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I had so much fun planning the Staff Appreciation Week for my daughter's school last year that I immediately starting mulling ideas around in my head for this year's celebration. I think that I may like this theme even better. I present to you… Superhero Staff Appreciation Week!
All of the Superhero Printables for this event are available at Simply Styled Home on Etsy. (For those of you wondering, Simply Styled Home is my creative counterpart. Step-by-step instructions to recreate this event will be posted on SSH later in the week.)
A week and a half before Superhero Staff Appreciation Week, all of the teachers and staff received this invitation in their mailbox, along with a lunch preferences questionnaire and drink order form (more about those down below).
Superhero posters were our main decoration this year. John Wolfe, a local photographer and fellow parent, took pictures of everyone decked out in a customized superhero cape and mask from Kid Kapers. I have been eyeing those capes for months and was thrilled that she had time to make a Superman style cape with an "M" for Mann Elementary. It couldn't have been more perfect. Did you know you could have capes customized? How fun is that?! I love Etsy.
Originally I had planned on using the pictures John took as is, but then I got the great idea (if I do say so myself) to turn them into comic book style posters with advice from each staff member to students. John transformed each photo into a comic book style poster which I used to decorate the hallways, and an 8×10 photo for the classroom doors. (Tutorial coming soon.)
Before I go any further, I want to give a shout out to the Lake Washington School District print shop. I mistakenly assumed they only made black and white copies, but oh no! They print posters, sheets of stickers, labels, color copies, you name it… And all of it is gorgeous, fast, and extremely affordable. The posters were a HUGE hit with the students. In fact, when I was taking them down at the end of the week (while wearing my awesome Supergirl shirt) a little boy said to me, "Why are you taking the posters down? You aren't a superhero! You are a villan!" For me that was the ultimate compliment. I am so happy everyone enjoyed the superhero theme as much as I did. The moral of the story: If you are planning a school event, be sure to utilize your school district's print shop.
The Friday before SAW, the students were sent home with "I Think You Are Super Because…" pictures to color for their teacher. On Monday, the students presented the pictures and notes to their teachers, and the room moms came in and put them on the classroom doors along with the 8×10 superhero photo.
We had extra "I Think You Are Super Because…" pictures in the office for students to color. Many of them wanted to make pictures for past teachers, the music teacher, librarians, etc. There was a poster in the stairway letting them know where extra pictures were located.
Now that the groundwork was laid, I focused on the activities for the week, each one being Superhero themed, of course. I used SignUp Genius to coordinate sign ups with the Hospitality Committee and Room Parents for these activities. I made everything look pretty, but I couldn't have pulled off an event like this without the wonderfully supportive parents at our school.
Monday: POP! Popcorn Bar
We had eight different varieties of gourmet popcorn for the staff to enjoy throughout the day. After listening to feedback from last year's gourmet popcorn bar, we made half of the flavors sweet, and the other savory. If you have never made gourmet popcorn, don't be intimidated! You can find all sorts of fabulous popcorn recipes on my Simply Pop! Pinterest board.
Tuesday: Hero Sandwich Lunches
The parents made "boxed" lunches for every staff member at the school. I included a questionnaire with the invitations asking the following questions: What is your favorite sandwich? Favorite bread? What do you like on your sandwich? Favorite chips? Favorite salad? Favorite dessert? Favorite drink? Favorite dessert? Any allergies? I asked that the questionnaires be returned by the Thursday prior to Staff Appreciation Week. Once I received them, I forwarded the answers to the parents who signed up to make lunches. Once again, the parents blew me away with their creativity!
TIP: The lunches at our school are staggered from 11:15-12:30 so this year I sorted the lunches by time on six foot tables at the back of the room. Sorting the lunches by time made it a snap to find the lunches, and having them on a table in the back (instead of the lunch tables) gave the teachers and staff plenty of space to eat their lunch.
Wednesday: ZAP! Super Charged Breakfast
I included drink orders with the ZAP! Breakfast Invitation, and asked that the teachers and staff return them the Thursday before Staff Appreciation Week. They had the choice of a Super Charged Smoothie (berry smoothie) or a drink from Starbucks. The drink orders were printed on 8.5×11 sticker page and cut to size. (This is SO much easier than trying to line them up on shipping labels!)
Purchasing lattes for the entire staff is a huge portion of the Hospitality Committee budget each year. The week before SAW, Starbucks offered a $5 for $10 Gift Card Groupon. I couldn't have timed it better if I'd tried! Each person was limited to one Groupon, so I sent an email to the entire Hospitality Committee and asked them to please purchase a Groupon and email me the certificate. (I reimbursed them out of my budget.) I also did this earlier in the year with an Everything Party Groupon, knowing that I would be buying decorations, silverware, plates, etc. for Staff Appreciation Week. I was able to reduce my expenses by about $150 this year using Groupons!
I took 1/2 the orders to the Starbucks about a mile away, and 1/2 to the other Starbucks a mile the other way. (Remember, I live in Seattle. We're surrounded.) I pre-paid for all of the drinks to make pick up easy for the 4 parents picking up the 40 lattes the next morning. The baristas loved the sticker labels. They quickly and easily made the pre-ordered drinks and attached the labels. The drinks and breakfast were waiting for the teachers/staff at 7:50am. I wanted them to have time to enjoy their breakfast before school started.
Thursday: "Soup"er Luncheon
March in Seattle is typically grey and rainy, perfect soup weather. I couldn't resist having a SOUPer luncheon. Despite the fact that it was gorgeous and sunny (the complete opposite of soup weather) the lunch was a success. We had a wonderful variety of soups (6 varieties for 46 staff members was plenty) in addition to fresh fruit, veggies, and a few treats. I especially liked the "I Think You Are SOUPer" stickers which served as napkin rings, and the "Emergency Hydration" drinks. You can't read the back of the water bottles, but they say, "Super powers will activate within 10 minutes of drinking."
Friday: Dangerous Dessert Bar
I have paid close attention to what the teachers and staff eat at our Hospitality Committee events over the last year. The overwhelming majority are very healthy eaters and eat very few sweets. In fact, at the Super Charged Breakfast this year, the majority of the food I asked for was fresh fruit and Kind Bars. Yes, there were a few dozen muffins and bagels, but those were eaten much more slowly.
The Hospitality Committee outdid itself last year with the desserts. They were Seuss-y and colorful and fabulous. There was also a lot leftover. This year, I thought less would be more. I created a dessert table with a mix of bite sized treats and traditional favorites provided by some amazing dessert vendors!
A party is not a party without cupcakes, and Three Monkey's Cakery made some super fondant toppers for the cupcakes that I purchased at our local grocery store. I added superhero printable party circles for an extra pop of color.
For those that didn't want a cupcake (say what?!) we had gorgeous macaroons (or macarons) from The Splendid Sweet Shoppe. I have the utmost admiration for anyone who can make a beautiful macaroon. These were amazing and so colorful!
Sweet Tweets made AWESOME super cookies with an M instead of S. I was seriously impressed. I used some of them for the dessert table, but the majority of the cookies were wrapped in cellophane bags and tied with a "Thank You!" tag to take home along with their "Superhero Award" to enjoy later. (More on the Superhero Award down below.)
The highlight of the dessert table was definitely the cake pops from Decadent Cake Pops. The owner, Jaime, and I met at our children's preschool a few years ago. I have ordered cake pops from her in the past and my girls love them. Last year I discovered that both of my girls are highly sensitive to gluten, dairy, and eggs which excludes them from all of the fun birthday treats children have at parties and/or bring to school. I asked Jaimie if she could make me gluten free/vegan cake pops, and she did! I now keep a stash of GF/Vegan cake pops in my freezer at all times. When anyone in my daughter's classes bring in a birthday treat, I pull out a cake pop and send it with them to school. Cake pops are my new favorite thing. These superhero cake pops were the normal variety, but it's nice to know there are delicious and fun options for those of us dealing with food allergies.
Speaking of food allergies, Wickedly Whipped made Wonder Woman Rice Krispy pops (yes, those are real!) for everyone, but especially for those staff members that cannot eat gluten. Who am I to deprive someone of treats? Who doesn't love Rice Krispy treats?! Unfortunately the mail man didn't deliver them in time for lunch on Friday but they did arrive before school got out for the day so I whipped up (get it? ha!) a quick display of take home treats for the staff.
The teachers and staff also took home a Superhero Award at the end of the week. They are after all, the most amazing superheros I know.
There you have it! Superhero themed Staff Appreciation Week. It was epic. I have no idea what I am going to do next year. LOL!
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I have loved Valentine's Day my entire life. I distinctly remember choosing the perfect valentine for each of my classmates, the joy of decorating the giant heart shaped envelope for my desk, and the excitement of opening my valentines. It is safe to say that my girls enjoy Valentine's Day every bit as much as I do, and now I get to make them too!
Today, I wanted to share three quick, easy, and adorable valentines. The good news is, you still have time to whip one of these up before the big day, should you be so motivated. All you need is a camera and some candy. It really is that easy.
Ready? Let's go!
These are the valentines for my girls this year. I took a picture of Zoë and Eden each holding a blank heart chalkboard. I added "Happy Valentine's Day!" in Photoshop and sized the photos to fit on a box of conversation hearts. (Two photos fit on one 4×6.) I also typed custom messages for each of the grandparents and had 5×7 prints made.
I'm sure I saw this idea on Pinterest, but for the life of me I can't find the original source. I took a picture of Zoë and Eden holding a piece of white PVC pipe. (A kind man from Home Depot was kind enough to cut it down for me.) I added a border and text to each valentine in Photoshop. I left Zoë's blank and had her sign each one, but Eden was only three at the time and hadn't yet mastered her name. Using an exacto knife, I cut a slit at the top of the PVC pipe and inserted the lollipop. The finished valentine looks like they are holding giant lollipops! TIP: Tape the sucker to the back of the valentine or they will fall out.
Finally, take a picture of your child holding their hand out. Add a cute message in Photoshop and print as a 4×6. Using an exacto knife, cut a slit at the top of their hand. As above, insert a lollipop. Voila! It looks like your child is holding a lollipop. Isn't Valentine's Day fun?!
Happy Valentine's Day!
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I saw a photo similar to this on Pinterest (the link has since been broken – boo!) about six months ago. The moment I saw it I immediately started planning to have one taken of our family. I can not wait to have it printed on a giant canvas for our living room!
I love the turquoise print. I created it especially for our family photos and it now hangs on our inspiration wall above the piano. (More on that another day.) As a way of saying thank you for visiting my little blog, I created this print in 11×14 and 8×10 in a rainbow of colors for you to enjoy.
(For personal use only. You may not sell these prints and claim them as your own. However, photographers are more than welcome to use them as photo shoot props.)
Click below to download.
11×14 – Magenta, Green Apple, Turquoise, Sunshine, Stormy
8×10 – Magenta, Green Apple, Turquoise, Sunshine, Stormy
The above photo was taken by Jen of Jen Martin Studios. She is my very favorite Western Washington photographer. We drive 1.5 hours each way just to see her. She is THAT good. (She also took the photos of Zoë's Angry Birds birthday party last year.)
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Last year, I began transforming the cubby under the stairs into Pixie Hollow. I spent hours in there painting landscapes and attaching artificial flowers and vines to create a magical place for Zoë and Eden to play. They loved it, but I really should have known better than to attach large sunflowers and strawberries to the wall. It took no time at all for Miss Eden (2 at the time) to happily pluck them off.
Before Christmas I decided to commission a professional artist to give Pixie Hollow a facelift. It wasn't terrible by any means, but I am no painter. Yes, the trees did resemble trees, but they lacked depth and fine detail. When the first muralist I contacted cancelled on me, I did a Google search and found Ann Gates Fiser. I could not have found a more perfect fit for this project. When I spoke with Ann about Pixie Hollow, she asked if I had been to her Moontoe Gallery website, I hadn't. Not only did Ann paint gorgeous wall murals, she specialized in fantasy art and fairies. It was meant to be. She transformed Pixie Hollow into a little girls dream come true (and mine, who am I kidding).
I planned for Ann to paint for 6 hours, to add detail and depth to the fairy tree, the waterfall, and tree around the doorway, but I soon found out that wall murals are addictive. I wanted more. I had Ann come back not one, but two more times. (And if truth be told, I am 99% sure I will ask her back again after the next fairy movie comes out.) Each fairy and her talent, with the exception of Vidia, is represented in Pixie Hollow. There are the garden fairy fields, the sunflower meadows, the lilypad pond, Tinkers' Nook, and of course, the Pixie Dust tree.
After Ann finished the murals, I painted on a coat of clear matte paint to protect them. I let the paint cure for three days, then added these Disney Fairy wall decals. The end result is completely magical. Pixie Hollow has been a huge hit with not just Zoë and Eden, but their friends as well.
If you live in the Seattle area and would like a wall mural for your home, I would not hesitate to recommend Ann Gates Fiser. Not only is she an amazingly talented artist, she is such a joy to work with. The girls and I had a wonderful time getting to know her while she was painting Pixie Hollow, and we couldn't be more pleased with the results.


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The Gamester. Freya Thomas' play, based on the 1696 Le Joueur by Jean-François Regnard, gives the verse style of classical French comedy a modern-day punch. The Gamester tells the story of Valère (Lorenzo Pisoni), a handsome rake, who risks forfeiting the love of his life, Angélique (Margot White), as a result of his rabid gambling obsession. Director Ron Lagomarsino's production at ACT is as flamboyant as Thomas' verse. Inspired as much by modern-day Sin City as by 17th-century France, the actors mince about the stage in brocade and periwigs even as the voices of Brat Pack crooners punctuate the scenes with sultry songs from another time and place. Feathers abound: Joan Mankin, fabulously vulgar in the role of Madame Sécurité, wears an extravagant red-feathered hat. But she's got nothing on Anthony Fusco, who, as the foppish Marquis de Fauxpas, looks like a bandylegged Big Bird, bedecked in custard-yellow plumage. The actors rattle off Thomas' challenging burlesque rhymes effortlessly, bringing a veneer of finesse to even the most potty-humored innuendo. But beyond that, there's nothing tempered about the performances: Braying like donkeys below the giant playing card fixtures of Kate Edmunds' unwieldy set, each character is pushed to caricature. Relinquishing center stage for even a minute is out of the question for these extravagant types, and the result is deafening clamor. Through Feb. 6 at Geary Theater, 415 Geary (at Mason), S.F. Tickets are $15-68; call 749-2228 or visit www.act-sf.org. (Chloe Veltman) Reviewed Jan. 19.
I Look Like an Egg, But I Identify as a Cookie. In her solo show, Heather Gold recounts the journey from Niagara Falls (where she spent the first 19 years of her life) to her current role as San Francisco's resident lesbian domestic goddess -- while baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies in front of a live audience. Even as she's plunking bits of soggy dough onto a battered metal baking tray and babbling on about her rugby-playing days as a law student at Yale, Gold, wielding her remarkable improvisation skills, creates an atmosphere of cozy intimacy. Certain parts of her monologue ramble on for too long, but even during the show's most half-baked moments, it's easy to understand why the audience gets so involved: Gold makes for an endearingly slapdash cook. Each performance involves a special guest, and it's a sheer pleasure to see a food-themed show that's not about battling one's body image (as is so often the case with productions by female artists -- e.g., Eve Ensler's The Good Body) and a program stuffed with recipes for delicacies like gingersnaps and caramel chocolate squares. Through Feb. 27 at Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter (between Powell and Mason), S.F. Tickets are $30-50; call (800) 838-3006 or visit www.subvert.com. (Chloe Veltman) Reviewed Jan. 12.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Playing a convincing nut is one of the biggest challenges facing an actor. Like being drunk onstage without falling over, the thespian wishing to personify madness in a persuasive way must avoid clichés such as clucking like a chicken or flinging wildflowers out into the audience (unless, of course, the stage directions specifically call for this kind of thing). The cast members of the Actors Theatre/OTM production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest understand this, and as a result, the white and green surfaces that surround them stop looking like bits of carefully constructed stage scenery and start resembling the forbidding walls of a state mental hospital. Dale Wasserman's play, based on Ken Kesey's 1962 novel of the same title (and subsequently developed into an Oscar-winning 1975 movie starring Jack Nicholson), tells the story of how Randle Patrick McMurphy, a convicted felon who contrives to get himself sent to a mental institution as a way of avoiding hard labor, impacts the lives of his fellow asylum inmates. Christian Phillips gives an explosive performance as McMurphy, but the true power of this engrossing production derives from the assorted catatonics, depressives, and other dysfunctional souls who litter the ward like bits of swirling trash. From Michael Speyser's lurking performance as Chief Bromden to Graham Cowley's physically daring personification of paranoid neurotic Cheswick, the characters are as convincing as they are tragic. The action is further intensified through the casting of Rachel Klyce as the authoritarian Nurse Ratched. It's easy to hate the hatchet-faced, big-chested woman of Kesey's novel and Milos Forman's film. But looking more like Kate Winslet and less like a matronly old boot, Klyce presents a savage sweetness that creates an even more disturbing dynamic on the ward. Through Feb. 5 at the Actors Theatre of San Francisco, 533 Sutter (between Powell and Mason), S.F. Tickets are $10-25; call 296-9179 or visit www.actorstheatresf.org. (Chloe Veltman) Reviewed Jan. 19.
Rapunzel. The Children's Theatre Association of San Francisco gives the well-known yarn about a girl with exceedingly long locks a new sheen with its romping musical adaptation of Rapunzel, staged in the Legion of Honor's gorgeous, subterranean wedding cake of a theater. With its gender stereotyping -- a frilly pink dress and squeaky voice for the generously tressed damsel in distress, and a feathered cap, black boots, and swagger for her handsome prince -- and tidy moral messages, this production presents, in some ways, a traditional retelling of the Grimm fairy tale. But the fizzy book and lyrics by David Crane and Marta Kauffman (an interesting departure for the Emmy Awardwinning writing duo behind the Friends television series), composer Michael Skloff's toe-twirling tunes, and quirky performances by CTA's strong-voiced ensemble ensure that the cobwebby one-liner "Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair" isn't a letdown. In fact, some of the jokes play as well to adults as they do to children. From a vegetarian witch (played alternately by Suzy Cronholm and Susan Pelosi) who wears too much hairspray and enjoys turning little boys into Brussels sprouts with her magic ring to a love duet with the tongue-in-cheek refrain "Me, my hair, and I," CTA's show is a scalp-tickling experience. Through Feb. 12 at the Florence Gould Theater, Legion of Honor, 34th Avenue & Clement, S.F. Tickets are $8-10; call 750-3600 or visit www.ctasf.com. (Chloe Veltman) Reviewed Jan. 19.


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The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, ed. Henry P. Johnston, A.M. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890-93). Vol. 3 (1782-1793).
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New York, 11th April, 1793.
Your letters of the 9th instant were this day delivered to me, as I was preparing to go out of town. The subject of them is important. I have not time to judge decidedly on some of the points. The enclosed will show what my present ideas of a proclamation are—it is hastily drawn—it says nothing about treaties—it speaks of neutrality, but avoids the expression, because in this country often associated with others. I shall be at Philadelphia on my way to Richmond. I think it better at present that too little should be said than too much. I would not receive any minister from a regent until he was regent de facto; and therefore I think such intention should be inferable from the proclamation. Let us do everything that may be right to avoid war; and if, without our fault, we should be involved in it, there will be little room for apprehensions about the issue.
It is happy for us that we have a President who will do nothing rashly, and who regards his own interest as inseparable from the public good.
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Three changes that might hit your business energy bill this April
April has brought some changes that could mean you see an increase in your business energy bill this month. As well having their immediate impact, these increases should also be a wake-up call to start thinking ahead when it comes to energy if you're a business owner or decision maker.
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So what has changed? Three things:
1. CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (previously known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment), is a government scheme to improve energy efficiency and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by large public and private sector organisations. If your business comes under the scheme, then this month you need to buy an allowance to cover your forecasted carbon emissions for 2011/2012 - at a rate of £12 per tonne of carbon.
You should also be aware that there are new proposals from DECC to simplify the scheme, particularly focussing on cutting the adminstrative cost for businesses. Businesses are free to comment on these proposals - a formal consultation is running for 12 weeks from 27 March 2012. The government will then amend the legislation by April 2013.
2. Climate Change levy (CCL)
The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a tax which all businesses (bar a few exceptions) pay on each unit of energy they use.
On 1st April 2012, CCL went up: the rate for electricity rose from 0.485 pence per kilowatt hour (kWh) to 0.509 pence per kWh; the rate for natural gas rose from 0.169 pence per kWh to 0.177 pence per kWh. For a typical business using 25,000 kWh of electricity and 5,000 kWh of gas a year, this will add an additional £6.40 to the annual bill and take the actual cost of this levy to £136.10 a year.
3. Gas transportation charges
All energy suppliers have to pay transportation charges to cover the cost of providing and maintaining the pipes that carry gas to customers. These charges make up about 15% of your energy bill.
LDZ gas transportation charges went up on 1st April 2012: the average change for East of England was 3.6%, for London 7.1%, for the North West 7.4%, and for the West Midlands 4.3%. Directly or indirectly, these increases will be passed onto businesses.
These three possible price increases are just a snapshot of the wider landscape when it comes to business energy.
There are numerous schemes, changes, charges, levies and costs which will have an impact on your bill, and that's leaving rising wholeale energy prices aside. It's not enough to just choose an energy supplier then sit back and ignre your bills - businesses need to be proactive in every area and make sure that they're doing everything possible to offset these costs, both now and in the furure.
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To celebrate the first time Elton John has ever played the state of Vermont, native ice cream kings Ben & Jerry have concocted a new flavor dedicated to John called "Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road," with all proceeds benefitting the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The ice cream is described as "an outrageous symphony of decadent chocolate ice cream, peanut butter cookie dough, butter brickle and white chocolate chunks." We assumed "brickle" was just a made-up word to make a punny tie between the ice cream and John's hit "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," but butter brickle is actually the stuff that Heath Bars are made of. "Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road" will be saying goodbye sooner rather than later, however, as the limited edition flavor will only be available in B&J's Vermont Scoop Shops from July 18-25. Sir Elton joins Phish, Jerry Garcia and Dave Matthews as musicians who have had a flavor dedicated to them.
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Homosexuals and the Church
Erik Guzman June 1st, 2007
Should Christians be trying to "turn" gays to the hetero side of the force? What about pro-gay theology…is there anything to it? The answers presented by this week's guest will blow you away with their compassion, simplicity, and orthodoxy.
Join Steve Brown and his friend John Freeman for this week's edition of SBE. Freeman is the Executive Director of Harvest USA and author of many of the essays featured in the book, The Homosexual Debate and the Church
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What was the last story you told about your children? Whom did you tell it to? Did they think you were making conversation, or boasting?
Amy Halloran, who blogs about writing and food, e-mailed me a question that I've been noodling over for weeks. What, she wonders, is "the difference between bragging about our kids and being amazed by them?"
When I became a parent I vowed not to become one of those who can talk of nothing but the children. Some days I've done pretty well. Others have gone more like Amy describes in a guest post today: I realize how I sound once I start gabbing, but I don't manage to stop.
Is it always shallow to talk about your kids? Where's the line between making conversation, and making a point, and going on and on and on and on? (And on which side does this particular essay fall?)
By Amy Halloran
This spring, when I went to a party with a bunch of people I didn't know, I strutted out the story of my son's maple sugaring. Francis tapped trees in the neighborhood. Not just sugar maples, but Norway maples and silver maples, too. Even a box elder.
I used the story as currency in a nature-savvy crowd, trying to get more comfortable by flashing my son's project as a badge. See! I was saying. I'm urban homesteady enough to have a kid who makes maple syrup. Cripes. The brag hung in the air and the conversation moved forward, away from me and my nerves. Read more…


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Navigation sales are expected to remain flat or drop off this year as high prices and an uncertain economy stall the market, according to suppliers and retailers.
Sales are expected to hover below 30,000 units with no great catalyst in sight to boost the market, suppliers said. On a long-term basis, however, nearly every supplier continued to claim that navigation will eventually take off.
"The category is very slow, slower than last year. There seemed to have been a sell-in but then the [stock] market had problems, which affected the whole industry," Blaupunkt engineering director Jim Frazier said. "When people have that kind of money to spend on navigation, they are going to think twice now. A good system installed is still going to run you a couple of thousand dollars."
"The product is too expensive to get any kind of velocity," said Kenwood sales and marketing VP Bob Law. "We are very happy with the results of our product at the price, but it's not a significant business at this point."
Even high-tech retailers who have had success selling navigation in the past say sales are flat. "Navigation has really been pretty stale this year," said Tim Lavoie, owner of Tim's Car Tunes in Indian Orchard, Mass. "The whole road warrior mentality is in question because of the economy. No one feels safe in his or her position. Now they are counting their nickels."
Lavoie continued: "The Clarion JoyRide is an unbelievable head unit, but it's over three grand. If we were still riding the tech bubble we wouldn't be able to keep them in stock. It's just uncertain times."
But navigation is facing other problems, compared to mobile video, for example, which has maintained growth despite an economic downturn.
Consumers are not opting for the less expensive, mapless solution, which delivers directions by voice prompt and pictograph arrow display. Eclipse, Audiovox and Blaupunkt all admitted to less-than-anticipated results with these units as consumers expect to see a map when paying prices in the $1,499 range, they said. In addition, the product is unacceptable to early adopters. "We have one unit like that and frankly it hasn't been very successful, I believe, because you are still dealing with the early adopter and it's still a lot of the wow factor," said Fred Roetker, Audiovox national sales manager for Prestige Audio and Navigation.
But most consumers don't want to pay $2,000 for a screen-based solution either, said suppliers.
J.D. Powers, Troy, Mich., which publishes an annual report on navigation, claims that the market will take off when the price for a screen-based system hits $500. Said Frank Forkin, head of emerging technologies, "the magic price point has always been $500 for navigation and no one is close to that."
Because of the high price of LCD screens, Blaupunkt said reaching $500 could take three to five years. In addition, Frazier noted that by that time, navigation could go in any number of directions. It could take on an off-board, server-based format that delivers information wirelessly as you need it. Kenwood's Bob Law said that rental systems might be available in the future, which are server-based and which allow users to purchase only the maps needed for a certain area.
Not a single supplier dared to predict what form navigation would take in three to five years or as Eclipse marketing and sales VP Ray Windsor noted, "I don't think anyone can predict what will happen between now and 48 months."
There is also still some confusion as to whom the market is targeting. Alpine says the average age of its navigation customer is 38 and that navigation is often purchased in conjunction with a mobile video system. Sixty percent of its navigation units are sold as an attachment to the company's Mobile MultiMedia products, said product promotion manager Todd Van Zandt. Harman Kardon recently entered the market hoping to market to an older demographic, claiming that the type of customer most interested in navigation doesn't tend to frequent a 12-volt store (see TWICE, Oct.14, p. 28). And as Clarion manager of technical marketing Jeff Abrahms noted, "Not only is it price, but the aftermarket hasn't figured out how to market this."
Apparently, those who do purchase navigation are very happy with their systems and tend to use them every week, according to Audiovox. "You have to educate the consumer that they are going to use it. It's like remote start. People didn't think they'd use it that much. Once you have it, you even use it in the summer," said Roetker, adding that drivers frequently turn to the unit for rerouting around traffic.
The people who own a navigation unit "have a very high repurchase intent. Ninety percent would recommend it," claimed Forkin.
Help for the market might come from the car manufacturers who are slowly raising awareness of the product. J.D. Powers projects 300,000 onboard navigation systems (excluding systems such as OnStar) will sell from the factory this year compared to 175,000 in 2001. Navigation systems are now available on 70 vehicle models, compared to 45 last year, and this is expected to increase. "The Camry is offering it and eventually it will be on the Accord. So you are beginning to see it in a lot of high-volume vehicles. Once its on the Taurus and Accord, the penetration should go up substantially," said Forkin, although he notes that the high price of $1,800 to $2,400 is still prohibitive.
By 2010, if the price of the systems remains the same, Forkin predicts 12 percent of vehicles will include a navigation system compared to less than one percent today. If the price goes down to $500 then the penetration would be closer to 30 percent in new vehicles, he said.
Another boost for navigation could come from instant traffic information. "If you could turn on the navigation system in the morning and know which freeway to take, that would be a huge selling point for many people," Kenwood's Law noted. "The technology is there in Japan and it's been in use for a few years. It's just a question of getting the infrastructure in place in the U.S."
At present, it is possible to check traffic information in major cities on a home PC before entering the car. Although "the traffic could change by the time I get to my car," Law noted.
Cue Corporation, Irvine, Calif., which recently went out of business, was the only company offering a real-time traffic information integration service for navigation. The system was used in both Pioneer and Clarion.
With Cue's demise, there is no company offering real-time traffic information. However, Alpine, Panasonic and Pioneer recently demonstrated real-time traffic updates using XM satellite radio and a new Navigation Technologies system at the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) 9th World Congress in Chicago.
Navigation Technologies announced last month that it has developed technology for a traffic update service using satellite radio. For the ITS demonstration, Navigation Technologies used traffic data from TrafficCast and configured it to be sent via XM satellite and received on navigation systems using Navtech maps. Traffic incidents then appeared as icons, color-coded streets and/or text information on certain driving routes in the Chicago area. A Navigation Technologies spokesman said the company hopes to market the product in the 2004 car model year, targeting OEM applications first, and then possibly, the aftermarket.
Navigation Technologies said that its technology could also work with Sirius Satellite Radio.
Pioneer said it hopes to begin offering real-time traffic information some time between the fourth quarter 2003 and fourth quarter 2004.
In the meantime, to compensate for the lack of Cue service, Pioneer said it offered purchasers of the Cue model a free software upgrade to the newer Pioneer AVIC-90 system, which is a value of $300.
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Welcome to Bedrock Zoo, where you can create a prehistoric world of dinos. It's yours to decorate, breed and maintain the zoo full of dinos.
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Chautauqua Chamber Singers will present "Twelfth Night - A Celebration of Light" at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church, 200 Market St., Warren. Pre-sale admission is $10 ($8 for seniors and $5 for students) and is available in the church office. Twelfth Night traditionally marks the 12th Day of Christmas and the beginning of Epiphany.
Currently directed by Rebecca Ryan, the Chautauqua Chamber Singers was formed in 1978 by a group of singers looking for a small ensemble with which to sing, other that in their church choirs.
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Repertoire spans Elizabethan to 21st century music, classical to pop. Under the umbrella of Community Music Project, Inc., the Chautauqua Chamber Singers perform three to four concerts a year, including their "Twelfth Night" concert, which has become a traditional ending to the holiday season for many in the area.


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Manitobans blessed with a giving spirit
Most generous province -- again
Manitobans are as generous as Ebenezer Scrooge the morning after the three spirits have visited.
Ordering an enormous goose for the Cratchits would just be the start for Manitobans, who give, and give, and give some more.
This time, give yourself a pat on the back -- for the 14th consecutive year, the Fraser Institute's generosity index has named Manitoba the most generous province or territory in the country.
Based on 2010 tax returns, the conservative think-tank has declared us Canada's most generous, having led all Canadians in the percentage of tax filers donating to charity and the percentage of aggregate income donated to charity.
Winnipeg resident Shirley Wyatt teaches her family the value of giving to charity. "My children and grandchildren have all been brought up to put money in the kettles at Christmas," said Wyatt. "Even if it's just a loonie or a toonie, it's important to help people less fortunate."
Wyatt, whose family also contributed to the Siloam Mission this holiday season, said the spirit of giving transcends faith or religion.
"It's about doing the right thing for fellow man," she said.
Pastor Bruce Martin of Calvary Temple Church said, "When it comes to giving to strangers, that's a learned behaviour. There's a self-centredness in deprived humanity that says 'I'll take care of myself and my family, but I'm not taking care of you.'
"I think Manitobans have learned to be content to not be the wealthiest and they're in it for the long haul," said Martin, who pointed out anonymous giving in his own church has increased by about $10,000 this year.
Kate Brenner, director of development at Winnipeg Harvest, said she's not surprised Manitoba has retained its title as the country's most charitable province.
"Manitobans are not only friendly, but incredibly philanthropic in giving of their time and dollars," she said. "People here relate to the issues and they genuinely care."
Brenner said Manitobans are on pace to contribute more than $2 million and 12 million pounds of food to Winnipeg Harvest this year -- equivalent to 64,000 meals per month.
"Year after year, we depend on the kindness and generosity of Manitobans to keep us open and the trucks rolling and the people fed. The support of our volunteers and the number of people wanting to help is overwhelming," Brenner said.
It's a sentiment Doug Finkbeiner, 2012 campaign chairman of the United Way of Winnipeg, echoed.
"Folks here have a wonderful sense of community," he said. "Those of us in later generations picked up that generous attitude from our parents and our neighbours."
But our generosity pales in comparison to that of Americans.
"When it comes to donations to registered charities, Canadians may be surprised to find that they are much less generous than Americans," said Charles Lammam, the report's co-author. "Had Canadians donated to registered charities at the same rate as Americans, Canada's charities would have received an additional $9.2 billion in private support in 2010."
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THE Fraser Institute, a conservative think-tank, has declared Manitobans to be Canada's most generous people. We're first nationally in both the percentage of tax filers to give to charity in the 2010 tax year, and in terms of the percentage of aggregate income donated to charity. We were third in average donation:
Province % of tax filers who % of aggregateAverage donation donated to charityincome donatein dollars
1. Manitoba 26.20.92$1,697
2. Prince Edward Island 25.2 0.83 $1,339
3. Saskatchewan 25.2 0.73 $1,519
4. Ontario 24.5 0.75 $1,645
5. Alberta 24.2 0.81 $2,289
6. Nova Scotia 22.6 0.55 $1,129
7. British Columbia 22.0 0.80 $1,832
8. Quebec 21.9 0.31 $641
9. New Brunswick 21.3 0.59 $1,190
10. Nfld./Labrador 21.1 0.49 $990
11. Yukon 20.6 0.33 $1,160
12. Northwest Territories 16.8 0.27 $1,315
13. Nunavut 9.7 0.23 $1,600
-- sources: Fraser Institute calculations based on data from the Canada Revenue Agency and Statistics Canada
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