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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!

July 4th 1776, the United States of America adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Please remember the men and women who uphold our enduring freedom every day, patrolling our waters, airways and land, and protecting us from threats that most of us will never even hear about. Many of them are not going to be attending BBQ's or get to enjoy a long weekend to celebrate with their families, because they are doing their job and keeping us safe. So many before them have also given the ultimate sacrifice to ensure we remain the free nation that we are and to help free others as well. Celebrate your Independence and remember those who protect it.

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PKN ORLEN’s consolidated financial results for Q2 2017

In the second quarter of 2017, PKN ORLEN reported record-high LIFO-based EBITDA, coming in at PLN 3.1bn, up by PLN 0.5bn year on year, mainly on the back of a 10% growth in total sales volumes across all segments, aided by a supportive macroeconomic backdrop. In the past quarter, the Company strengthened its position in power generation by completing its modern 463 MWe CCGT project. In June, PKN ORLEN’s Management Board was appointed for a new three-year term of office and the Annual General Meeting resolved to distribute PLN 3 per share in dividend for 2016.
For Q2 2017, PKN ORLEN reported:
• LIFO-based EBITDA of PLN 3.1bn
• operating cash flow of PLN 3.5bn
• 10% year-on-year increase in crude oil throughput
• 10% year-on-year growth of sales volumes
• 19% year-on-year revenue growth.
The Q2 2017 LIFO-based EBITDA of PLN 3.1bn was supported by higher sales, the improved macro environment, positive effect of the regulations curbing the grey market in Poland,
and retail margin expansion. In the period, diesel oil consumption increased year on year across the Company’s home markets, with a 26% growth seen in Poland, while consumption of gasoline (yoy) rose in Poland and Germany, stayed unchanged in the Czech Republic, and fell in Lithuania. In the second quarter, the model downstream margin expanded by USD 1.4/bbl year on year, the average Brent price moved up USD 4/bbl (yoy), and average PLN exchange rates strengthened against both USD and EUR.
“It was another quarter when the delivery of PKN ORLEN’s strategic goals translated into excellent performance. We closed the first half of the year with a huge success: our long-running dispute with the Lithuanian Railways was finally settled, clearing the way for ORLEN Lietuva’s enhanced business efficiency. We also completed the CCGT project in Włocławek, which will not only benefit our business, but will also improve the country’s energy security. Having chalked up these successes, we can be confident about the Company’s ability to achieve its strategic goals over the next years,” said Wojciech Jasiński, President of the PKN ORLEN Management Board.
The Retail segment, with LIFO-based EBITDA of PLN 576m, reported another record-breaking second quarter. The PLN 135m year-on-year improvement of its performance was chiefly driven by expanding sales volumes, up by an overall 10% year on year, including 8%
in Poland, 20% in the Czech Republic, 9% in Lithuania, and 7% in Germany. The positive impact of higher (yoy) fuel margins in Poland and the Czech Republic, coupled with improved non-fuel margins on the Polish, Czech and German markets, was mainly offset by increased operating expenses incurred by service stations on higher sales volumes. The Company was consistently broadening its non-fuel offering, with around 1,731 Stop Cafe and Stop Cafe Bistro outlets operating at the end of Q2, including 1,538 in Poland, 170 in the Czech Republic,
and 23 in Lithuania. In response to market trends and new mobility models in urban areas,
PKN ORLEN provided a carsharing service (car rental by the minute) for its customers in Warsaw and Kraków.
The LIFO-based EBITDA of the Downstream segment improved by PLN 259m in the second quarter 2017 (yoy), to PLN 2.55bn. During the period, the refineries’ oil throughput rose 10% year on year, mainly as a result of the FCC unit and Steam Cracker at Unipetrol coming back
on stream after the emergency shutdown in the fourth quarter of 2016, as well as the 10% year-on-year increase in total sales volumes, including 11% in diesel oil, 4% in gasoline, 8% in olefins, 122% in polyolefins, and 12% in fertilizers. The positive net effect of macroeconomic factors such as growing margins on middle and heavy distillates, olefins, PTA, aromatics and PVC, was partly offset by a lower Brent/Urals differential and compressed polyolefin and fertilizer margins.
“We have been able to take advantage of the good market climate, which is particularly visible
in our fuel and petrochemical sales figures. While we benefit from the continuing supportive environment and the government’s crackdown on the grey market in fuels, we keep a focus on growth initiatives, expanding the range of goods and services in Retail and investing in modern petrochemical assets. We seek to further reinforce our position and make the Company’s performance resilient to macroeconomic trends in the longer term,” said Mirosław Kochalski,
Vice President of the PKN ORLEN Management Board.
Consistent implementation of PKN ORLEN’s strategic objectives in power generation led to the launch of an advanced CCGT unit in Włocławek. It already supplies electricity and heat to ANWIL and several other entities, with some of its heat output distributed throughout
the Włocławek industrial complex, of which the plant is an integral part. Any surplus electricity
is supplied to the National Power Grid. In Płock, work on another CCGT unit is running
on schedule: the second quarter saw the first application of voltage from a 400kV line, and now the unit, scheduled to go on stream in the fourth quarter, is undergoing tests of the electricity generation system.
In Q2 2017, the average production of hydrocarbons at the ORLEN Group was up 17% (yoy), driving up LIFO-based EBITDA to PLN 82m, with higher average output in Canada
(up by 2.3 thousand boe/d), lower average production in Poland (down by 0.1 thousand boe/d), and a positive contribution of macro factors, specifically a year-on-year increase in oil and gas prices. Work on the Polish assets included seismic data acquisition and analysis, and the drilling of an exploration well in the Płotki area, where production tests have confirmed the presence of gas qualifying for commercial extraction. Preparatory work was continued to drill further wells and acquire a new set of seismic data. In Canada a project to develop sour gas treatment facilities was completed. In the Ferrier area, work was under way to construct a pipeline for the supply of liquid hydrocarbons. PKN ORLEN’s oil and gas reserves (2P) currently total 114m boe, including 11m boe in Poland and 103m boe in Canada.
Over the past quarter, the Company’s stable financial fundamentals were maintained:
its financial leverage was reduced to 3.7% and net debt fell by PLN 2.5bn (qoq) on positive operating cash flows of PLN 3.5bn, offset by investment spending and other items. The Company redeemed PLN 400m worth of Series A and Series B retail bonds, and in July it received the Polish Financial Supervision Authority’s approval for the issue of a few series of further bonds to be offered to retail investors. The programme was assigned a high provisional rating of A(pol)(EXP) from Fitch Ratings.
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A new community program hopes to help fathers become more involved in the lives of their children.

Gary Graham, outreach therapist, has been with Community Mental Health for Central Michigan since 1991. He moved into outreach/family counseling in January.

He sees lots of cases in which fathers don't participate in their children's lives. Many are interested in finding ways to get more involved.

That's where "The Nurturing Father's Program" comes in. The program is open to any father, even those with adult children.

"(We're) trying to get dads more involved with children in an active way," Graham said. "We want to move away from the myth of father as breadwinner and disciplinarian."

The 13-week program starts with exploring the roots of fathering, including the relationship of each man with his own father.

Each week brings different discussions and skills to be learned. The group will learn self-nurturing skills during weeks two and three. "The Power to Nurture: Fathering without Violence or Fear" will be taught during week five.

Issues surrounding anger, alcohol and other substances, and stress will be talked about during week six. At week nine, the fathers will learn about the differences in fathering sons and daughters.

Fathering and work, important fathering times and the joys of fathering will be covered during week 11. The final week will bring closing activities and a graduation ceremony.

"This is so important. A lot of fathers are taking on responsibilities of day-to-day parenting," Graham said. Many fathers are single, divorced with custody, the primary caretaker while the mom works.

"If fathers can do that in a wholesome, nurturing way, it can benefit children," he said.

Graham said statistics show children will have more problems at school, and with crime or delinquency, without their father's involvement.

To enroll in this free program, contact Graham at (989) 631-2323. The program will start either Thursday or Sept. 23, and will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays. It will be at Children's Services, 3611 N. Saginaw Road in Midland.


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Covered Patios
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Covered Patios

 Covered patios - like this one by Outdoor Homescapes of Houston - are a must in the Houston area - for home values, sun and heat protection, and relaxing and entertaining. More covered patios by this Houston outdoor living space design/build firm at

Covered patios are a must in the Houston area. Especially when it comes to sun and heat protection, quality of life and the value of your home.

That’s why you need the job done right. No surprises – just perfection.

And that’s where we come in, with a team of seasoned interior designers, outdoor space planners and 3D graphic artists -  so you can preview and make changes to your covered patio before it’s even built. You can even take one of our video tours before construction:

 “Let’s face it – covered patios are an investment of time and money,” says company owner Wayne Franks. “So you want the most value for your money when it comes to function and style.”

Form follows function when it comes to a covered patio. You must first decide: “What do I envision doing in this space?” Fun with the family? Entertaining friends or clients? Escaping away to your own private retreat? Our space planners will help you determine the best size, layout and traffic flow for your patio. They’ll even develop a master plan, so your covered patio can change as you do, accommodate future planned projects or accommodate extra guests when necessary. They’ll also make sure your covered patio blends in with the existing style and architecture of your home, so it looks like it’s supposed to be there – not an afterthought.

See for yourself! Here’s a gallery of gorgeous covered patios we’ve designed and built in Houston (click on any image to make it larger):

For more images and drawings of specific covered patio projects we’ve done in Houston, click on the submenu items listed under “Covered Patios” on our home page. Or, find in-depth details on our Houston covered patios on our blog.

Whether it’s a roof extension off the existing home or a pergola or arbor providing filtered shade, Wayne knows how to site and ventilate your covered patio so it’s cool and free of smoke and sun glare. He also knows how to incorporate customized mood, task and security lighting, as well as permanently installed infrared red heating systems that will extend the day – or season:

 “My goal isn’t to steamroll clients with what I think is best, but I do want to arm them with the best knowledge I can when it comes to design, planning and product performance,” says Wayne. “Clients also like our collaborative design process, which keeps everything on time and on budget, while keeping them in the driver’s seat.”

Next, the fun part – choosing and coordinating the look of your covered patio.

“Here’s where experienced interior and exterior designers help you pick out colors, coordinate finishes and select furnishings, accessories and decor,” says Outdoor Homescapes designer Lisha Maxey (also owner of LGH Design Services in Houston). “We make sure that the style’s all you, but that it goes together and will hold up over time.”


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EYNSHAM went top of the Giles Sports Witney Youth League Under 10 White Division with a 4-1 win at Tower Hill Stripes.

Harry Harraway opened the scoring for Eynsham in the second half, before Billy Buchanan scored twice and captain Leo Norton struck from distance.

Bailey Beckett reduced the deficit.

Under 14 A League leaders North Leigh made it ten games unbeaten with a 6-1 win at home to Highfield Juniors Colts.

Zak Farrow netted a brace alongside goals from Callum Davies, Jake Denton and Connor O’Hickey.

Tobias London replied for Colts.

Harvey Ayers struck late on to give Banbury United a 2-1 home win over Kingston Colts in the Under 13 Knockout Cup.

Lewis Dear had headed Banbury in front after 20 minutes, but Luke Jackson equalised for Kingston.


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The Amazing Benefits of Using Soft Water

Little Boy Drinking Soft Water

Clean water is an essential requirement. Most people in the United States, however, get hard water in their homes. A study by the USGS water science school showed that roughly 86% of homes in the US receive hard water supply for their daily use. Only 30% of these households soften their water.

This is an indication that Americans are still not aware of the benefits of soft water. Here are the amazing things soft water brings:

Makes Laundry and Dish Washing Easy

If you have ever used hard water to clean your dishes and clothes, you will agree that it leaves white spots and soapy residue on what you clean. With soft water, you will notice that the residue no longer appears on clothes and dishes after you’ve cleaned them. Additionally, soft water reduces the amount of detergent or soap you need to make a thorough clean. Therefore, using soft water helps you reduce consumption of soap/detergent, usage of washers, and energy consumption.

Reduces Energy Consumption for Heating Water

Heating soft water is quicker than heating hard water. Hard water contains impurities that elevate the boiling point. Therefore, you will require more energy to heat the water. Using soft water is a good way to reduce the amount of energy you use to warm your water.

Extends the Functional Life of Your Appliances

Hard water contains impurities that could build up in your appliances and could cause clogging. This clogging reduces the performance of your machines and shortens their operating life. No such problem occurs with soft water as it does not contain any impurities.

READ  Enhancing Your Oral Health Practices

Promotes Healthy Skin and Hair

If you are using different soaps and shampoos to make your skin smooth and your hair shiny, but they don’t seem to be working, it might be the water. In some cases, softening the water you use solves the problem. Water softening helps wash away bacteria from your skin and hair and keeps your skin and hair in healthy condition.

These are three of the benefits of using soft water in your home. If your locale commonly supplies hard water, reliable water softener replacement services in Utah can bring you to experience these great benefits of soft water.

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Auction Results

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    11 Milners Rd $505,000 S 4
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Yarra Junction, VIC 3797 (57.25 km to CBD)

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Pace Galleries

"Social Media," Using the Web to Rebel Against the Web

Social Media, installation view. At The Pace Gallery (510 West 25th Street, NYC) through October 15.Social Media at The Pace Gallery assembles a group of artists responding to the internet, whether as a way of bringing people together, as an aesthetic influence, or as a state of affairs to regard skeptically and even satirize. Social Media takes a long view that starts in the 1960s with Robert Heinecken (the show’s one pre-internet artist), who altered magazines like Time and Mademoiselle with his own collages and put them back on supermarket racks for others to stumble on. Since Heinecken, the idea of pulling from, responding to, and feeding back into the media has become more commonplace – Twitter, Tumblr, conceptual art video games, supercuts, and super supercuts attest to the prevalence of Heinecken’s media interventionism. Before the opening, the gallery convened exhibiting artists Aram Bartholl, David Byrne, Emilio Chapela, Penelope Umbrico, and Miranda July for a panel moderated by Artlog. The panelists articulated a desire to explore new technology without making art merely about the technology’s novelty, or as Byrne put it, “making art about telephone wires.” July emphasized that her project preceded (and anticipated) the websites we think of as social media. Her collaboration with Harrell Fletcher, Learning to Love You More, created a community around an ongoing series of art assignments posted online from 2002-2009. Bartholl likewise emphasized how quickly the internet is evolving and how recently the term social media supplanted the previously trendy “Web 2.0.” Bartholl’s work registered this push and pull most dramatically with Dead Drop, an “offline, peer-to-peer file-sharing network.” In other words, USB sticks poking out of cement walls around New York, an antithesis to cloud computing, Google’s server farms, and the assumption that we can find all the data we need online. Penelope Umbrico brought online image service Flickr offline in her installation Sunset Portraits from 9,623,557 Flickr Sunset Pictures on 8/22/11, a grid of over one thousand pictures of sunsets taken on that date, printed in a somewhat pixelated, compressed format that refers back to their digital origins. The nearly ten million pictures referenced in the title are a concrete instance of the idea that everyone is becoming a cultural producer, their own Heinecken, yet the kitschy ubiquity of sunset photography undermines any triumphalism in that sentiment. In taking the internet offline, much of the work brings the web down to human scale. Chapela spoke most candidly about social media as a common adventure, something to “explore together” and also to fail at. “We are going to keep failing to grasp what social media is,” he said, and his work made that futile attempt concrete. Chapela’s According to Google records Google image search results in bound volumes, by nature outdated and incomplete. Back in 2002 when July launched Learning to Love You More, she considered the internet “a really cool way to get lots of people involved” and “to ask people to engage with other people.” Keeping the focus on the interaction and not the technology, she designed the website’s assignments so that participants would have to leave the computer in order to complete them. July called her strategy “using the web to rebel against the web,” and strains of that rebellion echo throughout the show, a tone that might resonate even more in 2011 than 2002, as the internet in equal measure facilitates protests and compromises privacy. Social Media is on view at The Pace Gallery (510 West 25th Street, NYC) through October 15 and is organized by Pace/MacGill in conjunction with The Pace Gallery and the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts.
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Monument Park Road

Monument Park Road is fairly close and easily accessible from Pagosa Springs.  Drive out Piedra Road and turn left on Turkey Springs Road (FR 629).  Drive out a couple miles and park at the intersection with Monument Road (FR 630).

This ride starts at an elevation of about 8000 feet and climbs up to about 8700 feet.  There is 1430 feet of total ascent.  This route, to the end of the road and return, is 15.5 miles.  It is mostly a fast gravity ride on the return leg.

View TOPO! map attached at the bottom of this page.

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Feisty Cuffs, Cosplayer and Host of Kapow! – Episode 100

Cosplayer and YouTube show host Feisty Cuffs has been in love with the cosplay community since her very first convention. She enjoys the creative process of constructing her own costumes and props, and picks her next cosplay projects based on whether she can learn a new technique or skill.

Feisty loves attending conventions as a cosplayer, panellist and cosplay judge, and connecting with like-minded geeks. You may even recognise her as one of the hosts and of the Kapow! Comic Book Show on YouTube.

Feisty and I have a great chat about being that friend you invite to a fancy dress party, a love of European comic books, meeting those crazy people you just click with, the awesomeness of being asked to host a cosplay competition at the Rooster Teeth Expo and her favourite comic book character of all time!

Keep listening after the chat wraps for a retrospective on the first 100 episodes of The Paid to Play Podcast!

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Kimberley Clark: A Self-Published Urban Fantasy Author – Episode 83

Self-published author of urban and erotic fantasy Kimberley Clark is determined to make sure that every item on herbucket list is crossed off. One of those items was to write a novel – yet after completing that project, Kimberley discovered that rather than moving on to the next thing, she had to keep going as a writer.

Kimberley is now the self-published author of a trilogy of erotic urban fantasy novels, the Battles in the Dark series, which are on sale on Amazon. We had a great chat about pursuing your dreams, the struggle in finding a good editor and the choice between self-publishing and seeking out a traditional publisher.

Bringing Princesses to Life: Sharna, Ever After Parties – Episode 69

It’s interesting how things tuned out: The recording order of my chat with Sharna, owner and operator of and performer in Ever After Parties, comes out twelve months after she started the company!

Ever After Parties specialises in making make-believe a little more real by bringing beloved characters from animated movies to children’s parties. It’s cosplay in one of its purer forms; it’s no coincidence that Sharna was a cosplayer before she got into performing at kids’ parties.

We chat about Sharna’s love of anime and Disney, going from a princess party company employee to staring her own company at just sixteen years of age (while still at high school) and the support you can get from the most unlikely quarters as long as you stand by your paid play!

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The Soul of an Animal: Beck and Ken Drake, Zoo Studio Pet Photography – Episode 55

After taking photos of pets as a hobby for years, it took Ken Drake answering the dreaded, “What do you do for work?” question with what he wished he could be doing (instead of the software engineer work he’d been looking for) to start him down the path of getting Paid to Play.

Ken’s wife Beck had similarly been in business and marketing for years, and when her husband’s sideline began gathering steam, Beck herself saw an opportunity to start bringing meaning into the work she’d already been doing.

The result is Zoo Studio, which produces fantastic images of people’s pets! These two were a request of my wife Vickie, and I was very glad to chat with them about going Venkman on one of the most joyous hobbies possible!

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Creating on Skin and in Costume: Ash Chain – Episode 42

Forty-two episodes! Does that mean my guest for this episode is the Answer to the Question of Life, The Universe and Everything?

Even if not, it’s great to chat with someone who’s found some pretty good answers to the Question of Getting Paid to Play – and I mean answers, plural! Ash Chain is not only monetising her hobby of cosplay through print sales at conventions, she’s also been able to get into a day job that is all about artistic expression and her personal interests: Tattooing.

Ash has already made her name in both the Brisbane ink and cosplay scenes, and just recently she made the move from the Big Smoke to Cairns, where she will be running a stall at our first ever pop culture convention, Tropicon!

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A Rising Star of Australian Cosplay: Vicky-Vic – Episode 41

In her handful of years in the hobby, Vicky-Vic has risen to the forefront of the Australian cosplay scene, a feat doubly impressive when she not only lives a little off the beaten track in Queensland, but also works as a registered nurse, a job that would take the spare energy out of anyone.

Nonetheless, Vicky-Vic’s enthusiasm and fantastic results have made her star rise so much that organisers of pop culture conventions across the region have begun inviting her as a guest and also a judge of their cosplay competitions. And she’s not even monetised her play (yet)!

It was a pleasure to chat with Vicky-Vic, who will be one of the three guest judges of Tropicon’s cosplay competition, about her love of the hobby, the fun folks in the scene and some of the unique difficulties of being not just an Australian cosplayer, but a slightly remote Australian cosplayer!

I also make a couple of exciting announcements on the Patreon front at the beginning of the episode!

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Getting a Book Published and Overcoming Affliction: Talitha Kalago, Episode 22

Once again, I worry about whether I’m selling my guest the wrong way. Really, the quality of the maker’s work ought to sell itself.

But again, there is that story of having one of the best explanations for not following your passion in the world and still not letting that stop you. Talitha Kalago battles a potentially fatal disease known as Stevens-Johnson syndrome. It’s a fight which could almost be a full-time occupation itself.

But while most of us only talk about getting a book published, Talitha has carved out the time to not only write but find an agent and get her work on the shelves. When I interviewed her, Talitha had just received her first royalty cheque!

This podcast, thankfully, is more about that journey to publishing that all authors face and how you can get your career as a writer started. Listen and enjoy!

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Many of schools seems inclined not to get registered with the education department

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The school-by-school raids by inspection teams of the provincial education department aimed at checking the malpractices at thousands of private schools have drawn protests from these institutions. The mushrooming of the private schools can be traced back to the nationalisation of education in the early 1970s by the then government. The deregulation of the education later resulted in the springing-up of all sizes of schools in all the areas of the city many of which preferred not to get registered with the Education Department.

Today, some 2,400 private schools in Karachi are registered with the Sindh Education Department while the number of unregistered private schools is estimated at between 2,500 to 3,000. The Sindh Education Department launched a campaign whereby a number of inspection teams visited private schools across the city asking them a number of questions like fee and teachers' salary structure, admission policy and the syllabus.

Till last week, the Inspection Teams visited a total of 49 private schools. The campaign and its findings have been reported in the print media alongwith some very negative remarks about certain private schools. Bay View Academy, a private school located at a purpose-built premises in Defence area, is one such school.

Talking to PAGE the principal and director of the Bay View Academy, Shahpur Jamall, said that like many other good schools his institution was also not registered. "We have consciously decided not to get registered as it would have compromised our education standard," he said. "It would have meant tying us down with such intricacies as the salary structure of our teachers, denied us to induct the curriculum and syllabus and most of all the educational requirements of teachers whom we prefer to train ourselves," he elaborated.

He said that Bay View Academy will register with the Education Department though it would do so under-protest. The deadline for registration of the unregistered schools has been extended twice already from 19 of this month to 25 and later to the 31st. Till last week some 140 applications were issued by the Education Department for the registration of which less than ninety were completely filled in and returned.

Shahpur said that while a number of prestigious schools which charge extremely high tuition fees have not been touched by the inspection teams, his school was maligned by the media. While there are schools in Karachi which charge $ 8,000 a year, strictly in dollars, and others whose monthly tuition fee is a high Rs 22,000 much fuss was made in the press about us charging Rs 7,500 tuition fee monthly. In fact, he added, we charge a much lower tuition fee which ranges between Rs3,250 and Rs 4,500 per month depending on the grade level.

Criticising the attitude of the inspection team which was lead by a University professor and two other members, Shahpur said that 'inspection' looked more like a 'raid'. Despite by us providing the team all the information asked by it the next day's newspapers were full of blatant lies including that the principal of the Academy is a mere matriculate while in fact 'I hold a Masters degree from the University of California at Los Angeles having three-year work experience with the Los Angeles Unified School District.'

We were also accused of hiring unqualified staff which was underpaid. This again was not true as most of our teachers have B.A., M.A and even Masters degree from such prestigious institutions as London and Columbia University. We provide our teachers with in-house training on regular basis and besides holding regular workshops have even flown a teacher trainer from Los Angeles to provide an intensive training programme to our teachers at our own expense, he added. "We have two teachers for every 25 students upto class IV which gives us an overall ratio of 54 teachers for our 510 students one of the best teacher-student ratio of 1:10."

Tracking the history of the Bay View Academy, Shahpur told PAGE that the school started out from a single rental premises in Clifton which later expanded to three rental premises at different locations in the same area. The parents of the students liked our school so much that they asked us what were our requirements of school and to built just such a premises and to lease it to us. The purpose-built building where we moved late last year is the memento of that appreciation by the parents of our students which is leased to us for ten years.

Defending the Rs 20,000 admission fee, Shahpur Jamall said it was necessitated by the 10 per cent increase in the rental every year. In addition, teachers and staff salaries totals Rs 800,000 per month which also goes up 10 per cent every year due to increase in cost of living as we don't want to lose teachers which are exclusively trained for us, he added.

Shahpur said that instead of intimidating the private schools the government should find ways and means to improve the quality of public education. The government schools should use the expertise of the good private schools to train its teachers in return for allowing certain incentives like subsidised utility etc., he added.


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September 25, 2015 Christian

Dev Blog 12 -What a Crazy Week!

It has certainly been a very exciting and busy week for everyone here at NVYVE Studios. We launched our brand new Rebirth Trailer and a ton of brand new screenshots, went live on Greenlight and subsequently hit 1st place within 48 hours and we had Adam and Alayna at Unite Boston doing some talks!

Overall Reception

The reception from the community has been completely insane and we are overjoyed to hear literally thousands of people speaking so highly about P.A.M.E.L.A. We’ve been reading comments just about everywhere we can find them and soaking in all these voices so that we can mold the game into the best that it possibly can be. If you made a comment somewhere, we’ve probably read it and have taken notes :)

Our brand new trailer was picked up by a ton of websites (some articles linked below), many of which I’ve been reading since I was a kid so I personally was a little fan-girlish to see our game up there. We partnered up with Jeff van Dyck, most well known for being composer for the Total War series as well as audio director for Alien: Isolation, to create an original score for the trailer and we absolutely love how it turned out. Be sure to give him a shoutout over on Twitter @jeff_van_dyck and if you haven’t seen’t the trailer yet, well here it is!

To say our experience on Greenlight so far has been good would be a gigantic understatement. We were flabbergasted to see the absolute explosion of positivity and the very steep graph of votes over time on Steam’s back-end. We will be doing a more in-depth postmortem of our Greenlight process in the near future so keep an eye out for that!

What’s Next?

So what’s next? Well we’re probably going to reward ourselves with a nice steak dinner… Oh! You mean about the game? 😉 Well our next milestone is PAX South at the end of January and that includes a sweet playable demo! If you’re planning on heading down South (or are already in the area), be sure to come check out our booth and be one of the first to play P.A.M.E.L.A. and meet the dev team. There will be more on this as we get closer to the date and have more information to share, but for now just keep your eyes peeled.

As always, thanks for stopping by our blog and if you want to be notified of more specifics about PAX, other upcoming exhibitions, monthly newsletters and more, please sign up to our newsletter (we try to keep the number of emails limited so don’t worry about a spam-fest).

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Monday, April 21, 2014

No Place Like Home with Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog Challenge #6

Challenge #6 Sketch Challenge, with a Twist is the challenge for the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.

Use the sketch  as inspiration for creating your project. You can modify the sketch to create a card, scrapbook layout, altered canvas, mini book cover, and so on. Now, for the TWIST! You must search your hoard and find one item that is OLD and one item that is NEW and use them BOTH on your project. Show us how you combine older items from your stash with something recently purchased.
There's No Place Like Home Card is my project showing off the sketch. My NEW or almost new product is Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazaar just because I haven't used much out of my paper pads since I purchased it so I am going to count it as my "new". LOL
For my old is the Wizard of Oz Stamp Set from Hampton Arts that I have had since the collection came out, at least 2 or so years ago...first time used and I am positive not the last. I stamped Dorothy and her little dog Toto twice on Bazzil card stock and using my Copic Markers colored the images in, fussy cut all the pieces out and layer them together with small pop dots prior to placing them on my card base that was layered together.
 I punched out my little flowers using a McGill Punch and rolled them using their flower tools,adding different color and style of bling to the centers.

Another product that is really old is my die cut from Cottage Cozy, it has to be at least 3 years old and again the first time I used it but thought it fit the design of the sketch perfectly. The sentiment and little walking bricks are both on the Wizard of Oz stamp set....I hope you enjoyed my take on the sketch challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create using it, make sure to link up you project using Mr. Linky on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog and for further details on the challenge just go HERE!!! for more inspiration check out the rest of the CHACB Design Team...Hugs Pammejo
Design Team:

Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazzar Collection
Hampton Arts/Graphic 45 Wizard of Oz Stamp
McGill Flower Punch and Tool Kit
Cottage Cozy Magnolia Doily
Craftwell eBosser
Copic Markers
Various Gemstones
White Seam Binging
EK Success Scallop Punch
Pop Dots

Hampton Art, founded in 1980 in picturesque Long Island, NY, has been inspiring stampers, crafters and paper craft enthusiasts for over 20 years. One of the earliest “art stamp” companies, Hampton has transformed over the years to become a  provider of creative products such as stamps, inks, papers, k...ids crafts, stationery, scrapbooking supplies, and card making accessories for crafters of every age and skill level. We focus on working together with other companies through strong, personal relationships and licensing partnerships to consistently bring fun, inspiring products to market. We have a portfolio of brands including Hampton Art™, Studio G™, Diffusion, Ditto™, and our latest addition, Ki Memories®, acquired in 2012. Our products can be found via most national craft retailers at over 5000 stores across the US and Canada. We also ship to 20 different countries across the globe. Hampton was acquired by National Spinning Co, Inc. of Washington, NC, our current home, in 2008. For more information, visit our Website.

  1. We're not in Kansas any more, Toto! You captured the vibrancy and color of the Wonderful World of Oz in this delightful card. So fun, Pammiejo! Great interpretation of the sketch!

  2. Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL, card, Pam! So full of color and texture, great job here!!!

  3. This card just makes me very happy! Love the little Toto dog and all the wonderful colors!

  4. Just love this, the colors are amazing and Toto is perfect!! xo

  5. I get such a kick out of the fact that you combined BoHo Bazaar with Wiz of Oz. You are a riot. This is AMAZING. You are so super talented!

  6. This makes me so happy to look at. The combination of papers and the bright cards. Oh my. Love it

  7. Gorgeous Card!! The papers are so pretty!

  8. I love your card. I have had this paper for so long, and never used it. You have inspired me!


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Monday, August 18, 2014

Challenge #14 Button it Up with Craft Hoarders Anonymous and Altered Pages Blog Hop

Challenge #14 Button it Up!
Crafters of every stripe are button hoarders! Buttons are pretty, inexpensive, and extremely versatile. If you are a card maker, quilter, layout artist, or anything in between, you probably have a button hoard! Buttons come in many sizes, styles, shapes, and colors, plus they are easy to store...usually in cute containers! Pull out those bins of buttons and use some of them for your challenge project!
As soon as seen what our challenge on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog was this month I knew I was going to finally be able to dress this mannequin. The mannequin has been on my shelf for almost two years just waiting for that special event, lol.
The mannequin is about 10" tall. I painted the top of the form in a flesh color and the stand part in black prior to dressing.
I started my dress by first making an underskirt using 7 Gypsy Key Tissue Paper, fold it in half and do a running stitch at the top. (Be careful to gradually pull the thread through or the paper will tear) Once you have attached the paper to the form wrap more tissue paper around the top to form the dress top.
I cut out 10 black and 10 of the tulle paper from Canvas Corp to form the skirt and attached them to waist of my mannequin and added a large red button to the tulle pieces.   (Canvas Corp is also one of our fabulous sponsors for this challenge.)
I wrapped the waist with sheer ribbon, made a pretty bow and added a tag from the Antique Sewing Collage Sheet from Altered Pages along with flowers and a few metal embellishments.
Of course with the challenge being "buttons" I had to add a buttons to my mannequin.
Wow, that was a lot of photos but here is one more of how I finished the bottom of the stand. Love these little scissors I had in my stash.
To finish my project I made a fabulous card from the scraps I had left of the Canvas Corp Paper and flowers. I love the vintage Antique Sewing Collage Sheet from Altered Pages and thought the image of the little girl was perfect for may card. I am so glad you stopped by my blog to check out my project and encourage to check out the rest of the projects for the CHACB  and Altered Pages Design Team post.
Remember to get out those buttons and link up your projects to the Craft Hoarder Anonymous Challenge Blog for a chance to win the prize from Altered Pages.
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Design Team
Altered Pages Design Team:
Altered Pages Blog
Roni Johnson
Trisha Too
Daniella May
Stephanie Siatta

Tonya Trantham
Robin Horasanian

Debi Tullier
Barbara Rankin
Lyneen Jesse

 ALTERING YOUR CREATIVITY, that's what we believe in at Our job is to supply you with inspiration and the tools to make it happen. We enjoy the creative process of all skill levels and mediums, so dive in and have fun with this challenge. Both Design Teams are creating inspiring works to spark you into creating too! Grab those bins and boxes, drag out your stash and let's GO.

Canvas Corp, based out of Springdale, Arkansas, is led by Randy and Christine Meier. Canvas Corp manufactures and distributes a line of craft, scrapbooking and home decor basics under the brand name Canvas Home Basics. Established in 2006, Canvas Corp made its entry into the market with a focus on products that offer great basic solutions for the craft and home decor markets. Joining the Canvas Corp umbrella of brands was BagWorks and 7gypsies in 2011 and the newest member of the brand team is Tattered Angels who joined in 2012.

  1. Oh, Pammiejo! This project is sew completely unique and fabulous and fun. I love the clever construction of the skirt, the wonderful color palette (those red buttons are perfect!) and oh, just everything about this amazing mannequin. The button collar just blows me away. You sewed this one up with style, my friend!

  2. As also anything you create Pam is simply gorgeous! I love how you "sewed" the tissue paper and how you used the buttons on the dress form! <3

  3. This dress form is so fun. I love the kraft, red and black combination. What a fantastic project you created!

  4. The fan shapes for the skirt are so clever, and the red and black just make the whole project vibrant!

  5. Beautiful mannequin, Pam. I love how you decorated it, and now you have certainly inspired me to decorate my mannequin that I, too, l have had sitting naked on a shelf for a few years. Your card is amazing, too. You are so talented and you always inspire me! So happy to be hopping along with you today.

  6. Hands down, best project the hop! I love the color combo, and that skirt! Get out of town! Amazing. The buttons...all the tiny details that make this a perfect project! I would love to have this on a shelf in my work area! Wonderful, work Pam, as always!

  7. Just a unique and very clever project for sure. It just takes my breathe away. Love it !

  8. Wow, Pam, this is fantastic!! The red buttons are very striking on the neutral colors of the dress and make it snazzy!

  9. Wow Pam this is just gorgeous the colors, embellishments everything about it and I just adore the image you have used on your card! xx

  10. Red is my favorite color and I soooo love this dress form you created ! !

  11. Pam this is over the TOP!!! WOW... what an amazing project!!! Great colors, awesome use of buttons!!!

  12. Gorgeous apparel for the mannequin. And the matching card is just fab! I agree, that vintage paper is to die for.

  13. I love this project! The red buttons just pop and the whole mannequin is delightful with lovely details. Your matching card is so sweet! Love!

  14. Another outstand project! Love every details of your dress form and the colors are a great combination.

  15. Fantastic, I love this the dress form is stunning, I love all of the little do-dada you used on it. The card is totally beautiful.

  16. Love, love, love!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful! thanks for share!


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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Inspire Card with Craftwell

 Hi Pam today sharing with my Inspire Card, I hope it will "inspire" you to look closely at the papers you are working with and seeing if you can use images from them as the focal point of your projects!!!
I found the word "INSPIRE" for my card!!!!
Adhere distressed pattern paper and red card stock to the top of your card base.
 Begin by first running the wafer thin die and pattern paper through the Craftwell Cut N Boss using two A plates, B plate, metal shim and platform.
Repeat to get the cut out on both the top and bottom of your pattern paper.
Using distress tool, distress the edge of prepared paper and adhere to front of card.
Run the BigZ Die, pattern paper and chipboard using the Cut N Boss, two A plates and pattern paper.
distress pattern paper and red card stock mat using the distress tool.
Adhere together and place on front of card.
Adhere chipboard and  pattern paper border together.
Place on word and scallop border
Adhere to top of card base.
 Die cut BigZ Button Jars and Labels Die using chipboard, pattern paper and two A plates through the Cut N Boss.
Adhere button jar and labels togethertogether.
 Tie twine around button jar, add "Inspire" label and tickets coming out of the top of the jar.
Place on card front with pop dots.
(HINT: mist up the tickets using water mister, crumple up, uncrumple and form the tickets.
Allow to dry completely.)
 I hope I have "inspired" you to make some inspirational projects by just looking carefully at your pattern papers and dies. Hugs Pammejo
Craftwell Design Team
I'm so happy to be a Craftwell Design Team Member and help promote their wonderful products. They so generously supply us with so many fabulous dies, embossing folders and Cut N Boss Die Cutting Machine to work with like those that I'm using today.
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  1. Apologies for being so late to come and visit - I love this beautiful card. The stitchlits make a fantastic border and I adore the little button jar, the crumpled tickets are a wonderful finishing touch too! Hugs, Anne xx


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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Enjoy a free drink at Doris Wong's Hong Kong night club

This item fits in nicely with this week's theme of night-life ephemera.1 It's an undated card, 4¼ inches wide, for the Golden Lion night club and bar on Gloucester Road in Hong Kong. The front of the card features a martini glass, a pair of elegant dancers and a blue stamp for a "SECOND FREE DRINK."

Based on the address, the Golden Lion was located in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong. I believe that the club has long vanished from existence.2

Here's a look at the inside of the card.

And so we learn that Doris Wong's establishment featured first-class service, music, mixed drinks and attractive girls. It doesn't, however, mention dancing. Was the illustration on the front misleading?

Finally, there is a nifty map3 on the back of the card, showing sailors how easy it was to get from Fenwick Pier and the station ship to Golden Lion.

Fenwick Pier features a "Fleet Arcade" that was set up in the 1950s by the U.S. Navy. According to Time Out Hong Kong, "the Fleet Arcade was built to serve as an R&R point for sailors on their way to and from the pleasures of Wan Chai’s more salubrious parts. While nowadays it’s much quieter than in the past, it’s still home to numerous quality goods and services."

For more on what this area of Hong Kong was like from the perspective of a U.S. sailor during the time of the Golden Lion, I highly recommend "Station Ship Hong Kong" on Seven Years a Sailor (

1. See posts on Frank's Pig-Pen in West Berlin, items from the October 1971 issue of Berlin Today (including Rolf Eden's international dance bars), and Mader's German restaurant in Milwaukee.
2. There is, however, an establishment called The Golden Lion on Gloucester Road ... in Bristol, England. Tonight, The Golden Lion is featuring "Acid Funk & Boogaloo W/ Guy Calhoun & Friends." In case you were wondering.
3. Want to check out more vintage maps? See these previous posts:

Friday, March 7, 2014

QSL card: The motorcycling Doughtys of Bucksport, Maine

I'm finally making my way through the last small batch of QSL cards from a shoebox full of them that I bought in early 2012. Most of them have been resold or — in one case — returned to the original family.1

This QSL for KMZ-2552 is titled "Motorcycle Mama & Motocycle Papa." They are the Doughtys of Bucksport, Maine.2 I'm not sure what the symbolism is with regard to Bob and Rosalie crashing a motorcycle into a brick wall upon which Humpty Dumpty/Laurie is tottering, but I'm sure there's a great story behind it. And I do love QSLs with original illustrations.

The card was sent to XM-632-3396, and, on the back, the Doughtys added this note, which is dated November 15, 1977: "We QSL 100% so extras are always appreciated. 3's & 8's your way. Rosalie & Bob."

I'm also curious what these two little symbols on the left-hand side of the card refer to. Anyone have any ideas?

1. A family from Texas contacted me recently when they saw one of the QSLs posted on Papergreat. They wrote: "This was my dad's card from back in the early 60s. Where did you find it? This hit me like a ton of bricks. If you have the card is it possible I can retrieve it from you as it is really a part of our family history." And, after I mailed them card, they responded: "I have passed it onto my sister, the family historian. This has really brought us a lot of great memories and laughs as we can all remember Dad sitting at the Browning Eagle. That was our communication system for long distance between the house and the farm property." I was happy to get the card back into their hands, and I wish I could do it more often with some of the things posted here on the blog.
2. This is the second time Bucksport has been mentioned on Papergreat. The town and its spooky history were mentioned in the December 2012 post titled "1915 post-Christmas postcard: 'Many thanks for the stationery.'"

Thursday, March 6, 2014

"Famous People who have dined at Mader's"

This is the front of a card that given out at Mader's, a famous Milwaukee restaurant, back in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

Mader's, which is renowned for its German cuisine and has been in operation for more than a century, has welcomed an enviable list of celebrity diners over the decades. The list, according to the restaurant's website, includes U.S. presidents Kennedy, Reagan and Ford, Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Boris Karloff, Howard Cosell, William Shatner, Justin Bieber, and Clark Gable. To name just a few.

And so I wondered what I might find in the moments before I flipped open this old card.

A photo of JFK with some wiener schnitzel?

Cary Grant with a plate of pork shank and sauerkraut in front of him?

Alfred Hitchcock noshing on spätzle?

None of the above.

Here's what was inside...

I don't suppose I could convince anyone that's Audrey Hepburn under the costume?

Oh well. At least it fits in with this week's bunny theme.

More goodies from the October 1971 issue of Berlin Today

Frank's Pig-Pen, a former West Berlin watering hole that was the subject of last night's post, was just one of the interesting things to be found within the October 1971 issue of Berlin Today, an entertainment guide geared primarily toward the U.S. military members stationed in West Berlin during the Cold War.

Here are some of the other neat things from this 40-page staplebound publication:

1. The are daily listings for Armed Forces TV-Berlin, a low-power UHF channel that was available West Berlin. Some of the television shows that were regularly aired included My Favorite Martian, Green Acres, Dragnet, Playboy After Dark, Sesame Street, Bonanza, Room 222, and The Tim Conway Comedy Hour.1

2. Although Armed Forces TV had very limited movie offerings, there were at least four West Berlin movie theaters with lineups geared toward Americans — Andrews, Columbia, Outpost and Coliseum. Some of the movies showing in October 1971 were The Vampire Lovers, Jane Eyre, The Barefoot Executive, Alex in Wonderland, Get Carter and Cold Turkey. The movie theaters also showed the 1971 Indianapolis 500, 1971 college football highlights and Woody Woodpecker cartoons.

3. There is a "Menu Translator" section featuring an illustration for Monsieur Gourmet that looks quite a bit like Stewie from Family Guy. Don't order weinbergschnecken off a menu unless you have a hankering for snails. If you order your steak nicht durchgebraten, it will come to you nice and bloody.

4. There is an advertisement for a Bechstein Grand Piano available for a one-time offer of just 9,000 Deutsche Marks. I truly don't know whether that would have been a great deal or not.

5. Finally, there is this amazing advertisement on the back page of the guide. It touts Rolf Eden's four international dance bars, which featured a mix of disco, jazz, beer, go-go girls, whiskey, orchestras, strippers, and "the latest Zany Electronic Eden Creations."

That's Rolf Eden himself in the advertisement, holding a gun and looking like James Bond.

According to an English translation of his German-language Wikipedia page, Rolf Eden Shimon is a well-known playboy and nightclub owner. He was born in 1930 to Jewish parents in Berlin. The family fled to Mandatory Palestine in 1933 as the Nazis rose to power. Eden worked as a musician for a while. He lived in Paris during the early 1950s and then returned to Berlin in 1956.

He opened the first of his establishments, the Eden Saloon, in 1957, and his nightclub empire grew from there. He eventually transitioned to real estate and fully divested himself of his clubs in 2002.

Eden has also had a side career as a movie actor. He had a role in 1962's The Terror of Doctor Mabuse, which starred Gert Fröbe (of Goldfinger fame).

Eden's German-language autobiography was published in 2012, and I think the not-safe-for-work cover tells you all you need to know about his life. The main title translates roughly to "Always Just Been Lucky."

Here are a few more Eden-related links:

1. For more on Armed Forces TV-Berlin, check out this remembrance website (which hasn't been updated since 2008, but still has a little bit of good info).

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Frank's Pig-Pen in West Berlin: Old advertisement and some memories

This advertisement for Frank's Pig-Pen, a former bar/restaurant in West Berlin, appears in the October 1971 issue of Berlin Today, a dining and entertainment guide that was partially geared toward the U.S. military members stationed there.

Berlin Today featured information for travelers, church-service listings, shopping guides and many advertisements for West Berlin's night life. The magazine's center spread contained a map of West Berlin that also showed the location of East Berlin and Checkpoint Charlie, along the Berlin Wall.

Frank's Pig-Pen was open seven days per week, from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. Its cuisine included numerous Italian specialties, "French Snails," fried chicken, U.S.-style steak, barbecued spare ribs, fried shrimp and schnitzel.

I found these memories of Frank's Pig-Pen while scouring various Internet comment threads and message boards. (I did some very light editing on some of them.)
  • "It was a few blocks up the street from Andrews barracks, at the corner of Martha Strasse and Kadettenweg. Frank's served bar food, like pizza, sausage, and fried potatoes. The upstairs was where the owner (Frank) lived."1
  • In January 2001, George DeBuchananne wrote: "The building still stands as of last summer. It is now a residence. ... I got to know Frank and Sabenia quite well. ... [Frank] realized how much money he could make by selling Italian food to GI's sick of wurst & salad. The funny part was that he really thought that he could create a 'Class Place' rather than just another smelly watering hole. Actually, Frank could cook. He had always told me that he was Italian from Brooklyn, NY. When he and Sabenia moved out of their apartment and into the place over their new bar, they thought they had hit the big time! The only trouble was that Frank spoke no German. Sabenia had all the papers made out in her name so when their relationship hit the rocks the place was like a soap opera. After the big blow-up I heard that Sabenia went for 'class' and tried to turn the place into a 'Key Club'. That didn't last long. I heard that Frank went to the Azores or somewhere and started another restaurant."2
  • Arnold Townsend, commenting on an unrelated story on, wrote: "I'll never forget 'Frank's Pig Pen' in Berlin. The food was pretty good all things considered. But for someone like me, from the Southern portion of the Bible Belt, it was most definitely an eye-opener."
  • An anonymous commenter wrote: "I remember Kramer's Place ... they had good pizza and beer ... and yes, I also remember The Golden Sun ... we called it The Golden Scum ... and that's where I was when we landed on the moon for the first time in July 1969 ... We also hung out at Frank's Place ... go straight out the front gate, cross over F'Allee and walk one block ...on the right .... we called it Frank's Pig Pen .... I staggered back to the barracks from Frank's on many nights."3
  • Finally, "Army Medic Dad" wrote: "Two blocks up the street from Kramer's Pizza was Frank's Pig Pen. It was a bar/grill run by a U.S. Army veteran and his wife. Around midnight, he would close the place to all the civilians then would bring in local 'dancing' girls, who would perform for the U.S. soldiers. There were a couple times I didn't leave there until dawn. I'd post photos but then I'd have to kill you."4

More from the October 1971 issue of Berlin Today

1 and 2. Both of these memories come from the "Bars, and Other FSB Watering Holes" page (which also has a photo of Frank's) on The Field Station Berlin Vets Group website (
3. This was found in the comment thread for a 2011 video titled "Andrews Barracks Kaserne West Berlin Germany" at this URL.
4. This comment was on a message board.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Mystery real photo postcard: Four women sitting on the ground

On the heels of last month's real photo postcard featuring a trio of schoolchildren, here's another never-used mystery card.

Again, we have more questions than answers. Who are these four women sitting on the ground? Where were they from? How did their lives turn out?

We can only date the postcard very generally. According to this page on, the CYKO logo in the stamp box dates this card to sometime between 1904 and the 1920s. That's a pretty wide range. Perhaps someone with a good knowledge of early-century fashions can pinpoint a narrower range of possible years. also features an interesting guide to the value of real photo postcards.1 Some of the most sought-after and valuable postcard topics include small towns, advertising signs, photos from Delaware, Native Americans, pre-1918 baseball stadiums and players2, bygone modes of transportation, quilting bees, and the flu pandemic. So be on the lookout for those topics if you ever come across a cache of old photo postcards!

Here's a closer look at the women on today's postcard.

1. The author of the guide provides this amusing (and surely imaginary) example to explain rarity and demand:
"If while searching in a family trunk, one found an RPPC of a woman holding a banner reading 'Woman Voters!' while she was riding a Harley Davidson motorbike up the gangplank of the Titanic in Ireland, one could easily surmise a sense of value to such an image. If that image were proved to be one-of-a-kind, or at least at most one of a few hundred, the value rises even more. Since this mythical image also incorporates 3 high demand collecting areas (Woman's rights, early motorcycles, & the Titanic), 3 aggressively active collecting groups would want to own it. It is these types of factors that drive the value of RPPCs."
2. A real photo postcard of a Negro League baseball player could be worth $4,500 to $25,000, according to the guide.

Monday, March 3, 2014

1932 William Penn first-day cover with Delaware County cachet

This first-day cover from October 24, 1932, is pretty cool.

1. It features the 3¢ William Penn stamp, which commemorates Pennsylvania's 250th anniversary. It was one of six commemorative stamps issued by the U.S. Post Office in 1932. (The others were a 2¢ Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid ski jumper, a 2¢ stamp for Arbor Day, a 3¢ Summer Olympic Games runner, a 5¢ Summer Olympic Games discus thrower and a 3¢ Daniel Webster.)

2. It was postmarked at 1:30 a.m. on October 24, 1932, in Chester, Pennsylvania. I suspect many of these prepared covers were postmarked at 1:30 a.m. There's an eBay auction for one right now.

3. It features a cachet (stamp) for the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce. The cachet notes that William Penn first arrived in Chester on October 28, 1682. (The first commercial cachet was produced in 1923, and you can read more about their history in this article by Marjory J. Sente.)

4. This cover was mailed by Frederick M. Gittings of Catonsville, Maryland, (who had a nifty return-address label) to Miss Florence Jones, also of Catsonville.

Bunny!! Bunny bunny bunny bunny bunny bunnybunnybunnybunny

This realistic Mike Roberts Color Productions postcard was mailed in 1986 with a 14-cent Sinclair Lewis stamp. The caption states:
"SADDLING UP BIG JACK. It is not unusual to break these big fellows and use them for ranch work."

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Rhoda Campbell Chase's illustrations for "Hansel and Gretel"

A century ago, in 1914, the American Book Company published Story Hour Readers (Book Three) by Ida Coe and Alica J. Christie. One of the book's primary illustrators is Rhoda Campbell Chase. But I can't uncover much about her, beyond the fact that most of her known work was in children's and school books published in the 1910s.

Wayne Burrows, writing on The Serendipity Project, states that Chase worked "in a style derived from (and perhaps midway between) Kate Greenaway and Edmund Dulac."1

Chase provided seven illustrations — five of which are included in this post — for the version of "Hansel and Gretel" included in the reader. This variation seems to be based upon the 1893 opera by Engelbert Humperdinck and Adelheid Wette. For one thing, there's no wicked stepmother. (The Grimm Brothers' version didn't have a wicked stepmother, either.) There are also no pebbles or bread crumbs.

There are other changes and additions, too. It goes something like this:

Broom maker Peter and his wife, Gertrude, live in a cottage on the edge of a forest in Germany with their children, Hansel and Gretel. One day, the children are left home alone to do chores while their parents are away. Their labor becomes tiresome. "Come, Gretel, let us have some fun!" says Hansel, stirring up trouble. And so they do a little song and dance inside the cottage. The mother returns home, sees the frolicking children and chides them for their laziness.

The mother attempts to punish Hansel with a whack of the broom, but he darts out of the way and she accidentally tips over a jug of milk, their only food in the house. Cranky mother (and can you blame her?) directs Hansel and Gretel to go into the woods to pick strawberries. She tells them not to return until their basket is full, "for there is nothing else for supper."

After the children leave to perform their task, Peter returns home with a bounty of food2 — he sold all of his brooms for a tidy profit — and is worried to hear that the children are out in the woods so late in the day. "I fear that the terrible Witch of the Forest may find them, and that we shall never see them again," he cries.

Meanwhile, Hansel and Gretel, the bums, are taking their good old time picking strawberries. Also, they are eating the strawberries they do find, because they are so hungry. Soon, their basket is empty again. By now, however, it's too dark to see the strawberries. As Gretel begins to weep, they hear "soft voices among the trees," and the light of a will-o'-the-wisp heads toward them.

Hansel and Gretel run and hide.

A friendly little man with a long white beard finds them and sings a song that puts them to sleep, for he is the Sandman.

While the children sleep through the night, a group of elves, fairies and wood nymphs sing songs and dance in a circle around them. At dawn, the Dew Fairy sprinkles dew upon the children's faces with her magic wand.

Then there's more singing.

The children wake to find they are next to a house made of candy. The roof is chocolate, the windows are sugar plums and the fence is gingerbread. So the children nibble away at the house, of course.

Suddenly, out pops a witch with a pointed hat and a stick. This is, of course, the Witch of the Forest. She's creepy and she invites the children in for candy, cake, apples and nuts. They decline and try to run away. But the witch casts a spell that freezes them in their tracks. Hansel is caged and fed sweets to fatten him up before he is cooked.

The witch decides to bake Gretel first and directs her to set the table while she starts a fire. Then the witch decides, oddly, to take a ride on her broom while the oven (located in the front yard) is heating up. Upon landing, the witch directs Gretel to climb into the oven and see if it is hot enough to bake bread. Gretel declines, claiming she is afraid.

The witch, inexplicably, climbs into the oven to show Gretel how it's done. Gretel slams the oven door shut, and that's that.

Hansel and Gretel, as they are wont to do, sing a little song in celebration. They use the witch's Elder Bush3 to transform the candy house into a flower-covered cabin. Mom and Dad arrive moments later, and everyone lives happily ever after.

Here are more of the illustrations for this tale by Rhoda Campbell Chase.

1. The Serendipity Project has the following mission statement on its home page: "The Serendipity Project will post a single item each day between May 1 2011 and April 30 2012. Items might be books, records, ephemera, objects, photographs or artworks. The contents feed visual and written material on sites linked to from this page." That makes it a neat companion site to Papergreat, and I hope its acts of "preservation" of this ephemeral material is further saved or preserved. The Rhoda Campbell Chase post was published on February 13, 2012, and titled "ALTERED RHODA CAMPBELL CHASE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM TOLD BY THE SANDMAN BY ABBIE PHILLIPS WALKER (HARPER & BROTHERS, 1916)."
2. Bread, butter, potatoes, ham and eggs.
3. The sambucus (or elderberry) has a long history in folklore. Sometimes the plant was used by witches, and sometimes it was used as protection against wishes. The Elder Wand in the Harry Potter series is made of sambucus.


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Yangon, the capital is growing in numbers by the day. The curiosity and opportunity of Myanmar has attracted people near and afar for business and leisure.  You will relish in the charm of the past, and be astounded by the progress this country is making toward its future.

Weather: The best time to visit Myanmar is from November – February. From March – June, the temperature soars to 100 degrees. The monsoon season ranges from July – October.

Basic Style Etiquette for Men and Women: Women should dress conservatively; short or tight clothing is not appropriate, however women wear dresses, skirts and short sleeved shirts. Men dress rather conservatively. Causal clothing involves t-shirts and jeans, khakis and white dress shirts are worn for business meetings. Men and women must cover their shoulders and legs when visiting a religious site.

For other suggested activities: Pack hiking/workout attire

Culture: The people of Myanmar are sincere and friendly. They openly welcome tourists and are happy to share their culture with visitors. The Tourism Board of Myanmar has published DOs and DON’TS for tourists as seen below so you can visit Myanmar responsibly.

Shopping: The traditional attire, the longyi (long skirt) is worn by many locals, however many people are influenced by western fashion. Papilia will provide you with shopping suggestions before your departure.

Some Suggested Activities:

Shwedagon Pagoda:  This majestic 2,000+ year old religious wonder is a site you cannot leave Yangon without seeing. At any time/any day, devotees, monks, and visitors are mediating, worshipping and offering flowers to the statues of Buddha. A sense of awe truly overcomes you regardless of your country of origin. The dress code is conservative for men and women. You must cover your shoulders and legs; shoes will have to be taken off before entering this holy site.

Bogyoke Aung San Market: This is the main market in town, and is bustling with food vendors, local gems and pearls, paintings, and traditional crafts, and tailors. Visitors and locals alike come to visit this market 365 days a year.

Nagar Glass Factory: Cyclone Nargis literally destroyed this family-owned glass factory once producing high-end pieces to embassies and hospitality companies in Myanmar.  This factory was never able to recover from the destruction; however the nine siblings still greet visitors who come to visit and wander through the remains to find beautiful pieces still intact for purchase.

If you’re a foodie: Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown highlights the essence of Myanmar's various cuisines. The open market in China Town will satisfy the adventurous eater who want to savor in the multitude of color  fresh fruits, vegetables, spices, and street food that this country has to offer.

Safety Tip: You must bring crisp $100 bills to exchange for Kyats, or you will have a difficult time obtaining local currency.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Hot Chicks with Papyrus

Well, there could be worse photos tagged with Papyrus for us to post. Seems like a bit of a blow to all that work though. Snagged this from newly-discovered Hot Chicks with Storm Troopers.

Monday, January 25, 2010

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Papyrus, Comic Sans, and glitter.

Caught this lovely gem in the Twitter stream of our good friend @davemmett retweeting a twitpic from @ironicsans (lol, ironic sans? killer.) This is one of the worst uses of type we've seen here, combining Papyrus and Comic Sans, the two most hated fonts on the Internet with glitter plastered on a window. Doesn't really scream Urban Country to me at all, just sorta screams, at my eyes.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Font choice from a marketing perspective. See!

Seth Godin offers some great points from a marketing perspective on why type is important. He notes that your choices will represent who you are and how people will look at you (he refers to "cheesy" fonts referring to our friend Comic Sans). Hey, people are judgemental. Your image, including typeface, tells a story. I wonder if he's seeing some of the Avatar hype?

Monday, January 18, 2010

Papyrus on PBS

Quick, pick up your phones and make a pledge! Nathan grabbed this from PBS apparently. Looks like Papyrus is making yet another appearance on TV. This is clearly not made possible by viewers like you.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Papyrus & Sons Beer

If there's one thing I've learned about Papyrus on alcohol labels first-hand, it's that it's trouble. Thanks to Eric for the submission.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Papyrus on Chapelle's Show

All the way from New Zealand, Manuel sends us a screenshot of a clip from Chapelle's Show, "A Moment in the Life of Lil John". I'm hoping this is part of the joke, but even then I wasn't sure if it fit the humor, until I watched the clip, then the intentional low quality kinda made sense. Pretty funny, gets a bit too annoying too soon though, I imagine not unlike the real Lil Jon. Have a watch:

Monday, January 4, 2010

Papyrus is pretty stoked to be a in Avatar

...that of us.

Our good friend Emma found this for us over at Pr*tty Sh*tty - an open letter to James Cameron from Papyrus expressing its gratitude for being made a real Hollywood star with a lead appearance in Avatar. Very heartfelt and sincere, check it out.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Papyrus in the Font Game...but of course

When we heard about ILT's (seriously rather difficult) Font Game for iPhone we had to download it. After just a couple attempts there we had it: Papyrus. Of course I expected to see Papyrus; it should be one of the easiest to identify.

PS: Check out our Papyrus Identification Guide on Squidoo if you haven't yet, and show your non-type-geek friends so they can play/be annoyed too.

PPS: The Font Game is really well deigned and quite fun...definitely challenging, and time-based too. Not proud enough of my scores yet to post to the high-scores list yet ;)
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John Edward Truitt, 60, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 in Little Rock. He was born July 17, 1957 in Helena, to the late Jimmie Truitt, Sr. and the late Flord Lee Truitt (Neal).

John accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior at an early age and graduated with the Elaine High School class of 1975.  He attended Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, where he became a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. John relocated to Little Rock, and later, in 2008, he began his beloved trucking career. John enjoyed watching football and spending time with his family. He will truly be missed.

Along with both parents, John was preceded in death by two brothers, Ezell Truitt and Sammie Lee Truitt.

He leaves to cherish his memory,  a son, Kwasi Truitt; a stepson, Zachary Hickey, both of Little; a sister, Addie Stribling of Lake View; three brothers, Jimmie Lee (Vern) Truitt, Jr. of West Memphis, William James (Mary Helen) Truitt of Little Rock, Garry Truitt, Sr of Lake View; six grandchildren, Kailon and Kartier Truitt, Jada Thomas, Stormi Siegears, Zedrick and Zahrea Hickey, all of Little Rock; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Visitation will be held today, Oct. 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Kincaid Funeral Services Community Center Chapel at 1160 Springdale Rd., Helena.

The funeral will be at the same location Saturday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. Rev. Rickey Parks will deliver the eulogy. Burial will follow in First Baptist Church Cemetery in Elaine.

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The island and surrounding area are unique in their geological characteristics. It is the only known location where oceanic crust, from a normal mid-ocean ridge, has been lifted above sea level in a major oceanic basin. Moreover, its overall north-south trend means that it acts as a major barrier to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the earth's largest and most important oceanic current, which flows eastward about the Antarctic landmass. This impacts on the balance of oceanic and atmospheric heat and chemical exchange, which in turn has an effect on the southern hemisphere's weather patterns.

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Concerned about the fashion of the little fairies are sure to know ~ this time each year, while watching a variety of beauty of the high set show, while you can focus on the major brands of new products
6, July is the big show 17 autumn and winter new or 18 spring and summer new products, all kinds of bags at this time on the shelves, followed by Xiaobian together, the first to pass the eye addiction it

Dior this year's high set of big show man to burst Xiaobian long legs fairies who attack a face in the high before the show, fairy brand Dior Blues night activities in the release of the brand limited edition Lady Dior "Dior moon" series.
Bag is Dior classic Lady Dior as a prototype to the mysterious ancient astrology and astronomy as inspiration, with gold, silver, blue silk show the meaning of the profound moon, stars, constellations and other patterns, revealing the mysterious sense of noble The
Dior China brand ambassador Angelababy this is only the trumpet "I feel blue" limited edition, while "I feel blue" is the theme of the Blues night, show the mysterious star river scene
Wang Luo Dan's this is only the number of "Astronlogy"
Zhao Liying this is only the trumpet "moon" series, saying that really and star child ride, because the star moon cp banner never fall ~
Then introduce Dior's fried chicken, "J'ADIOR" "-" I really Dior "series, it is not the name of the package, but contains shoes, handbags and so on a series of single product, the designer clever will own The feminist declaration into the bag, clothing, jewelry, in the elegant without losing attitude
Japan issued cherry hand painted Dior, the integration of the Japanese cherry elements, the whole bag is full of spring sweet atmosphere

CHANEL last season, the hottest bag non-Gabrielle stray package none other ~ this bag to Ms. Chanel's name, showing the importance of the brand
Unique double chain, whether it is shoulder or hand are very chic, almost half of the entertainment actress are back it ~
The new release of the 2017 advanced hand Square series, add color at the same time, an increase of weaving, rough and other elements
There are rumors that Gabrielle is likely to be 84 old Lafayette in Chanel's last IT Bag, so the degree of hotth can be imagined. In addition to the most common square models, a small bucket bag is the most will sell a quick break, a small body super cute
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This summer, a small package and a wave of fire ~ LV2018 early spring show field on the emergence of the old section of the package
Is probably held in Japan show, show field is also no lack of Japanese style, such as the emergence of a large number of kabuki mask package models, the most unique eyes are all kinds of hit rate greatly reduced

Gucci style in recent years is also very obvious, all kinds of flowers and birds and insects embroidery, following the small bee tiger snake, Gucci embroidered in the bag
And in the fall of 17 years, also introduced the velvet section of the GGMarmont

Many of the big names have their own iconic design, chole's iconic design is its ring, this season's new Pixie series is the circular element to the extreme
Round bag body, coupled with the ring of the portable design, as well as curved pattern decoration, the whole bag bulging Meng Meng, cute to not
As well as the most suitable for concave shape Nile series, curved Baoshen design sense of this season is out of a lot of new color models

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The latest season is a breath on the new hundreds of bags, the new Frame series, both calm and dark models, but also bright color hit the color models, with the recent popular wide shoulder strap, back is definitely street shooting One of the most dazzling
Simple style is Celine's classic style, which Box is a minimalist design representative, although the shape is simple, but really Celine home explosion to buy can not buy this year, autumn and winter models to increase the number of color, color, a variety of soft Meng Girls, but also a lot of rare leather models

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November 10 – Another round of thrift store shopping today yielded some more great deals. It's great to know there are so many such stores clustered together on 23rd Street.

Lunch was at one of my favorite Thai places, Yum Yum on 9th Avenue. Our time together is becoming such a blur I can hardly remember details! We ended our Saturday at Katz's Deli, in honor of Father. The creamy cheesecake was the reason we went there, but we also had a light supper of matzo ball soup, pastrami on rye and potato knish.

Mother brought back some of the great pickles for us to munch on the next day at the hostel, as well as a salami for a friend back home.

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The Very Reverend Richard Ako-Adjei, the Resident Pastor of the Reverend J.C Methodist Church, Dansoman, has urged Christians to prepare for Christ’s return by shunning lifestyles that are not pleasing to God.

He said Christians have been mandated to uphold the tenets of the Bible so that they would enjoy eternal life following the Judgement Day.

The Very Rev Ako-Adjei said this over the weekend, in Accra, at a service to mark the final funeral rites of the Naa Densua IV, the Queenmother of Otublohum, one of the 13 clans of the Ga State.

He said there was no better time to contemplate the eternal future of man than this period when the Second Coming of Christ is close.

Therefore, he said, it was important for all to examine the related prophecies, which had been captured in many scriptures.

The Very Rev Ako-Adjei said irrespective of the sinful nature of man, God was prepared to grant mercy on all who would repent from their wayward lives.

He advised Christians to establish a good relationship with God to be empowered physically and spiritually to resist any temptation that may cross their path.

“We have to stand for the truth, irrespective of the persecution; the truth shall set you free, it shall unite a gathering and ensure peaceful coexistence in society,” he stated.

Christians should, however, not be judgemental but be patient with their offenders, he said, because God had stated that it was His prerogative to pass judgement.
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