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Practice Name: Hypnobirthing Brisbane
Location of Service: Gordon Park (Brisbane)
Hello and welcome!
I am Caitlin, a childbirth educator, a registered nurse and a mother.
My passion is helping mothers.
Whether they are trying to conceive, pregnant, coping with a newborn or wrangling a toddler, I love hearing their stories, providing advice when I can or at least a shoulder to lean on. Since giving birth, I have provided casual encouragement to other women through my mommy blog http://www.motherdownunder.com.
I am thrilled to be a hypnobirthing practitioner and to be able to positively support women throughout their pregnancy, birth and beyond.
As a nurse, I have come to hypnobirthing from a scientific background, and I believe that empirically, the method makes so much sense. Our bodies are complex, are able to perform extraordinary feats and, just as they are capable of growing a perfect baby without our conscious input, they are also capable of birthing that perfect baby without much conscious effort.
After experiencing a beautiful hypnobirth, I felt so empowered and positive.
I strongly believe that, if your pregnancy and birth are the positive events that you hope they will be, you will enter motherhood feeling confident and better able to cope.
I found that hypnobirthing enabled me to have a relaxed pregnancy, a natural birth and demonstrated that trusting my mothering instincts led to ideal outcomes for me and my baby.
It is truly my wish that every woman has the opportunity to experience the pregnancy and birth that she desires.
Melissa Spilsted is the Founder & Director of Hypnobirthing Australia™ and teaches parents hypnobirthing techniques in regular classes held at Paddington, Brisbane and Robina, Gold Coast. Melissa also teaches Practitioner Courses to childbirth professionals throughout Australia and the world. In addition to the regular Hypnobirthing Australia course, she has written a world first course for 'Positive Caesarean Birth'.
Melissa brings to her hypnotherapy and hypnobirthing classrooms over 20 years experience in teaching and professional qualifications. In addition to this – Melissa has successfully used hypnobirthing techniques three times herself and has had three beautiful, peaceful and calm natural births!
Widely known as a hypnobirthing expert, Melissa's TV and media appearances have included Channel 7 Sunrise, The Courier Mail, Woman's Weekly, Nurture Magazine, Mother and Baby Magazine, Practical Parenting Magazine, Birth Matters, television and national radio interviews. Her work has also been showcased in the Royal College of Medicine in London and childbirth hypnosis albums (available through this website or iTunes) are popular throughout the world.
Based on her success in delivering hypnobirthing classes over a number of years, combined with her personal and professional teaching, voice training and clinical hypnotherapy experience; Melissa has developed the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Program that incorporates modern, contemporary training resources and professionally recorded Australian practice recordings; that is uniquely designed for contemporary Australian families and systems of maternity care.
Please click here to see Melissa's timetable of classes and feel free to contact her directly to discuss your own positive preparation for a beautiful, calm birth.
Practice Name: Birth, Baby and Me Brisbane
Location of Service: Salisbury, Brisbane (QLD)
Natalie believes in birth without fear… and she knows first-hand that it is possible!
Becoming a 'hypnomum' was a life-affirming event for Natalie, so much so that she has been inspired to share with other women and their birth partners the Hypnobirthing Australia course as a practitioner in the Brisbane South area. Hypnobirthing helped Natalie and her birth partner move beyond fear and anxieties and plan for a beautiful birth. It may not have been perfect, but it was their beautiful birth and certainly a day to remember! Natalie is guided by the principle that every birth can be positive.
As an educator, Natalie has worked in early childhood, primary school and adult education settings. Educating and empowering others is a lifelong passion for her. Natalie uses her expertise to bring the Hypnobirthing Australia course to life so that you can learn our proven techniques in a comfortable and engaging way.
Natalie is a hypnomum and an educator who would be honoured to share these two passions with you at this most important time in your life – preparing for the day that you will meet your baby!
To contact Natalie please phone 0433 617 176, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/birthbabyandmebrisbanehypnobirthing.
Practice Name: Sacred Space Hypnobirthing and Hypnotherapy
Location of Service: Manly (QLD)
I would like to embark on this journey with you.
To provide a safe space to replace any fears of birth with confidence, not just for you, but for your birth partner too.
Help you to achieve your hopes and dreams for your birth, regardless of what course your labour may take.
Offering ongoing support after the course and if you have any residual fears, which I doubt you will, I will gladly come to your home and do a one on one fear release with you and/or your birthing partner.
After having two hypno bubs myself and a background in hypnotherapy, I have been constantly drawn back to hypnobirthing over the last five years. It is something I am deeply passionate about and I am so excited to be part of this birthing evolution. Women need to hear amazing birth stories when pregnant, not the war stories that so many women seem to have.
We need to spread the word that birth is a beautiful and powerful experience, which can be embraced wholeheartedly.
You will become an advocate for Hypnobirthing for years to come. You will be able to pass on the skills you have learnt to friends and family, and even one day, to your own children.
Offering small group classes and private classes in your own home if preferred. Contact me today to discuss payment plans and course options.
Practice Name: Truly Madly Motherhood
Location of Service: Brisbane, Ferny Hills, QLD
My classes are relaxed, down-to-earth, and really focus on your bodies innate capability to birth your baby. I believe birth is all about the mind. Of course there is a physical aspect to it but our bodies are so amazingly equipped to assist us in that process — it's our thoughts and the stories we have in our head that can get in the way! So let's work together to get your mind in the best possible headspace for the empowering and positive birth that you deserve. I so strongly believe that women are capable, powerful forces and when we are properly supported we can truly move mountains — or in this case we can move mini humans out of our bodies!
My birth experiences are a testament to the power of having an unwavering trust of your body and the natural process of birth. I have brought three very big babies safely into the world, all born at home and all needing me to pull on different aspects of my Hypnobirthing training to get me through. I have had a whole lot of life happen during my pregnancies, plus I am from Canada so my entire family is overseas. I didn't have that primal support system of my mum and sisters so when life really started getting hard during my first pregnancy, and that calm joyful pregnancy journey that I had envisioned started slipping away from me, I had to come up with a new plan. I couldn't control life, but I could control my birth experience — so that's what I did and the results were profound. I credit Hypnobirthing for helping me become the powerful birthing woman that I never knew was always in me, and for setting me up for the awesomely chaotic journey of motherhood.
Practice Name: It takes a village Midwifery
Servicing: Jindalee (Brisbane, QLD)
Mae't is a Medicare Eligible Independent Midwife. She enjoys preparing mums and birth partners to have their best birth and an empowered transition to parenthood. Mae't has been working with pregnant women and teaching childbirth preparation since 2004. Mae't has three happy children, birthed in a hospital, a birth centre and a positive waterbirth. With experience in supporting women in birth, Mae't has an interest and understanding of how to prepare mums and birth partners for a calm and empowering experience.
Practice Name: Full Circle Yoga and Hypnobirthing
Location of Service: Brighton (QLD)
Hi, I'm Amy and I'm all about women having joyful pregnancies, births and beyond!
As soon as I found out I was pregnant with my second child the fear of labour descended on me. I would describe the birth of my first child as traumatic and not an experience I was keen to repeat. I began to search for a more gentle, empowered way to give birth and came across the Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program. I went on to have a beautiful birth with my second child, and recently added number three to the clan using Hypnobirthing Australia techniques.
I am also a qualified yoga teacher specialising in pregnant and post-natal women. I have extensive knowledge of the physiology of the pregnant body and will work with you to create a healthy body and mindset for your pregnancy, labour and your journey into parenthood.
My goal is to empower women and their support persons to make educated decisions that serve them, their babies and their vision of a positive birth. It's not about having a textbook perfect birth, it's about having YOUR version of a positive birth.
I offer small group classes on the Northside of Brisbane, where you can meet and connect with others who are on the same journey as you. I also offer private classes by appointment.
Practice Name: North Brisbane Hypnobirthing
Sam is a certified Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner and Childbirth Educator (HPCE) based in North Brisbane. She has a Bachelor degree in Psychology and is currently working as registered Nurse. Sam has experience in adult mental health and works as part of specialised peri-natal mental health team. She is passionate about natural birthing and is a member of the Maternity Coalition.
After experiencing a traumatic birth with her first child, Sam understands the importance of the parents being validated, respected and informed during and after the birthing process. This experience has led her to discover Hypnobirthing.
Sam strongly believes that every woman deserves to have a positive, empowering birth. By learning and embracing Hypnobirthing, mothers and birth partners are equipped with the tools and techniques to make this a reality. Sam is excited to have the opportunity to teach expectant mothers and birth partners the benefits of Hypnobirthing and to be part of their journey towards a calm positive birth.
Practice Name: Luvamama
Location of Service: Woody Point (QLD)
Catherine is a mother of 4 grown children and has a diversity of working experiences in community development, childcare and event management. Her passion for mothers and babies created a pathway to her becoming a Birth Doula (Labour support) and Postnatal Doula with Childbirth International. Her business is called Luvamama.
For the past 5 years Catherine has been self employed as a Nanny, Doula and Independent Childbirth Educator.
Catherine is passionate about woman's health and emotional wellbeing during pregnancy, hence the name Luvamama. Her kind and gentle approach to birthing will support you and your birthing partner to connect in with your mind and body to prepare you for the most amazing journey of childbirth.
As a Hypnobirthing practitioner, she is dedicated to positive birthing principles. Her desire is to have every mother seek to have a calm empowered birth.
Catherine lives in Brisbane and holds Tuesday evening classes and every second Saturday in the month.
Hypnobirthing classes are held at a beautiful setting on the Redcliffe peninsula. 'Serenity Space' is a purpose built yoga and healing space.
202 Prince Edward Pde, Scarborough, 4020.
Practice Name: Mother Moon Hypnobirthing
Location of Service: Springfield Lakes (QLD)
Hi, my name is Jess and I am the face behind Mother Moon Hypnobirthing. I am a Registered Midwife with 10 years experience, Certified Childbirth Educator since 2014, and Hypnobirthing mama to a beautiful little boy, bringing the Hypnobirthing Australia Positive Birth Program to Ipswich and surrounding areas.
I am so passionate about these techniques that I implemented them for my very own birthing journey in 2019. I welcomed my son earthside in the comfort of my home, surrounded by my incredible team of independent midwives and my Hypnobirthing trained husband. Practice what you preach!
Every woman deserves to enter her labour freed from fear, and feeling excited and confident about birthing her baby, regardless of the circumstances. My role is to help facilitate your journey toward a positive birthing experience. Upholding the principles of positive, empowered, and informed birthing for every woman is the foundation of my practice, both as a midwife and Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner, and the reason I choose to teach this very program.
I feel so passionate about sharing my knowledge, experience, and energy with you as you, too, navigate this journey to Motherhood
Practice Name: Trudy Vains Birth Doula
Location of Service: Burpengary (QLD)
Trudy Vains from Burpengary is dedicated to pregnancy, birth and postpartum in many ways. Her yoga studio is filled with all things pregnancy, and this is where she holds four classes for Pregnancy Yoga per week, (15 classes of other style classes per week) two Mums and Bubs classes per week, Hypnobirthing, Child Birth Education, Spinning Babies Parent Class as well as Doula information sessions.
Trudy attends four births per month as a Birth Doula and offers Hypnobirthing Australia™ classes in her packages, as well as offering in small group sessions. Her toolkit for birth is full and can help you in many ways. Trudy attends hospital births only that range in distance from South Brisbane to Sunshine Coast.
Birth is amazing in every way, no matter how it plays out, you are a birthing goddess and that's really important for you to know and understand. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Trudy
Practice Name: Holistic Birthing Coach
Area's Serviced: Caboolture, Sunshine Coast
Practice Name: Positively Hypnobirthing
Location of Service: Helensvale and surrounding suburbs (QLD)
Kate is a warm, compassionate person who is truly dedicated to empowering birth couples and supporting them so they may have the positive birth that they deserve. Kate is passionate about teaching the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course, because she believes this course gives you the knowledge, tools, support and preparation to achieve this goal.
Kate originally used hypnobirthing to birth her daughter in 2011 and knew then, this was a course all birthing couples should experience. However, it wasn't until 2 years later, when Kate experienced an accidental unassisted breech homebirth that she realised to what extent the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course helps birthing couples. Kate comments on how amazing the birth of her son was and she credits hypnobirthing techniques and tools to how well the birth went and how well she and her husband were able to cope with the pressure of these special circumstances in the lead up to the birth. It was this turn of events that persuaded Kate to become a Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner, so she could educate and support other couples so they too could be informed and understand their rights as birthing parents to have a wonderful birth experience with no regrets. Click here to view Kate's birth story.
Along with being a Certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ practitioner, Kate is also a Childbirth Educator (HPCE), trained in the basics of Hypnotherapy, professionally voice trained and… of course, a 2 times hypnobirthing mum : )
Kate offers the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course to couples on the Gold Coast in a group setting or private one-on-one setting in the comfort of your own home, if you choose. She also offers support as a skype practitioner for our Hypnobubs® online courses. So if you would like to join Kate's course please contact her on 0407 999 620 or visit https://positivelyhypnobirthing.com.au
Practice Name: Earth Mother Birth Services
Location of Service: Gold Coast, Southport, QLD
Lyndsay is a very passionate Midwife, Childbirth Educator and Remedial Therapist who has supported women in pregnancy, labour & birth and the postnatal period in 3 different public hospitals across NSW and QLD.
With her foundation in Remedial Therapy, Lyndsay has a holistic & health conscious approach to Midwifery. Lyndsay believes education is where women can discover birth as a significant life event & rite of passage leaving families feeling empowered to transition into early parenthood with confidence & love, regardless of their mode of delivery.
Lyndsay is a mother of three who utilized evidence-based education & self-hypnosis during her own labours and with her birth partner's support, led to a positively, life-changing experience. In wanting to share this mindset preparation with more women, Lyndsay birthed her online labour of love, 'Earth Mother Birth Services,' offering accessible & affordable zoom consultations, hypnobirthing courses & other birth services to expectant mothers & birth partners.
Fondly known as 'Gypsy Lyndsay' in the birth community, Lyndsay see's herself as an integral member of a collaboration of professional people who are passionate & philosophical about this heart-centered work of advocating, educating & empowering you to own your power in birth & parenting. Through informed 7 empowered parents, new souls can be guided into the world in the most positive & gentle way possible.
Practice Name: Nurture Paradise
Location of Services: Baringa, Sunshine Coast QLD
Jayme describes the hypnobirth of her son as the best physical experience of her life and she has a genuine desire to share the gift of hypnobirthing with other mums and their babies.
Jayme believes we are all connected and that each baby who is born in a safe calm environment full of love and wonderment at creation, will be another ripple in the wave that changes the world. Jayme also believes that all mothers have an innate ability to breathe their babies into the world with confidence and inner strength, harnessed through the power of Hypnobirthing.
Jayme moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2000 and has called this slice of heaven her home ever since. Blessed with a love of massage and a natural gift for healing, Jayme enjoyed owning and running her own Remedial Massage clinic in Noosa for several years and a position as a Chiropractic Assistant during the early years of starting a family in Cooroy. Now located on the Southern end of the Coast in Aura the City of Colour, Jayme has created Nurture Paradise Soul Retreat to share her passion for hypnobirthing with her local community.
Practice Name: Belly2Birth
Area's Serviced: Gold Coast
Shari fell in love with Hypnobirthing after completing the Hypnobirthing Australia™ course back in 2011 and using the techniques to birth her first child. Shari went on to have a beautiful natural birth and felt so empowered by this experience she just had to pass on the message and program to other women and couples.
Shari has now been teaching the Hypnobirthing Australia™ program for over 7 years and has taught hundreds of couples from all around Australia. Shari has also been awarded in our top 3 practitioners for the last 4 years running (2014/ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019) and Shari also works at Hypnobirthing Australia head office. Shari now comes highly recommended from Doctors and Midwives and has attended local hospital workshops where she has shared the Hypnobirthing Australia™ program to care providers and how they can support Hypnobirthing couples during labour.
Shari is passionate about creating a beautiful experience for couples both in the course that she teaches and in the support that she offers not only as a Hypnobirthing Practitioner but also as a mum who has Hypnobirthed. You can watch her beautiful birth video HERE on her website homepage, where Shari & her husband show how she used the techniques to have an amazing water birth.
Shari offers group classes for both Natural Birth & our Positive Caesarean Birth Courses on the Gold Coast, Queensland, however, is available to travel if need be for one-on-one sessions or as Skype Practitioner for our online courses and is flexible and able to work in with you depending on your lifestyle.
To contact Shari please phone 0423 773 316 or visit http://www.belly2birth.com.au
Melissa Spilsted is the Founder & Director of Hypnobirthing Australia™ and teaches parents hypnobirthing techniques in regular classes held at Paddington, Brisbane and Robina, Gold Coast. Melissa also teaches Practitioner Courses to childbirth professionals throughout Australia and the world. In addition to the regular Hypnobirthing Australia course, she has written a world first course for 'Positive Caesarean Birth'.
Melissa brings to her hypnotherapy and hypnobirthing classrooms over 2o years experience in teaching and professional qualifications. In addition to this – Melissa has successfully used hypnobirthing techniques three times herself and has had three beautiful, peaceful and calm natural births!
Widely known as a hypnobirthing expert, Melissa's TV and media appearances have included Channel 7 Sunrise, The Courier Mail, Woman's Weekly, Nurture Magazine, Mother and Baby Magazine, Practical Parenting Magazine, Birth Matters and national radio. Her work has also been showcased in the Royal College of Medicine in London and childbirth hypnosis albums (available through this website or iTunes) are popular throughout the world.
Based on her success in delivering hypnobirthing classes over a number of years, combined with her personal and professional teaching, voice training and clinical hypnotherapy experience; Melissa has developed the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Program that incorporates modern, contemporary training resources and professionally recorded Australian practice recordings; that is uniquely designed for contemporary Australian families and systems of maternity care.
Please click here to see Melissa's timetable of classes and feel free to contact her directly to discuss your own positive preparation for a beautiful, calm birth.
Practice Name: Begins Within
Area's Serviced: Gold Coast, Miami
Trudy is located at her "begins within … naturally" natural HealthCare and fertility practice centrally situated in Miami, Gold Coast.
Her motivation is to work with you to achieve balance – physically, mentally and emotionally so you can live your life to it's full potential and reclaim ownershipof your health.
Trudy assists couples with preconception & conception care and birth preparation using herbs, nutriceuticals, bush essences, homoeopathics, lunar biorhythmic cycle calculations & hypnosis. Addressing fertility concerns and achieving positive fertility results for her clients within a short time frame using integrative natural medical treatments.
As a versatile naturopath, homoeopath, medical herbalist and certified consulting hypnotherapist, Trudy uses her extensive health analysis & knowledge of natural therapies to cover a broad cross section of services & treatments. Tailoring individual programs designed to achieve optimum physical, mental & emotional health, whilst fitting in with the demands & diversity of each client's lifestyles.
Nutritional & lifestyle choices can profoundly affect fertility as well as the health of baby. Parents want the best possible start for their child and in fact it is a child's natural birth right.
For Trudy, Hypnobirthing Australia™ classes are a 'perfect fit' to her extensive treatments and to support women to achieve a calm and empowered birth.
Practice Name: Jayde McCarthy
Location of Service: Sunshine Coast, Buderim, QLD
My name is Jayde, I am a Registered Nurse and Mum to 3 hypnobubs. I found Hypnobirthing so empowering I became a practitioner and still use the techniques every day. Expecting a new baby can be overwhelming, my passion is to educate and empower mums to be, as well as your birthing partners to achieve your best birth and beyond. I am located on the Sunshine Coast servicing Kawana/Buderim region. I offer personalized one on one sessions as well as group classes.
Practice Name: Hypnobirthing Sunshine Coast
Practitioner Name: Kylie Gillespie (Hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner, previous career in Physiotherapy) HPCE
Location of Service: Forest Glen and surrounding areas (Sunshine Coast)
Kylie previously worked in physiotherapy with special interest in birth and women's health, before becoming interested in hypnotherapy and hypnobirthing. Years of physio clinical experience highlighted the important mind-body role in healing and wellness for Kylie. Her own four positive births were testimony to the power of that mind-body connection in birthing.
Every woman hopes for a gentle, natural positive birth and Kylie believes that a positive birth experience creates satisfaction, well-being and empowerment that reach well beyond the birthing suite. She provides education and support to assist women to experience the joy and empowerment of a positive birth, no matter what circumstances arise.
Group classes and private sessions are conducted in the Sunshine Coast and hinterland area at a number of locations including Forest Glen and Caloundra. Kylie has extensive qualifications and experience, and is committed to providing the best possible education and support to all her clients on their most important journey.
Practice Name: Soul Women Hypnobirthing
Location of Service: Nambour
Nikita is a loving mother of two beautiful boys. After using hypnobirthing for her second birth and being so amazed fell in love and decided that this was a path she wanted to go down to help empower other mothers to have a calm empowered birth.
Nikita is also a hypnotherapist and empowering coach and practices kinesiology. Her passion is empowering "Women".
After training with Hypnobirthing Australia™ she knew it was her passion working with mums and their family's to guide support and empower then before birth during and after.
Practice Name: Lavender Hypnobirth
Location of Services: Tweed Heads/ Banora Point (NSW)
My name is Amy and I am a mum to three beautiful children who fill my heart and home with laughter and love and keep me on my toes each and every day.
I am a Registered Midwife a Registered Nurse and a Hypnobirthing practitioner. I work with two midwives at Coastal Midwives and will be commencing employment at the Gold Coast University Hospital soon.
I have a passion for antenatal education and empowering women to achieve the birth that they desire and I believe that Hypnobirthing allows women to achieve this. I believe that all women have the right to a joyous, memorable and loving birth and I would love to assist you and your birth partner to gain knowledge and to learn strategies and skills that will help you to achieve an awesome birth experience.
Practice Name: Hayley Creamer
Location of Service: Mount Coolum, Sunshine Coast (QLD)
During her work as a midwife and nurse, Hayley has worked across several states in Australia, in addition to a number of other countries; gaining exposure to rich cultural diversity and practices in childbirth. Having experienced Hypnobirthing Australia techniques with many of the women she has cared for, Hayley was inspired by the benefits she saw. Hypnobirthing Australia aligns with her own beliefs and experience that with knowledge and preparation, women can be empowered to enjoy a positive and calm child birthing experience

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ReBuilding the Empire State Building
The Empire State Building lobby is one of the few interiors in New York to be designated a historic landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. As part of the Empire State ReBuilding modernization initiative, the ESB lobby has been recreated to the original architects' Art Deco design intent, while introducing a contemporary visitor processing system and employing state-of-the-art technology.
Led by ownership, the restoration team included Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP (BBB), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), historians, artists, and specialty craftsmen. Guided by historical documents, photos, original design sketches, blueprints, and forensic analysis of existing architectural elements, the team of experts worked for nearly two years to restore the aesthetic of the original 1930 design.
Recapturing Lost Features
Over the years, key design elements were obscured and lost. In the 1960s, an acrylic-panel dropped ceiling was installed, covering an ornate ceiling mural and introducing fluorescent lighting to the lobby. Glasswork, such as intricate cast glass fixture lenses that lined elevator banks and side corridors, were replaced over time with acrylic inlays. JLL discovered photographs and descriptions of original panels at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, which served as a guide for highly-skilled artisans used to recreate over 12,000 linear feet of the historic glasswork.
Original Lighting Design With Contemporary Technology
Through the extensive research, the BBB team identified original ESB lighting concepts to match that intent with modern lighting technology, featuring energy-efficient bulbs and ballasts that can be adjusted based on lighting needs and New York power grid demands. Additionally, ESB restored the original 1930s lighting levels, tuning the overall lighting scheme to its original intensity to bring out the colors in the lobby's stone walls and ceiling mural.
Marble Restoration
The original masons used carefully-selected international marbles throughout the lobby to create a unique example of "bookmatching," in which slices of stone from the same block are arranged to mirror each other, highlighting the marble's natural veining for artistic purposes. Pieces of the building's original marble were removed or damaged over the past 78 years, so BBB searched the world and replaced lost material with new marble to match.
Art Deco Chandeliers
Original ESB lobby blueprints showed plans for two ornate chandeliers to be installed one each over the second floor pedestrian bridges along the 33rd and 34th Street lobby corridors. BBB discovered that the original chandeliers were never created. Instead, two 1920s fixtures, which were since removed and destroyed, were hung in the later phases of the original construction.
Anemometer Installation
On the wall mural within the Fifth Avenue main lobby entrance, JLL coordinated the restoration of the anemometer that was later replaced by a clock to measure wind speed and direction from a weather station above the ESB's world-renowned 86th floor Observatory. Although the anemometer was part of the original 1930s design, its weather station will offer modern-day technology.
Art Deco Ceiling Mural
The Empire State Building's main lobby originally featured an ornate ceiling mural in a tribute to the opportunity and spirit of the Machine Age.
Featuring 23-karat gold and aluminum, the mural is an Art Deco representation of a celestial sky with sunbursts and stars that reflect light with a warm glow, drawing the eye upward to the ceiling. But in homage to the Machine Age, the sunbursts and stars are represented by gears.
The ceiling remained the focal point of the lobby until the 1960s, when it was painted over and covered with a dropped ceiling and flourescent light fixtures. As part of the Empire State Building's capital improvements program commenced in 2007, a team of artists and historians worked collaboratively to recreate the original 1930s ceiling.
The restoration team was guided by historic photographs, on-site forensic analysis, original plans, and even decades-old dirt patterns attracted electronically to the metals under the paint covering the mural.
A 26-step process was used to recreate the Art Deco mural using the same techniques as the original artists from Rambusch Studios. The full replication, including research, design, execution and installation took approximately two years to complete and was finally installed at the Empire State Building in 2009.
Ceiling Mural Facts
- The materials used on the replicated ceiling are the same materials used to create the lobby ceiling in 1931.
- The mural used over 15,000 square feet of canvas, and is a complex layout of over 75 pieces of canvas fitted together.
- 115,000 sheets of aluminum leaf were used on the finished ceiling mural.
- Over 20,000 man-hours have gone into the replication of the ESB ceiling.
- The mural used 1,300 square feet of 23-karat gold leaf and 14,000 square feet of aluminum.
- There are 16 layers of paint, glazes and leaf used in the ceiling mural.
- The recreation process involved 26 steps from beginning to completion.
- The recreation and installation of the new mural consumed nearly twice the time it took to construct the Empire State Building.


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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are developing a remake of Uptown Saturday Night, reports Variety.
A remake of the buddy comedy "Uptown Saturday Night" that's been in development at Warner Bros. for nearly a decade is getting a push forward. ... David Dobkin ("Wedding Crashers") is attached to direct and exec produce remake of the 1974 buddy comedy that starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier. Overbrook partners Will Smith, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and Jada Pinkett Smith will produce.
The film followed two estranged friends who have their wallets stolen at a nightclub. The next morning, they learn that one contained a winning lottery ticket, and together, they set out to find it. New pic will likely diverge from the original storyline, and is being eyed as a starring vehicle for two A-list leads such as Smith and Denzel Washington, two thesps Hollywood's rumor mill has long associated with the project.
My first instinct is that Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again are classics, so why mess with perfection? But with Denzel and Will Smith leading, it could have potential.
Oh and who would play Geechie Dan or Silky Slim?


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This is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
1st Gear: How Mark Fields, Ford's Possible Next CEO, Once Tried To Attack A Man In A Meeting
According to Bloomberg, Mark Fields — mullet enthusiast, Ford Motor Company's then and current president of the Americas, and reportedly a leading candidate to succeed Alan Mulally as CEO of the automaker — once tried to attack another executive in a meeting over a marketing budget. More »
2nd Gear: Toyota Defends Self Against CNN Memo Story
Toyota is denying a CNN report yesterday that said Toyota's engineers told the Japanese automaker in 2006 they found faulty software that led to sudden unintended acceleration in tests. CNN, citing a thrice-translated internal memo, reported tests of a pre-production model showed the failsafes for the electronics that governed the vehicle's cruise control needed to be enhanced. Toyota claims it deliberately introduced the error to test its systems and CNN had mistranslated the document. Non-Toyota automotive engineers we've spoken to tell us they're more inclined to believe Toyota here as this is a standard testing practice on pre-production vehicles. Also, the Tundra wasn't one of the vehicles reportedly showing huge reports of SUA occurrences.
3rd Gear: Is Chrysler's 'Imported From Detroit' Tagline A Lie?
David Shepardson of the Detroit News reports this morning that apparel and gifts company Pure Detroit claims Chrysler's "Imported From Detroit" marketing campaign amounts to false advertising, since the vehicles it promotes aren't made in Detroit. In court papers filed this week, as part of its ongoing legal dispute with Chrysler over the slogan, Pure Detroit notes that no Chrysler products are actually assembled in the city of Detroit. The Chrysler 200 is built in suburban Sterling Heights, and the Chrysler 300 and Chrysler Town & Country are built at assembly plants in Ontario.
4th Gear: Detroit's Packard Plant To Be Demolished
Fans of Detroit's iconic ruined auto plants are getting some heartbreaking news this AM from The Detroit News. Dominic Cristini, the owner of the Packard Plant, said he wants to start demolishing the Packard Plant within a month. I has a sad. But, Curbed Detroit has a stellar gallery of photos of the plant. Go view them here.
5th Gear: Penske Racing To Move From Dodge To Ford
According to ESPN, Roger Penske is moving his team from Dodge to Ford in 2013 to "give it the best opportunity to compete for a Sprint Cup championship," he said Thursday after announcing the move. Penske's teams will run the newly-restyled Ford Fusions in the Sprint Cup Series and Ford Mustangs in the Nationwide Series, starting next season. His organization, which fielded Fords from 1995 to 2002, switched to Dodge in 2003. Penske said being associated with Ford "gives us a chance to make sure we can beat any team in NASCAR in the future.'' Which means, I guess, that being with Dodge means they wouldn't.
6th Gear: Seat Toledo Concept Looks As Bland As Toledo, Ohio
World Car Fans has the first shots of the new Seat Toledo Concept that will be unveiled at next week's Geneva Motor Show. The concept, based on the Volkswagen Jetta, is pretty close to what we should expect from the production model. The sedan features the style that has been developed through the IBE, IBX and IBL concept cars, progressing to what you see before you now — a rather bland-looking four-door. Sort of like the city of Toledo, Ohio it's not at all named for. Except, you know, Toledo, Ohio has the Jeep plant. So there's that it's got going for it.
⏎ 'Halo cars' crucial for luxury firms' image. [BBC]
⏎ UAW readies right-to-work fight. [Detroit News]
⏎ Tensions Raise Specter of Gas at $5 a Gallon. [New York Times]
⏎ Toyota 'to build 86 convertible.' [GoAuto]
⏎ Wells Fargo to provide GM loans. [Detroit Free Press]
⏎ Peugeot May Assemble GM Cars. [Wall Street Journal]
⏎ Bill Clinton says auto bailout was Obama's most important decision in office. [AP via Washington Post]
Today in Automotive History:
On this day in 1966, in Dearborn, Michigan, the Ford Motor Company celebrates the production of its 1 millionth Mustang, a white convertible. The sporty, affordable vehicle was officially launched two years earlier, on April 17, 1964, at the World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. That same day, the new car debuted in Ford showrooms across America; almost immediately, buyers snapped up nearly 22,000 of them. More than 400,000 Mustangs were sold within that first year, exceeding sales expectations. [History]
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There are fewer veal dishes so easily prepared and so immensely satisfying to eat. Serve Saltimbocca alla Romana alongside a small mound of a sauteed leafy green vegetable like Swiss chard and accompany with a glass of light, cool, white wine.–Stanley, Evan, Mark and David Lobel
Veal Scaloppine with Prosciutto and Sage
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Preheat the oven to 200°F (93°C), and put a baking dish and serving plates in the oven to warm.
Rub one veal scallop on both sides with a sage leaf without tearing the leaf. Set sage leaf aside. Trim a slice of prosciutto to fit more or less within the dimensions of the cutlet and press it into the meat to help it adhere. Center the reserved sage leaf on top of the prosciutto. Working lengthwise, weave a toothpick in and out of the veal to secure the prosciutto and sage, keeping the veal as flat as possible. Repeat with the remaining veal, prosciutto, and sage leaves.
Salt and pepper the veal (salt the prosciutto side of the veal more lightly than the opposite side). Set the veal scallops and a rimmed plate or baking dish filled with a cup or two of flour for dredging near the stove top.
Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a skillet large enough to hold half the veal. While the oil is heating, dredge half the cutlets with flour, knocking off the excess.
When it begins to smoke, swirl the oil to coat the bottom of the skillet and cook the first batch, prosciutto-side down, for 45 seconds to 1 minute (the heat should be high enough so that in this short time the edges of the veal brown nicely and the prosciutto gets a bit crispy; adjust the heat as needed). Turn and cook for 45 seconds or so (veal should be undercooked slightly as it will continue to cook as it sits). Transfer veal to the baking dish in the oven. Repeat with the second batch of veal, adding more oil to the skillet, if necessary. Transfer to the oven to keep warm.
Let the skillet cool for a few moments off the heat, then reduce the heat to medium, and return the skillet to the heat. Add the wine and simmer until reduced to 2 to 3 tablespoons, no more than 45 seconds. Add the broth and reduce to 1/3 cup, 35 to 45 seconds longer, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet. Add any accumulated juices from the veal in the oven. If necessary, continue to simmer a few seconds to concentrate the flavor of the sauce. Taste and season with salt, if needed.
Divide the veal scallops between the plates, attractively overlapping them in a shingle pattern. Drizzle the sauce over each and serve immediately.
- Whether you or the butcher pounds the meat, the cutlets should be of uniform thickness so that they cook evenly. Pounding them to a thickness of between 1/8 and 1/4 of an inch creates thin, delicate veal scaloppine that are less likely to dry out when cooked quickly.
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Europeans say 'Yes' to a strong Europe in space
ESA PR 41-2003. The four-month consultation on the Green Paper on European Space Policy came to a close in Paris today, with EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, European Space Agency Director General Antonio Rodotà and other leading players in the space sector calling for a significant increase in European efforts in space research and an upgraded institutional framework.
Claudie Haigneré, French Minister for Research and New Technologies, and Letizia Moratti, Italian Minister for Education, Universities and Scientific Research, also attended to propose key measures to drive forward the space ambitions of Europe. Other priorities outlined at the conference included better co-ordination between all sectors at EU and international levels, guaranteed independent access to space for Europe and a flexible system of programme funding.
Participants stressed the need to develop space technology, such as Internet by satellite and security applications. The Conference provided important input for the forthcoming EU White Paper on Space Policy, due to be published by the European Commission in October this year.
Philippe Busquin said: "The consultation was a successful exercise in democracy and collective creativity. People expect the EU to play a greater role in space, and we must be ready to meet those expectations. We will build on the lessons learnt from the consultation to devise an ambitious action plan for European space policy. With strong political commitment from all key space stakeholders and sustained interest among the public, we can turn Europe into the space leader of the 21st century."
Claudie Haigneré declared: "I welcome the remarkable work undertaken by the European Commission and ESA. Thanks to this wide-ranging debate on our future ambitions, we have established shared views on the current situation and a mutual recognition of the strategic importance of space for Europe. This exercise comes at the same time as the Convention's work on a new treaty for the European Union, and provides us with the opportunity of proposing a space competence for the EU. We wholeheartedly support this initiative, which should contribute significantly to developing Europe's future in space. Our ambition is considerable: we must collectively reaffirm the strategic role of space in building a Europe that is strong, respected and ever closer to its citizens."
Antonio Rodotà added: "We are pleased with the quality and quantity of the contributions to the consultation: this shows there is real interest in an upgraded role for Europe in space, not only within the scientific and business communities, but also in the public at large. ESA will therefore work with the Commission and other space sector players to raise the profile of space in Europe and help set a true agenda for the future of space policy."
Wide consultation
The Paris Conference was also attended by Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General elect of ESA, who takes office on 1 July, Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, and by Herbert Diehl, Director General of the German Ministry of Education and Research. Some European astronauts were also present.
The participants included over 400 representatives of government, industry, research and civil society. The Conference provided an opportunity to draw key lessons from the several thousand contributions to the consultation process. It also helped to define priorities for action, and determine specific measures needed to reinforce Europe's role in the space sector and maximise the use of space for the benefit of European citizens. These will be the subject of an EU White Paper to be published by the end of 2003.
The economic picture
The economic implications of space activities cannot be ignored. According to the US Department of Defense, by 2010 more than 2000 satellites will be orbiting the Earth compared to 600 today. Over the period until then, US investment will total some 500 billion dollars. In Europe, it is estimated that by 2010 the space industry and its related activities could represent around 10% of GDP. However, European funding for space research and development is only a sixth of the figure for the US, the bulk of which is accounted for by NASA and the Department for Defense.
A new era for Europe in space
The Green Paper on European Space Policy, adopted by the European Commission on 21 January, is a strategic document developed in co-operation with the European Space Agency, which opens a new era for Europe in space. Its aim was to initiate a broad debate on the medium- and long-term future use of space for the benefit of Europe.
On 13 May the EU Competitiveness Ministers adopted a resolution calling for rapid conclusion of a framework agreement between ESA and the European Commission and for urgent action to be taken at EU level to answer the challenges faced by Europe's space sector. On 15 May the European Parliament adopted a similar resolution, insisting that space be a shared competence in the new EU Treaty.
On 27 May the ESA ministerial meeting, addressing a series of key issues including the future of the Ariane launcher and the Galileo satellite positioning system, also adopted a resolution reaffirming the commitment of ESA to enhanced co-operation with the EU, taking into account the distinct missions and institutional bases of the two organisations and with due regard to their complementarity. Earlier in June the draft EU Constitution confirmed that space would be one of the new competencies of the European Union.
From Brussels to Paris: giving Europeans a voice in space
The Green Paper consultation encompassed a series of events, workshops and meetings spanning the continent and attracting considerable public interest. Following the opening conference in Brussels, the Madrid meeting focused on the contribution of the industrial sector. The Berlin workshop brought the scientific community together.
Participants in Rome addressed challenging institutional issues, while London and Prague featured debates on applications and the role of international co-operation, respectively.
Additional events were held in Lisbon, Athens and Vienna. High-level bilateral consultations also took place and many organisations responded directly to the Commission. Finally, individual citizens were invited to post their views via the Internet.
What are space stakeholders calling for?
The consultation drew wide-ranging contributions from across Europe. Through an open, transparent and democratic debate, a broad consensus on a number of key actions is taking shape. During the consultation, space sector players addressed a series of options, including:
- Upgrading the space policy institutional framework, possibly by creating a Council of Space Ministers;
- Using the same satellite systems for both civil and defence/security purposes (multiple-use systems);
- An institutional market which recognises space potential in addressing civil policy objectives such as communication and navigation;
- Independent, reliable and affordable access to space through the European Guaranteed Access to Space (EGAS) programme;
- The need for a European Security and Defence Agency;
- Improved career prospects, training and development for people working in space research and technology;
- A doubling of funding for European research;
- Harmonising data collection and processing at European level, with the Commission supporting a powerful data processing system for climate forecasts and global change monitoring;
- Establishing the International Space Station as a base for microgravity research;
- Further support for ESA's Aurora programme, which aims, inter alia, to put a human on Mars within the next 30 years;
- Developing space applications to underpin technological and scientific development and the security of citizens;
- Developing a programme to achieve seamless broadband communications for everyone in Europe; and
- Supporting the enlargement process and European integration through satellite technologies and shared policy objectives.
Next steps
The following events will drive forward Europe's space policy:
- July 2003: a summary report on the consultation process from the EU/ESA Joint Task Force will be published.
- September 2003: the European Parliament will contribute its views to the Green Paper process.
- October 2003: the Commission is expected to release the White Paper on European Space Policy, with subsequent submission to the Council and Parliament. The White Paper will include an action plan setting out a future strategy for space activities in the European Union. It will acknowledge the contributions received, and include proposals for the content, organisation and level of future European space activities.
- November 2003: the White Paper is on the agenda to be discussed by the Council of the European Union in the Competitiveness Council under the Italian Presidency.
For more information, please contact:
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The articles in this blog will focus on the cemeteries of my home county -- Grey County, Ontario. From time to time, I will write about cemeteries where my ancestors are buried outside of the County.
This blog is a member of the Graveyard Rabbit Association founded by Terry Thornton. The blogs written by members of this Association will all focus on cemeteries, monuments and burial customs of a particular area chosen by each member. To read articles written by others, see the blog list at the Graveyard Rabbit Association.
In Grey County, we are very fortunate that the Bruce Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has transcribed the monuments/markers/tombstones in the cemeteries of the County. They have also transcribed Bruce County cemeteries. These transcriptions are available for purchase. Contact them for prices and ordering information.
Although I am a member of the Branch and also of the Grey County Historical Society, this is a personal site and any opinions expressed unless otherwise noted are my own.
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LeFlore County Deputies investigate animal cruelty
The LeFlore County Sheriff's Department is currently investigating an animal cruelty case near Smithville after they received a report in reference to several starving or deceased animals. Albert McReynolds, 66, and William McReynolds, 18, are currently being held at the LeFlore County Detention Center on charges of animal cruelty.According to Sheriff Bruce Curnutt, a deputy was dispatched to the McReynolds home Tuesday evening after a call was received about abuse of animals at the residence. Curnutt stated during a phone interview this morning that multiple dead horses and dead dogs have been located on the property. Curnutt described the scene as horrific and graphic. The Sheriff's Department is in the process of transporting the remaining animals in need of care to a local shelter.


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When you are on a tight budget, shopping for food can be challenging. It is a common misconception that cutting back on food expenses means sacrificing good nutrition. However, you can be healthier and wealthier by getting wiser about planning meals and shopping. Here are some guidelines that can help:
Many people plan their meals around meat, and leave grains, vegetables, and fruit for side dishes. However, according to Choose My Plate, the bulk of your diet should be made up of vegetables and fruit. And at least half of your grains should be whole grains such as whole wheat breads, pasta, and brown rice. Meats and dairy products should be treated as side dishes and eaten less frequently. This is not only more economical but more healthful. Here are a few examples of meals made mostly with whole grains, fruits, and vegetables:
Many of the prepackaged, boxed, canned, and frozen foods you buy from the store are high in fat, calories, sodium, sugar, and cost, compared with foods prepared at home. They may also be lower in vitamins and minerals. You pay for the fancy packaging and convenience of these items, but you get much less for your money. For example, you can make many more bags of popcorn from a bag of unpopped corn compared to buying a bag of already-popped popcorn. The pre-made popcorn is much more expensive and has more fat and sodium than what you can make at home. Of course, making food from scratch may take a little more time, but it can be well worth it in terms of cost and nutrition.
Have a game plan for shopping that includes what you are going to buy and where you are going to buy it. Here are some tips on developing a shopping plan:
When shopping, it's also important to look for foods that are fresh. Check the dates on perishable items like meat, cheese, and yogurt. If you aren't able to consume the item before the date, then you shouldn't purchase it.
The unit price calculates the cost of a product per unit. For example, a unit could be by the ounce, pound, or number of items in a package. Unit prices are usually marked on the shelf below the product. For example, let's say you are looking for canned beets and there are three different brands to choose from. If you look at the unit price below each one, you can find the brand that is cheapest, especially if you buy the largest can. However, it only makes sense to buy the largest can if you are sure you will use it all.
It is easier to make the most nutritious choice when you know how to read the nutrition facts label. These labels contain the nutritional information and are found on most packaged foods. Use the nutrition facts label to focus on the facts that are most important to you, such as the fat, sugar, or sodium content. Nutritional labels make it easier for you to compare similar products.
Save time and money by buying in bulk. You can buy in bulk through supermarkets, buying clubs, food cooperatives, farmer's markets, and warehouses. When you buy in bulk, you can purchase a product in multiple or large units that can be stored, or from an open container in the store, such as a bin of rice where you can scoop out as much as you want. Before buying in bulk, keep the following tips in mind:
Eating out can be expensive and the food is often high in fat, salt, and sugar. A spaghetti dinner at a restaurant could cost $10 or more, but only a few dollars if you prepared it at home. At a restaurant, your extra costs go toward profits and tips. Consider having a potluck. When you entertain guests at home, ask them to bring a dish.
If you are going to be out running errands or shopping with your family, bring some healthy snacks and drinks with you. That way, if hunger hits, you will not be tempted to stop at a fast food restaurant or buy snacks from a vending machine—something that can hurt your wallet and your waistline. Whether you make snacks at home or buy them from the grocery store, it is less expensive than buying them in the mall.
American Dietetic Association
Choose My Plate—US Department of Agriculture
Canada's Food Guide
Dietitians of Canada
Charts: food safety at a glance. FoodSafety.gov website. Available at: http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/index.html. Accessed January 27, 2016.
Eating better on a budget. Choose My Plate, US Department of Agriculture website. Available at: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ten-tips-eating-better-on-a-budget. Updated September 1, 2015. Accessed January 27, 2016.
Lino M. Nutrition doesn't have to be expensive. Choose My Plate, US Department of Agriculture website. Available at: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/printablematerials/USDABlog-NutritionDoesntHaveToBeExpensive.pdf. Published August 25, 2011. Accessed January 27, 2016.
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Truex Jr., NAPA extend contracts with Michael Waltrip Racing
Hampton, GA – Michael Waltrip Racing revealed on Friday that driver Martin Truex Jr. and primary sponsor NAPA have agreed to a three-year contract extension with the team in the Sprint Cup Series.
MWR made the announcement at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the site of this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series races.
Truex has driven for MWR, with NAPA sponsoring his efforts, since the start of the 2010 Sprint Cup season. Right now, Truex is fifth in the point standings and has scored five top-five finishes, 13 top-10s and one pole in 24 races. He and teammate, Clint Bowyer, are on the verge of putting MWR in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for the first time in the racing organization's history. Bowyer is sixth in the standings. Just two races remain before the Chase begins -- Atlanta and Richmond.
"Re-signing Martin was huge for us," team co-owner Michael Waltrip said. "We've given him competitive race cars and engines this year, and he's been able to showcase his talent. Where I am most proud of Martin is off the track. He has dedicated himself to be a leader in our organization and has accepted his role as an ambassador for our sponsors. His work with NAPA, Toyota, AAA, along with his foundation work, has shown his maturity as a person, and he makes me proud."
NAPA will continue to sponsor Truex's team in all 36 Sprint Cup point races as well as the two non-point events each season.
Truex claimed his first career win in NASCAR's premier series in June 2007 but has yet to return to victory lane in the last 191 races.
"We've been capable of winning races all year long, but we just haven't finished the deal," Truex said. "We've run second a bunch of times, and we've had the car to beat two or three races, and we didn't do everything right. It takes a lot of things to go your way to win a race.
"On the days where we've had the fastest car out there, we didn't have the cautions go our way or maybe pit strategy or the way the cycles went, but we've had the speed, and we've got the team that's capable of doing it for sure. For now, it's just a matter of getting that first one out of the way and quit worrying about it and go after a bunch of them."
Truex made his first appearance in the Chase in '07 when he drove for Dale Earnhardt Inc.


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This book is addressed to those, who are already experienced in the three-dimensional modelling and the Rhinoceros interface and are willing to refine their skills in using it.
The tools available in the software are illustrated by practical examples to be followed step by step.
Among the topics covered
- Complete modelling of objects
- Modelling of complex surfaces with curvature continuity
- Modelling for deformation of solids
- Rendering with VrayforRhino
- Technical drawing
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The New York Times recently reported on a new trend for city dwellers--purchasing or renting a second studio or one-bedroom apartment that's in the building where they already reside.
Most of the time, people want the extra space for writing, sculpting, or playing musical instruments. Moving to another building, they say, is annoying. "If the weather was inclement (you) find reasons not to go, said Anne Adams, an author who rented an office twenty minutes away from her Park Slop co-op to do her writing before buying the garden apartment in her building. "It's great to have a place that's separate from where you brush your teeth," she said.
And a room inside the apartment, is often out of the question. They prefer something that's an elevator ride or a few flights of stairs away. In other words, they're close. But not too close.
Co-op boards are often hesitant to approve these transactions, concerned owners will turn the space into a bed and breakfast. There are other legal issues to consider. If the buildings are zoned residential, it might be a zoning violation to use the space for business purposes. To get around this, buyers can describe the second unit as additional living space and make sure it remains usable by keeping a kitchen and bathroom intact.
Read the full story on the New York Times.


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Did Tomlin have his Head up his *** that last posession??
Either let Reed try and pull a long Field Goal out of his *** or go for the First Down....but don't F'n punt the ball.
They Deserve to Lose playing BS Football like that.
Did Tomlin have his Head up his *** that last posession??
Either let Reed try and pull a long Field Goal out of his *** or go for the First Down....but don't F'n punt the ball.
They Deserve to Lose playing BS Football like that.
Timmons, Harrison, Ike, Carter and Gay looked dumbfounded on who was to cover Chambers on that long run...
With the game on the line why is our best pass rusher dropping back into coverage?
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I'm so glad I had to work and didn't get to see this one.
Time to hit the bottle!
assume--- *** of u and me --- bruce needs to go -- he cant call **** - maybe that is why he ain't with the browns --- the whole team is a cluster f--- right now - our head coach needs to make some moves - not just dump one guy on st how about the st coach ??? last 2 games we lost because st - time to do something different - if we go for it on 4th even with the stupid 3rd down call we only give up 20 yards or so if jeff kicks- maybe he makes it and we win how about on 3rd run mendy up the middle - whatever he gets helps the cause. our coaching staff has issues. we are not finishing our plays. **** can't beat kc -- what a joke !!!
They had the last best shot to win the game with a long FG or at least try to make a short first down.
Simply PATHETIC!!
When they punted the ball I literally said to myself.....Game Over.
Okay now that I have had a few hours to digest today's game I am going to argue that our loss today and last week is the problem of special teams more so than the play calling. That punt at the end of the game should have been more of a line drive squib type as to not have it go into the endzone......second thing this crap of allowing huge returns on punt returns and kickoff returns is absolutely uncalled for.....this is can't happen...I don't know if any other team has allowed as many returns for TD's as ours has. If we need to put some players who usually don't play special teams then so be it......fix the problem and fix it immediately.....
Getting burned in the secondary was unusual for us today....I don't think todays lack of down field coverage has been this bad....
We got a break today when Cincy S*&T the bed in Oakland but it could have much better locking back into a tie with them....our game next Sunday is critical....Not only can we not afford another loss we can't afford another loss.....another loss could cost us a possible AFC north title but also a Wildcard game.......Our back is against the wall and we must play ever game as if it is the last game of our season.......
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Crowe-ing: Big time rockers plant the seeds
Hookah Brown
at the Outback Lodge
Wednesday, April 16
Aaron Hawkins Exhibit / Snap!
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Friday, April 18
What exactly is "underground?" Some folks think the term means obscure, small time, or even not accessible. But underground is like the seed of an apple- it must exist before the fruit appears. The underground can be the style that influences the mainstream, or what is created in the mainstream's wake, just as a seed can grow into a fruit which then dies and leaves seeds to yield more fruit.
Take Hookah Brown, the new project put together by Black Crowes co-founder and guitarist Rich Robinson. He was, arguably, the musical backbone of the group but didn't get the notoriety of frontman Chris Robinson.
On April 16, big time rock and roll compacted into the walls of the Outback, and it couldn't have been better. Hookah Brown sounded like gold as they pounded out creatively arranged tunes with enough soul and grit to go around the room four times.
Honestly, I get bored easy at rock shows, but there was something different here. This was the rock underground- the wake of the Black Crowes– something different and more raw.
After rocking straight without a set break, the band left the stage, only to return with an encore ballad played on Indian string instruments. I honestly wish that more people had seen this show. Then again, there was something special about enjoying the performance with hardcore fans and not just those who came because of a name.
The underground reared its head again the following Friday at Aaron Hawkins' photography and art exhibit at Starr Hill Music Hall. My hat is off to Aaron, who somehow manages to juggle more professions than most people have pairs of jeans. Even more impressive, he's extremely gifted in just about whatever he gets his hands into.
Over the last few months he has been shooting acts coming through Starr Hill. You can thank him for the looming Frank Black over your head in the dinner area while you try to eat an appetizer. The photography gives life to the downstairs area and draws the essence of venue into the bar/restaurant. Following the exhibit was a hip-hop/jungle dance party with incredible selections by DJ Dirty Hans, Aktion, and emcee Shadowman.
I don't know how he put the evening together, but he put it together right. Congratulations, Aaron, you really help keep this underground culture alive.


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I am a research scientist with broad interests in machine learning and artificial intelligence. My work on large scale learning and stochastic gradient algorithms has received attention in the recent years. I am also known for the DjVu document compression system. I joined Facebook AI Research in March 2015.
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Alex Peysakhovich and I represent Facebook on the organizing committee of the NYC Data Science Seminar Series. This rotating seminar organized by Columbia, CornellTech, Facebook, Microsoft Research NYC, and New York University has featured a number of prominent speakers.
I was scavenging my old emails a couple weeks ago and found a copy of an early technical report that not only describes Graph Transformer Networks in a couple pages but also explains why they are defined the way they are.
Why settle for 60000 MNIST training examples when you can have one trillion? The MNIST8M dataset was generated using the elastic deformation code originally written for (Loosli, Canu, and Bottou, 2007). Unfortunately the original MNIST8M files were accidentally deleted from the NEC servers a couple weeks ago. Instead of regenerating the files, I have repackaged the generation code in a convenient form.
Our paper"Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning Systems: The Example of Computational Advertising" has appeared in JMLR. This paper takes the example of ad placement to illustrate how one can leverage causal inference to understand the behavior of complex learning systems interacting with their environment.


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November 1, 2012
Wyandotte County Lake the latest to be infested with invasive species
EMPORIA—During regular monitoring efforts, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) officials discovered zebra mussel veligers (larval stage) in Wyandotte County Lake, which is located at Leavenworth Rd. and 92nd St. in Kansas City. Adult zebra mussels were found upon further investigation.
This latest casualty brings the total of Kansas reservoirs and lakes infested with non-native zebra mussels to 17 and highlights the need for anglers and boaters to be aware of the dangers of moving water and baitfish between lakes. New regulations designed to prevent further spread of aquatic nuisance species (ANS) require anglers to use wild-caught baitfish only in the lakes or streams where they were caught, except that live green sunfish and bluegill may be moved from waters not on the ANS-designated list. In addition, livewells and bilges of boats must be drained prior to transport from any Kansas water on a public highway. And anglers may not transport live fish from any ANS-designated water. The 407-acre Wyandotte County Lake, which is owned by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, is now an ANS-designated water. A complete list of ANS-designated waters is included on the ANS page of the KDWPT website (ProtectKSWaters.org) and will be in the 2013 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary.
Zebra mussels are bean-sized, bi-valve mollusks with striped shells. They are native to the Black and Caspian seas of western Asia and eastern Europe and have been spread across the world via cargo ships. They were discovered in Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River in 1988. Zebra mussels quickly spread throughout the Great Lakes and to many inland rivers including the Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee, Arkansas and Hudson. They first appeared in Kansas in 2003 when they were discovered in El Dorado Reservoir. Public education programs were used to inform boaters about the dangers of zebra mussels in our waters and ways to prevent spreading them. However, zebra mussels continue to show up in new lakes every year. Moving water in boats and bait buckets was identified as a likely vector.
Although related, zebra mussels differ from our native mussels in several important categories. Perhaps the most important is the zebra mussels' ability to produce very large populations in a short time. Unlike native mussels, zebra mussels do not require a host fish to reproduce. A large female zebra mussel is capable of producing 1 million eggs during the reproductive season. Once fertilized, eggs develop into microscopic veligers. These veligers cannot be seen by the naked eye and thousands can survive in small quantities of water. Veligers passively float within the water for up to two weeks before they settle out as young mussels. These young mussels quickly grow to adult size and reproduce during their first summer of life, thus adding to the problem of extremely dense populations.
After settling, zebra mussels develop byssal threads that allow the shells to attach to hard surfaces such as rocks, piers, and flooded timber. They also attach themselves to pipes, water intake structures, boat hulls, propellers, and lower units of outboard motors. As populations increase in these areas, they can clog intake pipes and prevent water treatment plants and electrical generating plants from drawing water. In 2012, two Kansas communities, Council Grove and Osage City, experienced water shortages because of zebra mussel infestations before water intake structures could be cleaned up. Removing large quantities of zebra mussels to ensure adequate water supplies can be labor-intensive and costly.
Zebra mussels are just one of the non-native aquatic species that threaten our waters and native wildlife. Boaters and anglers must remember to follow regulations and precautions that will prevent the spread:
• Clean, drain and dry boats and equipment between uses
• Use wild-caught bait only in the lake or pool where it was caught
• Do not move live fish from waters infested with zebra mussels or other aquatic nuisance species
• Drain livewells and bilges and remove drain plugs from all vessels prior to transport from any Kansas water on a public highway.
For more information on stopping aquatic nuisance species in Kansas, visit ProtectKSWaters.org


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Yesterday we looked at the Division 1 2009 Garden City Bearkats and talked about the highest scoring game in state championship history. Today we will look at the team that won the Division 2 title earlier that same day at Shotwell in the LOWEST scoring game in six-man state title history, the Borden County Coyotes.
Borden County started the 2009 season on a 14-game win streak, having gone undefeated in 2008, and winning the Division 2 title. In that state game, they dominated Woodson, ending the game early on the mercy rule in the fourth quarter, 54-8. Head coach Trey Richey was in just his third year as a head coach and had received the coaches' associations' Coach of the Year honor in 2008. Coach Richey's squad would be rich with talent once again in 2009, as the Coyotes returned five starters on both sides of the ball, including the DII all-state defensive player of the year, Flynn Chapman, 1st team all-state players QB Mile Valentine, C Derek Tatum, CB Karl Lamming and DII Player of the Year, running back Michael Cooley. To say the Coyotes were loaded with talent is an understatement and they deservedly entered the 2009 season ranked #1 in Division 2.
The highlight of the young season was a week one matchup against Division 1 powerhouse Richland Springs, in Trent on their relatively new turf field. The game was great, with Borden County edging out Richland Springs, 76-62, in the battle of the Coyotes.
Outside of the Richland Springs game, Borden County rolled through their schedule, with their closest game coming in their first district game against Buena Vista, which the Coyotes won 62-29.
In the playoffs, BC dominated their opponents; defeating Loop 62-6 in bi-district, Balmorhea 54-8 in area, Sands 86-36 in the quarterfinals, and Motley County 50-0 in the semis
For the state championship game this year, their opponent would be the mighty Highland Hornets.
Coached by legendary head coach Karry Owens and assistant coach Monte Richburg, Highland had dominated their schedule, goning 13-0, shutting out five opponents and allowing just 11 points a game. The Hornets 45ed their first 11 opponents before Woodson finally forced a full game in the quarterfinals, a game Highland won 72-43. In their semifinal game against Walnut Springs, the Highland defense picked off passes on five consecutive Walnut Spring possessions and won 74-38, to advance to the state title match with Borden County.
Both had very similar defensive schemes, with their main formations both being a 2-3 zone defense, and those defenses would be on full display at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene.
State Championship Game – Saturday Dec. 12th 2:00pm in Shotwell Stadium, Abilene
It was a 2 p.m. kickoff time and a reported 8,000 fans were in attendance to watch what would turn out to be a defensive battle.
As the first quarter unfolded, it was clear that this would be a defensive struggle between two well-disciplined teams, with two coaching staffs who valued the importance of defensive strategy and play.
Highland would have the first possession of the game and on their second play completed a long pass, taking them down to the Borden County 10-yard line. In what would be a recurring theme in this game - superb red zone defense – Highland would be unable to score, facing a 2nd and goal from the eight-yard line. The two-man rush and zone secondary for Borden County forced a quick throw from Highland's Jordan Basye, resulting in an interception.
The Coyotes first possession of the game was very similar to Highland. On their third play, Coyote running back Michael Cooley broke free on a long run that looked like a sure touchdown, but he ran into one of his own blockers down field, forcing him to cut back to the middle of the field. With a great pursuit angle, a Highland player was able to make a touchdown-saving tackle at the 11-yard line. With three straight run plays by Cooley, the Coyotes inched their way to the three. On fourth-and-goal, a dive by Cooley was stopped at the two for a turnover on downs.
Highland then proceeded to move the ball down filed with wel- executed run plays back into the Coyote's red zone. But Borden County again held Highland and forced a fourth-and-long from the 19. Highland's pass attempt fell incomplete, resulting in a turnover on downs.
The Coyotes, aided by a long pass and a big rushing gain by Cooley, moved the ball into the red zone once again. The first quarter ended with BC threating. The Coyotes continued to move the ball, all the way down to the two-yard line before, once again, Highland held them on downs.
Highland again moved the ball down field. The first score of the game final came over halfway through the second quarter, but it was a defensive touchdown. With 4:54 to go in the first half, Borden County's Tony Soto intercepted a Highland pass and returned it 50 yards to finally break the ice. Coyote kicker Flynn Chapman's PAT was good and Borden County took an 8-0 lead.
This time Highland didn't miss the end zone. The Hornets responded quickly, scoring 52 seconds later on a four-yard pass from Jordan Basye to Tanner Marsh. Cameron Cox's was good and the game was all tied up at 8.
With the final possession of the first half the Coyotes moved down the field, eating up the clock in the process. With 12 seconds left, they had the ball on the Highland 33. Then, when a busted pass play and a near sack forced the Borden County spread back Miles Valentine to run, h quickly raced to the Highland nine-yard line. A quick timeout with seconds left gave Borden County enough time for one more play before half. They set up for a very rare field goal attempts and Flynn Chapman nailed a 26-yarder, to give Borden county a 12-8 lead at halftime.
The defensive chess match continued in the second half with a couple of quick three-and-outs for both teams.
On the ensuing Borden County possession, the Coyotes marched the ball down the field, culminating in an eight-yard touchdown screen pass from Miles Valentine to Chapman, which capped off a 9-play 59-yard drive as the Coyotes led 20-8 with 4:54 left in the third.
Highland was then forced into a fourth-and-long situation on their next possession and elected to go for it. However, they threw an incomplete pass and turned the ball back over to the Coyotes at their own 24.
Borden County could not capitalize, however, as the Hornets' defense answered the call, forcing the a turnover on downs of their own.
Highland's next possession ended the same way, with a failure to convert on a fourth-and-long and the third quarter ended with Borden County holding a 20-8 lead and the ball, to start the final quarter.
The Hornets again stood tall and forced yet another turnover on downs. Highland drove downfield and scored on an amazing jump ball pass from Todd Mueller to Thomas Stewart in the corner of the end zone, as Stewart fought off a Coyote defender, who had simultaneously caught the pass, to gain possession of the ball. The PAT was blocked and Highland was now down 20-14 with 4:02 left in the game.
After a failed onside kick attempt, Borden County took over on their own 33. Their first play was a dive to Flynn Chapman, who broke through the line, shading tacklers by spinning and high kneeing his way out of a mosh pit of blockers and Highland defenders to break free and sprint 47 yards for what would ultimately be the final touchdown of this defensive battle. His PAT was good and Borden County led 28-14.
Highland, in what would be their final possession of the game, marched the ball down the field. Facing a fourth-and-goal from the 12-yard line, Tony Soto picked off his second Highland pass and ran out of bounds at the four with less than two minutes to play in the game. The Coyotes ran out the clock and claimed their second-straight and third overall state championship.
This game had a ton of excitement, with long plays stopped by great defensive efforts, several red zone and goal line defensive stops, big hits, and touchdowns and scores in key moments. There were 18 offensive possessions and only five resulted in scores. The three interceptions by Highland proved too much to overcome in this defensive chess match between two of the best coaching staffs in six-man.
Highland's offense out gained Borden County's 334-312 and made more first downs as well, with 13 to BC's 9. The Coyotes' Flynn Chapman was by all accounts the player of the game, having scored two touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving, made all three of his PAT kicks and made a 26-yard field goal, scoring 22 of his team's 28 points.
-Trey Richey was an assistant coach on the 1997 Borden County state championship team and the 1998 state runner-up team.
-This was the second state championship game a coach Karry Owens' led team would play for, the first was the 2000 state game which Panther Creek won in dramatic fashion 42-36.
-It is worth noting that Trey Richey had won two state titles as a player at Jayton in 1984 and 1985, and both Kerry Owens and Monte Richburg won a state title in 1982 and were runner-up in 1980 at Highland as players.
-Flynn Chapman's field goal was and still is only the second made FG in a state championship game. The first and longest made was a 42 yarder by Scott Gage of Whitharral in the 1981 state game against Mullin.


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The Art Institute of Chicago - Thorne Miniature Rooms from Igor Guryanov on Vimeo.
I saw this exhibit in Chicago when I was eleven or twelve years old, and I remember being dumbfounded by the ingenuity, skill, artistry, and sheer persistence of those artisans who made these remarkable works of art in the 1930's and '40's under the auspices of and with funding from Mrs. James Ward Thorne.
So far as I know, there is nothing else quite like this exhibit in the world.
There is a lot I like about Chicago -- I've always had a great time when I've been there -- but this exhibit made more of an impression on me than just about anything else in the city.
And yet... looking at these miniature rooms now, I'm still struck by the sheer boldness and creativity of it all, but even more I'm struck how nothing seems to have changed except for the exhibit space itself. (Of course, close comparison shows that there have been some subtle changes over the years.) Nevertheless, the rooms are preserved as if in aspic or amber. But for some tarnish on the silver (watch for it), these rooms appear now essentially as they did when they were first installed.
It's eerie.


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The giant foam hat is all fun and games until it is shown on the Jumbo Tron which is then shown on national television which is then uploaded to YouTube with ridiculing commentary and which then makes it to here, where we will shame your giant foam hat shame. What a world.
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Kip Moore, 'Dirt Road' [Listen]
Kip Moore is right when he says his new single 'Dirt Road' will raise a few eyebrows, it may just take awhile. Lyrically the new song is country's Mariana Trench hiding behind familiar references to beer, moonlight and backseat romance.
A short summary of Moore's message is that if heaven doesn't have the things he appreciates on Earth, he'd rather not go. The singer says he wrote the song partly in response to his Baptist upbringing and his struggle to embrace parts of what the preacher was saying.
"When a preacher talks of heaven, he paints it real nice / He says, you better get to livin', better get to livin' right / If you're gonna get your mansion, he's been saving for your soul / If you're gonna do your dancing on city streets of gold," Moore sings to begin the new single from his upcoming second album.
Some will misinterpret this song as a rejection of faith and God. Instead, Moore provides a voice for the confused, for those who give bigger-picture issues serious consideration instead of just accepting what they're told. That's a difficult thing to do in under three-and-a-half minutes, especially if radio airplay is the goal.
"But unless it's got a dirt road leading down to a fishing hole / With a little piece of moonlight / A couple cans of Bud Light / Where I can cuddle with my baby and I can pull her real close / No, I don't wanna go unless heaven's got a dirt road," he sings at each chorus.
Dan Couch and Westin Davis helped write 'Dirt Road,' a song that's success depends on radio listeners' collective willingness to listen closely and embrace a challenge. Credit Moore for taking a chance, and for successfully discussing a heavy issue in a way that's still very accessible.
Why Fans Will Love It: 'Dirt Road' pushes a few buttons country artists have been hesitant to touch. He provides a voice to a large group of fans with faith, but also questions.
Key Lyrics: "Well, I've never been nothing / Nothing more than what you see / Like my truck, I'm made for running / Down to a midnight creek"
Did You Know?: Moore tells Taste of Country his song isn't meant to be taken literally. His faith is very strong, but the song was born from a time in his life during which he had questions.
Listen to Kip Moore, 'Dirt Road'


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District 39 believes inclusion plays a vital role in student growth. We are committed to providing a safe and equitable learning environment that fosters a mindset of empathy, respect, and belonging for all District 39 students and staff.
By respecting each person's unique identity, perspective, and learning style, we create a stronger community. We honor differences including races and cultures, genders and sexual orientations, abilities and aspirations, identities and affiliations, socioeconomics and worldviews. Embracing diversity prepares our students to thrive in an increasingly complex global community.