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My article Death of the Instructional Designer sparked off some interesting debate and provided some good points. In case you missed it, do view the comments posted for the article. The poll also showed that most readers believe that instructional designers do add value to content development projects.
Tom Crawford makes some interesting points in Is Instructional Design Dead. He also lists some competencies he believes an instructional designer should have.
Vaughan Waller argues that good instructional design is a crucial component of a successful learning program and always will be. I really liked this article.
Learning Circuits big question of Nov 2006 asks if ISD / ADDIE / HPT are relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning?
Tom Werner calls for better design of the use of emerging technologies for learning.
Brett Bixler provides a long list of instructional designer required competencies and prerequisite skills.
I believe the traditional instructional designer needs to evolve. They need to have the following skills / knowledge:
- Ability to learn and understand content. While instructional design is content agnostic, it is imperative that the instructional designer understands enough content to have meaningful discussion with subject matter experts and other stakeholders.
- Interviewing skills and note taking skills.
- Ability to assimilate and chunk information.
- Writing correctly, clearly and concisely.
- Ability to collaborate with specialists in different areas (graphics, media, software engineering).
- Ability to write stories, dialogues, scenarios, narration scripts.
- Articulate proposed approach to stakeholders.
- Being creative, thinking out of the box.
- Of course, they must understand basic instructional design principles (this is the foundation), write correct objectives, structure the content etc. etc.
- Understand technology and tools used in creating a course. While there are specialists in various functions, it is imperative that the instructional designer also understands these tools, their basic features, limitations and what it takes to build the designs they are proposing.
Viewing different courses, sites helps you stay up to date. It is also a good idea to attend a few eLearning courses to get the audience experience.
My Top 10 Tools for Learning
Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies's site is a good repository of various learning tools. Jane Hart invites contributions to identify top 10 learning tools that the learning professionals use. These are not elearning development tools but tools that allow us to learn ourselves. Jane's summary of top 100 tools for learning from her 2007 survey makes an interesting reading.
Here are my top 10 tools for learning. Actually some of these might just be techniques. While I have listed some specific tools, in many cases, it is the technique that I found important. I have found very little difference in many of these tools and usually my favorites are the ones that I starting using first.
- Google – an astonishingly simple interface, this search engine is the place where I go first when I am trying to know more about something.
- Blogging – not a particular blogging tool, but just the fact of blogging has helped me know more and forced me to learn. It is a bit like teaching is the best method of learning. I use Blogger for my blog.
- Blogs – I find that I am reading and learning more from blogs than from other sources like magazines (online or paper), social networking sites, or company/product websites.
- Google Reader – RSS actually. I use Google Reader manage my feeds. RSS has really helped me stay up to date with new articles of various blogs and sites that I track. I really like this tool.
- del.icio.us – I work on three computers (if I include my mobile phone) and del.icio.us really makes it easy for me to track my bookmarks. But more importantly, I learn from the community to see what others are reading.
- Right click-Open in New Window/Tab – Okay, so you may argue this is not exactly a learning tool, but I find hyperlinks very distracting and if I click on a hyperlink I lose the flow of what I am reading. So I always right click and open the hyperlink in a new tab or window. This enables me to continue reading and if I do view a hyperlink, this allows me to return to my original document easily.
- Web-enabled mobile phone – I resisted getting a GPRS phone for a very long time for the fear of being chased by emails all the time (is there a phobia name for that, I wonder). But ever since I got my iPhone I have been absolutely hooked to its full browser Safari. This allows me to learn when I am not the move anywhere. Given our travel times now a days, I would recommend people getting a GPRS enabled phone with a browser. And the company deal from my service provider at Rs. 99 ($2.50) per month for unlimited usage is an absolute steal.
- Online conferencing (WebEx, Adobe Acrobat Connect) – I don't have any particular software that is my favorite. WebEx was the most used online conferencing but I am seeing the usage of Adobe Connect increasing. Online conferencing for meetings and training is a great tool for learning and collaboration.
- Slideshare – In my view, the YouTube of presentations. This is a great social networking site for sharing presentations. You can access some really interesting presentations here.
- Wikipedia – Great place to find almost anything here.
I started started tracking statistics only in late Sep 2007. Last four months of tracking of my blog have resulted in the following statistics:
I still get most traffic by blatantly spamming the people I know about my new posts. I know I must stop that but no one seems to be complaining so far. Everyone's being polite :-). I have started to get traffic from search sites and few other referring sites. I still haven't figured out how to track RSS feeds to my site.
"When are you going to write about Tare Zameen Par on your blog?" wife asks me.
"I can't write about that on my blog. My blog is about learning, content development and management. All the corporate stuff you know. I don't write movie reviews on my blog." I protest.
"Well the movie is about education and learning. It fits perfectly well on your blog."
"But, it is still just a movie…"
"So what is your write up about iPhone doing on your blog? That isn't even remotely about learning and education." she demands to know. "If you can write about iPhone, you can write about this. It is your blog, you can write anything you want."
"But I have readers from across the world now" I glance at the little widget on the left with scrolling names of various countries with the number of visitors. "What do they care about Tare Zameen Par?"
Wife peers over my shoulder and views the widget and then stares at me in silence, tapping her right foot lightly on the floor. I smile. Smile is my exit strategy when I lose an argument with wife. When you have a Special Educator for a wife and see a film on dyslexia, made by her favorite actor, you shut up and write about it.
In my view, Tare Zameen Par (TZP it seems is the horrible official abbreviation) is actually about the ignorance in our society about dyslexia and the suffering young children go through because of this ignorance. It is an absolutely beautifully made film, an extremely moving portrayal of the struggles of a young dyslexic boy. It is a film that will make you cry each time you see, it is a film that I want to own on a DVD. If I was a film critic, I would give it a five star rating.
The film attempts to educate the parents directly, and the teachers indirectly, about dyslexia and its impact on little children if not handled sensitively. In spite of the emotional portrayal, great music and fantastic production value the film falls short of a few critical details. As a society, we do need to recognize dyslexia and learning disability and need to handle it sensitively. At the same time, it is also important to know that there are special methods and techniques to teach children with learning difficulties. These methods are not just about an art teacher coming and freeing children's minds to try out unconventional things. The film completely misses out the role of Special Educator. Special Educators play a very critical role in helping dyslexics and children with learning disability cope with their ability to read and write.
The film has been criticized by some of its not so positive portrayal of teachers. There are teachers and there are teachers. But if a film portrays ALL regular teachers poorly I would agree with the criticism. Not just the film portray teachers in bad light, it doesn't do enough to educate them to be able to deal with children with dyslexia and learning disability. I would have loved to see if Nikumbh, the art teacher in the film would have been shown taking a workshop for the teachers about dyslexia and perhaps the school changing some of its policies.
The film could also make a case for inclusive education and the need for schools have Special Educators and Counselors. While the film shows a polio stricken boy as part of the mainstream class, it doesn't do enough to provide a case for inclusive education for dyslexics.
Finally moving away from the film, I wonder if perhaps Minimally Invasive Education techniques might contribute to some innovative techniques and principles in inclusive education in schools. It wasn't quite meant to solve the problems of learning disability, but is employed as a tool to enhance inclusive education; it could perhaps become a useful tool for children with dyslexia to copy with their learning difficulty.
An excerpt from Hole-in-the-wall website:
"Traditional Computer Based Learning (CBL) methods typically rely on one-way transmission of information. These methods are seen as extensions of classroom learning and thus viewed by children as restrictive. Consequently, results from such CBL initiatives have, at best, been mixed. In Contrast, Hole-in-the-wall Learning Stations seek to create a new paradigm in the learning process by providing unrestricted computer access to groups of children in an open playground setting. We believe that such an open setting will use child's natural curiosity to stimulate learning. The essential features are:
Playground Setting - The learning station is set up in an outdoor playground setting which children can access at any time. It ensures that girls, who would generally not be sent to close room housing a computer, can now easily access the Learning Station in an open setting.The playground setting offers a host of other advantages. Unconditional access to Learning Stations ensures that both children in-school and out-of-school can use them. Another advantage is that the unstructured nature of this setting also ensures that children themselves take ownership of the Learning Station by forming self-organized groups who learn on their own. Finally an unsupervised setting ensures that the entire process of learning is learner-centric and is driven by a child's natural curiosity.
Collaborative Learning - The learning station fosters collaborative learning among groups of children instead of following the usual school model of rote based learning (unidirectional). This allows children to explore, learn, share and learn even more as a result of this exchange of knowledge. This 'multiplier effect' of collaborative learning is utilized fully by HiWEL learning stations.
Optimum utilization of Learning station - In a traditional computer lab setting, pedagogy is 'instruction based' where focus is on dissemination of information. Moreover the access to computer is restricted by average usage time available per user (more so by the 'scarcity mentality'). As opposed to this, HiWEL Learning Stations rely more on exploratory learning where children who can freely experiment on the Learning Station. Again, groups of children access the Learning Station leading to twin advantages of collaborative learning and multiple children using the Learning Stations at the same time. This leads to much greater impact on children than a traditional lab based setting.
Integration with the school system - A big advantage of the HiWEL learning station is that it fits in nicely with traditional schooling and seeks to reinforce structured learning through peer discussions, increased curiosity and better retention.In schools where the Learning Stations were installed, some teachers have reported improved retention and increased receptivity among children. There have also been early indications of constructive in-class behavior and better scores among kids using the Learning Stations. HiWEL Learning Stations thus seek to enhance the effectiveness of overall learning experience by integrating with the schooling system.
Learning to learn – Apart from addressing the issue of education skills, HiWEL Learning Stations address a more fundamental skill set –the Process of Learning itself. By encouraging children to explore the Learning Station, it seeks to impart them with problem solving skills and an ability to think critically. So, while a child learns how to use educational software, she also develops an ability to analyze, synthesize and evaluate information which in turn builds her long term ability to learn.
Projects by Children - The Learning Stations are used for various real life projects. These projects are designed to engage children in authentic tasks relevant to their daily lives. Moreover they are designed to be locally relevant so that children can directly relate to them. The children can then use the Learning Stations for culling out information, compiling data and preparing reports. This will help develop their personalities while engaging them in tasks which could be of use to local community."


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10 Digital Music Predictions For 2011
By this point in January you might be a bit sick of journalists predicting things. Especially as it's not always easy to separate genuine trends-in-embryo from nuggets of PR-seeded hype. Case in point: right now the tech world is blogging its balls off in praise of Quora, a Wikipedia-meets-Twitter site that a lot of influential people have decided that this is the next big thing online.
Trouble is, it's hard to gauge Quora's mainstream potential, since at the moment it's just full of journalists following each other and waiting for something to happen – a bit like when you arrive at a party too early and it's really awkward. The point of the site is to ask questions. Right now the main query people seem to want answered is, 'Er, what's all this about then?'
Still, at the risk of getting it just as pathetically wrong, here are a few predictions about the coming year in online music. And if they don't come true? What are you going to do, check back in 12 months' time and flame me? (Please, don't do that).
1. Streaming will stop looking like the future…
Spotify lost £17 million last year, and key albums keep getting yanked from its library. Last.fm has never turned a profit in eight years. Last year, Sky Songs died, and We7 scaled back its unlimited on-demand ambitions. OK, new services are still being launched – such as Sony's Music Unlimited, but it's becoming clear that ad-funded streaming simply doesn't make financial sense.
Certainly, Spotify's failure to launch in the US – apparently because of major labels' prohibitive cash demands – suggests labels are losing faith with the whole concept: their business is still in flogging stuff, whether in physical or digital form, not renting it out.
2.…Which means piracy will flourish
Last year saw the passing of the Digital Economy Act, and legal action against The Pirate Bay, TV Shack and Limewire. None of it made a blind bit of difference, since the war on file-sharers can never be anything more than a desperate game of whack-a-mole. Spotify represents the industry's last best hope against, and if that hasn't worked, frankly nothing will.
3. Bands will stop using Myspace
Poor old Myspace – the only reason anyone still uses it is to listen to bands. But how long can that last? Sooner or later musicians will shift to a new platform – but which one? Bandcamp is already popular with indie types like Sufjan Stevens, partly because it makes it easy to make money from fans without iTunes taking a cut, but it's not a great social space for users.
No, the real future for bands is on Facebook. It'll never be the home of music the way Myspace is – do you think mark Zuckerberg can be arsed to negotiate with major labels when his company's already worth $50 billion? – but with the advent of Rootmusic it's now possible for bands to build proper, slick band pages on Facebook. It will be huge.
4. Gig-going will become more social
Well obviously it already is social, unless you go and you stand on your own like Morrissey. What I mean is, as more and more people start checking in to shows using Foursquare or Gowalla, and start organising their gig calendar on Songkick, and showing off their tastes on music-based dating sites like Tastebuds, you can see how gigs might cease being something you go to with friends, and become more somewhere you go to meet new people. And possibly get off with them.
5. Google Music will arrive… and won't make much difference
Everyone's assuming Google's music store – almost certain to launch this year – will be the iTunes killer we've all been waiting for. I'd love that to be true (I bet record labels do too), but Google aren't infallible: look at Buzz and Wave. There's every chance Google Music will dribble out in the style of Apple's Ping and everyone will ignore it.
iTunes in the cloud – which some people think will be launched around September – will be a bigger deal, but not because it'll usher in a wider on-demand revolution a la Spotify. It'll just mean the music you've already downloaded can be streamed to your phone.
6. Corporate tie-ins will abound
Last year the wheels really came off, thanks to partnerships such as Faithless and Fiat (their video for 'Feeling Good' doubled as a car commercial) and er, Blackout Crew and Pot Noodle. Younger music fans have no concept of bands 'selling out'. I'm not sure I even care anymore. So this year: Katy B Brought To You By Hyundai. Why not? Bands need to eat.
7. Music videos will get more interactive
Last year saw Robyn's Twitter-integrated 3D video for 'Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do', as well as Chris Milk's acclaimed user-modified videos for Arcade Fire and Johnny Cash. You can expect more innovation along these lines. Hopefully this will be the trend that defines music video in 2011, rather than yet more indie promos with "NSFW" zoom-shots of the bassist's cock and balls.
8. Fan-funding will go mainstream (no really)
The standard journalistic line on fan-funding is to mutter something about Public Enemy and then go, 'Oooh look, a sparrow!" It is, in fairness, quite a boring subject. Yet in the past year, without fanfare, fan-funding has evolved into an intriguing sort of anti-corporate underground culture. And it actually works: Pledgemusic has enabled bands such as Gang Of Four, Madina Lake and Funeral For A Friend to record albums, outside the traditional record label system.
9. Music apps will suck less
OK, so Gorillaz recorded their new album on an iPad, but while there are plenty of decent music apps, there are surprisingly few for actually streaming and discovering. Aweditorium is the slickest music discovery tool I've seen, thanks to its magazine-like look-and-feel, but you can't help thinking there's untapped potential there.
10. Downloads will get cheaper
Amazon's price war on iTunes intensified at the tail end of 2010, with the online retailer offering deeply discounted MP3s and special offers galore. That's a taste of things to come. Last October a former major label boss said the price of albums should be slashed to £1. Come the end of 2011, that might not seem quite so mad an idea.


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Another month, another slew of unbearable adverts, each more cynical and saccharine than the last. For instance:
How's this for a true story that hasn't happened yet - I go to the house of that bastard woman dressed as a dinosaur and traumatise her arsehole child. Bring back Anthony Head!
An unlistenable, anodyne cover of a rock song. How original.
The idea that banks are our friends, or part of the community, or remotely interested in bringing people closer is one of the most cynical advertising ploys of the last few years. Besides, it's an ugly fucking scarf.


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This week we study Parashat Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20) and Parashat Vayelekh (Deuteronomy 31:1-30.
* This is the last show from my hovel! I'm moving out Oct. 2.
* Rabbi Berel Wein writes: "There is a cynical but unfortunately accurate statement rife in the ranks of diplomats that treaties are made to be broken." This is true in personal life as well. Anyone who tells you, "I will never lie to you" or "I will never betray you" or "I will always be there for you" is unlikely to live up to such lofty obligations. We have to stand on our own two feet in life and not try to rely on binding people to us in such obligations.


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In early 1999, a handful of citizens founded the Chambers Creek Foundation. They came together with Pierce County in a public-private partnership to reclaim the 930-acre Chambers Creek Properties. Larger than Point Defiance, the Properties are located on Puget Sound. The County began acquiring the parcels that comprise the Properties in 1956, with the largest purchase, that of the former Lone Star gravel mine, completed in 1992. In 1997, with input from thousands of its residents, the County adopted the Chambers Creek Properties Master Site Plan. The Plan transforms the Properties from a literal wasteland into a place of incredible beauty and purpose. It provides for recreational, scientific, environmental, educational and aesthetic uses for the public, including a golf course, an arboretum and botanical garden, a view restaurant, picnic and play areas, miles of recreational paths and much more.
The Plan, however, will take 50 years to realize if only public dollars are utilized. The Foundation's function, as the tax-exempt charitable partner with Pierce County, is to accelerate that 50-year timeline and to lead in the development of the Environmental Education Experience, Environmental Institute, Native Plant Arboretum and on all other future projects, while providing site amenities not usually associated with public development. Chambers Creek Foundation and Pierce County are committed to a caliber of development worthy of this exquisite natural resource.
And exquisite it is. The Property lies at the confluence of the communities of University Place, Lakewood and Steilacoom. Tree-lined boulevards provide stunning access. The Sound, the Peninsula, Fox and Anderson Islands, the Olympics and Mount Rainier are visible from various points on the Property. From Grandview, the elevation rapidly descends 230 feet over the half-mile to the Sound. The freight and passenger trains, tiny on the water's edge, captivate the imagination.
Though still raw from its century as a gravel pit, reclamation of the Properties is already well underway. Amenities provided by the Foundation to date draw thousands of citizens from around the area on a daily basis. Mothers with strollers, elderly couples with walkers, fitness buffs, cyclists, and dog enthusiasts enjoy the mile and a half of walking/running/biking path adjacent to Grandview overlooking the Sound and enjoy spectacular views from the Spot of Shade. The Chambers Creek Labyrinth, designed after the Chartres Cathedral labyrinth, provides a place for quiet contemplation, in view of Mount Rainier.
With the opening of the Soundview Trail in May, 2007 and Chambers Bay golf course in June, 2007, public access was achieved for the first time in well over 100 years. Three miles of hiking trails and a nationally renowned championship golf course now draw tens of thousands to this magnificent treasure and the momentum for public access is exploding. In August of 2008, North Meadow and Central Meadow open on August 9th to the sounds of Judy Collins with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and Jonathan Brooke ...this benefit concert is presented by The Foundation and Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. Proceeds will benefit environmental and arts education.


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Iowa: GROOMERS
Below is a sample search of our GROOMERS located nearest to Iowa.
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Bark Busters Home Dog Training
28168 550th Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
Tel: (515) 597-2221
Paws Playhouse Limited
923 N 4th Street
Ames, IA 50010
Tel: (515) 233-5951
Serenity Pet Spa
221 5th Street
Ames, Iowa 50010
Tel: 515 232-9102
Kruse Kevin & Nancy
6224 US Highway 69
Ames, IA 50010
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Texas Circle
Ames, Iowa 50014
Tel: 515-231-1436
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118 Hayward Ave Ste 11
Ames, IA 50014
Tel: (515) 292-4646
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208 School St
Gilbert, IA 50105
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630 N US Highway 69
Huxley, IA 50124
Tel: (515) 597-3700
Molly's Mutt Hut
819 Division St
Boone, IA 50036
Tel: (515) 432-0736
Sara's Groom Room
1309 Boone St
Boone, IA 50036
Tel: (515) 432-5377
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261 North Cherokee Drive
Polk City, IA 50226
Tel: (515) 984-7884
Jewell Animal Hospital - Lisa Deppe DVM
548 Main Street
Jewell, IA 50130
Tel: (515) 827-5700
1715 SE Delaware Ave
Ankeny, IA 50021
Tel: (515) 289-0667
Doggie Daze Pet Salon
629 S Ankeny Blvd
Ankeny, IA 50023
Tel: (515) 964-2228
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506 Sw 3rd Street
Ankeny, IA 50023
Tel: (515) 964-7160
779-340th Street
Bouton, Iowa 50039
Tel: 515-229-7728
Tails End Dog & Cat Grooming
110 S Michigan
Hubbard, IA 50122
Tel: (641) 864-3305
4 Paws Unleashed Inc.
1380 NE 66th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50313
Tel: (515) 289-0626
Pooch Parlor the
39 325th St
Perry, IA 50220
Tel: (515) 465-3283
Poodle Boutique
14366 K Ave
Perry, IA 50220
Tel: (515) 465-5726
Pampered Pooch Bakery & Salon
623 8th Street Southeast
Altoona, IA 50009
Tel: (515) 957-0005
Waggin Tails
1455 NE 88th St
Altoona, IA 50009
Tel: (515) 967-5429
Snip Doggy Dog
5715 Urbandale Ave
Des Moines, IA 50310
Tel: (515) 276-2195
All Breed Dog Grooming & Obedience School
6503 Hickman Rd
Des Moines, IA 50322
Tel: (515) 278-0161
Barking Lot
3235 99th Street
Urbandale, IA 50322
Tel: (515) 331-4628
Puppy Love Grooming
2620 E 9th St
Des Moines, IA 50316
Tel: (515) 266-6871
All-Pets Hospital - K W Berge DVM
1330 2nd Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50314
Tel: (515) 262-8535
Fleur Pet Hospital - Sherry A Zenor DVM
1330 2nd Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50314
Tel: (515) 285-1297
Starch Pet Hospital - Michael Henning DVM
2222 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311
Tel: (515) 283-1576
Gentle Touch the
1270 NW 75th St
Clive, IA 50325
Tel: (515) 277-0666
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Email interview held on 12th September 2017 – as follows between Alan Radley (questioner) and Bob Mann (relator):
What are your thoughts on the current state of cybersecurity, both for organizations and for consumers?
1. Personal details are still in peril from a lack of commitment by data controllers and data processors
What – in your estimation – are the reasons behind the many computer security breaches/failures that we see today?
2. As per point 1, entities are not morally committed to protect their data and services, at least not until they are significantly impacted by a cyber attack – services, fines, loss of clients…
Where do you go to find your "science" of cybersecurity?
3. Colleagues, and main security digital periodicals
Do you recommend a particular cybersecurity blog that our readers could follow?
4. No: read as many as possible and sift!
What keeps you up at night in the context of the cyber environment that the world finds itself in?
5. Nothing. As an experienced practitioner, thing will. "go bump in the night" no matter our best efforts
Thank you kindly Bob Mann for taking the time out of what must be a busy schedule to answer our questions in such a purposeful way.
Interviewee: Bob Mann,
Director, BM Cyber Security.
Bob Mann – Biography
A very experienced and highly motivated IT Security Manager
My experience and understanding of the issues has allowed me to develop a sound, pragmatic, but flexible approach to winning across business units. I possess a confident and positive attitude in both leadership and management. I relish the opportunities and challenges that the security field brings and can confidently demonstrate the skills, abilities, drive, and achievements required to meet those challenges. My experience ranges from protection of Government and MOD clients, through to the securing the financial sector, commercial institutions and the retail environment.


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Dining Room Furniture is a thing which can make your lunch or dinner much more joyful in the course of family members gathering when you uncover your all loved ones members are sitting beside you for lunch. Living space furniture placed around the perimeter of a area does not encourage conversation and can build a cold feeling or ambience. In the short article under I will go over some of the most vital and worth mentioning attributes of Pine Furniture and oak furniture. The marketplace abounds in an eclectic variety of styles and designs for dining room furniture.
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If you have heavy furniture or haven't purchased any yet, it aids to measure the room and its features initial. It is also crucial to make sure that you note the location and size of doors, windows, hearths, or other features you will need to contemplate in deciding on furniture placement. If you are hunting for durable, yet economical furniture alternatives for your home, pine furniture is the ideal decision. You may not realise it but dining rooms and dining area furniture is not a modern idea it has its history way back to medieval occasions.
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Adrian Furnham: "Do you want more creative people in your business? No"
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According to University of London professor Adrian Furham, creative people are less reliable, harder to manage and difficult to reward, and organisations seeking creative people to help them innovate should think again.
Speaking at the end of last year, Furnham, who was voted 12th Most Influential UK Thinker on HR magazine's 2012 ranking, called creativity a "scientific backwater."
Do you agree? Or is Furnham wrong? He's speaking on the subject at the HR Talks on 7th February, going head-to-head in a debate on creativity and innovation with Dr Benjamin Reid from The Work Foundation's Big Innovation Centre. This will be followed by an interactive workshop on creating a culture of innovation, and talks by many other fantastic speakers - all of whom are practicing HR directors.
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Key West forecasters from the National Weather Service are touting their tropical temperatures with a video showing them tossing boiling water into the air – a classic weather experiment typically undertaken by those in sub-zero conditions.
When the temperature hits below the zero mark, the boiling water can turn to ice crystals before it hits the ground.
But with temperatures in South Florida above 80 degrees, the boiling water experiment is just a good-natured dig at their friends in cooler parts of the country.
Check The Palm Beach Post radar map.
Key West hit a record-breaking 85 degrees Monday as heat records fell throughout South Florida.
That was on top of three South Florida heat records broken Sunday and another shattered Monday when Miami reached 86 degrees before noon.
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A stubborn area of high pressure and overachieving moisture levels in the lower atmosphere are being blamed for the humid days and sultry nights that are more typical of June than late December.
West Palm Beach's overnight low Sunday dipped to only 77 degrees — a whopping 17 degrees above what's normal for this time of year and a measurement that broke a 2006 record warm low of 73 degrees.
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It was barely 4.30am when I found myself in a bus thudding along the dusty road towards a remote Nubian village.
It was day two of our trip to Egypt and we were on our way to the Abu Simbel temples. With four colossal statues of Rameses II hewed into the mountainside, the monument is a sight to behold.
Visiting the land of pyramids had been a lifelong dream for my family of history buffs, its rich history being the main enticement.
We took a 10-day tour package that included accommodation, meals, transportation and return flights onboard Oman Air – there are no direct flights from Malaysia to Cairo.
Egypt is a Mediterranean country and most of its vegetation lies along the Nile river. Arabic is widely spoken but with the influx of tourists, English and even Mandarin are spoken in several tourist areas.
The country is blessed with the title "Cradle of Civilisation". Be it the pyramids or hieroglyph-lined temples and tombs, there are plenty of historical sites to be visited there.
I highly recommend having an experienced tour guide or doing some research on sites prior to visiting Egypt.
No trip to Egypt would be complete without cruising down the Nile; we had to take a domestic flight to Aswan for that. The relaxing cruise took us up the scenic river towards Luxor, covering many world-renowned open-air museums along our way.
These also included many temples (think Luxor and Karnak temples) and a burial ground called Valley of the Kings. Statues, obelisks and hieroglyph carvings at these sites are very well preserved. Some are suggestively eerie, adding an aura of mystery that had long shrouded the land.
One surreal incident happened while visiting a perfume room at Edfu Temple. Meant to store perfume thousands of years ago, the room was completely covered with hieroglyphs that were inscribed with remarkable precision. These recipes (to make perfume) are allegedly used in premium brands today. Upon our second visit, my parents and I caught a pleasant whiff of fragrance. Perhaps it was a sniff of the past!
Visitors are free to roam about at these sites and we had a delightful time exploring. Do remember to wear good walking shoes as the ground is often uneven.
Arriving in Cairo after putting up on a sleeper train from Luxor, we toured the historical sites in the capital which includes the photo-worthy pyramids and the Sphinx.
If you plan to visit this year then you're in luck as a new museum near the Pyramids of Giza will be launched so that tourists can have a full day of historical discovery.
For us, we went to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities and it was not short of being a treasure trove. We managed to see the mask of Tutankhamun up close. Viewing mummies in the two royal mummy rooms was a breathtaking experience.
We also went to the port town of Alexandria, located strategically beside the Mediterranean Sea. The town is known for being a stop for Alexander the Great during his world conquest.
There are several Greco-Roman ruins to check out at the town but do visit King Montazah's Palace to enjoy the ocean breeze along with the locals who regularly have picnics there.
We spent our last hours in Egypt walking through the local bazaar shopping for souvenirs, soaking in the culture. The local coffee, which was fragrantly infused with spices, did not disappoint, but the bitter aftertaste was a tough one to swallow.
The wonderful moments of the trip still exhilarate me. A holiday in Egypt may not be everyone's cup of tea but if the past does appeal to you, this country is sure to take you on a journey back in time.


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Baha'i community in Iran
Media release
6 May 2013
May 14 this year marks the fifth anniversary of the detention of seven national leaders of the Baha'i community in Iran. It is an anniversary we commemorate with regret.
The Australian Government reiterates its concerns at continuing human rights abuses in Iran including those affecting the Baha'i community. These concerns were most recently voiced in March this year, in a statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
In that statement, Australia expressed its concern at the use of the death penalty, intimidation and arbitrary arrest of human rights and political activists, suppression of personal freedoms and the treatment of ethnic and religious minorities, including Baha'is. We also supported renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran.
We welcome some recent positive developments, including the release of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. We call for the immediate release of prisoners of conscience including the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders: Afif Naeimi, Behrouz Tavakkoli, Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mahvash Sabet, Saeid Rezaie, and Vahid Tizfahm.
Australia calls on Iran to respect the rights to freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and freedom of association.
Australia also regularly raises human rights concerns directly with the Government of Iran.
Media enquiries
- Minister's office: (02) 6277 7584
- DFAT Media Liaison: (02) 6261 1555


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I had an email exchange on Sunday afternoon with my new editor on "Three Grumpy Trucks." The illustrator is starting on the artwork and we discussed what three trucks might be doing at a playground. (Would they stay in the sandbox? Would they venture over by the sprinklers?)
I walked into Samuel's room and said, "What are you doing right now?"
God bless Samuel.
We went to the playground at Central Park West and 85th. I intended just to walk around for a few minutes and observe. But when we got to the sandbox I said, "I'm just going to take off my shoes for a minute," and one thing led to another.
There was a lot of digging, scooping, lifting, and sifting going on. Samuel and I befriended an 18-month-old while his caregiver helpfully read a book on a bench twenty yards away.
How do you make a toddler laugh?
Bury his feet in the sand, then say, "Where are your feet?! We've lost your feet!" Then act very surprised when he pulls them out.
Repeat for thirty minutes.
There was squealing, tunnel stomping, sand eating, and lots and lots of snot. All the ingredients for happiness.
I'm just gonna say it publicly. The world would be so much better with one more toddler in it, don't you think?


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The new agriculture rule released in conjunction with the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) proposal could fundamentally alter interaction between farmers and the federal government and should be immediately withdrawn, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Republican members of the Senate Agriculture Committee asserted yesterday. Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Cochran, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Pat ...Read More »
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One day on Pinterest I found this great tip from Sam Donald who uses the Envelope Punch Board to make a little pretty coffin box. It looks so much like a chest. Here you can see her video tutorial .
I just had to try out this box after watching Sam Donalds video and I made sure to take a lot of pictures along the way. So here I have a Photo Tutorial for those of you who like to be able to print it out. Also I couldn't help myself - I had to try and make an even bigger chest box. So at the end of the tutorial you get the full measurements for both box sizes!
This tutorial is in English but I have also made a tutorial in Danish for The Paper Crafting Magazine. Go HERE for the Danish version.
You will need the following materials for this box:
- Envelope Punch Board
- Design paper 6"x6", double sided if possible.
- Scissors
- Adhesive / glue
- 1 pcs. brads
- Small punch or steel die, for example heart shaped.
Your paper must be 6"x6" to make the small box.
If you are using striped paper hear this fabulous tip from Sam Donald.
If the stripes are turning as shown on my photo, the box will end out with horizontal stripes (Top left to Down right).
If the stripes are turning opposite, then the box will end up with vertical stripes (Top right to Down left).
First punch is at 1,5" and remember to score.
Turn the paper as shown on photo and punch this time at 3" and score.
Turn the paper again and punch at 1,5"and score.
Turn again and punch on the last side at 3" and score.
Now we have punched on all four sides. Flip over the paper as we are now going to punch on the backside.
Follow your scorelines and let the guide tip (arrow on photo) of the punch button follow your scorelines and punch.
This means you will get two punches right next to eachother BUT this time you do NOT score!
Follow the scorelines on every side and punch.
Remember not to score!
I have turned my paper to the backside 'cause here the scorelines are shown more clearly. This is how it should end up looking.
Notice that there are only 4 scorelines. This is because we only scored in the first round of punching.
We also have to remember to round our cornes on the paper.
Take your scissors and make cuts as shown by the arrows on the photo.
Here the cuts are made and we can now make the folds following the scorelines. You can use the bonefolder to press the folds.
When we have pressed all the scorelines we can carefully "gather" the box. BUT no adhesive is used at this point!
The purpose of this test folding of the box is to find the rigtht place to make a little punch hole. This hole will work as our closing mechanisme.
I have made a little mark with a pencil where I want my punch hole. As I did not have a small enough punch suited for this, I had to use a little steel die. If you have a punch like Sam's or a small heart punch, then you should of course use it.
I ended up using a little heart die. The shape of the heart will work perfectly as closing mechanisme. But this means I have to use the Big Shot (or any other can be used).
If you have a punch suited for this, then you can jump to no. 15!
Now it gets a little tricky. As our paper base is 6"x6" it is to wide to go through the Big Shot. You have two choices here!
You can do as shown on the pictures in no. 13 and 14. This means that you only partly runs the paper through the Big Shot. This way it is only the part with the steel die which runs through and then you run it backwards again.
you can fold in the two side flaps. Just fold it following the scorelines and there the whole thing can easily be run through the Big Shot. (I didn't think about this until after the photos were taken).
As mentioned under no. 13 be careful to stop in time if you have choosen the version shown in my photos.
We have now made out little punch hole.
I have marked with X and arrows where we have to add adhesive.
In my first go I only used normal adhesive tape, but had to add glue later on to hold the box properly together.
Lets start putting the box together.
All the sides have now been glued together.
Notice that we do not have any scorelines at the top of the box. This is because we want a soft fold and this is why the little box ends up looking like a little chest.
Carefully bend down the top flaps and use your hand to hold it closed. Find the place where you want to put the brad.
The brad will be the last part of the closing mechanisme for the box. This is also why the heart shaped punch works well.
I have made a pencil mark where I want my brad to be.
Use your Big Bite, Silent Setter or a thick needle to make the hole.
We are now finished and the box is ready to be used.
Here you see the final result!
Notice the lovely curved look of the box.
I put two pieces of Ferrero Rochers in my box and added a little gift tag.
You can also put easter eggs in the box or jewelry. Anything is possible with this little coffin box. It is like a little treasure chest.
When I had made my first box out of 6"x6" paper I thought to myself that it must be possible to make the same box out of 12"x12" paper. And so I did!
The photo below shows you the difference in size between the two boxes. The big box has plenty of room to hold giftcards.
Little Box (as Sam Donald's): Paper size: 6" x 6". Score at 1½" og 3". Final measurements for the box: L:9,5 cm x W:4,0 cm x H: 3,5 cm. Big Box: Paper size: 12" x 12". Score at 2½" og 5". Final measurements for the box: L: 16,5 cm x W: 7,5 cm x H: 9,5 cm.
Notice the diagonal stripes on the little box in the last photo. This box is made of paper where the stripes were horizontal.
It is basically a matter of taste whether you want your stripes to go horisontal on the box or vertical or diagonal.
Pia :o)
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Little box with orange stripes
Gift tag on little box
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There are no easy answers in matter of life and death
The moving story of Jenny Grainger - who helped her mum take her life - has reignited the assisted suicide debate. Here campaigners for and against have their say
FOR: Jo Cartwright
Dignity In Dying campaigns for the choice of assisted dying to be available to terminally ill, competent adults within strict legal safeguards.
For this to become a reality, we would need to see a change in the law in the UK; a law similar to the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.
This act has been in force for 15 years and annual reports from Oregon show that cases of people choosing assistance to die have remained low - never exceeding more than 0.25% of all deaths; that people considered vulnerable have not suffered under the law change and that palliative care has improved since the legalisation of assisted dying.
Sadly, cases like Jenny Grainger's, who had to stand by and watch her mother stop eating and drinking to have a better death than she might otherwise have had, are not uncommon.
Too often, we see accounts of people travelling abroad to die, or attempting to end their lives at home, sometimes alone to avoid implicating loved ones.
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For this reason, as well as the many people who suffer unbearably against their wishes, we campaign for a change in the law.
While it remains illegal to assist another to die in the UK, Debbie Purdy's legal challenge clarified what actions were likely to result in prosecution and which are likely to be forgiven in cases of assistance to die.
It came in DPP guidelines, which apply in Northern Ireland as well as in England and Wales.
The guidelines make it clear that compassionate amateur acts of minor assistance to die are unlikely to result in prosecution, but professional assistance to help another to die is likely to be prosecuted. This means that those who travel to Switzerland with a dying friend, or family member, choosing an assisted death, or who sit with a loved-one who is refusing food and water, are not likely to be prosecuted.
While it is absolutely right that these actions are considered with compassion, this policy of forgiveness for amateurs who break the law is not good enough.
If we agree that people like Barbara Grainger should not have to suffer against her wishes at the end of her life, which the vast majority of us do, then we must continue to fight for a law in the UK which allows dying, competent adults the choice of a peaceful and dignified assisted death.
No one should have to contemplate travelling thousands of miles for assistance, or weeks refusing food or water to have what they consider a good death.
Against: Liam Gibson
Many families can identify with the suffering experienced by Barbara and Jenny Grainger. They, nonetheless, find the legalisation of assisted suicide a chilling prospect, as it would downgrade the value the state places on many vulnerable groups.
It would affect not only the terminally ill, but also the disabled, those with long-term conditions and some accident victims.
The assisted suicide debate usually focuses on the terminally ill, who want to die. But where the law has permitted it, in Switzerland for example, it has moved on to take the lives of the chronically ill and even the depressed.
In the Netherlands, the Groningen protocol permits the routine killing of newborn babies with spina bifida.
Many in the 'right to die' campaign already call for various groups to be helped to die.
In Britain, some argue that Alzheimer's patients no longer have the right to life. They are merely vegetables.
When humans are called vegetables, we ought to be worried. We only need to look at where such thinking has led in the past.
Under the German euthanasia programme, disabled children were called "useless bread gobblers".
Some people are motivated by the desire to end the suffering of someone they love. But bureaucracies and health systems see all problems in terms of cost/benefit.
Can anyone doubt, that given the opportunity, some sections of the NHS wouldn't try to save money spent on patients they refer to as "coffin dodgers"?
Soon the right to die would become the duty to die.
While the potential for abuse by greedy or uncaring relatives is obvious, the proposed safeguards have not been worth the paper they've been printed on.
The vulnerable and sick need support and reassurance they won't suffer alone. It is sometimes difficult for families to give this support, so there is a duty on society to provide it.
The compassionate response to suffering is not to encourage suicide, but to offer the palliative care and psychological support the sick need to help them live.


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Hi Jenny . . . 2 festive treats here! Adore that Rudolph die and the papers you've used are great.
Thanks for playing along with Rudolph Day.
Hugs, Sarn xxx
Fabulous card and awesome colours used....gorgeous display.
aNNie xx
The Journey is the Start
Jenny these are gorgeous Christmas designs. Loving the festive design papers.
Hugs Desíre {Doing Life}
Stunning creations Jenny!ReplyDelete
Two lovely cards!
Your dies are so lovely too.
Hope to see you next year at Rudolph Days on my blog!
hi Jenny! these are both gorgeous, luv the reindeer card! I am thrilled you played along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!
sparkle & shine *~*
Hi Jenny, Just saw your card at the Playground (not got round to RD as yet). I love traditional colors on Christmas cards (call me old fashioned. I like the non-traditional colors too!) Love all the wonderful details you have on each of these pretties, and especially loving the gold reindeer.Such a nice way to use snippets with the banners & the dp behind the deer looks very 'woodsy'. The brilliant poinsettia was just gorgeous against all the bright paper strips. WSell done! TFS & Hugs.ReplyDelete
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Groetjes, Renate
Oh these really are lovely Jenny! I love how you did the mix and match with all those rich papers.
Di xx
Love your cards, Great papers too!! Thanks for joining us at Hiding in my Craft Room
Cheers Jennie DTM
What wonderful designer papers and great Christmas Cards.
Thanks for sharing at Hiding in My Craft Room!
Designs by Sammy
Love the cards and the gorgeous papers.
Thanks for entering the Christmas challenge at Let's Craft and Create.
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The Midhurst based shipwreck hunter David Mearns found the missing plane carrying Cardiff City footballing star Emiliano Sala less than two hours after he began the underwater search on the seabed off Guernsey on Sunday.
Back in his Midhurst office on Tuesday after the high profile operation, the director of the Rumbolds Hill based Blue Water Recoveries said he had not been surprised to find the plane so quickly.
"The information we had from the radar trace was very good quality," he told the Observer, "this wasn't searching hundreds of square nautical miles.
"I knew from the beginning this was a plane that could be found and the information we had turned out to be excellent.
"I said to my wife before I left that I thought we could do it in about two hours."
And renowned marine scientist David was on the deck of the FPV Morven directing operations when the discovery was made 63 metres down on the seabed.
"We saw things using sonor that to us indicated it was a plane and we called in the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) who sent a submersible with cameras underwater to confirm it."
He said the surprising thing was that most of the plane was there: "The bulk of it is on the seabed and very few things are missing - it is crashed and broken but most of it is there - it is not in hundreds of pieces."
The discovery came 13 days after the plane, piloted by David Ibbotson went missing over the English Channel on its way from Nantes in France. It was carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala to Cardiff where he was due to start playing for his new club in the Premier League.
David led the private search after £260,000 was raised online to allow Sala's family to fund it.
He has now handed over the investigation to the AAIB who will make the decision on the next steps.
In a statement issued on Monday the AAIB said: "Tragically, in video footage from the ROV (underwater remotely operated vehicle), one occupant is visible amidst the wreckage. The AAIB is now considering the next steps, in consultation with the families of the pilot and passenger, and the police.
"The image shows the rear left side of the fuselage including part of the aircraft registration.
"We intend to publish an interim report within one month of the accident occurring."
'My job is done but I am here for the family'
David Mearns stepped in to lead the crowdfunded private search after the official hunt for the footballer's plane was called off three days after its disappearance.
"I saw Emiliano's sister Romina in an interview after her brother's disappearance and went to the Argentinian consulate and said I thought I could help," he told the Observer.
"I felt very badly for Romina and I just happen to be a person with the technical skills to help."
He said having located the wreck of the plane 63 metres down on the seabed in the English Channel on Sunday he had completed his task.
"My job is done but I am still in daily contact with the family through their agent.
"We also have a private Whatsapp group and we are all talking all the time.
"I shall still do what I can to the last minute that the family need me."
He said he would continue to offer them technical advice but it was now in the hands of the AAIB, which is carrying out its investigation into the crash of the light aircraft. It was also its decision as to whether the plane would be brought to the surface.
He said the Sala family desperately wanted the plane to be recovered.
"They feel that is the pathway for them to get the answers that they need to have."
David has found more than 20 major wrecks over the last 30 years and has been involved in many high profile underwater investigations.
Although dubbed the shipwreck hunter, his latest search for the light aircraft in the English Channel was a different kind of project for him in recent years.
"While it wasn't a ship we were looking for this time, I did start my career searching for aircraft and this was the same type of problem to solve."
But speaking of the Sala family he was helping he said: "Here, there were people going through a very painful experience – so it's been immediate and fresh which has heightened the sensitivity many times over.
"That is why I agreed to do this search. I felt very badly for the family and I wanted to help them."
Read more about David Mearns' work here:
The remains of the first British ship to be sunk in the second world war appear to have been found on the Atlantic seabed by shipwreck hunter David Mearns - without leaving dry land.
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Led by the founding chair of the UK Crowdfunding Association, Julia Groves, investment managers Downing launch the first crowdfunding platform specifically targeting advised clients using ShareIn's technology.
ShareIn To Power It's First Crowdfunded Bond Offering
We've enabled a range of companies to meet their fundraising goal's through equity crowdfunding but this is the first time our platform has been used for bonds. It marks a significant addition to our product offering.
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Downing's Crowdfunding Platform Targets Advised Clients
Downing are offering a one-year fixed rate 6.25% (early bird rate) crowdfunded bond through its newly launched platform www.downingcrowd.co.uk
Downing chief executive Tony McGing said, "Downing will open up this market to investors who are keen to participate, but want the reassurance that the opportunities have been assessed by their normal advisers and are brought to market by a highly respected provider. Downing will provide those advisers with both the information and the incentive they need to do so."
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