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So you've done
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interviewed help desk and customer service folks. You've had long
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user, so you've got some great personas. You even held some design
sketching sessions.NOW what?While many authors have
codified the early phases of experience documentation, there's a
disconnect that often happens when business analysts write requirements
documents or developers and product managers write user stories.Despite
the best personas and user/task grids and wireframes, people other than
project champions need information to help them succeed, including the
creation of data architecture, interaction coding and the actual
realisation of the user interface.User experience work doesn't
end at the wireframe – it ends when the product is implemented. Detailed
design covers those activities that reduce possible miscommunication
between the designer and the developer and product owner. Activities can
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corners, or data formats for forms, for example.So, if the heart of UX design is empathy, then detailed design codifies that empathy.This
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Fans of Stephen Colbert lined up to catch a glimpse of the satirical TV host on Tuesday, some waiting more than five hours at New York City's Union Square-area Barnes & Noble bookstore to get a seat at the event.
One fan brought out the claws, and then the fur started flying – literally – because that fan was a cat.
After taking questions from the audience and reading from his new book, America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't, Colbert, a known lover of the feline kind, picked up an audience member's cat and gave it a hug.
The fully-grown, leash-wearing cat appeared to be comfortable in Colbert's arms. What can we say? The man knows how to handle a kitty.
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I spent ten plus years in the hedge fund industry as a professional hedge fund marketer. Most hedge fund managers are not frauds. They are well meaning, usually very smart guys who are desperately trying to put up good numbers.
It is a crazy, brutal business that eats most people alive.
Let me step back. There is a very tiny sliver of truly original thinkers in the hedge fund industry. I can probably count them on one hand. These guys are able to see through the incredible noise in the markets and understand the cycles and currents of industry. They are not people who strive to achieve a small amount of alpha above an index to please the institutions who have pretty much destroyed the industry with their demands for slim returns above mediocrity. These people look for asymmetric returns -- a loss of 100% or a gain of 1,000% percent or much more. Most investors can't possibly stay the course for the ride because when things look the worse these guys are doubling down against conventional wisdom.
It's just that humans are herding animals. We go to the restaurant that is full rather than the one that is empty. The stock market is just like that. Only a crazy, or perhaps brilliant person goes to the empty restaurant.
If you could invest with these people, you would. But they are just such a small part of the investing universe that there is no chance you can. And institutions are in such a box-checking, CYA mode that their own criteria is eliminating these unusual individuals. So just pretend these people do not exist, because for all practical purposes they do not. Very quickly they are able to compound their own money and they really do not need you.
So how do your beat the other 99.9% of professionals?
Hedge fund managers and active mutual fund managers come in the office and stare at their computers every day. They meet with their staff and pour over data for one reason only: they need to put up good numbers or they will either go out of business (hedge fund) or lose their job (mutual fund).
If they really are smart and try to do anything that runs against the current of the market, they will at some point be in a position of trailing the market. Before their original bet can pay off, they will be fired and investors will pull their money. If they play it safe and become "closet indexers", they will be fired because you can never beat the index and another manager will make a slight deviation against the index, beat it because they got lucky, and push you down in the rankings. The marketing people will complain and you will be fired.
An individual can easily beat these guys because of one reason only: the difference in time horizon. The professional is looking six to eight quarters into the future. If he can't make something happen in that time period, the infrastructure of people around him, along with existing and potential investors, will start doubting his ability. He has to make moves to beat the market in the short term, but here is the problem: It can't consistently be done. So he churns his assets in a desperate attempt to make something happen. That just makes things worse.
The individual has all the advantages. His time horizon can be decades. He does not have anyone looking over his shoulder, threatening to take away his job, home and status in the community.
I've had several personal experiences with this, but one stands out. I had about $100K invested in a trust for my daughter in early 2008. She is very young so all of it was in equities, invested in the Vanguard Total World Stock Market Index ETF (NYSEARCA:VT). By Feb. of 2009 my return was -$54K. That type of catastrophic loss would have forced the professional to make desperate moves. I did nothing.
That account is currently worth $113K. In the worst recession since the great depression I did nothing and made money. My daughter was under the age of ten. Time was on my side. Patience combined with knowing but benign neglect can work wonders.
By investing in harmony with your time horizon, buying broad market index funds, and having intelligent asset allocation that reflects your age and risk tolerance, you can achieve great things. Use the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index ETF (VT) for your equity holdings and split your bond market allocation 50/50 between the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index ETF (NYSEARCA:BND) and the Vanguard Total International Bond Market Index ETF (NASDAQ:BNDX). You will be amazingly diversified at a ridiculously low cost.
Most people have a very long time horizon. Much longer than they realize. Instead of being patient, they get caught up in current events and try to time the market, failing to realize just about none of it will matter over a 20-30 year time horizon. It will all just be a small blip on a graph.
So be smart and don't try to play the professional game. They are largely losers and you have everything you need to be a long-term winner in the markets.
Disclosure: I am long VT, BND, BNDX. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Baldwin Partners Group, LLC is a state registered investment advisor. Alex Bentley is the CEO, Founder and an investment advisor representative of Baldwin Partners Group, LLC.


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Here is a a way to recycle all those old fluffy worn out socks, the ones with a hole in the toe! Make a sock bed to fit a cat or small dog. Your pet will love it!
- 4 pair of worn out fluffy socks (any color)
- 1 yard + 2" of solid color felt (to match the main color used in socks)
- Quilting thread to match
- Thin quilt batting & cotton stuffing
- Sewing machine
- Scissors
- Straight pins
- Ruler
- Cut 2 - 18" circles out of the felt (can make larger for larger pets).
- Cut 1 – 17 ¾ "circle out of quilt batting.
- Stack the circles, felt on top, quilt batting in middle, felt on bottom. Sew a seam stitch around circumference of circles ¼" from the outer edge. Set aside.
- Lay each sock flat and cut 1 ½" off the toe* end. Leave the heel on, it helps curve the circle. Turn the socks inside-out, seam one cuff to the other lower foot area together mixing colors for a design, until all are joined and you have a long tube. Leave the end of the tube open for stuffing.
- Pin the tube to the edge of the felt circles about ¼ " inside the circumference all the way around and sew the sock tube to the felt circles using quilting thread for a sturdy seam. Stuff the open end of the sock tube until solid and puffing up for a pillow for your pet. Sew the stuffing seam together and put in your pet. Your reward: Purrs or Wags!
*Toe End Sachets – fill the toe with dried rose, lavender, or magnolia petals wrapped inside a thin piece of batting and sew the open area together. Throw these in your drawers.
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Fabulous idea. I love this. A great way to use up those socks that your washer seems to have ate the mate. This sock bed is so quick and easy with this tutorial for even a beginner to make and your kitty or fideo will love you for making them one. I am going to make a bigger one for my dog by keep adding the socks until I get it big enough and hope he likes it. We bought him a bed and he will not use it. I hope this one works.
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Oct 16, 2014
I want to thank you for showing us how to do this.You also explain it very easy for me to understand. This is one that i will be doing. You will hear from me soon. Thanks!
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Oct 16, 2014
Hi there - so glad you like this pattern! Be sure to post a picture of your own design on our Facebook page - we'd love to see your creation! Thanks - Julia from FaveCrafts
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Mar 01, 2014
This is simple yet brilliant idea. I am looking for pet related knit/sew projects to help raise funds for a local animal shelter where i volunteer.
May 29, 2013
If you're making a bed for a cat, instead of making a sachet, take one of the toes and fill it with catnip and put it in the stuffing. Leave a velcroed opening on the bottom of the bed to change it out.
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Oct 10, 2012
It's a great idea but what about an old towel for the middle? I was wondering bucause my dog s have long nails and dig in the beds to fluf them up they tear holes in them.so I fiugre they need something stronger.so could I use an old towel for the middleand the missmatched socks on the ends to make the top .
grandma jean
Sep 14, 2012
This would be a perfect use for some of the orphan socks where the washer has eaten the other one!
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Jun 30, 2012
thats the way i like it ahuh ahuh
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Apr 18, 2012
love this idea - I am going to make a small one for my guinea pigs!
Crafter 6013
Dec 23, 2011
what a great idea I have been looking for a simple pattern and here it is
Andi S
Feb 24, 2011
great idea
Feb 24, 2011
Terrific idea! One could also use an old pillow filled with washable material for the middle! I love it! Thanks!
Feb 24, 2011
This is absolutely adorable! I have been looking for a bed pattern for my little dogs, so Fawn and Peanut will love these come their birthdays. Thanks so much for being so creative and sharing with us.
Feb 24, 2011
OMG such a cute and awesome Idea... thanks... I can try an attempt this, not sure if I will succeed but thanks for the idea.. Recycling!! YAYA
Feb 17, 2011
This is great. If you do not have the socks, you could go to a second hand store and find some. Also, you could probably find a fake fur item or something soft (like housecoat, blanket or anything big enough) to make the main part. Ideas are endless and your cat or dog will love it. Our dog loves putting his head on the soft edges where the socks are.
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May 29, 2010
My kitties will love this little bed almost as much as I do... great idea!
Barb C
May 17, 2010
I just thought this was great! Simple enough for my niece to make for her cat. Thank you!
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May 17, 2010
This is cute. Polar Fleece would also be good instead of felt. You could also make the Toe End Sachets filled with catnip and throw them to your kitties!
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"Methylmercury exposure is a particular concern for women of childbearing age, unborn babies and young children, because studies have linked high levels of methylmercury to damage to the developing nervous system, which can impair children's ability to think and learn." E.P.A. statement on rules regulating coal power plant emissions.
"That sort of sounds like something we should regulate, doesn't it?" Paul Krugman
The Environmental Protection Agency just issued new standards on air toxics for power plants, an action that has been hailed in editorials, various statements, and by organizations that do research on climate change, among others. The rule requires power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants by about 90 percent within the next five years.
The E.P.A. rule constitutes a big victory for environmentalists and scientists who have worked for 20 years to regulate these pollutants — and an even bigger one for the public. So, the Republicans want to kill it. What? Yes, and here is (also) where the madness comes in (i.e, not just from mercury exposure but from ideological blindness and greed). The GOP party line is that we must not only avoid any new environmental regulations but we should roll back the protections we already have.
While rules may be guidelines for the unimaginative in some places, here they are an essential activity of government. Especially when it comes to human health and safety. Why? Because some people, in key places, would have us allow children to be exposed to mercury levels that impair learning. It's that simple and that sad.
In another political world, maybe guidelines would be all we'd need but not in this one, not here, not by a long shot. Not only does capitalism require regulation, but the combination of special interests, money, and politicians-for-sale requires no less than an active, regulating government acting assertively in the interests of its citizens.
Republicans, and particularly their tea party faction, would have us believe that government is the problem. They would frame the issue as one of small vs. large government, and, particularly, in these terms: The fewer the regulations, the better we--and the economy--are. But, it isn't size, it's scope, content and focus. It's effective and appropriate government. And, it's smart government taking measured, intelligent steps to protect and secure even while weighing economic needs and political realities in the near and long term.
The government-bashing rhetoric rings particularly hollow when it comes to human health and protecting the environment. And, I suspect, it will generate a backlash, just like the blind resistance to extending a tax break for millions of working Americans did just days ago.
The purpose of the E.P.A. action is clear: to ensure clean air, water, fertile soil and a poison-free environment. How to ensure it? Not by an industry free of any constraints, but by rules, based on science, that call for uniform standards, enforced nationally.
And, by the way, while we're at it, given the worries that always surface, honestly and, frankly, less so, regarding so-called "job-killing" regulations, why not think about this point made so well by John Moore, a New Jersey resident, who wrote in response to Paul Krugman's column:
"Designing, engineering and constructing pollution control devices on coal burning power houses will create thousands of jobs."
In other words, don't accept the "job-killing" rhetoric about regulations either.
A good part of the industry itself sees the merit in the rules. Here is Ralph Izzo, Chairman and CEO of Public Service Enterprise Group, responding to an alarmist Wall Street Journal editorial, "If the Lights Go Out:"
"As CEO of an energy company with nuclear, coal and natural gas-fueled power plants, I found the alarms raised in your editorial about a 'looming threat to electric reliability' to be exaggerated…. No one disputes that mercury is harmful to human health or that the technology is available now to reduce mercury emissions dramatically. Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. invested $1.5 billion in our coal-fired power plants, reducing emissions of mercury and acid gases by 90% or more. Those projects created jobs for 1,600 construction workers and added permanent positions at our plants. We are not alone. Nearly 60% of the U.S. coal fleet has mercury-control equipment installed or under construction. The EPA's air rules will provide the certainty to move forward with large, job-creating investments to modernize America's electric power infrastructure."
Don't miss Izzo's stunning performance in this Fox News interview. Fortunately, Ralph Izzo is far from alone, but there is another point of view in the industry, of course, most notably expressed by the curiously named, "American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity," which Clean Technica identifies as having members "that are the dirtiest utilities...."
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I consider myself a pretty serious movie fan, but the simple fact of the matter is that I miss stuff. Famous and interesting stuff. But not for long!
Welcome to Where Everyone Has Gone Before, the column where I continue my film education before your very eyes. I will seek out and watch all of the movies I know I should have seen by now. I will first "review" the movie before I've watched it, based entirely on its reputation. Then I will give the movie a fair chance and actually watch it. You will laugh at me, you may condemn me, but you will never say I didn't try.
The Film: 'Solaris' (2002), Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George "Batman" Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies and George Clooney's posterior.
Why I Haven't Seen It Until Now: Well, I didn't want to see Steven Soderbergh's remake of Andrei Tarkovsky's science fiction classic until I had seen the original, but I put off seeing the original until last week's column because I was quivering in my boots at the thought of actually trying to watch it, an undertaking some have compared to scaling Everest. Now, having fought and defeated the original, I can watch the remake guilt free!
Pre-Viewing Assumptions:
At literally half the length of Tarkovsky's 'Solaris,' the Soderbergh version acts as a bizarre counterpoint to the original. Where the original took it's sweet time (45 looong minutes) to launch into space, the remake has Clooney suited up and blasting off towards the stars by the 10-minute mark. Where the original was all about tone and theme, the remake is all about plot. Where the original used science as a background element to allow for beautiful, sad and romantic imagery, the remake places the science at the forefront, making this a heady and intelligent, if somewhat emotionally shallow, hard science fiction story. Where the original starred some chunky Russian guy, the remake has George "I Would Have His Babies If I Wasn't to the Male Sex" Clooney.
These changes are not surprising, really. What studio is going to pony up a fistful of millions for a slow-paced, emotionally driven, ice-cold science fiction story? But if you stick The Clooney in there, cut the running time down to a breezy 90 minutes, add more special effects and mold the story into something that operates as a mystery/adventure instead of a contemplation on life and death ... now you've got a studio project.
That's not to say Soderbergh's 'Solaris' is a bad film. It's not. It's a solid, extremely entertaining film that will do you no serious harm. But it doesn't have Tarkovsky's ambition and it definitely won't linger around in the back of my brain like the original has in the time since I've watched it. Like all remakes, good and bad, it's cursed to live in the shadow of its predecessor.
Post-Viewing Reaction:
It's fascinating to see Soderbergh, a jack of all genres, a filmmaker capable of radically changing his style from film to film, try to ape Tarkovsky, a filmmaker who had a very specific style and never wavered from it. Soderbergh's remake of 'Solaris' is surprisingly faithful to the original film in tone and spirit. While the cinematography and sets feel more like 'Event Horizon' than the stripped down (and let's face it, often slightly dated) original film, both films have the same goal and operate on the same thematic playground.
But let's just get one thing out of the way right now: While Soderbergh's film is a borderline effortless watch compared to Tarkovsky's, it is not a better film. It's a slick and streamlined Hollywood project. Granted, it's an artistically ambitious Hollywood project that deserves all the praise in the world for not devolving into some sort of horror movie (as it seems to threaten to on more than one occasion), but the original was difficult, and non-Hollywood for a reason. The original 'Solaris' puts you through an emotional wringer, triggering visceral feelings by forcing you to actually endure the film, a bold artistic choice that has not done it any favors whatsoever with a mainstream audience. The new one, although captivating, tells its story, hits the proper beats and ends. There's plenty of post-film discussion to be had over Soderbergh's film, but none of the post-film sense of isolation and regret and remorse that accompanies Tarkovsky's.
Oh, and I was wrong. Clooney's not in space by the 10-minute mark. He's in space by the seven-minute mark, off to a space station circling the stellar body called Solaris, which has the strange ability to manifest people's dreams and memories into physical realities. As in the original, Clooney is a psychologist tasked to figure out what the hell's going on on the station, but there's the natural Hollywood addition of him knowing someone on the station and going there to help a friend. When he arrives, he finds his buddy dead and two half-crazed scientists (Davis and Davies) who aren't going to tell him nuthin.'
And then his dead wife (McElhone) appears and things really get weird.
At only 90 minutes, 'Solaris' often feels like the original film on fast forward. The original took its sweet time laying out our protagonist and his plight in the opening act of the film. Soderbergh and his fancy schmancy editing techniques tightens the pace by incorporating the backstory into bite-sized flashbacks that occur throughout the film. The same story beats are hit and the same emotional conclusions are reached, but they come faster and lack any and all ambiguity. Both films even have essentially the same ending, the only difference being that Tarkovsky's conclusion is mysterious and creepy and may have more than one interpretation, and Soderbergh makes sure you know exactly what's going on and ensures that there will be no debate as to what's going on.
I don't want to slight Soderbergh, though. In fact, the straightforward ending, which involves our hero making a clear, conscious decision and seeing it through to the end actually works better for me than the "Dun dun duuuun PLOT TWIST!" conclusion of the original film. Actually, Soderbergh's lack of stylistic pretensions allows 'Solaris' to work as an actual story, something the original film never did (but in all fairness, never aspired to do). I can throw around phrases like "mainstream" and "simplified" all day and make Soderbergh's work sound completely pedestrian, but that's just not the case. A remake should try something completely new with the material and by taking his 'Solaris' in a completely different stylistic direction than the original, it could be argued that Soderbergh is making a bold artistic choice. He's taking fascinating ideas originated by a filmmaker most people have never heard of and encapsulating them into a dense, smart 90 minutes. You come for the Clooney, you stay for the mature, thoughtful look at death and regret.
(Next week, keep your eyes open for the first non-science fiction entry in this series. Let's just say we'll be going back to the 1980s, and to the horror genre, for a film that may or may not feature some sort of squad of monsters ...)
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Solaris (1972)
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Silent Running
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Enemy Mine
A Boy and His Dog
The Thing From Another World
Forbidden Planet
Logan's Run
Strange Days
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Kindergarten, Lesson 4: The Long Road to Coffee
Coffee goes through many processes during its transformation from a plant in Colombia to being sipped in a kitchen in New York.
Essential Question
How can kids help adults understand how their coffee really got in their cup?
Total Time
- Students organize picture cards in the sequence of how food gets from a local farm to their home.
- Students organize picture cards into a sequence to illustrate how coffee grown in Colombia gets to their home.
- Students compare the differences between the steps locally and foreign grown produce takes to get to their home.
- Students create an exhibit to illustrate to their parents how Colombian coffee beans make their way from the coffee fields to their home.
Informational Introduction for the Teacher
This series of lessons challenges students to compare and contrast how locally grown apples and coffee grown in Colombia get to their kitchen. Coffee grown some 3,000 miles away goes through several processes as it travels from being a plant in Colombia to students' homes. Understanding how this process works will help students realize the interconnectedness of their community and Colombia and begin to create an understanding of the differences between locally and non-locally grown produce.
Informational Introduction for the Students
How does food grown in a farm near where we live get from the farm to our dinner table? How does coffee that is grown 3,000 miles away in Colombia (where Chayo lives) get to your home? Food goes through many processes and travels in all sorts of vehicles like tractors, boats, planes, trains, trucks and cars just to get to your kitchen table. Your challenge is to compare how food grown nearby and coffee grown in Colombia compare in terms of how they get to your homes.
Step 1 -- Connect (The Concept to Prior Knowledge) [15 Minutes]
Challenge students to reveal their ideas for how locally grown apples get to their kitchen.
Per class
- Large map of your region marked with a blue house for your students' home area
- One set of 4" x 6" cards representing the path that a locally grown apple travels to get to the students' home. (Cards: apple tree, apple picker, tractor pulling large supply of apples, apple mill at same farm (washing & packaging for distribution), truck, grocery stores, automobile going to store, family buying food at a grocery store, automobile bringing food to home)
- Bag of locally grown apples (one apple per student)
- One paper cut-out of a red apple (to mark location of locally grown apples on regional map)
- Show your students the locally grown apples. Using the map of your region, ask students where they think these apples came from. After a few guesses, tell them that they come from a local apple orchard about x minutes away from school. Ask if anyone can find the orchard on the map. Place a paper cut-out of a red apple on the map indicating the orchards location.
- Reveal the 4" x 6" cards that are placed randomly on a board for all to see. Ask students to figure out with a partner how the cards should be ordered to illustrate how the apples from their local orchard get to their home.
- Invite partners to come up to the board and arrange the cards. After a pair arranges the cards, ask if another group has a different order.
- Invite other students to reveal and explain their sequence.
- Tell students to watch you reorder the cards (if necessary) according to the actual pathway the apples take. Ask students if they noticed any differences between how you and they arranged the cards. Ask them what surprises them about the path and processes these apples go through to get to their home.
Step 2 - Literature/Discuss (Give Expert Information Book; Ask Questions) [15 Minutes]
Review the story, Chayo's Andean Home, a Rainforest Alliance story, and decipher true and false statements in order to consider the origins of where coffee comes from that ends up in your home.
- Story: Chayo's Andean Home
Tell students that you are going to read them some passages from Chayo's story that have to do with coffee. Tell them that you are going to make a number of statements after reading, some which will be true and other statements that will not be true. Tell them their challenge will be to figure out which statements are true and to correct what's wrong about the statements that are false.
- Coffee is grown in tropical rainforests in Colombia. (True)
- Coffee harvest lasts four months from November to May. (False. Coffee harvest lasts five months from December to April).
- Coffee comes from a plant (tree) that produces orange berries. (False. The berries are green and red.)
- Coffee plants on Chayo's farm grow in an open, sunny field like corn is grown around here. (False. Coffee plants are grown beneath shade trees.)
- Birds don't like the smell of coffee berries and stay away from Chayo's shady coffee plants. (False. We don't know if birds like the smell of coffee berries. Lots of birds hang out around the coffee plants under the shade trees.)
- Only the green berries are picked. (False. Only the red berries are picked.)
- Inside the red berries is liquid coffee, like the liquid found in coffee cups. (False. Inside the red berries are beans.)
- The beans are laid out on the ground to dry in the sun. (True)
Ask students these additional questions:
- Do you know of any coffee farms around our area? If so, where?
- Have you ever see a coffee farm? If so, describe what you saw.
- Why do you think coffee isn't grown in cooler areas like where we live?
- What five questions would you want to ask Chayo and her father about how they make coffee?
Step 3A -- Practice [15 Minutes]
Challenge students to determine how the coffee grown on Chayo's farm gets to their home. Then challenge them to compare and contrast the two pathways they have explored so far.
- Large map of the Western Hemisphere that can be seen by the entire class (includes both the United States and South America)
- A blue paper house marking your students' home area and a coffee bean taped near Chayo's home in the Andean Mountain Range
- Regional map used in Step 1
- One can of Colombian coffee
- A coffee bean and clear tape
- 4" x 6" cards representing the path that coffee travels from Chayo's farm in Colombia to your students' homes. (Cards: coffee tree, berries being picked, beans being extracted from berries, farmer raking beans for drying in sun, truck, industrialized coffee roasting or grounding factory, truck, packaging plant, truck distribution center, truck, plane/boat, truck, United States distribution center, truck, store, car going to store, customer buying coffee at store, car going home)
- 4" x 6" cards used in Step 1
- Supplemental information about coffee conservation -- see additional resources in the beginning of this unit
- Show your students a large map of the Western Hemisphere.
- Ask a student to tape a coffee bean on the area to indicate where Chayo lives.
- Ask another student to tape the blue paper house to indicate where they live.
- Reveal the 4" x 6" cards that are placed randomly on a board for all to see. Ask students to figure out with a partner how to order the cards to illustrate how the coffee grown on Chayo's farm gets to their homes.
- Invite partners to come up to the board and arrange the cards. After a pair arranges the cards, ask if another group has a different order.
- Invite other students to reveal and explain their sequence.
- Tell students to watch you reorder the cards (if necessary) according to the actual pathway the coffee takes. Ask students if they noticed any differences between how you and they arranged the cards. Ask them what surprises them about the path and processes coffee goes through to get to their home.
- Display both sets of cards, with the apple sequence above the coffee sequence. Try to line up similar steps in both sequences, one on top of the other.
- Tell students that you are going to see how many times you can go around the room and have each of them say something new that compares the path of the local apples with the path of the coffee to their home. (For example, "The coffee travels in more different kinds of vehicles then the apples." Or, "The apples go through fewer steps to get to our home than the coffee once it is removed from the tree.") If you want, you can offer each of them an apple if they can go around at least 1.5 times without repeating each other.
- Encourage them to do simple counting comparisons when possible.
Step 3B -- Create (Performance Tasks Related to Standard Indicators) [40 Minutes]
Challenge your students to create a new coffee can label that illustrates the many steps Colombian coffee takes to get to their homes.
Per student
- 16 oz. coffee can
- Assortment of colored paper and art supplies
- Crayons, markers, etc.
- Scissors
- For students doing the alternative procedure: poster board divided into 8 - 12 sections (this paper will represent a storyboard)
Per class
- General assortment of art supplies (tape, glue)
- Lots of magazines that can be cut up
- The 4" x 6" cards depicting the correct sequence of steps of coffee from Colombia to coffee at students' homes
- Tell students that they are going to create a new label for a coffee can that they will bring home to educate their parents about the many steps coffee goes through to get to their home. The labels should surround the entire can. Welcome them to use the top and bottom of the can too.
- Challenge students to use the 4" x 6" cards as a reference to create their new labels.
- Ask students to tell you what you should name the coffee and where you should write the name on their label.
Alternative Procedure
- Give each student a storyboard and drawing utensils.
- Ask your students to draw in order each step of the coffee process on this storyboard. The children should draw a picture in each square on the paper.
Step 4 -- Present (Edit Work/Students Present Projects) [20 Minutes]
Invite your students to exhibit their respective coffee labels (or storyboards) with each other before bringing them home. Then challenge your students to teach their parents how coffee grown in Colombia makes its way to their coffee cup.
Per class
- Newly labeled coffee cans
- Student-created storyboards
- Have students exhibit their coffee cans around the room. Invite students to roam around the room like they would an art exhibit, to admire each other's labels.
- Tell the students that they can take their new coffee cans home to help teach their parents about what they just learned.
Send your students' coffee cans and storyboards home to their parents with a note explaining what the students were learning about. On this note, encourage the parents to ask their child the following questions. Review these questions with your students first.
- Where is coffee grown? (Coffee is grown in places that are hot and humid like the tropical rainforests in Colombia.)
- Does coffee come from a bush? (No. Coffee comes from a shrub-like tree that grows 10 - 12 meters high.)
- Is coffee made from the tree's twigs or roots? (No, coffee comes from berries on the tree.)
- If a coffee farmer saw green and red berries on the coffee tree, which ones should they pick? (The red berries.)
- What's inside the berries? (Coffee seeds are inside the berries.)
- How long does the coffee harvest last? (About six months, from December through May.)
- Is it better for coffee trees to grow under shade trees or in the open like corn? (Coffee plants should grow beneath shade trees, not only to help the coffee plants survive, but to create a place that birds will be protected and can feed.)
- Are the beans are laid out on the ground to dry in the sun? (Yes.)
- Do other animals, like reptiles, depend on coffee too? (Yes, they do. The coffee plants provide habitat for birds, insects, mammals and reptiles.)
Read more about Rainforest Alliance-certified coffee.
In your note to the parents, tell them that their child expects them to share at least five things they learned from their child's coffee label or storyboard that they didn't know before about how coffee gets from Colombia to them.
- Chart the path of other fruits and vegetables grown in the United States and Colombia, such as potatoes, pineapples, oranges and corn.
- Let your students smell and touch the ground coffee, and look at the pictures of the coffee plant and beans. Remind them to think about this coffee's journey.
- Using the list of rainforest products provided under the supplemental information, ask your students to determine if there are any other products that they use in the everyday lives that make the same type of journey.
- Read Rick and the Gang Find Out Why Some Coffee is Bad for Birds to your students and begin a discussion on this topic. This story can be found under the Additional Resources found at the beginning of this series of lessons.
The Rainforest Alliance curricula is unique in that it teaches language arts, math, science, social studies and the arts while addressing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts and mathematics, and the Next Generation Science Standards. Our multidisciplinary curricula present information on forests, biodiversity, local communities and sustainable practices. Lessons provide a global perspective on the importance of protecting the world's natural resources, locally and globally, while giving students opportunities for direct action.
To help teachers seamlessly integrate our resources into their lesson plans, we have correlated our kindergarten through 8th grade and climate curriculum guides to the Common Core State Standards for both English language arts and mathematics, as well as the Next Generation Science Standards. Please feel free to use these correlations to help guide you through these lessons, as well to help you identify extensions and adaptations to advance your work.
- Rainforest Alliance correlation to the Common Core State Standards for English language arts »
- Rainforest Alliance correlation to the Common Core State Standards for mathematics »
- Rainforest Alliance correlation to the Next Generation Science Standards »
The Rainforest Alliance can help your school district incorporate local standards and closely align our curricula with the educational mandates in your region.
In addition to the above standards, the education program seeks to advance alignment opportunities with the US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development; National Education for Sustainability (K-12) Student Learning Standards.
For any further inquiries, please contact us at email@example.com.
Kindergarten Resources
- Kindergarten Curriculum
- Colombia Slideshow [PDF]
- Colombia Slideshow Script [PDF]
- Chayo's Andean Home [PDF]
- El Hogar Andino de Chayo [ PDF]
- A Casa Andina de Chayo [PDF]
- Clara and the Armadillo [PDF]
- Clara y el Armadillo [PDF]
- Clara e o Tatu [PDF]
Species Profiles
- Andean Condor [PDF]
- Cock-of–the-Rock [PDF]
- Leaf-Cutter Ant [PDF]
- Nine Banded Armadillo [PDF]
- Spectacled Bear [PDF]
- Red-Eyed Tree Frog [PDF]
- Praying Mantid [PDF]
Coloring Pages
Adopt-A-Rainforest: Colombia Page
Teacher Summary: Cachalú Biological Reserve, Colombia [PDF]


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'Side by Side' by Reeves
Film at the Erie Art Museum's fall series opens Wednesday with "Side by Side" -- not by Sondheim.
This is no musical; it's an illuminating documentary that looks at how the digital revolution is revamping filmmaking. Creating movies via film -- the standard way since moviemaking began in the late 19th century -- is giving way to digital methods that yield super high-definition images, eye-popping 3-D, and faster, easier editing.
But is there a cost? Is film stock warmer, richer, deeper? Technology will roll on, no matter what, but it's fun to hear top filmmakers discuss the pros, cons and 50 shades of grey on the subject.
James Cameron (modernist), Christopher Nolan (film lover), Martin Scorsese (traditionalist but digital embracer) and other heavyweights (Steven Soderberg, David Fincher and more) weigh in.
Keanu Reeves -- star of the groundbreaking "The Matrix" -- produced and narrates "Side by Side." Said the New York Times' A.O. Scott: "For a film geek this movie is absolute heaven, a dream symposium ... It is worth a year of film school and at least 1,000 hours of DVD bonus commentary."
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"[...] it took more than a dozen calls to work out the details of her zombie contagion. "After about the 17th time," says McGuire, "I called and said, 'If I did this, this, this, this, this, this and this, could I raise the dead?' And got, 'Don't … don't do that.' And at that point, I knew I had a viable virus."
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It will be easy to tell when the renovated and expanded University of Michigan Museum of Art opens to the public Saturday evening.
Bells and carillons across campus and Ann Arbor will peal, starting at 5:50 p.m. in anticipation of the museum's re-opening at 6 p.m.
The tintinnabulation will signal the start of an overnight, 24-hour slate of festivities at the museum, the grand finale of a week of special events for the museum's donors, members, volunteers and U-M faculty, staff and students.
The $41.9 million transformation more than doubles the space available for collections display, temporary exhibitions, programs and educational exploration. It also fulfills the museum's mission to bridge visual art and contemporary culture, scholarship and accessibility, tradition and innovation, said UMMA Director James Steward.
Highlights of the project include larger galleries for collections and special exhibitions; open-storage galleries and study rooms; state-of-the-art conservation and art storage facilities; expanded public programming in performing arts, spoken word, film- and art-making; a 225-seat auditorium; classrooms and event spaces to serve multiple audiences; a curatorial research center; a cafe and an expanded museum store.
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The museum, on South State Street at South University Avenue, has been closed since the late summer of 2006 for the renovation work.
The original, 41,000-square-foot museum space in Alumni Memorial Hall was refurbished and a new, 53,000-square-foot wing was added - the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Family Wing, named after its primary benefactors.
The new space will allow the UMMA to display around 10 percent of its 18,000 total holdings, as opposed to the 3 percent shown before the expansion.
The expansion and restoration was long overdue, Steward said.
"We have a first-rate collection, but very few people would know that because it was buried. The (original) building was dramatically too small," he said.
The new wing can be entered from either floor of Alumni Memorial Hall, where the transition point between old sandstone and new limestone is clearly visible. Visitors entering through the Alumni Memorial Hall will see a dramatically restored exhibit area. Old drop ceilings have been removed; daylight now filters down from long-obscured skylights.
Ceiling heights vary, and beams are exposed. Windows that overlook campus buildings give the new addition an open feel that is intentional. An outside plaza will also serve as an events space.
"The relationship to inside and outside is important," Steward said. "Art isn't something you just experience inside."
One very visible piece of new art is the bright orange sculpture Orion, by American sculptor Mark di Suvero, which was installed on the west lawn of the Museum of Art last October.
On long-term loan to the museum from the artist's studio and the Hill Gallery in Birmingham, Mich., Orion is 53 feet high and made of painted steel. It will be joined by several additional outdoor pieces, some of which are still being installed.
Orion takes the places of Daedalus, a sculpture by Charles Ginnever, which has been moved to the south lawn to make way for a central footpath to lead visitors more directly to the museum.
Perhaps less visible to visitors is the structure of the new addition itself, which includes three cantilevered arms that pinwheel around the vertical gallery, unfolding outward toward campus.
Each of these three arms faces a distinct landscape: to the south, the activity of State Street and Alumni Memorial Hall; to the east, the academic cloister; and to the north, a primary footpath to the heart of the university.
"Our aim is to be a bridge to the campus and community, breaking down traditional barriers between the museum space and the life that surrounds it," Steward said.
Although not available for an interview, donor Maxine Frankel, who along with her husband, Stuart, are U-M alumni, said in a statement that "our wish is that with the success of this project, UMMA becomes a model for donor generosity that translates into creating new environments for pioneering programs, research and learning."
Frankel called the refurbished UMMA "a showcase for the depth and breadth of the museum's collections, and encourages visitors, especially students, on their own exploration.
"The building is only the beginning," she said. "What we do with the building now that we have it is really key. And we have great expectations for what will happen going into the future."
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About the expansion
• Groundbreaking: September 2006.
• Size of original Alumni Memorial Hall museum: 41,000-square-feet.
• Size of expansion: 53,000-square feet.
• New number of galleries: 15.
• Cost: $41.9 million. About 90 percent of the funds were private donations from individuals, corporations and foundations, with U-M picking up the other 10 percent. The largest gift was $10 million from the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation of Bloomfield Hills.
• Architect: Brad Cloepfil/Allied Works Architecture, Portland, Ore.
• Hours: After the 24-hour grand opening next weekend (from 6 p.m. Saturday through 6 p.m. Sunday, March 29), the art galleries' regular hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed on Mondays.
• Admission: Free.
• Address: 525 S. State St., U-M Central Campus.
• More information: www.umma.umich.edu; 734-763-8662.


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Michael Schiavo's life has settled down since doctors removed the feeding tube from his brain-damaged wife, Terri, on March 18. After their long and bitter legal battle, he and Terri's parents, Robert Sr. and Mary Schindler, may never speak again. But Schiavo, 42, who works as a nursing supervisor in Pinellas County, Fla., is still angry at the way his personal family drama climaxed on the national stage—and the way the battle over Terri's fate set off a stunning display of political histrionics, including an emergency session of Congress, that landed him squarely in the middle of the culture wars. Schiavo, who according to his brother Brian received death threats, will tell his side of the ordeal in a memoir, Terri: The Truth, which is due out in the spring; he has also started a political action committee. "There's more important stuff going on in the world right now," says Brian, "but he's not going to let people forget how he was vilified—so it doesn't happen again to someone else."
Elizabeth Edwards
Diagnosed with breast cancer on Nov. 3, 2004—the day after John Kerry and her husband, John Edwards, lost the election—she has spent the last year lying low, getting treatment and getting better. After aggressive rounds of chemotherapy, a lumpectomy and radiation, Edwards, 56, is now cancer-free. With a book to write, a new house to build and two small children—Emma Claire, 7, and Jack, 5—to care for (Cate, 23, works in New York City), she is happy just to gather her loved ones close around her this holiday season. "I know that for today—I don't want to tempt fate—the worst my family and I feared did not come to pass," she says. "People across the country told me there would be a brighter day, and they were right."
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Calculators used by Homestead Elementary School's third-, fourth- and fifth-graders were in need of updating, and Principal Diane Hull said a surprise grant will help fulfill that need.
"A surprise grant check came in the mail," Hull said. "The grant was from Exxon Mobile for math and science. We were nominated for this grant by the Par Mar in Dailey."
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Homestead Elementary School fourth-grader Brennan Shiflett works with calculators purchased through an Exxon Mobile Grant. The school used the $500 to replace calculators in grades three, four and five, and purchased math games for kindergarten, first and second grades.
The students use calculators each day in math and on a standardized test called the WESTEST, and the calculators that were being used were from 2009.
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Where do they live?
Bees' nests are typically found in trees, bushes, earth banks or buildings (roof spaces, chimneys or cavities in walls). Honey bees usually nest in hollow trees or roof spaces, and the colony will consist of one queen, a fertile female and a few fertile males, and workers. Colonies are established by swarms. This group moves together to a nest site that has been scouted by worker bees beforehand. Once they arrive, they immediately construct a new nest.
Bumblebees prefer to nest underground, in grass mounds, compost heaps or old mouse holes. A single female will construct the nest, and the colony will generally only last one season. These nests will often hold fewer than 50 bees.
Solitary (mining and masonry) bees create nests in hollow twigs, holes in wood or in tunnels in the ground and consist of several cells, one for the female and one for the eggs. Solitary bees are either stingless or very unlikely to sting.
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
2016 has been an incredible year. There is a big reason I've been very slow on the blogging front. For those who have been following my little blog for all these years you might've noticed the big change. Reason why, our family was getting ready for its newest addition. Yes, we are now a family of four! (we always count our fluffy doddle) Our baby arrived a little over a month ago and we are so in love. I decided to have an "unplugged pregnancy" for many reasons and it was truly wonderful. I was very fortunate to have a fun and healthy pregnancy. I just wanted to enjoy it with the privacy of our family and friends. The mister and I have decided to keep our little one off social media since it's becoming such a scary place. We knew we would do this even before I was pregnant. I will share little things here and there without the babe, like the space we created for him and other things along the way we feel appropriate. Maybe to help other momma's out there too. Other blogs and Instagram have been such a huge help for me so I figured I could maybe help others too. Becoming a mom has been one of the most exciting and exhausting things I've ever done and I still pinch myself daily. I'm hoping to get back on the blogging train soon. For now here is a look inside our baby's nursery which was by far the most fun project I've ever worked on. We didn't find out the baby's sex until he was born so we created a gender neutral room to be ready either way. We went with a monochromatic nursery and absolutely love how it turned out. Pops of color have been added with fun accessories and toys. Of course the best addition to the room has been our baby HA! Do you prefer gender neutral nurseries too? What do you think? Are you a fan of the monochromatic nursery look? I'm obsessed! Thanks for following along and being so supportive throughout all these years.
Monday, June 6th, 2016
This past weekend I got the chance to see The Staves live at High Noon Saloon. I first discovered them after watching the film Austin to Boston (if you haven't seen it yet, add it to your must watch list). The minute I found out they were coming into town I knew I had to be there. They were nothing but incredible, I have never seen or heard anybody harmonize like that. Love the fact that they're sisters too! I've said this before and I will say it again, when a band sounds even better in concert you know they are the real deal. I walked out of there smiling from ear to ear, plus I brought home their vinyl which made me smile even more. I must add, Trevor Sensor opened for them and he was pretty great too. He's a great match to their vibe, so I'm glad I got to see him live too. There is nothing better than an awesome concert for the soul, am I right? Have you listened to The Staves before? Have you been to High Noon Saloon? What do you think? Happy June loves!
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
The mister and I took a little road trip to Door County this past weekend. It was the perfect relaxing getaway we both needed after our busy schedules lately. We did some antiquing and visited a lighthouse, well attempted too. A few days before our trip I came across the Francis Hardy Gallery online and immediately knew we must make this one of our stops. It ended up being the ideal chilly morning, the lake breeze made it even more special. My one regret, not bringing paint to leave our own mark. Cannot wait to go back! Have you ever been to Door County or Francis Hardy Gallery? I now understand why people talk so highly about it. I've truly enjoyed exploring our beautiful state during all its seasons.
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
If you are in Los Angeles, stop what you're doing and head over to Milk Jar Cookies right now. If you are not in Los Angeles, stop what you're doing, book a flight to Los Angeles and take a Lyft or Uber to Milk Jar Cookies. In all seriousness, this cute bakery will forever be one of my favorite spots. It opened a year or so before we left L.A and ever since we went there for the very first time I've been hooked. Our first holidays in the Midwest my best friend surprised me with a box mailed to out home and my jaw totally dropped. In other words, when I found out they delivered out of L.A it was the best Christmas miracle. If you follow along on Instagram (@Inspirationnook) you might've noticed I was in town last weekend. I knew I wanted to snap these pictures for you since I never got to it while still living in L.A. Between us, I couldn't even concentrate with all my excitement while taking these HA! Anyways, the banana split cookie will forever be my number one so go ahead and have one. I promise you will want to hug me afterwards. Have you been to Milk Jar Cookies? Which one is your fave? What's your favorite cookie shop? Happy Friday loves!
Monday, February 8th, 2016
Ladies and gents I am here to save your day! Just like last year, I created some fun Valentine's goodies for you to just download and print. I cannot wait to give these out to some of my faves. I've always loved collecting free printables throughout the years from around the web so I absolutely loved creating these for you [Like our free calendar]. Plus, I designed these without using any specific "Valentine's day colors" so they will be good year-round HA! I mean, who doesn't love free Valentine's cards? Will you give these out to some of your favorite people on Sunday? Happy Valentine's everyone!
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I've been teaching for 13 years now. Nine of those years have been with gifted learners. I am passionate about meeting the social/emotional and intellectual needs of these children. However, in recent years I have become increasingly disillusioned with our educational system. The emphasis on standardized testing, NCLB, and data have left so many children behind. I really want to get out of the classroom and ideally, use my education and experience to train educators in how they can meet the needs of gifted learners. I have explored the possibility of teaching on the college level but that has not panned out (schools are cutting back drastically). I would even like to become a parent advocate for these kids. The problem is I have no idea how to go about doing this. Would a career coach be useful? Who could help me explore this?


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Mary L. Fitch, 85, of Cisne, passed away at 11:40 a.m. Friday, February 15, 2013, at Salem Township Hospital in Salem.
Celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Mary was born July 8, 1927, in Edwards County, to Homer and Virginia (Bland) Headley. She married Olin Fitch on July 20, 1944, in Richland County. He preceded her in death on May 17, 1964.
She was a homemaker and enjoyed flower gardening, making Christmas candy, and cooking for and taking care of other people.
Mary is survived by one daughter, Janie Fitch, of Salem; one son, Homer (and his wife, Kathy), of Cisne; two brothers, Harold Headley (and his wife, Shirley), and Bill Headley (and his wife, Dorothy), both of Olney; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Virginia Headley; husband, Olin Fitch; one daughter, Judy (Fitch) Cisne; and one brother, Bob Headley.
Memories and condolences may be shared with Mary's family at www.hosseltonfh.com.
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