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The next few days passed by in a blur and next thing I knew, it was already Friday Night - the most anticipated night of the week (or year, whichever applies). As what Gwen had said, it was going to be the biggest party of the year, explaining the excited looks on people's faces.
The school had been talking about it for the whole week. Well, who wouldn't? A popular event like this required some rigid preparation since Cross High's royalties obviously and clearly stood by perfection and primeness.
We were currently in my house, preparing for the party. Gwen has straightened out her hair perfectly, making her look more gorgeous than usual. On the other hand, she curled mine into loose ringlets and applied a smoky shade of make-up on my face, emphasizing my brown eyes. After an hour, we were finally done, and found ourselves grinning wickedly as we took in our appearance.
One thing is for sure: both of us definitely looked dazzling tonight.
We temporarily abandoned our typical mundane selves and daringly went for the smoky look just for tonight's party. The silver dress I bought fitted my slender frame well, exposing my usually hidden curves. Gwen, on the other hand, opted for the mature look with her mini black dress that accentuated her fair skin and Barbie Doll features. She looked beautiful. Oh, no. Both of us looked beautiful actually.
Mom suddenly entered the room, holding a camera on her hand. "You look wonderful, girls."
"Thank you, Mrs D," Gwen responded as she straightened her dress.
"Well, since this is  very important for the two of you, you have to let me take your lovely pictures as a souvenir. It's not everyday I can get to see you finally getting out of your shells." She winked and gave us a cheeky smile.
I fake groaned. "Oh, alright Mom. Just make it quick."
She clapped her hands giddily and kissed Gwen and me on the cheeks. "Okay girls, one, two, say cheese!"
She made us do a lot of different poses until we were already worn out. I checked the time, and when I realized it was good enough to go, we bid Mom goodbye and proceeded outside where Mom's car was parked.
"You girls better have fun!" she called out as we finally entered the car. I know what you're thinking, I have the coolest Mom ever.
"We will!" I answered and immediately started the engine. As the machine roared to life, I looked at Gwen who seemed giddy and jumpy all of a sudden. Can't blame her, actually. I was feeling a bit nervous myself. "So, you ready for the biggest party of the year?" I asked her, grinning.
A smug smile appeared on her face as she nodded. "More than I'll ever be."
"Wow," Gwen muttered as we pulled into the side of the road outside Zach Matthew's enormous house - more like a mansion, yeah. Multiple  cars were lined up next to us and the sound of blasting speakers echoed from inside. As soon as we hopped out of the vehicle, we held hands and entered the grand gates that led to the party.
My jaw dropped when we finally reached the insides. Sure enough, like Gwen has depicted, DJs were playing music using high technology systems installed on either side of the place. My eyes searched around the room and spotted some people from the popular circle at school and others who I wasn't familiar with. Nevertheless, they equally looked royalty as they socialized with each other like long-time friends.
There was a bar situated at the side, complete with expensive-looking drinks with actual bartenders and waiters serving the visitors.
Wow. Zach Matthews sure was drowning in a lot of riches. Explains why the cops haven't took down the place yet.


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The song See See Rider, performed by Elvis Presley, was featured in movies like Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert, 'Live' from Memphis, Elvis in Concert and Elvis on Tour. What Movie makes the best use of See See Rider in it's soundtrack?
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Home Fasten Your Seatbelt: NLRB Finds Tesla's Clothing Policy Unlawful
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Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board ("Board" or "NLRB") decided that employers cannot restrict employees from displaying union insignia (e.g., buttons, clothing, pins, and stickers) absent a showing of "special circumstances" in Tesla, Inc., 370 NLRB No. 131 (2022). In connection with this ruling, the Board overruled Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 146 (2019), which analyzed the lawfulness of facially neutral work rules that regulated the size and appearance of such union insignia under a less exacting standard. Employers with policies that address employee appearance, such as dress code or uniform policies, should review those policies for compliance purposes in light of Tesla.
A Summary of the Tesla Decision
Tesla had a "team wear" policy that required employees who installed parts in and on the bodies of vehicles at a facility to wear black cotton shirts with the employer's logo and black cotton pants without buttons, rivets, or exposed zippers. There was one exception. With permission, employees could wear all black clothing as long as the clothing was appropriate for work, would not damage the vehicles, and was otherwise safe. Tesla provided two justifications for the policy. First, the all black attire was needed to help management identify the employees at the facility responsible for installing parts. Other employees at the facility were required to wear different color clothing. Second, the policy was needed to prevent employees from wearing clothing that would cause damage to the vehicles (e.g., scratching the vehicles). Nothing in the policy prohibited the employees from otherwise displaying union insignia, such as stickers. In fact, employees did display such insignia on their work clothes.
The NLRB said that the team wear policy was presumptively unlawful because it "implicitly" did not allow employees to wear union apparel. Looking to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Republic Aviation Corp. v. NLRB, 324 U.S. 793 (1945) and its progeny, the Board opined that the burden fell on Tesla to show there were "special circumstances" to justify the restriction on union insignia. Examples of special circumstances that could justify employer restrictions on union insignia, include union insignia that "may jeopardize employee safety, damage machinery or products, exacerbate employee dissension, or unreasonably interfere with a public image that the employer has established." The Board ultimately concluded that Tesla failed to show special circumstances existed for its policy. In reaching this conclusion, the NLRB stated that management still could achieve its stated reasons for the policy—identifying employees responsible for installing parts and preventing clothing from causing damage to the vehicles—if employees wore black cotton clothing with a union logo.
In issuing the decision in Tesla, the Board felt compelled to overrule the Wal-Mart Stores decision. In Wal-Mart Stores, the Board decided that employer policies regulating the size and appearance of union insignia should be analyzed by weighing the legitimate justifications for the policies against the potential adverse impact the policies would have on employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act pursuant to the framework set forth in Boeing Co., 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017). According to the NLRB, Wal-Mart Stores "arguably" required the Board to analyze Tesla's clothing policy under the Boeing standard rather than the more rigorous "special circumstances" standard that the NLRB applied in Tesla.
The dissent criticized the majority's decision in Tesla, for extending "the same presumption of unlawfulness and the same stringent 'special circumstances' defense standard to all employer-apparel policies, including the less restrictive, facially neutral, and nondiscriminatory policy at issue in this case." (Emphasis in original.) "The result of this holding is that, in effect, no employer may lawfully maintain any dress code unless that employer can demonstrate special circumstances," stated the dissent.
The Tesla decision marks the first time the Biden NLRB has overturned precedent. Employers should fasten up for additional pro-union changes like this one in the near future. The Board in Tesla foreshadowed a couple of potential changes. In one footnote, the Board explained that it recently issued a notice and invitation to file briefs seeking public input on whether the NLRB should adhere to the general standard for analyzing facially neutral workplace policies adopted in Boeing. In another footnote, the NLRB said it would be open to reconsidering Caesars Entertainment d/b/a/ Rio All Suites Hotel & Casino, 368 NLRB No. 143 (2019) pursuant to which employers can lawfully exercise their property rights to prohibit employees from using employer-owned information technology resources for non-business purposes. Stay tuned.
Hunton previously filed an amicus brief in the case arguing against the Board taking such an approach in this and future cases.
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Eric Smith, owner of Red Barn Likker, stands in front of some of his product. He's closing the distillery.
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Elberton, Georgia-based Iconic Burger will be coming to Abbeville sometime in August. When it does, it will replace a business that has already established itself as a city icon: Red Barn Likker.
Red Barn is closing.
In January, owner Eric Smith sold another company he owned, JES Restaurant Equipment Inc. With Red Barn's liquor license set to expire in November, he decided it was a good time to retire.
"It just made more sense to go ahead while we're healthy enough," Smith said. "You don't see many 78-year-old people being spry, hiking up a mountain."
Red Barn opened in 2015. When Smith first purchased the building, distilling was merely a hobby of his. Red Barn "was actually gonna be a steakhouse, and we were going to call it Southern Steak and 'Shine."
But Smith's wife had worked as a restaurant manager and did not want to do so again.
"She said 'If you put me back in a restaurant ... I'll divorce you,'" Smith said. "I did the math on that, and we kicked out the steaks and kept the 'shine."
The distillery sells bottles of moonshine, whiskey and mixers and has a bar where visitors can sample the liquor.
Smith plans on closing Red Barn at the end of his month, unless a company that has been eyeing the remainder of his inventory buys it first. His products will be on sale until then.
"It's certainly been an iconic business on the square," Abbeville Community Development Director Mike Clary said. "The concept of having an actual distillery on the square in Abbeville is certainly unique and something that brought people to the town."
But with Iconic Burger replacing the distillery, "we're hoping that that building will continue to be an economic generator of the city."
Iconic Burger will offer a burger for each of the 50 U.S. states. The Mississippi comes topped with pulled pork, macaroni and cheese, onion straws and barbecue sauce; the New Jersey with cheddar, red peppers, pepperoncinis, onion straws, tomatoes, mustard and mayo; and the Colorado with Swiss, cheddar, a fried egg, grilled onions, hash browns and garlic mayo.
Iconic Burger will also open a location in Hartwell and, possibly, Toccoa.
"I think David (the owner) will do very well," Smith said, "I hope Abbeville supports him, and that's one of the problems that Abbeville has right now. (Residents don't) support (their) hometown stores. ... I know Abbeville has a limited offering of things, but if you want stuff in your hometown, you have to support it."
In retirement, Smith said he would like to write a "little mentoring book" about common sense, which, he said, is no longer common. He does not plan on selling another business of his, JES Equipment Sales and Service, for which he will be available for emergencies and to offer advice.
Contact staff writer Aleks Gilbert at 864-943-5644.
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As Heckmann's name change takes effect, the company is ready to take another step forward in its bid to clean up the way we get our oil and gas.
This week marks the beginning of trading for Nuverra Environmental Solutions (NYSE: NES), which was formerly known as Heckmann. The name change is an important next step for a company that is hoping to lead the way in providing an environmentally responsible solution to the fracking issue. With that as a backdrop, let's take deeper look at what the future holds for the company.
The name change not only consolidates its many acquired assets but the idea behind the new name is to build a brand that represents a cohesive environmental solutions provider. The Nuverra name contains references to new, green, earth, and time, and according to the company it speaks of its "fundamental dedication to supporting sustainable energy generation and America's energy independence." Now that it has the assets in place, the company is ready to take this approach to the next level.
Turning now to the M&A front, we're very focused on transactions that allows to expand our treatment, recycling, and disposal network. This is really consistent with our strategy of leveraging our transportation network and providing an end-to-end solution to our customers. We believe this is a highly differentiating value proposition, and will serve us well in meeting our strategy.
The other point I'd say is, we think there may be some consolidating transactions that can occur as well. Having a national footprint, as we've talked about before is very key to our strategy, our customers operate nationally and need solutions, in every basin they operate in, so there may be some opportunities on that front. We are in very active dialog in total now in four smaller deals, all of which I believe could potentially close this quarter.
In addition to that, look for Nuverra to become a bigger portion of its customers' capital spending plans. The company sees approximately 8%-10% of upstream capex spending in the future to be on environmental waste solutions. Part of this is due to other drilling and completion costs going down but the bulk of this will be due to the increased regulations and the solutions that Nuverra is providing to meet more of its customer needs.
Across these basins the company serves a variety of customers and at of the end of last year Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) and Shell (NYSE:RDS-A) represented its top two customers as each contributed 15% of its revenue. Further, when it acquired its Bakken operations it also acquired key customer relationships with Hess (NYSE:HES) and Whiting (NYSE:WLL). Now that the company has built a solid foundation with these customers it's looking to become an increasingly important partner to each.
One way it will further embed its services with these customers is through spending a planned $90 million-$110 million in capex this year. It has a variety of ways it can grow organically. For example, its relationship with Hess originated in the Bakken and now Hess is expanding in the Utica where Heckmann has operations -- this represents a potential synergistic expansion opportunity with a current customer. Another potential opportunity is in the emerging Niobrara in Colorado where Whiting, Shell, and Chesapeake have operations; it's not a basin where Nuverra currently has operations. As you can see, there are many organic growth opportunities for Nuverra to expand its operations with both current and new customers.
Despite several challenges on the horizon, Nuverra is emerging as one of the more interesting oil-field services companies because of its focus on the important environmental issues surrounding fracking. Nuverra's comprehensive, solutions-based approach really opens the door for it to be a leading player in solving these environmental issues, which puts the company in a prime position to provide exceptional long-term returns for investors.


Cologne, May 30, 2012. QSC AG, a leading provider of comprehensive ICT services, has gained R-KOM Regensburger Telekommunikationsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG as a new partner for its Open Access platform. The platform is a network, process and service hub for providers and consumers of Next Generation Access (NGA).
R-KOM is a medium-sized East Bavarian telecommunications provider with an advanced NGN fiber optic network. Through its cooperation with QSC, R-KOM is opening this fiber optic infrastructure to supra-regional providers. "We are building the telecommunications infrastructure of the 21st century. With Open Access, we offer market participants the opportunity to benefit from this development and leave the limitations of Telekom's copper network behind," explains Alfred Rauscher, CEO of R-KOM. "In addition to ISPs and carriers, QSC can now offer its wholesale and resale partners in Eastern Bavaria R-KOM connections with bandwidths of up to 100 Mbit/s. This contributes to a higher utilization of our network and a faster return on investment."
"We are very pleased to welcome R-KOM as a new Open Access partner," says QSC Management Board member Arnold Stender. "Fiber optic growth is developing only regionally at the moment in Germany, but we have the know-how to make this regional infrastructure available across the nation."
Stender also touches on the main problem infrastructure providers face: Realizing a quick return on their investment. "When network operators invest in expansion, they quickly need a high amount of traffic in order to amortize the costs." The demand is there, but infrastructure providers first need to finalize contracts with each individual consumer, provide network access and coordinate operations processes. "That's exactly where QSC comes in as a neutral integrator in the NGA environment. That provides major advantages to both sides."
In addition to R-KOM, QSC also has contracts with fiber optic providers. These include NetCologne based in Cologne, wilhelm.tel from Norderstedt, Leipzig-based HL komm and Stadtwerke Herne.
QSC AG, Cologne, is a service provider for voice and data communication, as well as ICT services. Established in 1997, the company has been focusing on small and mid-size business customers. QSC is the first provider to operate an Open Access platform, which unites a wide range of broadband technologies to offer national and international site networking, including Managed Services. QSC additionally supplies its customers and distribution partners with a comprehensive product portfolio that can be modularly adapted to every need. QSC was the first provider in Germany to build its own Next Generation Network (NGN), and therefore enjoys long years of experience in connection with IP-based telephony solutions, in particular. QSC AG has been listed on the TecDAX index since 2004. The QSC group employs a workforce of some 1,400 people.
Headquartered in Regensburg, R-KOM Regensburger Telekommunikationsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG was founded 10 years ago with the objective of providing the market with alternative, cost-effective and sustainable telecommunications solutions. Today, R-KOM manages various city networks in Eastern Bavaria that are connected to a regional network. These networks are based on fiber optic connections for high-speed transmissions. R-KOM provides the complete range of telecommunications services making it the perfect partner for national and international carriers, regional companies and public facilities. With Glasfaser Ostbayern, we connect every building directly to our fiber optic network, thereby creating one of the most advanced communications networks in all of Europe. Glasfaser Ostbayern is our contribution to the high-tech region of Eastern Bavaria for both private and commercial customers.


Harvest Kids is an exciting and vital ministry in the church. It is a launching pad for nurturing the faith of the next generation. Harvest Kids serves as a place of prayer for children, a place where they hear foundational Bible stories, and a place where children learn simple Biblical truth statements. We want to partner with and equip parents to raise a generation of children who: grow in Christ and spiritual maturity; Discover, develop, and use their gifts for the glory of God; pursue a God-centered vision of life; engage in worship, study, prayer, and ministry; and have a clear vision for godly manhood and womanhood.
We value families worshipping together at Harvest! We offer Harvest Kids classes for children up through 1st grade during both the 9:00 hour and the 10:45 hour. We offer class for 2nd-5th grade only during the 10:45 hour. Because of this, if you have a 2nd-5th grader, we encourage you to worship together as a family during the 9:00 hour, then take your child to class during the 10:45 hour while parents attend an adult Sunday School class, a Discipleship Community, or serve somewhere in the church during that 10:45 hour.
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'Cosy, Light-Filled' Sydney Parking Space Expecting $1 Million Plus, Agents Say
A delightful underground parking spot at a Potts Point apartment complex would make a great first home and an exciting first step on the property ladder, Sydney agents say.
Agent Tom McManus said the property – expected to reach in the low one millions – is a 'well-positioned inner-city gem in a tightly-held locale'.
"Move in straight away and enjoy it as is, or take advantage of the scope to enhance it further," he said.
The charming 4sqm property, which is close to shops, cafes, schools and other car parking spaces, has attracted a flurry of attention from interested buyers.
Sarah Langton, a 27-year-old nurse, said she and her partner were currently renting a cupboard in Darlinghurst and were looking to upgrade. "To have our own space, our own bit of Sydney, would be a dream. It's got such an inner-city feel," she said.
The 1990s parking space has been recently re-painted and comes with its own off-street parking space. The auction is next weekend.
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In 2017, Van Dyke released his first solo album since 1963's "Songs I Like." The album, "Step (Back) In Time," was produced by Bill Bixler (who also played sax), with arrangements by Dave Enos (who also played bass) and features noted musicians John Ferraro (Drums), Tony Guerrero (Trumpet & Vocal duet), Mark LeBrun (Piano), Charley Pollard (Trombone) and Leslie Bixler (Vocals). "Step (Back) In Time" was released by BixMix Records and showcases Van Dyke in a jazz and big band setting on classic songs from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
Poverty may have pushed Sien back into prostitution; the home became less happy and Van Gogh may have felt family life was irreconcilable with his artistic development. Sien gave her daughter to her mother, and baby Willem to her brother.[78] Willem remembered visiting Rotterdam when he was about 12, when an uncle tried to persuade Sien to marry to legitimise the child.[79] He believed Van Gogh was his father, but the timing of his birth makes this unlikely.[80] Sien drowned herself in the River Scheldt in 1904.[81]
On 7 May Van Gogh moved from the Hôtel Carrel to the Café de la Gare,[121] having befriended the proprietors, Joseph and Marie Ginoux. The Yellow House had to be furnished before he could fully move in, but he was able to use it as a studio.[122] He wanted a gallery to display his work, and started a series of paintings that eventually included Van Gogh's Chair (1888), Bedroom in Arles (1888), The Night Café (1888), Café Terrace at Night (September 1888), Starry Night Over the Rhone (1888), and Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (1888), all intended for the decoration for the Yellow House.[123]
Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləm vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] (listen);[note 1] 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. However, he was not commercially successful, and his suicide at 37 followed years of mental illness and poverty.
There was interest from a dealer in Paris early in 1885.[86] Theo asked Vincent if he had paintings ready to exhibit.[87] In May, Van Gogh responded with his first major work, The Potato Eaters, and a series of "peasant character studies" which were the culmination of several years of work.[88] When he complained that Theo was not making enough effort to sell his paintings in Paris, his brother responded that they were too dark, and not in keeping with the bright style of Impressionism.[85] In August his work was publicly exhibited for the first time, in the shop windows of the dealer Leurs in The Hague. One of his young peasant sitters became pregnant in September 1885; Van Gogh was accused of forcing himself upon her, and the village priest forbade parishioners to model for him.[89]
Van Gogh painted several landscapes with flowers, including roses, lilacs, irises, and sunflowers. Some reflect his interests in the language of colour, and also in Japanese ukiyo-e.[240] There are two series of dying sunflowers. The first was painted in Paris in 1887 and shows flowers lying on the ground. The second set was completed a year later in Arles, and is of bouquets in a vase positioned in early morning light.[241] Both are built from thickly layered paintwork, which, according to the London National Gallery, evoke the "texture of the seed-heads".[242]
The portraits gave Van Gogh his best opportunity to earn. He believed they were "the only thing in painting that moves me deeply and that gives me a sense of the infinite."[223][226] He wrote to his sister that he wished to paint portraits that would endure, and that he would use colour to capture their emotions and character rather than aiming for photographic realism.[227] Those closest to Van Gogh are mostly absent from his portraits; he rarely painted Theo, Van Rappard or Bernard. The portraits of his mother were from photographs.[228]
He first gained recognition on radio and Broadway, then he became known for his role as Rob Petrie on the CBS television sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, which ran from 1961 to 1966. He also gained significant popularity for roles in the musical films Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). His other prominent film appearances include roles in The Comic (1969), Dick Tracy (1990), Curious George (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). Other prominent TV roles include the leads in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971–74), Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001), and Murder 101 (2006–08) which both co-starred his son Barry.
After his recovery, and despite his antipathy towards academic teaching, he took the higher-level admission exams at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, and in January 1886 matriculated in painting and drawing. He became ill and run down by overwork, poor diet and excessive smoking.[99] He started to attend drawing classes after plaster models at the Antwerp Academy on 18 January 1886. He quickly got into trouble with Charles Verlat, the director of the Academy and teacher of a painting class, because of his unconventional painting style. Van Gogh had also clashed with the instructor of the drawing class Franz Vinck. Van Gogh finally started to attend the drawing classes after antique plaster models given by Eugène Siberdt. Soon Siberdt and Van Gogh came into conflict when the latter did not comply with Siberdt's requirement that drawings express the contour and concentrate on the line. When Van Gogh was required to draw the Venus of Milo during a drawing class, he produced the limbless, naked torso of a Flemish peasant woman. Siberdt regarded this as defiance against his artistic guidance and made corrections to Van Gogh's drawing with his crayon so vigorously that he tore the paper. Van Gogh then flew into a violent rage and shouted at Siberdt: 'You clearly do not know what a young woman is like, God damn it! A woman must have hips, buttocks, a pelvis in which she can carry a baby!' According to some accounts this was the last time Van Gogh attended classes at the Academy and he left later for Paris.[100] On 31 March 1886, which was about a month after the confrontation with Siberdt, the teachers of the Academy decided that 17 students, including Van Gogh, had to repeat a year. The story that Van Gogh was expelled from the Academy by Siberdt is therefore unfounded.[101]
Ill from drink and suffering from smoker's cough, in February 1888 Van Gogh sought refuge in Arles.[14] He seems to have moved with thoughts of founding an art colony. The Danish artist Christian Mourier-Petersen became his companion for two months, and at first Arles appeared exotic. In a letter, he described it as a foreign country: "The Zouaves, the brothels, the adorable little Arlésienne going to her First Communion, the priest in his surplice, who looks like a dangerous rhinoceros, the people drinking absinthe, all seem to me creatures from another world."[114]
During the first days of his treatment, Van Gogh repeatedly and unsuccessfully asked for Gauguin, who asked a policeman attending the case to "be kind enough, Monsieur, to awaken this man with great care, and if he asks for me tell him I have left for Paris; the sight of me might prove fatal for him."[153] Gauguin fled Arles, never to see Van Gogh again. They continued to correspond and in 1890 Gauguin proposed they form a studio in Antwerp. Meanwhile, other visitors to the hospital included Marie Ginoux and Roulin.[154]
Van Dyke received a Grammy Award in 1964, along with Julie Andrews, for his performance on the soundtrack to Mary Poppins.[41] In 1970, he published Faith, Hope and Hilarity: A Child's Eye View of Religion a book of humorous anecdotes based largely on his experiences as a Sunday School teacher.[42] Van Dyke was principal in "KXIV Inc." and owned 1400 AM KXIV in Phoenix (later KSUN) from 1965 to 1985.[citation needed]
On March 16, 1966, at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California, brothers Paul Van Doren and James Van Doren and Gordon C. Lee opened the first Vans store under the name The Van Doren Rubber Company.[5] The business manufactured shoes and sold them directly to the public. On that first morning, twelve customers purchased Vans deck shoes, which are now known as "Authentic". The company displayed three styles of shoes, which were priced between US$2.49 and US$4.99, but on the opening day, the company had only manufactured display models without any inventory ready to sell—the store rack boxes were actually empty.[6]
In January 1879 he took up a post as a missionary at Petit-Wasmes[45] in the coal-mining district of Borinage in Belgium. To show support for his impoverished congregation, he gave up his comfortable lodgings at a bakery to a homeless person, and moved to a small hut where he slept on straw.[46] His squalid living conditions did not endear him to church authorities, who dismissed him for "undermining the dignity of the priesthood". He then walked the 75 kilometres (47 mi) to Brussels,[47] returned briefly to Cuesmes in the Borinage, but gave in to pressure from his parents to return home to Etten. He stayed there until around March 1880,[note 3] which caused concern and frustration for his parents. His father was especially frustrated and advised that his son should be committed to the lunatic asylum at Geel.[49][50][note 4]
Lived with Michelle Triola from 1976 until her death in 2009. Van Dyke had become friendly with her before his marriage ended and in his autobiography he admits that the final cause of his divorce from his wife was when he gave Michelle Triola out of his own pocket the six-figure amount she had sued for unsuccessfully in her infamous "palimony" case against Lee Marvin.
Van Gogh's fame reached its first peak in Austria and Germany before World War I,[280] helped by the publication of his letters in three volumes in 1914.[281] His letters are expressive and literate, and have been described as among the foremost 19th-century writings of their kind.[8] These began a compelling mythology of Van Gogh as an intense and dedicated painter who suffered for his art and died young.[282] In 1934, the novelist Irving Stone wrote a biographical novel of Van Gogh's life titled Lust for Life, based on Van Gogh's letters to Theo. This novel and the 1956 film further enhanced his fame, especially in the United States where Stone surmised only a few hundred people had heard of van Gogh prior to his surprise best-selling book.[283][284]
I was an alcoholic for about twenty-five years. In the Fifties and Sixties, everybody had their martini, everybody smoked incessantly. The funny thing is that all through my twenties and early thirties I didn't drink at all. Then we moved to a neighborhood full of young families with the same age kids and everyone drank heavily, there were big parties every night. I would go to work with terrible hangovers which if you're dancing is really hard. I was in deep trouble, you get suicidal and think you just can't go on. I had suicidal feelings, it was just terrible. But then suddenly, like a blessing, the drink started not to taste good. I would feel a little dizzy and a little nauseous and I wasn't getting the click. Today I wouldn't want a drink for anything. But I do occasionally think of taking a nice drag. I've been on this gum for ten years and it's just as addictive but at least it's not hurting my lungs. (2013)
Van Gogh returned home a fortnight later and resumed painting, producing a mirror-image Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, several still lifes, and La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930). Several weeks later, he again showed symptoms of mental disturbance severe enough to cause him to be sent back to the hospital. At the end of April 1889, fearful of losing his renewed capacity for work, which he regarded as a guarantee of his sanity, he asked to be temporarily shut up in the asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in order to be under medical supervision.
Many of the late paintings are sombre but essentially optimistic and, right up to the time of Van Gogh's death, reflect his desire to return to lucid mental health. Yet some of his final works reflect his deepening concerns.[257][258] Writing in July 1890, from Auvers, Van Gogh said that he had become absorbed "in the immense plain against the hills, boundless as the sea, delicate yellow".[181]
He incorporated his children and grandchildren into his TV endeavors. Son Barry Van Dyke, grandsons Shane Van Dyke and Carey Van Dyke along with other Van Dyke grandchildren and relatives appeared in various episodes of the long-running series Diagnosis: Murder. Although Stacy Van Dyke was not well known in show business, she made an appearance in the Diagnosis: Murder Christmas episode "Murder in the Family" (season 4) as Carol Sloan Hilton, the estranged daughter of Dr. Mark Sloan.
Van Gogh, the eldest of six children of a Protestant pastor, was born and reared in a small village in the Brabant region of the southern Netherlands. He was a quiet, self-contained youth, spending his free time wandering the countryside to observe nature. At 16 he was apprenticed to The Hague branch of the art dealers Goupil and Co., of which his uncle was a partner.
In these series, Van Gogh was not preoccupied by his usual interest in filling his paintings with subjectivity and emotion; rather the two series are intended to display his technical skill and working methods to Gauguin,[134] who was about to visit. The 1888 paintings were created during a rare period of optimism for the artist. Vincent wrote to Theo in August 1888, "I'm painting with the gusto of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse, which won't surprise you when it's a question of painting large sunflowers ... If I carry out this plan there'll be a dozen or so panels. The whole thing will therefore be a symphony in blue and yellow. I work on it all these mornings, from sunrise. Because the flowers wilt quickly and it's a matter of doing the whole thing in one go."[243]
Van Gogh worked for Goupil in London from 1873 to May 1875 and in Paris from that date until April 1876. Daily contact with works of art aroused his artistic sensibility, and he soon formed a taste for Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and other Dutch masters, although his preference was for two contemporary French painters, Jean-François Millet and Camille Corot, whose influence was to last throughout his life. Van Gogh disliked art dealing. Moreover, his approach to life darkened when his love was rejected by a London girl in 1874. His burning desire for human affection thwarted, he became increasingly solitary. He worked as a language teacher and lay preacher in England and, in 1877, worked for a bookseller in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Impelled by a longing to serve humanity, he envisaged entering the ministry and took up theology; however, he abandoned this project in 1878 for short-term training as an evangelist in Brussels. A conflict with authority ensued when he disputed the orthodox doctrinal approach. Failing to get an appointment after three months, he left to do missionary work among the impoverished population of the Borinage, a coal-mining region in southwestern Belgium. There, in the winter of 1879–80, he experienced the first great spiritual crisis of his life. Living among the poor, he gave away all his worldly goods in an impassioned moment; he was thereupon dismissed by church authorities for a too-literal interpretation of Christian teaching.
In April 1876 he returned to England to take unpaid work as a supply teacher in a small boarding school in Ramsgate. When the proprietor moved to Isleworth in Middlesex, Van Gogh went with him.[35][36] The arrangement did not work out and he left to become a Methodist minister's assistant.[37] His parents had meanwhile moved to Etten;[38] in 1876 he returned home at Christmas for six months and took work at a bookshop in Dordrecht. He was unhappy in the position and spent his time doodling or translating passages from the Bible into English, French and German.[39] He immersed himself in religion, and became increasingly pious and monastic.[40] According to his flatmate of the time, Paulus van Görlitz, Van Gogh ate frugally, avoiding meat.[41]
His understanding of the possibilities of painting was evolving rapidly; from studying Hals he learned to portray the freshness of a visual impression, while the works of Paolo Veronese and Eugène Delacroix taught him that colour can express something by itself. This led to his enthusiasm for Peter Paul Rubens and inspired his sudden departure for Antwerp, Belgium, where the greatest number of Rubens's works could be seen. The revelation of Rubens's mode of direct notation and of his ability to express a mood by a combination of colours proved decisive in the development of van Gogh's style. Simultaneously, van Gogh discovered Japanese prints and Impressionist painting. All these sources influenced him more than the academic principles taught at the Antwerp Academy, where he was enrolled. His refusal to follow the academy's dictates led to disputes, and after three months he left precipitately in 1886 to join Theo in Paris. There, still concerned with improving his drawing, van Gogh met Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, and others who were to play historic roles in modern art. They opened his eyes to the latest developments in French painting. At the same time, Theo introduced him to Camille Pissarro, Georges Seurat, and other artists of the Impressionist group.
For years, Van Dyke struggled financially and professionally. He and his first wife, Margie, married on a radio show called Bride and Groom in 1948, in part because the program paid for the ceremony and gave them a free honeymoon. In the late 1940s and early '50s, Van Dyke worked in radio and television in Atlanta and New Orleans. He landed a seven-year contract with CBS in the early 1950s, but was let go after three years.
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Born in Missouri in 1925, Dick Van Dyke is known for his starring role in the musical Bye Bye Birdie (1963), and for his successful television comedy series The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66). Additionally, he starred in the drama series Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001), has won several Emmy Awards and has performed in a number of films, including Mary Poppins; Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, Dick Tracy and Night at the Museum.
Gogh, Vincent van: Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant)Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant), oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. 73.66 × 92.07 cm.Photograph by Jenny O'Donnell. Indianapolis Museum of Art, gift of Mrs James W. Fesler in memory of Daniel W. and Elizabeth C. Marmon, 44.74
Van Gogh was unsuccessful during his lifetime, and was considered a madman and a failure. He became famous after his suicide, and exists in the public imagination as the quintessential misunderstood genius, the artist "where discourses on madness and creativity converge".[6] His reputation began to grow in the early 20th century as elements of his painting style came to be incorporated by the Fauves and German Expressionists. He attained widespread critical, commercial and popular success over the ensuing decades, and is remembered as an important but tragic painter, whose troubled personality typifies the romantic ideal of the tortured artist. Today, Van Gogh's works are among the world's most expensive paintings to have ever sold at auction, and his legacy is honoured by a museum in his name, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which holds the world's largest collection of his paintings and drawings.


On Sunday the 29th of May 2016, Southend Hospital Radio completed a live on-air link to nearby hospital radio station Basildon Hospital Radio.
As part of the Sunday Prescription show, presenter Lainey M linked up with Basildon Hospital Radio's Alan Newman, who was presenting the Sunday request show.
Basildon Hospital Radio links up with local community radio station Gateway FM once a month, so by linking to Southend Hospital Radio, the linkup was heard on FM, AM, on patient bedside units at both hospitals as well as via the Internet.
The two presenters chatted about what each station was broadcasting at the time and sent greetings to patients to both hospitals.
Southend Hospital Radio's Chairman Pete Sipple had been invited to speak on Basildon Hospital Radio, and after discussions with his counterpart in Basildon, Jacqui James, the idea of the linkup was discussed, and it was great to have the opportunity to link the two stations together.
I've just gone to the Basildon Hospital Radio site, and it seems to be working. You need to go to http://www.bhr1287.net/, click on "Listen Live", and then select the pop-up player. If this doesn't appear, you may be blocking pop-ups.
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HomeCommunity EngagementFuture Cities Research Institute Launches at Sunway University
Future Cities Research Institute Launches at Sunway University
August 28, 2019 Smart Cities Connect Community Engagement
Sunway University in Selangor, Malaysia and Lancaster University in the UK have recently launched the Future Cities Research Institute (FCRI) at Sunway University.
The FCRI is a joint collaboration which will complement the work of the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainability Development, capitalize on Sunway's work in developing sustainable urban environments in Malaysia, and continue Lancaster's research in 'cities and surrounding hinterlands'.
Professor Graeme Wilkinson, Vice-Chancellor of Sunway University commented that, "We are now taking the Sunway Lancaster partnership into a new phase as we extend the collaboration very firmly into the area of research. The joint Future Cities Research Institute will focus on one of the biggest challenges facing mankind, namely how to make cities more livable and sustainable in the future. It is predicted that by 2050 more than 80% of the population in Europe and North America and more than 60% of the population in Africa and Asia will live in cities, totaling around 6.7 billion people. It is therefore entirely fitting for us to choose the challenges of urbanization to be the focus for our first joint research institute."
The FCRI will develop a portfolio of research that may include design for healthy living, people-based infrastructure, night-time urban environments, and urban food security. Researchers will use Sunway City Kuala Lumpur – the group's 800-acre township which has been transformed from a mining wasteland – as a 'living lab.'
"Our efforts at Sunway are driven by our recognition that realizing the SDGs is not the sole responsibility of governments. It requires the commitment of all sectors of society — the private sector, academia, civil society, and, of course, every single individual. We are all in this together," said Tan Sri Dr Cheah, chancellor at Sunway.


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Dave Simpson game 5.
Matt Phillips, an exhibit developer from Munhall, Pennsylvania
Doris Nash, a costume shop supervisor from Ames, Iowa
Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland (4-day champion whose cash winnings total $88,901)
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THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA
RAISE THE FLAG, PLEASE
OH, I'VE GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YOU
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The full popular name of this military personnel policy announced in 1993 included "Don't Pursue"
It's the title couple played by Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie in a 2005 movie
This rock legend is, to our knowledge, not a secret agent
An archipelago
Site of a famous flag raising, Mount Suribachi s found on this isle
Basically jail on a ship, it's the boat compartment where prisoners are confined
Congress approved $50M for the celebration of this, part of which is seen here
For that dude to look like a lady in this 1993 film, Robin Williams had to undergo makeup sessions 4 1/2 hours long
She wasn't in Jeopardy against Gabriele Seyfert when she won a gold in figure skating at Grenoble in 1968
Has the highest population of the 3, with about 9 million
The 2 colors on this Scandinavian country's flag are blue & yellow
To decrease in strength; moon-wise, it's the opposite of wax
On his 70th birthday, December 21, 1949, this Soviet leader set up his own "peace prizes"
Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) tells this character, "I think you're the most attractive of all my parents' friends"
This mother seen here died in a four-hour battle with the FBI in 1935
Member of the British Commonwealth
On the flag of Malawi, one of these represents the dawn of hope & independence for Africa
To avoid taking unnecessary risks, "play it close to" this piece of clothing
Having missed out on this ceremony at age 13, Henny Youngman had one in 180 at age 73
In a 1967 movie, this actor spoke the line "They call me Mr. Tibbs"
Newlyweds know that he wobbled as coach of the Jets in Super Bowl III but didn't fall down
Uses the Lev as its unit of currency
The cross of this saint is seen on the flag of Scotland
Greek to me, it means a very small quantity (like this word's total number of consonants--one)
In April 1955, Great Britain became the garden of this man, Churchill's successor as Prime Minister
In a 1992 movie, he played comic Buddy Young Jr., "Mr. Saturday Night"
12% Muslim
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It's the constellation seen on the flags of New Zealand & Australia
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The nerve of this ancient region of Europe, consisting of Cisalpine & Transalpine divisions!
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A 1631 edition was known as "the wicked Bible"; it had left this word out of the 7th Commandment in Exodus 20:14
(Julie Chen of CBS' Big Brother reads the clue.) Charlie Sheen's films with this big brother include "Men At Work" & "Young Guns"
In an email that surfaced after her murder, she said if anything happened to her, Pres. Musharraf was responsible
Mark Twain said he began writing a new Tom Sawyer book narrated by this scamp but, sadly for us, "destroyed it"
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands between two large men holding diapers.) Quite a lot of this rich fabric goes into a "mawashi", which wraps several times around the sumo wrestler
A pointed fastener used on bulletin boards plus an apex
Festus interrupted a speech by this apostle claiming, "Much learning doth make thee mad"
In 2008 quarterback Jordan Palmer signed with the Cincinnati Bengals to back up this big brother
Only religious music was broadcast on the radio for 2 weeks after her July 26, 1952 death in Buenos Aires
Charles Dickens gave this family 6 children, but only named 4 of them: Martha, Belinda, Peter & Tim
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands near a sumo match.) Sumo's ties to this native Japanese religion are symbolized in many ways; the canopy suspended above the ring is made to resemble the roof of a shrine
One who is possibly the perp plus a muscle in the chest
The stories of Gideon & Samson are found in this book of the Bible
Dave Davies of this band hasn't always looked up to big brother Ray as they're known for fighting on stage
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After her coffee plantation failed, this author got out of Africa & returned to Denmark
In "The Big Four", Agatha Christie gave him a mysterious "twin brother" named Achille
(Cheryl reports again from ringside.) The object is to power your opponent out of the ring; punching & choking are not allowed and are called "kinjite", which means "forbidden" this body part
Cone-shaped dwelling plus hide-your-face game played with youngsters
I Corinthians states, "As in" this man "all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive"
The 8th of 9 Wahlberg children, he was the "new kid" until he became big brother to Mark
Before opening her own schools, she had her own methods of teaching anthropology at the Univ. of Rome
In "Wide Sargasso Sea", West Indian author Jean Rhys wrote about the West Indian 1st wife of this "Jane Eyre" hero
(Jimmy reports again from the match.) Sumo wretlers take new names, sometimes ending with "kawa", meaning "river", or "yama", which is this appropriate geographical feature
Elastic synthetic fabric plus skill & grace in physical movement
According to Jeremiah, this place seems to be short of balm & physicians
Siblings Elisabeth & Andrew in this family made the 2007 film "Gracie", a tribute to their late older brother William
In the 1980s this South African singer & political activist clicked with Paul Simon, joining him on his Graceland tour
This author was the son of a doctor, & he made the father of his alter ego Nick Adams a doctor, too
(Cheryl indicates a wrestler's haircut.) Top sumo wrestlers may wear the topknot in a fan-like shape to resemble the leaf of this sacred tree
Annual publication with tables & forecasts plus something out of place in time
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In 1824 Anglican priest William Buckland wrote a pioneering paper on Megalosaurus, a creature whose name means this
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Jean Hegland
Hardcover (9/1/2015)
"A moving, beautiful story about what persists and what doesn't, about what can be repaired and what can't." —Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Until John Wilson met the warm, wise woman who became his fourth wife, the object of his most intense devotion had always been the work of William Shakespeare. From his feat of memorizing Romeo and Juliet and half a dozen other plays as a student to his evangelical zeal as a professor, John's faith in the Bard has shaped his life. But now his mental powers have been diminished by dementia, and his wife has reluctantly moved him to a residential care facility. Even there, as he struggles to understand what's going on around him, John's knowledge of the plays helps him make sense of his fractured world.
Yet, when his only child, Miranda—with whom he has not spoken since a devastating misunderstanding a decade ago—comes to visit, John begins to question some of his deepest convictions. In his devotion to Shakespeare, did he lose his way? Did he wrong the child who wronged him? The story of an imperfect father and a wounded daughter's efforts to achieve some authentic connection even now, Still Time is a rare novel that celebrates redemption and ends on a resounding note of hope, reminding us that there is always time to live fully and love deeply, so long as we are alive.
Praise For Still Time: A Novel…
"The wonderful Jean Hegland returns with a moving, beautiful story about what persists and what doesn't, about what can be repaired and what can't. This is a tale focused and personal, but also large and philosophical; and all of it infused with and guided by the great Shakespeare. Men are men; the best sometimes forget." —Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
"Anyone who knows only fragments of Shakespeare will be fascinated and deeply moved by this insightful story of a Shakespeare scholar experiencing dementia. Fellow Shakespeareans will delight in the way the myriad allusions to the plays are intertwined with beautifully crafted elegiac descriptions of the old man's life in a home and his dissolving family memories. Still Time is a novel Shakespeare would be proud of." —David Crystal, author of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and Shakespeare's Words
"The tone of Still Time is deceptively quiet. Why then did I read it with heart-pounding excitement? Because it is, from start to finish, a high-wire act of literary daring. Only a master could bring off this feat. Jean Hegland brings it off." —Rebecca Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex
"This book is for anyone who appreciates a beautifully written, character-driven story . . . Heartbreaking in the best possible way." —Booklist, starred review
"Just as Into the Forest, Jean Hegland haunts yet again in Still Time, a highly evocative read, managing to strike with pinpoint accuracy at several raw emotions. It's also a wonderfully intelligent read and Jean [Hegland] deftly weaves in characters and prose from Shakespeare's greatest, expertly creating connections between these references and John's deteriorating thoughts. Absolutely recommended." —Portsmouth Review
"An absolutely riveting read from beginning to end . . . Jean Hegland is a superb novelist whose deftly crafted characters and thoroughly absorbing story make this one of those all to rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf . . . Very highly recommended." —Midwest Book Review
"A poignant story about loss. . . . this is a novel which will resonate for Shakespeare enthusiasts, academics, and those with only a school knowledge of Shakespeare . . . Read it and experience the power of words once more, as love and Shakespeare bind audience and characters together in perfect harmony. Still Time is a heart-warming novel." —theshakespearestandard.com
"Still Time isn't a derivative version of any Shakespeare play, but it contains multitudes. . . . This isn't a tearjerker—though it's likely to make you cry. This isn't a simple narrative—though it's clear. This isn't a story about recovery from loss—though it provides thoughts on that subject." —Bardfilm, The Shakespeare and Film Microblog
"I'm not sure if it's heartbreakingly beautiful or beautifully heartbreaking . . . I recommend it very highly." —The Bill Shakespeare Project
Arcade, 9781628728217, 240pp.
Jean Hegland is the author of the novels Into the Forest and Windfalls. Into the Forest, a BookSense Reading Group Pick, Readers Choice Book Club Favorite, and Book of the Month Club alternative pick, has been translated into nine languages. She lives in Healdsburg, California.


This week we are lucky enough to take a peek into the life of Jane Heng, the designer of her self titled jewellery label. Jane gives us an insight into living and working from Cambodia, the local makers, her favourite artists and also her plans for the near future.
I'm a designer working closely with traditional craft skilled makers. For my own little label, I work with artisans in Cambodia and I also work in a similar role with the UN where I work with women artisans in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Spending time with the artisans is my favourite part of my job. I learn about their daily lives, their family and they teach me about their craft. I try to design within their skill level and limitations which can take up to a year to get right but this collaborative effort is very rewarding when the final product is finished.
I worked in a few jobs within the fashion industry straight after I graduated from RMIT fashion but after a few years, I was keen to live somewhere outside of Australia. I chose to move to Cambodia. I had been there before but only on short family holidays. My first trip was when I was 8 in the early 90s and it was a big shock for me. Coming from Australia it was hard for me to understand that I had family in a country that had just come out of a terrible genocide. It was the first time that I had seen other children my age living below the poverty line. That first trip had always left a mark on me and it made sense to go back one day. Now it's been almost 10 years that I call both Australia and Cambodia home. Cambodia is where I can connect to my heritage, practice my Khmer language and learn up close the traditional handicrafts of Cambodia.
For the label, I started with jewellery because of a chance meeting with my now lapidarist. He introduced to me the array of gemstones found in Cambodia. I knew I wanted to work with the wide range of hues and tones found in natural gemstones so I headed back to Australia to do a short course in jewellery making and complete a certificate in gemology. Turns out I really do like science but only in the field of gemology!
A typical day in Cambodia will start with a local breakfast which is either a bowl of rice noodle soup or pork & rice finished off with a Cambodian iced coffee. I'll spend a couple of hours in the morning answering emails and other admin things then the rest of the day I'll be scooting on the back of a motorbike or tuk tuk from one maker to another following up on samples or orders. Going from one workshop to the next is exhausting in Cambodia's dusty humid climate so in the evenings I usually stay home to catch up on more emails or a quiet dinner with family & friends.
I've just moved to Bangkok with my husband! I'm excited as this is a country rich in craft tradition and it's the perfect base between Cambodia and Australia.
Do you have a mentor? What is it about them or their work that has helped you to be where you are today?
I sadly don't have a mentor but I'm on the look out for one!
I'm particularly drawn to women artists from the mid 20th century such as Lucie Rie, Claire McCardell, Ray Eames and Helen Frankenthaler. Though not a woman, I'm interested in the work of Vann Molyvann, a Cambodian architect who made him mark with his innovative designs in the 1960s.
I listen to podcasts more than I do music. I have a long list of podcasts on my phone but a few of my favourite at the moment are Conversations with Richard Fiddler, Science Vs, Reply All and A few things with Claire and Erica. I highly recommend The Berlin Patient which is equal parts hilarious and cringe.
I have some collaborations in the works and some new ideas brewing, I'm hoping to incorporate more textiles into the label but I'll be taking it easy in the next 12 months as I'm a soon to be mum!
In a very fast developing country, waking up to the noise and sight of construction in the capital city, Phnom Penh, has become the norm.
I'll walk to the local market to grab breakfast. The picture on the left is a typical street in Phnom Penh. And the picture on the right is of a flower seller in the market.
Local breakfast of pork and rice.
Picking up a Cambodian ice coffee from one of my fave coffee carts, Aziza's Coffe, which is also one of the first solar powered tuk tuks in Cambodia! Here I'm pictured with Kim Ya who has known me since I moved to Phnom Penh back in 2009.
This is the camera shy Pu Vanna who is a master lapidarist in his workshop. He a sought after teacher and will often have students learning how to cut gemstones in his workshop.
With the help of Pu Vanna, he helps me select the best natural uncut gemstones for him to work on.
Pu Vanna uses a manual faceting to cut the raw gemstones.
After meeting with Pu Vanna, I'll scoot off to the other side of town to see the jewellery maker I work with.
I first met Pu Eiw through family. He's has over 20 years of experience but it was a challenge when we first started working together because in Cambodia the style of jewellery he was use to making was "the bigger the better" so my very small fine jewellery was something he wasn't use to. We've now been working together for over 5 years and know each other's work very well.
Lunch with the makers or with family. Lucky fresh coconut is readily available. I can't quite bust an coconut by myself yet but my mum and aunt are both bosses with a knife.
A photo of me and the ceramic makers.
Sketching out a sample order.
Phnom Penh at the end of the day.


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Saunton lies between Croyde and Braunton and has a 3 ½ mile sandy beach. Perfect for longboarders and beginners looking for a mellow wave, there's heaps of space to find a spot in the lineup.
The beach has everything you need without having to venture far. If you've never surfed before, there's surf schools on the beach to get you started and 'Surfed Out' for hire equipment. There's a shop selling everything you need for a day at the beach and you can even hire a deckchair or beach but.
Wander through Braunton Burrows or grab a bite to eat at the Sands cafe. For a special treat head to the Saunton Sands hotel for a cream tea and the breathtaking view over Saunton Sands.


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By Daniel Morley
A Lesson on the Importance of Crew Resource Management
On Dec. 28, 1978, United flight 173 was approaching Portland after an evening flight from Denver. The Douglas DC-8 was operated by an experienced flight crew with a combined total of over 35,000 flight hours between the three. As the crew lowered the landing gear for their approach, a loud thunk was heard and a shudder was felt throughout the aircraft. The crew requested a holding pattern to diagnosis the issue and prepare for a potential emergency landing. The aircraft then spent the next hour circling above the skies of Portland as the flight crew attempted to fix the issue that had caused the vibrations and noise.
As the flight crew lined up for final into Portland, the number one and number two engine flamed out, shortly followed by both number three and four. The aircraft began gliding into suburban Portlandia and crashed into a wooded area, six miles south of the airport. Of the 189 passengers and crew, there were ten fatalities. The investigation found that the quad engine failure was caused by fuel exhaustion. But how could an experienced crew allow their fuel load to become so low?
The NTSB released the following as a probable cause, "The failure of the captain to monitor properly the aircraft's fuel state and to properly respond to the low fuel state and the crew member's advisories regarding fuel state. This resulted in fuel exhaustion to all engines. His inattention resulted from preoccupation with a landing gear malfunction and preparations for a possible landing emergency" and released a contributing factor of, "The failure of the other two flight crew members either to fully comprehend the criticality of the fuel state or to successfully communicate their concern to the captain."
In short, the flameout was caused by the captain failing to monitor the fuel levels during the hour-long hold, as well as the other two flight crew members failing to communicate the problem to the captain.
The crash of United flight 173 became a catalyst for the industry. In 1981, United introduced the first crew resource management program in the industry. The goal of Crew Resource Management (CRM) is to reduce accidents due to pilot error. It encourages first officers and other crew members to respectfully question the captain. It creates a more harmonious and safer cockpit. Instead of having the captain make decisions unchallenged, CRM training allows for the first officer to have input on a situation. It also encourages flight crews to work as a team rather than separate units with one decisive leader.
In the case of United flight 173, the cockpit voice recording revealed that the first officer and the flight engineer attempted to alert the captain to the fuel situation, however, their fear of disrespecting the more senior and experienced captain led to them being ineffective. A similar crash occurred nearly six years earlier that was eerily similar: Eastern Air Lines flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades as all five crewmembers on the flight deck became preoccupied with a burned out light bulb. They failed to notice their unexpected descent until the very last minute.
Proper CRM procedures would have said that at least one of the Eastern 401 crew members was flying the aircraft and monitoring the flight instruments. Since the inception of CRM, it has been implemented industry-wide, and the number of aircraft crashes caused by pilot error have seen a large reduction. Although many passengers do not know about it, CRM is seen in every cockpit, from commuter airlines to the majors, and because of its implementation flying and air travel has become much safer.
Daniel Morley
Daniel has always had aviation in his life; from moving to the United States when he was two, to family vacations across the U.S., and back to his native England. He currently resides in South Florida and attends Nova Southeastern University, studying Human Factors in Aviation. Daniel has his Commercial Certificate for both land and sea, and hopes to one day join the major airlines.
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For the DxE art-making session at this year's Forum, our tools were simple: pencils, computer printer paper, and some magazine pictures of animals. Our time was limited, too – about 45 minutes.
I confess to being partial to drawing and pencils. At least in our culture, pencils are cheap and available, and I love the immediacy and intimacy of drawing. Sitting down with a pencil and paper is a way for me to think, dream, imagine, feel and ultimately come back to myself.
About 10 of us gathered around a table at the forum and set to work. Unlike other group art experiences I've had, there was no talking – no recounting last night's movie or a recent meal.
We drew in silence. We drew in peace. We drew with determination to create something to break down our culture's collective ignorance of the suffering of animals.
As we wrapped up, I asked - like a third-grade teacher - for folks to please put their names on their drawings. Some people acceded to my demands; others did not. Because pencil lines are generally hard to see when posted online, I added ink and, in some cases, color to the drawings.
I think these drawings are wonderful. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!


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So, there it is, 6 gotta-do's and 3 optional goals for the next year. As we move closer to the end of 2011, we'll reveal more about the mystery game for 2012 and our long-term supplement plans for both it and WyshMaykers.


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Biden Is Using Lies To Divide America
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The current President's record of lying is alarming. In 1988, Biden lost his first bid for the Presidency because the media actually reported he was a repeat plagiarist. He became president this time around at least in part because, in 2020, the mainstream media did not report his record of plagiarism. The Democrats of today also either chose to ignore his history or did not research their candidate, instead accepting the left-leaning media's narrative at face value.
As a candidate, Biden announced his campaign with the "Charlottesville Lie": The claim that President Trump was referring to Nazis and White supremacists when he said there were "were very fine people, on both sides." In reality, President Trump was referring to people on both sides of the debate about removing the Robert E. Lee statue. One hopes this blatant and despicable untruth was shredded once and for all by David Schoen's explication of the issue during the second impeachment trial.
As President, a couple of weeks ago Biden made a statement about Georgia's election law. in which every allegation is untrue. The new law does not end voting hours early, end early voting, place restrictions on casting absentee ballots that deny "countless voters" the right to vote, reduce the number of polling sites, or criminalize providing water to voters waiting in line. I believe in redemption, but Biden's behavior as a candidate and as president has not indicated he is anything but a bald-faced liar.
Which brings us to Biden's "Speech to the Joint Sessions of Congress" in which he said, "We won't ignore what our intelligence agency has determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to the homeland today: White supremacy's terrorism."
Along with almost all Americans, I condemn White supremacist and anti-Muslim groups and the crimes they commit, as well as all hate groups, and all criminal and destructive behavior!
Biden's statement, however, is designed to manipulate people's emotions and understanding. While the remark is literally true – insofar as America's intelligence agencies claim that White supremacy is a problem, at the same time it insinuated into the minds of millions of Americans the suggestion that White supremacists are killing vast numbers of Americans. Statistics indicate this is not true.
The information on which Biden based his statement first appeared during the Trump presidency in an October 6, 2020 report from the Department of Homeland Security. DHS Acting Secretary Chad Wolf tweeted,
You can read the Department's first-of-its-kind homeland threat assessment. This is as close as you will get to seeing and understanding the information that I see as acting secretary and that our employees see in the national security missions.
The American people should have faith knowing these threats were identified using the best intelligence, operational information, and employee knowledge available to the Department.
As of June 3, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security had identified 199 white supremacist groups in the U.S. According to the most recent statistics I can find:
In the 2015-2019 period, U.S. White nationalist groups were held responsible for 34 separate attacks, resulting in 64 deaths. Anti-Muslim extremists were linked to 32 attacks resulting in five deaths.
According to the FBI, during that same 2015-2019 period, there were 6,111,199 violent crimes and 72,781 murders throughout the U.S. Therefore, during this five-year period, terrorist attacks by White supremacist and anti-Muslim groups accounted for .001% of violent crimes and .09% of murders – a minute proportion. These crimes are terrible — no decent person can deny that. However, if these groups are the "most lethal terrorist threat" to our country — even more deadly than the threat of Islamist terrorism — law enforcement agencies are doing a good job of preventing attacks as the crimes committed by these groups are a very small percentage of overall criminal attacks and death.
Contrast these statistics from a five-year period across America with Chicago in 2021. As of April 21 – that is, less than four full months into the year — there have been 785 shooting incidents and 181 murders. Or look at Philadelphia, where year-to-date figures as of April 28 stand at 505 nonfatal and 141 fatal shootings and 165 homicides (a 33% increase from 2020). It should also be noted that most of these incidents have been Black-on-Black crimes. While terrorism from White supremacist and anti-Muslim groups may be an increasing concern, it pales beside the gun violence, committed predominantly with illegal firearms, in urban America.
To put these figures into further perspective, contrast .001% of all violent crimes and .09% of all murders committed OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD with the Islamist terrorist attack on 9/11. Muslim terrorists murdered 2,977 people in one day translates into 2% of the 1.4 million violent crimes and 16% of murders committed in the US in 2001. Again, while terrorism by White supremacist and anti-Muslim groups may have overtaken other types of terrorism as a threat to our country, it has not reached a fraction of the record held by the Islamist attack that took place on 9/11. With God's help, and the vigilance and hard work of the Department of Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, I hope it never will.
As DHS Acting Director Chad Wolf said in another October 6, 2020 tweet, these terrorists are "lone offenders and small cells of individuals." For many people, however, Biden's words created the impression that these individuals and small groups are increasing exponentially, posing an imminent threat to vast numbers of Americans. And without naming the pool of people from which these terrorists are being drawn, the unstated implication is they are members of the Republican party — the party of Lincoln, the anti-slavery party, the party that, rather than divide the nation, struggled to keep it together.
Earlier in his career, Biden said of his plagiarism, "my intent was not to deceive anyone, for if it were, I would not have been so blatant." As his recent statement about "the most lethal terrorist threat to the homeland today" was so subtly misleading — a case of not placing the information within context as opposed to a blatant lie — one can reasonably extrapolate that his intention this time was, in fact, to deceive. It's horrific that, in a Speech to the Joint Sessions of Congress, an American President should deliver a message purposefully designed to promote suspicion and encourage division among Americans. It appears that Democrats are unable, or perhaps unwilling, to see what the current President, a man for whom they voted, is doing.


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Single Player Games Are Going To Be Just Fine
Single player games are currently under the microscope. With the popularity of microtransactions and EA shutting Visceral for their single player Star Wars game, many people are questioning if single player games are going to stick around. From looking at the industry and being around games most of my life, I have to say that single player games are not going anywhere.
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Single player games are in an interesting spot. Many people are already predicting that they are going to die. This, however, has already been discussed. Our writer Nick Banks already explained why he thinks single player games are an endangered species. So instead, I'm going to talk about why I think single player games are going to be just fine.
SUCCESS OF HELLBLADE: SENUA'S SACRIFICE
I find that Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a great example of how single player games are going to evolve and adapt as necessary. Ninja Theory set out to craft a single player game with the Triple-A polish at a cheaper price. Instead of going for $60, Hellblade started at only $30. This stopped it from facing competition from big $60 games and allowed it to flourish on its own. With the game industry being a follow-the-leader type of industry, knowing that this type of model sells and can make money will have more developers jump on board so they can carry out their vision of their game without publishers getting in the way.
I actually think that this is the perfect model for single player games to take. They don't always have the big costs of larger multiplayer games and can easily make their money back if they aren't being sold as direct competition but rather a nice in-between purchase. Cuphead is another great example of this. It launched for just $20 and quickly sold a million copies. There is a large market for interesting single player games. and they are still being very successful.
Even if most developers don't take to this model, I'm not worried. To see how good single player games are doing one only has to look to earlier this year. Earlier this year we had Resident Evil VII, Nier: Automata, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Prey, Mass Effect: Andromeda, and plenty of others. It is clear that publishers and developers are not giving up on single player games.
A FICKLE INDUSTRY
The game industry is a fickle beast. What was popular quickly becomes boring and what was boring quickly becomes popular again. That is important to remember when addressing something like single player games. Just a few years ago, modern shooters were the big ticket. Call of Duty and Battlefield both took this route and competed against each other for a good while. Before that, we had the World War II shooters made popular by Call of Duty. There were World War II shooters coming out constantly as publishers and developers all tried to get a piece of the pie. The pie made of money. Now, however, we find ourselves going right back to World War II shooters.
A huge reason for this happening is market saturation. Suddenly consumers find themselves with so many games that are very similar that they just stop buying them. They turn to the games that are offering something different at the time and suddenly that becomes a new trend for a little bit. This was highlighted perfectly when Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield I were announced. Call of Duty got a ton of hate for being very similar to what gamers were playing for years while Battlefield got plenty of love for offering something new to the players.
The worst case for single player games is that they become less popular for a while until gamers get sick and tired of the same-old-same-old and single player becomes highly popular again. The industry is a fickle business that never sticks to one trend for very long. Even if it seems that single player games are falling out of favor, that is likely to change as the market fluctuates.
MICROTRANSACTIONS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO STAY
The big reason this whole debate got started was because of the extreme popularity of microtransactions in these big $60 games. It is far easier to put these types of economies in multiplayer games than it is in single player games. This got people wondering if publishers are even going to bother with single player games anymore because they will not make as much money as the big multiplayer games where they can easily stick microtransactions in. This thinking, however, has a problem. It is assuming that microtransactions are going to stick around. I'm not completely sold on that just yet.
While microtransactions are very popular at the moment, it doesn't mean it will stay that way. This goes back to the industry being a very fickle beast; things change so quickly sometimes it can be hard to keep up at times. A perfect example of this is the online pass. The online pass is used to be huge. Publishers thought it was a great way to strong-arm users into buying new copies of their games rather than buy used. It looked like they were here to last and that they would never go away. Now? They don't exist anymore. That whole market of online passes crashed. Just because microtransactions are working now and make money, doesn't mean that they will always be around. Even if they do stick around, which is a possibility, Warner Bros has already proved that you can stick microtransactions into single player games with Shadow of War.
THE BOOMING INDIE SCENE
Even if microtransactions are permanent, even if the market doesn't saturate and people become tired of only multiplayer games, even if developers don't use the Hellblade strategy, single player games are going to be just fine. There are some great indie games out there right now, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
These indie devs don't always have the resources to go out and build these large multiplayer games where. Instead, they tend to focus on unique single player experiences. Limbo, Inside, Bastion, Braid, Undertale, and so many others are all great single player experiences that are all vastly different from each other. Unless the indie game market suddenly crashes so terribly there are no survivors, there is little chance for these types of games to stop coming.
Single player games are not going anywhere anytime soon. There are far too many variables at play and they are still very popular to just assume that they are in any sort of trouble. Even looking at future releases show that they will be just fine. In 2018, you have Detroit: Become Human, God of War, Spiderman, Darksiders III, and so much more.
Yes, EA did close down Visceral partly because they didn't like the way their single player Star Wars game was progressing. However, it is very important to note that EA has a huge history of shutting down devs. This isn't something new from them and it should not be treated as the downfall of single player. This should be treated as normal EA business.
The worst case for single player games is that they fall into the hands of indie devs alone. Of course, that would require developers not to jump on the Hellblade route of releasing games, for the market to not change its mind randomly, for microtransactions to be a permanent fixture of games, and for the gaming market to not over-saturate to the point where consumers stop buying. While this is all technically possible, I think single player games are going to be just fine.
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