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Move over, pencil and pen. We're using our sewing machines to draw. That's right, free-motion machine embroidery uses your basic sewing machine to draw pictures with thread.
And it's not just for quilters! Here's how anyone with a sewing machine can do it.
1. Gather Your Equipment
As with any task, you need the rights tools for the job. Other than the usual (fabric, thread, a seam ripper and a nice, sharp machine needle), the essentials are:
- A darning foot Usually rounded, a darning foot lets you stitch without your fabric flagging (that's when the material gets pulled up with the needle). Check the website of your sewing-machine manufacturer to see which style of foot fits your model.
- An embroidery hoop You don't need a model-specific hoop for free-motion . Just remember that, unlike with hand embroidery, with free-motion you want to use the hoop "back to front" — the fabric should lay flat against the throat plate. Size-wise, anything goes! But generally speaking, the smaller the hoop, the more control you'll have. Personally, I find that a 6-to-8-inch hoop is the perfect size for intricate designs.
- Embroidery scissors Sharp embroidery scissors make life much simpler when tackling loose and connecting threads. A seam ripper also comes in handy to undo any mistakes.
- Trick marker or pencil Use these to draw out your design, of course. Sold at haberdasheries or online, a trick marker vanishes over time or when washed. This means you don't have to worry about getting your designs right on the lines. A good old-fashioned pencil also works!
2. Set Up Your Machine
There are just a few things you'll need to do.
- Install your darning foot If you aren't sure how to do this, instructions should be available in the owner's manual or on the manufacturer's website.
- Tackle tension This will allow your fabric and thread to work in harmony and run smoothly. The standard tension setting is around 4 or 5, so you will need to reduce your top tension to around 1 or 2.
- Lower the feed dogs This is the most important thing to remember! Feed dogs let your fabric be pulled across the machine during standard stitching. These must be lowered to allow you to move your fabric yourself in any direction. You'll find instructions on how to do that in your owner's manual or online. Not all sewing machines have the ability to drop the feed, so check that yours can.
- Set your stitch length Set your stitch length to zero for greater control and accuracy.
3. Start Stitching
Simply press your foot control and push your hoop in any direction. Some tips:
- Ensure your fabric is tight in the hoop to prevent puckering, but don't worry if areas of heavy stitching become warped. This is normal! Over time you'll learn how to control it.
- Always begin with some tester scraps of fabric before stitching onto more expensive cloths. This will help you be sure all the settings are correct and help you harmonize with your machine.
- Start with open, free lines then eventually begin to experiment with more intricate, detailed work. Try different movements: open curves, zigzags and spirals.
- The more you experiment with fabrics, layering, stitch pattern and line work, the more comfortable and creative you will be. Don't put pressure on yourself to follow design lines perfectly on your first attempt — just take the time to get to know your machine and materials.
- Don't restrict yourself to the size of your hoop. You can work on a larger scale and use a smaller hoop for detailed areas.


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ASEAN+3 singing contest opens in Ha Long city
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NDO – The ASEAN+3 Singing Contest 2019 officially opened in Ha Long city, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, on the evening of July 27.
Running from July 26 to 29, the event, organised by Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV), features the participation of 22 contestants from ASEAN member states and four invited singers from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
The contest is open for professional pop singers aged between 18-35, aiming to promote understanding and cultural exchanges between Vietnam and other nations in the region, while discovering and supporting the development of young musical talents in the ASEAN community.
The participating songs may be performed in different languages, but all feature beautiful melodies honouring the life, people and friendship between ASEAN countries.
Shortly after the opening ceremony, the semifinals of the contest took place with unique pieces of performance. The jury board, including music and art experts from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, picked out the 10 most brilliant contestants for the final competition, scheduled for tonight (July 28).
The semifinal night selected 10 brilliant contestants to progress to the final night on July 28. (Photo: VOV)
Deputy General Director of VOV and head of the organising committee, Ngo Minh Hien, said that the ASEAN+3 singing contest is not only a music and culture event but also holds important political and diplomatic significance, affirming the position of Vietnam among Southeast Asian nations.
The event is part of the activities aiming to advertise the image of Vietnam in particular and ASEAN as a whole, thereby contributing to building a prosperous ASEAN community.


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foam, epoxy clay, gold leaf, pig intestine
Small sculptural objects have been a part of my practice since the early stages of creating work about restraint and release.
The sculptures of Eulogia are a result of a cumulative process working with experimental media in order to convey this idea. The sculptural objects are a metaphor for desire, the body, something kept bound--a visual representation of the idea that something pulsing with desire can be held back (repressed) for only so long. What we value directly relies on our cultural conditioning and the method by which something is presented to us. Industrial and commercial food materials are transformed into small strange forms, somewhat alien--sometimes sensuous, sometimes unnerving--pulsing beneath ethereal gossamer skins.


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The work environment that you experiment dramatically influences the way an employee performs. An atmosphere of discouragement and disinterest causes most members of a work team to feel the same or worse.
For reasons like these, there are alternatives to motivate employees and to develop positively in a company. Dynamics and teamwork sessions to promote collaboration are part of the options of employers today.
In the same way, there are virtual tools that promote collaborative work and improve the organizational culture of a company. One of them is Yammer, a social network for businesses that each company can implement in its way of working.
1. Integration of departments
Establish Yammer as part of the company culture promotes the integration of departments that were previously unrelated. You can put a link that corresponds to another department, and someone gets it by a tag that you put it in. In this way help others and encourage collaboration.
2. Remove email abuse
Yammer is a virtual space where you can share your knowledge of platforms such as presentations, links, photos, and videos. For this reason, it is a space that serves to reconsider the use of the email in work.
3. It is a digital file
The most prominent advantage of this social network is that it can serve as a repository of resources that can be accessed with a simple search. In this way, Yammer becomes an ally of many who like to send links or keep them!
4. You save time
Having a digital file also helps reduce the time you spend by doing email searches or in papers that you keep in the office. Through Yammer, with a search, you get what you're looking for saving minutes.
5. Transformation of company culture
With all the possibilities that Yammer has, achieving a change in your company will be possible. You will gain time, and you will have a team of collaborative work.
Get ready to transform the organizational culture of your workplace. Yammer integrates other departments in the daily workflow and encourages the teamwork to be more productive.
In our infographic: "When to send an email message and when to use Yammer?" we simply show you how to identify which option to choose.


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Ideal for paving/base work and compacting under paving or synthetic turf or using as a pathway. Cream in colour.
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ART IN THE PARK in Watercress Fields., Ashford.
Lots of children, with mums and 'grandmums', came out to spend a lovely morning looking for wee creatures and exploring the magic of nature in autumn. Then back at the Riverside Centre , each child made their own imaginative autumn picture using some of the things they had seen and found .


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Breathe in … Breathe out
Stress. Everyone suffers from it at some point in life. Prolonged stress takes a toll on the body, causing emotional and physical disorders that can lead to anxiety, depression, heart attacks and autoimmune disease, to name a few.
When physicians offer up their menu of services to reduce stress and improve wellness, meditation is almost always listed. Spiritual leaders and counselors also prescribe meditation as a method of seeking clarity, finding answers within and letting go of things you can't control or that don't serve your needs.
The professionals make it sound so easy, like filling a prescription: "one dose of meditation daily." But learning to quiet the mind doesn't come easy for most people living in a world full of external stimulation, and neither does knowing where to start.
Meditation can be active or passive, according to Dr. Melinea Holman, owner of the Center for Health and Healing in Fort Myers. "Passive can be when you are driving home and don't remember getting there. You're just going through the motions, your mind is slowing down." Active meditation "is when you sit, center and become actively aware that you are slowing everything down."
Yoga is a type of meditation. It requires you to be aware of your body and breathing, letting go of other thoughts so you can properly execute poses.
Meditation starts with being mindful, according to Mary Robinson, a psychotherapist and founding board member of the Caloosahatchee Mindfulness Center in Fort Myers. "Mindfulness is being aware and present in our moment-to-moment experience," says Robinson. "We have a mind that chatters all of the time," she continues. "If someone was beside us talking to us all the time like our mind, we would call the police to lock them up."
Social worker Anne Louise Kracmer is a mindfulness facilitator. She advises, "If you think you are not good at meditation, well, who is? Just start where you are. It helps us to get out of our stories, the drama we create."
During the sessions she leads, participants may sit in silence, or they may do walking meditation, concentrating on their steps and feeling the foot as it hits the ground from heel to toe. This simple exercise clears thoughts. Self-help author Wayne Dyer's book, Getting
in the Gap, offers easy-to-follow guidance for finding the gap or space between thoughts, where your mind is quiet and void of chatter. The book comes with an instructional CD, but you can also find the audio online. In fact, the Internet is full of guided meditations.
While some skew toward specific spiritual or religious philosophies, the foundation is the same—slowing down and quieting your mind. Buddhists are renowned for using meditation to seek enlightenment. They use a number of techniques that are widely embraced by non-Buddhists as well.
"There are all kinds of traditions that you can bring your own roots to," Robinson says. "You
don't have to give up or change any beliefs because you are adding meditation."
While guided meditations can offer a jump-start to the discipline, some people are distracted by the narration. If you prefer to go it alone, meditation can be as simple as sitting still and listening to your breathing, regardless of where you are. Robinson says, "Find even five minutes and just pay attention to your breath because it's something that is always with you."
Holman advises in the Buddhist tradition, "Take a deep breath and focus on the nose opening up, the breath coming down the throat, opening up the chest, into the belly and then there is a hook at the end that is a quiet zone where you can meditate in. Or you can just concentrate on letting the breath out."
Meditation can also help with successful completion of tasks, and the practice is used by many athletes before competing. Take a few deep, relaxing breaths to clear your mind and then focus on one thing, such as seeing the golf ball go into the cup during a putt, hitting the high note in your solo or any number of other goals.
Research shows the benefits of meditation to be vast, including improvements in brain function, immune system, blood pressure, decision-making, focus and overall well-being. While it won't solve all of your problems, regular practice can help you deal with them more effectively.
Learning to quiet the mind doesn't come easy for most people living in a world full of external stimulation, and neither does knowing where to start.


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We are Structural Steelwork fabricators & Engineers based in Nottinghamshire, our expertise in Structural Steelwork takes in refurbishment, alteration, extensions to existing buildings, new build ranging from all types of portal frame design, lattice girders / trusses, beam & column structures, Mezzanine floors, platforms and access stairs.
We undertake structural steelwork projects throughout the UK ranging from packages of 1 tonne right up to 500 tonnes. Due to our recent move we have expanded our available capacity & services which we can offer our clients.
Since 2001 we have constantly reinvented ourselves to embrace the latest technological advances to serve our customers needs.
Temple Mill Engineering provides solutions to non standard Structural steelwork elements. We also operate a Fabrication company with strong positions in the Structural Steelwork markets. The two companies are closely bound by a common strategy; shared marketing, knowledge and technical skills; and established relationships both with each other and with national businesses.
Awards and Accreditations
The Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors Scheme (RQSC)
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA)
Full quality management system ISO 9001 Accredited
BS EN 1090 CE Marking / FPC (Factory Production Control) for execution class 2
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The Health, Safety and working Environment of our employees and visitors is a top priority for Temple Mill.
Our Staff are fully trained in the following:-
- Confined space
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- Manual handling
- Lifting and rigging
- Risk assessments and method statements
- First aid and hold the appropriate CSCS certificates.
We pride ourselves on having an excellent Health and Safety record and benefit from being able to offer cover to 2 million pounds in terms of both public and products liability.
Temple Mill Engineering Limited is committed to help the industry in minimising the impact of its activities on the environment.
The key points of its strategy to achieve this are:
- Minimise waste by evaluating operations and ensuring they are as efficient as possible.
- Minimise toxic emissions through the selection and use of its fleet and the source of its power requirement.
- Actively promote recycling both internally and amongst its customers and suppliers.
- Source and promote a product range to minimise the environmental impact of both production and distribution.
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Alnwick Castle is often regarded as the best medieval castle in northern England. It dates from the 11th century and has been the seat of the Percy family and the Dukes of Northumberland, for 700 years. Swans are often seen in the River Aln, flowing from the Cheviot Hills to the North Sea.


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Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Attendance: 18,006
Jets vie for fast start against new-look Rangers
Winnipeg Jets at New York Rangers
- After totaling a franchise-record 114 points in 2017-18, the Jets dipped to 99 last season but still reached the playoffs for the second straight season, the first time it has qualified in back-to-back years.
- The Rangers failed to make the postseason for the second consecutive season in 2018-19 after qualifying in 11 of the previous 12 seasons. With an average age of 26 years, 77 days, the Rangers currently have the league's sixth-youngest roster.
- Winnipeg has won three straight overall meetings with the Rangers, and five of the last six at Madison Square Garden. Mark Scheifele has five goals and four assists in his past seven matchups with New York.
- Henrik Lundqvist is sixth on the all-time wins list with 449, five behind Curtis Joseph for fifth. His NHL-record streak of 13 straight 20-win seasons ended last season. Lundqvist lost his final six starts in 2018-19, tied for the longest losing streak of his career (also had a six-start skid Jan. 21-Feb. 4, 2010).
- Schiefele scored the first goal of the game 10 times last season, tied for third-most in the league (Alex DeBrincat, 13; Sidney Crosby, 11). Winnipeg was 23-7-2 last season when Schiefele scored a goal and 24-23-3 when he didn't.
- Jacob Trouba will face his former team in his first game as a Ranger after he was acquired from the Jets in June. He led all Winnipeg defensemen with a career-high 50 points in 2018-19 after he had 24 the previous season. His 26-point improvement was the league's fourth-biggest increase among defensemen.
NHL Headlines
- Isles score 4 straight, rally past Caps
- Bergeron puts Bruins over 'Canes in 2OT
- Pens fire 3 assistants after early exit
- Bigger Blues to face quicker Canucks
- No. 1 seed Flyers set to meet Canadiens
While the Winnipeg Jets experienced an eventful training camp, the New York Rangers spent their preseason developing a roster they hope will accelerate the rebuilding project that started two seasons ago.
After nearly a month of preparation, the Jets visit the Rangers on Thursday in the season opener for both teams.
Winnipeg is coming off a second straight playoff appearance, although its 99 points were 15 fewer than its total in 2017-18 -- and one behind Nashville for first place in the Central Division. Winnipeg then lost in six games in the first round to eventual champion St. Louis, with each setback coming by one goal.
The Jets then made news throughout the offseason.
They traded defenseman Jacob Trouba to the Rangers and lost Kevin Hayes and blue-liner Tyler Myers in free agency. Then they granted defenseman Dustin Byfuglien a leave of absence while Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor missed nearly all of training camp due to contract issues.
Winnipeg finally agreed to new deals with Laine and Connor over the weekend. Laine signed a two-year, $13.5 million contract on Friday while Connor inked a seven-year, $50 million deal the following day.
"A lot of big shoes to fill, I think our young guys are ready to step up," Laine told reporters earlier this week. "We have so much talent on this team. We'll have guys who step up and fill their game and we'll be better this year."
Last season, Laine scored 30 goals but only nine after November. His total was the lowest of his three-year career.
Laine is rejoining a top line alongside Connor and Mark Scheifele, a trio that combined for 92 goals last season.
"They're players that have been big parts of our team. There won't be any 'How do they fit? Where do they fit?' These guys are excited," Winnipeg general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said. "The group is excited. They're back here because they are hockey players and that's what they get to do now again."
The Rangers are coming off consecutive non-playoff seasons for the first time since missing the playoffs in seven straight campaigns before the 2004 lockout. New York continued rebuilding last season by trading veterans Hayes and Mats Zuccarello at the deadline, but added some notable pieces to a roster that will feature eight players on the opening night roster age 23 or younger.
New York used the second pick in the 2019 NHL Draft on right wing Kaapo Kakko. The 18-year-old spent the early part of training camp on the top line alongside Mika Zibanejad and free-agent signing Artemi Panarin, but he is expected to reside on the second line alongside Chris Kreider.
Panarin is joining the Rangers after totaling 116 goals and 204 assists over his first four campaigns. The Rangers are optimistic he will form strong chemistry with Zibanejad, who scored a career-high 30 goals last season.
"Having Panarin in here gives us a true first line," Rangers coach David Quinn told reporters early in training camp. "They take an awful lot of pressure off the other three lines. We hope they take some pressure off some of our younger players that are put in key positions."
Henrik Lundqvist, 37, will be in net and the Rangers are hoping to keep his workload to around 55 games. He played in 52 last season and has seen action in 60 or more games nine times during his 14-year career.
They are also hoping Lundqvist will rebound after posting a career-worst 3.07 goals-against average to go along with his first career losing record (18-23-10).
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Stewardship is part of our ethos. However, we have never taken a holding with the intent of advancing a corporate agenda. We buy because we believe that the companies are already concerned with being long-term in approach. We believe the portfolio companies concentrate on building a competitive moat and flourish by having a purpose beyond shareholder value. This is our focus. We don't search for problems to solve; this cuts against the processes of Scottish Mortgage.
This attitude means we are committed to the individual companies in which we invest. So, for us, engagement is a combination of confidence in the company and in our processes, but also an admission that bad things happen in the natural course of events. We strive to get to know our investments well enough that problems are neither a surprise nor so destructive of former hypotheses that exit is the only response.
When does support need to be more voluble? When does it need to come with substantial provisos or even requests for change? Often this is a reflection of little more than noise levels surrounding our shareholding. Will we push Under Armour far enough in addressing its problems? Or try to engage Alphabet on matters of tax? I think perhaps we are potentially more influential and more visible in some cases than others.
What is common in these cases is that we explicitly decided that there was a growth opportunity and a competitive moat worth investing in for the long term and hence worthy of time and effort. This isn't always popular.
I'd advocate more open discussion of whether we think avid engagement is justified. It isn't always so. Being willing to admit that there have been disappointments relative to the earlier hypotheses is healthy. Again it's an acceptance that bad stuff, both events and managerial, happens. Engagement beats rage, head in the sand denial or exit when there is a business worth saving.
Occasionally, engagement is forced upon us by takeover activity. Two instances stand out in my memory. First SoftBank's successful acquisition of ARM last year and the second, Roche's failed bid for Illumina.
With ARM, it was with great sadness that we voted in favour of SoftBank's proposed acquisition of ARM. We were inclined to resist the deal. We felt it undervalued the future growth in demand for ARM's products. But after conversations with the Chairman, the CEO, the Finance Director, the Senior Independent Director and mostly critically, the Chief Technology Officer, we came to the view that acceptance was the right course of action. ARM did not possess the willpower, nor the resource to turn its potential into actuality over the next decade. ARM, sadly, were nervous about the scale of the investment required, the risks that needed to be embraced and the patience that would be required of markets. SoftBank, however, had the ambition and the confidence to address these challenges.
The outcome of the attempted hostile takeover of Illumina by Roche was different. Here, the timeframe of returns and the probabilities related to the outcomes were the central issues. Roche management, we felt, were only looking out quarters ahead. Our timeframe was decades. This engagement proved a real step forward for us. By fighting against Roche to secure Illumina's independence, we obtained traction in a challenging sector by gaining access to smart management teams and potentially transformational companies.
Moreover, we ought to be able to make our views heard before issues we care about arise. An example would be Atlas Copco. This company derives a substantial portion of revenue from making machinery energy efficient. We have been speaking to them about the long-run impact of near free energy on their business. This is an example of quiet engagement being preferable. But that cannot be an excuse for inaction or shying from inevitable public moments.
I don't think it's entirely appropriate to look for general rules in engagement beyond a few fundamental principles. The specifics of the situation and company are paramount – perhaps unhappy companies are different in unique ways. This is why a rules-based approach makes me nervous.
Outstanding companies are not nails to be hammered down because they dare to dissent from normalised mechanisms. Or, to put it another way: culture and organisation should be reflections and reinforcements of business models that favour radicalism, innovation, deep competitive moats. Rewarding convention isn't our role, we should avoid thinking one size fits all. You don't build differentiation and enduring competitive advantage by imitating others or obeying sacred texts.
But these cautions aside, I'm convinced that serious commitment and engagement have extraordinary benefits for our investing skills and for companies. These are a set of flywheels that mesh unusually well – if we treat companies more thoughtfully then they will treat us more seriously and thus we become better investors – engagement requires long-term perspective.
It's absolutely no good talking about support and then rushing away at the first sign of trouble. We can all support companies doing well and going up in a straight line. That proves little. You earn respect at the tough moments. We should acknowledge when there are discouraging and problematic events but be emboldened when we think that with time, effort and thought we can help improve the situation. There is nothing like going through hard experiences to build muscle and repute. This includes an acceptance that abrupt falls in price are frequently the immediate fruit of stewardship – turning down takeover offers isn't always popular.
Lastly, we should be blunt about acknowledging our limitations. By trying to do too much we go beyond our skills and we distract ourselves from what we can contribute. I'd advocate that we have but two guidelines. We should only be interested in making companies longer-term and in helping dig better moats. The rest is noise.
The views expressed in this article are those of James Anderson and should not be considered as advice or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold a particular investment. They reflect personal opinion and should not be taken as statements of fact nor should any reliance be placed on them when making investment decisions.
This communication was produced and approved on the stated date and has not been updated subsequently. It represents views held at the time of writing and may not reflect current thinking.
Baillie Gifford & Co and Baillie Gifford & Co Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The investment trusts managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited are listed UK companies. Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (Scottish Mortgage) is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is not authorised or regulated by the FCA. The value of its shares, and any income from them, can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the amount invested.
Please remember that changing stock market conditions and currency exchange rates will affect the value of your investment in the fund and any income from it.
Scottish Mortgage invests in overseas securities. Changes in the rates of exchange may also cause the value of your investment (and any income it may pay) to go down or up. The trust's risk could be increased by its investment in unlisted investments. These assets may be more difficult to buy or sell, so changes in their prices may be greater.
The trust invests in emerging markets where difficulties in dealing, settlement and custody could arise, resulting in a negative impact on the value of your investment.
The trust can borrow money to make further investments (sometimes known as "gearing" or "leverage"). The risk is that when this money is repaid by the trust, the value of the investments may not be enough to cover the borrowing and interest costs, and the trust will make a loss. If the trust's investments fall in value, any invested borrowings will increase the amount of this loss.
Market values for securities which have become difficult to trade may not be readily available and there can be no assurance that any value assigned to such securities will accurately reflect the price the trust might receive upon their sale. The trust can make use of derivatives which may impact on its performance.
This article contains information on investments which does not constitute independent research. Accordingly, it is not subject to the protections afforded to independent research and Baillie Gifford and its staff may have dealt in the investments concerned.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. – An ALDOT worker's life was cut short Thursday in an accident on Interstate 65. Family friends say 35-year-old Jake Smith was a loving friend, husband and father to two young twins and a step son. Thursday morning the Smith family lost their provider.
"When your husband goes to work, or anybody goes to work you don't ever think they won't come home," explained family friend, Katie Bowers.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation. According to ALDOT, Jake Smith and his co-worker Kenneth Hopper were on a transportation truck moving barrels following a lane closure. Hopper survived but Smith died at the scene.
"He worked two jobs so that Summer could stay home with the babies," said Bowers.
The twins are nearly two-years-old now. When they were born, the twins spent weeks in the NICU.
"Those kids were his life," said family friend, Vicki Young. "He didn't miss one day in the NICU."
"He would do anything for his family," added Bowers.
Now these friends are trying to take up where Jake has had to leave off.
"We are collecting gas cards, gift cards, size five diapers and dinner donations," explained Vicki Young.
Everything this family may need for the time being. Drop off locations are:
- Salon 53 on Hwy 53 in Toney
- Nurturing Moment on South Parkway in Huntsville
- Advance Auto 871 on Hwy 72 in Athens
"She has been a support to so many people that it's time for these communities to come and rally for her," said Young.
The cause of this accident is still unknown, but the result is conclusive. A family is forever changed after Smith simply went to work.
"People need to look at traffic cones and if you see some up ahead, move over. There is no reason to stay in that lane," said Young.
Now every effort is being made to help this family.
"We can't take the pain away and the hurt away and we can't get Jake back, but we can do this and take the financial burden off her," said Bowers.
Visitation for Smith will be from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Colbert Memorial Chapel in Tuscumbia. The funeral will take place at 3 p.m.
Smith will be buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Sheffield.


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World Making, Political Thought, and Indigenous Resurgence: Guaman Poma and Garcilaso de la Vega Inca
In the early modern period world making inspired debates about uncertainty, the circulation and limitations of knowledge, and the problem of government. For Garcilaso de la Vega Inca, the author of Royal Commentaries of the Inca (1606) and General History of Peru (1617), the making of the colonial world, meant interpreting and rendering a pre-conquest Inca society into the utopian possibility of a new colonial polity led by a mestizo elite. For Guaman Poma de Ayala, the author of New Chronicle and Good Government (1615), thinking about how governing happens and it is thought, meant distilling Quechua cosmology, ethics, and institutions into political praxis. They also ask us to ponder commonwealths already actualized and new political horizons asking to be realized. Both thinkers invite us to learn from political economies guided by the principle of Sumak Kawsay or living/knowing (Kawsay) in plenitude and harmony (Sumak). They also ask us to ponder commonwealths already actualized and new political horizons asking to be realized. Finally both provide us with two decolonial political treatises grounded in the necessary reverting and rewriting the starting origins of history: no longer Greece but the memories of Andean ways of thinking and praxis of living.
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Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2019 Menswear Showcase Is A Huge Win For Diversity!
The Off-White designer and newly minted Louis Vuitton Men's Artistic Director Virgil Abloh, made his debut on Thursday in Paris at the Palais Royal, and the American DJ-turned-fashion industry unicorn give us plenty to unpack with the spring-summer 2019 collection.
Holographic handbags, utilitarian vests, and oversize floral prints aside, what was truly ground-breaking about Abloh's show was the fact that his debut marked the first time a black designer was at the helm of Vuitton in Paris. To bring you up to speed, Paris is a city known for designers who cling tightly to tradition, and where legends like Karl Lagerfeld continue to thrive, despite frequent derogatory and offensive comments.
On the runway, white models were a minority, with the first 17 of 56 looks shown exclusively on black male models—a huge win for diversity.
See runway collection below.
Source- InStyle
Photo Credit – Playboi Carti for Vogue.com
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Where does the new pharma pricing policy stand today
Efforts are on to rescue the NPPP, which was caught in a gridlock between the GoM, led by the agriculture minister, and the finance ministry. While the former has proposed a market-based pricing policy to fix prices of essential drugs, the latter wanted the present cost-based policy to continue. The GoM, on the Prime Ministers instruction, met the finance minister on Wednesday to clear the stand-off so that the disagreement doesnt reach the Cabinet. It is understood that differences have been resolved on key points and the finance minister has agreed on a market-based approach but not without recommending some changes in the main formula. It is also understood that the finance minister has agreed to restricting the span of price control to drugs in the National List of Essential Medicines, without including combination drugs and strengths not mentioned in the list.
How are our drugs regulated today and what is the NLEM
At present, 74 bulk drugs and any formulationsingle ingredient or combinationflowing from them are regulated under the Drug Price Control Order, 1995, by the National Pharma Pricing Authority. It uses a cost-based mechanism, which factors in prices of raw materials (bulk drugs, excipients, etc) on a standard basis, cost of converting them into drugs and packaging charges, and provides for a mark-up. Considering that both the list of drugs and the method are two-decades old, a need was felt to revisit the matter. In 2011, the health ministry and experts finalised a list of 348 drugs that comprise the National List of Essential Drugs.
What did the GoM recommend How far did it deviate from the original policy finalised by the department of pharma
After extensive deliberations spanning over a year, the GoM decided in favour of a market-based pricing policy for essential drugs. It suggested taking the weighted average price of all brands in a segment with more than 1% of market share by volume to determine the ceiling price of a particular drug. In doing so, it heavily drew from a formula mooted by commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma, which proposed that the weighted average price of all drug brands that have more than 5% market share in a particular therapeutic segment should be fixed as the ceiling price of that particular drug. The GoMs final call on the matter buried for good the original methodology suggested by DoP wherein the retail prices of essential medicines should be capped at the average price of the 3 top-selling brands. But on a conceptual plane, the GoM agreed with DoPs idea of shifting to a market-based mechanism from the existing cost-based method to fix prices of essential drugs. Additionally, on the span of price control, the GoM decided to spare combination drugs that use one or more constituents of 348 essential drugs that comprise the NLEM, and strengths not mentioned in the list. This marked the second major deviation from the original proposal of DoP, which had suggested that (along with the drugs listed in the NLEM) dosages and other combination drugs that consist of NLEM drugs should also be brought under the price net.
What were the other choices before the GoM
Besides the original draft prepared by the DoP and the one floated by the commerce ministry, the GoM was flooded with a barrage of possible options, mainly from different industry bodies representing multinational interests, top domestic pharma companies, medium and small drug-makers, activists, public health groups and MPs. While the industry lobbies rallied behind the original DoP formula, public health groups insisted on a continuation of the cost-based mechanism. Another complex formula was suggested by the PMs Economic Advisory Council, which divided the market into two categories: one with sufficient competition and the other with insufficient competition. Those with insufficient competition were defined as drug-formulations with an annual turnover of over R4 crore and a market share of over 40%, or with an annual turnover of less than R1 crore with over 90% market share, or therapies which have less than 10 companies marketing the drug. For areas with inadequate competition, PMEAC suggested a cost-based mechanism. For areas with adequate competition, PMEAC suggested two options: 1.25 times the median of the therapy segment or the price which 80% of consumers are paying. The figure can be arrived at by plotting the ranks of drug-formulations in each therapy by price and by plotting volume share against each one.
How will the implementation of the GoM formula impact the industry and the market
According to various estimates by independent marketing research firms such as IMS Health and Aiocd Awacs, the implementation of the GoM formula will wipe off somewhere close to 2.3-5% of the R68,000 crore domestic drug market, by bringing close to one-fifths of the drug market under the price net. According to an industry analysis, the average price reduction will be about 11% and prices of 60% of NLEM medicines will be reduced by more than 20%.
Who has raised objections to the GoM formula What is the basis of such opposition
To start with, public health groups are vehemently against a shift to the market-based formula, which they assert would push prices of drugs northwards; they are protesting against the exclusion of combination drugs and strengths not mentioned in NLEM. They fear that while producers marketing drugs above the ceiling prices may migrate to irrational combinations, other strengths and non-essential drugs, many others who are marketing today at below-ceiling prices may be encouraged to raise prices. Pharma players contest this argument by claiming that those who are marketing drugs at lower prices today are doing so because of competition and would continue to do so. Public health groups found a surprise supporter in the Supreme Court, which in October indicated its preference towards a continuation of the cost-based method while expanding the scope of drugs in the NLEM list. Finally, just when the proposal was to be taken up by the Cabinet, the finance ministry raked up a series of objections almost on the same lines as the public health groups.
What are the objections raised by the finance ministry
It is adamant about the continuation of the cost-based method to fix essential drug prices and thus bringing bulk drugs under price control, and increasing the span of control to include combination drugs using the NLEM ingredients and all strengths not mentioned in the list.
Why is the pharma industry so averse to the cost-based method
Taking a sample of 10 commonly used drugs, the industry association IPA has put forth an analysis showing that in the case of a select sample, the market would shrink by 83%, massively eroding sales and profits if the cost-based method is applied on NLEM plus all strengths of combination drugs, taking the span of control to 75% of the domestic market from the current 18%. But losses are just one part of the story. The industrys gripe is that the normative costing system lacks transparency, and bestows too much discretionary power in the hands of officials, which when used unscrupulously is prone to manipulation and red-tapism. It also leaves no incentive intact for drug firms to use world-class technologies in manufacturing, the industry protests. Industry also complains that a flawed and obsolete Drug Prices Control Order (DPCO) 1995 has resulted in a scenario wherein only 47 of the 74 drugs under price control are getting manufactured, as produces migrate to manufacturing drugs with better returns. Industry contends that the existing cost-based policy has shifted bulk drug production out of India to countries like China, escalated prices for select medicines, reduced the number of industry players, reduced innovation in cost-control medicines and limited new introductions, and above all failed to help medicines reach patients located in rural areas. Forcing industry to stay under a cost-based regime, they say, would push them to focus more on the exports markets, which will mean compromising domestic availability in the short term.
How did DoP finetune the GoM formula
It built further checks into the GoM-recommended policy by formulating an adjunct policy, which stipulated that once a drug firm decides to stop or reduce manufacturing of any essential drug on the NLEM, it must inform the government and give the reasons that prompted such a call. Further, the companies must report annual production levels of their essential drugs to the NPPA. The whole exercise will be monitored by DoP. This adjunct policy is being prepared to plug a loophole in the existing drug policy. Although 74 bulk drugs and their formulations fall under the price net today as per DPCO, only 47 are being manufactured. An indication of this change in the drug policy, which is otherwise in the works, finds a brief mention in the Cabinet note on drug pricing policy that the DoP moved.
Why is the government in such a tearing hurry to take this matter to conclusion
The government is racing against a deadline in this case. The Centre has promised the Supreme Court that it would notify its decision on the NPPP by November 25 and would inform the apex court about this in its next hearing scheduled on November 27. The Supreme Court has repeatedly warned that in case the government fails to do its duty this time, the apex court would intervene and pass an order that would effectively mean the judiciary taking over the role of executive.


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180g Audiophile Translucent Gold Vinyl Double LP Mastered by Friday Music's Joe Reagoso!
Volume III contains hits from 1983 to 1997 and also includes three previously unreleased tracks "To Make You Feel My Love", "Hey Girl", and "Light As the Breeze". The tracklist includes "We Didn't Start the Fire", "Keeping the Faith", and "A Matter of Trust".
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• Double LP
• Translucent Gold Vinyl
• 180g Audiophile Vinyl
• Mastered by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios
• Gatefold jacket
Side A:
1. Keeping the Faith
2. An Innocent Man
3. A Matter of Trust
4. Baby Grand (feat. duet with Ray Charles)
Side B:
5. This Is the Time
6. Leningrad
7. We Didn't Start the Fire
8. I Go To Extremes
Side C:
1. And So It Goes
2. The Downeaster "Alexa"
3. Shameless
4. All About Soul (remix)
5. Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel)
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6. The River of Dreams
7. To Make You Feel My Love
8. Hey Girl
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Is there ever a time when teenagers aren't scary? Goodwins at primary school found the big kids terrifying, a feeling that didn't go away when I became a big kid myself. And now I'm thundering through the thirtysomething years, the yoot' who hang around the Holloway Road are clearly the vanguard of some sullen revolution and up to no good whatsoever.
Of course, it's nothing like that at all. When they take time off from the general madness of adolescence, most teenagers are the same mix of enthusiasm, anarchy, prurience, energy and intelligence as they've always been, and just as unwilling to display it.
There is one big difference: these people are totally, unconditionally and inextricably digital. Computers are no longer the preserve of the speccy nerds -- they'll have to find something else to be incomprehensible about now -- but a basic teenage human right, up there with trainers, junk food and bad hair years. Forget seventies revivals, the width that matters now isn't that of your Lionels but that of your Internet connection.
Some may say this is because of the Internet's peerless ability to deliver ripped off software, music and rudeness to a consumption-obsessed but cash-strapped demographic. This is of course an atrocious slur on the high-mindedness and purity of spirit of our young people, albeit a true one. But it's not all ripped-off ring tones and the movie files they think their parents don't know about; they're using the Internet for education of a far more traditional sort. That's not just an excuse, it's a phenomenon.
Kids at school know what's expected of them, and with a ferocious instinct know how to use the Internet to get there. Overwhelmingly, this happens outside school and outside teacher supervision. They're not all equally skilled at this, but often they're better at winkling out information than are their teachers -- those twin aspects of growing up, obsession and spare time, find a natural home online.
But what kids don't have is a sense of why the Internet's use for education should fit in with the old way of doing things. Schooling has by its nature been tied to individual achievement -- you do the work by yourself and get assessed by your individual skills. The Internet doesn't work like that: the moment you're online researching that essay, you're there with thousands of others doing the same thing. That Google search for rainfall figures for the Amazon basin will throw up as many chat forums as it does source materials -- the Net practically enforces group collaboration. Suddenly, your personal ability to absorb and use information towards a goal is mixed with your ability to work as a team, to communicate and to analyse what others in your position are doing.
That's not traditional education -- in fact, it's suspiciously close to old-school cheating -- but it's awfully close to real life. Neither you nor I know what parts of our schooling are still a useful part of our working life, but precious few of the facts that I endlessly learned, sifted and regurgitated during the seven years of my secondary education are called upon these days. Yes, I did the Amazon basin water cycle, and even passed an exam. I can't remember a drop of it. If I need it, I look it up on Google, same as someone doing homework. No point in memorising it. Yet a child entering secondary education today will have some forty exams to cope with before they get out: a waste of irrecoverable time, and they know it.
There is an irony in our building a global, accessible network of enormous knowledge and freedom, and then complaining that the kids are abusing it. There are a great many legitimate worries-- who validates the information? How do you stop mindless copying? How do you ensure equality of access? -- that are the natural provenance of the educators. There is no point -- and much damage -- in trying to make the Net fit into an education system that assumes the basic unit of knowledge is the book, and the basic mode of communication is an essay written in purdah and read in haste.
I fear that a lot of our resistance to clearly seeing what's happened is our innate suspicion that the kids are a feckless lot, more given to swinging the lead than forging ahead. Some may even be jealousy: I had to learn the Hundred Years war, so why should anyone these days have it easier? Some is just the pain inherent in any transition. But the sooner we realise that we'll have to rebuild education around the revolution, not the other way around, the happier everyone will be. Even the teenagers. Bet they still won't show it, mind.
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Hi Everyone!
I was asked to participate in yet another blog hop by none other than Lyric Kinard. And whenever Lyric invites me to do anything, I say yes! She is a fabulous teacher and artist so do look at her blog and subscribe, http://lyrickinard.com/blog/.
So first question: What am I working on?
I was working on needlefelted, quilted, and beaded pieces.
But now I'm totally switching gears, following the next bright, shiny object. Now I'm working BIG, on a pieced, modern, reflection piece. I took a picture about 4 years ago of glass buildings reflecting each other. I loved the pattern play and distortion. Here's what I got so far. I haven't worked on a large piece in a long time- so this is very exciting for me.
Original picture
projection on wall to make pattern
Constructing a single block
The pattern and few blocks made.
This piece is requiring a ton of precision, and I'm not fusing for once. More on this later….
Question #2: How does my work differ from others in this genre?
It's not really that different. I just make things that interest me, and try to add my own way of seeing things to it.
Questions #3: Why do I create what I do?
Because it's the way I express the truth of me. It gives me joy, and it gives other people joy. And I can't imagine not doing it. In fact, I'm itching to get in the studio right now!
Question #4: How does my creative process work?
Well, I get an image, photo, or piece of fabric that I want to explore. I ask myself what I like about it, and then figure out how to highlight that thing. Then I think about how I will make it technically. Sometimes I make a small sample first. Sometimes I just dive in. I do like to work in series of similar pieces, but I often switch back and forth between series. I also love to learn new techniques, and am constantly studying how other artists accomplish something I like, so I can adapt it to my own uses.
And now for 2 more wonderful art quilters I love:
Nanette Zeller: Nanette is a textile artist who has been teaching and writing about sewing and fiber art since 2002. She has also been the highly effective president of PAQA- South.
Here is her thoughtful blog, where you can see her beautiful work: http://www.nanettesays.com/.
And next up we have: Jeanne Hewell-Chambers at http://thebarefootheart.com/.
Jeanne has a unique take on things, travels, inspiration, making art- take a look and see.
Students Say
One of my virtual Private students from Florida recently said and reminded me why I love to coach my students:
"I really, really thank you for encouraging me to get back into experimenting again. That is where the real joy is for me and I had drifted away from there – didn't even realize it. So thank you again and again – you are a Godsend mentor!" ~Ellen
Reminder, the next MAQG will kick off in January- so keep that in mind if you'd like to join in the fun. If you have any friends who would like to jump in, invite them too!
Remember to look at the next Quilting Arts Magazine– I have an article in there!!! It will be the Dec/Jan issue.
What are you working on? I love to see your comments and pictures. You can head on over to my FB page and share some photos of your creations too! https://www.facebook.com/RoxaneLessaArtist
Roxane Recommends
Art Quilts 101, a newish Facebook group started by Sue Freebern. She shares and posts everyday all about techniques and inspiration for making art quilts. There are lots of in process photos, and links to great tutorials. Here's the link: ART QUILTS 101. Even if you don't like FB, you'll like this group. The only rules are share whatever you want, but share how you made it.
As always, a big thanks for reading!
Master Art Quilters Guild
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The Private Coaching Program for art quilters who are serious about their art making (see below). But also, I'm adding the Master Art Quilters Guild, the new group coaching program, for those of you who like to work with others. This Fall's group is now closed, but for more info, just click HERE for . Next one will probably start with the New Year.
That's it from me, hope you have a wonderful, creative week!
I want you to make the most amazing, original art quilts that you can. That is why I am now accepting private students who are serious about their creative expression in the world of art quilting. Take advantage of my 15+ years as a textile artist, and speed up your learning curve. To work with me privately, please set up your initial, no obligation, free Get Creative Call here: Schedule Appointment You can find out more by clicking on the Testimonials and Private Coaching tabs to the right in the sidebar or at the menu at the top. Did You Know? That I am on Pinterest? Did you know that there are many amazing art quilts and traditional quilts being pinned every day, just waiting for you to look at? Never before has so much inspiration been in one place. It's like having an art museum in your hands. If you haven't checked it out, there are many, many types of things being pinned. It's super easy to get started. You can take a look at my pins, which are organized on different "boards" HERE. Once you are on that page, you can click on the Get Started Button to make your own page on Pinterest. Then start pinning! I can spend a lot of time on Pinterest, because it's all visual. And I have a feeling, you will too!
CUSTOM COMMISSIONS And don't forget, I make custom commissions too! Read what my client Glenda had to say about her custom commission experience: "Normally, I would be anxious about commissioning someone to do a work of art such as this. However, I felt a connection to you when Leigh showed me your work. It resonated with me and when I met you, you seemed almost a personification of your work. I immediately felt comfortable with you and knew that what you would create would be stunning. And it is!" About Roxane Roxane is a full time studio textile artist and teacher with two girls. She is a 2012 Niche Award Winner and exhibits her work all over the world. Her work is in several private collections and loves doing custom commissions. For more info go to http://roxanelessa.com. If you and a small group of folks want a more private instruction experience, call me. We can work out a studio workshop in my studio. Just drop me an email: email@example.com Permission to duplicate: You certainly can use this blog, just be sure to credit me and include this link, Roxane Lessa. Hey, if you like this blog, please hit the FB or Twitter icon in the top right sidebar and share with others! That's why they are there…..:)


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The status of the spin-off is unclear, but Hubbard said she's living in LA, plans to take the California bar exam in the spring and hopes to focus on sports and entertainment law."I loved working for the DA, but this is a career change and I'm enjoying it," she said.
Some friends and observers, however, worry that Jose is simply using Hubbard for her legal briefs.
It's been more than 13 years since Jose Canseco has played a major league baseball game.
But retirement has not sapped the former Oakland Athletics star's ability to generate headlines.
In 1987, Mark Mc Gwire joined Canseco on the Athletics; Mc Gwire hit 49 home runs that year and was also named the American League Rookie of the Year.
Together, he and Canseco formed a fearsome offensive tandem, known as the "Bash Brothers".
But Canseco was just as coy as Hubbard when I reached him by phone in Los Angeles."Is that the rumor going around? "I tend to shy away from gossip." Moments later, when asked what he liked about Worcester, he said, "I met Michelle there and that was great. She joined the DA's office last year as an unpaid intern in the sexual assault unit while she studied for the bar exam.
She's 28, blonde and beautiful; he's 48, broke and bankrupt. Not exactly a perfect match for a pair that first canoodled over cocktails at The Perfect Game, especially as the slugger is known for hitting on women as hard as he once hit 'em out of the park.They relocated to the United States, with José and Ozzie growing up in the Miami, Florida area, and attending Coral Park High School.Canseco did not attend college, having been drafted in the 15th round by the Oakland Athletics in 1982.Hubbard, for her part, was working in the DA's office this spring when she met Canseco, who quickly became a Friend of the Court after eyeing the tanned and fit Michelle while they played softball on opposing teams — she for the D. Both sides retreated to the bar after the game, where Jose told Michelle that he'd play for her team if she went on two dates.They've been teammates ever since, as well as lawyer and client.


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Hey girls!
I wanted to paint my nails for an interview I was going to have and I asked my Honey if he has any ideas in mind and he drew me a design to do :)
Unfortunately, I was asked to not wear nail polish a day before the interview so the idea wasn't used...that is until now!
I decided to do the gradient/ombre design but on top instead of the palm tree's I did some stamping 'coz im just a lazy mofo!
Here is his AWESOME drawing :)
Using this idea I created the gradient/ombre....LOOOOKIE!
I did use a base coat of white and then used a sponge to stamp the colours on!
I used the tiger stamping plate with black nail polish and here is the amazingness achieved!
I really love how this turned out :D
What do you guys think?
Thanks for reading!
Bye for nows!


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Building a Solid Rhythm Track, Pt. 1: Recording Live Drums
Even if you haven't squirreled away enough cash to save up for some really nice gear, don't fret; some truly fine recordings have been made using nothing but cheap dynamic microphones.
Some people have the idea that it's the stuff on the top that makes a record sound great - a lush acoustic, a flashy electric, a muscular lead vocal. After all, a bass is just an oversized guitar, and a bass drum something that displays your band logo, right?
In fact, it's just the other way around. A booming vocalist or lightning lead guitarist might make your tracks sound sleek, but as Sir Paul McCartney once suggested, "It won't really matter much if you don't have any #### down there."
For those who understand the importance of building a solid rhythm section from the ground up but haven't yet mastered the technique, the following are some commonly accepted tools and tricks that can help you create your own foundation right at home.
Miking a Drum Kit
Many of today's top drummers use upwards of 10 recording tracks at any given time, but tracks alone won't necessarily guarantee a great drum part. On the other hand, using a good, well-tuned kit, and, above all, a choice miking arrangement just might do the trick. If you lack for track space, don't fret: drum heroes like Ringo Starr, John Bonham and Dave Grohl cut many of their classic takes with only three mics overhead; Lenny Kravitz and White Stripes' Meg White made do with just one.
Though there are no hard-and-fast rules, over the years various microphone models have emerged as clear favorites for drum recording. The following selection represents a best-case scenario; naturally, financial wherewithal will dictate your actual choice of weaponry:
Snare: A Shure SM-57 dynamic mic ($100) suspended just a few inches from the batter head, pointed slightly off-center. (Hint: When setting up the snare mic, rotate the drum so that the snares below are parallel to the mic.)
Toms: A Sennheiser MD-421 ($200) dynamic mic, or Electro Voice RE-20 large-diaphragm dynamic mic ($300). Cheaper substitutes: Shure SM-57 or SM-58.
Bass Drum: An Electro Voice N/D868 or AKG D-112 large diaphragm low-frequency mic (both $200). Cheaper substitutes: Shure SM-58 ($100).
Overhead: A Neumann U-87 large-diaphragm condenser mic (don't ask). Cheaper substitute: Australian-made RODE NT-2 large-diaphragm condenser mic (only $350, mate).
Tone Control
If you have new heads and/or loud drums, the overtones from one drum may invade the space of another. To remedy this, simply drape a blanket around the circumference of the bass drum, which will provide the right amount of separation.
For a crisp, up-front kick-drum sound (as opposed to a duller "thud," typical of jazz and old rock recordings), remove the outer "resonant head" and place the microphone directly inside the drum, approximately five to six inches from the beater, aimed slightly away from the floor tom (to eliminate unwanted resonance). Muffle the inside of the bass drum with foam or blankets. For a "fatter" sound, try placing a large-diaphragm condenser mic several feet back, then blend the signal with that of the up-close mic.
Just because you have five mics running doesn't mean you're required to use them all on your recording. When mixing, adjust the level of the individual tracks to taste, i.e., moving the overhead fader down a bit, raising the floor tom mic while lowering the snare volume, and so forth, until you achieve the desired sound. You can also move the different parts around in the stereo field, though try to stay faithful to the layout of your drum kit (snare, slightly left of center; toms, slightly right, floor tom, right, etc.). There are no rules; simply set the mix according to what sounds the best to your ears.
Even if you haven't squirreled away enough cash to save up for some really nice gear, don't fret; some truly fine recordings have been made using nothing but cheap dynamic microphones. Nor do you need oodles of track space. For the ultimate in mono simplicity, try suspending a single SM-58 about five feet in front of the kit, aimed just above the bass drum directly at the snare drum. Add a touch of compression - and off you go.


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Nicole Kidman: I'm not good when I have to be the girl next door
"I'm not interested in playing myself and I'm not interested in playing the same thing over and over again..."
While it would be wrong to suggest that Nicole Kidman has turned her elegant back on Hollywood entirely, she has certainly put some geographical distance between herself and the world's movie capital – and in many ways, her past.
Born in Hawaii and raised in Australia, these days she lives in Nashville with her husband, Aussie country singer Keith Urban, and their children, Sunday Rose (four) and two-year-old Faith Margaret. Her work now has to fit in around touring schedules, nursery school timetables and what she likes to call "real life".
"When I'm offered a role, I literally say, 'is this going to work for our family?' And I ask Keith about it and there have been times when he's said 'no' and I've not done it, and there have been times when he's said 'yes' and we make it work. And I'm absolutely fine with that because I want my children and I want my marriage more than I want anything else. So it's really that simple."
It is, she says, all about the balance between work and home. And she knows, from painful personal experience, that success – even fabulous, Oscar-winning success – without a happy home life is rather hollow.
Back in 2003, she won the Academy Award for best actress for her brilliant portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours. It was a career-defining moment that capped an incredible run of films – Moulin Rouge!, the year before, had also seen her nominated for the golden statuette – and established her at the very top of her profession.
But her private life was in turmoil. Her marriage to Tom Cruise (they have two children, Isabella, 20, and Connor, 18) had ended in a blaze of headlines in 2001, and Kidman was alone.
"There was that whole time from when we took Moulin Rouge! to the Cannes film festival and then all the way through to winning the Oscar for The Hours… that was a very strange time in my life because it was the collision of professional success and personal failure, and that's just a very strange thing."
Ten years later, Kidman is back at Cannes for the world premiere of crime thriller The Paperboy, dressed in a figure-hugging knee-length cream dress by her favourite designer, L'Wren Scott (Mick Jagger's other half).
Despite fretting about shading her alabaster skin from the Mediterranean sun – "I'll get scorched!" – she is radiant. Yet she confesses, "When I won the Oscar it was kind of a mix of popping open a bottle of champagne but at the same time feeling incredibly lonely because I didn't have what I have now."
But this time around she has a husband she's clearly besotted with and children they adore. The couple met in 2005 and within a year they were married and she had moved to Nashville.
"He's given me a home. He's given me really strong love – he's given me a love shield," she giggles. "I have my girls and my husband and I have a very, very strong real life to counterbalance my fantasy life now."
Even so, her career is going gangbusters. Longevity is the name of the game, she says, and Kidman, 45, has followed Meryl Streep into what were previously considered dangerous waters for women. She's passed 40 and has come out the other side to portray some very diverse women. She plays a lonely widow who has a fractured relationship with her emotionally distant teenage daughter in the dark, psychological thriller Stoker and a brash but vulnerable woman who marries a convicted killer on death row in The Paperboy.
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"My desire, particularly now as I get older, is to play character roles. The Paperboy (in cinemas from Friday 15 March) is a character role and so is Stoker, and Grace of Monaco [also out later this year]. And it's a great thing being a character actor – the leading lady thing is fine but the interesting stuff is the character parts. I'm not interested in playing myself and I'm not interested in playing the same thing over and over again. I'm not good when I have to be the girl next door. That's just not my thing, so the more extreme the better in a way."
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Green filters as a solution for waste water treatement in off-grid communities in rural areas of Latin America and beyond
Green filters clean sewage water and protect open waters, drinking water and irrigation water and contribute to rural poverty evaliation.
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- Yes, I'm eligible
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Organization nameFundación Humedales
Year founded1995
Initiative stage
- Scaling (the solution has passed the previous stages and is growing its impact on a regional or global scale)
Annual budget in 2017 (USD)
- $50k - $100k
Number of beneficiaries impacted so far
- 5,000 - 10,000
Organization type
- Nonprofit, NGO, or citizen sector
Secondary Focus Area
- Rural development
Headquarters location: Country
- Colombia
Headquarters location: CityBogota
Location(s) of impactColombia: San Miguel, Quitiva, Susa, Fuquene Nicaragua: to be defined Philippines: Seven Lake Mexico: Corazón de la Tierra Paraguay: Mbarakayu NP
Facebook URLhttp://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffundacionhumed
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Problem: What problem is this initiative trying to address?Pollution and eutrophication are big threats to all our water bodies. In developing countries, domestic untreated sewage flows into rivers, lakes, lagoons and landscape. This issue becomes large relevance in isolated rural areas where the discharge of wastewater generates not only an enormous environmental problem, stressing the ecological balance of aquatic ecosystems but also a humanitarian challenge, as local residents suffer the consequences of inadequate sanitary and hygiene conditions.
Solution Summary: What is the proposed solution? What do you see as its most promising aspects for creating shared value?Green filter is a cost effective solution to sewage treatment based on natural processes of contaminant degradation in wetlands. Green filter consists of a grid of open channels planted with floating aquatic macrophytes receiving wastewater after a basic primary treatment. The roots of the macrophytes function as a substrate for bacteria and form the core part of the filtering process. Like in natural wetlands, the organic material is mineralized into nutrients which are used by plants for a photosynthetic process. The filtering process can remove up to 80% of nutrients and up to 90% of pathogens, preventing the development of odours and diseases. Water is released into a natural water body or used for irrigation. The advantages of those alternative efficient systems are multiple; implementation with low infrastructure, operation and maintenance costs and no use of energy or chemical products. The sludge can also be processed by drying it into bio-solids or fertilizer.
Impact: What is the impact of the work to date? Specify both the social and the environmental impact of your workLake Fúquene located in the Andean mountains of Colombia is one of the most important inland water ecosystems in the country. Home of a large endemic diversity of birds, fishes, reptiles, macro invertebrates and mammals, it is a cornerstone in the ecological and sociological dynamic of the area. It is the water supply for 200,000 people and crucial for cattle, agriculture, fishing and extraction activities. San Miguel de Sema is a town located here, dedicated mainly to dairy farming and agriculture. As the rest of municipalities surrounding the lake, San Miguel de Sema discharges its wastewater in to the lake. Its inhabitants showed high interest into management alternatives aiming at restoring and protecting the lake. Since 2014, the first green filter pilot project in Colombia delivers clean water for domestic uses for the inhabitants or return clean water to the natural water bodies as conservation strategy and an excellent alternative for waste water management in the region.
Financial sustainability plan: How is this initiative financially supported? How will you ensure its financial sustainability long-term?With the objective to protect aquatic and wetland habitats, synergies among different stakeholders led to the development of the green filter projects. Global Nature Fund (GNF), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German and Swiss companies Kärcher and Sika, Foundation Ursula Merz as well as public utility companies like the Colombian CAR came together for the support of the projects. Of particular importance is the support and enthusiasm of every local partner as well as the involvement of the local community. Cost for establishing a green filter vary strongly between communities and were covered by external bodies as named above to various extends. Low maintenance costs are covered by the municipalities with water cents from the households.
Unique value proposition: What makes your initiative innovative? How does your project differ from other organizations working in the same field?Its the sum of shared values which make green filters innovative. On one hand the environmental and social aspect of dirt water harming nature and people and to provida a solution for that. In the other hand, provide new habitats for several aquatic species, harmless water for irrigation of crops and gardens. Finally, this is a low technique method. No pumps, no electricity, even no sophisticated mechanics are needed to clean the water. this, at teh end is crucial for the long term success.
Founding story: Share a story about the "Aha!" moment that sparked the beginning of this initiative.Karcher approached Fundación Humedales and partners in 2012 with the will to launch a project under the title "Clean water for the world". In Fuqene, we saw the problem since years and struggled for a sollution, which might possibly not only solve our problem, but also advance with the situation we knew from many other places in the world. The "Aha!" moment was when we spread the idea of this filter green filter with a presentation on the 14th Living Lakes conference in Nanchang/China in November 2014. After our presentation, a large number of delegates from the 50 countries present approched us and asked the whole thing between financial, technical and management aspects of that technique. This was the point when we suddenly understood that indeed, our solution had the potential to create shared values.
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The School was originally started in 1947 in a house in Almondsbury. It moved to Silverhill Brake in Rudgeway two years later, when it became known as Silverhill School. It moved to its present ten acre site in 1992 to enable it to offer a full range of educational activities.
In 1947 the house was bought by Mrs Rex Hopes and became the Collegiate School. This was a school all the way through to 18 years as well as being a boarding school. In 1992 the Collegiate School merged with the current Colston's in Staple Hill and Silverhill School took up residence in Winterbourne House.
Silverhill School is a now a well-established Primary and Nursery school serving the community of Winterbourne and the surrounding towns and villages to the north-east of Bristol. We offer full educational and childcare services to over 200 children from the 0 – to 11 years, preparing them for their move to one of the many excellent secondary schools in the region, both State and Independent, at the end of Year 6.
In April 2010, we opened our Baby and Toddler unit, taking boys and girls from the age of 0 months. This was done in response to the increasing demand for an outstanding provision. We are delighted to say that this has proved to be a highly popular provision.
For a number of years now Silverhill School has adopted Haven Home, an orphanage in India, as its linked charity.


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The La Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood is definitely a Denver treasure and one of the neighborhoods where Extreme Community Makeover works. In previous years, it was voted one of the nation's Ten Great Neighborhoods by the American Planning Association. It is also one of Denver's oldest neighborhoods and has a lot to offer. Here are some highlights to check out the next time you're in the neighborhood.
The First Friday Art Walk is, perhaps, the most popular well-known event that takes place in the La Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood. It's hosted by the Denver's Art District on Santa Fe. The monthly event gathers a lively crowd each first Friday of the month (6 p.m. to 9 p.m.), as art enthusiasts get to enjoy and peruse the largest concentration of art galleries in Colorado.
If you are looking for a good happy hour venue, Interstate is a good pick (as well as a great sit down option ). ECM has enjoyed numerous volunteer happy hour events at Interstate. They provide comfort food classics, with a nice, charming atmosphere.
Let's face it, Coloradans love their beer and Renegade is the place to go in La Alma/Lincoln Park for beer lovers. The local brewery has won numerous awards, including Best Neighborhood Brewery in 2012 and Best Taproom Ambiance in 2013 from Westword, along with Best New Brewery in 2012 from 5280 Magazine.
Buntport is a 16 year old theater that was created by six college grads/collaborators who write, direct and perform all of their own work. They offer year-round performances and workshops for all ages. Denver's Westword categorizes the theater as, "Denver's premiere theatrical endeavors."
Su Teatro is a Cultural and Performing Arts Center that is a multidisciplinary Chicano/Latino cultural arts center. The center is a non-profit art complex that celebrates the Latino culture with plays, concerts and film events.
The Artwork Network gallery was founded in 2004, originally an "Art Rotation" business. They are growing into their name and offer other services, such as an art gallery, art consultation, an event center and more. Extreme Community Makeover will have its annual fundraiser, Art is in the Air, at Artwork Network again this year on Friday, November 11, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.


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ROANOKE, Va.- – Angels of Assisi took in almost 200 animals from a shelter in the path of Hurricane Florence, recusing 70 cats and 120 dogs from the Lenoir County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the coast of North Carolina. Workers there were told to evacuate, so they called Angels of Assisi.
The animals were brought to Roanoke on Thursday morning.
"We took a regular transport truck and a U-Haul sprinter van that had an air conditioner in the back and luckily, we were able to get all of them. We received a text message from when I team on the way back saying the shelter staff has thought they witnessed a miracle yesterday to see all their pets get saved," said Matthew Brown, the director of lifesaving operations.
Eighty of the animals were sent to northern Virginia. The remaining pets will be checked by vets and fixed and microchipped before being put up for adoption.


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Cebu, Mandaue and Zamboanga cities placed under GCQ starting June 1
MANILA, Philippines — Aside from Metro Manila, several areas have also been placed also under general community quarantine (GCQ) for 15 days starting Monday (June 1).
Based on the latest announcement by Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque, these areas include the entire Region VII or Central Visayas particularly Cebu City and Mandaue City as well as Zamboanga City in Mindanao.
The decision to place these areas under GCQ came after their local governments appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force against COVID-19 for a reclassification of quarantine status.
These areas are in addition to the previously announced regions and localities which will be under GCQ starting June 1, namely the National Capital Region, Pangasinan, Regions II, III, IV-A and Davao City.
Meanwhile, all other areas not mentioned will be placed under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) starting next month.
Therefore, starting Monday (June 1), two community quarantine measures will be implemented — the general community quarantine (GCQ) where most industries and economic sectors will be allowed to operate; and the modified general community quarantine (NGCQ) which is the last phase towards the transition to the 'new normal.' MNP (with details from Rosalie Coz)


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I have written a review for Pumpkin Scissors, vol. 1 , available on the Comic Buyer's Guide website. Please remember that the CBG website uses a 4 star rating. Check it out!
Here is an array of Pumpkin Scissors merchendise
Here is the link for just the manga.
Pumpkin Scissors, vol. 1 is also available from Right Stuf, Intl., an online retailer specializing in anime and manga.
Friday, November 02, 2007
CBG Reviews: Pumpkin Scissors, vol. 1
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