friends and family by eating the berry and then chomping on limes or drinking vinegar, consider hosting a “flavor-tripping” party to really take advantage of this berry’s unique effects.
Like the Meyer lemon, the miracle berry does best in a warm, humid climate like Kauai’s.
Why It Makes A Great Gift: Watching the shocked expressions on your friends’ faces as you bite into a raw lemon without flinching.
We saved the most beautiful for last. Orchids are some of the most varied and ancient plants. In addition to their natural beauty, we can also thank them for giving us the vanilla flavoring we now take for granted, which was first cultivated by the Totonic people of what is now Mexico.
Orchids prefer filtered light, so place them near (but not directly in) a window if growing indoors.
Water them 2-3 times a week, preferably early in the morning.
Consider planting them in one of our Eco-pots, which last 3-5 years and are biodegradable.
For a unique presentation, mount them on a tree, which is how they grow in the wild.
Why It Makes A Great Gift: Look at them! They’re beautiful, elegant, and they smell amazing. Just ask a bee.
We hope this guide has given you some holiday gift ideas that are a little different than the norm. If you have any questions you can always stop by the nursery; we’ll be happy to help you find the perfect plant gift.
Be sure to keep your eye out for new tips and deals in 2016, and until then, aloha!
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Do HIPAA Resellers Need Business Associate Agreements with their Clients?
The HIPAA Omnibus (and HITECH) rules states that a chain of Business Associate Agreements is required from the Covered Entity though each business partner in the chain of companies that have potential access to the ePHI of that covered entity.
So, LuxSci would have a business associate agreement with the Reseller and the Reseller would have separate business associate agreements with each of his/her customers. This is because the LuxSci HIPAA reseller is acting as a VAR (value added reseller) of LuxSci, administering his customers accounts. As such, the HIPAA Reseller provides basic support to his customers, can do password resets, can technically access their ePHI via password reset and support processes, etc.
HIPAA Resellers that do not want to establish contracts with customers and/or who want to eliminate liability are advised to be “Affiliates” instead. Affiliates refer customers to LuxSci and get a commission for that referral; however, those referrals become direct customers of LuxSci with the Affiliate essentially “out of the loop”. Hence, Affiliates are not Business Associates of these referred customers and have no HIPAA liability or obligations in this respect.
What should Reseller Business Associate Agreements look like?
LuxSci always recommends that Resellers engage a lawyer to help them create the most appropriate Business Associate Agreement to use with their customers. Why?
Resellers differ in how they use our services and who their customers are.
Resellers often provide additional value added services and support to their customers that may need to be reflected in the business associate agreements.
Resellers may have specific requirements from their customers in terms of the content of these agreements.
Use the LuxSci standard Business Associate Agreement as a basis for theirs. Since the Reseller is signing this, having the Reseller’s customers sign something close to LuxSci’s BAA provides consistency.
Review the Sample Business Associate Agreement provided by Health and Human Services.
When considering if you should add special terms regarding indemnification to your business associate agreements, you may want to consider: To indemnify or not to indemnify – 10 Considerations.
If I become a reseller, what types of risks I do expose myself to?
As a Reseller and administrator of your customer accounts, you become responsible for their proper use of services. If there is a HIPAA breach due to your actions or your lack of training your customers, then you have direct liability. As such, being very familiar with LuxSci’s services, what you should and should not do with email and web sites, etc., will be very important for you so that you can properly direct and support your customers and limit your liability be implementing best practices and educating your customers.
What tips can LuxSci share to its resellers wishing to minimize HIPAA liability?
Have your customers sign a Business Associate Agreement with you.
Be vary familiar with LuxSci’s Account Restrictions Agreement and ensure that your have a similar agreement with your customers and/or that you educate them with these best practices.
Be sure to train your customers in proper use of secure email. E.g.
What is and what is not ePHI?
When you can use “Opt Out” to send insecure email messages.
Does the fact that I sign a reseller BAA with LuxSci mean that I must now ask other Web-related vendors serving my clients to do the same?
HIPAA requires that you have a Business Associate Agreement with every vendor use though which ePHI my pass or be stored. So, you should evaluate every vendor that you use and see which ones fit this criteria and get an agreement from them … or change vendors.
HIPAA Business Associate Agreement: Do I Need One?
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The Ptolemic Period included several queens in Egypt named Cleopatra, the most famous and influential being Queen Cleopatra VII. Cleopatra was the daughter of Ptolemy XII (Ptolemy Auletes) and Cleopatra V.
During her lifetime, Cleopatra served as the last pharaoh of Egypt, spoke nine languages, married two of her own brothers (as was custom in the royal family), won a Civil War against her brother, Ptolemy XIII, was mistress to and fathered a son (Caesarion, Ptolemy XIV) with Julius Caesar, and met and married her love, Mark Antony.
Cleopatra’s reign ended with her suicide, at the age of 39, after she and Antony were defeated by Octavian, Caesar’s heir, at the Battle of Actium. It is believed that she chose the bite from a Egyptian cobra snake (asp) as the means of her death to ensure her immortality as a goddess.
Cleopatra"s father and mother both were children of the same father, one by a wife, one by a concubine. Therefore, her family tree has fewer branches, some of them unknown. You will see the same names crop up frequently going back six generations.
Cleopatra III was the daughter of a brother and sister, so her grandparents and great-grandparents were the same on both sides.


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The “big news” for stock markets in the third quarter was… news didn’t seem to matter. Consider the significant events that occurred during the quarter that had little discernible effect on markets’ steady upward march.
Attacks on civilians in in Europe and North America, heightened geopolitical tensions, military posturing, and verbal confrontations between the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. barely caused the stock markets to shudder.
At the same time, markets hardly paused while a massive earthquake rattled Mexico and a trio of hurricanes devastated the Caribbean and southern U.S.
An announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it will start shrinking its swollen balance sheet, heated rhetoric from Washington, and NAFTA renegotiations all failed to get markets excited.
So the low volatility of 2017 continued to reign. This year, only 4% of trading days on the S&P 500 have seen moves greater than 1% in either direction, and we’ve yet to see a single day with a move of greater than 2%. Such low volatility is well outside historic norms. Over the past decade, a typical year sees roughly a quarter of its days with moves larger than 1%, and 7% of its days with moves greater than 2%.
In September, the intra-day trading range for the S&P 500 narrowed even further, as day-to-day highs and lows averaged only 0.4%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. We don’t expect the markets to be this tone deaf to global and geopolitical events forever.
What did stock markets care about this quarter? Earnings. Specifically, strong Q2 results and a bright outlook for global synchronized growth. North American equities were broadly supported by better-than-expected corporate earnings growth. The result was a slow and steady climb. In the U.S., it was the continuation of a steady march forward (in Q3, the S&P 500 hit its 39th new closing high of 2017). In Canada, the quarter started slowly, as the S&P/TSX Composite waited until September before rebounding from a lackluster spring and summer.
After muddling along for much of 2017, the S&P/TSX Composite rallied to post its strongest monthly gain since July 2016, rising 3% percent in September. The large Canadian energy sector was the top performer. Oil prices rose sharply in September on the back of improving fundamentals (tightening supply and strong global demand) and a weaker U.S. dollar. Synchronized global growth should act as a tailwind for Canadian equities and cyclical resource stocks in particular.
The Canadian financial sector also enjoyed a strong month of September. Recognizing Canada’s strong economic momentum, the Bank of Canada (BoC) hiked interest rates twice in the quarter. In July, the BoC raised rates for the first time in nearly seven years, hiking by 0.25%. More surprising was the move to raise rates another 0.25% in September, effectively removing the stimulus that was added during the oil price slump.
The higher rates boosted Canadian bank and insurance stocks. Conversely, the spike in yields caused a downturn in the Canadian bond market. Rising yields also led to strong Canadian dollar appreciation (up over 7% vs the U.S. dollar on the quarter).
Within fixed income markets , the Canadian corporate bond index performed best. The shorter duration of the corporate bond index (relative to the broader Canadian bond index) meant it was less sensitive to rising rates.
Globally, central banks continue to lean more hawkish (toward raising rates and/or reducing economic stimulus), putting upward pressure on global interest rates.
There is a chance the BoC will raise rates again before the end of the year. Canada’s economic data has been better than expected and oil prices are holding in at levels above US$50. However, BoC Governor Stephen Poloz and other representatives have stated they are carefully monitoring the impact of the rapid rate hikes to see how the economy digests a stronger loonie and higher yields. Additionally, geopolitical risks related to North Korea and other countries could halt the rise in rates faster than expected.
In other central bank news, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced its plan for balance sheet reductions starting in October. Fed chair Janet Yellen voiced her concerns about tightening “too gradually,” which put the possibility of a December hike back on the table. Meanwhile, Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), revised the ECB-forecasted inflation expectation lower and made no changes to the policy rate at this point.
Regular readers know we often highlight the benefits of a long-term focus when it comes to capital markets and the economy. We believe this will serve investors particularly well as economic data rolls in over the coming months. Specifically, we anticipate that economic data (particularly from the U.S.) will be skewed to the downside due to the particularly damaging hurricanes.
Further on, we may then see a temporary boost to the data as rebuilding takes hold in hurricane-damaged areas. We generally have a positive outlook regarding North American equity markets. Consumers are in a healthy position, we are seeing a rebound in business investment, and heading into hurricane season the U.S. economy had been growing at decent clip. What’s more, the outlook for global growth looks positive and synchronized. Overall, we expect underlying economic trends to remain positive and supportive of equity markets, while fixed income investors may face the headwinds of rising rates.
Source: Bloomberg, MSCI Barra, NB Financial, FTSE TMX Global Debt Capital Markets Inc.


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