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Setting up and planning the look of your outdoor Easter decoration display is much the same as the process of planning your outdoor Christmas display. Just as with a Christmas display, you would want to incorporate different items that represent the themes of the season. Some of these items may include: Easter crosses, Easter bunnies, lambs or sheep, Easter eggs, Easter string lights and lighted shapes and messages.
Incorporating crosses into your Easter display is perhaps the most direct way to represent the true meaning of the Easter holiday. Individuals and churches will often display a set of three crosses (representing the crosses on which Jesus and the two criminals were crucified), many times as much as 8 feet or more in height with the center one being the tallest. These Easter crosses may be constructed with nominal 4" x 4" or 2" x 4" lumber or even smaller depending on the size and height you are looking for. The crosses can also be adorned with purple and or white fabric sashes. A single cross by itself also does a very nice job representing the season with lesser work. You may decide to leave your Easter crosses as plain wood or to wrap them with a few strands of white lights which can be purchased year round as decoration at many department stores as well as at Christmas time.
Easter bunnies will add a festive spring time atmosphere to your Easter display. You can include Easter bunnies into your outdoor display that are lighted wire frames, blow molds, airblowns and even as wood carved cutouts. Be sure to properly stake down your lighted Easter bunny blow mold figures as well as your other Easter blow molds.
Lambs or sheep may also be used in your display to add a meaningful representation. As Jesus is the lamb of God sent to be a sacrifice to save all, it would be appropriate to include lambs and sheep in your outdoor Easter display. Perhaps one of the easier ways to procure lamb and sheep figures for your display is to look at outdoor nativity sets. Nativity sets that are illuminated such as blow mold sets or curved wood frames will usually feature animal sheep figures that could be borrowed for use in your Easter display. These figures can easily be purchased during after Christmas clearance sales if they are still available.
Easter eggs are also a familiar and characteristic Easter decoration you can include in your display. Easter eggs are great representations of new life that emerges in the spring time after a long cold winter. Easter egg blow molds of small to larger sizes in a variety of classic Easter colors can be found in various home décor and craft stores both physical and online.
While perhaps not as prevalent as with Christmas, during the Easter holiday, you could hang Easter light strands around your home and create and place lighted shapes and messages. The string lights are pretty much the same as Christmas or other decorative lights, except that you may stick with light strands that are of the characteristic Easter colors such as: white, yellow, blue, green, and pink. Just as with an outdoor Christmas display, you can place these lights on your home, trees, shrubs, and where you feel is appropriate and right for your display. There are different types of lighted Easter decorations which include: Easter crosses, Easter bunnies, and Easter eggs. You can also get creative and make message displays featuring you own Easter holiday greetings. These greetings may include: He is risen, Happy Easter, Welcome springtime, Jesus is the reason for the season, or whatever you choose.
You have a lot of options in what to include when setting up your outdoor Easter decoration display. When planning out your display, don't forget that the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the true meaning of the celebration. When buying Easter blow molds, lights, and decorations for your Easter display, some good stores to consider visiting include: Garden Ridge, Kmart, Wal-Mart, and host of many others. Included in the Resource section below are links to online retailers (who have physical store locations also that may be near your home) who have very good selections of lighted Easter decorations for your outdoor display.
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Prof. Roland Leigh
For much more information on the activities of the Air Quality Group, including our image gallery, live data feed and Twitter feed, please go to www.leos.le.ac.uk/aq
Primary Research Areas
Air Quality Innovations
Much of my research is targeted towards impact, and the application of new innovative technologies to air quality challenges. Air Quality Innovations is a community-facing unit of the University which has been established to work with users to develop and deliver new products and services. More information can be found on the Air Quality Innovations Website.
Climate Change Adaptation Technology
The field of Climate Change Adaptation Technologies draws upon a wide range of academic and industrial disciplines to identify and create solutions to challenges created by climate change. Such challenges include implications of changes in temperature and rainfall patterns, with knock-on effects on key systems including agriculture, hydrology and atmospheric chemistry. My current research is predominantly focussed on urban management systems, with particular reference to transport and air quality.
For for information regarding air quality research, please go to the Air Quality Group Website
CityScan - The Pollution scanner
CityScan is a novel instrument developed at the University of Leicester which uses scattered sunlight to measure concentrations of nitrogen dioxide over urban environments. The instruments have been demonstated in Leicester and London in 2011/2012, and were measuring in the Po Valley in June 2012, followed by a major campaign in London during the Olympic Games as part of the NERC-funded ClearfLo campaign.
uTRAQ - Integrated traffic and air quality managment
uTRAQ is a project to develop a dynamic traffic management system for optimising use of the road network whilst meeting growing demands to sustain high standards of air quality in urban environments. The iTRAQ system was successfully demonstrated in Leicester in 2011, and development options into 2015 are currently in negotiation.
Selected Publications and Presentations
For a list of recent news articles, please go to the air quality group news page
Recent news stories
Journal Publications
DOAS and Air Quality
Roscoe, H.K. (50 authors), M. Van Roozendael, .....R. Graves, R. Leigh, et al. "Intercomparison of slant column measurements of NO2 and O4 by MaxD0AS and zenith-sky UV and visible spectrometers", Atm. Meas. Tech. 3, 1629-1646 (2010).
Worton, D.R., C.E. Reeves, S.A. Penkett, W.T. Sturges, J. Slemr, D.E. Oram, A.Hulse, B.J. Bandy, J.R. Hopkins, J.F.Hamilton, A.C. Lewis, J.D. Lee, W.J. Bloss, J. Davey, T.J. Gravestock, S.C. Smith, T.Ingram, D.E. Heard, M.J.Jacob, R.J. Leigh, P.S. Monks, K.M. Emmerson, and N. Carslaw, 2009. Alkyl nitrate photochemistry during the tropospheric organic chemistry experiment, Atmospheric Environment, 44, 773-785,2010
Whyte, C., R. J. Leigh, D. Lobb, T. Williams, J. J. Remedios, M. Cutter, and P.S. Monks, Assessment of the performance of a compact concentric spectrometer system for Atmospheric Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2, 789-800, 2009
Kramer, L. J., R. J. Leigh, J. J. Remedios, and P. S. Monks (2008), Comparison of OMI and ground-based in situ and MAX-DOAS measurements of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide in an urban area, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S39, doi:10.1029/2007JD009168.
Leigh, R. J., G. K. Corlett, U. Friess, and P. S. Monks,
"Spatially resolved measurements of nitrogen dioxide in an urban environment using concurrent multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy
" Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4751–4762, 2007".
Leigh, R. J., G. K. Corlett, U. Frieß, and P. S. Monks
A concurrent multiaxis differential optical absorption spectroscopy system for the measurement of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide
Applied Optics, 45, No. 28, 2006
A. C. Vandaele, C. Fayt, F. Hendrick, C. Hermans, F. Humbled, M. Van Roozendael, M. Gil, M. Navarro, O. Puentedura, M. Yela, G. Braathen, K. Stebel, K. Tørnkvist, P. Johnston, K. Kreher, F. Goutail, A. Mieville, J.-P. Pommereau, S. Khaikine, A. Richter, H. Oetjen, F. Wittrock, S. Bugarski, U. Frieß, K. Pfeilsticker, R. Sinreich, T. Wagner, G. Corlett, and R. Leigh An intercomparison campaign of ground-based UV-visible measurements of NO2, BrO, and OClO slant columns: Methods of analysis and results for NO2
Journal of Geophysical Reasearch, 110 D08305, doi:10.1029/2004JD005423, 2005.
Marine Chemistry
Leigh, R. J., Ball, S. M., Whitehead, J., Leblanc, C., Shillings, A. J. L., Mahajan, A. S., Oetjen, H., Dorsey, J. R., Gallagher, M., Jones, R. L., Plane, J. M. C., Potin, P., and McFiggans, G.: Measurements and modelling of molecular iodine emissions, transport and photodestruction in the coastal region around Roscoff, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 21165-21198, doi:10.5194/acpd-9-21165-2009,
Furneaux, K. L., Whalley, L. K., Heard, D. E., Atkinson, H. M., Bloss, W. J., Flynn, M. J., Gallagher, M. W., Ingham, T., Kramer, L., Lee, J. D., Leigh, R., McFiggans, G. B., Mahajan, A. S., Monks, P. S., Oetjen, H., Plane, J. M. C., and Whitehead, J. D.: Measurements of iodine monoxide at a semi polluted coastal location, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 3645-3663, doi:10.5194/acp-10-3645-2010, 2010
McFiggans, G., Bale, C. S. E., Ball, S. M., Beames, J. M., Bloss, W. J., Carpenter, L. J., Dorsey, J., Dunk, R., Flynn, M. J., Furneaux, K. L., Gallagher, M. W., Heard, D. E., Hollingsworth, A. M., Hornsby, K., Ingham, T., Jones, C. E., Jones, R. L., Kramer, L. J., Langridge, J. M., Leblanc, C., LeCrane, J.-P., Lee, J. D., Leigh, R. J., Longley, I., Mahajan, A. S., Monks, P. S., Oetjen, H., Orr-Ewing, A. J., Plane, J. M. C., Potin, P., Shillings, A. J. L., Thomas, F., von Glasow, R., Wada, R., Whalley, L. K., and Whitehead, J. D.: Iodine-mediated coastal particle formation: an overview of the Reactive Halogens in the Marine Boundary Layer (RHaMBLe) Roscoff coastal study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2975-2999, doi:10.5194/acp-10-2975-2010,
Jones, C. E., Hornsby, K. E., Dunk, R. M., Leigh, R. J., and Carpenter, L. J.: Coastal measurements of short-lived reactive iodocarbons and bromocarbons at Roscoff, Brittany during the RHaMBLe campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8757-8769, doi:10.5194/acp-9-8757-2009, 2009.
Lowe, D., Ryder, J., Leigh, R., Dorsey, J. R., and McFiggans, G.: Modelling multi-phase halogen chemistry in the coastal marine boundary layer: investigation of the relative importance of local chemistry vs. long-range transport, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 19429-19467, doi:10.5194/acpd-10-19429-2010, 2010
Stone, D, Evans, M.J., Edwards, P. M., Commane, R., Ingham, T, Rickard, A.R., Brookes, D. M., Hopkins, J., Leigh, R. J., Lewis, A. C., Monks, P. S., Oram, D., Reeves, C. E., Stewart, D., Heard, D. E: Isoprene oxidation mechanisms: Measurements and modelling of OH and HO 2 over a South-East Asian tropical rainforest during the OP3 field campaign., Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., Volume 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 10343-10401
Remedios, J.J., R. J. Leigh, A. M. Waterfall, D. P. Moore, H. Sembhi, I. Parkes, J. Greenhough, M. P. Chipperfield and D. Hauglustaine.
MIPAS Reference Atmospheres and comparisons to v4.61/v4.62 MIPAS level 2 geophysical data sets.
ACPD - in online review
Tansey, K. J., J-M. Gregoire, P. Defourny, R. J. Leigh, J-F. Pekel, E. v Bogaert and E. Bartholome, A new, global, multi-annual (200-2007) burnt area product at 1 km resolution and daily intervals, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 35, No. 1, L01401, 10.1029/2007GL031567
J. J. Remedios, R. J. Leigh and P. S. Monks, Earth Observation Instrumentation Challenges in the Observation of the Land Surface, CEOI reports, Jan 2008
J. J. Remedios, R. J. Leigh and P. S. Monks, Earth Observation Instrumentation Challenges in the Observation of the Ocean, CEOI reports, Jan 2008
J. J. Remedios, R. J. Leigh and P. S. Monks, Earth Observation Instrumentation Challenges in the Observation of the Atmosphere, CEOI reports, Jan 2008
J. J. Remedios, R. J. Leigh and P. S. Monks, Earth Observation Instrumentation Challenges in the Observation of the Cryosphere, CEOI reports, Jan 2008
J. J. Remedios, R. J. Leigh and P. S. Monks, Earth Observation Instrumentation Challenges in the Observation of the Solid Earth, CEOI reports, Jan 2008
Kevin Tansey, Jean-Marie Grégoire, Jose Pereira, Pierre Defourny, Roland Leigh, Jean-François Pekel, Ana Barros, Joao Silva, Eric van Bogaert, Etienne Bartholomé, Sophie Bontemps, L3JRC - A GLOBAL, MULTI-YEAR (2000-2007) BURNT AREA PRODUCT (1 KM RESOLUTION AND DAILY TIME STEPS), Joint Research Council Reports, 2007


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[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or most of us, eating healthier is on top of our list of New Year's resolutions. Unfortunately, there are so many diet plans out there that it can be difficult for you to choose which one is the best for your lifestyle. Don't worry. We got you covered. Recently, health experts revealed their best diets for 2018.
In the US, an estimated 45 million people are dieting every year. Their primary goal is to lose weight. However, sticking to an eating plan can be challenging, regardless of your health goal.
US News and World Report gathered a panel of health experts to assess 40 diets and rank them from lowest to highest based on several categories.
According to these health experts, most dieters' ultimate goal is to lose weight. Unfortunately, for them, losing weight and keeping it off can be challenging. In this study, researchers found that up to 35 percent of weight that has been lost through dieting is regained in a year.
The good thing is that there are ways to maintain your weight loss. The only way to do it is to find the right plan for your lifestyle.
The panel of experts evaluated these diets for their effects. Keep in mind that some individuals want to lose weight quickly; others, however, wish to maintain it for years to come.
1. Weight Watchers
To lose weight, the best diet is Weight Watchers. This commercial diet incorporates a points system. Each food and beverage has an assigned point according to its nutritional values. The dieters will have assigned daily points allowance.
One of the reasons Weight Watchers is an effective weight loss tool is that of its support system that allows the dieters to keep their pounds off.
2 Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)
It's the ideal diet for heart health. In the US, heart disease is the number cause of death for both men and women. It kills an estimated 610,000 people in the US per year.
DASH is an eating plan developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. It includes eating a high amount of fruits, vegetables, fish, whole grains and low-fat dairy. When you follow this plan, you should limit your sugar intake, as well as saturated and trans fats.
3. Mediterranean diet
In addition to DASH, the Mediterranean diet is also an ideal overall diet for heart health. This eating plan encourages fish and seafood consumption twice a week. Plus, it emphasizes on regular consumption of legumes, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
But this diet is not only effective in maintaining a healthy heart, but it's also recommended for patients with diabetes. In the US, an estimated 30.3 million people have diabetes. Patients with this medical condition experience a high amount of blood glucose because their body can't produce or use insulin effectively.
People with diabetes must be extra cautious. They can't skip meals or eat the wrong foods. Doing so can give them an erratic blood glucose level. The panel of health experts stated that this diet is an ideal option, not just for controlling diabetes, but also for preventing it. Furthermore, this diet may even improve your hemoglobin A1C levels.
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As we become more and more plugged in, it becomes easier (and more feasible) to do more from a distance. That's true of work, phone calls, or just sending information at a moment's notice. It's 2016 – you don't need a fax machine or an uninterrupted phone line; you need a smartphone with decent reception. Add in a home computer with Internet access, and the options are almost endless … and they're constantly expanding.
Which is why it might not be all that surprising that working from home is becoming more and more common, more accepted, and really, considered a growing norm.
For the workers, that means a lessened (or completely eliminated commute), more convenient hours, a relaxed dress code, and more. Consider coffee just how you like it, every day, no threat of a stolen lunch, and so on. But it's not just the workers who are getting the good end of the deal; working from home is an ideal setup for companies, too. Allowing workers this freedom increases productivity and morale, all while lowering overhead and daily costs. So long as employees are getting their work done and keeping a high quality of standard, all parties win.
And people are starting to take notice. Stats show that, within five years, 40% — nearly half of workers – will be stationed at home. At least part of the work week, brands are jumping on board to let employees knock out tasks when (and where) it's convenient for them. In fact, it's already shown to actually increase output and lower timelines. But, when workers can step into an office vs. traveling to one, why wouldn't it?
Did we mention just how great it is to knock out a quarter of the workday before even getting dressed?
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Thanks for "wowing" me - I look forward to my next purchase from you!
--- Sheryl, River Falls, WI 7/11/2011
This is to commend the excellent service offered me when I stopped by
your store on the afternoon of Thursday, July 8 by sales associate
Nick and another fellow whose name I didn't get. I had a tangled mess
of kite string on my Mighty Bug kite which they promptly helped me
sort out and sold me some new string with handles. They even helped
untangle the bridle and attach the new string. Kudos to them both!
--- Michael - Vancouver WA 07/10/2010
Hey guys, i noticed that you did not have a review yet at Yelp.com. I am not sure if you are familiar with the website, but I use it often for finding great businesses. You guys really impressed me with your service this last weekend so I wrote you guys a great review. Here's the review I wrote:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/above-it-all-kites-inc-long-beach ..... Thanks again
--- Matt 07/05/2010
My program this past Thursday went great and the carps were wonderful. I
added matching streamers made from crepe paper on their tails, stuffed
them with tissue paper and hot glued them to 4' poles. The children LOVED
"flying" them. Unfortunately our school system does not permit photos of
our students on websites other than our own school system and even this
requires parental consent. I'm sorry that I cannot send you pictures.
Again, thanks for the help and hopefully, we can connect again on
something. Have a blessed day!
--- Mary -- Corryton, TN 03-10-2010
I am a customer from Portland who bought a Acrobatx kite a couple of
years ago.I have enjoyed it but loss the part that holds the weights
on. On recent visit to your Seaside store the people who helped me
were outstanding. I worked with a gentleman who got me back in the
air, no charge. I bought some new line and other accessories for my
children. I have to say the Customer service I received was
outstanding. The gentleman and young lady we dealt with were very
helpful. I will tell all my friends about your website and stores.
Thank You again oh by the way we came in on June 5th and June 7th.
Also If you ever open a store in Portland I would love to work there.
--- Steven -- Portland OR 06/08/09
Got it working now. Looks great! Thanks again for your good customer service, Keli.
--- John -- Vicksburg, MI 05/02/09
Thanks Keli -- I just ran over to my apartment and it was there. I'm glad you returned the note because USPS left it outside my door, and it would have been
there for the weekend. I appreciate your great service and response!
--- Wayne -- Troy, MI 04-30-09
Good morning, Keli, thank you very much for your extra effort getting me
that great windsock. My husband's family in Germany will be tickled to have
it. I wish I had known about them now being made only in China before I
had already ordered one from someone else. Thanks very much!
--- Bobbie -- WA 04/22/2009
Good Afternoon Keli
Thank's so much for the explanation it does make sense. We have poles ranging in size from 10' - 32' so I guess I can make good use of all the Koozie's even if I ordered the wrong size. I was pleasantly surprised at your response, these days it's very hard to find a company who stands behind their product much less care about the customers comments. We will be telling our friends about the great treatment we received from your company. Thanks for sending us another Koozie, I know we will get lots of use from all of them. Have a great day & thanks again.
--- Sheila -- CA 04-21-2009
Dear Dave and Keli,
I received my replacement kite today.
Thank you very much for your efforts and doing what was necessary to salvage my customer experience. I had lost hope of satisfaction but you have assuaged my concerns.
I'm looking forward to catching some wind.
I do get up to Long Beach when hunting for Porcinis - usually in the fall. I like the peninsula tip north of Oysterville.
Thanks again for your efforts.
--- Caleb - Portland, OR 02-12-2009
You guys are really awesome. Can't remember who I talked to when I bought the kite... Elliott, maybe? But between the two of you it's seriously been one of the best customer service experiences I've ever had. I will definitely recommend people order from your shop and I know when I'm ready to upgrade I'll be giving you guys a call.Thanks again!
--- Reuben 1-8-2009
--- Reuben 01-09-2009
I thank you for your attention to this matter and for standing behind your product. The spinner arrived yesterday and we will follow your recommendation with regard to the use of graphite on the swivels. As a small business owner, customer service is imperative in the survival and growth of my business and it is nice to know there are still other businesses out there such as yours that feel the same way. I look forward to next year when we will need another windsock. We will be in contact with you for those future purchases.
Thanks again,
--- Larry -- Wisconsin 06/25/08
Thanks for the prompt delivery on the jolly roger! Good quality. Very happy.
--- Dannoh - Tennessee 06-20-2008
Within an hour of submitting my order, I received a phone call to let me know the flag I ordered was out of stock. The substitute flag (pink flowers with hummingbird) is wonderful as is everything else I ordered. Your customer service is extraordinary and alive and thriving. I know of quite a few companies that should take lessons from you! I have never had a better experience with internet shopping!
Please pass my compliments to all who have a part in this company!
--- Carolyn 05/30/2008
Received my order yesterday, 5/5. Thanks so much. Will keep an eye on your website now and then and will refer you to others. Know I can use you in future with no hesitations. Thanks,
P.S. Ms. Damsel Fish looks cute twirling around out by the waters edge.
--- Melody, Olympia WA 5-6-2008
I received my windsocks today, they are awesome. Thank you! especially the Navy one, I have a son-in-law in the Navy. Very pleased with my order and quality of items. Will be ordering from you again sometime.
--- Alice, Mt Vernon, TX 5-9-2008
Thanks guys! The mailman delivered the package today, and that's exactly
what I wanted. Well done, and many thanks!
--- Bob Koski 3-25-2008
Got the kites- thank you - they are GREAT !
--- Jack 02/28/2008
We were in your store this past weekend and bought a lady bug kite for our 2 year old. We just wanted to say what a great store you have and you were very nice. Our little girl had so much fun watching and playing with the kite and her little froggie.
--- Wade Kilpatrick 02-28-2008
Just wanted to say thank you for getting my order to me in such a timely manner. I placed the order online 4/9 and received it yesterday (4/12). The Air Force windsock looks like very good quality, and will be a nice, useful gift for my aunt in memory of my uncle. Once again thanks!
--- Katrina - Spanaway, WA 4-13-2006
--- John - Ithaca NY 5-10-2006
I ordered the VW Yard Spinner and it is great! I love it!
--- Margaret 2-16-2006
THANKS! You have outdone yourself for great customer service. I will surely order again. The red truck one we bought is for my dad and cant wait to see his face when he opens that one! Wish we could see my inlaws when they open lawnmowerman!!!
--- Linda - Camden, SC 12-15-2005
Just got the bear windsock today, Oh my it really is pretty. Thank You So Much!
--- Roy - Gainsville, FL 2-12-2006
Got the kite that you repaired for me a couple days ago. Thanks so much for doing this so quickly! Also appreciate the adjustments you made for better performance.
--- John - Boone, IA
Excellent speed on shipping! Thank you so much for getting things here so
fast! I was very impressed with your prices and speed of delivery.
--- Rex Bucheit 4-07-2005
Just got back from Cannon Beach,Or. Can you believe there was only one day out of three that was windy enough to fly kites. Had a ball, but the kite shops there don't compare to yours. Have a good summer!
--- Jim - Vancouver 7/2/2006
These fish are great. We love them!
--- Jane - Southworth WA 7-8-2006
Yes, we received it yesterday and everything was in the package. Thank you so much for your concern and for acting so quickly! Not all companies would behave so professionally.It is much appreciated.
Elizabeth Marchant
P. S. The story behind the frog wheel is that my grandson died a little over a year ago during open heart surgery at 26 days old. Frogs became the theme while he was in the hospital and we decorate his grave site in frogs. Eight weeks ago, my daughter and son-in-law that lost their little son, then lost one of their identical twin daughters. She was stillborn and the other one was born 3 months early at a little over two lbs. They didn't expect her to make it and today my granddaughter came home from the hospital at over 5 lbs. Her sister is buried with my little grandson and her grave site is decorated with butterflies. I just wanted to share this story and why it meant a lot for you to send another frog right away.
--- Elizabeth Marchant 7-14-06
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
I just wanted to thank you, at Above It All Kites, for processing my windsock order so quickly. The windsocks arrived at my home in Ashton, Maryland in a record breaking two days from Long Beach, Washington!
The Lady-Bug windsocks are beautiful and the recommended 303 Aerospace Protectant, was easy to apply. When the spray was ordered I was unaware that it could be used on so many things. My car certainly will appreciate the TLC of a UV sun block.
--- Richard, Maryland 07-26-2006
I am very pleased with what I ordered.
The 303 spray coating made an old faded windsock look like new. I will be back to you to order more when I run out.
--- Jack, Glen Arbor, MI August 31, 2006
Hi there,
I just wanted to say thanks for fixing my kite in August. We were down in Seaside OR in August and I broke one of the main poles for my stunt kite. I brought it in to your shop down in Seaside and they fixed it with no problems. They also noticed a small hole in my kite and did a real nice job on fixing it too. We were down in Seaside over the long holiday weekend (labor day) and got a few chances to put my kite up in the air. Performed just like new. Thank you so much for fixing it. I thought for sure I would have to buy a new one. THANKS FOR SAVING THE DAY!
--- Lee & Teresa, Olympia, WA 09-05-2006
Hello, this is just a short note to tell you how glad I was that you told me while cutting 2 new top spanners for my little kite in Long Beach last Monday- that you had recently opened a store in Seaside. The big wind Monday night smashed the kite into the sand with such a force that it broke the left wing strut. On Thursday we went to Seaside and through the Chamber of Commerce I was able to find your nice new store and with the help of a young man Mike was able to have my kite fixed. I like you to know I was very happy with his service and help. The kite is now as good as new. Thank you for having such friendly and helpful employees.
--- Kate, North Vancouver, BC 09/17/2006
Thanks so much Keli I really appreciate everything. I only put my generators out when the store is open and I don't use them in the winter and never leave them out all night or in storms. I for sure want to get some of that spray Aerospace protector too.
Just let me know when you get them and what I need to do.
Again thanks for all your time and trouble.
--- Bob, Nebraska October 2006
We received the items yesterday, we are very pleased with them. Thank you
very much.
--- Eileen, Connecticut 11/26/2006
Hello again!
I received the Swimming Fish in the mail today and they look FANTASTIC! Can't wait to give them to my nieces and nephew for Christmas - they will LOVE them!
Have a terrific Holiday and a healthy New Year!
--- Amy, New Jersey 12/21/2006
Thank you for your great service and what a great web
site for all flying things!
--- Darlene, Albany OR 1-19-2007
I received my order today in fine order. Thank you for
sending me an extra spin sock.It was not necessary but
most certainly appreciated. Your customer service is
second to none!
--- Nadine, Virginia 3-14-2007
Dear Keli:
I can't beat this for customer service. I appreciate your sending a new spinner & will look for it in the mail. Thanks for your prompt reply.
--- Holly, Omaha NE 5/02/2007
After explaining to Thomas that his SolarShade will be a little late this was his next email to us................."Yep that would be perfect. It would give me a reason to leave Seattle and get some fresh air. Plus youre shop is the best. Ive never had better service that when I was in either of your stores bar none!
Call when that little half tent comes in and Ill use it an excuse to get back to the coast, get out of the city, and fly! Id love to pick it up at your Long Beach store.
BTW you modified a Prism E2 for me and its better than original construction! You are the best kite shop bar none and I will definitely keep going to you for all my kite needs! Your service is the best of any thing I have ever seen (and I frequent a lot of kite shops!)
--- Thomas - Seattle 5/30/2007
I received an order with a broken part on a spinner last week. I mentioned it to you and you immediately sent me a new spinner wheel to replace the broken one. It came today in good shape. Thanks for the quick response.
--- Dottie - Gig Harbor, WA 06/27/2007
I just wanted to let you know my order was in the mail last night when I got home. So now I know how expeditiously you ship your orders out. Sat to Wed is pretty darn fast as far as Im concerned. Im very pleased. Thanks so much for your help, Ill be sure and order from you guys again.
--- Barbara - Loveland, CO 08/02/2007
Thank you...the rest of my order arrived...love that little guppy. Can't wait for people to see it...I'm sure that they will want to know were we got it. I saved your web site as a "favorite"...thanks again.
--- Pam -- Hermosa Beach, CA 08-18-2007
I ordered 2 windsocks Friday 12/14/2007 and they were already at my home yesterday. I think thats the quickest I ever received an internet order. The windsocks are great and I will be ordering again. Thanks!
--- George, Maryland 12-17-2007
Just wanted to compliment you on your great, SMOOTH running web site.
I'm a web (MSN) TV user and have problems ordering on many web sites.
Not so on yours !! It is perfectly compatible with Web (MSN) TV
browsers and the order process moves quickly and efficiently in a user
friendly manner. Alan
--- Monterey, CA 12-29-2007
Thank you for sending our order so promptly. What a wonderful surprise we
had when they arrived in the mail yesterday. They are beautiful and we
immediately hung them outside to "show off'!! Thanks again. Happy fliers,
--- Rod and Lyn 04/20/2009
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A beautiful reflection to start the week with from Bryan Stevenson, a social justice activist, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
"I guess I'd always known but never fully considered that being broken is what makes us human. We all have our reasons. Sometimes we're fractured by the choices we make; sometimes we're shattered by things we would never have chosen. But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. Our shared vulnerability and imperfection nurtures and sustains our capacity for compassion. We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing. Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity… But simply punishing the broken—walking away from them or hiding them from sight—only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. There is no wholeness outside of our reciprocal humanity… Embracing our brokenness creates a need for mercy."


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Technology & Combat Characteristics
Intended for civilian purposes, the Recten is a rather basic unit that carries no weapons - quite unlike the suits used by the Capital Army. To circumvent this, Capital Guardsmen are taught to use its tools as improvised weapons. The faceplate is a screen and can display several forms of status information, giving the appearance of facial expressions. It also has a pair of cameras on its cheek which can detach and be controlled from a distance via wire.
- Welder
- A handheld tool used for construction, while not designed for battle, the welder can act as a makeshift beam rifle.
- Beam Rifle
- A mass-produced handheld beam weapon originally used by the CAMS-02 Catsith.
- Sub Machine Gun
- A weapon borrowed from the GH-001 Grimoire, it can either fire physical bullets or beams based on the type of magazine equipped.
- Beam Wire
Special Equipment & Features
- Big Arm
- A pair of large manipulators, with one equipped with a welder called the "Power Weld" and the other with a pincer. While these manipulators are not designed for battle, the welder can play the role of a beam rifle, and pincer can be used for grappling.
Rectens were originally used by the Capital Guard for civilian purposes, namely law enforcement. A particular incident was when the Pirate Corps attacked the Capital Tower while Rectens were being boarded by the students of the 1010th class of cadets training in the Capital Guard. Bellri Zenam, the youngest of the cadets, and the first to launch managed to take on the YG-111 Gundam G-Self piloted by Aida Rayhunton with the assistance of Captain Samatar who was piloting a orange variant of the Recten.[1]
In response to the number of pirate attacks against the Space Elevator, as well as growing tensions between the nations of Ameria and Gondwan, several Rectens were modified into more combat oriented Recksnows and deployed in defense of the Capital.
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Things I liked: Availability of rare spare - at least they are starting to get that way.
Things I would have changed: Include brief instruction guide with them?
What others should know: Nice to keep these older but still accurate crank action guns going. I have newer and better but like toi give our beginners a try of the older pistols as well.
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Things I liked: Unlike the original seals from Germany, these are not natural rubber. The original M80 seals turned to mush. Just like other German seals. on original Germany toys that I own. Great workmanship but very poor choices for seal material. This kit had synthetic seals... that should last my lifetime. After about 50 rounds.. it settled in to a nice ragged hole and the speed of the pellet increased enough to affect elevation settings. So these new seals are great... Very happy with results. I was almost ready to toss the M80.
Things I would have changed: Include a detailed instruction manual. It is not intuitive. After days and days of searching on the web, I found a some what helpful instructions. However, they left out many stages of the proper way to open the pistol up.. and especially re-assemble it. One seal was about 4 millimeters too long. Fortunately an Exato knife solved that issue. So... the big issue is no instructions.
What others should know: They fit the M80, except one seal was about 3millimeters too long. Also, It comes with no instructions. The Feinwerkbau web site only had a parts diagram.. and trust me on this... it will not help you in determining the proper procedure for dis-assembly and re-assembly. Not a reason for not doing it yourself... but be warned if you have never done it.....there is a learning curve.
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Things I liked: These are a perfect fit. I have replaced the seals on both a Feinwerkbau 65 and 80 with no issues.
Things I would have changed: Offer these seals with a compression ring and FWB grease.
What others should know: Two of the seals can be replaced very easy. The 3rd (or bumper) you need to take your air pistol apart. I did it with the directions I found on the internet. If you are not comfortable take the pistol a gunsmith.
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As I type these words, my things are piled into the back of my car, it is before dawn, and I am about to leave the house in the mountains known as Faerie Manor, for the last time.
Two years ago, when our house burned to the ground, I went crazy. Most of my journals, besides the majority of my family things, were destroyed, so I started a written diary of the experience that I called the Fire Diaries, because I needed to pour out all the things I was thinking into something. No one has ever read it. I've only gone back to read it once, and couldn't get past page 5 before having to stop.
I googled "how to cope with having a house fire" and found almost nothing. I found it funny that when I was in the most pain, I tried to find a solution on the internet. This is both my heaven and my hell sometimes.
But the thing that really ended up saving me, was a beautiful little cottage in the mountain. The one I'm leaving today.
It was temporary. It was a place to live while we re-built our own home. But for those first few months, during the slow sludge of red tape, as our charred skeleton of a home stood on a mountain 10 minutes away – I curled into a ball in someone else's crocheted blankets waiting for the pain to go away.
That someone, was a man named Jerry. He was an artist and this was his home. He passed away 6 years ago at the age of 80, but most of his furniture, his towels, his utensils, his books, some of his art, and his crocheted blankets are here. It is where they belong, in the house that he made his home for so long. And I moved right into it all, when we had lost all of our things at our house.
We never met in life, but being here, in his home, I felt like I knew him. His gentle presence soothed the rough transition I was going through. In the first week, I woke up one morning, and completely unexplained, I found a small red plastic heart on the floor next to my bed.
It wasn't mine.
I had not seen it before and I had no idea how it got there. Burke had left shortly after the fire on a job and I had been the only one in the house. My heart was broken over losing our house, and on that morning when I woke up and saw an unexplained tiny red plastic heart next to my bed – I took it as a sign. It was a welcome from him, the artist who once lived there. That's what I believed it to be.
Spring started to happen. I put the little red heart in the lap of a doll my friend made that looked like me. I started to break out of my sadness a tiny bit. Flowers started to bloom all over in the garden that was Jerry's. I would sit outside for hours with Niney and the colorful flowers that sprung up everywhere. I would sit in the sunshine and read his books – Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" among them. We would have been friends.
He was an avid bird watcher and his home is a paradise for them. He put wooden feeders for them everywhere in the trees. Some of the best times I had here was sitting on his old front porch, early in the morning and early in the evening when the hummingbirds would come to visit the most. Those tiny creatures travel up to 3,000 miles over the ocean in their journey every year without feeding and are known for overcoming great obstacles. I wanted this to be a place for them to come and be fed. I added a red hummingbird feeder.
When I leave this morning, it will stay there, right alongside the feeders Jerry left for the birds.
The sun is rising now and there was just a tap at the window as I was finishing the last line. A brilliant red cardinal sits there.
This has been a home for all of us.
Right now, the sun is casting its first orange glow against the trees in this forest. I am grateful that I couldn't sleep and that on my last day here, I could watch the sunrise.
This is the place where I healed. This is the place that Jerry created that feels like home, the place that is filled with his gentle energy and the things he loved. When I was cleaning one day, I found a picture of him in the garden, smiling, and I put it on the fridge – so I could see it everyday and be grateful for the person that created this safe space tucked in a mountain.
I moved here in May 2011 on the day someone had predicted the world would end.
It was my beginning.
The days moved into weeks, and into months and into two years. I moved the doll that looks like me with the heart in its lap six months ago to take on tour. I realized in a panic, days later, that the heart sitting in her lap was lost. I searched everywhere and couldn't find it. It was tiny and most likely was lost forever. Like the mysteries of this beautiful house, it would be a memory of a beautiful message.
Last night was my last night in this house. I took Niney for a walk under the starry sky. I could hear the river rushing nearby and I felt a peace in the darkness. I heard an animal sound – perhaps coyotes or a bear, and turned on my flashlight. I didn't see anything and started making shapes with the flashlight on the ground.
I thought about how grateful I was for Jerry and this space he created. I wondered if he knew somewhere, that I was leaving. I wondered if he knew how much the comfort of his space had healed me and gave me space and freedom and peace. I wondered if I would get a sign from him – my old artist friend that I had never met.
And at that exact moment, as I made patterns on the ground with my flashlight, something red glinted…..
it was the tiny red heart that mysteriously appeared the week I arrived and that I had lost six months before.
He was saying goodbye.
The forest is completely golden now. The light moves across this room. There is a car outside with all my things in it and a new house built from the imagination of my true love, waiting for me to arrive.
It is time for a new beginning.
I will never forget this place or the sweet old man who made it into a paradise.
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Officials Wary of Placing Faith in Teachers' Judgment
Protests from community members and pressure from district officials didn't stop Mike Dunlap from delivering a lesson to his 10th grade World Cultures class last month. During a day the local teachers' union set aside as a teach-in on capital punishment, the Oakland, Calif., teacher and his students discussed the justice system, stereotyped images that police officers and urban residents have of one another, and the pending fate of some death-row inmates.
Mr. Dunlap concluded that a thoughtful and balanced discussion on such serious issues--and his right to teach them-- was important enough to ignore the groundswell of public debate the event had stirred up. In the end, the Oakland Technical High School teacher decided, administrators would have to trust he would use his expertise and good judgment in presenting an appropriate lesson.
"It is our responsibility to take these things on," said Mr. Dunlap, 51, who has been teaching at the school for seven years. "If anyone gives me a controversial issue, I'm not going to dodge it. I'm going to use it for all it's worth to engage these kids."
But how teachers address such issues is subject to debate. Whether discussing literature, history, or current events, they must tread through minefields of potentially sensitive material. Teachers say their professionalism and acumen should grant them wide latitude in designing coursework that both challenges students and meets curriculum requirements.
In a climate, however, in which what is taught--and, increasingly, how it is taught--is under close scrutiny from parents, policymakers, and various interest groups, many districts are wary of teaching materials and methods that may be deemed too provocative.
"Nobody wants to offend anybody," said Leon Friedman, a professor of constitutional law at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., who has represented teachers in court after they were disciplined for using controversial materials. "Eventually, we are going to have the most bland teaching materials around, and students are going to feel that school has nothing to do with their lives or the outside world," he argued.
Educators who have acquired a deftness at bringing subject matter to life, without crossing the line that can sometimes draw well-intentioned lessons into the maelstrom of moral, social, or political debate, have often earned a degree of autonomy, some observers say.
Administrators, however, say it is their responsibility to ensure that teachers follow some guidelines because, like people the world over, not every teacher has good judgment.
"We expect that the various sides of an issue are addressed, that the community norms and expectations are not violated to a huge degree, and that teachers use good taste and good judgment in the classroom," said Katherine A. Wright, the assistant superintendent for education services in the 17,000-student Alvord district in Riverside, Calif.
A year ago, a high school teacher in Ms. Wright's district drew the outrage of parents by administering a mathematics test that asked students to compute the value of specified measurements of cocaine and the cost of living of welfare recipients, among other questions.
Not only did the teacher use "very poor judgment," Ms. Wright said, he also compromised the district's stand against illicit drug use. He has since left the district.
Who's in Charge?
Such missteps can result from simple mistakes, according to Edwin C. Darden, a staff lawyer for the National School Boards Association. But teachers' actions can also amount to insubordination, gross misconduct, or plain incompetence, he said.
In dozens of recent incidents, teachers--intentionally or inadvertently--have used books, films, concepts, language, or activities that parents or community members considered offensive. Within the past year or so alone, for instance:
- A New York City teacher was reprimanded for asking his 10th grade English class to read and analyze a classmate's poem that graphically described sex acts.
- Parents in Germantown, Ohio, complained that a guest speaker at an elementary school class deviated from the planned topic of local history to discuss her own involvement with witchcraft; the teacher did nothing to stop it.
- And a teacher in Anchorage, Alaska, assigned a book of American Indian myths to his 10th grade English class that included some sexually explicit stories. The teacher said he hadn't read the entire book and didn't know it contained questionable material.
Such headline-grabbing episodes do little to quell the tension between teachers, who fear micromanagement of their classrooms, and administrators, who have to handle the fallout from bad decisions.
Policymakers and administrators ever further removed from the classroom have gained increasing command over the curriculum in recent years with the proliferation of state and local standards, high-stakes tests, and control of textbook and trade-book selection.
But teachers still exert some degree of control, depending on district policies and the management style of the principal, according to Vito Perrone, a professor of education at Harvard University.
Many districts have strict curriculum-writing protocols that engage both teachers and administrators in choosing acceptable instructional materials, Mr. Perrone said. Moreover, most districts and schools require teachers to submit lesson plans, with a general outline of what they intend to teach, throughout the school year. They also may require teachers to consult colleagues or gain a supervisor's approval when they plan to use materials other than the approved text.
And while the academic-standards movement has brought new mandates to the classroom, it has also prodded teachers to enliven textbooks and design lessons that engage students in "real world" learning. Such pressure may have increased the risk of missteps.
"Any teacher who decides to try to relate the academic content to the world is open to some criticism, because the world is messy as can be," Mr. Perrone said. "If you try to present a wide range of issues, someone is likely to be offended."
Setting Parameters
Objections to lessons come from all ideological quarters.
"There are more politically active groups on both the left and right attacking teachers and libraries," Hofstra's Mr. Friedman said. "Teachers are left in the middle."
Even the use of books widely viewed as classics--such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Little House on the Prairie, and The Diary of a Young Girl--are routinely challenged by parents and community groups. That situation has prompted many school boards and administrators to review instructional materials before they are introduced into the classroom.
"Courts have been quite consistent about recognizing the ability of districts to set parameters as to the structure and content of courses," Mr. Darden of the school boards' association said. "Such policies are not meant to be so confining as to constitute tyranny, but rather they are meant to give some general guidelines."
Without boundaries, some experts say, teachers may be taking a risk when addressing contentious matters. But districts' guidelines for dealing with potentially sensitive materials are not always clear and consistent. And such policies, if too prescriptive, may detract from student learning, teachers warn.
"Academic freedom honestly doesn't exist" for K-12 teachers, charged Cissy Lacks, who has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court over her firing from the Ferguson-Florissant, Mo., district in 1995. She allowed her juniors to use profanity on a videotape they made for her English class. In her suit against the district, Ms. Lacks, a teacher for 22 years, claims she was not given fair warning that the district could discipline her for using such techniques.
Besides, she argues, the exercise was a powerful learning experience for her students. "There is no way there is going to be good teaching in schools without [that freedom]," she said. "You start to second-guess everything you do."
In the Contract
Lower courts have generally sided with districts on such issues. Yet Mr. Dunlap, the California teacher, had little reason to worry about his lesson on capital punishment. The 3,700 teachers in the Oakland district have protections written into their contract that permit "academic freedom," or the leeway to "introduce political, religious, or otherwise controversial material, provided that said material is relevant to the course content and within the scope of the law." Teachers there are also free to express their own opinions on all matters relevant to the course content.
Consequently, even though the superintendent threatened disciplinary action if teachers persisted, the contract gave her little recourse. A district official who sat in on Mr. Dunlap's class pronounced the lesson "quite balanced."
Such contractual agreements are not uncommon, especially in districts with strong teachers' unions. But administrators are sometimes reluctant to grant teachers such broad powers, said Barry Abel, an organizational specialist with the National Education Association.
Critics of the Oakland teach-in, which was sponsored by the local teachers' union, said that some teachers abused those rights by focusing on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. A former journalist and Black Panther, he awaits execution in Pennsylvania for the death of a Philadelphia police officer. His case has drawn attention nationwide.
When one union representative in Oakland circulated information that implied the death-row inmate had been framed and that questioned police tactics, the teach-in became a pretext for advancing the union representative's political agenda, contends Shannon Reeves, the president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Furthermore, Mr. Reeves says, the teachers were insensitive to the timing of the event, which, though scheduled in advance, took place the same day as the funeral for a slain Oakland police officer.
"The teach-in was a gross misuse of academic time and a gross misrepresentation of academic freedom," Mr. Reeves maintained. "It was clearly biased."
Core Issues
Even more disturbing, Mr. Reeves said, was the message teachers were sending in choosing to focus on an issue that failed to address the district's greatest problem: low student achievement.
"There is no political or social issue or current event more important than the basic and fundamental education of these children," said Mr. Reeves, who lamented that most of the district's 52,000 students are below grade level in math and reading. "There is no justification with those types of test scores to suspend a single minute from the core curriculum."
But several of Mr. Dunlap's students said that they believed the topic was an important--and relevant--one for them to tackle.
"A lot of my classmates brought in personal accounts" of their own confrontations with the police, sophomore Shariffa Wilson said. "The class made us realize there are lots of flaws in the [justice system]."
Vol. 18, Issue 24, Pages 1, 12-14Published in Print: February 24, 1999, as Officials Wary of Placing Faith in Teachers' Judgment
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New York & Minneapolis (April 24, 2012) In close collaboration with ad agency Cannonball, national comedy Director Matt Pittroff of Twist has showcased his incredible talent for laughs with unicorns, voodoo, and mystery-solving in an extensive 12-spot commercial campaign for Ameristar Casinos entitled Slots Alive. The newest spots -- Voodoo Brew, Swan Lake, and Night of Mystery -- began airing at the start of 2012. Not only did this enormous campaign call on Pittroffs exceptional skills for casting, comedic timing, and high-quality production design, it also relied on his ability to create a series of original scenarios based on the casinos slot game names.
To view the Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 Ameristar campaigns, go here: http://bit.ly/ItJLBq. Pittroff and Twist were just awarded the Spring 2012 campaign, which will include six brand-new spots. Again, they will be shooting six additional spots in just three days on location in Los Angeles.
Working on this campaign with Cannonball has become a guilty pleasure of sorts, says Twists Pittroff. We have developed a nice chemistry, which keeps us all sharp during the process. The agency is given these ridunkulous names for new slot games like Voodoo Brew, and we get :11.5 seconds to act it out. It's really that simple -- well, except for the cats, tigers, horses, raccoons, swans, shrunken heads, flying fairies, exploding fortunes -- the list goes on. It's always fun and always a challenge. Joe and Aric (Cannonball creative team) are seasoned, but not jaded and always receptive to my ideas, unless they suck. Larry (agency producer), the fearless producer, graduated from the school of nothing-is-ever-a-problem. His calming presence allows us to focus on the work, not the drama and hiccups along the way. We all have a mutual respect for one anothers thoughts and processes. It shows in the work. Spots need to have a singular vision or they just get muddy. So far, I think we have managed to avoid that pitfall very well.
The rapport with Matt was free and easy from the first phone call, says the Cannonball team. There was never any dancing around egos or fragile creative feelings. It was like hanging out with your oldest buddies who all know each other's stories if it's legitimately funny, you'll get the laughs. If not, no mercy. That kind of environment tends to produce some great nonsense which is exactly what we're always going for.
Other recent projects for Twist Director Matt Pittroff include a sidesplitting spot for Affinity Plus Credit Union (recently named one of the top five spots of 2011 in Shoot Magazine and its highly respected Best Work You May Never See column) and a comical three-spot campaign for NASCARs 2011 Nationwide series. Last fall, Twist Director Marc André Debruyne shot his first American commercial project for Maine Medical Center and completed his 100th music video for Canadian music artist Tyler Medeiros. He also just directed international spots for Red Door and Nestle; while Director Rich Michell shot projects for NetApps and Johnsonville. Additional projects to watch for from the Twist team include a new campaign for CenturyLink, directed by Matt Pittroff; and a new spot for Fresh Wave by Director/DP Rich Michell, as well as continued work from Director Chris Stocksmith for the popular AOL Youve Got... series.
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CRAFT NI: The Art of Presenting Craft
The underlying theme of the workshop series is the professional presentation of craft in order to further the careers of designer-makers. By emphasising the importance of the high quality presentation of work for retailers, galleries and in applications (for funding, awards, trade shows etc.) we will help mid-career makers develop the quality of their work, hone their brand identity, identify and connect with new markets, and grow both as practitioners and as businesses. The workshop series will be practical and interactive, and will 'join the dots' between making, marketing and selling.
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This seminar programme aims to inspire makers by presenting talks that include 'Product Development', 'Application Clinic', 'Portfolio Presentation & Brand Building', and 'Connecting with the Art Market'.
The seminar talks will be open to the public and FREE to attend – and will only involve a half day (10am-1pm) for each seminar. Craft NI strongly advises that those interested in attending commit to attending all four modules to get the most out of taking part in this programme. The time commitment is a half day every fortnight over two months.
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Product Development
Thursday 9th February, 2017
Craft NI and The Nerve Centre are partnering to present industry specialist and creative business mentor John Jenkins with The Product Development seminar as part of Craft NI's 'The Art of Presenting Craft' programme, supported by The Department for Communities. This seminar will take place at 10am-1pm, Thursday 9th February at The Nerve Centre, Derry/Londonderry.
The Product Development seminar is led by experienced practitioner, industry specialist in product development and creative business mentor John Jenkins. John will lead this seminar giving you the advice and invaluable expertise that supports you in creating or re-designing high quality designs with clear target markets. Covering topics including: product development/diversity, product specific development, costing, mark-ups and margins, manufacture, product development strategies, negotiation: prices, exclusivity and settlement terms and identifying target markets.
The Nerve Centre welcomes you to a seminar opening at 10am in their Fab Lab studio that will be followed by the Product Development Centre held onsite. All public seminar participants will be invited to Eighty81 Studios for refreshments and an informal tour of the "The Future Artist-Maker Labs" exhibition from Curator Declan Sheenan.
Application Clinic
Thursday 23rd February, 2017
Craft NI presents Professor Karen Fleming with The Application Clinic seminar as part of 'The Art of Presenting Craft' programme supported by the Department for Communities. This seminar will take place at 10am-1pm, Thursday 23rd February, 2017 at The Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown.
The Application Clinic is led by Director of the Research Institute Art and Design, researcher and practitioner Professor Karen Fleming. Karen will share tips on sourcing a wide variety of local funding opportunities and address what you want to achieve from funding, while recognising the needs of your funder. Karen will give you the tools necessary in being selective with funding opportunities and holding on to your core values.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland's Visual Arts Development Officer Deirdre Robb will contribute to the Application Clinic seminar by presenting competitive funding applications from the perspective of a funding body.
Craft NI's Application Clinic is dedicated to ensuring you are able to prepare high quality applications that reflect accurately and positively what you do. Covering topics including: applications for fundraising including Arts Council applications, Invest NI, Creative industries Innovation Fund, competition entries, juried exhibition entries and other competitive application processes.
The seminar concludes with a panelled Q&A with Karen Fleming and Deirdre Robb who will answer your questions relating to competitive funding applications and how you can be successful in your future application bids.
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Thursday 9th March, 2017
Craft NI presents to you Director of The Design Trust Patricia van den Akker with 'Me' and My Craft Business as part of 'The Art of Presenting Craft' programme supported by The Department for Communities. This seminar will take place at 10am-1pm, Thursday 9th March, in The Londonderry Room, Ards Arts Centre.
The 'Me' in My Craft Business seminar is led by creative business expert, trainer, mentor and Director of The Design Trust, Patricia van den Akker. Patricia van den Akker will lead this seminar with a focus around identifying your core values and how to communicate and present them clearly through more fitting branding, imagery, packaging, social media presence, company culture and beyond. Within this seminar you will find out how to identify, attract and approach dream clients who share your values in a creative and professional way. Throughout the day Patricia will share creative case studies of creative businesses who really show their values and personality throughout their work, brand and marketing. You will leave the day with a clear action plan to show your values and personality more throughout your creative business.
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Tuesday 14th March, 2017
Craft NI presents to you Yvonna Demczynska Director of Flow Gallery, London with Connecting with the Art Market seminar as part of The Art of Presenting Craft programme supported by The Department for Communities. This seminar will take place 10am-1pm, Tuesday 14th March, 2017 at Riddle Hall, Queens University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, Belfast.
Gallery Director and owner Yvonna Demczynska will introduce you to Flow Gallery and its contemporary craft focus, the global craft market in which you are working and the potential of exhibiting overseas. Yvonna will share a unique and important insight into how to approach galleries and how not to do it!
The seminar concludes with a panelled Q&A with Yvonna Demczynska and will give you the chance to have your questions answered about how you connect with the art market successfully.
This seminar will highlight key areas of importance which can influence how a gallery connects with you and sources your work, including: branding, social media and networking. You will leave the day with a clear understanding of how you can make connections and ensure establishing long term relationships with galleries.
The overall objective of the programme is to provide mid-career and established designer-makers with a blended set of skills to enable them to identify the best route to market for their own particular artistic practice and to empower them with the tools to be able to exploit that route.
To ensure that designer-makers believe in themselves and their work and have the opportunity to acquire the skills ensuring that this belief translates into a sustainable and growing business while encouraging the development of artistic practice within an appropriate brand identity.
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*While the seminar series is open to the public and those working within other disciplines throughout the creative sector, these one-to-one workshops that are only open to makers, and require an application*
The one-to-one workshops will offer tailored advice and specific feedback on work, proposals and applications, business plans, portfolios and websites, depending on the seminar. Attendance in both morning and afternoon sessions is mandatory for selected designer-makers who are participating the full day programme equating to 10am-4pm every fortnight over two months.


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We perceive that we live in a very restless time. Every day there are new reports about tragic accidents and even catastrophes. These events do not leave us indifferent. We notice that it is becoming more and more difficult to find peace and preserve our inner equilibrium. These global circumstances are also reflected in the congregations. We come together - and then we go our separate ways again. Sometimes I worry that the inner cohesion of the congregations is weakening.
What are we to do? I would like to call out to God's people with the words that Apostle Paul once addressed to the Colossians: "But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection" (Colossians 3: 14). That is the secret that can forge us together as one and help us overcome all difficulties. Let us give love more room in our congregations!
In connection with this passage, Apostle Paul mentions many divine characteristics, for example tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering (cf. Colossians 3: 12). Each one of these characteristics constitutes not only a great task in itself but also a great blessing. However, all these beautiful characteristics together will have no lasting effect in our congregations unless they are supported by heartfelt love. Just as a belt holds clothing, so too our love should secure these divine virtues.
Or to express this thought with another image: just as mortar holds the stones of a building together, so too our love must cement these divine virtues together so that they will endure. If the mortar is missing, the stones will fall apart. If love is missing, everything else will fall apart too. Since love is described here as the bond of perfection, we can also interpret these words to mean that love will finally lead to perfection in God's eyes. Mistakes and weaknesses are covered by the grace of the Lord; they have no weight. But love will bring us closer to the Lord and will finally lead us to perfection.
In another passage, Apostle Paul calls upon us to pursue love! This implies that effort is required. It is not difficult to love people who are close to us or those we find pleasant. But it requires great effort to love people with whom we do not have a good relationship, or people whom we do not find so pleasant right away. Here I am also thinking of people whose conduct is incomprehensible. How quickly such people find themselves nudged to the fringes of the fellowship! We would make it too easy on ourselves if we simply let them go. Love will always urge us to look for things that can unite us, and put aside whatever divides us.
So let us show signs of this love! It is my wish that the love of Christ will indeed make itself felt in all congregations. Then the Lord can come!
May these words accompany us through the year 2006: "But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection!" I pray for you daily and greet you in heartfelt love.
Yours,<br/> Wilhelm Leber


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Causes of the Wall Street Crash * Poor distribution of income between rich and poor: the boom of the 1920s had been a consumer-led boom; it was led by ordinary families buying products for their homes. However, 42% of Americans were too poor to buy goods and the Republican policy remained not to interfere, and this included doing nothing about unemployment or poverty. But with workers' wages not raising and prices not falling, demand for goods decreased and industries didn't grow, so the prices of shares went down and the Wall Street Crash started. * Overproduction by American industries: American industries were producing more consumer goods (such as cars and electrical appliances) ...read more.
As a consequence, more people started selling their shares, not wanting to lose their money. * The actions of speculators: Speculators are people who buy shares and keep them for a short time in order to earn some quick money. They borrow money from banks, they buy the shares, then they sell them again at a higher price, and with that money they pay the loan and still have money for themselves. Their action depended on confidence. If they were sure that prices would keep on rising, they bought shares. If they thought that prices would stop rising, they sold them. This Crash was caused by the lack of confidence from investors. ...read more.
So companies did not have a market to sell their goods, and this led to a decreasing demand. Industries started declining, because they could not sell their goods, so prices of shares declined too. People became desperate to sell their shares, which were losing value. * Decision by the banks not to support share prices: When the Crash began, banks intervened to stabilise the situation by buying stock on October 24th. This was temporarily successful, since confidence returned and prices went up again. But on October 29th there was a massive fall of prices of shares again, so banks decided not to buy stock anymore, since this would make them go bankrupt. Prices fell again and people sold all their shares for a fraction of their original value. ...read more.
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