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As mentioned on my facebook last night, I expressed I'd write a blog post on model safety after hearing quite a few horror stories over the last few days.
I apologise in advance if I seem to ramble, I am never good at doing these sort of blogs. I have been very lucky, and not experienced any true horrors such as the ones I have heard, I have just had my dealings with flaky photographers etc. However, this was when I was first starting out; you start to wise up to certain things...
It's vital to keep yourself safe, not just when it comes to modelling but also in everyday life. However, with the rise in internet based networking and modelling (i.e Model Mayhem, PurplePort etc) I feel it's important to address some safety tips; especially for new aspiring models.
People need to realise that as creative as the industry is, it can come with it's dangers, sadly there are people out there who are just a guy with a camera (GWC) and are not afraid to exploit you and your dreams. When you're a fresh face to modelling, this tend to be where those exploiters like to take the biggest advantage, because you're new and naive. Not saying everyone is naive, but you'll receive emails filled with offers that seem to good to be real; and it shocks me to this day how many people fall for these sorts of things.
When I first started out modelling, I'd receive emails daily from so called "agencies", "magazines" etc telling me how they were looking for the next big face, so on and so fourth. These are automatically generated emails, the majority of these are spam emails, and you'll soon come to be all too familiar with them. All I'm saying here, is use your brain. If something seems far too good to be true, then common sense should lead you to realise it probably is. However, I am not saying you'll never be greeted with fantastic opportunities that are legit.
I cannot state enough how important it is to be safe. Check photographers out before you work with them, research their work, they beauty of sites such as PurplePort is it has a reference system, so you can see how others have found them to work with. However, do not stop there, contact the models personally if you wish; find out more. If you are still not sure, and your spidey-senses are still tingerling, but you still want to shoot with the person; you've always got the option of enquiring to bring a chaperon. I know some photographers are against these, however, I think when starting out within the modelling industry a photographer should/would be understanding to this requirement.
Now some of you reading this might ask what about "amateur" photographers? What about the people just starting out? Where are their references? We all had to start somewhere right, and even with the bare bones of a portfolio, there are still ways to do your research. If they have approached you, they will have some body of work to begin with, for you to look at and conduct your own research. Keep things local and familiar, also this would be an ideal situation where a chaperon would be best suited (if they seem reluctant, then you might have found yourself a GWC). You can ask them if they have a list of references, and if you know who the models are in any of the pictures you can go about contacting them for a references. Also enquire as to whether they are on model networking sites you trust, like PurplePort. It's what I do, and hasn't failed me to this day.
An important subject to discuss is age, regardless of what the model assignment is, if you are under the age of 18, you must be accompanied by a chaperon. The chaperon must be of an adult age and have the legal standing to sign a model release form on their behalf.
Always inform people you know, where you are going, if you can leave them the studio address, or shoot location then please do so. Always have your phone with you, it is wise to let someone know when you have arrived and that you are safe.
When arranging a shoot, make sure that both yourself and the photographer have an understanding of what you are looking to achieve for that day, also make sure that they know what levels you are prepared to work to. At no point allow yourself to be persuaded, pressurised or intimidated into doing a level you are not personally comfortable with; for example: If the photographer expresses they are looking to do a art nude shoot, and you only want to work to lingerie, then please say so. Do not feel like, you cannot say no to working a certain level. It's your body!
This is my view, if I am not comfortable with the idea of my own friends and family seeing it, then it's not something I am going to do; and no one will change my mind on that. Your levels must be respected, and your comfort is important, if you are not comfortable within your day of shooting, it will show within your work.
When it comes to realise forms, it's best to discuss and sign prior to the shoot, rather than after. The reason for this is because it can be quite useful. GWC's you'll find will have nothing, or a template of sorts. Please be sure to thoroughly read everything before signing (like you would with any contract). I have come across some interesting ones when I was first starting off. In addition to this, it will also provide you with a level of professionalism from the photographer. If you have paid for the photographers time, and has asked you to sign a release, you are entitled to decline this. If you're doing TF (print/disc) it's quite the standard norm for a release. Do not give any personal information that doesn't seem necessary, the standard information required is: Name, Model Name, Address, Contact Number, Email. Please remember, if you are under the age of 18, an adult must sign this on your behalf.
If at any stage of your shoot, you are made to feel uncomfortable by the photographer, you are well within your rights to say so; pack up and leave. Do not go along with what the photographer wants because you feel obligated to do so, you are not. I have heard accounts from models who have been made to feel uncomfortable on the day, due to unwanted touching etc; and rather than saying anything they just continue and then feel horrible when they get home. There is at no point, a time for a photographer to touch you without your consent! I cannot stress this enough. Any professional photographer will be aware of your comfort, and if they want you to move some hair out of the way etc, they will ask you to do it yourself, or at the very least ask your permission to do so. They will have no issues with you expressing any discomfort on the day; and will do what they can to make you feel less uncomfortable. You have a right as a model to feel comfortable, and not feel obligated to do anything out of your own comfort levels.
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I rarely log on to Google Analytics to check how this blog is doing. It would be good to know popular posts, monthly unique visits, bounce rate and time on site. Better, it would be great to have these emailed to me on a weekly basis so I can just check it off the iPhone. Since I use the new version of Google Analytics I came across custom Dashboards widgets that was released in early 2011.
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A telltale sign of the shrinking size of homes is the boom in self-storage units. There are an estimated 750 sites across Britain, with an extra 2 million sq ft added in the past year.
Instead of being located in out-of-town industrial estates, storage warehouses are sprouting up in convenient city-centre areas and have round-the-clock access.
'When you live in a flat, you don't have a garden or attic space for bulky items such as skis or bikes so external storage space is a great convenience'
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Here, Access Self Storage, one the country's biggest operators, has a 50,000 sq ft warehouse where householders can rent units, ranging from the size of a double wardrobe to a three-bedroom house.
"When you live in an apartment, you don't have a garden, shed, cellar or attic space for bulky items such as skis, golf clubs or bikes so external storage space is a great convenience," says Nick Fenton, Barratt's managing director. "Residents can have all their belongings to hand and avoid cluttering their home."
Decluttering junk rooms to rent out during the recession has also prompted more people to use storage companies, while hiring units for "lifestyle" reasons is on the rise too. "We have quite a few musicians," according to a spokesman for Safestore.
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Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, WeAreSC blogger Garry Paskwietz stops by to chat some USC football.
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Disappointed Fan (Colorado)
Lane Kiffin was out-coached on Saturday and this is really nothing new or surprising. What are the chances that he is gone by the end of the season and who would be potential candidates to replace him? It is embarrassing to continually lose games like this when there is such an obvious talent disparity between the two teams.
Garry Paskwietz (5:01 PM)
I understand what you're saying but there is way too much football left to be played to know the potential status of the coach. Right now there is a lot of displeasure from the Trojan family toward Kiffin and the best way he can look to change that is by winning some games over the next few weeks.
Kalven (Bay Area)
USC can still win (THE B1G sux) the Rose if they win out. I think anything less then that and we start losing recruits. What u think?
Garry Paskwietz (5:02 PM)
Anything less than that would be a blow, I would agree to that. guys like Barkley and McDonald didn't come back for the Sun Bowl. As far as recruits though, I don't know how that impact would be but it's certainly something to pay attention to. A couple recruits are already starting to take trips and keep the options open.
arturo 60632 (chicago)
Garry what bowl game will the trojans play if they go undefeated
Garry Paskwietz (5:03 PM)
Rose Bowl
Alexis (Long Beach Ca)
Gp I Am Hoping That Max Redfield Doesn't Decomitt From USC Or Sebastian LaRue Or Any Of The Other 18 Trojan Commits See I Think Of Them As Family In All My Life But All 18 Trojans Stick Together As 1 Big Trojan Family
Garry Paskwietz (5:04 PM)
It would be a coup to keep all 18 together, that just seems to be a function of recruiting these days. The coaches are trying though, they have spent a lot of time maintaining the relationships with the recruits and reminding them of how important they are to the program. The commits themselves have also done a great job of staying in touch with each other.
Wheeler (Romoland)
Third and 22. What happened on that play?
Garry Paskwietz (5:06 PM)
Too much open space in the middle of the field. Tough to see in that situation.
Nick Saban ( Tuscaloosa)
So you chicken'd out the Cowboy Classic to start the year and now we won't get to kick your butt in Miami, what a shame.
Garry Paskwietz (5:07 PM)
Good luck the rest of the way coach.
Manuel (Hemet)
Barkley is starting to remind me of John David Booty -- an immobile quarterback. Is this kid Max Browne, the new QB sensation, able to move in the pocket and even run the ball? I was really, really impressed with AZ QB Matt Scott's mobility and would love for USC to have a QB like that.
Garry Paskwietz (5:08 PM)
I wouldn't call Max Browne a Matt Scott-type of quarterback. Max is a classic pocket passer, reminds me somewhat of Peyton Manning with his frame and movement in the pocket. USC tried hard to recruit Jake Rodriguez last year, he ended up at Oregon, and he is a guy who is a dual-threat player. I don't think SC will shy away from that kind of guy if he is good enough.
Kalven (BAy Area)
We have to be a run first offense. All we do is Pad our individual stats, and WHY AREN'T WE USING OUR TIGHTENDS MORE OFTEN??
Garry Paskwietz (5:10 PM)
You bring up two of the biggest criticisms of the offense. A lot of people would like to see SC use the run more, it's been a staple of Trojan football for a long time. And the tight ends are as good of a pair as you will find, it's a surprise that they haven't been used more.
kasey (fresno, ca)
Where does Marqise Lee stand in winning the Biletnioff Award or even winning the heisman if USC wins out the rest of the season
Garry Paskwietz (5:12 PM)
I saw one Heisman tracker today that had Lee ahead of Barkley, ranked somewhere around 7-8. I think you can make a strong argument for him for the Biletnikoff, especially if he closes strong in some of the remaining high profile games. His performance on Saturday was one of the best i've ever seen in college football.
Alexis (Long Beach CA)
Got Awesome Nicknames For All 18 USC Commits Max B Spyro Justin D Trigger Happy Nico F Bash Ty I Gill Grunt Max R Camo Jalen R Warnado Eddie V Dark Spyro The Rest Not Sure But As Skylanders From The Game
Garry Paskwietz (5:12 PM)
Fight On
Oscar (Bellflower )
Will Matt Barkley be known as the QB who holds all the USC and PAC -12 passing records but failed to lead his team to glory?
Garry Paskwietz (5:14 PM)
I'll answer that question in a month. It may seem far-fetched to think that the Trojans could run the table and get to the Rose Bowl but they control their fate to do it. A run that like would be a fitting ending for Barkley.
Kalven (BAy Area)
I'm going to say it now Barkely is at best a Carson Palmer when he go Pro, but I think more like a Blaine Gabbert. He missed a wide open Wood when they need it the most! and Over threw a semi open Lee. No wonder USC don't run a hurry up Barkely is not capable of it. Oregon would have scored twice with that much time left against AZ.
Garry Paskwietz (5:16 PM)
That miss to Woods was critical, no doubt about it. That's the kind of moment you think is tailor-made for a senior big-time quarterback and it was really magnified when it didn't happen. As great as Barkley as been in his career, these next weeks are going to provide the final chapter to his legacy and I don't think anybody really knows how it will turn out.
Greg (OC)
Hey Garry, Do you think Lane finally decides to hire a O.C. or does he continue to call the plays. And is there something wrong with Barkley, he seems very uncomfortable this year? Hopefully it doesn't hurt him to much come NFL Draft time.
Garry Paskwietz (5:19 PM)
I think there is a very good chance that Kiffin will look to hire an offensive coordinator in off-season. He's discussed the possibility and even talked this year about the difficulties of handling both roles. Unless things drastically change with the offense over the next month, it's one thing he would probably end up doing. There are a lot of potential scenarios that have been discussed on Barkley, many revolving around the thought of him getting banged up earlier in the year, possibly against Stanford. I don't know, there hasn't been any kind of confirmation of that from the school or Matt.
3rd and Long (Heritage Hall)
Hello Garry. Can you explain to me why we continue to rush 3 on 3rd and long? I'm not a coach by any means, but if my line can get to the QB before his WRs can run 22 yards, I like my chances at stopping them.
Garry Paskwietz (5:21 PM)
One of the biggest surprises to me about the Arizona game was the lack of pressure that the Trojans got on Matt Scott. No sacks by USC, a team that had been getting tons of pressure early in the year. It will really be important this week as Oregon does a great job of protecting the QB and they get rid of the ball quickly.
MM (Irvine)
Hi Gary. I think we are beginning to see CLK's shortcomings when it comes to coaching. That last drive at Arizona looked like it was coached by my high school volleyball coach. I think you have to look at the coach for the penalties as well. Carrol's teams were dominant and aggressive, but rarely penalized.
Garry Paskwietz (5:23 PM)
It's been a tough week for Kiffin as a lot of people are bringing up the same things. That last drive was hard to understand, even after Kiffin tried to explain his thinking in the media call this week. I've talked to a few former quarterbacks this week about it and all of them agreed that the Trojans should have been spiking the ball.
Concerned Trojan... (firelanekiffen.com)
Garry, plain and simple our team stinks and the problems start and end with everyone with the last name Kiffen. Our problems range from the obvious penalties, to the offensive/defensive game plan, and lack of 2nd half adjustments. How realistic is it to believe that this is the last year we have to put up with Monte Kiffen's inept defense? Does Lane even hear the cries and gnashing of teeth from Trojan faithful regarding his play calling and the waste of USC's talent?
Garry Paskwietz (5:25 PM)
I can't imagine that Lane isn't feeling the increased pressure this week. The critics are out after what happened last Saturday and the vast majority of attacks are aimed directly at Lane and his dad. That family has been in this business a long time so they know how it works, the best answer would be to get some wins in the next few weeks.
Greg (LA)
Other than Barkeley and Lee (and maybe Robey), can you name another current USC starter who would start on the best of the Carroll teams? McDonald over Mays? Pullard or Bailey over Cushing or Matthews? Woods over Williams or Jarrett? Any OL or DL? Redd or Morgan over Bush? Maybe we're just not that good.
Garry Paskwietz (5:26 PM)
I hear the point you are making but you are also putting the current players up in comparison to a collection of some of the greatest talent ever to come together at one time in college football.
Brian Kelly (South Bend)
Hey Garry, I beat Michigan, Michigan State, Miami, Stanford, and Oklahoma in one year. Any chance your boy Kiffen is shaking in his boots now that his #1 rank recruiting class can see how much he sucks as a head coach? Which is worst, the fact that USC's failed miserably to live up to expectations or the fact that ND exceeded expectations and is back to being relevant?
Garry Paskwietz (5:27 PM)
See you on November 24 coach. The Trojans will be there.
Mark (San Clemente)
Hi Garry,It's very disappointing watching this team play. The lack of discipline and motivation this team diplays is a direct reflection of the current coaching staff. It's not that they lose, but it's how they lose that is so frustrating. One look at the sideline in the second half and you could tell they were going to lose the game. There is no doubting Lane is a great recruiter and sometimes can have flashes as an offensive coordinator. But has a head coach this just isn't working. Last year was a fluke, if SC continues with him as a head coach we can expect 8-4, 7-5 seasons. Lane came in as a package deal with his dad and it's obvious he's not going to get rid of him. Haden needs to make a change at the end of the season regardless of the outcome. Hopefully SC can win one of the next four.
Garry Paskwietz (5:28 PM)
Your words echo a lot of frustrated USC fans this week.
Lane Kiffen (los angeles)
Garry, I came into this season with a 4 year starter at QB, 2 star WR, and 2 1,000 yd running backs, yet the extent of my playing ability focuses on a WR screen or a pass into the flat. I hear the rumblings of the Trojan Faithful calling for a full implementation of the spread offense, the cries to fire my Old Man, and for me to hire an OC. How long can I keep blaming the "lack of scholarships" for my teams penalty problems, lack of a running game, suspect passing game, Pop's Tampa Two sieve of a defense, and my lack of 2nd half adjustments?
Garry Paskwietz (5:29 PM)
Your biggest problem is misspelling your last name.
Chris (Newport Beach, CA)
Garry, if the losses continue how worried should Trojan fans be about our recruiting class?
Garry Paskwietz (5:30 PM)
I'm not sure about that Chris, I think it would depend on how the losses play out. The class seems to be doing a good job so far of sticking together with a few minor wandering eyes.
2007 Alum (los angeles)
Garry, we don't have the personnel to play in a Pro-style offense like Alabama but we do have the personnel to play like Oklahoma State. How is it that we have Farmer, Aghlor, Flournoy, Blackwell, Telfer, Grimble and we STILL have trouble out scoring the likes of Stanford or Arizona? Maybe I'm naive but the New England Patriots offensive scheme seems like a model of success. Why can't Lane see his offense is too complicated, antiquated, and hard to watch as a fan?P.S. Can this coaching staff do anything other than recruit?
Garry Paskwietz (5:32 PM)
I would disagree somewhat. While I do think SC could succeed in a spread, I do think the Trojans have the personnel to play a pro-style system. There was nothing wrong with the pro-style over the final stretch of 2011 and there's nothing wrong with the system now, it's just a matter of having things come together, which hasn't really happened too often this year. This last stretch of the year will be a big statement on Kiffin's coaching and a lot of that will have to do with how he manages the offense.
Matt Barkley (los angeles)
I came back for this? My team looks bad and any hopes of a BCS chip and a Heisman trophy are dead and buried. To make matters worse, my draft prospects are sinking faster than Mark Sanchez's pro career. If we lose to Oregon, ND, and (Heaven forbid) UCLA who gets more of the blame: me or the Kiffens? And how will the "Barkley Era" be remembered?
Garry Paskwietz (5:34 PM)
The good thing is the real Matt Barkley would never talk like that.
jose L. ( Pico rivera Ca)
Hey how's it going Garry love always hearing your insight on Sc. Do you think LK should bring in an OC to take pressure of him and help him out and do u think Sc beats the Ducks what is your prediction?
Garry Paskwietz (5:36 PM)
Thanks Jose. I do think it's possible that Kiffin looks to bring in an offensive coordinator, the dual roles are very tough to handle. If he was doing extremely well in both it wouldn't be an issue but it's obvious that it isn't easy to do. As far as a prediction, I respect the Ducks and how well they are playing but I will stick with the Trojans pulling it out. The program needs this one and I think these players get it done.
Chris (Newport Beach, CA)
The season is 2/3 of the way over and we are still so undisciplined Garry. Where is the accountability? There's only one main thing that motivates a player and that's playing time. It's time to start benching some guys for the excessive bonehead plays/personal fouls. Clearly making them run after practice as punishment isn't working!
Garry Paskwietz (5:38 PM)
It's one of the more frustrating parts of this season and it just doesn't make sense. This team has such great leadership and you would think those players would be able to gain control of the situation. It's a shame that it has had such a negative impact on what could have been a special year.
harry (Hollywood)
Whats the word on max redfield? Do you think he sticks?
Garry Paskwietz (5:39 PM)
Right now he's calling himself a soft commitment to USC. I think he sticks in the end because of his friendship with other commits like Su'a Cravens and the fact that he has two former teammates already on the SC roster in Madden and Pinner.
dennis ford jr (watts,ca.)
i know its premature to be talking about replacing lane kiffin,i mean if we knew 3 years ago half way thru the sanctions we'd still be a top 25 team i think everyone would have been happy.But if lane kiffin had to go,who outside of del rio could u see as suitable replacements.also what coaches do you think he can hire to run the offense as he steps away net year to help his dad on defense.
Garry Paskwietz (5:49 PM)
I respect your question but right now Lane Kiffin is the coach of the Trojans and he's getting ready for a huge game on Saturday. If the time comes at some point down the road to make other plans, we can certainly discuss names then.
Garry Paskwietz (5:49 PM)
Having technical issues so we are going to have to end the chat early today. Apologize and we'll see you again next week.
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Do Not Sin Against the Child - Part 1 (1 of 2) by Charles H. Spurgeon
This content is part of a series.Do Not Sin Against the Child - Part 1 (1 of 2)
Charles H. Spurgeon
Genesis 42:22
Thus Reuben reminded his brethren of his admonition concerning Joseph-thus would I address you with regard to your own children.
I thought it meet, beloved friends, as our friend Mr. Hammond is coming among us to labor for the conversion of the young, that I should as it were, this morning, deliver the preface to his series of services. Perhaps by enlisting the consideration and the affectionate prayers of God's people for the young, I may be doing more to help my friend in his work than it would be possible for me to do by any other means.
Note the words of the text. "Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child?" The essence of sin lies in its being committed against God. When men are fully convinced that they have disobeyed the Lord, and that this is "the head and front of their offending," then they are brought to a true perception of the character of sin. Hence David's penitential psalm has for its acutest cry, "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in they sight."
Yet the sword of sin cuts both ways, it not only contends against God but against His creatures too. It is a double evil. like a bursting shell, it scatters evil on every side. Every relationship which we sustain involves duty, and consequently, may be perverted into an occasion for sin. We are no sooner in this world than, as children, we sin against our parents; as members of a family we sin against brothers and sisters; against playmates and acquaintances. We launch into the outside world, and around our barque sins dash like raging billows. As our various relations are multiplied, our sins increase also: we sin against a husband or against a wife, against a servant or against a master, against a buyer or a seller. On all sides the roots of our souls suck up sin from the earth in which they spread. We sin in public and sin in private, sin against our poverty and again ...
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Elizabethtown Zumba Instructors came together to host a Zumbathon on Jan. 19 to raise awareness and funds for the Disselkamp family. Brooklyn Disselkamp is fighting Stage 4 Neuroblastoma Cancer. More than 100 people came out to dance at E'town Swim and Fitness Center for Brooklyn and raised around $1,500 for the family.
The Woman's Club of Elizabethtown met Feb. 1 at the Brown Pusey House in Elizabethtown.
The program was given by Jean Davis, club member, and her husband, Sam, who started making baskets upon his retirement from Southern States Cooperative, 16 years ago. Jean discussed the history of making baskets and how it started many, many years ago back to the time of Moses. She gave the interesting history of the making of Nantucket baskets that have a hinged handle and Sam then told of the procedures to go through to weave baskets.
South Hardin
Daphne Turpin, 872-3223
We really enjoyed the little bit of snow we had. The kids had enough snow to have a snowball fight. I think Mackenzie and Tristan got the best of Ethan. It was fun to watch them all play. We are still hoping for a snowman kind of snowfall though. I know my cousin, Glen, would love to have some snow too.
BIRTHDAYS. Happy birthday wishes go to Karoline Peeters, Leda Rigdon, Rhonda Copelin, Cameron Larrison, Mike Miller, Calen Wilson, Christine Miller and Skye Ash.
James W. Johnson of Eastview will celebrate his 90th birthday with a surprise open house from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in the fellowship hall of Stephensburg Missionary Baptist Church in Stephensburg.
Please, no gifts, but a card basket will be provided.
Gail Pike, 737-2973
BIRTHDAYS. This week's birthdays include Brandt Evan Baker, Irene Jenkins, Brittany Johnson, Melanie Covell, Paula Coogle, Tim Meals, Shannon Yates, Tammy Kinney, Amber Hill, Addilyn Johnson, Matthew Cyr, Betty Rose Jones, Dalton Hubble, Darren Jent, Zaylee Brangers, Eli Haycraft, Dennis Hester, Ariel Ray, Alicia Ray, Sam Ennis, Jeanette Jones, Kim Underdonk, Missy Cyr, Donnie Swift Jr., Jadon Cox and Wes Burnett.
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KENTUCKYWEATHER. Well, what can I saw about it now? Rain, sleet, lightning, wind, thunder, tornadoes and snow all in one week. Now that's real Kentucky weather. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
APPRECIATION. Edward Goodman would like to thank family and friends for giving and attending his surprise birthday party Feb .3. He appreciates all the cards, balloons and gifts, but most of all your presence.
Betty Pullen, 862-4844
Hello friends. I hope everyone is doing well. This once again has been weather you just don't know how to dress for. One day there is rain and its cold and other days are warm and sunny. But I am glad things are as well as they are.
VALENTINE' S DAY. Remember Valentine's Day is coming up and make sure you guys get your sweethearts roses, candy, maybe take her out to dinner, or just say I love you.
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Middle leaders act as the conduit between teachers and the school leadership team. In their roles they communicate the values and the strategic vision of the school to teachers and support them to enact curriculum and pedagogical change. However, middle leaders in many schools often rise into their positions without necessarily being trained and developed to be effective in their roles. Their actions then mostly reflect their unexamined beliefs about leading teams and what they have previously seen in the school. If schools are committed to developing effective middle leaders who strategically lead their teams to accomplish school goals and embed an empowering school culture then there are certain structures that can support them.
Over the next few blogs we will be exploring elements of how middle leaders can plan to lead their team effectively. Today's blog is about designing vision statements.
Vision Statements
The vision statement in your middle leadership position has two parts.
- We are deeply passionate about …
- What we want to be known for …
The first part describes the visionary outcome for students. It describes what your team is aiming to produce in the students. It is a product. It expresses the outcomes you desire for the students from interacting with your team. It is a short statement that captures the essence of what you team is particularly passionate about
The second part expresses the HOW. It describes the particular qualities and aspects that your team will focus on to deliver what you are deeply passionate about. It is again a short statement that captures the key elements of what your team will be focusing on.
The best approach to generating these statements is to brainstorm your answers as a team to each of the two parts. From the words and ideas created during the brainstorms work together to come up with short statements that captures the intent and vision of the team. The final statement is reached when the team can say "that statement captures what I am passionate about and want to be known for".
- Note: be careful not to get hooked by having the exact right words otherwise you will spend a lot of time generating these statements. The statement should capture the sentiment of the team and can be refined over time. The vision statement will be used to guide and focus the strategic thinking and planning of the team.
The following are some examples of Vision Statements produce by school middle leaders:
The English team are deeply passionate about our students maximising their potential and striving to be highly literate and successful participants in a 21st century context.
We want to be known for being an innovative, highly motivated and collaborative team; inspiring students to apply these valuable skills in the classroom and beyond their school-life.
Health and PE
In Health and PE we are deeply passionate about our students and staff being healthy, resilient and active members of society (mind, body and spirit).
We want to be known for providing a safe and supportive learning environment that caters for all individual learning styles, models healthy lifestyle habits and allows students a variety of opportunities (diverse range of activities) to succeed and become team players.
The Maths team are deeply passionate about producing individual critical thinkers with skills that enable them to be lifelong problem solvers.
We want to be known for providing a supportive and engaging environment, which enables all students to learn and develop an appreciation of mathematics.
Context for doing this
The research literature shows that effective leaders engage their teams in a vision that everyone buys into. The vision speaks to the team and effective teams work towards accomplishing that vision together. Quite often school teams can devolve into DOING stuff, especially in these times when there seems to be an increasing amount of administration matters being required of schools. Effective school leader are strategic in their thinking and harness the power and good will of their team by collaboratively articulating clear vision statements and then planning and leading their team from the vision as the team takes the required actions. This is especially important in schools as schools are relational organisations.
The design for the two parts of the vision statement came from the research of Jim Collins which he wrote about in his book Good to Great. Collins found that organisations that went from good to great had disciplined people who had disciplined thought and took disciplined action. The disciplined thought stemmed from the organisation / team having a very clear vision of what they were passionate about and wanted to be known for. This vision guided and focused the organisation / team on what was important to them and to develop the discipline in their planning and action to focus on specific key areas they wanted to deliver. In this way they began the journey to being great. This journey often took years but was the result of being disciplined in the three identified areas.
- Review of contemporary research on middle and teacher leaders, Dr Maureen O'Rourke and Dr Peter Burrows, Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership (2013)
- Extraordinary Leadership in Australia & New Zealand: The five practices that create great workplaces, James Kouzes and Barry Posner with Michael Bunting, Wiley (2014)
- Hardwired Humans: Successful Leadership Using Human Instincts, Andrew O'Keeffe, Roundtable Press (2012)
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don't, Jim Collins, Harper Collins (2001)
- Good to Great, Jim Collins, Fast Company (2001) http://www.jimcollins.com/article_topics/articles/good-to-great.html
- Know your why, http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2016/03/31/know-your-why/
If you are interested in discussing with Adrian the possibility of running in-school workshops on developing middle leadership please email him at email@example.com
A class begins, something is taught, hopefully something is learnt, the bell rings and then the next class begins. A unit of learning is begun, there are a range of activities occuring across days – weeks – months, hopefully something is learnt, then the unit ends and the next unit begins. A school year begins, a wide range of activities occur, assignments – possibly tests – are done, culminating projects are run with varying success, hopefully something is learnt, the year ends.
When one thinks about the flow of most of the learning that occurs within schools there is a particular pattern that arises – there is a beginning, a middle and an end. Sometimes the beginning, middle and end occur in one session. Sometimes it stretches across a few weeks and sometimes across the whole year. However, the habitual pattern is that there is a beginning, middle and end. So does it surprise you that over the years of schooling a learner could naturally develop the perception that learning is linear?
I had this insight recently during a conversation with a group of teachers at a primary school. The predominant unconcious context, and thus the subsequent habitual practices, within the school indicate that learning is perceived as linear by the students AND teachers. I then started exploring if that was the case in other schools, both primary and secondary, and found the same pattern. When I brought up my thinking with the teachers they all agreed. The way they often operate as educators could certainly develop a perception in their learners that learning is linear – start topic, do activities, end topic, next topic.
Learning, by its nature, is non-linear. The gaining of knowledge, whether by the individual or by humanity as a whole, is non-linear. Vygotsky coined the term "zone of proximal development" as a way of indicating that an individual learnt in a non-linear way. Piece by piece we gain knowledge and build a mental model through which we perceive the world. We begin with an incomplete model, given by our personal observations, the opinions and beliefs we grew up with. It is filled with misconceptions and misunderstandings. As we learn we slowly come to a more organised and consistent perception and interpretation of our world and how it works. The learning is non-linear but the explanations and ordering stem from an organised viewpoint . What often happens in schools though is that we "teach" in a linear fashion without honouring the non-linear nature of learning and thus engender a linear way of thinking about learning.
Context is Critical
"So what!" you may say – isn't that the way schools have to operate?
Well, no.
As the saying goes, our context will eat our strategies every day of the week.This underlying context within the way that we teach will undermine any and all good evidence based initiatives because it stems from and leads to a particular mindset. How we as educators think abut learning influences our habits, our practices, and the way we create learning for others.
Let's look at some of the common issues and complaints in schools that we could infer stem from this context:
- The students aren't showing high order thinking or transfering their learning across subjects
- Students who struggle developing fixed mindsets ("I'm not good at Math, English, etc") rather than growth mindsets
- Students aren't being responsible for their learning
- Lack of motivation by students (and staff at times)
- There is a lack of resilience and persistence in learners
- Mathematics teachers don't develop literacy in their lessons even though it is a major source of why students can't answer worded questions
- Teachers are focused on covering content rather than ensuring learning is occuring
All of these definitely have a range of underlying causes to why they occur but one of the common features is the way that teachers think about learning and thus operate as educators.
If we take the case that teachers have a big say in how learning is perceived by learners, then by shifting the context of the teachers implies we can shift the way learners perceive learning. Look around you at the dominant habits and practices of the teachers within the school.
- What do they tell you about the context they hold about learning?
- Do their habitual practices show that they are linking learning across lessons, classes, subjects, days, weeks, years?
- Do they have anchor contexts and visible displays (which are constantly referred to) where students consistently and coherent develop the perception that they are exploring and building upon their understanding of the world?
If you think not then then the teacher context needs to shift to enable good pedagogical practices to occur.
If we begin by focusing on developing teachers to think from the context that learning is a spiral of increasing understanding and richness then I assert that these issues will start to shift. From this focus context teachers can begin to build habitual practices that are consistent with this context.
In Part II we will discuss what I mean by Spiral Learning and also give some simple HOWs teachers could use to go about shifting their context so as to develop a spiral learning context with the students.
The following is an except from my book Exceptional that will be published later this year. For those of you who are first time readers – welcome. For those of you who are constant readers – welcome back for 2012!
Everyone has an opinion about education. I do. You do. Kids do. Parents do. Grandparents do. Teachers do. Politicians do. The media does. Radio shock jocks do. Billionaires do. There aren't many days that I don't hear some comment about education from someone. Unfortunately for a large percentage of the population much of it is misguided and uninformed.
You might believe that is a big statement – not really.
You have to consider on what people base their knowledge and understanding. Opinions are based on what people know from reading, listening, others people's opinions, media, cultural background, and on their life experiences. Life experiences have the greatest effect on shaping our perceptions.
For example;
- If you are a student and your Grade One teacher created with you that "mistakes are your friend" and then set up the learning environment to allow you to make mistakes and learn from them, then you would probably love learning all the time.
- If you are a student and you failed assessment under test conditions, despite "knowing the material", how long would it be before you decide that you "don't get it" and progressively build an opinion about you and school?
- If you are a parent who has had poor educational experiences you can unconsciously impart your beliefs and mindset to your children ("I'm no good at maths", "school is hard", "I hated homework", "I couldn't wait to leave school", etc). If you have an ingrained belief that maths is "hard" then, unless you deliberately tackle that self-belief as a parent, there is a pre-disposition for maths being "hard" for your children.
- If you are a "Tiger" parent with a strong belief that it is only by working long hours and doing lots of rote learning that your children will succeed, it is likely you will drive your children incessantly to perform academically – sometimes to the detriment of other skills.
- If were teased at school, perhaps bullied, maybe even had a humiliating experience, that would affect your perceptions of education and learning. This is the same if you grew up in a tough socio-economic environment.
- If you as a teacher believe that you don't need to adjust your teaching practice and the way you structure learning in the classroom for different students and different generations of students ("I've been teaching this way for 20 years and it has always worked", "I've always produced good results with my students … well the good students … the rest didn't want to work and that's not my fault", etc) then this will affect how you teach.
Whatever the life experiences, people form a mental model or picture of the way that education is and then hold on to that – sometimes for a lifetime. And it is quite challenging to shift that mental picture when you have a lifetime of reinforcement from looking through the lens you have looked through for years.
I still vividly remember one student from my first year of teaching Engineering at university. He approached me to give him some one-on-one tutoring for a subject he had failed twice previously and he needed to pass it that year to finish his Engineering degree. I agreed, looked up the textbook and set a problem up on my whiteboard. My intention was to get a sense of what he knew and what he didn't know. In my mind I thought I had a chosen a reasonably simple example. As this student approached the board to have a go at answering the question I heard him mutter to himself "this is going to be hard". I stopped him in the moment and asked him if he realised what he had just said. He said "No". I repeated back to him what he had muttered and said "That's what we are going to go to work upon – your belief that it is hard. I am going to make sure you start to see how to think about the subject so you can make it easy for yourself". It was an extraordinary learning experience for me as an educator because I really had to get into his world and understand what his misconceptions and understandings were first before having him step into my thinking and methodology. It took time and persistence on both our parts. And yes he did pass with flying colours when he took the exam again.
In this discussion I am not implying or asserting that people's opinions are invalid. They all have some validity – at least to them and their personal experiences and understanding. For that student who struggled to the point of failing that Engineering subject twice, it was reality that the subject was hard – for him. However, that is my point really. Our opinions and beliefs are mostly personal. Understanding and experience on the small scale. People's opinions are rarely built upon exploring and coming to grips with the context and assumptions upon which those lessons and understandings were built.
This is also true about governments and the media. How many governments have implemented change programs without actually looking at what the research shows works in schools and for learning (No Child Left Behind policy in the USA, Merit Pay for teachers, and so on)? How many millions of dollars have been spent on what looks good and is politically impressive rather than what actually works? How many media organisations report on education and learning from a very narrow perspective? How many rank or discuss the quality of schools based purely on standardised testing that only measure very limited outcomes of student abilities?
It is not easy or common to look at the context or assumptions within which you learn and understand things. These contexts are like the air that we breathe. They are often so invisible to us and just part of everyday living that we don't think about it. Shankar Vedantam discussed a number of these "unconscious forces that influence us" is his book "The Hidden Brain: how our unconscious minds elect presidents, control markets, wage wars, and save our lives". We will go into much more depth about unconscious biases and mental models at another time. Suffice to say right now that people's opinions are quite often not based on hard facts and research but hearsay, personal experiences, and unchallenged underlying assumptions.
If we are interested in creating and building educational systems that will allow / encourage / support ALL young people to become exceptional then we have to go beyond the normal everyday opinions about education. Notice the emphasis on ALL. We need to look at the contexts and assumptions that underlie our beliefs and actions.
What do you think?
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Mile High Organics to deliver to Summit County and beyond
July 16, 2013
Beginning July 24, Mile High Organics, an online organic grocer based in Boulder, will begin making deliveries to Summit County customers, according to a company news release.
First established in 2010, Mile High Organics has been a year-round source of genetically modified organism-free organic groceries for Front Range residents. In 2011 it became the first United States Department of Agriculture-certified online organic grocer in the country.
To celebrate its expansion to residents in Dillon, Silverthorne, Breckenridge and Frisco, Mile High Organics is offering anyone who places an order for July 24 a 10 percent discount on groceries through the end of 2013.
"Not only have we been asked to provide our service in the mountains, we're excited to bring home delivery and Front Range prices to make mountain living even better," Mile High Organics founder and CEO Michael Joseph said.
Deliveries will take place weekly on Wednesdays, the release stated, and orders must be placed online at http://www.milehighorganics.com or over the phone at 303-835-1212 by 10 a.m. Tuesday. Deliveries come in reusable, insulated packaging, and products are guaranteed until midnight on delivery day.
Considering the high demand and limited supply of organic foods in the mountains, Mile High Organics founder and CEO Michael Joseph said an expansion into Summit County made obvious sense.
"Not only have we been asked to provide our service in the mountains, we're excited to bring home delivery and Front Range prices to make mountain living even better," Joseph said in the release. "We have taken extra care in making sure that our service will work for people in the mountains before our first delivery there. Thousands of items have been added to our selection so that members can skip a lengthy trip to the grocery store."
Mile High Organics also is delivering to other communities along the I-70 corridor, including Vail, Avon, Edwards and Wolcott.
The company was recently recognized by the Organic Consumers Association as one of the 50 best Right-To-Know grocers in the U.S. for the transparency of their product ingredients and labeling policies, the release stated. Mile High Organics carries a wide selection of groceries, including organic meat and produce, household items and nutritional supplements.
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They signed the agreement in the spring, but the actual sale wasn't made until that summer.
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Middle English actuel, from Late Latin actualis, from Latin actus act
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ONE FC: War of the Lions on March 31, 2012 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium is one of the most star-studded, action-packed fight cards in recent Asian history. This official ONE FC trailer for Eduar watch video >>
ONE Fighting Championship™ is coming to Manila on 31 August to hold the largest mixed martial arts event in the history of the Philippines. SMART ARANETA COLISEUM is expected to be sold-out as Fili watch video >>
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Justin Anderson, Montrose Christian's highly regarded small forward, officially announced Thursday that he is switching his oral commitment from Maryland to Virginia. The 6-foot-5 wing player pledged to join Tony Bennett's 2012 recruiting class via a press release issued by his high school.
After giving an oral commitment to Maryland in March, Anderson re-opened his recruitment following the announcement May 5 that long-time Terrapins coach Gary Williams was retiring.
Anderson joins a Virginia 2012 recruiting class that also includes 6-foot-7 small forward Evan Nolte and 6-foot-11 center Mike Tobey.
The Post's Josh Barr spoke with Anderson a short while ago and relays the conversation on Recruiting Insider.


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Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' returns to top spot in UK singles chart
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's track "Thinking Out Loud" returned to the top of the British music singles chart on Sunday, five weeks after it last held the spot, the Official Charts Company said.
The song, which last month recorded the longest ever climb to number one after 19 weeks in the top 40, set a new record for the most streamed track in a week by racking up more than 1.67 million audio streams over the last seven days.
Union J's "You Got It All" was a new entry at number two, while last week's chart topper, Take That's "These Days", slipped to third place.
Take That's album "III" went straight in at number one however, out selling second-placed "X" by Ed Sheeran by more than 38,000 copies to give the British pop veterans their seventh chart-topping album.
Australian rock band AC/DC's "Rock or Bust" was also a new entry in the album chart at number three.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Mark Potter)
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March 2005
Oppression is at the root of many of the most serious, enduring conflicts in the world today. Racial and religious conflicts; conflicts between dictatorial governments and their citizens; the battle between the sexes; conflicts between management and labor; and conflicts between heterosexuals and homosexuals all stem, in whole or in part, to oppression.
This section of the knowledge base explores oppression: what causes it, and what can be done to address it. Most of the essays in this section (including this one) are drawn from a larger essay originally entitled "Oppression and Conflict[1]" Since that essay was too long to stand alone in Beyond Intractability, it is here divided up into six essays, which together make up an "oppression" section of the website. We hope to have more essays written by other authors on related topics in the future. In addition to this short introduction, the essays in this section currently include:
1. The Nature and Origins of Oppression;
3. What Keeps Oppression in Place?
4. Awakening the Sense of Injustice;
5. Overcoming Oppression with Power;
6. Overcoming Oppression Through Persuasion
[1] The original paper was delivered as a plenary address at the annual meetings of the International Society of Justice Research in Skovde, Sweden on June 17, 2002.
Use the following to cite this article:
Deutsch, Morton. "Oppression and Conflict: Introduction." Beyond Intractability. Eds. Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess. Conflict Information Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder. Posted: March 2005 <http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/oppression-introduction>.


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I told you how I feel. You know about my insecurities. You know about my fears. I spelled them out to you in the plainest of English, and you listened. Or so I thought!! It seems your version of listening is just a bit different from mine.
If you really understood and cared about me, why would you put me down like you have, over and over? Why would you kick me while I'm down? You call yourself my best friend but FRIENDS DON'T DO THAT. Friends make you feel like you can be yourself.
YOU told me I should be less shy. But when I started to talk more... You put me down. What am I supposed to think? About you, and about myself?!
You're just... A hypocrite.
Don't believe me? Didn't think so...


text: "Live life who it should be lived, go out, have fun and forget everything else thats going on around you :)" I'm a gothic lesbian who tries to get on with anyone and everyone, if you give me respect i will give it back. But please men don't think about trying to change me as i've been a lesbian since i was 9years old, I'm 17 now. I came here today to share all my poems that I've been writing since i was 13years old and to also write true stories of my life but make it sound like a fiction story as thats how I prefer to write my stories. Yes I'm very much into vampires but not into fiction stories, I always read non-fiction true stories I've got loads of books on just that genre. I read stories of Children who have had a rough life, the reason i read those is because it draws me away from my life and also whats going on around me, When I read i go into my own World which is what I love. Thank you for reading this :)


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Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quotes About LifeQuotes about: Life
We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of time and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom.
...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central cor to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact - to borrow from the language of the saints -to live 'in grace' as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony...
For relationships, too, must be like islands. One must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits - islands surrounded and interrupted by the sea, continuously visited and abandoned by the tides. One must accept the serenity of the winged life, of ebb and flow, of intermittency.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- Born: June 22, 1906
- Died: February 7, 2001
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Apartment – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Awards & Recognition
|2015 Crystal Achievement Award for Most Innovative Door Component
| Window & Door Magazine recognizes GlassCraft's BioFoamTM with the Crystal Achievement Award. BioFoam is a plant-based foam fill material that contains no formaldehyde, harmful air pollutants, or volatile organic compounds, devoloped by GlassCraft as an alternative to polyurethane insulating foam.(read more)
|2014 Crystal Achievement Award for Unique Innovation
|The Crystal Achievement Awards are presented annually by Window & Door Magazine, to recognize significant innovations and achievements in window and door technology, manufacturing and marketing. For 2014, GlassCraft is honored to receive the award for Unigue Innovation. (read more)
|2014 Texas Environmental Excellence Award
|The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality honors GlassCraft as one of the winners of the 22nd Annual Texas Environmental Excellence Awards, which recognize innovative and effective projects that prevent pollution and preserve natural resources in Texas. (read more)(watch video from TEEA)
|2014 Manufacturing Leadership Award in Sustainability
|In their eleventh year, the ML Awards is the premier program for honoring companies and individual leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing. With this 2014 recognition for Sustainability, GlassCraft joins a prestigious list of past winners that includes 3M, Boeing Co., Coca-Cola, Eaton Corporation, Ford Motor Co., General Electric Co., General Motors Co., IBM, Motorola, Nalco and Raytheon. (read more)
|2012 Crystal Achievement Award for Most Innovative Door
|GlassCraft received Window & Door's Crystal Achievement Award 2012 for Most Innovative Door in the Small-Medium Manufacturer category. (read more)


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Dayton Poster Project
Dayton Poster Project
Publication of my already-designed "A 1970s Dayton View" poster, celebrating the city and my photographic work there during that decade
Publication of my already-designed "A 1970s Dayton View" poster, celebrating the city and my photographic work there during that decade Read more
About this project
My life in photography started officially at age twelve, where I learned darkroom technique and how to handle a professional camera. From that age, I began photographing the city where I had learned the craft, and Dayton, Ohio was that city. Beginning in 1974, I used my father's Leica, then a Rolleiflex camera (in addition to other equipment) to slowly begin to document a city where "urban renewalism" had begun to threaten the very heart and soul of the city. I seemed to have an impending sense of urgency to photograph certain things, places, even people -- all of which I knew might soon disappear, be forgotten or ignored. This initial concern about the changes I was observing were quickly transmogrified into a great focus on preservation and memory, not just in Dayton, anywhere I happened to be.
I left Dayton for college in 1980, studied photography, and continued to visit Dayton more as an outsider - no longer having the time to document and capture imagery with the same firmament as before. The negatives I had processed were stored somewhere at home, but I wasn't finding them. I moved onto New York in 1985 and became involved in my career as a musician in the performing arts - memories of Dayton and my work there now taking a back seat to my survival and ultimate success in New York.
In 2009 I returned to Ohio for six weeks to tend to my ailing father. After his death, I found the carefully-preserved collection of film negatives I had left in his apartment years earlier, upon entering college. It was then that I bought a professional scanner and began a return journey to Dayton through my old pictures.
The result of my photographic journeys into Downtown Dayton in the 1970s revealed a surprisingly vivid vision of the city at a changeable time in its history. I realized I no longer possessed photographs of a city I still knew but rather, now, an archive of memories - now decades in the past. I began sharing lower-resolution images from my collection on an Ohio discussion group and was "discovered" by a Dayton historian and author who asked me if I might be willing to supplement a Facebook page he was launching, devoted to Dayton history.
The response to my photographic contributions and commentary apparently sparked tremendous enthusiasm within that Facebook page, which now enjoys well over 6,000 followers. After numerous requests to publish my photographs in a coffee table book, I decided to embark on something a little quicker in the form of a collage which would include many of the works I had been sharing. That project became kind of an emotional memory journey; The design seemed to form itself. The resulting graphic became poster-size, and I decided that this work would be suitable for commercial printing.
I did post the initial work at DeviantArt.com, where I had over a thousand works already on display. DeviantArt produced a beautiful print of the poster for me, but the economics of such art prints are not generally sell-able in shops and to most individuals, owing to cost and materials. I needed to publish the work and make it a potential sale item to shops, museums - wherever it needed to be exposed. It would promote my work, but I would promote Dayton, within a nice symbiosis. I'm grateful even to be able to put something like this together.
The cost of this project is based on estimates from local printers who use high-volume, high quality presses. This will not be laser or ink-jet, but a professionally-printed poster on 80-lb paper. I will obtain mailers for sending, and I will sign copies of the work in either silver/gold art pen or black (Sharpie).
It will be a beautiful poster. Those who have seen the initial limited version have raved about it.
Risks and challenges
The risk is mainly in the physical realm - getting the product to where it belongs. I have full confidence that my printer will be able to create a good poster for me. The challenge is in having a thousand or more copies and getting those copies sold and distributed. Also - I must prepare some posters for signing, and they must be signed properly.
The challenge, from the start, is to get the word out and to clearly state why this is not only a worthy project, but a unique one. Commercial artists have long been enlisted to depict Dayton with kind of a "Chamber of Commerce" view. This is a personal view which, I think, imbues the city with a kind of dignity and strength which real adherents of the city really do think about, long for, celebrate, or point out.
I believe this view will help Dayton - a city and region hit very hard by economic realities, achieve its own goal of rebirth - the stirrings of which are already clearly in evidence.
I am a born communicator. I have applied this to everything I have done - in music, in business, in art. I have a strong passion for the subject matter, and I am dogged in making a strong case, as a leader of ideas, for having the courage to dream big, dream first-rate, dream with the most imagination one can enlist. Never back down on what is possible!
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The finance and accounting divisions of the sales lines and cross-divisional service companies of METRO GROUP have a wide variety of tasks to fulfil. The accounting division is responsible for external accounting and financial reporting, particularly towards equity investors and external creditors. The controlling division is in charge of leading and managing the company on the basis of internal cost and performance calculations and strategic controlling instruments. The tax division is responsible for the proper filing of tax returns and optimal tax planning. The finance division oversees investment and financing decisions. These functional areas are streamlined through a reporting, control and risk management system.
The course of study in accounting and controlling will qualify you for high-level specialist and management positions in the areas of finance and accounting. You'll build a foundation of basic knowledge in the fields of accounting, controlling, financing and corporate management, which will optimally prepare you for numerous applications at our sales lines. Possible placements include the accounting, controlling or the tax divisions.
This course of study can be completed at the following university:
Detailed information on the course of study, requirements and expectations as well as contact details can be found on this METRO GROUP company's website:


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Rainbowcrawlspace.com is a 1 year old domain, situated in United States. The domain is linked to the IP address 22.214.171.124 which is provided by the hosting company IHNetworks, LLC.
It was registered by Anna Sue Edwards . The site is owned by Webs 2 Impress. Registration details show that it was registered on 07 Jan 2016 through Go Daddy and will expire on 07 Jan 2017.
The site returns a status code of 200. The site is being served through Apache.