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The name Pembroke is a Shakespearean Baby Names baby name. In Shakespearean Baby Names the meaning of the name Pembroke is: King Henry the Sixth, Part III' and 'King John' Earl of Pembroke.
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The name Pembroke is a Welsh Baby Names baby name. In Welsh Baby Names the meaning of the name Pembroke is: Lives in the headland.
expression Number: 4
People with this name tend to be orderly and dedicated to building their lives on a solid foundation of order and service. They value truth, justice, and discipline, and may be quick-tempered with those who do not. Their practical nature makes them good at managing and saving money, and at building things in the material world. Because of their focus on order and practicality, they may seem overly cautious and conservative at times.
SoulUrge Number: 7
People with this name have a deep inner need for quiet, and a desire to understand and analyze the world they live in, and to learn the deeper truths.


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Industrial hemp bill passes Senate after new survey shows overwhelming support
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FRANKFORT, Ky. - In a landslide vote, the Kentucky State Senate passed Senate Bill 50, Sen. Paul Hornbacks legislation supported by Agriculture Commissioner James Comer that sets up an administrative framework for the re-introduction of industrial hemp into Kentuckys economy. SB 50 passed by a convincing 31-6 margin.
I am extremely proud of the Kentucky State Senate for its commitment to job creation in Kentucky, Comer said. Todays bipartisan vote is the first step toward more opportunities for our farmers and jobs for Kentuckians.
The passage of SB 50 occurred just hours after the release of a Harper Polling survey that showed that 65 percent of likely voters believe industrial hemp is not a drug and that legalizing the crop would create jobs. Only 19 percent believe legalizing hemp would hurt marijuana eradication efforts, and a mere 16 percent believe the issue needs further study.
I traveled to all of Kentuckys 120 counties last year, and the one thing everyone agreed on is that we have to do something in this state to create jobs, Comer said. I am grateful to Sen. Paul Hornback for taking the lead on this issue, and I am hopeful that the House will be inspired to act favorably upon his bill.
SB 50 passed the Senate Agriculture Committee on Monday by a unanimous vote as U.S. Senator Rand Paul, U.S. Representatives John Yarmuth and Thomas Massie, and former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey (Clinton Administration) testified with Comer in support of the legislation. Paul, Yarmuth, Massie, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell have signed onto federal legislation that would exempt industrial hemp from the definition of a drug. They have vowed to pursue a waiver from the DEA that would allow Kentucky to be the first state to grow industrial hemp.

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This tournament will be held by BSC Roosendaal, very close to the Dutch border with Belgium. This club has 6 excellent grass pitches and 1 artificial pitch. All your games will be played at the same venue, with games being 20 minutes long - we expect over 70 teams to attend in 2019.
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Early morning meetings in Central London followed by a walk across Westminster Bridge. I'd been particularly early for my session and had time for a pre-meeting latte in a coffee shop across the way.
I was the only person sitting outside at one of the pavement tables, yet it's my preference to sit outside when possible at this particular place, which has a view right across towards Downing Street.
Come to think of it, there were also only a few regular tourists blocking the main crossing at Parliament Square although this was more than compensated by the coach loads of exchange students doing visits to London Town.
They arrive in a sort of soundscape. You can hear them long before they come into proper view. Loud conversations, foreign languages, headphone music and giggling with loud shouting related to the road crossings.
Even London's loud traffic doesn't drown them.
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Consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.
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As you can see in these three photos here, this grey Superman shirt makes me look both classy and cool.
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User profiles and personas are similar in that they both provide information about your user population that can be used to design better applications. As I described in my last post Why User Research and Personas are Critical When Designing Business Apps, in order to be accurate and effective, both personas and user profiles should also be based on user research. However, the nature of the information in personas and user profiles is different.
A user profile provides a summary describing a collection of users. Since the profile is meant to include all the users within the group, the details in the profile generally describe ranges or frequencies of responses.
This quantitative picture of a group of users can be valuable for identifying design and development priorities, and is often a good starting point for user analysis. However, the quantitative profile can have some limitations. Averages and ranges don't always give a complete or accurate picture. For instance, learning that a collection of 100 users has an average age of 35 may lead to different decisions than knowing that 50 users were age 20 and 50 users were age 50. Plus, the segmentation produced by profiling may result in a large set of user profiles, and statistics can sometimes be impersonal and hard to remember.
Despite their differences, profiles and personas work well together. While a user profile provides a composite summary of a group of users, a persona describes a representative (but fictional) individual. Rather than describing ranges for the entire group (e.g., ages 20-50), a persona has specific details (e.g., age 22) that accurately reflect and highlight important features of the group. The profiles can provide input to the personas, and the process of creating personas and the nature of personas themselves can address many of the limitations of user profiles.
The process of creating personas should include analysis of the user profiles, including identification of important clusters of users within or between user profiles. Ideally, this analysis and prioritization will produce a small and manageable set of personas, since there does not have to be a 1-to-1 correspondence between personas and user profiles. Plus, the persona itself should be written in a way that will encourage readers to recall the persona and use the detail to enhance the design and make informed choices.
So while personas and profiles may be based off the same user research, they provide different, but complementary views of your users. Also, the process of compiling profiles, then analyzing the profiles in order to create a targeted set of personas is a great alignment exercise, and the output (the personas themselves) provides an accessible and easy to remember description of key users, including their attributes, needs and priorities.


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As your customers' businesses continue to grow and accrue new data, they must also address the need for long-term storage that's secure and efficient. Many organizations will look to backup certain files, but it's important to note that backups are ideally used to address short-term (less than 90 day) needs.
Backups provide copies of data files in the event of system failures and disasters. Most systems create multiple copies of files, eventually loading the system with duplicates of the same files.
Archiving, on the other hand, takes inactive or less frequently accessed data and moves it to a more cost-effective storage device for long-term retention. By offloading data from the backup system, your customers can free up storage resources and shorten backup windows. If you're looking for long-term storage of large data sets, archiving can be a much better option.
More With Less: Data Archiving Improves Efficiency
Data archiving reduces storage needs by taking data no longer accessed in everyday business processes, removing it from the database and writing it to archive files. Later, the archive files can be moved to less expensive media.
If initiated during migrations/upgrades and performed regularly, data archiving can have dramatic effects on controlling the growth of a company's data storage and consequently lowering the total cost of ownership. In addition to space-related considerations, companies often look to their archiving projects for improving system performance.
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System automation is one of the key components in this cost reduction. With an archiving system or data retention solution, businesses have the opportunity to reduce administrative overhead. Time previously spent migrating data between storage systems can be better spent on administrative tasks that directly affect the business' bottom line.
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As surgery draws closer, patients feel a sense of nervous anticipation. For many, the unknown of having cosmetic surgery, makes the days spent waiting quite nerve-racking. I believe it is the fear of pain and possible complications that often weighs heavily on a patient's mind. Melissa's anticipation of the positive change in her figure with breast augmentation surgery is a good example of keeping the proper focus. I appreciate her careful attention to the information she has received about her role in all of this.
Over my years of practicing medicine, I have adopted certain philosophies in my office, which include implementing surgical strategies to reduce pain after surgery and thoroughly discussing the procedure with the patient. This stems from my own experience as a child, when I had my tonsils and adenoids removed at 5 years old. To this day I remember the smell of ether (not found in hospitals today) as I was going to sleep. After the surgery I was sick to my stomach, which was typical for this drug at the time. Finally, the pain in my throat was very memorable. The ice cream and Popsicles were of little consolation, as I simply could not eat them. It was too painful! We have given careful consideration to pain control, both during and after surgery in an effort to reduce our patients' experience with pain after surgery.
There are many things we do to reduce pain after surgery. It starts even before surgery. We pre-medicate the patient in our office just before surgery. This has reduced the need for strong narcotic pain medications by fifty percent. During surgery, care is taken to eliminate all bleeding. Blood collection can cause a significant elevation in pain. Other pain mitigation techniques include a large amount of local anesthetic that is injected to numb the nerves going to the breast, just before I insert the implant. Finally, I have eliminated the use of all dressings after surgery. In my opinion, dressing serve no real purpose and often contribute to increasing pain after surgery. Over half of the patients undergoing breast enlargement surgery in my office take only mild pain medication and acetaminophen after surgery. Women who have delivered a child say they experience a fullness or heaviness during recovery, similar to feeling as if their milk has come in.
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Festival2Funky and Siiran Presents: Hatcha & Mc Crazy D
Festival2Funky and Siiran Presents: Hatcha & Mc Crazy D
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Hatchas roots seep deep back to the late 90s UK garage and the pirate radio scene. He was one of the very first DJs to pick up on a new dark strain of 2-step that is now known as DUBSTEP!
Its no overstatement to say that the entire genre bears his stamp! Hatcha has been touring the planet for the last decade causing absolute carnage where ever he goes!
MC Crazy D has been pivotal in wholeheartedly driving this sound alongside his long-standing compadre Hatcha. Working sparsely attending nights from the early days of 2001, to the fruition of the genre that we witness today. Again the entire dubstep scene wouldnt be what it
is today if it wasnt for Hatcha & Crazy D pushing the movement as hard as
they have from day one....
Hatcha Interview: https://youtu.be/RCfYHc4LinM
Other Artists performing in this arena
Rob Sparx
Swift B2B Lowtoned
Vandull (Nottz)
Maveric MC
An insightful article on the challenges we had faced during lockdown and how we changed the way we deliver live music and workshops to our supporters.


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"Political Ponerology:
A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes"
by Andrew M. Lobaczewski
A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes"
by Andrew M. Lobaczewski
"Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools.
Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless. You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your coldbloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience, that they seldom even guess at your condition.
In other words, you are completely free of internal restraints, and your unhampered liberty to do just as you please, with no pangs of conscience, is conveniently invisible to the world. You can do anything at all, and still your strange advantage over the majority of people, who are kept in line by their consciences will most likely remain undiscovered. How will you live your life? What will you do with your huge and secret advantage, and with the corresponding handicap of other people (conscience)?
The answer will depend largely on just what your desires happen to be, because people are not all the same. Even the profoundly unscrupulous are not all the same. Some people - whether they have a conscience or not - favor the ease of inertia, while others are filled with dreams and wild ambitions. Some human beings are brilliant and talented, some are dullwitted, and most, conscience or not, are somewhere in between. There are violent people and nonviolent ones, individuals who are motivated by blood lust and those who have no such appetites.
Provided you are not forcibly stopped, you can do anything at all. If you are born at the right time, with some access to family fortune, and you have a special talent for whipping up other people's hatred and sense of deprivation, you can arrange to kill large numbers of unsuspecting people. With enough money, you can accomplish this from far away, and you can sit back safely and watch in satisfaction. Crazy and frightening - and real, in about 4 percent of the population..." - Martha Stout
"Political Ponerology" is a great book that should be read by everybody as it provides valuable information in understanding why our society has seen a disappearance of human values and an increase in hedonistic behaviours with little care for others. Lobaczewski's great contribution is in showing the process by which people with psychopathic personality disorders congregate and slowly take over organizations, political parties, businesses to finally stifle the whole of society.
It goes to great length in explaining the phenomenon of psychopathy on a macro scale. It deals in a non-judgmental way with the subject of evil. The author clearly lays out the various types of psychopathy and what happens when they combine their various talents and manage to take over a society from the inside and start to rule over normal people in the form of a pathocracy. Though the author primarily deals with examples from his own life experiences under the rule in the former Soviet Union, the parallels to today's world are chilling and very spot on. The book has many footnotes from the editor Laura Knight Jadczyk which clarifies and brings added information to some of the issues dealt with.
The book not only describes the process by which evil takes over but also how it progresses and how normal people can stand up to it. In order to do that, knowledge of the system is needed and that is what this book gives. As the author says at the end of the book then more research is needed, but it is a very profound seminal work that should inspire many to take up this important subject and continue the research. After reading this book I read 'The Sociopath next door' by Martha Stout, 'In Sheeps Clothing' by George Simon, 'The Mask of Sanity' by Hervey Checkley and 'Without Conscience' by Robert Hare, all of whom deal with different aspects of the phenomenon of psychopaths but on a micro scale. Very complimentary!"
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Clitoris Ring Worn By Gloria Steinam: Artist Says It's A Talisman for Extraordinary Orgasms
Who knew that the clitoris has an internal and external manifestation?? Gloria Steinam, that's who!
OMG I just met Gloria Steinem! So I gave her this gift. My friends just made this ring which represents…. disclaimer: it's about to get graphic y'all – the internal clitoris. Raise your hand if you have any idea how actually massive the clitoris is? The little nubbin we are all so familiar with is just the tip, the full thing carries on well inside the body and is quite huge. Who knew? Turns out basically nobody did, till like the 90's. So anyhow @penelopijones have made a ring which anatomically maps the beauty in it's entirety – and when I found myself at a table with Gloria Steinem I took mine right off my finger and gave it to her. Thanks lady hero!
Want to see Gloria Steinam wear the ring? Click here: http://gothamist.com/2015/03/04/gloria_steinem_clit_ring.php
According to a Huff Post article, the clitoris is much larger than we thought:
Caledonia Curry, an artist also known as "Swoon" who founded the Heliotrope Foundation community for artists, shared a photo on her Instagram account of Steinem wearing the "Clitoring" made by Penelopijones jewelry. The ring is an anatomically correct rendering of the clitoris, which is actually much larger in size than most people realize. (It measures between 3 1/2 and 5 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide on average.)
Want to see the ring? Want to order the ring? Go to: http://www.penelopijones.com/
Penolopi has this to say about the ring she crafted:
What is that, a dragon fly?
This provocative little anatomical form, mysterious yet oddly familiar, is a subtly stylized representation of a thing we all know, yet may know surprisingly little about. Until very recently both science and culture have misunderstood and often ignored all but the very tip of it. Our ring, like the anatomical renderings in the header, illustrate the newly rediscovered internal structure of the clitoris. The sensitive little button at the top of a woman's vagina is apparently just the tip of the iceberg. What lies beneath the surface is vastly more complex and fascinating. It contains eight thousand nerve endings at the tip that permeate through this greater internal structure, then connect to fifteen thousand more, suggesting that even vaginal orgasms are technically "clitoral." Over a lifetime a clitoris will increase in sensitivity and size seven times. The "wings," called the bulbs of the vestibule hug the vaginal canal, composed of erectile tissue, they become swollen during arousal. The two "arms," the crura form a wishbone-like shape. We like to think of them as a tuning fork, a device for sending and receiving vibrational energy, possibly for exploring the resonant structure of the universe.
PenelopiJones has hand crafted these jewelry objects as a fun and elegant conversation piece to help you illustrate to your lovers and friends a greater understanding of the miraculous structure of the internal clitoris. May it serve you as a talisman for extraordinary orgasms!


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Newsletter- November 8-12
Take a moment to look at next week's newsletter. Don't forget that Creative Spelling Homework is going to be your spelling test grade this week. Take the time to do your best! Also, note that the open book reading test will be on Wednesday.
Perhaps most importantly, remember that Thursday is a holiday in observance of Veteran's Day. If you know a veteran, take the time to tell them how much you appreciate them. Click here to find out how to email or send a letter to a soldier fighting for our country. Not sure what Veteran's Day is or why we celebrate it? Watch the video below. Have a fantastic weekend!
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thank you for making the reding test open-book.=D
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text: Travel Smarter this Holiday Season posted 11/7/2014 in General We see it every year, the newscasts documenting the holiday travel woes of those unfortunate enough to get stranded or delayed at airports throughout the country. However, if you're planning on traveling throughout the holidays, things don't need to be so complicated or anxiety inducing.By traveling smarter, you can get to your loved ones without the hassle and stress, and maybe even save a little money along with way. How? Plan ahead- if you're flying be sure to book your flight as far in advance as possible. You can also take a look at different and least costly methods of travel, such as Amtrak train (if available) or driving. Pick the right day to travel- the days right before or after a holiday are peak days for travel, meaning the likelihood of delays or flight cancellations is increased. Pick the right time to travel- aside from having the right day, you need to time your travel right as well. The middle of the day is the most traffic-heavy on the roads and at airports, so early morning or later in the evening are the two best times. Dress appropriately- planes are typically on the chilly side, and you want to be sure you're comfortable and prepared in the case in of an emergency if you are driving. Bring water and some snacks if possible- getting dehydrated or hungry only makes travel worse. If you do get delayed or stranded, you'll want to have some water and food on hand to tide you over. You will also save money by bringing snacks with you rather than paying a premium at the convenience store or airport. Perhaps the most important tip from that list is to plan ahead. By getting yourself prepared for holiday travel you identify possible problem areas and can better keep yourself readily adaptable to any situation.Safe travels to all of you who are planning to travel during the holidays, and we hope to see you soon!Lincoln Savings Bank, member FDIC Want the latest and greatest from our blog straight to your inbox? Follow Subscribe to our blog Categories Banking Business CEO Messages Community Cybersecurity General Homeowners Insurance Investments Lincoln Love Mortgage Personal Finance Press Releases Seasonal Trust Wealth Management Recent Articles Should You Refinance Your Business Debt with an SBA 7a Loan? Black Lives Matter Statement Is an SBA 7(a) Loan the Right Business Financing Option for Right Now? Archive 2020 2019 2018


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Lali A. Love provides a supernatural thriller of metaphysical and visionary fantasy with her own revolutionary philosophy and unique narrative skills to produce this emotionally invoking, heart-wrenching and gripping tale of a family's rise from poverty, oppression and abuse. Voted top 20 on the Goodreads Best Books of 2019.
To the outside world, Lilac Noble has it all – wealth, beauty, the perfect husband, talented daughters, and a tight-knit family. These were all accomplishments Lilac was immensely proud of; however, she could no longer hide behind this mask of illusion. Her awakening journey conjures up some disconcerting questions of shadows that resided within her mind. This untold truth of her heritage has threatened to tear her family apart. On the eve of her 50th birthday, Lilac finds herself at a crossroads and realizes that she must face the darkness of her past, uprooting the traumas of her painful childhood buried deep in her subconscious.
Lilac travels back in time into the darkest corners of her mind, to expose the menacing secrets that have been suppressed in the cobweb of her mind. She begins to face her authentic, personal truth and the reality of her upbringing fraught with fear-based conditioning, oppression and violence.
As she activates her memory to unfold her genetic history, Lilac discovers the veracity of her paternal bloodline and the demonic entities that possessed her father's lineage. This bloodline curse was spiritual bondage handed down from one generation to the next, fully exposing its ugly teeth of cruelty and abuse. It was evident that her father, Dragan, was a product of his environment which continued to evolve the vicious cycle of viciousness on his children. His father's bloodline had a soul contract with a dark entity from past lives, where there were unfinished lessons that needed to be fulfilled. These energies repeated the experiences from one generation to the next, causing emotional pain, trauma, and dysfunction within the family unit until the bloodline learns from the lessons and resolves its karmic law.
Lilac recounts the unbearable fear and mental, emotional and physical abuse she faced growing up in the heart of darkness. She was determined to protect her mother and younger sisters from the wrath and brutality enforced by their father to survive and overcome the most horrific, debilitating torment, no matter the cost. She was imprisoned by Dragan and his threats of violence that conditioned her young mind to live in a constant state of fear for her family's safety. As Lilac continues to struggle to maintain her dignity, hope and her unwavering love for her family, Dragan's vicious abuse takes a toll on her mental wellness, as he tries to break her spirit and diminish her light once and for all. Hanging by a thread, Lilac attempts to take her life, but her love for her baby sisters and her beloved mother motivates her to muster up the courage and strength to fight back and stand up to her own father and the evil entities that have consumed her family lineage for generations.
After her worst fears are realized, Lilac struggles to restore her family unity and wellness from the emotional turmoil they all suffered, besieged by bouts of depression, anxiety and thoughts of suicide.
As Lilac works to reconnect and heal their relationships while building her empire and financial independence, she continues to face trials and tribulations on her self-actualization.
Lilac continues to fight the dark entities and their vicious attacks throughout her healing practice, to derail her from her soul purpose. This epic journey propels her through the destructive process of spiritual enlightenment, lifting the veil of darkness and shame that has obscured her youth.
Will Lilac defeat these demonic entities and break free from the generational bloodline curse? Will she be able to save her family from the corruption, hatred, and abuse imprinted on her siblings and the people she loves the most? How will she conquer these powerful low-frequency entities that have been feasting on her bloodlines for generations? Will Dragan's children be doomed to inherit the insidious darkness that runs through their veins?
Lilac exposes the evil out of the shadows and brings their truth into the light with self-realization and acceptance, to live in freedom, peace, and in harmony with the universe.
Everything Lilac experienced in her youth had been a culmination of events to prepare her for the most devastating incident she never could imagine – a real test of her authenticity, courage, and sacrifice.
Lilac is thrown into the most epic combat of all time – good vs. evil, fighting to break the bloodline curse of her heritage, where darkness has lurked and fed on the low-frequency vibrations of humans that were conditioned by fear and lived on the lower realms of existence.
Spanning two continents and three generations, this inspirational novel portrays the best and worst of humanity and shows how the "tiniest spark of light can overcome the darkness of any magnitude," through forgiveness, compassion, and the most potent force in the universe – Love.


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April 3, 2018
It's my birthday!
5:30: Woke up – answered emails and texts.
5:53: Tiptoed to hotel pool to call Shawn my business partner. Collaborated. Can't disclose contents of confidential meeting. Would have to kill you if I told you. Not a violent person.
6:24: Hit the gym. Stationary bike, elliptical for cardio: sit ups, curls, bench press, other weights to maintain my dynamic physique.
7:24: Back to hotel: Risk life and limb waking Paul's (boyfriend) teenage daughters.
7:38: Shower and get stylishly dressed. One never knows who one will run into. I'm always prepared.
8:51: Head to the Vegas strip for breakfast. (It takes Claire and Elyse forever to get ready).
10:17: Dad texts me about his great interview with Michael Cadieux. Michael is managing partner of SpendLogic Group. My dad is writing an article about Michael's risky transition from CPO big wig to running a startup company. The article will soon be in our magazine, Catalyst. My father also edits my articles. He will edit this one too. Hope you like it.
10:33: Exchanged text messages with Branden (oversees our lead generation) about our automated email campaigns, a website he's building for our magazine and his magazine ad sales outreach.
11:00: Back to room to freshen up for my meeting.
11:28: Uber.
12:00 Met with Clark Wood at US Bank. Clark runs their casino division and I want to learn more about the casino industry to see if it's a good target market. He's going to make several executive level introductions for me at various casinos.
12:48: Uber.
1:00: Exchanged texts with Aubrey who is putting together the content and agenda for our upcoming Catalyst conference.
1:12: Back to hotel for quick lunch and to answer emails and follow up with people I met at the Supply Industry Group Global Summit last week in DC. Follow up is to potential clients and channel partners – companies that can use our services or refer us to clients that need an outsourced print management solution.
2:22: Scheduled my latest Print+Promo article to post on my LinkedIn tomorrow. The article is about the importance of getting a conference ambassador. It's really good.
2:37: Responded to 35+ LinkedIn messages.
3:14: Sent four emails to potential magazine ad sponsors (companies that would benefit from running an ad or story in our magazine).
3:30: Met up with Paul and the girls for some shopping and fun.
4:45: Back to hotel to get ready for a show.
5:30: Attended an undercover Beatles band show. Elyse loves the Beatles. She knew the words to every song.
7:30: Dinner at Indian food restaurant. We are all vegetarians. How can anyone eat an animal? Disgusting.
8:45: Frozen yogurt at Pinkberry. Love that place.
8:51: Parents called to wish me Happy Birthday! They can't believe I'm 35 years old. Strange. Mom tells everyone she is 49 years old. Must have had me when she was in middle school. My parents are flying to Paris in a few days. Retirement is really rough on them.
9:00: Back to hotel. Opened birthday gifts from Paul and the girls.
9:17: Sent Clark Wood a follow up thank you email with a blurb he can use for introductions.
9:24: Emailed Courtney changes for a podcast infographic we are going to use for social posting to promote our new Career Conversations podcast.
9:31: Spent an hour sending follow up notes to people I met at my conference last week.
11:00 Lights out; bedtime
This article first appeared in the Print+Promo publication.


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Luxury living at its best
- 5 Bedrooms
- 3 Bathrooms
- 3 Car spaces
- 546 sq metres
From the moment you arrive at this property the sense of luxury is adamant.
This quality built double story property is the perfect low maintenance luxurious property to sit back, relax and enjoy!
Situated in a quiet and private court location near the River Road boat ramp, the yacht club, opposite the Silverwood's black bull golf course and a stone throw from the lake and Yarrawonga rowing club, this property is positioned perfectly!
This property features 5 large bedrooms, two with walk in robes and en suite and the main bathroom with separate toilet.
There is a large open dining living and kitchen area that features quality stainless steel appliances and ample storage that overlooks the huge outdoor alfresco area perfect for entertaining all year round.
Upstairs hosts an additional living area/ parents retreat that opens onto one of the two balcony's featuring lake views.
Currently used as an investment property for holiday accommodation this property appeals to the keen investor, home buyer or holiday maker!
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Like happy Farming of New Zealand, at Milkio we are happy Ghee makers from this pure, green, and clean country. Milkio's traditional ghee is produced from Cows that are entirely pasture-grazed on New Zealand farms.
Milkio's traditional ghee is produced without adding any sort of additive, preservative or synthetic aroma: we have integrated the old legacy of churning pure butter, with state of the art technology so that there will be zero pollution, zero human error, or even the slightest fluctuation in quality


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Tale of Dedication
A climbing film filled with emotion.
"Meru is the culmination of all I've done; and all I've wanted to do is this peak, and this climb." –Conrad Anker
Get ready for the edge-of-your-seat, nonstop, heart-wrenching thrill-ride that is the new climbing film Meru. Meru chronicles the two attempts of Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk to climb the infamous Shark's Fin on Mount Meru. Not only does the film document these awe-inspiring climbs, it also explores the lives and personal battles of all three climbers and their families. It delves deep into the minds and struggles of some of the world's best alpinists, as well as showcases the perseverance of the human spirit on a seemingly impossible climb.
The Shark's Fin is a spire on Mount Meru that rises 21,000 feet above the Ganges River in the far reaches of northern India. It's considered by many to be one of the hardest climbs in the world, primarily because of its complexity. Any climber who attempts the Shark's Fin must be a master of not only high-altitude Himalayan alpinism, but of ice, rock, and big-wall climbing as well. Many respectable climbers have tried to summit this impressive peak, but all attempts have ended in failure. In 2003, Bozeman local Conrad Anker had his first go at reaching the top, but got nowhere near. Even though his first attempt ended in failure, the climb got the wheels turning in Conrad's head about how to conquer the Shark's Fin.
In October 2008, the dream team of Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk began another arduous summit attempt. Things didn't quite turn out as planned. Not ones to admit failure easily, Conrad, Jimmy, and Renan geared up for a second attempt in September 2011, although this time the team would be dealing with a new set of challenges no one could have foreseen. Meru is a film that digs deep into the heart of raw human emotion, all the while telling the unbelievable tale of an amazing five-year expedition. With wonderful cinematography and a riveting storyline, it's must-see stuff.
Lucky for us, the Bozeman Film Society is holding a screening of Meru on August 29 at the Ellen Theatre on Main Street. There are two showings: one at 3pm and another at 7:30pm. Tickets are on sale and proceeds will go to support the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation (ACLF). As an added bonus, both Jenni Lowe-Anker and Conrad Anker will be guest speakers at both events. Be sure to get your tickets soon as they'll surely be gone quickly. More information on the screenings can be found on the Bozeman Film Society's webpage and at outsidebozeman.com.
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Happy Birthday to Me
The relief over yesterday's more-than-doubling beta was great for about two hours. Then the fear/anxiety/worry crept back in.
Per Dr. SBS's orders, I did the HCG shot yesterday. I can no longer pee on sticks to see that my levels are going up because the HCG will skew everything. I find this reality very scary as I feel someone has taken my safety harness away.
I am, however, utterly exhausted. I even skipped the class I am auditing today because I was afraid I might fall asleep in another professor's class. Mr. MC was up all night taking care of our sick dog, so it was not a very restful night for anyone. Or perhaps it is due to the HCG shot and progesterone supplements?
Oh, and I am 33 today. Not quite yet in my RE's ever ominous "over -35" category, but old enough to alarm him. I am a little pregnant, completely exhausted, and I am going to take a nap with a dog who will hopefully not throw up on the bed. Happy birthday to me.
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Happy birthday! Sweet dreams.
Happy birthday to you! What a wonderful gift to celebrate your day – nap!
This sounds like the start of a very Happpy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! I hope this is your best year yet!
Yippeee! Happy, happy birthday. You rock!!!!
I can't wait to toast to your health with virgin cocktails at the Pepito-Mrs MC joint birthday party this weekend! If it's any consolation, Pepito was a bleary-eyed, red-rimmed, exhausted, cranky mess by the time we got to the cake tonight. The requisite birthday-cake-smeared-baby pictures will be lovely, I'm sure.


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Complex comprising villas and townhouses is located in Vrysoulles to the East of Cyprus.
Villas have individual swimming pools. A common swimming pool is at the service of townhouse owners.
The main feature of the project is lovingly imitated traditional Cyprus village style. From the outside this style is formed by arches, elaborated combination of stone finish and snow-white walls, window decoration. From the inside ceilings with wood laths and fireplaces resemble antiquity. Surely only design of the houses can be attributed to as ancient and traditional; the houses have been built in compliance with the latest technological standards.
The complex is situated in a quiet and tranquil place near the centre of Vrysoulles. Ayia Napa in the South is within 15 minutes drive. Trip to the East, to Protaras will take the same time.
Property within this complex is an excellent choice for those who value quiet and tranquil life in the country and who cannot afford overpaying for proximity to the sea.


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Total Rope Solutions have a wide range of small diameter wire ropes. We stock from 1mm up to 8mm in a variety of constructions 6x7, 6x12, 7x7, 6x19, 7x19, 6x36, 19x7 in many finishes such as galvanised, stainless and PVC covered.
To compliment these ropes we also stock a comprehensive range of wire rope fittings to suit all possible applications and we can manufacture any special end fittings in our machine shop.
All ropes and assemblies come complete with test certificates and are manufactured strictly in accordance with the relevant BSEN standards.


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Type F to RP-SMA coaxial connector kit for RV/Alfa WiFi Camp Pro Mini to Yagi antenna
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This is a special conversion package for RV owners looking to hook up an RP-SMA Yagi WiFi antenna or other RP-SMA style Wi-Fi antenna using the coaxial ports (type-F) that may be preinstalled on your RV. If you are trying to convert an RP-SMA antenna hookup on an Alfa USB WiFi receiver to a RP-SMA antenna over type-F coaxial, this is what you need. If you own the Alfa WiFi Camp Pro 2 Mini and are trying to connect the interior AWUS036NH receiver to an exterior RP-SMA Yagi antenna over coaxial parts, this is what you need.
This kit will not fill all RVs. If your RV has Type-F female coaxial ports on the inside and outside for running cables, this conversion kit will convert the interior to RP-SMA male using an 8 inch pigtail, and will convert the outside to RP-SMA female using a Type-F male to RP-SMA female barrel converter.
Quantity: 1 Pc 8 inch pigtail RP-SMA male to Type-F Male
Quantity: 1 Pc barrel converter RP-SMA female to Type-F Male
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Items as shown. Note the barrel converter is shown in our main image twice so you can see both sides of it (type-F male side and RP-SMA female side). The 8 inch pigtail with type-F male side and RP-SMA male side) is shown in the picture once. Any questions, please message before buying to ensure you get the correct part.


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How to Communicate Effectively Using Storytelling
This blog is authored by David Lewis is Co-Founder and CEO of Pinnacle Performance Company. Listen to him atNASSCOM BPM Strategy Summit 2017
Great leaders are great storytellers because they know stories have the power to persuade, delight and unite. Great stories clarify ideas and form bonds with audiences. People remember good stories and share them with others. Most importantly, anyone can develop the ability to tell a compelling story. Storytelling is not reserved for just leaders.
As we highlighted in our book, The Pin Drop Principle, anyone working in today's business environment can benefit from using storytelling as a communication tool. And yet, business people rarely think of doing so. According to Lou Hoffman of the PR firm The Hoffman Agency, "There's a fair amount of science supporting the theory that the human mind from an early age is wired for stories. It's a more interesting and compelling way of communicating, which in turn increases the listening quotient of the audience and ultimately makes what you say more memorable. Somewhere along the line, people got the idea that business communication needed to be different—vanilla, stiff, jargon-filled, etc.—than [communications] in personal life. As a result, the vast majority of business communications is deadly dull."
Business communication does not have to be dull and different—in fact, it should not be, if it is to be effective. If you want to learn how to communicate effectively, storytelling is a must have tool to add to your communication tool belt.
So what makes a good story? According to Jonathan Gottschall, the author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, "Psychological studies show that we don't get infected by a story unless we are emotionally transported—unless we lose ourselves in the story."
"We can make a good start by learning to use story's basic master formula. Stories—from great epic poems to office scuttlebutt—are almost uniformly about humans facing problems and trying to overcome them. Stories have a problem-solution structure. Stories are always about trouble. Stories aren't often about people having good days. They are usually about people having bad days—the very worst days of their lives—and struggling to get through," he adds.
Here are eight more tips for effective storytelling:
- Only tell stories you like telling. Chances are that if you like telling the story, we will like hearing it.
- Start strong. Good, effective stories lead off with a surprise, a mystery or a challenge. Take us on a journey.
- Use descriptive words. When listening to a good story we like sensory descriptions of how things looked, smelled, felt, sounded, etc.
- Generate emotion. Identify and utilize the appropriate intentions required so you make your audience members feel a specific way.
- Play with pace and pauses. By using pacing and silence, you can create drama and build the suspense of your story.
- Utilize the element of surprise. Withhold certain information until the very last moment that you need to reveal it.
- Stick the ending. End the story solidly and tie it up with a nice moral or message for the audience to take away.
- Decide on a theme. Clearly lay out the moral of the story or the learning lesson.
The ability to tell a good story is a crucial tool for anyone who wants to impact an audience or make a point in a compelling way. A good story will not only make your messages more memorable, it will also help you to clarify meaning and illustrate a concept or idea. And the best part about storytelling is it's a skill most people can master with a little work.
To learn more about how to communicate effectively using storytelling, please contact us.
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David Lewis is Co-Founder and CEO of Pinnacle Performance Company, a global training firm that has revolutionized presentation and communication skills training. He is also co-inventor of The Pinnacle Method™, a unique and innovative learning system that meshes time-tested performance delivery techniques with contemporary business skills, and co-author of the book, The Pin Drop Principle, which provides step-by-step master class for anyone wishing to become a more confident and credible communicator.


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Halloween.. a somewhat controversial day in some Christian circles. I love what my blog friend Amber wrote about the topic last year. A few excerpts from her excellent posting:
I love Halloween. :) Its fun. I'm not worshiping Satan when I dress up and give kids candy. Its an opportunity to love kids. For some of us, it may be the only contact we have with our neighbors. For me, its a way to relate to kids where they're at.I love that idea about it being an opportunity to love kids.. it is a positive way to view the day. What other positive ways do you celebrate the day?
I'm going to give them candy and be friendly to them and dress up with them and play with them because that's how you communicate love to a kid at Halloween time. And isn't communicating Love what we're supposed to be about?
Its all about where your heart is. I think kids get that. They understand the difference between real and make-believe. Its the adults that have the issues with it.


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As clashes resume, situation threatens to spin out of control in Tripoli
TUNIS - Despite efforts of the UN mission in Libya and the internationally backed Presidency Council (PC), led by Fayez al-Sarraj, to end the crisis in Tripoli, there is concern that the fighting in the capital is out of control and won't end until one side is totally defeated.
"Every day it gets worse. It's getting more violent," said a businessman who fled fighting in Benghazi three years ago for Tripoli and who said he was now thinking of returning. "Everyone is staying at home, afraid of what is going to happen."
After clashes erupted in late August in Tripoli's southern suburbs between local militias and forces from Tarhouna, 65km south-east of the capital, UN Special Envoy Ghassan Salame managed to bring about a ceasefire but it did not last.
That is because the Tarhouna-based 7th Brigade has yet to achieve its aim to "cleanse" Tripoli of local militias that have become the real power but are considered little more than mafias operating a protection racket.
Salame said as much in briefing the UN Security Council on September 5. The security setup, he explained, enabled the militias to act as predators, kidnapping, torturing and killing people despite supposedly being under the authority of the PC's Interior Ministry.
What Salame did not say was that it was the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) that had, in early 2016, given the militias the job of securing Tripoli for the PC.
In a clear breach of the ceasefire, rockets were fired September 11 at Mitiga International Airport, just east of Tripoli's city centre. It was attacked again September 20 and remains closed. Far more serious was fighting that had broken out September 18 along Airport Road, which leads to the old Tripoli International Airport, destroyed in fighting four years ago.
The clashes pitted one of the Tripoli militias against a radical militia from Misrata allied to the 7th Battalion and is an example of the complexities and convoluted self-interest that drive the Libyan crisis.
The leaders of the two groups — the Central Security Force in Tripoli's Abu Sleem district and the mainly Misratan Somoud Brigade — were once allies. Abdelghani Al-Kikli (known as "Ghneiwa") and Misrata's maverick commander Salah Badi fought together four years ago when Badi attacked the old airport.
However, with the arrival in March 2016 of the PC, they split and, in May 2017, Ghneiwa's forces and other militias drove Badi and other hard-line Misratan and quasi-Islamist forces out of Tripoli.
Badi wants to destroy Ghneiwa and his force and, it is said, take over the strategic Abu Sleem district. It has also been reported that he was controlled by the 7th Battalion, itself run by Tarhouna's powerful Kaniat family, and that it was the Kaniats who gave him the green light to attack because of their dissatisfaction with the post-ceasefire security arrangements drawn up by Salame and Sarraj.
The 7th Battalion is supposedly under the authority of the PC's Interior Ministry, as are the Tripoli militias fighting the battalion. Badi and his Somoud Brigade want to overthrow the PC and restore the pro-Islamist Libya Dawn regime that controlled Tripoli from 2014-16.
The 7th Battalion is also supported by another Tarhouna force, the 22nd Brigade, which is part of the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Field-Marshal Khalifa Haftar. The 22nd Brigade has been fighting with Badi against Ghneiwa on the Airport Road.
Since the fighting started August 26, scores of people, including civilians, have been killed, hundreds wounded and some 20,000 residents in southern Tripoli had fled their homes. The capital appears to have started going the destructive way of Benghazi four years ago.
It is unclear how Salame and the PC are going to rescue the ceasefire. Salame has repeatedly warned he would publicly name anyone breaching the ceasefire but has not done so. There were warnings that individuals involved would be put on the international sanctions list.
Salame demanded that Badi and his forces stop fighting and warned Ghneiwa that, as a signatory to the ceasefire, he had to stick to it, the implication being that he would be sanctioned and possibly indicted by the International Criminal Court. This has had no effect.
Efforts to revive the ceasefire continued but the situation has seemed beyond Salame's or the PC's ability to resolve. The well-armed and well-organised 7th Battalion and its allies clearly feel they are in control and can take Tripoli.
Badi had reportedly captured a major camp in southern Tripoli from Ghneiwa's forces and they and the 7th Battalion were poised to strike Abu Sleem. A radical transformation of who controls what and where in Tripoli appeared to be on the cards and could change the national political picture.
"I would not be surprised if Haftar made a surprise visit to the airport, just to show that he can," said a Libyan analyst. He was referring to the fact that the LNA-linked 22nd Brigade controls Tripoli International Airport.
Italian plans for a summit in Sicily in November on Libya forge ahead but, by then, it could be a very different Libya.


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Sleep Science – How and Why Some Students Sleep Better than Others Do?
There are many factors that influence the quality of one's sleep, but nonetheless, a night of quality sleep is highly important. There have been multiple studies that show that when the body is sleep deprived, terrible effects may occur. According to the National Institute of Health, almost 70 million Americans suffer from a form or another of sleep disorders. These sleep disorders damage the health of the patient, in the long run, resulting in a series of conditions. Besides, the sufferer's alertness levels decrease significantly. Some of the conditions associated with poor sleep are diabetes, stroke, depression, heart disease and other conditions with a fatal potential. Below are some of reasons and factors that contribute to sleep quality, according to experts.
The science of sleep
Certain factors influence the quality of our sleep enormously. Some are empirical pieces of evidence, others are proven by science and multiple studies in the field. Below are some of the most important factors that influence the way in which we sleep.
- Your body;
- Your sleeping environment;
- Your mind.
Taking care of all the above coordinates will surely help you improve the quality of your nighttime sleep. Below we will teach you how to improve your sleep with some easy steps and adjustments.
Take care of your body
How you feel influences enormously the quality of your sleep. Many experts say that exercising is one of the simplest ways in which you can improve your sleep. Exercising reduces stress and anxiety and promotes a better mood. However, you should avoid rigorously exercise in the last 3 hours before going to bed. Apparently, people who regularly exercise have higher chances to fall asleep relatively fast. They also report feeling generally better than sedentary people.
The environment matters
If you think that a comfortable mattress and a comfortable pillow won't make you fall asleep faster, you're wrong. Your bedroom should be your sanctuary and you should treat it like one. Make sure to create the perfect environment for sleep. According to experts, you should set your temperature somewhere between 65- and 72-degrees Fahrenheit. Keep your bedroom as dark as possible when sleeping. And most importantly, invest in high-quality mattresses. Learn how can you get the best mattress for you and your own needs. It might sound funny, but the preferred sleeping position influences enormously what type of mattress you should purchase. Shop for a mattress manufactured from anti-allergenic materials. This will help you sleep better during those hot summer months. Research the local market and see which one of the mattresses available seem to fit your sleeping habits better. Memory foam mattresses seem to be market leaders for consumers worldwide.
Be consistent
When you look forward to improving your sleep patterns, you can always look forward to bringing some consistency into your life. Try to go to sleep at approximately the same hour every day. You should also wake up at the same hour every day, as well.
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Buyer's guide Renault Dauphine
Buyer's guide Renault Dauphine. A refined and comfortable small saloon with sporting pretensions, the Dauphine is now a rare sight. Words Malcolm McKay. Photography Will Williams.Stream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream.
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The first Dauphines were built at the most automated plant in the world, using mechanical robots and closed-circuit TV – heady stuff for #1956 .
The model debuted with features as futuristic as Renault's Flins factory, including all-independent suspension, rackand- pinion steering and unitary construction using extra-thin steel for non-structural panels that kept weight down. It was one of the fi rst cars to have a steering lock and was unusual for a small car in having an automatic choke and, from 1964, disc brakes all-round on the Gordini.
The successor to Renault's charming post-war #Renault-4CV , the rear-engined Dauphine aimed to improve on that car's success with aerodynamic lines, spacious accommodation and luggage capacity for four, a top speed nudging 70mph and outstanding economy. The new car was an instant hit, becoming the fi rst French car to hit 100,000 sales within a year of starting production and ending with a sales total of well in excess of two million, assembled at 14 plants worldwide (including England, and Italy where Alfa Romeo built them).
In Europe it was gradually succeeded by the Renault 4 and 8 from 1961 and production ended in 1967. Elsewhere in the world it soldiered on, production in Argentina only ending in 1970. UK CKD (complete knock-down) assembly at Acton ceased in 1961. Britishbuilt Dauphines had some Lucas electrical components and round rear lights. More than 100,000 were sold new in the UK; few remain but some are still broken to provide spares for Europe's more plentiful left-hand drive cars. France is home to many specialists (see Need To Know, overleaf), and many parts are sourced from Argentina.
Light and fun to drive, downsides included tail-happy handling and a threespeed gearbox on most models. It's worth looking out for a car with the optional fourspeed 'box if you want to make reasonably brisk progress, and the Gordini engine tune makes the car noticeably livelier.
1. Bodywork
Rust is the Dauphine's biggest enemy. This is in part due to period underseal cracking and in part because of the very thin steel used for non-structural panels – 22/23 gauge panels kept weight down, but rotted through quickly. Steel quality was particularly bad in 1959-1963.
They rot pretty much anywhere, but the most common areas are around the wheelarches, inner and outer wings (top and bottom, front and back), sills, floorpans, chassis rails, outriggers, door bottoms and tops, the sides of the front boot and the base of the front bulkhead. Repair panels are available – for example an A-post corner costs about £22, sills £40 per side and floor triangles £41 for the pair. Getting the panels painted and fitted professionally costs from £2500 to £7500.
2. Engine
The engine was mounted in-line behind the rear wheels. A conventional wet-liner straight-four with three-bearing crank, it was normal to replace the pistons and liners by 50,000 miles, restoring the engine to health and avoiding a rebore. Fortunately, parts are still available, including a piston and barrel set (about £230), a crank bearing set (£60), oil pump (£67), inlet valve set and exhaust valve set (£29 per set).
Having a gear-driven camshaft means there's no chain to wear out, but the fibre intermediate gear (used to minimise noise) does wear, becoming noisy before it fails. Check the left-hand side of the cylinder block about three inches above the sump for a crack, which can run from front to back and render the engine useless or in need of stitching. The price depends on the severity, but expect to pay at least £180.
The alloy cylinder head means unleaded fuel is not a problem because the standard valve seat inserts can cope.
The Solex carburettor can be bought new if worn for about £146 for the Gordini or £103 for the standard Dauphine. The automatic choke, operating a flap in the manifold, can seize, causing starting and/or running issues. Some owners prefer to convert to manual operation, but no commercial kit is available – it's a DIY job.
3. Transmission
Gearboxes improved over the years, increasing from three to four speeds, with – two, then three, then four synchromesh on the top gears. Check for worn synchros and ease of engagement (though poor engagement may just be down to wear in the linkages).
The optional Ferlac electro-magnetic clutch eliminated the clutch pedal and works well if used with respect – there was still no synchro on first gear. The more it wears, the sharper it gets, so if the change is jerky it may be approaching time for specialist relining. A switch beneath the dash locks it in for bump-starting and for engine braking downhill, but must be switched off immediately after use. It's extremely durable, but does need careful setting up if it's gone out of adjustment, and not many people know how to do it. Ferlac clutches are pretty rare, which makes it difficult to give a going rate for these jobs. The unusual spring-loaded gear selector returned to approximately the central position after selecting a gear, which made it difficult for Ferlac owners to know if they were in gear and if so which gear. It was discontinued in 1962 when synchromesh appeared on first gear on three-speed gearboxes; four-speed 'boxes got it in 1964.
4. Suspension
The suspension was sophisticated for a small Fifties car, but needs caution. Leaving the road tail-first is always a possibility with swing-axle, rear-wheel drive cars.
Cornering speeds have to be high before the rear end jacks up, but could catch out the unwary especially when driving solo; a full load of passengers and luggage increases total weight by 50 per cent. Renault sought to solve this in late 1959 (mid-1960 in UK production) by halving the rate of the coil springs and adding rubber/air cones to come into effect when laden. Flawed and abandoned for 1962, Aerostable rubber Finding a rust-free example like this is your biggest challenge cones are hard to find in good condition, but a set of springs and dampers costs about £108 per axle. Check front kingpins for wear – a pair costs about £106 plus £25 per kingpin for bushes and seals.
5. Brakes
Brakes seize up and need rebuilding on little-used cars. The all-drum brakes work perfectly well, but fade if used hard repeatedly – hence the move to all-discs on Gordinis from 1964. A set of new master and slave cylinders, plus shoes and drums costs about £270, or £640 for master cylinder, front and rear calipers and pads.
6. Tyres
Michelin X 135/145SR400 tyres are expensive at about £500 for a full set, but are the best; less costly Toyos, available from North Hants Tyres for £50 each plus delivery, are an acceptable substitute.
'I drive it exuberantly and have had few problems'
John Turnell, Sheffield
'A Dauphine was my first proper car 53 years ago. It was a 1957 semi-auto: I was apprehensive about that, but it was fi ne. 'I was always nostalgic for the Dauphine – they were so pleasurable to drive. For my retirement my son Ryan and I looked at several but they were expensive and didn't have MoTs, so Ryan bought a Gordini on eBay for £550. It was rotten, but Ryan rebuilt the engine and I made all the repair panels. Some were difficult to shape and I made the sills in sections then butt-welded them together.
'Including purchase, the whole thing cost £2500-3000 – plus a lot of hard work. Apart from petrol and insurance, it's cost nothing to run. I wouldn't say no to another Dauphine – at 75 years old, restoring keeps me fi t!"
Leonard Kiff, Hertford
'I worked on a few Dauphines when I was an apprentice in the Sixties. They were lovely cars – streets ahead of British small cars at the time. More recently I almost bought one from a friend in France; that fell through but I saw this one advertised and grabbed it. It had only done 7000 miles from new and had been cocooned in a barn for 35 years. It only needed servicing. Even the original tyres looked like new, but I did change them.
'It's very cheap to run – servicing it myself, £50 a year covers it. The most expensive thing apart from the tyres was an original-style 6-volt battery costing £83.
'I've had several classics but I particularly like the Dauphine and have met a really nice group of people through the club.'
Tony Topliss, Grantham 'I've had my 1959 Acton-built Gordini for 22 years. Normally they rust while you watch, but mine's been OK – the original owner told me he had it Ziebarted from new. I drive it exuberantly and have had very few problems.
'I look after it myself – I don't do bodywork, but my father was a mechanic and I learned from him. I have the original Renault tools and I rebuilt the engine with new pistons and liners, a new fi bre timing gear and a new clutch. I don't need to spend more than £250 a year on it.
'My wife and I have five Renaults, but still do 1500-2000 miles a year in the Dauphine. It's a rare model in pale blue with wire wheels, the same as one presented to the Queen when she visited Acton.'
Introduced in February 1956, the Dauphine was an instant hit. North American-market cars had more substantial bumpers and polished alloy rocker covers instead of painted. Performance improved in September 1958 with the addition of vacuum ignition advance and compression raised from 7.25:1 to 7.75:1 (8:1 for USA); economy also improved. Aerostable suspension was introduced in late 1959 (later in the UK) and a four-speed gearbox could be specified at extra cost from early 1961. Standard compression went up to 8:1 for 1962, when Renault also changed from 6-volt to 12-volt electrics. Prices: £1000 for a rusty project, £4000-7000 for a good usable car and £10,000 for one of the best.
THE #Renault-Dauphine-Gordini
Launched in September 1957 (early '59 in UK), the Gordini had a four-speed gearbox, 7.6:1 compression and special manifolds giving 38bhp @ 5000rpm, plus 5.50/145 instead of 5.20/135 tyres and a claimed 79mph top speed. In April 1961 the Deluxe Gordini was launched in Britain with fully adjustable front seats, whitewall tyres on wheels slotted for brake cooling, brake limiting valve and a fully-lined boot, though the engine used a modified standard 'head instead of a special 'head as before. In #1964 Gordinis got disc brakes all-round and an all-synchro gearbox. Prices: £2000 for a project car, £6000-9000 for a good runner and £15,000 for the ultimate.
THE #Renault-Ondine
From early 1961 Renault France built a Deluxe Dauphine called the Ondine, with optional fourspeed gearbox. Prices as for standard Dauphine.
THE #Renault-Dauphine-Rally 1093
For 1962 came a homologation special of which at least 1000 would be built. All were left-hand drive with blue side stripes. With 9.2:1 compression, domed pistons, double valve springs, special cam and higher top gear, Renault claimed 55bhp @ 5600rpm and a top speed of 87mph. Prices 20 per cent above #Gordini .
From the start Renault offered tuning options that helped Dauphines finish 2/3/4 in class in the 1956 Mille Miglia and win the Tulip Rally, the 1958 Monte Carlo Rally and the 1959 Alpine outright. Today, rarity means there isn't a wide range of modern tuning kits available. Instead, owners fi t period tuning gear, especially by uprating standard Dauphines to Gordini spec. Very little is available in the UK, so enthusiasts visit French autojumbles to sift through parts.
In period, high compression, special conrods, manifolds and carburettors boosted power to 42bhp and four- and five-speed gearboxes were produced for competition. Doubled-up rear dampers aided handling.
In 1959 Shorrocks offered a supercharger kit that improved 0-50mph acceleration from 24.7sec to 13.8sec and top speed from 66.4mph to 81mph. Ruddspeed conversions featured negative-camber rear wheels and a quick steering rack, dramatically improving handling.
SPECIFICATIONS #1956 - #1967 #Renault Dauphine
Engine 845cc, in-line four-cylinder, ohv, single #Solex carburettor
Power and torque 30bhp @ 4250rpm – 40bhp @ 5000rpm; 48lb ft @ 3300rpm
Transmission Three-speed (or optional fourspeed) manual, optional #Ferlac electro-magnetic clutch, rear-wheel drive
Steering Rack-and-pinion
Suspension Front: independent, coil springs, twin wishbones, telescopic dampers, anti-roll bar. Rear: independent, coil springs, swing axles, telescopic dampers. Rubber auxiliary springs front and rear from late 1959
Brakes Hydraulic drums front and rear; discs front and rear from 1964
Length 12ft 11in
Weight 649-662kg (1428-1456lb)
Performance Top speed: 66-74mph;
0-60mph: 35.7-28.2sec
Fuel consumption 35-50mpg.
Cost new (1959) £716; £848 for Gordini
Full engine rebuild £1000 (DIY) to £2000 (professional)
Gearbox rebuild £500
Bodyshell rebuild £2500-7500
Full retrim £1500
Who can help?
Renault Owners Club
Renault Classic Car Club
auto4a.com, 0033 5 56 724711
Bretagne Auto Retro
bretagneautoretro.fr, 0033 2 40 914218
0033 2 37 524325
0033 1 64 813100
Neo Retro neoretrofrance.com,
0033 5 55 483858
1967 Renault Dauphine.
Features 1.8-litre engine with crossflow cylinder head providing 145bhp to 165bhp, full rollcage, FIA-approved seats and fuel tank, alloy dampers. €39,500
Owners opt for period upgrades to give the 845cc straight-four extra zip.
Finding a rust-free example like this is your biggest challenge.
Aerodynamic lines and lively (for the Fifties) performance make the Dauphine an attractive package.
Interior is hard-wearing, but complete carpet sets are available for about £440.
'It debuted in 1956 with features as futuristic as the robots that built it'
Ryan Turnell is a 4CV owner who encouraged his dad John to fulfil his dream of owning a Dauphine again. Since then Ryan has ended up working on numerous Dauphines.
John Henderson has owned Dauphines for more than 30 years, clearing out former dealers' stock whenever possible. Those spares came in handy when his own Dauphine recently had its second rebuild.
Alasdair Worsley is Dauphine Registrar for the Renault Owners Club and an expert on the Ferlec clutch, one of which he runs in his 4CV. He also acts as a historic vehicle ambassador for Renault UK.
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- Post is under moderationYou don't see those every day... #Renault-Dauphine / #Renault / #1957
It's a rare sight even at a classic car meet but the Renault Dauphine was once a staple of every French street scene and reasonably plentiful in Britain. Like a kind of '60s Mégane it was the staple mid-range saloon of Renault's line-up and eventually became the similarly rear-engined Renault 8.
It was a replacement for the 4CV in which Ferdinand Porsche was famously involved in the design while in post-war imprisonment in France. With the 845cc, three-speed engine in the rear and driving through a transaxle, the Dauphine offered useful interior space and was a stylish looking car with neat design touches like the spare wheel housed horizontally in a compartment under the front boot.
Squint and there's a family resemblance to the Karmann-Ghia which is no mistake: Luigi Segre of Ghia was involved in the car's styling.
In BMC style, the Dauphine provided the basis for several different Renault models including the upmarket Ondine, the convertible Fregate (badged Caravelle for the USA) and of course the Gordini version which boasted 36bhp and a top speed of 81mph thanks to a four-speed gearbox.
The Dauphine proved popular in Europe where its rear-engined layout wasn't such an unusual feature to a buying public used to NSU and VW products, but over in the US its swing-axle rear suspension, modest dimensions and low power proved less popular.
It was replaced by the Renault 8 in 1962, which boasted an updated, squared-off style and an allnew engine but which retained the Dauphine's basic layout and elements of its body structure. The Dauphine was famous for rusting, an aspect which hit it hard in the US market and which explains why they're such an unusual sight today in northern Europe despite Renault churning out over two milion of them. As a classic this lends them an air of exclusivity and they're certainly an interesting alternative to an Imp or Beetle.
Solid Dauphines don't tend to have spent their life in the UK and this example is no exception, having arrived at Derbyshire dealer Spinning Wheel recently from the Dordogne region of France. The car is described as being in super condition with mostly original paintwork and no signs of any rot underneath either. Still wearing its old-style white-on-black French plates, it's already passed a British MoT and so is ready to go for £7000. More details from www.spinning-wheel.net or on 01246 451772.
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014
More Paper Piecing
I have been paper piecing some thank you cards, since I needed a bunch, using Penny Black flower stamps Gossamer 3865K and Whispers 3377K
This one is made with blue Snippets - paper piecing is such a good way to use up scraps of paper! Though even so I have to force myself to throw away the snippets left after fussy cutting the design! And I apologise for the naff photo, the card base is in fact white!
And this one is, of course, made with pink snippets. the very tiny areas are coloured with felt tips.
The banners are by Lawn Fawn and I edged them with Spectrum Noir pens in the appropriate colours, to look like mats, and put them on foam adhesive to give some dimension.
Two very simple cards, with no glitter or Glossy Accents, just stamped and cut papers! An ideal technique for quietly cutting out while watching tv!
I'm now off to enter Pixie's Snippets Challenge
Thanks for looking!
love Mags B x
11 comments:
- aussie aNNie said...
Beautiful card including the awesome colours and papers used....xx
♥aNNie The Journey is the Start
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- scrappymo! said...
These are both so lovely. I think my fave is the pink...the paper is so delicate!
You and I have both been fussy cutting!
I second you I. The crime stats for Midsomer...I would not want to live there at all. We liked it so much better with John Nettles though!
Our all time favourite series has been Morse, Lewis and now Endeavour...such fabulous acting!!!
It is pitching down rain here, lots of thunder and lightening . It has knocked the power out and the cable and internet too...going to be a long night.
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- Daffodil Cards said...
Both so very pretty.
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- jem (jane elizabeth middleton) said...
these 2 are simply beautiful Mags, less if defiantly more. janex
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- Di said...
Two really pretty cards Mag - I love paper piecing and both the PB stamps are gorgeous - and those sentiment banners just went onto my wish list!
Hugs, Di xx
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- Maarit at Violets Corner said...
They are beautiful Mags, love the stamps and how you combined pretty snippets.
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- coldwaters2 said...
Hi Mags thank you for the lovely birthday wishes and I agree 1954 was a special year lol. Mags these are beautiful I really love the image the flowers look so soft and delicate, wonderful creations.
lorraine x
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- Jean said...
I love these paper pieced cards. The Penny Black stamps are great and you have made them look so pretty.
Jean x
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- Jules said...
Hi Mags
Great use of your snippets using two of my favourite PB flower stamps.
Love how each flower head has a pattern all of its own.
Hope all is good with you.
Love Jules xx
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
- Cathy said...
Such pretty cards, the paper piecing looks fabulous. The coloured edge on the banner is a great idea, it looks really effective, Cathy x
- Friday, July 25, 2014
- mags said...
These are gorgeous Mags. Love the CAS design and the images are lovely paper pieced.
- Sunday, July 27, 2014