Planning a wedding is often the first full-scale event that we ever take on so when one doesn't have a lot of experience, it's important to know how to plan an event that hits the mark for your guests but doesn't unexpectedly break the bank for you. As you get started in the planning process, you need to understand your budget, planning timeline, and identify whether or not you need professional help.
Ask yourself how much you can afford to spend for your event. How much will be your own money? How much help will you be getting from friends or relatives? How much are you willing to put on a credit card? What is that total amount? Now, think about the style that you're going for and the vendors, services, and products that are important to you that you'll want to include in your event. This includes everything such as your dress and accessories, tuxedos, invitations and other printed materials, expenses for your ceremony location and your officiant, your reception venue, catering and bar expenses, your cake, entertainment, décor, lighting, flowers, photographer, videographer, hair and makeup, favors and gifts, the rehearsal dinner, and even your honeymoon. Group your items based on whether they are fixed expenses that don't change based on the number of guests (your dress, for example) or if they are variable based on the number of guests (food, bar, table decor, etc.). Think about the number of guests that might be on your guest list. You can begin to plug in some "guesses" to get an idea of what an overall cost might be. If it's lined up with the amount that you'll have to spend, that's great, but if it's not, you'll need to identify the most important things and the least important things to make some adjustments.
Know what needs to be accomplished at each step of the way as you start your planning process. While you can begin the shopping process for vendors, in many cases you won't be able to book them until you have a firm date and that means that selecting your venue will be the first major decision that will need to be made. Often, venues will book a year or more in advance, particularly if your wedding is during the "peak" seasons or if the venue is exceptionally popular. Once your venue is booked, you can work with the service providers that will need to be on hand the day of your event such as caterers, DJ's, photographers, and others. Identify what needs to be done 9-12 months in advance, 6-9 months in advance, 4-6 months in advance, and the details that need to be completed in the remaining weeks before your event.
Couples often believe they can do it themselves and don't think about getting professional planning help during the initial part of the process. The result can be not identifying all of the expenses early on and going over budget or having dependencies in the planning timeline that are overlooked that cause last-minute headaches. The cost of a professional event planner can often pay for itself because your planner will help you identify budget considerations and will know how much advance time is needed for the different elements of your event. Planners can assist with your entire event by developing your budget, managing your planning timeline, helping you create your event timeline, being the point-of-contact for all of your vendors, and being on hand for the event itself. They can also work with you on a smaller scale and help you through the budgeting and planning timeline process or with suggestions for doing things more cost-effectively while letting you take over once that's done. Even if you're the point-of-contact for your vendors, a planner can still be on hand to coordinate them on the day of the event.
Having the event that let's your guests celebrate your love for one another that is tailored to your unique style doesn't need to be a challenge as long as you take the time to understand the details early in the process and engage the help of a professional in the areas that you're not sure about.
Having an outdoor ceremony or reception or a rustic barn wedding is hot on the list of many brides today. We took a look around the tri-state area and found a few great venues that offer a space with a view, great amenities, and more!
Cedar Springs Pavilion is nestled on a property that features lots of nature and a serene environment. Open April through October, it's a great place for exchanging vows and for hosting a reception and can seat up to 275 guests for covered dining.
The venue features a veranda with a built-in bar, indoor restrooms, a bridal room, and a full kitchen. And in the event of not-so-great weather, there a clear enclosure system to protect your event from being rained out.
The Lostcreek Memory Barn is located in beautiful Miami County, just minutes north of Dayton, OH. The barn and hous were built in 1889 and was purchased in 1914 by the great grandfather of the current owner, so has been in the family for over 100 years! You and your guests will be impressed by the rustic charm of the barn and house.
The barn is 2,400 square feet and can accommodate up to 200 guests. Plenty of parking is available and while there is no kitchen, all caterers are welcome or you can even bring your own food. There are even new, permanent restroom facilities available for you and your guests.
Magnolia Estate in Miamisburg is the ideal location for a ceremony or a reception. The site features a Wedding Gazebo with a paved runway and seating for up to 200 guests. a separate reception pavilion will keep your guests under cover while still enjoying an outdoor experience.
The facility features a provate dressing room for the bridal party and the beautiful grounds provide a great backdrop for photography.
Lake Lyndsay offers three separate ceremony venues and reception halls, all situated around a beautiful 42 acre lake. Each location has its own atmosphere and appeal. The facility offers a lot of flexibility and you can have your caterer provide food, or you can have friends and family provide food. They also provide ample set-up time, with access to the venue the day before your event and the day of the event.
Benham's Grove is situated on land that was originally part of a 50-acre farm owned by Aaron Nutt, one of the founcers of the City of Centerville and is currently owned by the city. The facility includes an elegantly decorated house, cottage, barn, gazebo, great grounds, and a tented area and is perfect for showers, ceremonies, and receptions.
Polen Farm offers a beautiful and historic 19th century farmhouse, barn, and gazebo situated on 15 acres of picturesque land. The barn can accommodate up to 175 guests on the upper level or 125 guests on the lower level.
The Willow Tree features a beautiful historic house and barn situated on serene grounds just outside of Tipp City. The barn has been restored and enlarged and the grounds offer a great setting for an outdoor ceremony.
The James F. Dicke Family Transportation Center is located at Carillon Park in Dayton and features a full wall of glass windows with a beautiful view of the Morrison Iron Bridge, the Moraine, and the park's train and trolly collection. It can accommodate up to 180 guests and offers a great location for an outdoor ceremony followed by an indoor reception.
The Ohio Barn Bed & Breakfast is situatied on three acres and features a 2400 square foot historic barn with a large entrance deck that can accommodate up to 180 guests comfortably. There is a large entrance for your caterer to set up and access to an open lawn area. The facility includes two restrooms in an outbuilding next to the barn.
The French House is the focal point of the 275-acre French Park. Built in the early 1900's, the house offers many adjacent rooms as well as outdoor terraces and is surrounded by gardens and meadows.
With picnic facilities, nature trails, and children's play areas, Ault Park also offers a beautiful pavilion and lookout point with attractive gardens.
Drees Pavilion features beautiful views along with an outdoor gazebo and patio. The 10,000 square foot pavilion can accommodate up to 300 guests and you can use your choice of caterer.
Canopy Creek Farm's large "country chic" reception barn offers open posts and beams with four beautiful chandeliers. A catering kitchen is available as well as a bridal dressing room and full restrooms. Guests can also enjoy the covered patio that runs the entire length of the building's exterior as well as views overlooking a serene meadow and pond.
The Muhlhauser Barn is available to rent from April through early November. While the facility does not offer heat or air conditioning, it is equipped with ceiling fans, windows and a gas fireplace. The large, open space can accommodate up to 200 guests and the barn open onto a large deck that offers additional seating overlooking a pond.
Coney Islands Moonlite Garden and Moonlite Pavilion offer beautiful, open-air facilities that are perfect for a reception. The minimum group size is 150 and because it is open-air, events are only hosted from May through September.


Zita, Empress of Austria. Photo by d'Ora, 1917.
Zita von Bourbon-Parma, b. Villa Pianore (Italy), May 9, 1892, d. Zizers (Switzerland), March 14, 1989, last Empress of Austria; 1911 married Karl I of Habsburg, who became Emperor in 1916, mother of Otto Habsburg-Lothringen. Had considerable influence on the decisions of her husband. In 1917 she provoked the Sixtus Affair. After the death of her husband in 1922 she moved to Spain, in 1929 to Belgium and in 1940 to Canada. Engaged in charity work from 1944 to 1948, lived in Switzerland from 1962 and was allowed to enter Austria in 1982.
Literature: E. Feigl, Kaiserin Z., 51991; J. Sévillia, Z. Kaiserin ohne Thron, 1998.
Video Album: Nach der Hochzeit von Karl I. und Zita von Bourbon-Parma, 1911.


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Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: "Good Shepherd"
Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:00pm 72 comments 5 Favorites [+]
Written by Dianna Gitto and Joe Menosky
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Production episode 240
Original air date: March 15, 2000
Captain's log. On deck one, Chakotay reports to Janeway that there's a Class-T star cluster nearby and they might want to check it out. Janeway doesn't think it's worth altering course, but it's worth sending an away team on the Delta Flyer to map it. Chakotay also mentions that Seven has a shipwide efficiency report to share with the senior staff.
Chakotay tells Paris to prepare the Flyer and Kim to do a long-range scan of the cluster. Kim asks Seven in astrometrics on deck eight to increase the metagenic resolution in the long-range sensors. Seven then tells Crewman Tal Celes to bring a padd of data to Torres in engineering. Tal brings the padd to Torres in engineering on deck eleven, who tells another crewman that they'll need another five terawatts added to the sensor array. That crewman goes down to deck fifteen to give the request to Crewman Mortimer Harren.
And thus we go from the top of the ship to the bottom…
That night, Tal calls Crewman William Telfer to ask for his help with the level-three sensor analysis that's due the following morning.
Seven's efficiency report mentions Harren, saying that someone of his expertise should be in a more prominent position in engineering. However every time Torres has tried to put him elsewhere, he doesn't do the work—hence, the lonely drudge work of plasma relays on deck fifteen. In addition, Seven notes that the EMH has spent an inordinate amount of time with Telfer, who's a hypochondriac. Seven has given herself a less-than-perfect rating due to Tal, whose work must always be double-checked.
Janeway checks all three crewpeople's service records, and notes that none of them have ever been on an away mission. They've gone off-ship for leaves and such (and presumably left the ship with everyone else in the "Basics" two-parter), but otherwise, they've been homebodies.
Chakotay says that normally you'd just transfer someone like that off to another post, but that's really not an option here. So Janeway decides that she will lead the away team that's investigating the cluster, and take these three with her.
Janeway briefs Harren, Tal, and Telfer in astrometrics. They're all very surprised to be on the mission, and Telfer in particular is worried about what might happen if they beam down to a planet and contract some horrible alien illness. (Harren's pointing out that the planets in the cluster are all gas giants doesn't mollify him in the least.) Later, Telfer tries to convince the EMH that he's feverish (his body temperature is 0.2 degrees higher than normal) and can't go on the mission. The EMH calls him a silly goose.
Seven reminds Janeway that Tal's work will have to be double-checked, and advises her to take a more talented team. Janeway says she isn't just mapping the cluster, she needs to rescue three lost sheep—she then tells the story of the good shepherd from the Book of John, how the shepherd would always retrieve any member of the flock who went astray.
The Delta Flyer goes off on its mission. At one point, the ship shakes, but Tal's sensor readings don't pick anything up. Janeway checks her scans, and agrees. From the aft section, Telfer offers to make lunch for folks. Janeway orders pasta soup, and Tal sucks up and says she'll have the same, and goes aft. Once there, she laments that Janeway is double-checking everything, and she and Telfer agree that they wish they were back on Voyager, and then joke that maybe they could take the escape pods back?
Up front, Janeway tries and fails to engage Harren in small talk. Harren is grumpy because he was only supposed to do a one-year bit on a starship before transferring to the Orion Institute of Cosmology. Harren is more interested in theory than practice, and Voyager falling down the Caretaker's rabbit hole has completely derailed his entire life. When Janeway points out that space exploration is unpredictable, Harren tartly says that that's why he hates space exploration.
The Flyer is hit by something that knocks propulsion and main power offline, and also rips off a chunk of the hull. Janeway orders red alert and they manage to get partial impulse power back online, but the warp drive is toast, as ninety percent of the antimatter was drained by whatever hit them. Janeway sends a distress signal.
Harren's notion is that it's a dark-matter proto-comet. (Janeway mentions reading a paper on the subject, and Harren says he wrote it.) He thinks they should eject the warp core, as the comet will be attracted to it, but Janeway isn't willing to sacrifice the warp core on an unproven hypothesis. Tal suggests bringing the hull fragment that was torn off on board to scan it for dark matter.
Tal feels responsible for not realizing that her earlier scans might have prepared them for this. She doesn't feel like she belongs—she struggles with everything, she barely made it through the Academy (she feels she was helped along by people feeling sorry for her because she's Bajoran), and she does nothing important on Voyager because nobody trusts her work. Janeway points out that she was the one who thought of examining the hull fragment.
Harren and Telfer are effecting repairs, but Telfer is so distracted by his hypochondria that he doesn't close a relay in time, which almost results in Harren getting gassed.
Janeway and Tal's examination of the fragment is that it might be dark matter, but it might not. Janeway's still not willing to eject the core, but they can make it on impulse to a gas giant that is surrounded by radiogenic rings that they can use to recharge the warp engines.
Tal detects another spatial anomaly. They fire a photon torpedo—if it is a dark-matter proto-comet, it'll be attracted to the antimatter in the torpedo. Then some kind of energy reading converges on Telfer, who seems to be beamed away—then beamed back with a life-form inside him.
They bring him to a biobed. Sensors don't read the life-form, they only know it's there because they can see it (and Telfer can feel it). Then the Flyer receives a message on a Starfleet frequency—but it's their own distress call being reflected back at them. Harren, meanwhile, is devastated to see that his hypothesis was wrong.
The alien takes control of Telfer's motor functions, and enable him to walk through the force field. Janeway stuns Telfer with a phaser, and the alien then leaves his body. Janeway wants to try to communicate with it, but Harren shoots the creature instead, against Janeway's direct order.
The dark-matter creatures are now pursuing them. Janeway orders the others to go into the escape pods and use the radiogenic rings to catapult them to full impulse and away from the creatures. Janeway will stay behind on the Flyer and fight them off. Tal and Telfer insist on remaining with Janeway. Harren, though, goes to the escape pods—and then engages the aliens, figuring he can sacrifice himself to save the others. Janeway fires on the rings, they are able to rescue Harren, and then the shockwave hits them a couple of seconds after when Tal thought they would.
Janeway wakes up on Voyager in sickbay. Chakotay reports that they found the Flyer adrift over a gas giant. No sign of the dark-matter creatures. Janeway says that the stray sheep found a wolf, but the good shepherd got them home.
Can't we just reverse the polarity? Harren is trying to disprove Schlezholt's Theory of Multiple Big Bangs. When he mentions this to Janeway, she is impressed, but reminds him that Wang's Second Postulate "has more lives than a cat," and also offers to help him with his disproving after the away mission. Harren is suitably nonplussed.
There's coffee in that nebula! Janeway tries to make her three most unproductive crewmembers into actual productive crewmembers, with varying degrees of success. She definitely gets through to Tal and Telfer—Harren, not so much.
Mr. Vulcan. Seven's rating of security is near-perfect—her only comment is to rearrange how phaser rifles are stored. Tuvok's very dry, "I'll look into it" speaks volumes.
Please state the nature of the medical emergency. Telfer is apparently the EMH's best—or worst, depending on how you look at it—customer.
Forever an ensign. Seven thinks that Kim's night-shift personnel don't have enough to do.
Everybody comes to Neelix's. The Delta Flyer's replicator includes a pasta soup that is listed as Neeilx 651, and I shudder to think what Neelix has done to pasta soup…
Half and half. At one point, Torres, Neelix, and Paris are talking about Harren in the mess hall, and Torres and Neelix practically dare Paris to go talk to him. It goes poorly.
Resistance is futile. Seven has efficiency ratings for every section on the ship. When the EMH comments about how idle hands are the devil's workshop, Seven snidely comments, "Religious metaphors are irrelevant." Perhaps out of revenge for that, Janeway later tells Seven the titular story of the good shepherd.
"Just making conversation."
"Conversation filled with unspoken assumptions, which I don't agree with. I'm a product of my nucleic acids. Where and how I was raised are beside the point. So, if you're trying to understand me better, questions about my homeplanet are irrelevant."
"All right, then—how's your thirteenth chromosome? Missing a couple of base pairs in gene 178?"
–Janeway making small talk, Harren being a snot, and Janeway being a snot right back.
Welcome aboard. Jay Underwood plays Harren, Michael Reisz plays Telfer, and Kimble Jemison plays the engineer who brings the padd to Harren.
In a nifty cameo, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello—who is a massive Star Trek fan—appears as Crewman Mitchell. Morello previously also played a Son'a in Insurrection.
And then we have another Robert Knepper moment, this time a very young Zoe McLellan, whom I almost didn't recognize in her Bajoran makeup as Tal Celes. McLellan is probably best known for playing two different roles in the "NCIS-verse," as Jennifer Coates in JAG and Meredith Brody (alongside Enterprise star Scott Bakula) in the first two seasons of NCIS: New Orleans. McLellan will return in the role in "The Haunting of Deck Twelve."
Trivial matters: This episode was very obviously inspired by the TNG episode "Lower Decks" as well as the previous Voyager episode "Learning Curve."
The window in Harren's little alcove on deck fifteen isn't part of Voyager's model, and was added for this episode. It isn't seen in subsequent episodes.
The equation Harren shows Paris in the mess hall is a variation on equations seen in Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, a 1971 book developed by the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Paris jokes with Torres that he invited Harren to their quarters to watch TV. Torres made an old-fashioned television for Paris in "Memorial."
Tal refers to the sympathy she received as a Bajoran at the Academy. Bajor was established as being occupied by the Cardassian Union in TNG's "Ensign Ro," and Bajor's recovery from the occupation formed the through-line of DS9.
Set a course for home. "Captain Janeway, are you lost?" This episode oh-so-desperately wants to be "Lower Decks" for Voyager, and it comes very close to succeeding. Scripter Joe Menosky does as good a job as René Echevarria did in that TNG episode in creating interesting characters in the limited timeframe of a single episode.
Harren is my favorite of the bunch, though his storyline is the one I like least. Harren is a type we don't often see on Trek, but is exactly the kind of person you see in some scientific disciplines, who would prefer to remain in the lab with theories and models and not deal with the very messy practical world at all. Jay Underwood plays him perfectly.
Telfer is my least favorite, as hypochondria is a serious condition that is always played for laughs, and it's a tired, tiresome trope. Telfer's friendship with Tal is way more interesting than his thinking he's always sick, and I would have rather spent more time on that. The resolution to his storyline is a bit pat, too.
My favorite was Zoe McLellan's Tal. I was a huge fan of McLellan's work on NCIS: New Orleans as Brody, and I'm still disappointed that she was written off the show. And I love that she's someone who has good command instincts, but is terrible at the grunt work—which is a problem, as you have to start out doing grunt work before you can get to the point where you can make decisions. I like the way Janeway encourages her.
Indeed, Janeway is excellent with all three lost sheep, though Harren refuses delivery of her work. This is a problem insofar as he shoots the alien against orders (and against, y'know, morality) and then tries to commit suicide rather than face the consequences of that action.
And then we don't find out what those consequences are. Maddeningly, the script forgets to give us an ending. One of the reasons why "Lower Decks" worked is the final scene in Ten-Forward where Lavelle gets his bittersweet promotion and Ben encourages Worf to sit with the others as they grieve over Sito. But we get no such denouement here, so we don't know if Harren will become more social, how Telfer's epiphany from the aliens will make his life better, if Tal will take Janeway's advice to heart.
More to the point, we don't find out what disciplinary action Janeway will take against Harren, who spent the entire episode being insubordinate in a manner that should've had his ass thrown into Tom Paris's old cell in the brig.
The other frustrating element of the episode is the same one with "Learning Curve"—this is something that Voyager should've done way more often, because they're stuck with the same bunch of people. In fact, this episode probably also would've been much stronger if one or two of the malcontents from "Learning Curve" was one of Janeway's lost sheep.
One final problem I have with this episode is a line of Janeway's: "I wouldn't trade the last six years for anything." That's a lovely sentiment, and also a despicable one. A handful of people died when the Caretaker snatched them, including the first officer, chief medical officer, chief engineer, and conn officer she picked for the ship, and more than twenty people have died since then during their attempt to get home. I'm really disgusted by the fact that Janeway wouldn't trade the journey that got those score-plus of people killed for "anything," not even, say, allowing those poor bastards to live.
Warp factor rating: 8
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Lieven van Lathem (Gent, ca. 1430 – Antwerpen, 1493) was een Vlaams verluchter die werkte in de tweede helft van de 15e eeuw in Gent, Brugge en Antwerpen.

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Lieven van Lathem werd omstreeks 1430 geboren in Gent. In 1454 werd hij daar opgenomen in het schildersgilde. Omstreeks 1456 trad hij in dienst van het Bourgondische hof. Hij werkte onder meer voor de hertogen Filips de Goede en Karel de Stoute. In 1459 werd hij uit het ambacht gestoten omdat hij weigerde zijn bijdrage te betalen. Tussen 1459 en 1462 werkte hij waarschijnlijk in de noordelijke Nederlanden. Hij zou daar meegewerkt hebben aan een getijdenboek door de meester van Katharina van Kleef. De randversiering en de drolerieën in dit handschrift worden toegeschreven aan Van Lathem. Maar we treffen hem in 1458 ook aan in Antwerpen waar hij in 1462 lid werd van het Sint-Lucasgilde.

In 1468 werkte hij in Brugge mee aan de versieringen voor de bruiloft van Karel de Stoute met Margaretha van York. Vanaf 1469 woonde hij weer in Antwerpen, waarschijnlijk tot aan zijn dood, vóór maart 1493. Tussendoor verbleef hij in 1469 in Den Haag waar hij betaald werd voor de vervaardiging van miniaturen en andere decoraties in een gebedenboek voor Karel de Stoute. Vanaf 1490 was Lieven van Lathem hofschilder van Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk.

Lieven van Lathem was gehuwd met een Antonine sMeesters (of sMeysters), en ze hadden twee zonen. De eerste, ook Lieven genoemd, was goudsmid, de tweede, Jacob van Lathem, was schilder. Beiden zijn in dienst geweest van Filips de Schone.

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Dit is een lijst van werken van de hand van Lieven van Lathem of waaraan hij heeft meegewerkt. Er is geen enkel werk dat via documenten of rekeningen met volledige zekerheid kan toegeschreven worden aan Lieven van Lathem.
 Gebedenboek van Philips de Goede, Parijs, Bibliothèque Nationale, ms.nouv.acq.fr. 16428
 Getijdenboek van Karel de Stoute, Los Angeles, Getty Museum MS 37
 Getijdenboek van Katharina van Kleef, Meester van Catharina van Kleef en Lieven Van Lathem, ca. 1460, Utrecht?, Den Haag, Museum Meermanno MMW, 10 F 50
 Getijdenboek van Maria van Bourgondië, Weense meester van Maria van Bourgondië en Lieven Van Lathem, Wenen, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. Ser. n.1857
 Histoires de Gillion de Trazegnies, Chatsworth, Devonshire collections,  Ms 7535
 Histoires de la conquête de la Toison d'Or, Parijs,  Bibliothèque Nationale, ms.fr. 331
 Les secrets d'Aristote, Parijs ,  Bibliothèque Nationale, ms.fr. 562
 Ordonnance touchant la conduite du premier équier d'équierie de monseigneur le duc de Bourgogne, Wenen, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. Ser. n.2616
 Loix et ordonnance ou statuz militaires, Londen, British Library, Add. Ms.36619
 Trivulzio getijdenboek, Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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 Meermanno Getijdenboek voor Katherina van Kleef

Zuid-Nederlands miniaturist (voor 1830)
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See update below. The full Cupertino, Calif. city council has given approval for Apple's "spaceship campus." The unanimous approval followed more than six hours of discussion. Members of the public will now have 10 days to file a petition for reconsideration before Apple is granted ancillary permits. Assuming that no petitions are filed, the city council must vote to approve the plan a second time on Nov. 19. Apple's full set of permits would go into effect the following day, according to MacRumors. First envisioned by Steve Jobs, Apple's "Campus 2" will be located on the former HP campus. In Phase 1, the project calls for a 2.8 million square foot ring-shaped main building. The facility will include an underground parking facility for nearly 2,400 vehicles, a 100,000 square foot fitness center, and a 120,000 square foot auditorium. A second phase of construction would add 600,000 additional square feet of space. Fosters + Partners were handpicked by Jobs to design the new campus. In April, the London-based firm replaced 8 Inc as Cupertino's primary architect, and is tasked with designing new Apple retail stores. Apple plans to open Campus 2 in 2016. Update: Tim Cook has weighed in on the city council decision. On his Twitter account, the Apple CEO noted, "Our home for innovation and creativity for decades to come. Cupertino City Council Gives Unanimous Approval for Apple's New Campus."
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Sam Buckley, Activity Organiser, St Cloud Care
Sam Buckley, St Cloud Care
Pride of The Boynes, Sam Buckley was an Activity Organiser finalist in this year's regional Great British Care Awards for the South West region.
Sam became an activity coordinator to enhance the lives of older people. Sam started working in care 10 years ago as a Care Assistant and had an opportunity to work with the incredible Alzheimer's Society delivering group activities within the community. After the funding had ended for her role, Sam decided she wanted to take all she had learnt within the charity and all of her training, into a care home setting to enrich the lives of residents; in particular those living with dementia.
Sam appreciated how incredibly important it was to try and engage with everyone even in some small way, and in particular those individuals who initially appear reluctant. Sam acknowledged how firstly understanding an individual helped her explore ways to know how to engage with each of her service users.
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Alii Sunday at Kawaiahao
Yesterday was Alii Sunday at Kawaiahao Church in Honolulu, honoring Queen Liliuokalani (b. 1838-d. 1917), sister of King David Kalakaua. She reigned as the last monarch of Hawaii from 1891 to 1893 when she was overthrown. Her birthday is September 2.
Each Alii Sunday, the Hawaiian Royal Societies and other ahahui (Hawaiian clubs) walk in the processional, and the front pews are reserved for them.
Yesterday I attended as a member of the Koolauloa Hawaiian Civic Club with Kamakea, our vice president. We rode in to Honolulu with her son Kaimana, who is a member of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I.
This post shares the highlights for me. You may wish to go sometime. Visitors are welcome to Sunday worship service. Portions are in the Hawaiian language. Kawaiahao is part of the United Church of Christ.
Kawaiahao Church is on the corner of King and Punchbowl streets. A plaque describes its construction.
The Hawaiian Royal Societies, or Aha Hipuu, are a special sight. They include:
• Royal Order of Kamehameha I who wear red and yellow capes over black suits. The different patterns and lengths of the capes indicate rank.
• Hale O Na Alii O Hawaii, whose members wear white with red and yellow capes.
• Ahahui Kaahumanu, whose formal attire consists of black muumuus, black hats and deep-yellow lei resembling feathers.
• Ahahui Mamakakaua—Daughters and Sons of the Hawaiian Warriors wear black with red, black, and yellow capes (some capes have green).
Other groups who were represented on Alii Sunday were the Daughters of Hawaii in their pure white hats and muumuus (they operate the Queen Emma Summer Palace), the children of Queen Liliuokalani Children's Center (QLCC is supported by Liliu's estate, and its beneficiaries are the orphan and destitute children in Hawaii with preference to those of Hawaiian ancestry), and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs that strung crown flowers into 52 strands of lei to drape on the statue of Queen Liliuokalani at the Hawaii State Capitol following the service.
Crown flower was Queen's favorite. The lavender blossom drapes the left side of her portrait, at the top of this post, and the altar in the next photo.
At left are the Ahahui Kaahumanu ladies in their formal black in the foreground. Aunty Ilima and Aunty Millie in purple muumuu sing Liliuokalani's compositions, "Tutu" and "Paoakalani." [See comment below.]
The church service itself was more lively and less formal than the congregational ones I attended in high school, about the last time I went. Admittedly, that was a few decades ago!
Kalowena gave a tribute to Queen Liliuokalani, and in her remarks she wondered, if Liliu's time and our time coincided, would Google have given her an edge in maintaining Hawaii's place in the world? Would her compositions be on iTunes, and would she be blogging and twittering?
This Sunday there was frequent applause, lots of "Amens" by the whole congregation, a testimony by a recent member for the sermon, and a hip-hop dance performance of the Black Eyed Peas's "Where is the Love" by the youth ensemble. Apart from the pipe organist and choir in the back balcony, there was an ohana (family) choir of anyone else who wanted to sing from the front of the church.
Until she became Queen, Liliuokalani led the Kawaiahao Church choir. She composed more than 150 songs. Some were lyrics only, some were melodies without lyrics, and the rest were full arrangements. At Sunday's service we sang "The Queen's Prayer." A fitting recessional was her "Aloha Oe" now famous around the world. I felt so sad. ~ Rebekah
[See comment at the bottom.]
If you go …
Do view the 20 original portraits in oil painted by Susan S. Hoffstot entitled "Alii of Hawaii — The Hoffstot Collection" that are displayed on the walls of the right and left balconies. These were a gift from the artist and her husband William H. Hoffstot, Jr., "… to the glory of God, the honor of the Hawaiian people and the enrichment of the State of Hawaii" and dedicated on September 2, 1973.
[UPDATE: The portraits were painted by Patric Bauernschmidt, not Susan S. Hoffstot. Please read the comment by Patric's granddaughter André below.]
In addition to the church building are other historical structures. One is the tomb of King Lunalilo. Read the plaque explaining why Lunalilo is not buried at the Royal Mausoleum with the other monarchs.
Another is a fountain on the King street side of the church. That's the Library of Hawaii and Honolulu Hale city hall in the background.
And a third is the seal on the gate to Lunalilo's tomb. "Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono." This motto became the Hawaii state motto, and it means, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness."
Rev. Rebekah Luke has a healing ministry and is ordained by the Universal Life Church. The only two tenets of the ULC are "Freedom of religion" and "Do the right thing." For more information, click on REIKI HEALING BY OELEN on the menu bar.
Liliuokalani. Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. Mutual Publishing, 1991. ISBN 978-0935180855 Paperbound.
Liliuokalani, Her Majesty Queen. The Queen's Songbook. Honolulu: Hui Hanai, 1999. Edited by Dorothy Kahananui Gillett and Barbara Barnard Smith. ISBN 0-9616738-7-7 Clothbound Edition and ISBN 0-9616738-8-5 Paperbound Edition.
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Aloha! If you are referring to "Alii of Hawaii — The Hoffstot Collection" that is displayed on the walls of the right and left balconies of Kawaiahao Church, perhaps not, as they are quite large and difficult to photograph. If I recall, they are also low key (dark). The best way is to view them in person, as you know, and the church is always open. The artist was the now late Patric Bauernschmidt. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffstot purchased the paintings from the artist and donated them to the church.
Donna (07:38:48) :
Is there a way to VIEW these paintings online? I tried the Kawaiaha'o official site, but they were not viewable there either. Mahalo.
André (16:33:25) :
Oh how wonderful! Thanks so much and thank you for sharing your story/remembrance of her =D
Thank you SO much for correcting me. How could I have forgotten? Patric mentored me when I first became a member of the National League of American Pen Women, Honolulu Branch. I was 28, and she was fond of advising, "Do it!" She also asked me to pose for her once. It makes sense that the paintings were made by Patric, as she was the foremost portrait artist. Again, my apologies.
Very nice article but I must point out an error. The paintings of the Ali'i are not by Susan S. Hoffstot, though they were given to the church by the Hoffstots in a dedication in 1973. The paintings were simply commissioned by the Hoffstots and in fact painted by my grandmother, Patric Claiborne Bauernschmidt.
Patric, along with her husband and daughter, Katherine Claiborne Clarke, were long time residents of Honolulu and her paintings can be found in many important collections not only in the islands but across the country.
Thank you for reminding people to enjoy the paintings on the upper level, they are certainly a wonderful glimpse into the beauty and history that is Kawaiaha'o.
mahalo, André
Barbara Vlachos (14:38:31) :
Very impressive, Rebekah…I am sorry that I did not make this Ali'i Sunday. To hear Millie and Ilima sing is such a treat in addition to seeing all the Hawaiian Societies in full regalia. Thank you for preparing such a wonderful web-and blog-site…You take wonderful pictures and your photography is terrific.
Since I mentioned The Queen's Songbook, I browsed through my copy again and found that the original title of "The Queen's Prayer" is "Ke Aloha O Ka Haku —Liliuokalani's Prayer." Further, that the "Paoakalani" sung on Alii Sunday was actually "Kuu Pua I Paoakalani." Both were composed in 1895 while Liliuokalani was imprisoned at Iolani Palace. "Paoakalani" is the title published over another song that Liliuokalani wrote the lyrics to; it is less popular and not as melodic.
The Songbook is a wonderful resource if you are interested in Hawaiian music and the Queen's life. RL


Microsoft has started inviting media outlets to a special Windows 10 devices launch next month.
The software giant is holding a press event in New York on October 6th to unveil a range of hardware running Windows 10.
According to The Verge in their website, details of the October launch, and Microsoft looks set to launch its Surface Pro 4, Lumia 950 / Lumia 950 XL handsets, and a new Microsoft Band in the same hardware event.
Microsoft isn't revealing exactly what the mysterious hardware event is about, other than a hint at Windows 10-powered hardware.
After a disappointing Microsoft event at IFA in Germany earlier this month, all eyes are now on the company to produce its own hardware and showcase the replacement to the Surface Pro 3.
The main focus for Microsoft's hardware event will be the two new Lumia handsets and the Surface Pro 4.
A Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL have been rumored for months, and specifications and images for both handsets have already leaked.
All that's really left is to see what these handsets look like away from press renders and how they fit into Microsoft's new Windows 10 Mobile ecosystem.
Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 won't be a drastic change from the Pro 3 as the company has promised to keep the charging mechanism and overall form factor similar for businesses that have invested in accessories like the docking station.
That doesn't mean Microsoft won't make big changes, though. The software giant can increase display size and resolution, while making the Surface Pro 4 thinner and lighter.
Rumors have suggested Microsoft is planning Windows Hello support for the Surface Pro 4, but it's unlikely the company will fit an Intel RealSense camera into the thin device.
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More recent rumors have also pointed towards a 14-inch version of a Surface device.
We previously heard whispers of an additional Surface device, so it's possible Microsoft may have a larger surprise addition to the lineup.
The Verge will be covering Microsoft's Windows 10 devices event on October 6th, so stay tuned for our live blog and a closer look at Microsoft's devices.


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You have been very involved with the Augustine Literacy Project here in Charlotte. What was your inspiration for joining the cause to help kids become better readers? How do the reading levels of our students impact our community?
When I was staying home with my children, I began volunteering in a classroom at Sedgefield Elementary (a Title I, high poverty school) and learned about the Augustine Project. I had been working with a group of 2nd graders and, while I loved my time with the children, I doubted that my assistance with schoolwork was making a long-term difference academically. Hearing about the training provided by the Augustine Literacy Project made me eager to gain the skills and resources needed to help a child learn to read. Teaching a child to read opens the doors to success in all subjects. It changes the trajectory of that child's life. Not to mention it is fun and a wonderful escape! Some of my best memories with my own children involve reading great books together.
When the previous director of ALP-Charlotte announced her retirement a few years ago, I knew I had to apply. I saw ALP as a hidden gem in Charlotte and wanted to help this non-profit grow to reach more children in need. I'm excited to say that we have doubled our number of tutors in the past two years and will serve around 100 struggling readers in 18 schools this year.
Literacy rates of our students impact our community in significant ways. Third graders who lack proficiency in reading are 4 times more likely to become high school dropouts. The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that every student who does not complete high school costs our society an estimated $260,000 in lost earnings, taxes and productivity. Dropouts are 3.5 times more likely to be arrested than high school graduates. Incarceration costs NC nearly $30,000 annually per inmate. On the other hand, 96% of proficient 3rd grade readers graduate from high school.
Many CSP readers will want to know how they too can help students in our community with their literacy struggles. How can they join the Augustine program or find out more information?
When you were in school, where did you picture yourself career wise?
I went to graduate school (University of Virginia, Masters in Social Foundations of Education) with the intention of someday becoming a Dean of Students at a traditional four-year university. I enjoyed my years working in higher education but working with the tutors, staff and students of the Augustine Literacy Project is the most fulfilling and inspiring job I've had.
How has the Augustine program changed you as an individual and as a mother?
Serving as director of ALP-Charlotte has pushed me beyond my comfort zone professionally (public speaking and fundraising!) and allowed me to develop new skills and new relationships with some amazing people in Charlotte. Serving as an ALP tutor was an enlightening experience- before taking the training I never realized what a complex skill reading is!
As a mom, I am busier than ever…. I have to admit, we order out more often now. But, hopefully I am setting a good example for my children because they see me working for a cause that I deeply believe in.
My favorite book growing up was Charlotte's Web and everything by Judy Blume. Now, I don't have a favorite book…there are too many good ones! I love my book club – discussing books (and life) with girlfriends over dinner and wine is a great way to spend an evening!
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We enjoy our family vacations- sometimes getting away is the best opportunity to let go of obligations and just have fun together.
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I could use some tips myself! Perhaps…maintain a sense of humor and have a thick skin. Also remember they still want to be your little boy/girl even when they are trying to act like adults.
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Home News 'Burning Money' or Seizing the Future? Inside Germany's Bid to Beat China at Building Batteries
The German government has placed a big bet on batteries as a key to the country's industrial future. The automotive industry is vital to the German economy, and cars are going electric. So, the thinking goes, Europe—and Germany in particular—should be making more electric car batteries.
It's certainly a booming industry; electric car battery sales are projected to hit $60 billion by 2030. But the companies making the batteries are overwhelmingly Asian. Most are Chinese firms such as Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) and Build Your Dreams (BYD), whose rise was fostered by state subsidies for Chinese electric carmakers and which are likely to hold 70% of the market in a couple years' time. There are also big Japanese and South Korean players such as Panasonic (Tesla and Toyota's battery partner,) LG Chem and Samsung SDI.
Germany wants some of that action. Last November, the government announced a €1 billion ($1.12 billion) fund for German companies to develop and build battery cells. Germany's "National Industrial Strategy 2030," unveiled in February, fretted that "if the digital platform for autonomous driving with Artificial Intelligence were to come from the USA and the battery from Asia for the cars of the future, Germany and Europe would lose over 50% of value added in this area." The solution? State assistance for battery cell production.
But not everyone is convinced this approach makes sense, to put it mildly. "It's burning taxpayers' money," said Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, professor of automotive economics at the University of Duisberg-Essen and a veteran of car firms such as Opel and Porsche. "It's stupid. It's crazy, what our ministry of economics is doing."
According to Dudenhöffer, the government is looking for value in the wrong place, as the money is really in the main battery components: cathodes and anodes. "The production value of the cell is about 15%. Sixty percent is just in the materials of cathode, and another 20% is the materials of anodes," he said. "The value does not exist in the manufacturing process in which they want to spend €1 billion. The value is in the materials."


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Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies
Barr, John Alton (1911-1980)
Academic Rank
Year Retired from SJSU
State of California, 1960 Lic. Psychologist
University of Washington, 1949 Ph.D.
Harvard University, 1941 Counseling
University of Minnesota, 1938 MA
University of Minnesota, 1936 BS
San Jose State University, 1955-1979
Army Language School, Monterey, CA, 1960-1965
University of Washington, 1947-1955
Oregon College of Education, 1946-1947
Air Corps Cade Program, 1943-1945
Breck School for Boys, 1938-1943
Administrative and Professional Experience
Founding President of California Association of Humanistic Education and Development.
President of Western Association for Counselor Education.
Consultant to Japanese Ministry of Education,
Career Guidance Gerontology.
Executive Board of American Personnel and Guidance Association.
Director of Education and Guidance in International Programs.
Director of California Higher Education Study on Aging.
Chairman, Committee on Maturity and Aging, American Personnel and Guidance Association.
Elementary Teacher and Guidance.
Guidance and the Schools, University of Washington Press.
Interpreting Test Results.
Career Films and Filmstrips;
Periodical articles, pamphlets;
Parent‑Teacher Conference Handbook.
Personal Commentary
Jack achieved success in a variety of interests related to his career in education. He wrote a book titled The Elementary Teacher and Guidance, 1958. It was among the first and most important in the field at that time. Other publications have followed. His early interest in the use of data processing in education led him to be a leader in that field in California, and particularly as this related to career guidance. His final interest was in problems of the aging which led to his directorship of the California Higher Education Study on Aging for the California State University and College System in the last two years of his service as a Professor of Counselor Education. As a result of this study, he made both an oral and written testimony before the House Select Committee on Aging. He also served as the Director of the Inter‑Disciplinary Gerontology Program at San Jose State University and left that position only a very few months before his death.
Jack was a person who was self‑directed, eternally happy, and could always find a positive way to respond to the world about him. Any who met and knew Jack felt his positive nature and could not help but be absorbed by it. He was an idea man and encouraged many to move from passivity to activity. He had a sense of social consciousness which led him to design a program in Counselor Education which involved persons from the minority community, working directly with credentialed counselors, which ultimately resulted in their becoming credentialed counselors themselves. During the days of turmoil in higher and public education in the late 1960s, when many of us were inclined to be reactive, Jack was proactive in finding ways to respond to the needs expressed by the minority community.
Date Completed: 7/96
Adapted from: Biographies of Retired Faculty San Jose State University 1997: A Project of the Emeritus Faculty Association of San Jose State University. San Jose, CA: The University, 1997.
SJSU ERFA Website


An Athens Democrat announced Friday that he'll run against U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens.
Broun and other House Republicans wanted to extend the cut for a full year and voted against a bipartisan Senate plan to extend it for two months while continuing negotiations on a longer-term deal.
Stephen Simpson, a retired military officer from Macon, is running against Broun in the Republican primary. So might former congressman Mac Collins.


This story contains extreme sexual content, delves into the feelings of love, lust, hatred and sinisterly evil fate, to lastly climax in an end worth waiting for, whereby each chapter will build upon the other and hopefully create that necessary emotional attachment. Chapter 21 - Moon Lighting - A smile slips across his lips, it has been a while since he has mingled with the locals, it will be fun to turn some heads again.
Chapter 21 - Moon Lighting - A smile slips across his lips, it has been a while since he has mingled with the locals, it will be fun to turn some heads again.
Joe sat in his chair on that decrepit porch for most of the afternoon and late into the evening only leaving it to fill his glass with the sun brewed tea that had been sitting in the shade or to relieve himself out in the woods a few yards from his home. His thoughts were captured for the most part with the sad days of his life but punctuated every now and again with a slight smile when he would think of the days with his mom as child or teenage.
Time had flown by as it so often had and upon the thought of those wild apple pies his mom would make, he blinked, the feeling of hunger gnawing at his gut.
The moon had risen high into the night sky, bright and big, 'a lovers moon' he thinks to himself. So big and powerful that it shut out the stars taking the stage all to herself. For a moment his thoughts wander to a pretty face that he had once upon a time caressed with his fingers. The hair of this fair lady flowing across his face in a gentle wind, her warm body next to his, far back in the time of his young life that he would love to forget but will ever be bound to. It was a love like no other but destined to never be. A loss that he had vowed he would never fill but had, for the longest time, replaced with anger. So much anger, it had driven him into solitude, somewhere where his contact with the human race would not end up with his dying in a dark dank cell.
It was here, out in the wilderness that he befriended Mother Nature, learned to listen to her and find the meaning of life. Every living thing talked to him in a language he could understand. There was no hate, of all of the emotions that a person might feel, there was no hate. He has felt sorrow, seeing death take many of his familiar and beloved critters from his life. He has seen love and tenderness from those very animals for their offspring. Indifference abounds as does the importance of life itself, every living thing concentrating on its existence and how to lengthen it paying no attention to that which has no meaning or purpose. He felt very much at harmony with his surroundings and it is that very harmony that has saved his hide on many of an occasion.
Joe gets up from his chair, cherishes the coolness and whispering of the night air. He is hungry and knows that there is little else in his supplies except for the Jerky and dried apples. It had been months since he was last in town, almost a year. Every autumn he heads to town to get his supplies, a year worth at one time. It's about an hour's ride and his old beater sixty nine Chevy pickup hasn't had its legs stretched in a while. After grabbing a half pound of venison jerky wrapped in a leather bag from his rickety old kitchen cabinet, he heads back outside to fire up the beast. An hour drive into town, a cup of coffee at three in the morning at Aunty Ann's family restaurant then off to the COOP by six thirty and home by ten. A smile slips across his lips, it has been a while since he has mingled with the locals, it will be fun to turn some heads again.


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Teens take risks, but not because of slow brains
A popular theory in recent neuroscience proposes that slow development of the prefrontal cortex—and its weak connectivity with brain reward regions—explains teenagers' seemingly impulsive and risky behavior. But an extensive literature review to be published in the journal Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience challenges that interpretation.
The researchers examined the evidence behind that argument and found that much of it misinterpreted adolescent exploratory behavior as impulsive and lacking in control. Instead, the review suggests that much of what looks like adolescent impulsivity is behavior that is often guided by the desire to learn about the world.
"Not long ago, the explanation for teenage behavior was raging hormones," said lead author Daniel Romer, PhD, research director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. "Now, it's that the prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed. Neuroscientists were quick to interpret what appeared to be a characteristic of the developing brain as evidence of stereotypes about adolescent risk taking. But these behaviors are not symptoms of a brain deficit."
In their article, now posted online, the authors note that the brain development theory fails to take into account the implications of different kinds of risk taking. Teens have a heightened attraction to novel and exciting experiences, known as sensation seeking, which peaks during adolescence. But teens who exhibit that tendency alone are not necessarily more likely to suffer from health issues like substance use or gambling addiction. In fact, the authors noted that the rise in adolescent levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which may underlie the increased drive for sensation seeking, also supports the brain's ability to exert greater control and to learn from experience.
"What's happening is that adolescents lack experience," Romer said. "So they're trying things out for the first time—like learning how to drive. They're also trying drugs, deciding what to wear and who to hang out with. For some youth, this leads to problems. But when you're trying things for the first time, you sometimes make mistakes. Researchers have interpreted this as a lack of control when for most youth, it's just exploration."
Brain development and risk taking
In their article, Romer and his co-authors say that the stereotype of the risky adolescent is based more on the rise of such behavior in adolescence than on its prevalence. "For the vast majority of adolescents," the researchers write, "this period of development passes without substance dependence, sexually transmitted infection, pregnancy, homicide, depression, suicide, or death due to car crashes."
It's a smaller subset of teens—those who exhibit impulsive behavior and have weak cognitive control—who are most at risk of unhealthy outcomes. Teens with impulse control problems can often be identified at ages four or five, and they are disproportionately likely to experience the hazards of adolescence and beyond, including higher rates of injuries and illnesses from car crashes, violence, and sexually transmitted infections, the authors say.
"Further research is clearly needed to understand the brain development of youth who are at risk for adverse outcomes, as abnormalities of brain development are certainly linked to diverse neuropsychiatric conditions," said co-author Theodore Satterthwaite, MD, a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. "This research will help us to understand not only what makes adolescence a period of growth but also of risk."
An alternative model
The authors propose an alternative model that emphasizes the role that risk taking and the experience gained by it play in adolescent development. This model explains much of the apparent increase in risk taking by adolescents as "an adaptive need to gain the experience required to assume adult roles and behaviors." That experience eventually changes the way people think about risk, making it more "gist-like" or thematic and making them more risk averse.
"Recent meta-analyses suggest that the way individuals think about risks and rewards changes as they mature, and current accounts of brain development must take these newer ideas into account to explain adolescent risk taking," said co-author Valerie Reyna, PhD, director of the Human Neuroscience Institute at Cornell University.
Romer added, "The reason teens are doing all of this exploring and novelty seeking is to build experience so that they can do a better job in making the difficult and risky decisions in later life—decisions like 'Should I take this job?' or 'Should I marry this person?' There's no doubt that this period of development is a challenge for parents, but that's doesn't mean that the adolescent brain is somehow deficient or lacking in control."
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THE WALL OF SHAME has been created to publicly shame people/videos/groups that disrespect firearms, gun owners, the Second Amendment, and freedom in general.
I think this one qualifies for the wall of shame. Senator Carolyn McCarthy introduced legislation to ban features of guns but she didn't even know what some of the features were!
Its an old clip (from 2007) but its definitely worth checking out.
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What's cuter than Pusheen? That's right – Rainbow Unicorn Pusheen! Cute cakes aren't generally my forte, so I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out.
The cake is lemon butter cake with white chocolate ganache filling, in rainbow color. The horn, tail, and man are all royal icing.
Apparently the urge to make fan art is inherited! Alex created this composition image from her favorite video game (or one of them).
My nephew asked for a taco pillow for Christmas. I think I did a good job delivering on the request, even though we both agree that it turned out rather larger than we expected.
It's made primarily of poplar, with sculpted details using a 2-part epoxy clay and leather grip.
The magical glowing crystal in the middle is made of a clear plastic ring box, sprayed on the inside with a frost spray paint with a ball of LED fairy lights inside.
The orcs in our neighborhood don't stand a chance.
This is a joke that will be very difficult to explain to anyone who is not a member of our family. Suffice it to say that, inspired by an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, we decided to name our house Castleton. So I made this for my sister. It's freehand cut and routed from poplar.
I am not personally a fan of the Mr. Men / Little Miss franchise but my friend Isaac is.
The cake itself is layers of thin sponge and lemon mousse. The cloud pattern is baked into a thing cake, like you might for a roll cake. The cloud patterned piece is laid around the interior circumference of a springform pan, then inside of that are alternating layers of sponge cake and lemon mousse. On top is an apricot jam glaze colored with food coloring. I've never made this kind of cake before. It was both surprisingly easy to do and quite delicious.
For the figures, I wanted to try stained glass isomalt. The black lines are piped with royal icing and then I dabbed the melted isomalt in with a toothpick. It worked really well except that I think you are supposed to then put a layer of clear isomalt over the back to hold it all together. Since I didn't do this, the royal icing joints were definite weak points.
The figures are more or less just sitting on top of the cake, which looked great for a few minutes, right up until the royal icing began to dissolve in the glaze. I have had this problem before with royal icing and various other edible substances, but apparently I haven't yet learned my lesson.
Fortunately, everyone got to admire the cake before we had a Mr. Men structural failure and we ate it very shortly thereafter.
My creative brief for this cake was a frost dragon from Dungeons and Dragons. As far as I was able to discover, there is not actually a canonical frost dragon in D&D, but I found a photo of this figurine and my nephew deemed it acceptable so I set about transforming it into cake.
The interior support structure of the dragon is made of foam core and 1/8" brass rod.
The landscape around the dragon is rice krispie treats covered with royal icing, which I applied with an offset spatula then textured with a damp paper towel.
The underbelly of the dragon is also made of rice krispie treats, as a result of which I was reminded of a valuable lesson – rice krispie treats don't stick very well to foam core, at least not well enough to be used upside down, supporting the weight of a layer of fondant. The rice krispie treats began to separate from foam core, resulting in some big cracks on the dragon's belly.
Before it got any worse, I added a few more rock formations to support the belly and patched the cracks with royal icing.
About 2/3 of the tail is also rice krispie treats and the rest of the tail and body in chocolate cake, covered with fondant. The legs are a 50-50 mix of fondant and gum paste. I did all the scale texture with a highly sophisticated tool that I made by cutting a v-shaped notch into a piece of foam core.
Before I attached the head, a 2-year-old friend who was hanging around our house told me that it looked like a dolphin. She's not entirely wrong.
With the head connected, though, it began to look like a dragon. The head is made of gum paste formed over a mold I made out of foam core.
The wings are also gum paste, over top of a structure made of wire. The wings were the part I was most nervous about attaching, but they turned out to not be a problem at all.
The treasure chest and the coins are also made of gum paste, with royal icing accents on the chest.
Because no dragon is complete without a miasma of ominous fog, I ran a PVC tube under the cake board and up into the treasure chest. I hooked this up to a home-made dry ice fogger, which consisted of a 5-gallon bucket with 3 little fans I had lying around glued into a hole I cut in the side of the bucket and – voila! The fog didn't last too long, because there was no heating element in the fogger, but it was cool while it lasted.
This was one of those cakes of which I just underestimated the difficulty. In retrospect, the difficulties should have been obvious. The shape of the Guardian Skywatcher is very undercut. It has pieces suspended off the sides by thin supports. The propellers are wide at the tips but narrow in the center. And the entire thing is flying. None of these things are easy to achieve in cake.
Yet I blundered into the project with big ambitions but minimal preparation. Long story short, it was almost, but not quite, a total disaster. Attaching the pieces on the sides was a nightmare. The propellers all broke before the party. Even the pink piping gel I used for the glowing sections faded before the party started. On the bright side, at least the entire structure didn't collapse, which was a real possibility.
Overall, clearly not my strongest work, but my nephew, who is among the sweetest people in the world, loved it anyway.
My nephews are obsessed with Legends of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, so for Christmas I made the real-life versions of one of their favorite weapons from the game – the Thunderspear.
The blade is painted poplar with inset EL wire embedded in resin so that it can light up like the spear in the game. The shaft is a Martha Stewart curtain rod.
Please enjoy their dramatic poses.
My nephew as a P.E.K.K.A. from the video game Clash of Clans. The costume is make almost entirely out of craft foam and hot glue burns.