I recently went to OREA's REALITY conference in Toronto and attended a session led by business strategist Tony Chapman. His message is well worth repeating and it is crucial for real estate agents that want to thrive in this new world.
Today's consumer is inundated with ads from realtors. Their mailbox is stuffed with agent's postcards; their online experience is filled with AdWords, remarketing campaigns and Facebook ads. So how do you break through the noise? How do you get their attention?
Most of these ads have one thing in common. They focus on the agent. Let's face it – most agents promote themselves, you've all been told you're a brand, right? Is that the best way to reach your audience? Should YOU be the focus of the ad? Are you the hero?
In marketing, only one word matters: ATTENTION. When you have someone's attention, you can engage, inspire and persuade. The challenge is getting that attention. There's just too much noise. Today's consumer has seized the power. They can play, shop, get likes, find dates and find a home all with their smart phone. You must capture their attention somehow. So how do you do it?
It's time to move away from the ad of you holding your cell phone to show you're busy. Today's consumer just doesn't buy it anymore. Your marketing message needs to move away from you and move towards the people you represent – your audience. Stop bragging. Stop with the I'm #1, I've sold most homes. There will be time to tell them about your achievements, just not now. Start to focus on what's important to your clients. They're the hero, they're the ones with chips in the game.
So, what does that mean? How do you as an agent start adapting to this and break through the noise?
Start by rethinking your marketing. Look at your existing ads and ask yourself; how can I switch the focus of my ad to showcase what's important to my clients? Consider the audience of the ad.
Tell a story. Video is a powerful medium to tell a story. Perhaps it's time to start thinking about switching the medium of your message. Tell the story of the home, of the kids growing up in the home, of the parents coming to visit, of the family dinners on Sunday. When you have those kinds of conversations, you're relevant. When you have the time to pay attention to what matters most to them, you become so meaningful.
Stop worrying about being #1 and become part of their story.
Next Next post: Vision Boards – Do they work?
Great read and good insights, you need to stand out with different messaging – everyone is doing the same thing. We are overwhelmed with a sea of the same.


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Q: df_dict in Python I have the following code which gets all the value I need (based on new_keys) and pass it on to a list.
However, I am having trouble getting the following line and the corresponding values:
'sales': [{'date': '2020-08-07',
       'price': 85,
       'saleType': 'Salg'},
      {'date': '1996-05-12', 'price': 0, 'saleType': 'Ukendt'}]

How do I get the column headers (date, price, saletype) and the corresponding values to my list?
new_keys = ["currentEstateId","address","zipCode","propertyType"]
response =
{"canGetVR":true,"userHasEvalReport":false,"isActive":false,"currentEstateId":null,"address":"Reersøvej 24","addressObj":{"street":"Reersøvej","number":"24","zipCode":4281},"zipCode":4281,"city":"Gørlev","coordinates":{"latitude":55.534958,"longitude":11.126505},"guid":"236893f9-6b85-4307-a99a-8d9065c5066c","propertyType":4,"sales":[{"date":"2020-08-03T00:00:00","price":3600000,"saleType":"Alm. frit salg"},{"date":"2016-08-23T00:00:00","price":0,"saleType":"Familieoverdragelse"},{"date":"1999-04-08T00:00:00","price":750000,"saleType":"Alm. frit salg"}],"previousListings":[{"id":1674948,"address":"Reersøvej 24, Reersø","lastSeen":"2020-08-04T01:49:02","price":3945000,"zipCode":4281,"city":"Gørlev"},{"id":729684,"address":"Reersøvej 24","lastSeen":"2012-08-18T04:53:16","price":2500000,"zipCode":4281,"city":"Gørlev"},{"id":210326,"address":"Reersøvej 24","lastSeen":"2008-03-27T01:56:31","price":4395000,"zipCode":4281,"city":"Gørlev"}]}
df_dict = {key: response[key] for key in new_keys}
df_dict
df = pd.DataFrame(df_dict,index=[0])
df

A: Not too sure how you want to merge the dataframe because there are two items under sales. Just to extract that portion, you could simply do,
rows = []
data_row = response['sales']
for row in data_row:
    rows.append(row)
df = pd.DataFrame(rows)
print(df)

returns you,
         date  price saleType
0  2020-08-07     85     Salg
1  1996-05-12      0   Ukendt

A: If you want also the nested value in your dict, (which are encoded as list) you should flatten your dict, as such
import pandas as pd

new_keys = ["currentEstateId","address","zipCode","propertyType"]
response = {
   "canGetVR": True,
   "userHasEvalReport": False,
   "isActive": False,
   "currentEstateId": None,
   "address":"Reersøvej 24",
   "addressObj":{
      "street":"Reersøvej",
      "number":"24",
      "zipCode":4281
   },
   "zipCode":4281,
   "city":"Gørlev",
   "coordinates":{
      "latitude":55.534958,
      "longitude":11.126505
   },
   "guid":"236893f9-6b85-4307-a99a-8d9065c5066c",
   "propertyType":4,
   "sales":[
      {
         "date":"2020-08-03T00:00:00",
         "price":3600000,
         "saleType":"Alm. frit salg"
      },
      {
         "date":"2016-08-23T00:00:00",
         "price":0,
         "saleType":"Familieoverdragelse"
      },
      {
         "date":"1999-04-08T00:00:00",
         "price":750000,
         "saleType":"Alm. frit salg"
      }
   ],
   "previousListings":[
      {
         "id":1674948,
         "address":"Reersøvej 24, Reersø",
         "lastSeen":"2020-08-04T01:49:02",
         "price":3945000,
         "zipCode":4281,
         "city":"Gørlev"
      },
      {
         "id":729684,
         "address":"Reersøvej 24",
         "lastSeen":"2012-08-18T04:53:16",
         "price":2500000,
         "zipCode":4281,
         "city":"Gørlev"
      },
      {
         "id":210326,
         "address":"Reersøvej 24",
         "lastSeen":"2008-03-27T01:56:31",
         "price":4395000,
         "zipCode":4281,
         "city":"Gørlev"
      }
   ]
}

sales = response["sales"]
coordinates = response["coordinates"]
dicts = []
for sale in sales:
    curr_dict = {key: response[key] for key in new_keys}
    curr_dict["latitude"] = coordinates["latitude"]
    curr_dict["longitude"] = coordinates["longitude"]
    for key in sale.keys():
        curr_dict[key] = sale[key]
    print(curr_dict)
    dicts.append(curr_dict)

df = pd.DataFrame(dicts)
print(df)

basically I have generated a new dict for every dict in your list "sales", flattening the json structure
  currentEstateId        address  zipCode  propertyType   latitude  longitude                 date    price             saleType
0            None  Reersøvej 24     4281             4  55.534958  11.126505  2020-08-03T00:00:00  3600000       Alm. frit salg
1            None  Reersøvej 24     4281             4  55.534958  11.126505  2016-08-23T00:00:00        0  Familieoverdragelse
2            None  Reersøvej 24     4281             4  55.534958  11.126505  1999-04-08T00:00:00   750000       Alm. frit salg

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https://www.heatbud.com/post/american-food-finding-edible-food-in-the-woods
Finding Edible Food in the Woods
If you just look closely (and are careful), you'll discover that the woods can offer a variety of edible delights.
A good pair of sharp eyes (or glasses/contact lenses) are needed.
I would also recommend a guidebook with good pictures and a copy of the information below.
1. Cattails-They can be found in marshland everywhere. They're tall, reed-like plants with sword-shaped leaves. The seed heads are like brown cylinders. After cattails are peeled, the roots (or pollen) can be reduced to flour that's used for muffins, biscuits, or pancakes. The young shoots can be used in salad, sautéed with meat, boiled like green beans, or cooked like asparagus. In early spring, when these plants are one to two feet tall, they can be snapped off and the outer leaves peeled away; the tender white interior can be prepared and cooked. The bloom spikes are eaten like corn. In early summer, when the plant's still green, there's a pencil-like spike about six inches long above the bloom. These can be snapped off, boiled, and nibbled like corn-on-the-cob. A little later in the summer, bright yellow pollen appears on these spikes. You can gather this by bending the spike head over a container and rubbing it off (each plant yields about a tablespoonful). Mixed with regular flour, the pollen adds a unique taste and golden color to muffins, flapjacks, and other items. There are ropelike root stems that crisscross just under the surface; you'll find a snow-white core that can also be made into flour. Peel the root and crush the white core in your hands, then wash it in cold water to separate the flour from the fibers. Let the water stand for a few minutes; the flour will settle to the bottom. Carefully pour off the water. The wet flour can immediately be used. On the outer end of each submerged cattail root is a fat little sprout that will be next year's plant. Cut these off, wash and peel them. You can now fry or boil them.
2. Poke-This is sold in many Southern supermarkets (Some of you may remember or have heard "Poke Salad Annie" by Tony Joe White, 1969. This is what he was singing about). The herb can reach a height of six to eight feet, has a thick, green stalk and leaves shaped like the head of a lance (a long wooden spear with a sharp iron or steelhead). It grows from Maine to Florida and west to the Great Plains. The best time for eating poke is in the spring when the sprouts are pushing through the ground. Pick them when they're small. Then wash and trim. Leave the unrolled clustered leaves at the top. Boil for ten minutes in plenty of water (I would save the water, let it cool down, and feed it to your plants-You do have plants, right?). Now you can cook them with a little water, salt, and some seasoning (of your choice). Simmer slowly for a half hour and serve.
3. Milkweed-It grows along roadsides and old fields. If you break the stalk, it should ooze a milky substance (If it doesn't, run! Just kidding. Sort of.). The young sprouts can be prepared like asparagus and the leafy tops make a great spinach substitute. During May, the clusters of green buds can be boiled and served as a broccoli-like vegetable. The seed pods are gathered in July and August when they're still firm and tender. They can then be cooked like okra. In their raw state, all milkweed sprouts, leaves, buds, or pods have a bitter taste. To make them edible, they must be cooked in three waters, which means this: Cover them with boiling water. Bring the water to a brisk boil for a few minutes, then remove from heat and drain. Repeat this three times. They'll then be ready to eat.
4. Dandelions-Of French origin, this word means "lion's tooth". They're high in vitamins A, B, and C, contain calcium, potassium, iron, phosphorus, and magnesium. The flowers are rich in vitamin D. The roots are said to be good for your liver and blood. The crowns (the blanched leaf stems on the top of the root), when cut off close to the root, can then be eaten raw or boiled. For dandelion greens, you'll want to pick them in the early spring for the best eating results (boil lightly in salted water). If you wait until mid-summer, they'll be tough. There are tiny white flower buds in the deep heart of the plant that is better than the leaves. These can be boiled for a few minutes in salted water.
5. Ground and Wild Cherries-The ground cherry grows from New York to Florida and from Minnesota down through the southwest to Mexico. It's a soft herb related to the tomato; the fruit is in a paper-like husk shaped like a Japanese (or Chinese?) lantern. The fruit can be eaten fresh or cooked, made into preserves, or used as pie filling. The (sour) wild cherry (or Chok cherry) grows in abundance from Newfoundland to Georgia and west to Nebraska and Texas. It's a pea-size light red fruit in symmetrical clusters and is not initially edible. Once you've gathered these, take four cups of cherries and boil them in two quarts of water until the fruit is tender. Put through a colander (or sieve) to remove skins and pits, then return pulp and juice (should be "soupy" now) to heat. Add a cup of sugar. Stir two tablespoons of corn starch into a little cold water to make a smooth paste. Add this to the soup and cook a few minutes, until it's clear and smooth. The soup can be served hot or cold. And other wild fruits can also be prepared this way.
6. Blueberries-They can grow almost everywhere, on mountains and in swamps, and come in many varieties. They can be eaten fresh, made into a soup, or baked into cakes, muffins, or bread.
7. Day Lily-This can be found in abundance by roadsides throughout the Midwest and eastern states. They're a long-stemmed plant two-three feet tall, with trumpet-shaped orange flowers. The unopened buds can be sautéed or cooked like green beans. The entire opened (in full bloom) flower can be dipped into a batter and fried.
8. Watercress-It grows in thick clusters in shallow streams and springs, particularly where there's shade and cold water. The small, tender leaves are green and oval-shaped; the stem is also green. They can be cooked as "greens" or used fresh in salads and sandwiches.
Did You Know That....
On the Pacific Coast, cattails are known as tule-reeds.
The roots contain starch and are eaten by the Cossacks of Russia.
The English eat them under the name of Cossack asparagus.
Cattails produce a silky down used to dress wounds and for upholstering (During WWI, this down was used in the manufacture of artificial silk and was a substitute for cotton).
In some parts of Europe and India, people use cattail pollen for tinder; it's highly inflammable.
The Milkweed flowers have a sweet odor that attracts insects.
This plant can also reproduce itself from its creeping roots.
In 1942, milkweed floss was collected as a wartime substitute for the kapok fiber used in life belts.
The juice of the milkweed contains small amounts of a rubber-like substance.
Wine is sometimes made from Dandelion flowers.
. The sweet Bing Cherry is nearly black; some other varieties are flesh-colored.
. Cherries are a member of the rose family.
. All Blueberries grow best in acid soil.
. In some places, Carrots have been ground and roasted and used as a coffee substitute.
The ancient Greeks and Romans used carrots for medicine, but not for food.
Carrots belong to the parsley family.
The Watercress belongs to the mustard green family.

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Ms Ardern is the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand, and earlier known for being the head of state who had a baby while in office.
A socialist, and a progressive, she is also the youngest female leader of a nation.
Jacinda Ardern. Most of us had barely heard of her name before last week. And, today she is known pretty much across the world that follows the news. Ms Ardern is the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand, and earlier known for being the head of state who had a baby while in office.
A socialist, and a progressive, she is also the youngest female leader of a nation. From a quiet, peaceful part of the world – where there are considerably more sheep than humans – there was nothing in her background, prepared her for what she had to face last week, and she came out of it exhibiting qualities of leadership that I believed was lost forever in the world – the ability to inspire people to reach within and be the best version of themselves.
On March 15, an Australian born white terrorist, who was self-radicalised watching youtube videos from far-right white supremacist groups, walked into the Al Noor Mosque in Christ Church, New Zealand, and emptied his automatic weapon into the huddle of worshippers. Fifty people died. People who had come into to pray, and were defenceless, were murdered in cold blood, in a terror attack that left worshippers dead, many families bereaved, and a nation used to calm and peace – in a state of shock. But a nation is not marked by adversity. It is marked by how it deals with adversity – and in this, New Zealand has set a benchmark that is extremely high. And, that standard was in part set by the person who leads the country – Jacinda Ardern.
But, it is not just about her prompt and continuous communication to the people of New Zealand and beyond, on the terrorist attack, and its aftermath, where she committed to resolve not to let the terror attack divide people. It was also about the immense compassion and humanity shown in dealing with the shattered citizens of the Muslim community and New Zealand at large. She reached out, met, hugged, consoled, and shared the steeliness of resolve which said that they would not, as a culture, let a terrorist divide them, change them, and make them the worst versions of themselves. The government systems followed. And, the people of New Zealand responded as one. There are videos of people forming human shields when Muslims pray, there are videos of tattooed bikers from the country guarding worshippers, there is an outpouring of love and oneness. There And, that is inspired by genuine leadership.
It also tells you why there is a need for more women in politics. Maybe it is biology, maybe it is socialisation, maybe it is both – but women are natural builders of society, through compassion and healing. Even, the iron lady of India, Indira Gandhi could show compassion and tears, and not be considered weak. At a very basic level, - and this is part of the patriarchy that permeates all our societies, and impacts us all, especially men- people expect their male leaders to be formidable in the face of adversity, not show any of the qualities that are considered 'womanly' – compassion and healing being core amongst them. But compassion and tears are not weak, they are the adhesive that binds societies and people. And, while we spend the next few generations socialising young men to inculcate these values as values of strength, maybe it is time parties fielded more women in politics. That is not to say, women will not fight against violence or terror. We will. But, when it is over, we will also know how to provide the healing touch. And, that probably is what the world sorely needs.
Harini Calamur writes on politics, gender and her areas of interest are the intersections of technology, media, and audiences.


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Pilularia is een klein geslacht met vijf soorten varens uit de pilvarenfamilie (Marsileaceae).  Het zijn kleine, aquatische varens, die met hun lange, draadvormige bladsteel zonder blaadjes helemaal niet lijken op enige andere varen.

Ze zijn verspreid over de gematigde streken van het Noordelijk halfrond, Australië, Nieuw-Zeeland en Zuid-Amerika. Er zijn twee Europese soorten, waarvan één, de pilvaren, ook in België en Nederland voorkomt.

Naamgeving en etymologie
Synoniemen: Calamistrum O. Ktze. (1891)
Duits: Pillenfarn

De botanische naam Pilularia is afgeleid van het Latijnse 'pilula' (balletje), naar de vorm van de sporocarpen.

Kenmerken

Pilularias zijn kleine waterplanten die met een kruipende, dichotoom vertakte en gelede rizomen in de bodem wortelen. De dunne, rechtopstaande bladstelen dragen geen blaadjes maar zijn draad- of buisvormig, wat ze doen lijken op gras of biezen. Ze kunnen daarvan onderscheiden worden doordat de jonge bladen, net als bij de meeste varens, opgerold zijn.

De sporenhoopjes of sori zitten verzameld in bolronde, bruine sporocarpen, in oorsprong gemodificeerde bladen, die op korte steeltjes staan en ontspringen uit de basis van de bladstelen. Elke sporocarp telt slechts twee of vier sporenhoopjes, die twee soorten sporen bevatten, de kleine (mannelijke) micro- en de grotere (vrouwelijke) macrosporen (heterosporie).

Bij rijping en in contact met water opent de sporocarp zich met twee of vier kleppen, naargelang het aantal sporenhoopjes, en laat zijn inhoud vrij als gelatineuze druppels, waarin de bevruchting gebeurt en de gametofyten zich endospoor (binnen de spore) ontwikkelen.

Habitat en verspreiding
Pilularia-soorten zijn aquatische of semi-aquatische planten die in tijdelijke of permanent poelen met modderige bodems groeien, waar ze minstens een deel van het jaar in het water staan. Ze zijn verspreid over de gematigde streken van het Noordelijk halfrond, in de bergen van Ethiopië, in Australië, Nieuw-Zeeland en zuidelijk- en westelijk Zuid-Amerika.

Eén soort, de pilvaren (P. globulifera) komt in West- en Midden-Europa voor en is ook inheems in België en Nederland. Pilularia minuta is een zeldzame plant van het Middellandse Zeegebied.

Taxonomie en fylogenie
In de recente taxonomische beschrijving van Smith et al. (2006) is het geslacht Pilularia samen met Marsilea en Regnellidium opgenomen in de familie Marsileaceae.. Het omvat vijf soorten.

De typesoort is Pilularia globulifera L. (1753).

Soortenlijst
Pilularia americana A. Braun (1864)
Pilularia globulifera L. (1753)
Pilularia minuta Durieu (1838)
Pilularia novae-hollandiae A.Br. (1864)
Pilularia novae-zelandiae Kirk (1877)

Salviniales

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British Science Week 2017 come to Marr College. Miss McCauley has organised some fantastic events, all will take place in the science department. Pupils in S1-3 are welcome to come along and join in the experiments.


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Tag Archives: Supreme Court
by fnord | April 6, 2012 · 6:00 am
Friday, 4/6/12, Public Square
Filed under The Public Square
Tagged as Conservatives, intrusive gov't, Supreme Court
by badbiker | June 22, 2010 · 8:00 am
The Ultimate Punishment.
"Well your honor I do believe I'd be better off dead
So if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head
Then sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time
And let `em shave off my hair and put me on that killin' line"
Bruce Springsteen – "Johnny 99" – 1982 – from the album "Nebraska"
The death penalty, the ultimate punishment for a crime. To many, it is a thoroughly fitting punishment for murder. Many more are clamoring for new laws to shorten or eliminate some of the appeal process. There are some that want capital punishment to be extended to other crimes, beyond murder.
Vengeance. Deterrence. The cost of housing prisoners. Prison isn't bad enough. Parole. Escape possibilities. Many, many more.
There are numerous reasons for capital punishment.
There are 138 + 8 reasons against it.
Since 1973 there have been 138 people released from Death Row after their innocence was proven. There have been eight men executed despite strong evidence that they were innocent. There have been many executed for crimes that did not fit the punishment.
I do not doubt the guilt of the Carr Brothers, Kleypus and Thurber, and I believe their crimes to be heinous, beyond human understanding. That having been said, I still can't get past – 138 + 8.
My solution is not unique – life without the possibility of parole in a super-maximum security prison.
In a super-maximum security facility, prisoners are confined to their cells 23 hours a day, with only a single hour for solitary exercise. They receive their meals in their cells. They take two showers per week, alone. They have a radio and a television, but the programming is limited to recreational, educational and religious, and the inmate can't reach the electronics. Their reading materials and mail are censored and they have no contact with anyone except the guards. No one has ever escaped from a super-maximum security facility in the United States.
Super-max detention has been described by prisoners and prison officials as a "cleaner version of Hell."
To me, I would opt for death before living like that.
These are my thoughts. What are yours?
William Stephenson Clark
Filed under Crimes
Tagged as crime and punishment, death penalty, Supreme Court
by fnord | April 13, 2010 · 7:38 pm
Is this the law that might change Roe v. Wade dramatically?
Nebraska Law Sets Limits on Abortion
Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska signed a law on Tuesday banning most abortions 20 weeks after conception or later on the theory that a fetus, by that stage in pregnancy, has the capacity to feel pain. The law, which appears nearly certain to set off legal and scientific debates, is the first in the nation to restrict abortions on the basis of fetal pain.
The question of fetal pain, experts said, is one of intense, unresolved debate among researchers and among advocates on both sides of the abortion question.
Mary Spaulding Balch, director of state legislation at National Right to Life, said that scientific evidence related to the capacity for pain had not been heard by the Supreme Court, and that it opened a new legal question.
"You need five votes," Ms. Balch said. "I think there are five on the current Supreme Court who would give serious consideration to Nebraska's claim."
Filed under abortion
Tagged as abortion, Center for Reproductive Rights, Gov. Dave Heineman, National Right to Life, Nebraska, Supreme Court
Government has become very corrupt, with our politicians owing their souls (and their reelection hopes) to monied special interests. Even SCOTUS seems to now be affected as the Court decision in Citizens United v. F.E.C.—which permits unlimited independent corporate campaign expenditures illustrates.
The framers left open a path to amendment that doesn't require the approval of Congress: a convention. Article V of the Constitution requires Congress to call a convention to propose amendments if 34 state legislatures demand it. Any proposed amendment would then have to be ratified by both houses of 38 state legislatures (three-fourths of the states). This entails 76 separate votes in the affirmative by two houses of 38 state legislatures. (Nebraska, with its unicameral legislature, would be an exception.)
Is this where we're headed? Odds are against it, but it is certainly possible.
Even if 34 states don't call for a convention, history teaches that a real threat is often enough to get Congress to act. The only amendment in our history that changed the structure of Congress (the 17th, making the Senate an elected body) was proposed by Congress because the states were close (just one state short) to calling for a convention.
Filed under Political Reform
Tagged as Article V, Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United V. F.e.c., Congress, Constitutional Convention, Life Lessons, Politics, Special Interests, state legislatures, Supreme Court, Washington
by fnord | February 9, 2010 · 9:27 am
Justice Clinton?
Last week, ABC News reported: "Lawyers for President Obama have been working behind the scenes to prepare for the possibility of one, and maybe two Supreme Court vacancies this spring. Court watchers believe two of the more liberal members of the court, Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, could decide to step aside for reasons of age and health. That would give the president his second and third chance to shape his legacy on the Supreme Court."
If this became a reality, I would accept that President Obama had been a successful president even if he didn't get heath care reformed! Of course, with his other nomination I would prefer seeing someone younger.
Filed under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U. S. Supreme Court
Tagged as Hillary Clinton, Supreme Court, Supreme Court vacancies
by fnord | January 14, 2010 · 9:41 am
Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens, 88
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75
Antonin Scalia, 72
Anthony Kennedy, 72
Stephen Breyer, 70
Clarence Thomas, 60
Samuel Alito, 58
Sonia Sotomayor, 56
John Roberts (the chief justice), 53
Because of his age and length of service, Stevens is widely considered the most likely to step down, followed by Ginsburg. Both happen to be judicial liberals on a Court that has four liberals (Breyer and Sotomayor being the other two) and four judicial conservatives (Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Roberts). The fickle Kennedy tends to provide the fifth vote in close cases, particularly those involving abortion, race, and religion.
The election of Obama over McCain last fall prevented a Republican goal (dating from the 1968 presidential campaign) of an unambiguously conservative majority on the Court. In this liberal nightmare, the relatively youthful majority would be busy whittling away at Roe v. Wade, eliminating race-based preferences in the public sector, strengthening the government's hand in fighting terrorism, and facilitating a larger role for religion in public life–among many other bad, bad things.
I know most of you have these players, their stats and which team they play for memorized, but I don't and always have to go looking for them.
This morning's New York Times has an op-ed piece titled, "Discrimination on Trial, but Not on TV." In a 5-4 decision that split the top judges along their political leanings, the Supreme Court barred the live broadcast of audio and video from a California court where rights activists are challenging a state ban on gay marriage.
I would like to know what you think of this decision made yesterday, and your thoughts of our nation's high court in general.
Filed under GLBT Rights, U. S. Supreme Court
Tagged as civil unions, discrimination against gays, Prop 8, same-sex marriage, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices


The main reason for starting this journal is to share (what I feel is) the fun & exciting times of my life. I wanted my friends & family whom I don't get to see very often to know what's going on with me. I've always loved sharing my travel stories & many photographs. Rather than making you sit still for hours on end listening & looking, I hoped this more modern & less intrusive way of accomplishing the same thing would be easier to bear. That way, you can sit at your leisure & consume as much or as little as you want at a time. Another way to put a spin on this.... you can "turn me off" when you get bored with it all without hurting my feelings.


I will be displaying my pieces with many other designers and creators at Manchester Art Gallery as part of the Modern Japanese Design exhibition.
The exhibition, located in the refurbished 19th century former Athenaeum theatre space, includes works from thirty two designers with over one hundred pieces on display. It shows how respect for nature and natural forces and the innovative use of materials and revolutionary techniques have influenced Japanese design.
I'm thrilled to be exhibiting with so many talented artists and designers.


Now, it's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Instagram. I love the community feel there, I love the chat and I love the woolly inspiration that I find there on a daily basis. What I'm much less keen on is the rise in fake accounts, in 'pay for follow' activities and general spamminess which gets in the way of my daily dose of fibrey goodness.
I recently logged in to find a rush of over 300 new followers which, to say the least was mildly surprising given that I usually get an average of 10 new followers per day. Closer inspection showed that all my new 'fans' were from non-English speaking accounts. And judging by the 'duck-face' selfie pouts and fairly scanty clothing I'm guessing that most of them weren't interested in knitwear of any description. The mystery was solved a few hours later when I had a direct message from an account saying that they had given me the 'gift' of 300 new followers, and if I paid them a sum of money they would be happy to send more fake followers my way.
Quite apart from being contrary to Instgram rules I found this to be pretty disturbing to be honest. Yes, my follower numbers had taken a huge boost - which was nice - but they were all fake and I'm sure they would have all unfollowed over the next few weeks. It felt horrible knowing that they were there, falsely inflating my IG stats and also I didn't like the fact that if someone viewed my 'followers' page they would see a whole host of the aforementioned duck-faced selfies.
So, I sat down with a cup of coffee and deleted them all - yes - all of them. The main account and a handful of others I also reported to Instagram for good measure. It took some time but it felt so much better and I genuinely felt relieved at the end of it.
Since then I have started to review my new followers on a regular basis and any which are obviously fake or engaged in a 'follow for follow' program I remove and block so they don't show up any more on my followers count. Just this morning I had a new follow from a charming looking gentleman, seated on the bonnet of his shiny Mercedes overlooking a tropical beach. He has 2 posts to his account and followed over 1000 people. I'm pretty sure he isn't my target market - and with 1000 followers he will hardly notice 1 less.
My IG account now feels happier and healthier and I see far less of the sudden drops in followers that can occur periodically as all the follow bots kick in and unfollow those who don't follow them back.
I feel that I can focus more on relaxing, chatting and engaging with those wonderful woolly folk around me, and spend less time worrying about fake followers.
Although, maybe with hindsight I could brush up on my selfie pose - it clearly needs work.


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House of Krupa
The Wise Man Built His Home Upon the Rock.
By NathanPosted on April 12, 2022 May 12, 2022 8min read361 views
Or clay. It depends on where you live. Definitely not sand. Building on sand is a disaster waiting to happen. Floods and all that.
Months ago, I started to write about building an addition to my house. Then? Crickets. I haven't written anything because I haven't been able to do anything. There's this thing called building permits.
First things first.
I filed for the permit back in December but got a call saying that I needed to enlarge my septic system to handle the additional bedrooms. Apparently, a system built for two bedrooms isn't really designed to handle a family of six.
Unfortunately, because of the placement of the well on our property and another on our neighbor's, we can't just extend the current system. We have to put an entirely new septic tank and drain field on the other side of the house. This means we have to flip the entire layout of the addition to putting the bathrooms closer to the system. The master bedroom will have to be in the front and the kids in the back, instead of the other way around. And I will have to sacrifice my beloved blackberry patch for a drain field. All for the greater good.
Learning all of this took two and a half months. McDuffie County doesn't have a permanent environmental engineer on staff, so they have to borrow one from the district. When I finally met the engineer, it turned out that he lived in Dearing, too, and had done the design for my father-in-law's septic system. Super nice guy, just buried with too much work and not enough time.
This whole episode made me think about a whole bunch of potty jokes of the kind that I look down sternly upon when I hear them from my children. But the fact of the matter is that when you're trying to build an addition or a family, you have to deal with certain things first or they will cause a big problem.
Preparing for the big day.
Once the septic permit came through, it was an easy thing to get the building permit. Well, almost easy. They wanted to see revised drawings with the new layout. By this point, I wanted to start NOW, so I took a photograph of the existing plans and opened it in a free photo editing software called Gimp. I'm not a good or experienced photo editor at all. It's a testimony to Gimp's ease of use that I was able to search for each tool that I thought I needed and reversed the image in an evening. It looks pretty good if I do say so myself.
The original design.
The cleverly photoshopped design. Note that the rooms are reversed.
I finally picked up my building permit on March 14th. Praise the Lord. I could finally break ground. The first thing to be done was to scrape off the vegetation and the topsoil. It makes sense. I don't want to lay a foundation on vegetation or topsoil, because it isn't solid enough. In my corner of Georgia, I have to dig down to the clay level, which feels like rock if you're trying to dig it by hand.
Before that happened, though, my friendly neighborhood electrician Joe Almeter came over and installed a temporary power pole. I'm installing the addition on the side of the house where the main electrical comes in. We had fun digging the hole for the pole. The first couple of feet weren't too bad, but then we got to the clay layer. Georgia clay is something like rock, except it doesn't chip and break the way rock does. It just mushes. That makes it very difficult to dig.
I'm giving the auger a little help. That clay is tough.
Ready for a temporary power pole.
Thankfully, my neighbor has a tractor with a big auger for digging post holes. We brought that over and were able to make short work of the rest of the digging. Joe is a machine, even though he's now in his seventies. He has known my wife since she was running around in diapers. His son married my sister-in-law. Incidentally, his son also helped refinance my home so that I could even build the addition. Thanks, Anthony Almeter and First Citizens Bank.
Breaking Ground.
On March 19th, the feast of St. Joseph, a local guy with an excavator came and dug out the foundation. He put it all in great big piles around the open foundation. I came behind him with a tractor and cleared away all of the dirt to another part of the yard. My wife had asked about getting some dirt to build some raised beds. I made a pile nearly 6 feet tall and at least 50 feet in circumference. Enough for more raised beds than we have land. I aim to please.
Goodbye lawn, hello open pit.
She is, however, a little concerned about the relationship that I developed with the tractor. I've never run a tractor for hours to do real work before. And I'm hooked. It's hard to describe the joy that I get from slinging around so much dirt so easily. It's quite the adrenaline rush. And I was riding on a medium/small-sized tractor. I can only imagine what running really big earth-moving equipment is like.
Getting the kids involved.
If you don't have children, you might not know that getting kids to work often takes more effort than doing the work yourself. This is especially true with young boys. Unless you're talking about demolition. If they get to destroy things, boys come like flies to honey.
Active heavy equipment drew a crowd of neighborhood kids, and when I told them that they could join the fun, these boys jumped at the chance. These pictures show my oldest son, David, and our neighbors Leo and Kolbe going to town clearing the dirt away from the foundation.
They actually helped a lot. While they were whacking away at the dirt next to the foundation, I slowly created a giant dirt mound in another part of the yard. When they finished their job, the dirt hill captured them with its siren call.
Note the completely unused playset in the background.
A pile of dirt is kind of like playing MineCraft in real life.
Kids love dirt. I think it's built into them. This dirt pile quickly collected most of the children in a
Laying down the line.
The giant open wound in the soil next to my house reminds me of the opening of the book of Genesis. Formless and void. An emptiness ready to be filled with something new. Before I fill the void, I have to give it some form.
Enter Larry Harris. Larry's my next-door neighbor and good friend. He's now my construction mentor. He knows pretty much how to build anything in the world after a lifetime as a general contractor, teacher, and technical director for Habitat for Humanity. So not only does he know how to build anything, he knows how to teach bozos like me how to build anything.
Larry helped me set up some stakes and twine to mark out exactly where the addition will go using a construction level. It's a really neat process. The construction level is set up outside the planned perimeter of the building and calibrated so that the line inside a viewfinder stays at the same level no matter which direction you turn. In case you haven't seen a construction level, it's something that surveyors use and has an eyepiece that you can look through.
After ripping the first several rows of siding off my house, we found the level of the subfloor in my existing house. This will be the level of the new concrete slab that will be poured so the addition will match up nicely with the rest of the house. We then used pounded three stakes into the ground at each of the three corners of the addition that were not attached to the house. Using the construction level, we marked the stakes at the same level as the top of the subfloor.
We used a little geometry to make sure that we got the angles right. After measuring the lengths of the sides, we measured the diagonals. If the corners are all right angles, the diagonals will be the same length. If they're slightly different, then you know that you don't have a perfect rectangle. After a little bit of adjustment, we got the lines showing exactly where the top edge of the new slab will be.
Digging in.
Since I'm going to pour a concrete slab for the new foundation, I have to fill the empty space with a mixture of clay and sand that compresses down solid. I ended up getting four dump-truck loads of this stuff, and it still isn't quite enough. And if there's anything that kids love more than a giant pile of dirt, it's a giant pile of sand clay. Imagine playing in a sandbox taller than your head. They loved it.
I loved it, too, because it meant that I got more tractor time. I don't know how many tons of sand I moved with that tractor. A rough estimate of 10 cubic yards per load X 2,800 lbs. of sand per cubic yard X 4 loads = something in the neighborhood of 110,000 lbs. of sand. This isn't much compared to some really big construction jobs, but it's way more than I've ever done in my entire life.
I laid down a layer of the sand about 6-8 inches deep inside the lines, leaving some room for the walls of the foundation. Then I used a vibrating plate compactor to smush it all flat. That was a fun tool.
Smushing down the sand with the compactor
Back and forth, over and over again.
Little Johnny thought this looked fun and gave it a try.
You run the compactor in a kind of cross-hatch pattern, like mowing the lawn. But first, you go in one direction, then at right angles, then diagonally across it. I couldn't believe it, but it compacted the sand enough that I could drive the tractor up onto the sand to put down the next layer. It took me almost two full days to move all that sand and compact it down. Thankfully, I wasn't doing it all by myself. I had a lot of help from some good friends like my father-in-law Jerry Germann and my down-the-street neighbor Tom Molitor (another member of the Alleluia Community).
That's enough for now. More to come as I continue the chronicle, "Unless the Lord builds a house."
If you want to read more of my adventures building the House of Krupa, check out the archive!
Jesus snatched me out of the darkness and saved me from complete madness. If you want to hear more of that story, check out Demoniac, now available on Amazon.
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Drawing Fashion: A Century of Fashion Illustration honours the art dealer Joëlle Chariau's unique collection, assembled over a period of 30 years, of many of the best fashion illustrations from the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection ranges in style from works from Poiret, Chanel, Balenciaga, and Dior to Comme des Garçons, McQueen and Victor & Rolf. Chariau's gallery, Bartsch & Chariau, was founded in 1980 and was described as the "Mecca of Graphic Art".
She explains that her specialisation in graphic art (cartoons and fashion drawings) came about by chance, at a time when very few people were interested in the genre. Finding the content and critique of much "high" art dogmatic or too intellectual Chariau led to an interest in art with a commercial application. The second exhibition she staged at her new gallery (with partner Andreas Bartsch) featured the great cartoonists of the New Yorker. Fashion art came two years later when she discovered the work of René Gruau, who has had a great influence over her collection and career. Sadly the son and heir of René Gruau did not give permission to reproduce or exhibit the 27 Gruau works in the Chariau collection. Chariau describes Graua as the greatest master of fashion drawing and his exclusion as unforgivable.
Although certain individuals in the art world in the 1980s were puzzled by Chariau's shift to commercial art, the exhibitions were well received and the gallery was a financial success from the beginning. Fashion then was less of a cultural force than it is today and a greater distance existed between fashion, which was considered superficial, and the fine arts. Fashion's traditional association with femininity and its relegation in the hierarchy of the arts, made it difficult for fashion art to be rightly appraised.
The first essay, Drawing Fashion, by Colin McDowell of the Sunday Times, makes the case for fashion illustration as an art form. If the drawing is brilliant, he argues, then why treat it any differently from the drawing of Fine Art? Indeed, when one thinks of Degas' ballerinas, and Delacroix' horses, one is inclined to agree with him – that frivolous subject matter does not detract from the quality of art per se.
New York Times journalist Holly Brubach's essay, Of this World but Not In It, develops the argument and gives a brief (and entertaining) history of fashion illustration (referring to the drawings featured in the book).
Drawing Fashion indeed presents a superb selection, fully justifying McDowell and Brubach's insistence that the best fashion illustration really is as accomplished as the best drawing. From Lepape at the turn of the century, to Bérard in the 1930s and 1940s, Cecil Beaton, Antonio during the 1960s, 70s and 80s – to current artists Mats Gustafson, Aurore de la Morinerie and François Berthoud – a truly spectacular range of work is brought together. As Renate Stauss observes, "Although they all take as their subject the transient field of fashion, the artists presented here seem to be united by a timeless elegance and an evocative, sensual aesthetic rather than engaging in an overtly fashionable language". The exhibition he rightly observes, "constitutes among other things, a walk through twentieth-century Western European aesthetics and ideas, through the history of fashion, beauty and body ideals".


Before entering a pastoral search I always recommend that churches, elderships or boards take some time with a consultant or transitional minister to help prepare and plan for a happy and smooth succession to the new incumbent.
In the previous post on this page – "A Tale of Two Leaders" – I shared the case study of a smooth and happy succession. Bath University Christian Union achieved good leadership transitions because the transitions were frequent and expected – and so the community built up a good set of skills within the group and always enjoyed the benefit of an external consultant from the national body (UCCF) to assist.
But where a pastor has been in place for a lengthy term help may be needed to ready a local church for the adaptations that a new pastor with a new personality and a new set of gifts is bound to require of them.
The Mismatch Exercise is a tool that I use with elders and boards to help them think through what the season of mutual adjustment will be inviting of them.
Below is a chart of a church that I served in the UK back in the early 90s.
Pastor Phil was a hands-on kind of leader. His personal input provided or oversighted all the teaching, almost all the small group activity, a significant proportion of the worship leading and music (he was a keen organist), all the set-up and decor needs (he was a keen flower-arranger) except for a couple of times a year when the congregation members were invited to help change the set up for Christmas and Easter. He ran the finance and business sides of the church, convening the board just three times a year outside of the AGM to inform the board of all the decisions taken since they last met.
Phil's church ran smoothly because after 13 years in the saddle the local church had adjusted to his style and so expectations had learned to meet as to what would be the mi of local/lay and senior-pastoral initiative.
Here is Pastor Liz's pastoral shape.
More usual. But still, of course unique. When Pastor Liz moves on from her current pastorate what would be the chances of her successor's shape fitting exactly with pattern of local/lay initiative that had settled around Liz? Zero!
Instead of a repeat match what Liz's church is going to find with the new pastor will be a series of gaps or overlaps.
Any area where Liz's successor is less active will produce a gap. Any area where Liz's successor is more gifted, motivated or engaged will produce an overlap.
at least two layers of un-peeling are likely to be necessary.
3) I don't think she respects my ministry at all.
5) He is not at all collaborative. I don't think he understands how much of a family we are at St Edith's. He thinks it's all about his ministry!
7) She doesn't give me any space to get on with it.
10) I don't think he realizes how important this area is!
Elders can be equipped to un-peel and decode the language of conflict and disappointment to recognize the sequence of gaps and overlaps that the process of mutual adjustment begins with.
Prepare the elders to look and listen for gaps and overlaps and be ready in the moment to un-peel any feedback in those terms.
Agree with the new pastor to feed back once a quarter or every second month for the first year any identified gaps or overlaps and to be careful to use that language rather than value language when bringing gaps and overlaps to the table.
It is important to do this work to prepare people for the process of adjusting before the new pastor is in place. Without it the relationship will begin with all those interpretations and value judgments. The process of adjusting then takes on a negative value, being interpreted as problem-solving or even "compensating" for deficiencies of the new pastor, rather than what it is – a normal, healthy and positive process of accommodating one another.
A happy adaptation process is well worth investing in an preparing for. It builds the self-knowledge of the church, heightens the emotional intelligence of people's engagement with the new pastor and lays a sound foundation for the shared journey ahead.


Ricardo is now working on his second purchase and renovation project (fix and flip) with Brookview Financial.
My name is Ricardo. We are at 325 Worth St. Meriden Connecticut.
First of all, I was looking for properties all over the state and then I saw this nice property. It had really good potential. And I started from scratch.
We started painting the outside, rebuilding everything on the inside. You know it took me around 7 months to have everything done because I do this part-time.
My dream has always been to have my own business and I called so many other people, like I said. Another guy says "Why are you doing this? You will spend a lot of time, a lot of money- it's probably not worth it." But what's completely different with Brookview, I mean, they really gave me good advice. They said "You want to do this? Go for it!" And the friendly way that they treated people is awesome.
They always are right there when you have questions. They give good advice. They help you out in everything that you need.
When something is done and you sent for the draws on time, you got the money right away.
They were like, you know, "We're going to try to help this guy to make his dream come true." They're kind of friendly people. They really, you know, feel like family.


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Mike Shinoda Reveals Rick Rubin Encouraged Linkin Park's Upcoming Chester Bennington Tribute Concert
John Hill Published: September 19, 2017
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Linkin Park have recently announced their tribute to fallen singer Chester Bennington, due to take place at the end of this October. Speaking to KROQ (transcription via Alternative Nation) in his first public appearance since Bennington's death, Mike Shinoda spoke about how the concert game together, and how producer Rick Rubin was influential on their decision to play the show.
"I'd gone to Rick Rubin as kind of a source of guidance," says Shinoda. "And he said, 'I know you guys know this, and I know it's obvious because I know you're looking at social media and stuff, I think you guys need to get onstage. I think that's going to be the thing that will feel good. It will be super super hard.'"
"We haven't gone out together in public, we haven't played or gone onstage. He said, 'The fans want to see you, but most importantly not because they want to see a show, but because there's a cathartic experience that needs to happen. I think it'll inform what you guys are doing.' I thought it over, and I know that for some of the guys in the band, getting onstage is more scary than other guys in the band. But I will say that for all of us, it's definitely the thing we want to do."
Shinoda added, "It feels like the right way to celebrate Chester. The real meat and potatoes of the whole thing is we decided to have a show in LA, it's going to be October 27th at the Hollywood Bowl. We're inviting some other friends, that list of guests is still coming together, it hasn't been announced yet, that's more to come on that part. We are going to be playing the Hollywood Bowl on October 27th."
Rick Rubin is one of rock music's most influential producers, being responsible for producing Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight and Living Things, as well as iconic records from Slayer, System of a Down and Beastie Boys.
Pre-sale tickets for the show start today, Sept. 19, with the general public on-sale set for this Friday (Sept. 22). Visit Linkin Park's website for more ticketing details.
In other Linkin Park news, the band has released a brand new video for their song "One More Light." The clip was directed by the band's Joe Hahn along with their longtime videographer Mark Fiore and it serves as a touching and beautiful tribute to Bennington.
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Marketing content material author is a relatively new occupation title. A great deal of companies – and writers – still don't really comprehend what it indicates, and what such a content author ought to do. This post will clear up some of the confusion.
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The Extron AXI 016 is a half rack width, 16 output audio expansion interface for DMP 128 Plus audio DSP systems. The AXI 016 connects to EXP expansion port of the DMP 128 Plus, transforming the matrix from an 8 output device into a 24 output device. Since all of the high performance, low-latency DSP occurs within the attached DMP 128 Plus, no separate configuration is needed for the AXI 016. The AXI 016 audio expansion interface also supports audio DSP systems that integrate a DTP CrossPoint® matrix switcher.
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I love how simple yet clever your designs are! This vest is wonderful.
Wonderful inspiration. Simple and clever, many thanks!
i am planning to build the coze vest soon. as i was perusing the various sites i came across one that showed the finished item but also showed a miriade of photos of other completed projects with many interesting variatons. of course, in my mad pursuit i failed to bookmark the page. duh. i am so hopeful that you can steer me in the right direction to reconnect with this page. i need it SO bad!
Great idea! Wonder how it would look with long sleeves added………..
Just the kind of pattern I like; simple but intriguing and infinitely customizable. Love your 'just can't be bothered' instructions.
Could you please define "English Moss Stitch"?
(K1, p1) across, then on the WS, k every k st and p every p st.
This is so cute! Which yarn to use from my stash is the biggest problem.
Çok güzel bebek yeleği yapmayı düşünüyorum. Olur değil mi?
I follow your blog in Portugal, with great interest and enthusiasm. I really like your models and ideas.
Following your model I made the coze using the pattern for the counterpane "Theresa's Pattern" and for the border the "Florence Border" from the book "Knitting Counterpanes", Mary Walker Phillips.
If you want visit my blog (http://meadadobada.blogspot.pt/2013/02/laylock-coze.html), there are photographs of my/your coze.
Thank you for generously sharing.
I was thinking about how I might embellish a coze a little. And then I saw yours, embellished a lot! It looks beautiful. Very inspirational.
This variation is very fancy and lovely; just as "literary" as the other!
Your site is veeeery (!) lovely.
I cant seem to get the pattern for this.
How do you download the pattern???? I haven't even been able to find the directions for it.
You are a genius. Thank you for great patterns and ideas!
Would you please have the directions for the Coze Easy Knit Vest Pattern as I have a friend that is looking for a pattern that she can knit for her winter project.
Good morning from a cold South Afrcan highveld winter. I have now knitted this Coze pattern in multiple sizes, from 4 year old to a size 42. It is such a wonderfully easy pattern. I dont knit in two separate pieces. I pick up stiches and knit the front as part of the back. It looks amazing. The directional change makes the pattern so interresting.
I have also used mitred squares, a lace pattern and different thicknesses of yarn.
This is the mist versatile, beautiful pattern. This is one for my file! Thank you so much for sharing!
Lol this is THE best explanation of a pattern i have ever come across. Definitely going to make this. Thank you so very much. God bless you.
I have tried to down load this lovely looking cozy vest. I have read you blog, hoping the pattern would be there. Please can you e-mail me the pattern, I would love to knit it for my granddaughter.
I would love to make this vest, but I need a real pattern:no.of stitches for size medium, no. of rows, how to put it together, etc. I cannot figure it all out myself.
Please e-mail me the pattern specifics: #of stitches, needle size, etc.
I am teaching a woman with neurological impairments to knit. We just finished a simple garter stitch dish cloth and were looking for something a bit more challenging for her next project. THIS IS IT!!!! A little more interesting and something she can wear. Thank you. You cannot imagine what this will mean to her.
I see people are requesting a pattern.
Is there one? I too would like it.
I am definitely going to try this but a longer version. It is just perfect for slipping on in these cold days. As a diehard Georgette Heyer fan, I also enjoy a comfortable coze!
Someone found some handspun BFL in the "pass it on" shed at the local transfer station (dump) and gave it to me. It's labeled BFL, is dark brown and one skein was plied with a strand of hot pink silk. I've sat with it wondering that to make.
Then I saw this pattern – ideal! The one skein plied with silk will be used for the portion near my face and the front and the remainder will be the vest. If I don't have enough (and probably won't) I can combine it with some dark red woolen worsted (mitered square either stripes or as much brown as I have then red). Thanks for such a wonderful idea!
I've used your shawl worksheet to great success – don't know how I missed this.
3. I was thinking of doing it, as you suggest, by picking up stitches & knitting the front right onto the back, so as to avoid sewing. But to do that, you have to figure out just how much ease to leave for the arm-holes — & since the "front" part pushes the back part down in back… I was playing with a measuring tape to make a sample up, so I could find any possible pitfalls… Since the A & C measurements are the same on both pieces, half the arm-hole is theoretically in front, & half in back. But the back piece is below the normal shoulder seam line.
I too would like to knit this vest but I need # stitches, etc. for a size large. Please tell me where to do.
I am anxious to start this vest. Have been looking for a simple vest with no complicated instructions. You did it. I just need to know what size needles to use. I have a size 5 mm #8 with a standard weight yard. Will that work?
Love your site & patterns!
I too, am a beginner. I was wondering how many stitches to cast on for each piece. I am not sure about the pattern. Is there a way to actually have one???
Thank you, it looks lovely and I would like to try making it.
it makes you look skinnier.
I founf this pattern and have started knitting it. I have a knitting blog and I blogged about finding this pattern and put a link to it on your site in my post. Hope you don't mind. If you do please let me know and I will remove it.
I am a beginner at knitting and wonder if I could substitute the DK yarn for Chunky with needles 5.5mm?
This is BRILLIANT! I can't wait to make it, and pretty much guarantee it will be made with BIG NEEDLES. I'm so impatient. That being said, it will probably take just a couple of hours at most. A Dream Pattern.
Have you seen the "World's Easiest Sweater" pattern? Like this, it can be done in either crochet or knit, any stitch, any yarn, any size instrument! Only problem with that sweater is that the sleeves, being rectangles, are kind of huge at the wrist! I like to end them at about 3/4 length, then do a perpendicular cuff.
I have made 5 of these in different sizes – one in mitred squares. The back in squares, then pick up the stitches round the sides as per the instructions, knit 20 rows. Cast of and then pick up stitches and knit rows of mitred squares untill the front is big enough. It is exquisite!
I must look for the pics or ask my sister to send ma some. It came out beautifully! She was ecstatic about her gift!
omg…a woman after my own heart….this will be a piece of cake for xmas this year….I used to knit cable outfits when my kids were little, socks, scarfs, hats….was running out of ideas.
Thank you sooooo much for sharing…can't wait to get the yarn and start.
could you tell me what stitch you use to close the seams?
I cannot bring up the pattern…….Were you able to?????????
I love your approach to knitting! I had been wondering how to make a triangular shawl and started with your very basic directions, throwing in a bit of purl row texture every now and then. I am very amused at people guessing at what pattern it is ("Brass and Steam?") and the incredible compliments I get. Really, I just get a bit bored and distracted and change it up a bit.
This is top of my queue for post-holiday knitting!! Thank you!!
I'd like to try this vest. Can you break down the pattern to even sizes and stich gauges instead of 'just measuring'? It is easier to follow a pattern like that, for me anyway, an intermediate knitter.
Please advise how stitches you have cast on for both pieces.
I am unable to visualize HOW the vest pieces are sewn together. I want to make this for a small child and need to know the dimensions of each piece – do A,B & C = the same length?
Thanks so much – I love the look of this and have had it in my knitting bag for a year, but still have not made it.
Have I got news for you…..
I used your basic instructions and crocheted it. It is beautiful. Thanks again!
Absolutely rolling on the floor laughing at the instructions for "like me and just can't be bothered"!!!!!
Glad to know I am not alone in my undisciplined approach to knitting.
Hi – I agree with Laura, and there does not yet seem to be a response. I tried to work it out with little pieces of paper, and still can not figure out how to put the two pieces together to make a vest. The photo, being such a dark color, doesn't give a clue, and I feel pretty dumb about this, but the vest looks very nice, and I'd like to make it. Please help with a clearer diagram and explanation!


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import android.provider.BaseColumns;

import java.util.UUID;

/**
 * Created by otf on 6/11/15.
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public class FieldValue implements Comparable {
    private String field;
    /// TODO
    // This value should not be string, should be generic....so if it is a number value. it will
    //check it properly...make it so the correct keyboard configuration appers when the field is
    //selected
    private String value;
    private boolean required = false;
    private boolean in;
    private String id;
    private String ownerId;

    public FieldValue(String ownerId, String field, String value, boolean in, boolean required) {
        this(ownerId, field, value, required);
        this.in = in;
    }

    public FieldValue(String field, boolean in, boolean required) {
        this(field, in);
        this.required = required;
    }

    public FieldValue(String ownerId, String field, String value, boolean in) {
        this(field, in);
        this.ownerId = ownerId;
        this.value = value;
    }

    public FieldValue(String field, boolean in) {
        this.id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
        this.field = field;
        this.in = in;
        this.value = "";
    }

    public FieldValue(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public void setValue(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    public String getField() {
        return this.field;
    }

    public void setField(String field) {
        this.field = field;
    }

    public String getValue() {
        return this.value;
    }

    public String getId() { return this.id;}

    public String getOwnerId() { return this.ownerId;}

    public void setOwnerId(String ownerId) {this.ownerId = ownerId;}

    public boolean getIn() { return this.in;}

    public void setIn(boolean in) { this.in = in;}

    public void setIn(int in) {
        if(in == 0) {
            this.in = false;
        }
        if(in == 1) {
            this.in = true;
        }
    }

    public void setRequired(int req) {
        if(req == 0) {
            this.required = false;
        }
        if(req == 1) {
            this.required = true;
        }
    }

    public boolean getRequired() {
        return this.required;
    }

    public void setRequired(boolean required) {
        this.required = required;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object fv) {
        if (fv instanceof FieldValue) {
            FieldValue fvv = (FieldValue)fv;
            return (this.field.equals(fvv.getField()));// && value.equals(fvv.getValue()));
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Object fv) {
        if (fv instanceof FieldValue) {
            FieldValue fvv = (FieldValue)fv;
            return this.getField().compareTo(fvv.getField());
        } else {
            return 1;}
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return field.hashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return field;
    }

    public static abstract class FieldValueTable implements BaseColumns {

        public static final String TABLE_NAME = "fieldValueTable";
        public static final String COLUMN_FIELD_VALUE_ID = "fieldValueId";
        public static final String COL_OWNER_ID = "ownerId";
        public static final String COL_VALUE = "value";
        public static final String COL_FIELD = "field";
        public static final String COL_IN = "inC";
        public static final String COL_REQUIRED = "required";

        public static final String CREATE_FIELD_VALUE_TABLE = Constants.createTableString(
                TABLE_NAME,
                COLUMN_FIELD_VALUE_ID + Constants.TEXT_TYPE,
                COL_OWNER_ID + Constants.TEXT_TYPE,
                COL_FIELD + Constants.TEXT_TYPE,
                COL_VALUE + Constants.TEXT_TYPE,
                COL_IN + Constants.INTEGER_TYPE,
                COL_REQUIRED + Constants.INTEGER_TYPE);
    }

    public static abstract class StockFieldValueTable implements BaseColumns {
        public static final String TABLE_NAME = "stockFieldValuesTable";
        public static final String COL_FIELD_VALUE_OWNER_TYPE = "fieldValueOwnerType";

        public static final String CREATE_STOCK_FIELD_VALUE_TABLE = Constants.createTableString(
                TABLE_NAME,
                FieldValueTable.COLUMN_FIELD_VALUE_ID + Constants.TEXT_TYPE,
                COL_FIELD_VALUE_OWNER_TYPE + Constants.INTEGER_TYPE,
                FieldValueTable.COL_FIELD + Constants.TEXT_TYPE,
                FieldValueTable.COL_IN + Constants.INTEGER_TYPE,
                FieldValueTable.COL_REQUIRED + Constants.INTEGER_TYPE);
    }

    private static class Constants {
        public static final String INTEGER_TYPE = " INTEGER";
        public static final String TEXT_TYPE = " TEXT";
        public static final String REAL_TYPE = " REAL";
        public static final String COMMA_SEP = " , ";

        public static String createTableString(String tableName, String Id, String...columnNames) {
            String createTable = "CREATE TABLE " + tableName + " (" + Id + " PRIMARY KEY, ";
            for (int i = 0; i < (columnNames.length - 1); i++) {
                createTable += columnNames[i] + COMMA_SEP;
            }
            createTable += columnNames[columnNames.length -1];
            createTable += ")";
            return createTable;
        }
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}


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This abstract, composed of soft, edgeless lines and clashing layers of colour was painted in 1997. The artist digitally manipulated this beautiful abstraction in 2018 and the result is a completely new, different and unique work of art that is available as a limited edition print on canvas. Although it is an abstraction, taking a longer look may reveal contours of the city, probably the evening when the streets become quiet and are covered by the rays of a setting sun.
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Amy Winehouse Dead: Police Called to Break Up Binge-Drinking 'Goodbye' Street Party
By Daniel Blake, Christian Post Contributor | Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Amy Winehouse's funeral and cremation were held Tuesday, with close friends and family saying their emotional final farewells. However, hundreds of fans have paid their respects by gathering outside her house and getting so drunk and disorderly that police had to be called.
Neighbors were forced to complain to the police as fans brought alcohol and music to the streets outside Winehouse's home in north London.
The tribute-gathering for the singer by fans quickly became a drunken mess with fans laying drunk in the streets and alcohol bottles littering the street; some even dumping their bottles on the makeshift memorial for the late singer.
Visitors to the street annoyed local neighbors of the recently deceased Winehouse by playing loud music, singing drunkenly and dancing around the streets until the early hours.
According to the Daily Mail a police spokesman commented on the events saying, "A few neighbors rang and we were called to reports of disturbances at 10.30pm. One man was arrested for a breach of the peace and some were moved on."
In Camden, the north London area where Winehouse lived, it is an offense to drink alcohol in public places outside "designated zones." If people ignore warnings by police they can be arrested, and can be fined up to £500 (approximately $800).
Earlier in the day Amy's father, Mitch Winehouse, spoke at her funeral, telling congregants that his daughter had almost beaten her alcohol problems and had already beaten her drug addiction three years ago.
In his eulogy at the Edgwarebury Cemetery in north London, he also revealed plans to set up a foundation in his daughter's name, which will help others battle drink and drug addictions.
The singer was found dead by a bodyguard on Saturday afternoon. It is thought that Winehouse may have been dead for four hours already by the time she was found. A post-mortem examination carried out Monday was inconclusive and an inquest has been opened and adjourned until October 26.
MTV will air a tribute special to the life and career of Winehouse Wednesday night at 6:30pm E.T. according to its website.
The special will feature a rarely seen performance filmed in MTV's Times Square studios as part of its "45th at Night" live series in 2007; a performance which took place just before Winehouse rose to superstardom in the U.S.
The set features Winehouse performing with her Back to Black backup band, the Dap Kings, delivering soulful renditions of her hits such as 'Rehab,' 'Back to Black,' 'Me and Mr Jones,' and 'You Know I'm No Good'.
The special will also feature a collaboration between Winehouse and rapper Mos Def on the song 'Love is a Losing Game.'
Amy Winehouse Dead: Joins List of Music Legends to Die at 27
Amy Winehouse Dead at 27: Tearful Parents Express Gratitude to Fans
Amy Winehouse Tragic Death: Rihanna, Ashton Kutcher, Other Celebs React on Twitter
Amy Winehouse Dead at 27: Closed Funeral for Late Singer's Friends, Family Held Tuesday
Amy Winehouse Dead: Loved Ones Arrive at Her Funeral
Amy Winehouse Dead: Ex-Husband Breaks Down Over Loss of His Soul-Mate
Amy Winehouse Dead at 27: MTV to Show Tribute Special Tomorrow Night
Amy Winehouse Dead - Family and Friends Bid a Tearful Goodbye


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Situated to the north of original Furong Garden of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 709), the Tang Paradise covers an area of 1,000 mu (164.7 acres), of which water surface is 300 mu (49.4 acres). It is renowned as the largest culture theme park in Northwest China, the first grand royal garden style culture theme park in China with the comprehensive exhibit of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The Furong Garden, built in 483 AD, has been the famous imperial garden for long. The garden is divided into 12 thematic areas including monarchs, poems, folk world, diet, the female, tea culture, religion, technology, diplomacy, imperial exam as well as singing and dancing. The scenic spots designed vividly reproduce the prosperity and artistic achievement of the Tang Dynasty. Specifically, there are Ziyun Mansion, Shinü Pavilion, Yuyan Palace, Fanglin Garden, Fengming Jiutian Theater, Xingyuan Garden, Lu Yu Teahouse, Tang-style Market, Qujiang Liuyin Garden and so on.
Regarding the structural scale, it is ranked as second to none throughout the country. All kinds of architectural styles in the Tang Dynasty are available here. It deserves to be called a complete textbook of the Tang Dynasty. The principle that life is to be prolonged is applied to when constructing such a grand royal garden. The combined application of tile concrete structure and timber structure not only helps to preserve the original style and outlook of Tang architecture, but also protects it away from being spoiled.
The wonderful programs are on show in different scenic areas every day such as the fashion show, martial arts performance, lion dance, and stilt walking, acrobatic performance. To put a perfect ending to your trip in Tang Paradise, the excellent water screen movie, which is believed to be the largest throughout the world, is awaiting you in the evening. The authentic and tridimensional optical effect is actually created by blending musical fountain, laser, flame, water mist, mine together. The great dreamlike dance Return to Great Tang is so alluring that it always wins the applause and cheering of the audience.
The Tang Paradise is a garden boasting quite a lot of greatness. Light fragrance is permeated through the whole garden with the application of largest sweetening project in the world. Whenever you are walking around, smell of the fragrance will assault your nose. Yuyan Palace is the biggest base to cook similar Tang banquet in our country. The world's largest and grandest water screen movie and water performance integrate light, power, flame, sound and water together to create the best optical enjoyment. It is as well the first theme park that perfectly incorporates vision, hearing, smelling, touch and taste together. You can also enjoy the No. 1 sculpture complex that fully demonstrates the poetic culture of Tang Dynasty in our country and the Tang Marketplace which reconstructs the thriving trading activities in ancient Chang'an.
It is a wonder human creates again. The grandeur of Tang Paradise not only lies in the flourishing look of Tang Paradise recurs in modern society, but also it signifies the great era and rapid development of China.
Opening Hours: 09:00 - 22:00
Tickets: CNY 90 (Mar. to Nov. 30); CNY 68 (Dec. to the end of Feb.)
Bus Routes: Take Bus No. 5, 19, 21, 22, 24, 27, 30, 34, 41, 44, 212, 224, 237, 307, 320, 400, 408, 500, 501, 521, 527, 601, 606, 609, 610, 701, 715, 721, 720, Tourism Bus No. 4, 6, 8 or 9 and get off at Tang Paradise stop or Western Gate of Tang Paradise.
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Eusebeia
Eusebeia (Greek: εὐσέβεια from εὐσεβής "pious" from εὖ eu meaning "well", and σέβας sebas meaning "reverence", itself formed from seb- meaning sacred awe and reverence especially in actions) is a Greek word abundantly used in Greek philosophy as well as in the New Testament, meaning inner piety, spiritual maturity, or godliness. The root seb- (σέβ) is connected to danger and flight, and thus the sense of reverence originally described a healthy fear of the gods.[1][2]
The first recorded usage of the word dates to Homer, circa 1000 BCE.
The word was used in Classical Greece where it meant "personal piety in the fulfillment of human relationships". It also expressed the act of concretely and outwardly fulfilling worshiping acts towards Greek gods (gifts, sacrifices, public devotions), and by extension to honor the gods by showing proper respect to elders, masters, rulers and everything under the protection of the gods.
For Platonists, "Eusebeia" meant "right conduct in regard to the gods." For the Stoics, "knowledge of how God should be worshiped."[3]
Progressively, and within the wider Hellenistic world, or koine, Eusebeia came to designate "inner piety", or spirituality, a duty inwardly due to God.
In Greek mythology, the concept of Eusebeia is anthropomorphized as the daemon of piety, loyalty, duty and filial respect. According to one source, her husband is Nomos (Law), and their daughter is Dike, goddess of justice and fair judgment. In other tellings, Dike is the daughter of the god Zeus and/or the goddess Themis (Order).[4]
The Indian emperor Ashoka in his 250 BCE Edicts used the word "eusebeia" as a Greek translation for the central Buddhist concept of "dharma".[5]
"Eusebeia" was adopted by Christianity to describe the awesome respect due to God and his worship. It is often translated as "godliness" in the New Testament.[6]
Spiros Zodhiates says that:
"When eusébeia is applied to the Christian life, it denotes a life that is acceptable to Christ, indicating the proper attitude of the believer toward Christ who has saved him. It is both an attitude and a manner of life."
"Divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness (eusébeia), through the true (full, personal, experiential) knowledge of Him Who called us by His own glory and excellence." Peter (2 Pet 1:3)
The word εὐσέβεια as it is used in the Greek New Testament carries the meaning of "godliness", and is distinct from θρησκεία (thrēskeia), "religion". Eusebeia relates to real, true, vital, and spiritual relation with God, while thrēskeia relates to the outward acts of religious observances or ceremonies, which can be performed by the flesh. The English word "religion" was never used in the sense of true godliness. It always meant the outward forms of worship. In 1Ti 3:16, the Mystery, or secret connected with true Christianity as distinct from religion. It is the Genitive of relation. (This specific meaning occurs only in Act 3:12.)] This word arises in the Greek New Testament in 1Ti 2:2, 1Ti 3:16, 1Ti 4:7, 1Ti 4:8, 1Ti 6:3, 1Ti 6:5, 1Ti 6:6, 1Ti 6:11, 2Ti 3:5, Tit 1:1, 2Pe 1:3, 2Pe 1:6, 2Pe 1:7, 2Pe 3:11.[7]
↑ Burket, Walter. Greek Religion. trans. by John Raffan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985. (Originally published as Griechische Religion der archaischen und klassichen Epoche. Stuttgart: Verlag K. Kohlhammer, 1977.) 272-275.
↑ Mikalson, Jon. "Piety and Honor." Honor Thy Gods: Popular Religion in Greek Tragedy. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. 165-202.
↑ Barclay, William (2000). New Testament Words. Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 107. ISBN 066424761X. http://books.google.com/books?id=ngnOdquk9DUC&pg=PA106&vq=eusebeia&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1.
↑ "Eusebia: Greek goddess or spirit of piety, duty & filial respect." Theoi Greek Mythology. ed. by Aaron J. Atsma. Accessed on 2007-12-11.
↑ Hacker, Paul. Dharma in Hinduism, Journal of Indian Philosophy, 2006, 34:479-496
↑ Thayer, Joseph; Abbott-Smith, George. "Greek Lexicon entry for Eusebeia". The New Testament Greek Lexicon. http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2150. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
↑ E.W. Bullinger, A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament, Kregel Publications, ISBN 0-8254-2096-2
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Of 'Mystere' perfume by Parfums D'Orsay, little is known other than that it was introduced around 1915.
D'Orsay's Mystere perfume is as mysterious as the company's own history. We know more about Mystere thanks to a bottle created for it by René Lalique than we do for the perfume itself.
D'Orsay itself was a marketing company, created to take advantage of the legend of Count Alfred D'Orsay (1801-1852) who dabbled in perfume and died before Parfams D'Orsay was established (1865).
The bottle shown here is not the famous René Lalique bottle. Nor is it close to Lalique's style. It is, however, an extremely elegant and very "20th Century" bottle. And we do know that D'Orsay employed a number of leading French glassmakers, including Baccarat and Nancy. Additionally, we know that designer Julien Viard did work for D'Orsay.
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It seems Pakistanis don't really have anything good to talk about these days. Where keyboard warriors went haywire over the leaked pictures of Mahira Khan and Ranbir Kapoor, these two celebs, trying their best to lend support to Mahira Khan got embroiled in a debate of their own, that had nothing of value to add to the recent issue.
Apparently it all started when Momina Mustehsan tweeted her support for Mahira Khan.
But it didn't go down well with someone who had witnessed Momina's stance on the Qandeel issue. And they were just too quick to point out.
And then, boom! While everybody else just ignored it, Humaima Malick picked up the tweet and added her views to the non-existent issue.
Humaima had the audacity to point out Momina's hypocrisy and double standards right on her social media, for everyone to see.
But Momina would'nt settle for anything less and she point blank cleared her context which was apparently not picked up by anyone.
However, this wasn't enough to convince Humaima at all!
And so, Pakistanis now await Momina's answer to Humaima's claim! It seems we have nothing better to do these days than to dug up issues and try to earn fame over the mistakes of others. Whether it was a publicity stunt by Humaima or a Momina's stance of offering selective support, it doesn't really and shouldn't matter to the masses, when there is just so much else to talk and worry about!


Soji is a national tradition in Japan. It's when the students clean the school everyday after lunch. This is an introduction to the Soji tradition for the unknowing foreigner in music video/parody form. My school wanted to motivate their students to do a good job so they used the Rocky soundtrack as the music played over the loudspeakers as the students cleaned. After New Year's they changed the soji song to boring piano music because they said the students were so energized by the music that they were fooling around instead of cleaning.


I still get misty-eyed over my first true scrambles bike and after a recent web-trawl I just had to download this fantastic picture and put it here.
There has positively NEVER been a more beautiful competition bike than a 500 BSA Gold Star.
I bought mine for £149 Quid, raced it for two seasons and traded it in for a trials Montesa.
I got £65 for it against the trials bike.
If you could find a good scrambles Goldie these days you'd pay approximately £10K for one.
Here's an excessively-happy 18 year-old with his freshly-purchased used Gold Star ready for a season of competition.
The detached retina would come a season later and lead to its unfortunate trade-in.
All those streets at Balbirnie in Edinburgh have gone now too. Progress…….


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Commercial Bank's ATMs Set New Records This 'Avurudu'
A new record was set for cash dispensed in a single day when users of the Commercial Bank's ATM network withdrew a mammoth Rs 2.05 billion on Friday, 11th April 2014, beating the Bank's own record set a year previously, by Rs 263 million.
The new one-day record was the peak of a record breaking 12-day period for Sri Lanka's largest private bank, whose 585-terminal ATM network dispensed Rs 15.438 billion between the 1st and 12th of April 2014, as the country prepared to celebrate the Sinhala and Hindu New Year.
Emphasising this point, the total value of cash dispensed on the 10th and 11th of April 2014 was Rs 4.023 billion, the highest ever value dispensed by the Bank over two days.
The previous record for the highest value dispensed in a single day was Rs 1.79 billion, set on 10th April 2013. The Bank reports that the average ticket size of a withdrawal on 10th April 2014 was Rs 10,400, as against Rs 6,500 on the same day last year, an increase of 60%.
The number of transactions processed by the network on 11th April 2014 as it set the new 24-hour record was 245,000, the highest number in a day for this season. This was lower than the Bank's single-day record of 325,000, and was attributable to the higher daily withdrawal limits offered to Cardholders, the Bank said.
During the weekend of 12th – 15th April, Commercial Bank's ATMs dispensed Rs 2.922 billion, which is also the highest value the Bank has ever dispensed during a weekend. The previous highest value for a weekend was recorded during the weekend of 29th – 31st March '14, and the value dispensed was Rs 2.278 billion.
"What these figures reiterate is the invaluable role the Commercial Bank plays in the day to day lives of millions of people all over Sri Lanka," said Jegan Durairatnam, the Bank's Chief Operating Officer. "They also underline the value of the technology as well as the capacity, robustness and reliability of the our ATM network, factors that assume greater importance during peak shopping seasons such as the Sinhala and Hindu New Year and Christmas."
The Commercial Bank ATM network is the largest automated cash dispensing facility owned by a single bank in Sri Lanka. Holders of Commercial Bank's standard ATM cum Shopping Debit Cards can withdraw up to Rs 40,000 from the Bank's ATMs per withdrawal. The Bank also offers customers the option of setting their own ATM withdrawal limits up to a maximum of Rs 100,000 a day, and a point-of-sale limit of up to Rs 500,000.
The largest private bank in Sri Lanka and the only Sri Lankan Bank to be listed three years consecutively in the world's Top 1,000 Banks, Commercial Bank operates a network of 235 branches in Sri Lanka. Ranked the most valuable private sector brand in Sri Lanka in 2014, the Bank has won multiple awards as the country's best bank over several years.


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Deborah Ann Ryan
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Quick summary of Debby Ryan
Born in Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Debby was born on 13 May 1993 in Huntsville, AL. She is American by nationality and holds the ethnicity, White.
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As a successful actress and a songwriter, Debby has earned a handsome amount throughout her career. And as of 2020, her estimated net worth swings around millions.
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Debby Rayn secretly tied the knot with fiancé Josh Dun this 2019 New Year's Eve.
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American actress and singer Debby Ryan is well recognized globally for her 16 Wishes, Jessie, and Suite Life on Deck. She started her journey in the acting career at a very young age of seven.
Debby was born on 13 May 1993 in Huntsville, AL. She currently ages 27 years old and has the birth sign of Taurus. She is American by nationality and holds the ethnicity White. Regarding her academic qualification, she did her schooling on Fossil Ridge School.
Debby started her professional career through T.V ads in her early teens. After appearing in many commercial advertisements in 2006, she made her acting debut in the Television series named Barney and Friends portraying Debby's role. The following year she then made her debut named Barney: Let's Go to the Firehouse as Teenage Girl.
In her acting career's primary stages, she played many minor roles in T.V series and low rated films like The Longshots and many more. The year 2008 became the turning point of her career as she played her first leading role as Bailey Pickett in the renowned T.V series named The Suite Life on Deck. Besides being an actor, she established herself as a songwriter after writing some popular songs named Hey Jessie; We Got the Beat and many more. She has also won some awards in her acting career, including the Poptastic Awards, Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards, and many more. Likewise, in the year 2018, she was cast on 4 films, Cover Versions as Maple, Every Day as Jolene, Life of the Party as Jennifer, and Grace as Nicole. Her latest work as an actress was on the 2020 movie name Horse, where she has portrayed Nicole's character.
As a successful actress and a songwriter, Debby has earned a handsome amount throughout her career. And as of 2020, her estimated net worth swings around $5 million.
Debby is a happily married woman. She married her long-time boyfriend, Josh Dun, on 31 December 2019. The love got engaged on 23 December 2018 and made it to the public via Instagram, where he told that they are engaged now and are looking to be married soon.
Debby Ryan with her husband, Josh Dun
Moreover, she has a long dating history-filled. Back from 2008 to 2009, she dated Jason Dalley. Then she dated Seam Marquette with whom she remained for a year and dated Greg Sulkin. She also dated him for a year then she dated Josh Dun from 2013. Later they also broke up.
Debby was born to American parents John Ryan and Missy Ryan. Her mother is a housewife, and her father is a military army. She also has a brother named Chase Ryan.
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Beautiful Debby is blessed with a slim body measurement where she stands tall at the height of 5 feet 5 inches. She weighs about 64 kilograms. She has her hair dyed red and has black colored eyes.