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V-LINC is now part of the IMAGE Center!

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Honoring our past. Ensuring our future.

Dear V-LINC Family:

I am reaching out to you today along with all V-LINC volunteers, supporters, donors, and friends who have helped our organization touch the lives of countless children and adults with disabilities for the past thirty-six years.  As a V-LINC supporter, we all share the primary goal of honoring our mission and the service of so many by ensuring a secure future for our programs. With this goal in mind, I am excited to announce that beginning in 2019, V-LINC will be joining forces with Baltimore based non-profit, the IMAGE Center for People with Disabilities. Results of the merger will bring V-LINC services under the management of the IMAGE Center to more effectively and completely support the needs of those with disabilities in the central Maryland area.  This move will also allow us to more cost effectively continue our programs while impacting even more members of the community with our custom assistive technology program, school partnerships, and technology education services.

Through the merger, both programs will house their administrative offices and show-case technology solutions at the IMAGE Center headquarters in Towson. Custom assistive technology services will expand under the IMAGE Center and will revert to the original name, the VME Custom Assistive Technology Program.  Angela Tyler will continue her role as Volunteer Services Manager and remain the primary contact for clients, schools, and volunteer services. Our school partner teams and review committees (PRAC and CST) will continue to operate as always with the increased support of a larger administrative team and a direct pipeline of clients from the existing assistive technology and community living programs at the IMAGE Center. We also anticipate hosting at least three bike clinics in 2019 as we streamline and broaden this important V-LINC outreach initiative.

The Mary Salkever Inclusive Summer Camp has served children with and without disabilities in Baltimore since the 1990s.  Through the merger, camp services will broaden their reach by joining with several non-profit organizations in the area to host the Youth Leadership Forum held each summer at Towson University.  The Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) is a unique career leadership training program for high school juniors and seniors with disabilities. By serving as delegates from their communities, young people with disabilities cultivate leadership, citizenship, and advocacy skills.  The addition of the Mary Salkever Summer Camp will provide needed access to technology training and resources required to succeed in today’s climate.  YLF will incorporate these services by unveiling The Tamara Salkever Technology Program as part of the summer intensive beginning in 2019.  The program is renamed for Mary Salkever’s daughter who is an advocate with disabilities and the inspiration for the original summer camp program.

The IMAGE Center for People with Disabilities is a Center for Independent Living under the leadership of Executive Director, Michael Bullis. The IMAGE Center is primarily managed and staffed by professionals with disabilities. The center currently offers services to support independent living training for teens and adults; helps people remain in their own homes after disability rather than moving to nursing facilities; provides resource counseling; and serves veterans wishing to remain independent as they age.

“We could not be more thrilled to add V-LINC services through the IMAGE Center,” said Executive Director, Michael Bullis. “Our organizations  have a long history of working together and bringing these supports through a Center for Independent Living only strengthens the voices of those with disabilities and expands possibilities for community living and independence.  The options and opportunities for independence have never been broader or more exciting.  Disability, once seen as the end of a life well lived, is now the beginning of a new life of possibilities and the addition of V-LINC creates a one-stop opportunity for independence.”

Please join me as we approach the new year in celebrating the expansion of V-LINC programs operated through the IMAGE Center.  Our services will still need the gift of time from our volunteers and your financial support to be successful.  All of our services are almost completely donor funded by the generosity of community members like you.  Please consider supporting our annual giving campaign which will begin next week. Additionally, I hope you feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions in the coming weeks. Following January 1st, I will no longer act as Executive Director of V-LINC and will turn leadership of our services over to the capable hands of Michael Bullis; however, my commitment to these programs does not end.  I will continue as a volunteer member of the IMAGE Center Board of Directors along with several of our current board members. Along with you, I look forward to these exciting changes and a very bright future for V-LINC!

Carrie M. McGraw
Executive Director
V-LINC, Inc.

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A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of educational courses or training programs.

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General Insurance Services Finds Permanent Home in Downtown Valparaiso

Renovating a hair salon to an insurance office is no easy task, but for General Insurance Services, the task was worth the effort. The company celebrated the opening of their latest endeavor, the transformation of the building on Lincolnway in Valparaiso, which finally brought the company home.

“We’re grateful to be here and to plant our flag,” Craig Menne, President and CEO of GIS, said. “Owning property within the community makes us that much more invested.”

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The community gathered on Wednesday evening at the new office building for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“We’ve struggled to find our home here in Valparaiso, and even once we found it, the obstacles of rehabbing an old building came to life,” said Stephanie Domazet, Account Executive at GIS. “The fact that we’re here celebrating this is a testament to our commitment to the growth of this community. We’re so excited to finally find where we belong.”

The building features a completely revamped interior that highlights General Insurance Services’ appreciation of Valparaiso’s unique culture. After transforming the spa rooms of the previous hair salon into office spaces for the account executives, General Insurance Services looks to their future within Valparaiso.

“It’s a beautiful space. This building is a commitment to the community,” Menne said. “We wanted to honor what has been here.”

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General Insurances Services began their search for their permanent home nearly two years ago, hoping to find and renovate the perfect space that contributes to the downtown Valparaiso atmosphere.

“It’s been a long road to find what we like to call our home in Valparaiso,” Kara Moon, Marketing Coordinator of GIS, said. “Valpo is a growing, vibrant area in Northwest Indiana. This is our forever home, and we’re very excited about it.”

With the support of the Valparaiso community and, alongside members of the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce and the Duneland Chamber of Commerce, General Insurances Services and attendees cheered as Domazet cut the ribbon at the new office building.

“I’d like to thank Larsen-Danielson, Burke Constanza, the Duneland Chamber, the Valpo Chamber, my partners, all the employees who put up with so much during this process, and all of you for making the community what it is,” Domazet said. “We are so very excited to be on this journey, and so proud to be part of a community that we want to give back to and that we want to grow our families in.”

The company’s presence in downtown Valparaiso allows them to better pursue their mission in the Region, to secure the future of the communities they serve.

“We want to contribute to Valparaiso to make a community where one day, our kids might want to raise their kids,” Menne said. “It sounds weird to say that insurance can do that, but in reality, it can in the sense of providing protection. If we’re dealing with business clients, non-profits, government entities, or schools, we can, through our risk management, help keep them safe and save money. Those are dollars that they can reinvest into their organizations to help create a vibrant community. Valpo is already a vibrant community, so we just want to contribute to that.”

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How do you manage costs when it comes to health care? According to Mike Telesky, Vice President of Key Account Sales and Account Management at UnitedHealthcare, you create a culture of health ownership. Health ownership not only empowers people to make better decisions about their health, but makes sure they are well-informed and present for decisions involving their health and future.

“The best way to manage costs is to get your employees and family members involved in their health care decisions,” Telesky said. “We like to talk about a culture of health ownership within an organization.”

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UnitedHealthcare offers plenty of options for both small and large companies looking to add or expand their health offerings for employees. With unique incentives and a variety of solutions available, they're aiming to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone.

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From rusted to restored, new docu-series puts Shuswap on display

Classic car restoration show Rust Valley Restorers, based in Tappen, B.C., premieres Dec. 6

(From left) Avery Shoaf (Mike’s business partner), Mike Hall and son Connor Hall amidst the massive collection of cars at Mike’s property near Tappen. (Image contributed)

Nestled in the heart of the Shuswap in B.C.’s Interior lies a classic car lover’s dream: a sprawling collection of 400 iconic vehicles just waiting to be restored to their former glory as kings of the road.

It’s the collection of Mike Hall, a resident of the small community of Tappen near Salmon Arm, and it’s set to make a debut on the small-screen as the focus of the History Channel television show Rust Valley Restorers.

Mike Hall definitely stands out in the small community, getting his nickname, the “Rasta Blasta,” from his long blonde dreadlocks and his day-job blasting rock faces with explosives. His car collection ranges in condition from wrecked, rusted chassis housing valuable parts to near-mint collector’s pieces just needing a finishing touch.

The cars are as varied in their condition as they are in make and model.

Hall has been amassing this collection for 40 years, and has been looking for people interested in restorations to help offload some of the surplus. After making it public online that his massive collection was open for bidding, he soon found a flood of interest coming in which grabbed the attention of auto magazines and the online car community.

“I put my whole place up for sale, a 40-year collection of over 400 cars, and it kind of went nuts!” he says. “I had people calling me from England and the U.S., all over the world. I thought we had the place sold a few times to guys from Switzerland and the States. From that exposure, five or six people wanted to do a show with us.”

Related: Tappen resident seeks classic car collectors for new TV show

Following this, the collection was documented by several publications in the car community, such as Roadkill. When a viral video snowballed the popularity of the car collection, the idea of a television show came up at the beginning of 2018. After close to eight months of filming between the day job – blasting rocks with dynamite, Rust Valley Restorers is set to premiere Dec. 6 on the History Channel.

“It was definitely a different experience,” comments Connor Hall, Mike’s son and business partner. “It was a little weird getting used to having a camera in your face all the time.”

Now in semi-retirement, Mike is taking this chance to live out his dream of restoring classic cars while Connor focuses on the family business.

“Basically, I worked all year all over the province and I kept buying and buying. And then finally, I am 62 and I said ‘what am I going to do with 400 cars?’ My whole dream is I was going to retire and build cars, and that is the emphasis of the show: If not now, when?” Mike says. “I have seen my buddies who collect cars and run into health problems and their family is left with a bunch of stuff they don’t want or need, and I don’t want to do that to my wife and kids because they will curse me for eternity! So I figured, let’s build the place, start the show and give it a shot.”

While also featuring as a fixture on Rust Valley Restorers, Connor is also busy with the rock-blasting business.

“My dad sits at home and plays with his cars and I go to work and make him the money to afford to do so,” Connor jokes.

Some of the cars which feature on the show were restored for clients, while others were done out of a labour of love. Without spoiling anything too much, Mike noted they worked on everything from a 1940s-era Dodge Power Wagon to big block Chevelles, learning on the fly just how complex it was all going to be.

“There are always more problems than you can prepare for. It’s like unravelling a sweater, you just want to pull that one out- of-place thread and then you look down and you have 500 feet of yarn at your feet,” Mike says. “It’s been an extreme learning curve. They say you can’t buy experience but it’s very expensive to obtain, and I got a lot of expensive experience this year.”

Related: Photos: Classic Antique Car Show at R.J. Haney Heritage Village

Despite the huge size of the collection, both Mike and Connor can agree on something they would love to have to round out their collection: a 1957 to ‘67 split-window Corvette. And, while most of the collection is open for new owners, Mike stands firm on a few of his all-time favourites.

“In 400 cars there is some gems and some granite boulders, and when people come to buy the gems sometimes I am like Charleton Heston: you will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands,” Mike says. “Even if I don’t drive some of my cars, I just look at them and it puts a huge grin on my face. Even if it never moves, I can just go and rub the hood. It’s a weird thing.”

The majority of the show is set in and around Tappen, and both Mike and Connor are happy to get the chance to showcase their community to the world, incorporating some of their friends and other local collectors into the mix as well.

“I think it’s cool we are doing something here. You watch TV and all you see is these car shows in Las Vegas or California or down south in the U.S., but they don’t have anything in Canada,” Connor says.

However, both Mike and Connor note that it’s tough to stay low-key about their latest project in the little town of Tappen.

“I get called Hollywood about 10 times a day,” Connor says with a laugh.

“It is getting kind of freaky. I can’t go anywhere in Tappen without people making jokes like ‘hey, there goes the superstar,’” Mike adds. “I just say, don’t worry, I am not going to change, I am always going to be the same a**hole I always was.”

Rust Valley Restorers premieres Thursday, Dec. 6 at 10 p.m. PST on the History Channel.

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Mike Hall, shown here with a restored Chevelle SS at his property near Tappen, is the focal point of the History Channel show Rust Valley Restorers which premiers Dec. 6. (Image contributed)

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Very beautiful , short and easy trail.

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    Did this in January and the Lake was frozen which was pretty neat. The actual trail is quite short and offers minimal views but was nice never the less. Would be a good one to do with kids, although depending on the distance might not be worth the drive.

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      Did this trail today and it was a nice walk although there were a lot of tree roots that you walk over. There were spots that were very muddy and think that there needs to be some upkeeping to the trail. For new comers it can be a bit confusing on where to go since there are not alot of trail markers. Would do this trial again when it dries up a bit.

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When Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to Instagram to call out a “chicken shit” and “candy ass” co-star on the set of The Fate of the Furious, it was a shock. The Rock is a known entity, made of 90 percent cod and the rest sunshine. This didn’t seem like dad. Over the next eight months or so, more details emerged, and it eventually became clear that the object of Johnson's fury is franchise veteran and the film’s co-producer, Vin Diesel. What else might one expect between two grown men named The Rock and Diesel?

Just this Saturday, as the cast and crew took to the premiere red carpet, The Rock tied a nice bow on the situation while also leaving a lot of room for interpretation. He told Entertainment Tonight, “Oftentimes, just like in life, you have different philosophies and people have different fundamental philosophies on how you do things. And again, the most important thing is just the movie. So I’m happy that we're here in New York City, I’m happy the fans love it.”

Below, what happens when Vin Diesel gets stuck between The Rock and a furious place:

August 8, 2016

During the last week of Fast and the Furious 8 filming, The Rock broke the news that not all was well in the Furious family with an Instagram. He hashtagged the post “zero tolerance for candy asses,” thereby bestowing the kerfuffle with its rightful name: The Candy-Ass Feud.

At the time, people who were fine in The Rock’s book included: the crew, Universal Studios, his female co-stars, and most of his male co-stars, according to his caption. “Some [male co-stars] conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don't. The ones that don't are too chicken shit to do anything about it anyway. Candy asses.”

“When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I'm not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling—you're right,” he added.

Who is said “candy ass”? was the mystery of the day. Diesel, along with Scott Eastwood, Jason Statham, Kurt Russell, and Tyrese Gibson could have each been implicated. The following day, Gibson posted and deleted a long Instagram absolving himself.

August 9, 2016

TMZ alleged that there was a “secret meeting” between both sides of the feud. Anonymous crew pointed fingers at Diesel as the focus of the ire.

August 10, 2016

Two days later everything is fine. It’s fine! The Rock wrote in another Instagram caption saying it was so. “Family is gonna have differences of opinion and fundamental core beliefs,” the actor wrote. “To me, conflict can be a good thing, when it’s followed by great resolution. I was raised on healthy conflict and welcome it. And like any family, we get better from it.”

August 11, 2016

A groggy Diesel celebrates the end of filming by spinning up a tale about his daughter learning the word “happy,” and then takes a severe 90-degree turn, ending the story with a serious sounding, “So give me a second and I will tell you everything. Everything.” Diesel's defensive words seemed to implicate himself as the “candy ass."

He never delivered on his promise, but it kept the wound open.

August 19, 2016

The Rock posts an Instagram calling nearly everyone out by name to thank them. Diesel did not make this list.

September 2, 2016

Diesel and Johnson’s co-star Michelle Rodriguez confirms the feud. “Any human being who knows what men are like knows to stay out [of those] situations and let them figure it out,” she told People at a Call of Duty event in Los Angeles.

November 19, 2016

The feud was good for the family, The Rock told the Los Angeles Times. “I was very clear with what I said. I’ve been in the game a long time,” he said, while adding that news of the feud only raised public interest in the film itself.

April 7, 2017

The film’s press push starts in earnest. Diesel alluded to the feud without any specifics in an interview with USA Today.

“I don’t think the world really realizes how close we are, in a weird way,” Diesel said. “I think some things may be blown out of proportion. I don't think that was his intention. I know he appreciates how much I work this franchise. In my house, he’s Uncle Dwayne. . . . It’s not always easy being an alpha. And it’s two alphas. Being an alpha is sometimes a pain in the (butt).”

April 9, 2017

With six days to go until the movie opens to the public, The Rock told Entertainment Tonight that the beef was a matter of “different philosophies.”

Diesel, who was also on the red carpet, said of Johnson, “We still love each other, that's my boy. When I was making that difficult decision, should there be an 8 or not, I called [Johnson] and he said, ‘Brother, I will be there shoulder to shoulder with you to make sure it's the best movie in history.’ And he delivered.”

“At my house he’s ‘Uncle Dwayne’ and I’m proud of that,” he added.

Family. It might begin with candy asses, but it always ends with family for these guys.

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Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones

Jim Carrey is an acquired taste—one that Tommy Lee Jones never acquired. Carrey learned that the hard way when the pair got together to shoot the 1995 film Batman Forever. The night before a big scene, both actors happened to be at the same restaurant, so the comedian went over to say hello. Here’s what happened next, according to his 2014 interview with Howard Stern:

“The blood drained from his face in such a way that I realized that I had become the face of his pain or something. And he got up, kind of shaking, and hugged me and said, ‘I hate you. I really don’t like you.’ And I was like, ‘Wow, okay, what’s going on, man?’ And he said, ‘I cannot sanction your buffoonery.’”

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Shelley Duvall and Stanley Kubrick

In a 1980 interview with Roger Ebert, Shelley Duvall described working with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining as “almost unbearable.” Kubrick’s directing method is the stuff of truly grim cinematic legend; he forced her to cry for hours and hours, subjecting her to “some pretty cruel” filming tactics, she said. Duvall says she was so stressed her health took a dive and, as the story goes, some of her hair started falling out. Despite it all, Duvall said in another interview that she still respects and likes Kubrick.
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Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts

Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts

In a 1993 New York Times interview, Roberts said while her I Love Trouble co-star can be “completely charming and very nice, he’s also completely disgusting. He’s going to hate me for saying this, but he seems to go out of his way to repel people.” Later rumors circulating in the Los Angeles Times alleged that “tempers flared” on the set so much the “two played more to stand-ins than to each other.”
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Steven Spielberg and Julia Roberts

Steven Spielberg and Julia Roberts

While we’re on Roberts, why not mention her experience on the 1991 cult classic Hook? Roberts played Tinkerbell in Steven Spielberg’s live-action Peter Pan adaptation, but was reportedly nicknamed “Tinkerhell” on set. In a 60 Minutes interview, Spielberg had this to say about the the Oscar-winner: “It was an unfortunate time for us to work together.” In a 1999 VF interview, Roberts said comments about her being difficult weren’t true and “really hurt my feelings.” She “couldn’t believe this person that I knew and trusted was actually hesitating to come to my defense . . . it was the first time that I felt I had a turncoat in my midst.”
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Kevin Smith and Bruce Willis

Kevin Smith and Bruce Willis

Kevin Smith will gladly (and very publicly) tell anyone who asks that he hated working with Bruce Willis on the 2010 comedy Cop Out. He’s called the experience “soul-crushing” and declared Willis the “unhappiest, most bitter, and meanest emo-bitch I’ve ever met at any job I’ve held down.” In his Q&A series Too Fat for 40, he told an especially long story that exemplifies how “terrified” he was of working with the actor.
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Tom Sizemore and Val Kilmer

Tom Sizemore and Val Kilmer

Bad blood was brewing on the set of 2000 film Red Planet. According to Sizemore’s memoir (which by all accounts sounds like a truly salacious read), Kilmer grew angry when he found out production paid to ship Sizemore’s elliptical machine to the Australian set, shouting “I’m making $10 million on this; you’re only making two.” Sizemore responded by throwing a 50-pound weight at the actor, though he missed. Things got so bad one of the producers asked Sizemore to just avoid Kilmer’s face when, not if, he eventually hit him. The time came—so Sizemore hit him in the chest. But in case you’re wondering, he says the two are cool now.
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Bette Davis and Joan Crawford

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford

Has there ever been a more iconic rivalry between two legendary actresses? Davis and Crawford famously detested each other for decades, which was the perfect set-up for their 1962 melodrama classic Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Both stars allegedly found sneaky ways to lash out at each other. Davis reportedly requested a Coke vending machine for the set, knowing that Crawford had been married to the C.E.O. of Pepsi. She also actually kicked Crawford in the head during a kicking scene. For her part, Crawford snuck weights in her pockets for one scene where Davis had to drag her body around.

The icing on the Baby Jane cake is that Davis was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar over Crawford. The legend goes that Crawford contacted all the other nominees and arranged to accept the award on their behalf if they were unable to make it to the show. Lo and behold, Anne Bancroft ended up winning, but was on Broadway at the time, so Crawford made her way to the Oscars stage after all. Ah, a good bit of shade never gets old.

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Twenty-five years ago, Charlotte Moss walked into an airy spec house with postmodern columns and track lighting. She had been looking for a captivating old East Hampton house and garden for years and couldn't find the right one, so the real estate agent had finally started showing her new houses on bald lots.

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A blue-chip decorator who has created some of the most comfortably elegant houses of our era, Moss is the sort of driven woman who dreams big but also attends to the tiniest details with the focus of a surgeon. These traits have gradually transformed the house into a full-blown paradise that's quintessentially Charlotte, which is to say a cheerfully split personality.

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It's Jackie and Marilyn—a classically well-bred and meticulously turned-out summer residence, but with powerful come-hither enticements. A collage of engaging patterns, from ikat to leopard, enlivens the living room; a voluptuous canopy bed with billowing fabric softens the bedroom; and curvy upholstery throughout beckons like an invitation.

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The living room ceiling is a daunting 22 feet high, but Moss has suffused the salon-like expanse with outsize warmth and charm. A plump sofa is upholstered in Digby's Tent, a scrolling linen stripe with a Middle Eastern lilt that she designed. Two antique French bergères are covered in raw silk slipcovers with tabs—they're fetching little sundresses that let the mahogany frame peek through. "Why cover up the pretty parts?" Moss asks. "To me, it's all about showing a little leg."

n the kitchen, hardworking surfaces—granite countertops, a limestone tile floor—are enhanced by decorative flourishes, such as a scroll-shape backsplash and custom pendant light.

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During cocktail hour, however, the real people magnet is the large gros point ottoman with long bullion fringe, where everyone seems to want to sit once the magazines are whisked away. Moss found it at Colefax and Fowler Antiques in London—an ecstatic moment in her annals of collecting. Since the large room doubles as a library, she spends hours there on quiet days, too, seated at the provincial bureau plat illuminated by a pair of richly patterned Imari lamps. She loves paging through her collection of garden books—20 or so packed shelves of them.

Antique French botanical paintings, porcelain flowers, and wallpaper in a delicate floral motif add romance to the master bedroom. Chandelier, Niermann Weeks. Bedside tables, Charlotte Moss for Century Furniture. Bed, estate of Evangeline Bruce. Canopy in a Ralph Lauren fabric. Rug, Stark.

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Gardening is one of Moss's consuming passions, and garden-related objects and themes are woven into every part of the house. Rooms have carefully composed garden views. The terrace's dining table basks in a scenery of cloud-shape boxwood and spires of arborvitae. The master bedroom celebrates garden imagery with watercolors of flowers and porcelain hollyhocks by Moss's friend Clare Potter.

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Is it any wonder that in such a setting, the arranging of flowers would become the chatelaine's art form, and even her therapy? In the intimate candlelit dining room, Moss's delftware collection is massed on the shelves of a Louis XVI–style painted cabinet. She loves picking out jardinieres and composing tablescapes of flower arrangements. All the clipping and sprucing is done in a designated room off the leaf-green kitchen, where baskets are strung from the ceiling and a thousand vases are categorized according to material.

Entertaining moves outside during warmer months. China, Richard Ginori.

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"It's my wind-down from the city, the first place I go after I kick off my shoes," says Moss of her flower-arranging sanctuary. "After all the business travel, the meetings, the clients and projects, making bouquets is heaven. It calms me down and connects me to the place, because I'm creating beauty for each room."

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UPDATED: B.C. seeks study on a particularly powerful greenhouse gas

Province wants info on nitrogen trifluoride, which is 17,000 times more potent than carbon monoxide

The province is spending up to $10,000 to see how much of a particular greenhouse gas is being emitted by businesses.

In a request for proposal issued earlier this month, the environment ministry says it’s looking to quantify emissions of nitrogen trifluoride, a colourless, odorless, nonflammable gas that’s used in the production of microelectronics, predominantly in flat-panel displays, such as TVs, and thin-film solar cells.

As a greenhouse gas, it’s 17,200 times more potent than carbon monoxide.

UBC atmospheric sciences professor Douw Steyn says he’s surprised.

“I didn’t know we had much of an electronic manufacturing sector,” said Steyn. The province has a booming tech sector, he added, but that’s largely software.

The study falls in line with Canada’s pledge to monitor nitrogen trifluoride as part of its climate change commitments to the United Nations, Steyn said, and when the results come in, staff will be able to put B.C. emissions in context with those from other provinces and other countries.

“The current measurements tell us that it’s predominantly coming from the northern hemisphere,” he said.

Nitrogen trifluoride emissions stay in the atmosphere for 750 years, he said, and depletes the ozone layer.

An environment ministry spokesperson told Black Press that the province has a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.

Currently, the province does not measure nitrogen trifluoride emissions.

The $10,000 price tag will cover a look at the options for conducting the study, B.C.’s levels of emissions for various industries, the cost of reporting emissions for facilities, and technologies and practices for mitigating emissions.

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In the beginning

The world saw the birth of the first digital ad sometime in 1994 thanks to AT&T’s You Will campaign. A small rectangular box, approximately 475×55 pixels in size, appeared on HotWired and intrigued early internet users by asking “Have you ever clicked your mouse right here?” Legend has it that the banner ad garnered a 44% click-through-rate.

In the six years that followed, American households enthusiastically welcomed the PC into their homes and, in turn, the Internet. America was now online (remember those AOL CDs? Me too.) and eCommerce was booming. The “information superhighway,” as it was affectionately referred to, and the technologies that powered it evolved at lightning speeds, eventually giving way to some of today’s biggest digital publishers and eCommerce websites – Yahoo!, MSN, Amazon, and eBay. With access to thousands of websites, American shopping habits began to shift —and so did the way marketers reached them.

Unlike TV advertising, digital provided marketers with a number of demographic data points that allowed for targeted consumer reach, with speed and at scale, at a fraction of the cost. In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the world, and set forth a new digital revolution. Mobile devices paired with programmatic technology brought upon unprecedented reach to digital, and introduced even more data that gave marketers greater insight into where they could find their audiences — both on- and off-screen.

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It is no secret that consumers have become frustrated with digital. Inundated by often repetitive, irrelevant, and intrusive ads, consumers have resorted to rejecting advertiser reach by implementing ad-blocker technologies. According to PageFair’s 2017 Ad Block Report, over 11 percent of the global internet population is blocking ads on the web—a clear indication that consumer trust is eroding…and we’re running out of time to win it back

Consumers don’t hate ads; they hate bad ads

In 2016, the Coalition for Better Ads — a group dedicated to improving consumer experience with online advertising — set out to understand the types of ad experiences that were most likely to cause consumers to implement ad-blocking technologies.

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It’s obvious: consumers don’t hate ads by default—they hate invasive, and interruptive experiences. How then, can the industry meaningfully engage consumers instead of pushing them away?

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We’ve lost sight of what advertising is meant to accomplish. It’s not about getting an impression in front of people quickly and cheaply, it’s about creating authentic connections between brands and consumers that provide people with valuable content and help advertisers drive meaningful business outcomes. Today, AI-driven technology can help marketers drive engagement by uncovering relationships and patterns between different consumer data sets. This data, combined with great creative and intelligent targeting can provide a human touch to digital without compromising what the industry loves about ad tech – scale, speed, and efficiency.

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How To Find a Job in the Czech Republic as a Foreigner

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The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country shares borders with Germany, Slovakia, Poland, and Germany. The official language is Czech.

Below is a selection of resources for searching for employment opportunities as a foreigner in the Czech Republic.

General Job Search Engines and Classifieds

With the sites below, you can expect to get a 0.5 to 1.0% response rate (people who will respond back to you to whom you sent your application/CV.) Nevertheless, I encourage you to give these sites a try as you never know what you will come up with or what connections you can make from a simple e-mail or application.

  • Just LandedJust Landed is neither a job search engine nor a classifieds site, but it has lists of the top job search sites in the Czech Republic.
  • Career Jet: I’m sure you’ve heard of Career Jet. They have job search options for the Czech Republic.
  • Indeed: The Czech version of the big U.S. job search site
  • Learn4Good: Learn4Good has a good portal for jobs on a number of levels.

Teaching English

Teaching English will probably be your “easiest” option (if you are a native English speaker that is). All of the sites below are pretty similar and have a massive amount of teaching English job options. Browse through each of the sites for any English job opportunities in the Czech Republic. Also, be sure to check out this cool table from the International TEFL academy that shows how much money teachers can expect to make in various countries around the world.

  • ESL Employment: Not the most beautiful interface, but who needs a pretty website when you have so many English teaching job options to choose from.
  • Total ESL: Also an overly busy interface but a wealth of job postings for teaching jobs abroad.
  • ESL Cafe: Dave does a great job in compiling some of the best job openings from around the world.
  • Tesall: Big teaching jobs aggregator.

Other Websites and Blogs

  • My Czech RepublicLinks to the top job search engines and recruiting agencies in the Czech Republic.
  • Transitions AbroadGreat first-hand accounts of what it is like to live and work in the Czech Republic.
  • Expat BlogTalks about what it is like to be an English teacher in Prague.
  • Fannetastic FoodAnne recounts the frustrations of searching for a teaching English job in the Czech Republic.

Overseas and Expat Job Portals

  • Overseas Jobs:  I find that there is often significant overlap between the postings on this site and that of other sites. Nevertheless this site has been around for a while.
  • Go Abroad: I’ve always been a fan of GoAbroad. In fact, on the visa information portion of my website, you will find where I have linked to their global embassies directory. They have a good job portal too.
  • Linkedin: Last but not least, this huge professional social network is a resource for building contacts in the field and location of your interest.

There you have it. The best places to find jobs in the Czech Republic as a foreigner. For information on visas for the Czech Republic, be sure to check out my Czech Republic visa page. If you are looking to spice up your dating life, check out my post on the best online dating sites in the Czech Republic.

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Hospitality reigns in the vast prairies and mountain ranges of Montana.

Once nicknamed "The Bloodiest Block in the West“ for its brothels and saloons, it’s peaceful now as we explore downtown Fort Benton. Montana’s oldest town, located northeast of Great Falls, still exudes an air of the Old West.

A Look at Western History at Historic Old Fort Benton

In walking distance from our beautiful hotel, the nostalgic Grand Union Hotel, we tour the reconstructed Old Fort Benton. Once a key fur trading post on the Missouri River, where trappers and members of the Blackfeet tribe conducted business together, the old fort has been lovingly reconstructed. In one building you can see furs like those that were traded as well as other items, such as razors and clothing. Adjacent to it, there are paintings and sculptures by local Western artists.

After our visit to the fort, we stroll along the old river levee, where once the old steamboats docked. Many sculptures and memorials along the levee recall Fort Benton’s historic past.

Back at the hotel, we rent kayaks and let them drift down the Missouri River, cooling ourselves down in the process. With a little more time we would have loved to stay longer on the river, since this is a great starting point for multiday adventures into the surrounding wilderness of Central Montana.

Lewis and Clark Memorial in Fort Benton

Lewis and Clark Memorial in Fort Benton
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First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park

After a quick lunch, we continue our journey southwest of Great Falls to Ulm and First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park. The outer appearance of this place does not reveal much of its importance at first; gently, a mountain emerges from the endless prairies of the surrounding areas. For centuries, this place was a hunting ground for plains Indian tribes, who first gathered bison herds on the surrounding plains and then drove them over the long cliff edge to their death.

The nearby information center commemorates this archaic form of hunting with cultural exhibits, lectures and a small bookstore. No other animal symbolizes the Wild West as much as the American bison, a hugely important animal, particularly for Plains Indian tribes, as it provided food, clothing and materials to build shelter.

Native American artifacts on display

Native American artifacts on display
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Horseback Ride at the Deep Canyon Guest Ranch

Just in time for the sunset, we arrive at Deep Canyon Guest Ranch, near Choteau, where we spend the night. We’re welcomed as if we were old friends. The next morning, we’re on horseback and off into the beautiful surrounding wilderness at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Through little creeks and along meadows of a thousand blooming wild flowers, we ride into Montana’s vastness along picture-perfect panoramas. Seeing these stunning views, I’m pretty sure all the participants in our tour are imagining the same dream of the wild and free life of cowboys along with me.

Here in Central Montana, this dream really comes true, and the vastness of prairies, the Rocky Mountain ranges and the inviting hospitality of the people here have really captivated me.

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Volvo enjoys triple award glory

Volvo Construction Equipment has received three prestigious awards so far this year – and it’s only March.

Volvo enjoys triple award glory

It seems that three is the lucky number for Volvo Construction Equipment in 2011after it was awarded three prestigious awards in three months.

Volvo’s L220G wheel loader beat thousands of international products to win a ‘red dot product design award 2011’ – the most globally-recognized mark for industrial design quality. Volvo’s EC210C excavator was also awarded ‘Machinery of the year 2011’ at the Baublatt Österreich awards in Austria. And at the same ceremony, Volvo Germany was presented with the ‘Golden Shovel’ for outstanding contributions to apprenticeship training.

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The red dot product design awards 2011 honors outstanding industrial design and celebrates the design team behind the concept. Volvo’s L220G wheel loader wowed a panel of design experts in Essen, Germany, to win the red dot award – a seal of high design quality from the world’s largest and most distinguished design competition.

Only the very best products, from 15 categories, managed to convince the jury – and this year 4,433 products were entered by designers and companies from 60 countries worldwide. The Volvo L220G was entered into the vehicle category.

The L220G wheel loader is part of Volvo’s new G-series range and stood out from the crowd because of its fuel efficient and productive design, with 20% increased lifting force and stronger hydraulics.

Stina Nilimaa Wickström, Design Director at Volvo Construction Equipment, heads the Volvo product design team. “We are thrilled to have won such a prestigious award,” says Stina. “The award is a credit to our hard working and creative team at Volvo and it shows that we are delivering world class machine designs. We are proud to continue the Volvo tradition of being innovative leaders in the construction design arena.”

Volvo will receive its award at Essen’s opera house, the Aalto Theater, on 4 July.

Going for gold

While at the Baublatt Österreich awards in Austria in February, Volvo was presented with two awards by the Austrian trade publication Baublatt Österreich after it impressed an independent panel of judges.

Volvo’s EC210C hydraulic excavator won ‘Machinery of the Year 2011’ for its construction of a ski jump in Hinzenbach, Austria. The panel thought the EC210C “performed brilliantly with exceptional stability and durability while transporting heavy steel mesh over a steep 35 degree slope.” The EC210C crawler excavator has the option of a hydraulically elevating cab, which significantly increases the operator’s visibility when sorting, loading or compacting.

Volvo Baumaschinen Österreich (VBÖ), Volvo’s regional headquarters in Germany, also won the ‘Golden Shovel 2011’ award for outstanding contributions to apprenticeship training.

Managing Director of Volvo Baumaschinen Österreich, Thomas Schmitz, accepted the award and said: “It is an honour for me to accept this award on behalf of a great team of people who meet their daily challenges with passion. This award recognizes both the advantages of an excellent product and the performance of a committed team, which is reflected in our efforts to satisfy our customers and provide reliable, quality machines.”

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