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Banana Bran Muffins

Banana Bran Muffins | Healthy And Virtually Sugar Free

Cat got my tongue. Well my words to be honest. A mild case of writer’s block this morning is being nursed with a cup of tea and a wholesome serving of this beautiful virtually sugar free muffin that I have been baking a lot lately. Banana muffins and banana bread make ideal breakfast choices because banana is high in fiber and low in calories. The potassium in banana regulates your blood pressure, maintains low sugar and curbs overeating amongst a cartloacd of other health benefits. This version that I share today is my favourite. It has a lot of fiber and is  low on sweetness (see My Notes for options). It feels light and gives me a buzz of energy.  I will be trying this with macadamia oil next and a few other tweaks, but for now this is what I am loving! Enjoy!

Banana Bran Muffins - Healthy High Fiber Snack

Banana Bran Muffins | Cook Republic

A virtually sugar free muffin packed to the hilt with fibre for a healthy start to your dull mornings, the banana bran muffin is perfect for the lunchbox or a post workout treat.

Makes – 12

150g butter
3 tablespoons honey
150ml milk
2 eggs
3 over ripe bananas
100g instant oats
100g crushed wheat bran
250g (2 cups) self raising wholemeal flour
handful of sultanas
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon plus extra for dusting
a pinch of salt raw sugar for sprinkling

Preheat oven to 180C(350F). Line a 12 hole muffin pan with paper cases.

In a saucepan, melt butter and honey on low heat. Stir and remove from heat when melted. In a bowl whisk the eggs and milk. Add the mashed banana, cinnamon, salt, flour, bran, oats and sultanas. Mix. Add the honey mixture and mix gently until just combined and lumpy.

Scoop batter into each muffin case until two thirds full. Dust with extra ground cinnamon and sprinkle with raw sugar. Bake for 25 minutes until golden and crunchy on top and cooked through the middle.

Best had warm with or without butter.

Freezes well.

My Notes

The muffins are not very sweet at all and might taste bland to kids or people not used to having very less sugar. If you like your muffins sweeter, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup raw sugar when you add the flour during mixing. This also makes the muffins softer.


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By Len Bacharach (356 words)
Posted in Warehouse Operations on February 20, 2015

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A Sure Way to Improve Customer Service and Generate Additional Revenues

 One of the most proven and effective ways to improve your customer service is to adopt a Warehouse Management Software program. Reducing inventory transaction  and warehouse errors will enable your organization
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With a WMS program you will enhance your organizations overall operations and service competencies. The most successful companies are consistently raising the bar regarding how they manage their warehous operations.

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 Inventory Material Allocation

Proper material allocation guidelines are essential to reducing inventory costs. It’s ultimately about buying the right amount of goods and inventory at the right time. Ultimately you will need the right amount of inventory to meet customer backlog and customer demands.

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The more accurate your inventory cycle counts the more likely you’ll match your inventory of finished goods to market demand. Your WMS program will also provide you with a better insight into the raw materials andspare parts needs to meet your customer’s demands

 Improved Order Picking

Improvement in order picking errors is a direct by-product of a strong WMS program.  No company wants to develop a reputation for shipping the wrong orders to the wrong customers. Aside from the damage it inflicts on customers, it’s also extremely expensive. Errors with order picking is a direct by-product of managing inventory with manual processes, and it’s easy to see why order entry errors lead to improper quantities, wrong shipment locations and inaccurate due dates.

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A satellite image from NOAA shows Hurricane Florence on the East Coast on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018.

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Far from the East Coast, scientists and first responders from Colorado are playing an important role in helping with Hurricane Florence preparedness and recovery.

From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, scientists are some of the first to track Florence’s path and how severe the hurricane may be. They’re using technology called the High Resolution Rapid Refresh, which produces hourly predictions of how the weather will behave around Florence, said Curtis Alexander, who runs a modeling branch in NOAA's Boulder research lab.

“It's actually showing where the outer bands of thunderstorms are predicted to come onshore in the next several hours,” he said “We're looking at… the location of heavy rainfall that results in flooding, the location of intense winds that will obviously damage or destroy structures, fell trees, topple power lines, as well as other severe weather hazards.”

Much of Alexander’s work is in the research phase and may later be implemented at NOAA stations around the nation. His research focuses on improving forecasts and reducing the margin of error when predicting storms, he said.

A Finnish environmental company called Vaisala, which is headquartered in Louisville, has also helped with Hurricane Florence predictions. They manufacture sensors for dropsondes, which are released into hurricanes by airplanes to measure temperature, wind speed and other data within a storm. This information helps NOAA and the National Weather Service make predictions, said Kevin Petty, chief science officer with Vaisala.

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These dropsondes, which are 16 inches long and about the width of a paper towel roll, improve track and intensity forecasts by as much as 20 and 15 percent respectively, Petty said.

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Thirty volunteers with the Colorado & Wyoming Red Cross arrived earlier in the week. From a warehouse in North Carolina, Red Cross Spokesman Bill Fortune said volunteers prepared shelters and emergency vehicles ahead of the storm.

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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Craftin Desert Divas "Hearts" Linky Party - Week 1

Welcome to another Craftin Desert Divas linky party.
The linky party theme is....

We would love for you to share with us all your wonderful creations using any kind of hearts.  We would love for you to play along with us!

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party here. I will designate a theme and invite you to share projects you've made!!

And don't forget about the prizes! Every linky party will have a sponsor and a winner, plus a top 3! The winner will be announced on a semi-weekly basis. The more times you link up, the more chances you have to win!! Sponsors will be announced at the beginning of every linky party.

This party sponsors are...

Craftin Desert Divas
CDD- 1 4x6 stamp set

CDD- One digi stamp of choice

TCBJ - $25 gift card.
(regular priced patterns)

Here are the DT inspiration projects.
 Be sure to visit their blogs for all the details.

Lisa B. - Our2AngelsInHeaven
Showcasing ScentFancy Frame DiesStitched In Circle Dies
Heart Of Heart Dies

Jan - Handcraft Hobby
Showcasing Lovies StampHeart Of Heart Dies,
 Outdoor Landscape Dies

Patricia- Scrapflower
Showcasing Heart Of Heart Dies

Jenny - Handmade By JLY
Showcasing  Heart Of Heart DiesBusy Bee stamps
Fancy Frame Dies and Simply Said

Nicole - Teachdanz
Showcasing Party DiesFancy Frame DiesTons stamp
Farmers Market stamps and Doodlebug Sweet Things 6x6 Paper Pad

Lori- got2bcrafting
Showcasing Lovies StampFancy Stitched Label Dies,
Party Dies and Fancy Frame Dies

Stephanie - Let Me Ink About It
Showcasing Sweet Kisses stampsMix It Up Dies and
Doodlebug Sweet Things 6x6 Paper Pad

Kristin - Eveolith
Showcasing ScentHeart Of Heart Dies and
 Fancy Frame Dies

Raechelle - all things cRAEtive
Showcasing My Squeak Heart Digital Stamp and

Linky parties are from Monday at 12AM Arizona MST thru Sunday 12PM Arizona MST.
Any projects you submit must be linked to your blog or online gallery.
Projects must be NEW, no back linking, please.
Number of entries for this linky party is unlimited.
You may link up ANY type of craft project (layout, card, altered item, tag (etc) as long as it goes with the theme of the party.
Please link your project back to Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party.

Winners will be randomly chosen

Linky Party Winners

Winners for the Shaped Card linky party are...

Craftin Desert Divas
CDD- 1 4x6 stamp set - #29 Janie

CDD- One digi stamp of choice - #4 Aussie Annie

TCBJ - $25 gift card. - #41 Lena Loken
(regular priced patterns)

 Top 3 ....

#40 Sherrie

#34 Tip Top

#2 Art With Yogi

Congrats!! Prize winners please email me at Craftindesertdivas at gmail dot com to claim your prize. You have one week to claim your prize.

 Everyone may take a badge from the right side post to display on their blog.

When Life Gives You A Rainy Day

Hey y'all! It's Lisa B. back again to share another project with you that I made with my CDD products.  One of my favorite things to do lately is to get lost coloring. That is where CDD's digi's really come in handy.  I literally made my very own Adult coloring book with a bunch of the images.  I selected several and printed them out so they would be ready for me when I wanted to kick my feet up and color.

My favorite thing about digis is the fact that you can size them to whatever size you need for your project.

I designed this card to fit the adorable PUDDLE DUCK digital stamp.  I used the stitched oval die from the newly released Fancy Stitched label die set for the sentiment. When I saw the sentiment from the Rain or Shine stamp set I knew it was just perfect for my card!!  For the scalloped layer with the rainboot design I used my Fancy Frame die set. The Doodlebug Matte Sprinkles in the corner came from the new LOVE assortment, I just love these!!!

Have a great day and Happy Crafting!
Lisa B.

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Thank You

Good morning CDD fans!  Lisa B. here with you today to share some baby shower favors I made with some of my CDD stamps.

I found this cute tutorial to make these baby carriages to hold Hershey Kisses. I wrapped the kisses in pink and blue foil so they would match.  For the wheels I used my Sending Love stamp set on the center of the "wheels".  To make the tag I used my Fancy Frame die set and then stamped the crown from Busy Bees and the sentiment is from the Say it Big stamp set.

To finish it off I used my Tim Holtz Spritzer and Distress Markers as well as some small ribbon flowers.

I hope you enjoyed my little favor that I shared with you today.  I will be back tomorrow with another project to share with you. For more information on this project you can find it on my blog HERE.

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Have a great day & Happy Crafting!

Friday, January 29, 2016

I Heart You

Welcome CDD Fans! Lisa from The Crafting Cave with a fun Valentine's Day Card with a twist.
  This cutie patootie elephant from the mini Tons Stamp Set is perfect for showering hearts on someone special.

I used the Fancy Frame Dies to create the layers of pinks and kraft. Those Fancy Frame Dies are a must have, I tell ya! I used the new Heart of Heart Die, Pretty in Pink sequins and thin floral wire to create the shower from his trunk. I stamped the sentiment from Simply Said Stamp Set and die-cut with a stitched oval from the new Fancy Stitched Label Dies.

You can find all the details on my blog, here.
Here are the products I used from the Craftin Desert Divas Shop

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Miss You

Hello everyone!
Kristin here to share a card for Throwback Thursday. Any project you see on the blog on Thursdays will feature one of Tara's older stamp sets. Here is what I created today:

I used the largest panda from the very sweet Panda Pals stamp set and colored it with Copic Markers. I used the sentiment, Miss you, which is one of many sentiments that fit on the paper the panda is holding and stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Using the ScanNCut 2, I cut out a heart shape and smushed the Versamark ink pad directly on the paper. I sprinkled Liquid Platinum embossing powder over the Versamark and melted it with my heat tool.

For the background, I blended Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet into some Neenah Solar White. Over the top of that I adhered a piece of foiled vellum. After I adhered the Panda to the card, I was done.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Sending Tons of Hugs & Kisses

Hello crafters!
This is Lori with got2bcrafting.

Today I am sharing a card I created using the super cute and very versatile mini stamp set "Tons".

I absolutely love that the sentiment "Sending tons of" can be used with so many other sentiments to work perfectly with just about any project.
For my card, I used the "hugs & kisses" stamp from the "Short and Sweet Tags" stamp set.  (I did have to do a little masking on this part of the sentiment to make it a single line)

The "XOXO"s being sprayed from the elephants trunk is a sentiment from the "Simply Said" stamp set.

The scalloped and inner rectangular mats are cut from the Fancy Frames Dies  and the stitched label that the image is stamped on is from the NEWLY RELEASED "Fancy Stitched Label Dies".

Here are the CDD products I used:

Thanks for stopping by today!

Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what DT member Kristen has to share.
I am sure she will have something amazing for you!!

Have a Happy, Crafty Day!!
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Monday, October 10, 2016

Elle's Studio October Kit

Hey friends! The awesome Elle's Studio October kit + extras are now live and that means lots of great inspiration over on the blog. This month was one of my fave kits ever and - good news! - Elle's Studio now has a subscription option for their monthly kits! You can check out all the details here. If you subscribe today, October 10, 2016, you'll get a free gift!

I am really a big fan of the wood veneer and stamp set this month!

I created two layouts this month and the first uses the October kit + extras. I really loved the nice pops of blue in this autumnal color scheme and ran with it on this layout about the Smoky Mountains. I used the Malia Stamp Set that I designed for the title and really love the way the letters kind of nestle together.

The next is a Halloween layout using the Happy Halloween Collection that came out a few weeks ago. The colors went so perfectly with my nephew's costume! I love it when that happens. The black acrylic word is just so amazing and it fit right onto the label on that teal striped journaling card.

You can see close-ups of my layouts over on the blogRemember that the kits are $9.99 today, on launch day, but go up to $11.99 after that. Don't forget to check out the new subscription options if you love these kits and want to get them each month!

You can head over to Elle's shop to purchase any of these awesome new products. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks for stopping by!

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  1. I love the stitching. Your style is clean and beautiful. Listened to you and Tracie today tell all about your awesome cruise crop - sounds like you all had a ball!


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Monday, May 9, 2011

The Pittsburgh Power: Arena Football

This weekend, my wife and I went to see the Pittsburgh Power, our local Arena Football franchise.

What, exactly, is arena football? Good question--not too many people know.

 I will try to be more specific than this.

Arena football has been around for over twenty years. It was developed in the mid-80's by an ex-NFL executive named James Foster. The Arena Football League operated for about two decades before finances caught up with most franchises, and had to fold for a season. This year, the league was re-booted, from which Pittsburgh was awarded a team.

Arena football plays very much like regular gridiron football, with a few notable exceptions. It's indoor, which means that the field is only 50 yards. There is no punting permitted so players always go on fourth down. And while there are no uprights, there are huge nettings in its place. Since field goals are almost always played within 10 yards or so, the FG range between the netting is quite narrow.  The roster and formations have much fewer individuals, so "ironman" players who play both offense and defense are common. And, oddly for gridiron fans, one offensive player may be rushing forward (but not past the line of scrimmage) at the time of the snap.

Rules-wise, those are the major changes. Of course, with only 50 yards to play around in, it changes strategy immensely. Rushing the ball is much less common. Long bombs and high passes are common, and scoring is much, much higher--no 7-3 grindfest games in the AFL. Games commonly end up in the 40 to 80 point range.

So while you're most definitely watching a football game--the formations are similar and the roles everyone plays will look familiar--it's a much different game. Everything is compacted together, which means faster players and athleticism play in place of huge, bulky tanks of men slamming against each other. (Although there's still some of that--don't get me wrong.) It seems a much less violent game, mostly because there's not a whole lot of room for huge collisions, and there's not enough roster space to waste on guys whose job it is to pound people into the floor. Not that there aren't any injuries--there were quite a few, including a poor ref, in the game we watched. And--unlike the other major Pittsburgh sports teams--the Power have a cheerleading squad, the Sparks.

The experience we had at the Power game confirmed most of this. Games are held at the Consol Energy Center, where the Pittsburgh Penguins play, so it's a new arena and very nice--and also very large, much larger than most other Arena franchises.

They sure know how to make an...electrifying...entrance.

Last weekend's game pitted the Power against the Spokane Shock, the kind-of defending champions; the bankruptcy and season suspension and ownership of the minor league franchises causing a lot of dissonance. It started off with a bang--appropriately enough, with the Power and the Shock playing--with Spokane scoring a touchdown on the first play, but then missing the field goal. The Power then struck back on the next series to score a touchdown.

 I promise, that is the last electricity-related pun I make, which is a promise no sports writer will ever make.

And so it went. It more or less seesawed back and forth, always within a touchdown or so for each side. Then Spokane pulled ahead by about two touchdowns, but Pittsburgh pulled through and, in the last minute of play, tied the game. Finally, with one impressive 40-yard touchdown pass, the Power take the lead; and four successful defensive stands later, the game is over. The Power's record rises to 4-4, not bad for a franchise that hasn't even existed for a year (and, dare I say, a record equal to the Pittsburgh Pirates.)

 After a congratulatory celebration, the coach took everyone out for ice cream. At Diesel.

So, how was the experience? It was quite fun, and I'll encourage anyone to go--but it will seem significantly different for anyone who watches the Steelers or the Penguins, which is what I am sure most people who comes to these games do. While it's football, it's not quite the level of football fans are used to. There is a certain high-school game feel to it; none of the players are stars, and there aren't any heated rivalries or personalities to follow. This can be fun, of course, since there's a few local kids on the squad. And fans obviously want their team to win, but the sport is still too young and unknown for there to be much of an emotional tie to the game.

Although you never know.

It will also seem strange to not see a full arena. Attendance figures have hovered around the 9000 mark, although this last weekend's game was competing with SkyBlast at PNC Park, so it was down to about 6000. At first glance, people may wonder if the franchise will continue with a half-empty arena. However, keep in mind that Consol is a huge place for arena football--nearly all other franchises have much, much smaller facilities. Spokane's, for example, holds 10,000 people; Pittsburgh could nearly sell this out on a regular basis. Pittsburgh's fan base is very encouraging.

Of course, that's not to say there aren't some sketchy economics going on here. It's a young sport with a young team, so I'm sure it (along with most other teams) will operate in the red for a while. And there's a certain level of that minor-league feel to it, with strange endorsements, over-enthusiastic announcements, slightly desperate gimmicks, and constant shilling (although let's face it--this doesn't differ form the major league sports, either). Thankfully, the staff at Consol is an experienced outfit, and despite some of the modest ballyhoo the whole enterprise is very professional. Tickets are plentiful and prices are still pretty low, and you don't have to wait an hour before you can leave.

Bottom line, though, is that you should go see the Power. It's a fun time. If you're a football purist you may not care for it, but at least there's a few decades of tradition behind it. (Also, keep reminding yourself that Kurt Warner got his start in the AFL.) But if you're looking for a fun time with an interesting new sport, it's definitely worth the price of admission.

And the Arena Football League has one other good thing going on for it--they will actually be playing next year, unlike some other football leagues. Assuming all the checks clear, of course.

All photographs courtesy of Tiffany Harkleroad.

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Quote: (Originally Posted by XALTERBRIDGEX) ^^^^So they realize that not being in the spotlight and no new muisc has caused poor tickets sales?? SHOCKER!! I want the tour/album to be a success as much as anyone else, I just think they have to rebulid their fan base.

They also just might not be the draw that they once were. Seems like nobody in the Creed camp considered this before going ahead with the reunion.
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This book is an adaptation of Jack the Ripper, an 1889 stage play by Gaston Marot and Louis Pericot. Nick Carter appears, and the Gentlemen of the Night (from Paul Féval’s Les Mystères de Londres) are mentioned. There are many pastiches dealing with Holmes battling the Ripper, many of which have their own takes on the Ripper's true identity; Win already included one such book in Volume One, Ellery Queen's A Study in Terror, so I've placed this book in the AU addendum.

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Hello everyone. I’m Daddy Rod. A Black Men. A Renaissance Man. A Kinkster. A Leather Man!

I was born and raised in San Jose, CA (better known as Silicon Valley). I knew early on I was Gay but didn’t really get to live and explore my true Gay self (LOL) until I graduated college. Education was very important to me and I didn’t want to become distracted while trying to achieve my educational and career goals.

I am often asked when did I know I was in Leather/BDSM or better yet, just outright Kinky. LOL. I can honestly say my first introduction to Leather was when I was around 7 or 8 years old while watching the news. The local news channels would highlight  an annual Leather/Kink event called Folsom St. Fair held in San Francisco each year in late September. The local news would show “G-rated” video of the event and all that I can remember was being intrigued by the look of Leather on many of the guys. During my high school days, I would go to the public library searching for the Advocate Magazine and look at the ads in the back of the book which had ads from Leather events, bars and Men seeking services. I never reached out to them about services but my interest peaked by looking at the photos and dreaming of going to a leather bar or event, when I became of age.

I didn’t go to my first leather bar until I graduated from college and moved home back in 1996. I went to the Stud in San Francisco and was befriended by a couple of Leather Men who knew I was newbie and took me under their wings to give me a brief history of Leather and the various kinks. From that moment on, I would hit the Castro and Folsom area to check out a few of the bars but I didn’t really do anything because I didn’t see too many Men of Color in the establishments and often times I was basically ignored while in the space!

I can honestly say I became more intent on my exploration of the Leather/BDSM community when I moved to New York City in 1999. I met up with a man named John, who was part of the now defunct organization called “The NY Panthers”. It was an organization for Black Men who were into Leather. For the first time, I felt welcomed in a space of Leather Men and they truly took me under their wing and introduced me to Leather Men and Women of all ethnicities. A few of those individuals were members of ONYX. At that time, ONYX only had two chapters – Midwest (Chicago) and Southeast (Atlanta).

In late 2001, I moved from the NYC area to the Atlanta area where I connected with the ONYX Southeast Chapter. I became a Member of the chapter in 2003 and really became very active in the Atlanta Leather/BDSM community. Since becoming a member of ONYX, I’ve had the great opportunity to meet so many beautiful Men and Women of all races who have nurtured me into the Leather man I am today. We have great organizations that showcase the diversity in our community and it’s a beautiful thing!

In April 2016, I became the 1st African American Mr. Atlanta Eagle. It was truly an honor to represent the Atlanta Eagle as they have been a great community space for Leather/BDSM and Kinksters in the Atlanta area. In 2017, I represented the Atlanta Eagle at International Mr. Leather (IML) and I must say that was an experience I will never forget. I met so many Leather men from around the world who I can say are my Brothers.

I’m still very active in the Leather community as a whole. I’m the current ONYX National Treasurer and Social Media Coordinator. I co founded the Atlanta BDSM Workshops along with the late Sir Alan Penrod (Southeast Black and Blue) in 2014. Sir Alan’s boy/pup “Nitro” has taken over Sir’s part and we host these free educational workshops every 3rd Wednesday at the Atlanta Eagle. I’m also the Executor of the Jill Carter/Vi Johnson Library and Archive (Southeast Annex)!

I have many interests beyond just being a Educated Kinkster LOL. I’m also a Photographer, beginning Bodybuilder and DJ. You can check out my links to my music mixes on the music page and Erotic/Fetish Photography on photography page! I’m also known for my Peach and Apple Cobblers!

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Chamber of Commerce Membership

2015 - 1250

2014 - 1350

2013 - 1350

2012 - 1500

2011 - 1420

2010 - 1480

2015 - 708

2014 - 662

2013 - 660

2012 - 672

2011 - 726

2010 - 660

2015 - 575

2014 - 570

2013 - 550-600

2012 - 550-600

2011 - 550-600

2010 - 520

Cost of membership: For a new, 40-employee business, annual dues:

Boulder - $795

Longmont - $700

Broomfield - $600

Is the local chamber of commerce what it used to be?

If it is, it's probably in trouble.

Chambers were created hundreds of years ago to represent the business interests in cities and towns across the country and world. The chamber is historically a champion for free enterprise, from large national companies to small family-owned shops.

But today membership numbers in chambers of commerce are stagnant, or rolling in reverse. In fact for many chambers, remaining stagnant and simply maintaining is the new goal, the new normal.

"There is that perception, that one doesn't need a chamber anymore," said John Tayer, president of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce.

In Boulder, chamber membership is hovering at 1,200 to 1,300 members, down from the roughly 1,500 members it had in 2012.

In Broomfield, membership is holding steady at about 575, up slightly from 570 last year.

And in Longmont, membership is up slightly, at 708, from 662 last year.

Tayer and other local chamber leaders said they face new challenges and competition in the high-tech start-up world.

"Yes, I would say that once our competition may have been other chambers, but now there are other organizations offering what was once chamber specific," said Broomfield Chamber President Jennifer Kerr.

"Some businesses are now holding their own networking events and creating their own referral groups so they can market their own business to that group of individuals. We have to keep up with technology to be significant and compete with what is out there," Kerr added.

That's where Frank Kenny comes in.

The former chamber CEO and president from Washington State is now a consultant and speaker traveling the country working with chambers to improve their game. This week he's been in Atlanta.

"They used to have a monopoly, no competition," Kenny said. "That's not the case today."

To stay relevant and better serve their members, Kenny said they need to embrace new technology, digital marketing and social media.

He advocates being inclusive, and not just a members-only club.

"Be inclusive. Email the newsletter to members, ex-members, and prospects as a way of keeping the lines of communication open. It's a gift. It costs nothing extra to include everyone in your target market," he explained.

"It's the same idea with your business directory. Include all the businesses in town in your online directory. It's digital. It doesn't cost much, if anything, to list another business online. And when people do turn to your directory for the number of a business in town, you actually have it. Why wouldn't all chambers do this? Because of old models that no longer apply..."

The old chamber model consisted of printed member-only directories, printed newsletters, ribbon cuttings, morning meetings and a few other events.

That old model won't cut it in the 21st century.

"It's an ever-changing process. When we see a need out there, we change," said Shelley McLeod, the interim president and CEO of the Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce.

"We'll always change. As more millennials join the chamber, the way we structure things in the future will change accordingly, because they require different things."

The Longmont chamber has had some good years recently, with today's business membership at 708. It mirrors the business growth in the city.

In Boulder, Tayer admits their membership numbers have dipped a bit over the last year, but believes that was because they dropped their health care benefits last year. He said they will have a new health care program in place soon.

Today's chamber, local leaders said, needs to offer networking events, leads groups, an ambassadors program, some sort of business resource center, government relations committee, health care discounts, an on line event calendar, young professionals gatherings, business after hour events, member-to-member discounts and more.

"Yet, relatively few chambers are doing much beyond posting (advertising) on Facebook," chamber consultant Kenny pointed out.

"Few chambers have invested time or resources to fully leverage social media. Truthfully, a lot of chamber professionals have no idea how well positioned they for the digital age."

But in the Boulder - Longmont area it appears that chamber teams have embraced the digital world and avoided the pitfalls of those still locked in the 20th century.

"The chamber is more relevant now, more than ever," said Bonnie Finley, manager of member involvement for the Colorado Association of Commerce & Industry in Denver.

"And today's local chambers are more involved in advocacy," Finley said.

That advocacy component is one that many people, and businesses, still don't realize exists.

"We do advocate for our businesses," said Longmont's chamber leader Shelley McLeod.

"We have a public policy committee. It's a voting committee that meets once a month on any kind of political issue that will affect the business community. If they feel we need to take position one way or the other they will vote on it, and send it to our board, and then they will vote."

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a passage between buildings | Dohm Alley on Nassau

When night has fallen and you are scurrying down Nassau in the direction of home, you notice a little archway (sometimes strung with Christmas lights, blinking gently) between Starbucks and the Old World apparel shop and you decide to venture the world beyond, the dark alleyway of urban myth and under-legend. You are greeted by poems by poets of the old, all their “thees” and “thous” pressed in plastic lamination and dangling before you in invitation. Beside you, the quaint stillness of fake decor moss and a discarded sculpture of a naked woman.

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(of a migrating bird) the action of passing through a place en route to its final destination | East Pyne staircase

After you walk in circles attempting to find your advisor’s office, you are at a loss trying to exit the third floor. The diamond pane on your right warps the small square courtyard outside, and on the left, you almost miss the nondescript door next to the nondescript fire alarm labelled ‘stairs.’ You descend the most palatial landing—the staircase full of corners yet simultaneously angle-less in the cloudy warmth of the light. This would be a passage to Narnia, you think, in the spacious corridor you could picture a character of imagination descending the steps with you.

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in the process of coming to an end | McCosh on the way to Friend, from East Pyne

You’ve passed by this statue many times without seeing it correctly—the black glossy figures lingering in your peripheral, what appears to be a man kneeling defenseless before the other and his sword—the moment of death frozen, or perhaps replaying over and over in its infinite millisecond, or perhaps this isn’t death at all, but a moment of ascension (or thankfulness). And in your line of vision, twin arches materialize like a medieval fast-food chain logo or portals for two loved ones or two balancing dancers timid to rise up and become what they are.

proc·ess ( ˈpräˌses,ˈprōˌses/)

a systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce or manufacture something | Frist A-Level

Late meal? Late meal? Late meal? The mantra pulses as people sweep in and out like a tide. A gray door rolls up, the quesadilla bar comes to life. You trek up the stairs and brace yourself for a cold wind. The weight of the synergy of man is like a magnet pulling the door out of Level 1 shut. Don’t leave, don’t leave, don’t leave.

per·form (pərˈfôrm/)

entertain an audience, typically by acting, singing, or dancing on stage | Woodrow Wilson Statues Outside Whitman

You are overtaken by Dionysian madness and flee to the mountains outside Whitman where the heads of twelve animals stand like patient observers in the night. You enter the circle and the eyes never leave you. Around and around you whirl as you gaze up at each monstrous head, and this is your ritual dance—your life flashes by in its twelve-year increments, the dragon always reappears, the rat predictable in its attentiveness. Here there is only memory of the entry, you cannot remember how to leave.

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a particular phase | Entry to Louis A. Simpson Level A that snakes through a little garden

The garden reminds you of what it is like to look at a blank space and seek to fill it. You have never seen more effort exerted to aestheticize this small corner of the earth. A hop and a skip down brick steps, past spindly plants that used to blush with white flowers. The garden is dead now but will come alive in the spring. One day you’ll be walking by and the old spiky bush will be torn away with fresh stinky earth in its place.

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Humanist focuses on atheist expression

Bringing out a less technical side of atheism, author Jennifer Michael Hecht spoke to University students about her research on the idea of “Poetic Atheism.”

This version is an alternative to New Atheism, which Hecht believes is overly materialistic and based in science.

“Throughout most of history, atheism has not been materialist and scientific — it has been based in the humanities,” she said at a discussion sponsored by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Rutgers University.

Hecht began studying the history of atheism when she encountered a 19th century French organization called the Society of Mutual Autopsy, whose members dissected each other after death and held an atheistic view.

“I found there was no good history of atheism, and that’s why I wrote [about it],” she said. “Everything I could find on the history of atheism was either so pro-atheist that every smart, good person in history was one — which I knew wasn’t true — or they were anti-atheist.”

In her own atheism research, Hecht came across a variety of humanist and atheist sentiment in poetry.

“When I looked back through history at a lot of my intellectual heroes who believed in God, I found what they actually believed about the universe was, in many cases, not any different than what I believe,” she said.

She said if early intellectuals were aware of modern-day social and political issues, they may not have written about God as much.

“So why were they using this word ‘God?’Because they liked it, for the same reasons that I don’t like it,” she said. “That is, if there were no social or political issues, I might use the word too, to mean the beautiful feelings we have between each other or the glory of a sunset.”

She also speculates that many poets, like William Shakespeare, were non-believers.

“If all of the great poets were believers, they would have been religious writers,” she said. “They didn’t believe dominant stories about what meaning is … John Keats, he never mentions Jesus. In Shakespeare, there’s none of this kind of religious thinking.”

Hecht also noted that although she has the capacity to understand religious sentiment, she cannot wrap her head around the supernatural aspect.

“I can feel all the feelings that people call religious, and I don’t think ill of them. I just don’t think [these feelings] point to anything else, to the supernatural,” she said.

Even two books of the Bible, Job and Ecclesiastics, have aspects of humanism in them, she said.

“Job is a book of passionate screaming at the idea that there could be anyone making all this [the world] fair,” she said. “The other [biblical] book praised through atheist history is Ecclesiastics. This is an incredibly secular book.”

Hecht wrote “The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France, 1876-1936,” “Doubt: A History,” and “The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think is Right is Wrong,” along with two volumes of poetry on atheism.

She has a Ph.D. from Columbia University and teaches in the graduate writing program at The New School and the MFA program at Columbia.

James Palmer, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, was happy to hear a speaker on atheism at the University.

“I’ve watched atheist videos on YouTube, but this is the first time I’ve heard an atheist speaker … It’s a very homogenizing experience,” Palmer said.

Barry Klassel, the University’s humanist chaplain, said his organization booked Hecht to speak because she is an expert on the history of atheist thought.

“[Hecht] is an eloquent advocate for how poetry and the other arts express the ultimate beauty and wonder of the natural universe,” Klassel said.

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Interview with Alessandra Ambrosio

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

This is one interview from one Slovenian (country where I live, in Europe) magazine, with supermodel and angel Alessandra Ambrosio.
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Something about her from Wikipedia:
Alessandra Corine Ambrósio  born April 11, 1981) is a Brazilian model. Described by Tyra Banks as "the future of the modeling world",Ambrosio is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret and was chosen as the first spokesmodel for the company's "PINK" line. Ambrosio is currently one of the Victoria's Secret Angels and the former face of the UK company Next.
Aside from modeling work, Ambrosio serves as an ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Ambrosio was also selected by as Number 2 out of the "Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008", and she also have one child.
Short interview:
How would you describe your style ?
Bikini, sunglasses, scarf and handbag. I love beach, so in this clothes I feel most comfortable.
Do you have any healthy advices for my readers ?
Drink a lot of water, try to laugh all the time, dance, and spend as much as you can on the beach, do yoga, eat healthy, and never say NO, to few sweets.
Do you have any style icons ?
Yes of course. Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Nicks, Talitha Getty and Anita Pallenberg.
What do you like the most in your wardrobe ?
Leather jacket by Balenciaga,  boots by Isabel Marant and black jeans by Citizens of Humanity.
And your favorite fashion designers are…
Balmain, Isabel Marant, D&G, and Giles.
And favorite store …
Top Shop.
What would you save if your house would be in fire ?
Daughter, Macboook, passport, and my credit card.
Your most proud on…
On my daughter,  Anja Mazut Ambrosio.
Your ambitions are…
One day I would like to learn surfing on big waves.
Which VS product do you like the most ?
Victoria’s Secret body lotion, it smells so good, and it makes my skin so soft.
Lucky is…
Spending time with family and visiting city where I was born, because its still mean a lot to me.

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Ubisoft On “Watch Dogs” Delay, Downgrade

The excitement over the May 27th release date announcement of Ubisoft’s long-awaited video game release “Watch Dogs” has been tempered over the past few days in the wake of the recent trailer.

The company has come under fire on various game forums like NeoGaf for the apparent major downgrade of the games visuals in comparison with the now famous E3 2012 trailer.

The gameplay still looks fine, some elements are about on par (facial animation), while smoke effects appear to have actually been improved. That, however, seems to have come at the cost of the environmental physics effects – lighting, movement, anamorphic lens flares, explosions, etc. have all been seemingly simplified to early PS3/360 levels.

An already infamous animated GIF has been making the rounds comparing the E3 2012 reel for the game, and what’s said to be the PS4 version of the game from a recent hour-long demo played by some game journalists. The difference is both highly apparent and rather concerning.

Ubisoft’s PR and event manager, Tessa Vilyn, has responded to the reports with denials (via GamePur) saying:

“Believe me the game is not downgraded, that would just be a bit ridiculous… I saw the game it looks incredible. It looks what a next gen should look like. Really they didn’t downgrade anything, its just a little different then when you first saw it i guess. It really does look great.”

It has been revealed the game runs at 960p 30fps on Xbox One, 1080p 30fps on PS4, and up to 4K and 120fps on PC. What about that Wii U version? Turns out it’s still coming, but the team needed more time to make full use of the platform. Senior producer Domnic Guay tells Polygon:

“We wanted that team to have the time to explore the GamePad and be able to have fun with it and see how far they could push it. It’s also an interesting platform, because it has its own strength, which we want to take advantage of.”


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Review:”Where Narcissists find their home” Review:”Where Narcissists find their home”

ABOUT – is an entertaining and modern online dating site, in which they claim that they belong to the top dating sites today. The site plea that they engage in “The Science and Art of Love” upon searching for meaningful relationships. Based on their facial features, you can match the members using a “Sophisticated Facial recognition software” and a proprietary algorithm to identify partners more likely to ignite real passion and compatibility” since, apparently, according to them, “Scientists offer compelling data on romantic chemistry and findings prove that passion is subconsciously ignited when we spot someone whose facial features are similar to our own”. This is the concept used by the site to identify your partner and to spot people whose facial features are identical and they believe this will make them a top dating site. However, the main concept seems a bit weird. This opens the site to ridicule since there are plenty of jokes to be made about the incest or the idea of literally wanting to have intercourse with yourself. There are a few indicators that the site is probably not at all cracked up to. Once you upgrade the compatibility matching system, you will be recognized as a featured member and will work harder to find out the perfect match.”

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I am not contented in terms of viewing our potential matches. They allowed the user to glimpse 25 searches per day, wow, what kind of site is this! Giving limits when what they should do is to give more features to the services for the customers and meet their expectations. Instead, they limit what the customers can do. They claimed that they are one of the top dating sites, in which I am not convinced at all with their website. The Search feature only has two search term fields, the Age Range, and Proximity. Still not enough. On the site, you will also see a “Blog Page” with lots of great entries with advices and insights in the world of online dating.

In terms of communicating our match, we can send emails to other members in order for us to communicate with our match on the site which is insane. Is not there any other feature more interactive than sending emails? There are of course. But the site that claims they are one of the top dating sites seems to have overlooked this thing. How unfortunate! And one thing about this site is that, it takes the phenomenon to a whole new level by deliberately matching singles with people who look like each other, “What are they, narcissist?” If you look at most couples, you see that these facial features are not true. I really doubt that getting this theory out there will be of use to people. Not ever! FindYourfaceMate is absolutely not an engine to use in terms of dating online. It is not a site you can include in the list of top dating sites.

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Some other features of the site include the following:

–   View their gallery of couples with similar facial features from site members to famous celebrity couples

–   Links to multiple news and magazine articles as well as mentions of the site on different television news shows

–   See your “Facemate Compatibly” with another member, although the only indicator I saw was “Fabulous”

–   View your most recent “Face Mate” or check out your “Expanded Matches” if you want a few more options quite far from where you live

Drawback and Caveats

The site may capitalize on the concept of using facial recognition technology in order for them to be the Top dating site. However, using this technology is also prone for dating the same ‘type’ (with the magic of Photoshop). I do not know if this is a trick of the site, in order for you to keep coming back to the site every day or it is just an experiment. The whole idea of the site seems a bit hollow to me since the only criteria they are using to find other matches is ”Face Compatibility” which ultimately seems to ascribe that personality has nothing to do with compatibility. So they use a facial recognition software that uses 67 points on the face to recognize your similarities and matches you with other members based on your appearance.

It comes off gimmicky since there is no real entity on the site. User profiles are very basic and the site’s features definitely leave a lot to be desired since emailing is the only real way to communicate with other members. As for me, I would choose a more interactive way of communicating like chatting or anything else and not just email. Email alone as the only means of communication is never enough. It will be very difficult to become one of the top dating sites if this is the only way to communicate with people.

This website only focused or based their platform from people’s faces, which is not supposed to be my standards in finding my match or my future partner. Personality is a very important criterion, but the website seems to care less about beauty that can only be seen beyond the naked eye or beyond the software the site has created. With the modernization of the world today, millions or even billions are using the internet for one thing or even for online dating, so why go on wasting my time on this website if I am not satisfied? The Features are few and the concept is less than what you will be expecting of a website that belongs to the top dating sites. It is better to find another website that is exactly one of the top dating sites. is totally no charge at all, but browsing this website is a waste of time as being mentioned above in this review. I would rather see my date head on but not on this crap!

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When is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?

So here’s the interesting thing about the MI-5 episodes we watched. MI-5 is, of course, the FBI of the United Kingdom. And since this series began in 2002, it focuses (at least for these first two episodes) on terrorist threats.

In the first episode, the enemy is an American woman who has come to England to blow up abortion doctors and recruit new members to bring the anti-abortion battle to U.K. soil. There’s a lot of talk in this episode of the U.S. wanting her extradited as soon as possible so they can show her capture off as a success in the War on Terror.

What’s wrong with this picture? That’s right, the U.S., in 2002 (and now), would not have regarded someone who murders her own civilians with bombs to cause fear as a terrorist, if she was American. As terror expert and blogger David Neiwert has repeatedly pointed out, as far as the War on Terror is concerned, all terrorists are non-Americans. Mary Kane, the character from MI-5, might be paraded before the cameras as a criminal–might–but she’d never be called a terrorist.

Likewise with the enemy from the second episode, a white supremacist trying to foment a race war. England might consider that a terrorist threat, but our country wouldn’t. And I’m not being smarmy or sarcastic here, I’m telling the plain truth. As Neiwert quotes the Washington Post in the link above, “Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI acknowledge that since the Sept. 11 attacks they have viewed foreign threats as a higher priority than domestic ones. A recent department internal assessment of threats did not list militias, white-supremacist groups and violent antiabortion activists. The assessment, first reported by Congressional Quarterly, did mention radical environmental groups and animal rights activists as potential threats.” So yeah, Earth First! and the Animal Liberation Front are terrorists, but the Klan, the Minutemen, and Operation Rescue, less so. The only other terrorists are the ones we’re fighting in Iraq.

Except when we’re not. Last week Karl Rove, a guy who seems to believe he’s someone who was elected by the people, declared that after September 11, liberals wanted to talk to terrorists, but conservatives wanted to fight them. Yes, yes, whatever. We all know how that’s a load of kack. I only mention it as setup for this punchline: now Rumsfeld is talking to terrorists. This was first reported in the London Times (you know, the foreign paper that we have to go to because our domestic news agencies feel Americans aren’t interested in “non-stories” like what our government is up to.) and interestingly, is actually mentioned on the Fox news website as a TV show transcript. Rumsfeld, in that interview says sure, they might be talking to bad guys, but not the bad bad guys, just the good bad guys. You know, moral relativism and all that.

So the lesson to be learned is: by all means, you should be afraid of terrorists, because the government needs you to be afraid. But you gotta keep an open mind about what we mean by “terrorists”. You go around with all kinds of fancy definitions like, “people who use violent criminal action with the intention of spreading fear among a populace in order to make a political statement” and you’re gonna be lumping in all kinds of non-terrorists like people who murder abortion doctors, people who murder gay folks, and the religious fanatics who hate us but are our friends today. You just let the government tell you who the terrorists are. Some days it’s Europa, some days it’s Eurasia, and that might seem confusing, so just worry your little head about terrorists in general and leave the specifics to the experts on causing fear to a populace for political gain.

Incidentally, in other political news, your property isn’t yours if a shopping mall wants it, and oh look, we are torturing people after all!

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  1. But really, MI-5 is all about that dreamy Tom.

  2. I’m half-way through season two of Mi-5, and watched perhaps their best episode ever.

    Anyway for proof on how we treat American terrorists, we only call them terrorist is they kill more than a handful of people. Look to the OKC bombing. But if the numbers are smaller they are “activists” re: the abortion clinic bomber, Eric something.

  3. Lefty: The bioterror incident? If the answer is yes, then I’ve got to tell you that I had to turn on the lights, go outside, and walk around my neighborhood after that one to make sure that the real world was OK.


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Macy's Herald Square
Location151 West 34th Street
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°45?1?N 73°59?18?W / 40.75028°N 73.98833°W / 40.75028; -73.98833Coordinates: 40°45?1?N 73°59?18?W / 40.75028°N 73.98833°W / 40.75028; -73.98833
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Macy's Herald Square (originally named the R. H. Macy and Company Store) is the flagship of the Macy's department store chain; it is located on Herald Square in Manhattan, New York City. The building's 2.5 million square feet ,[3] which includes 1.25 million square feet of retail space, makes it the largest department store in the United States and the second largest in the world.[] As of 2018, the store has stood at the site for 116 years.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in 1978.[2][1][4]

Macy's entrance

Macy's was founded by Rowland Hussey Macy, who between 1843 and 1855 opened four retail dry goods stores, including the original Macy's store in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts, established in 1851 to serve the mill industry employees of the area. They all failed, but he learned from his mistakes. He moved to New York City in 1858 and established a new store named "R.H Macy Dry Goods" at Sixth Avenue on the corner of 14th Street. On the company's first day of business on October 28, 1858, sales totaled $11.08, equivalent to $312.83 today. From the very beginning, Macy's logo has included a star in one form or another, echoing a red star-shaped tattoo that Macy got as a teenager when he worked on a Nantucket whaling ship.[5][6]

As the business grew, Macy's expanded into neighboring buildings, opening more department stores, and used publicity devices such as a store Santa Claus, themed exhibits, and illuminated window displays to draw in customers.[7] The store later moved to 18th Street and Broadway, on the "Ladies' Mile", the elite shopping district of the time, where it remained for nearly forty years.

In 1875, Macy took on two partners, Robert M. Valentine (1850-1879), a nephew; and Abiel T. La Forge (1842-1878) of Wisconsin, who was the husband of a cousin.[8][9] Macy died just two years later in 1877 from Bright's disease,[10] The following year La Forge died and Valentine died in 1879.[8][9] Ownership of the company was passed down through the Macy family until 1895, when the company, now called "R. H. Macy & Co.", was acquired by Isidor Straus and his brother Nathan Straus, who had previously held a license to sell china and other goods in the Macy's store.

In 1902, the flagship store moved uptown to Herald Square at 34th Street and Broadway, so far north of the other main dry goods emporia that it had to offer a steam wagonette to transport customers from 14th Street to 34th Street.[11] Although the Herald Square store initially consisted of just one building, it expanded through new construction, eventually occupying almost the entire block bounded by Seventh Avenue on the west, Broadway on the east, 34th Street on the south and 35th Street on the north, with the exception of a small pre-existing building on the corner of 35th Street and Seventh Avenue and another on the corner of 34th Street and Broadway. Robert H. Smith purchased this latter 5-story building in 1900 for $375,000 – an incredible sum at the time – with the idea of getting in the way of Macy's becoming the largest store in the world: it is largely supposed that Smith, who was a neighbor of the Macy's store on 14th Street, was acting on behalf of Siegel-Cooper, which had built what they thought was the world's largest store on Sixth Avenue in 1896. Macy's ignored the tactic, and simply built around the building, which now carries Macy's "shopping bag" sign by lease arrangement.[12] That building earned the name Million Dollar Corner when it was finally sold for a then record $1,000,000 on December 6, 1911.[13]

The original Broadway store, designed by architects De Lemos & Cordes and built in 1901-02 by the Fuller Company. It has a Palladian facade, but has been updated in many details. Other additions to the west were completed in 1924 and 1928, and the Seventh Avenue building in 1931, all designed by architect Robert D. Kohn, the newer buildings becoming increasingly Art Deco in style.[12][14] The store boasts several wooden escalators still in operation.

The building in 2010

In 2012, Macy's began the first full renovation of the iconic Herald Square flagship store at a reported cost of $400 million.[15][16]Studio V Architecture, a New York-based firm, was the overall master plan architect of the project, with Kevin Kennon Architects providing the exterior and entry way designs. The firms' design raised controversy over the nature of contemporary design and authentic restoration.[17]

The renovations completed in November 2015 but continues to modify the store to suit changing customer tastes and maximize return on the real estate.[18] Also in 2016, the company explored adding one or two towers to the building to house hotel or office space, in 2017 it considered turning the structure's roof into a park.[19][20]

In August 2014, Macy's agreed to a $650,000 penalty proposed by the New York Attorney General to settle a number of claims of racial profiling and false detention involving nearly two dozen African-American, Latino and other customers at the Herald Square store, who had lodged complaints in February 2013. As part of the deal, the retail group agreed to introduce policies to ensure all customers were treated equally regardless of race or ethnicity.[21]

Through a partnership with tech retailer b8ta, this Macy's location has a "The Market @ Macy's" section, which features pop-up spaces for new brands.[22]

Christmas and Holiday window displays

Every year, Macy's is noted for its elaborate animated holiday and Christmas window displays in many locations across the U.S., but most notably at the Herald Square location. Each year presents a different theme shown in six windows on the Broadway side of the building. Each window includes animated displays with complex scenery, attracting thousands of people to view them. Since 2012, the windows have been designed, fabricated and animated by Standard Transmission Productions,[23][24][25] located in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

In 2007, Macy's launched a curated public art exhibition at the Herald Square flagship using its windows as a means to display pieces from several fashion designers including Misaki Kawai, Anna Sui and John F. Simon Jr.. The exhibit was titled Art Under Glass and was viewable to the public during the summer of 2007 through that year's fashion week.[26]

  • Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1924-present)
    • Broadway Side (1924-2008)
    • 34th Street Side (2009-present)
  • Macy's Santa Land
  • Macy's Flower Show
  • Macy's Believe campaign

See also

An early Macy's building, dating from 1894, at 56 West 14th Street, designated a NYC landmark in 2012

  1. ^ a b National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ^ a b "R.H. Macy and Company Store". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-11. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02.
  3. ^ Oh, Inae (November 1, 2011). "Macy's $400 Million Grand Makeover To Flagship Store". The Huffington Post.
  4. ^ Adams, George R. (February 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: R. H. Macy and Company Store" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 4 photos, exterior, undated (1.03 MB)
  5. ^ L.H. Robbins, "The City Department Store: Evolution of 75 Years" (pay wall), The New York Times, 12 February 1933, 130.
  6. ^ Stephen Evans, "The death of the department store", BBC News, 1 March 2005
  7. ^ Burrows, Edwin G. & Wallace, Mike (1999), Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-195-11634-8, pp.945-946
  8. ^ a b "Abiel T. La Forge". The New York Times. February 13, 1878. Retrieved .
  9. ^ a b "Robert M. Valentine's Will". The New York Times. February 26, 1879. Retrieved . The will of Robert M. Valentine, late partner in the firm of R. H. Macy Co., was offered for probate yesterday in the Surrogate's office.
  10. ^ "Rowland H. Macy, Merchant". The New York Times. March 31, 1877. Retrieved .
  11. ^ Abelson, Elaine S. "R. H. Macy" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010), The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.), New Haven: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2, p.1102
  12. ^ a b White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000), AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.), New York: Three Rivers Press, ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5, pp.225-226
  13. ^ "THE REAL ESTATE FIELD; $1,000,000 Paid for Small Broadway and 34th Street Corner". The New York Times. December 7, 1911. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved 2012.
  14. ^ Wurman, Richard Saul (2008). Access New York City. HarperCollins. p. 133. ISBN 978-0061350375. (Subscription required (help)).
  15. ^ Singer, Natasha (November 1, 2014). "For Macy's, a Makeover on 34th Street". The New York Times.
  16. ^ "Top 2012 Retail Projects" (PDF). Architectural Record: 32. September 2012.
  17. ^ "Macy's flagship's $400M makeover creating stir". CBS News. Associated Press. September 29, 2008.
  18. ^ Palmieri, Jean E. (November 5, 2015). "Macy's Completes Renovation of Men's Department at Herald Square". Women's Wear Daily.
  19. ^ Fickenscher, Lisa; Weiss, Lois (January 7, 2016). "Macy's considers adding a tower to iconic Herald Square store". New York Post.
  20. ^ Fickenscher, Lisa (June 6, 2017). "Macy's considering turning Herald Square roof into public park". New York Post. Retrieved .
  21. ^ Lovett, Kenneth (August 20, 2014). "Macy's agrees to pay $650G to settle state probe into racial profiling at its Herald Square store". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2014.
  22. ^ Wolf, Alan (June 13, 2018). "Macy's Taps b8ta For In-Store Pop-Up Shops". Twice. Retrieved 2018.
  23. ^ "Photos: Go Behind The Scenes Of The Macy's Herald Square Christmas Windows". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 2017-11-06. Retrieved .
  24. ^ "Miracle on 34th Street Comes to Life in Red Hook". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved .
  25. ^ Cerullo, Megan (December 1, 2017). "Window Dressing". Brown Alumni Magazine.
  26. ^ Nathan, Lillien (July 11, 2007). "Anna Sui Opens Macy's Art Exhibit, Loves Psychedelia". New York. Retrieved 2017.

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In terms of Hair Surgery, it should only be considered as an option of last resort, and only if you will be forced to continue the medication for an extended duration since your hair will have a chance to grow back after you stop your medication regimen at the recommendation of your Nephrologist. Compared to the difficulties of surgery, hairpieces and wigs are a much simpler option. Still, only your Nephrologist can advise whether any of these treatments are appropriate for your specific medical situation. We always strongly recommends that you NEVER stop taking medicine until your Nephrologist tells you to do so.

These approaches are only meant to address your hair loss, but regardless of your eventual course of action, you should always consult your Nephrologist to ensure that you are not putting yourself in danger or risk. If you are already experiencing hair loss as a side effect of medication, you should talk to you Nephrologist about other options available for treatment. The most important decision you will have to make regarding your hair loss is how much it bothers you and how far you will be willing to go because treatments can be expensive and in some cases just simply more trouble to you than they are worth.

Before you begin taking any medication, regardless of its prescription or over-the-counter status, you should make sure that you know everything you can about the medication, its normal effects, its potential side effects, and how it interacts with other medications. It is important that your Nephrologist knows what medications you regularly take so that possible negative interactions can be avoided. Also, many pharmacies keep track of the prescriptions for an individual and can notify the Pharmacist about possible problems between medications, so it is a good idea to consider using the same pharmacy for all of your medications.

Source: Kbuzz, DWN Africa.

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