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Small Cool Extra: Taylor's Colorful College Nest
We thought this was a great entry, despite it not being eligible as a "home", and wanted to share it. Thanks, Taylor!
Name: Taylor
Location: Vassar College, NJ
Size: 70 sf
Rent/Own: Rent!
What is the advantage of SMALL? It forces you out of clutter. For me, I think small is better because you have the opportunity to really find your own style, find what things you can't live without, and it forces you to be clean. In a small space, when you have too much going on, it can look cramped. So for me, living in a small room helps to find simplicity...
What's your favorite resource for your home?
Besides the wonderful furniture Vassar has supplied me with, most of my things come from Flea Markets in New Hope, Antique stores all over New Jersey, and various things from Anthropologie (but my sister works there, so I get a discount). Besides that, I like creating a lot of projects, such as the way I created a display for my photographs by hanging them on a clothes line across my ceiling.
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home?
My favorite element in my room are all of the little clusters I have displayed. On my desk, I have these three great antique jars that hold my pens, pencils, and rulers. Then on my dresser, I have all my real simple magazines stacked and on top I have some of my favorite pictures and this great mini sculpture that says "relax." I just like taking my favorite things and making little displays with them around my room.
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Well, it is small.
well it is small..
What's up w/ the comments being diabled?
My reaction was "Huh?" when I browsed through the pictures. And then I read it carefully and realize this might be a college dorm room. Okay, make more sense. It does have the "anthropology style" but geeze!! What a mess!!! Things are everywhere and I just could imagine all those antique smell mixes with the air diffuser stick fragrance...
why it's posted exactly?
I love it! So cute. I just graduated last June and I think what you've done with your tiny space is great - the color and the furniture are awesome.
I love the clotheslines!
Very nice dorm room! Why is everyone so harsh on the young people?
I went to Vassar, I remember those rooms.
Get that stuff off the pipes! I'm telling your student fellow!
I don't get it -- it looks like college dorm rooms across the country. small, cramped and cluttered with a lot of unnecessary bric a brac...
these comments above reminded me why I get to hate deco magazines blogs waspy & judgemental Had to create an account to comment ...etc...it is posted coz its cute and when this young lady gets a bigger place maybe she'll do wonders with an amex and a cleaning lady. For me I see all the relevance this post as in using small space and makin it a cute CLEAN nest.
Ciao ladies
agree with biba, i think this is obviously posted for a reason. yes, it is tiny, and of course it is crowded, someone is living in a room that is 7 feet by 10 feet with all their things. i don't think it looks like any other dorm room across the country at all, if people don't have nice things to say, maybe they shouldn't comment.
I think some of you haven't seen a typical dorm room in a long while...there's not even any ikea that I can tell. And flowers! And curtains! And nary a an unframed poster in site. Nice job.
Wow, looking into that room took me down memory lane. I instantly knew it was one of Vassar's quad dorms. Nice use of space and I love the orange and white pillow.
P.S. Vassar is in NY, not NJ.
I think it's funny because she says a small space helps her declutter but all I see is clutter. I don't get it? There's stuff everywhere. Nice laundry basket.
That's fun...but isn't Vassar in NY, not NJ? Or are there two Vassars?
i really like it this way. but that's what i always told my mother when she told me to clear up my room too.
Uhh...this is not a typical dorm room. Yes, it's small, and the university-provided furniture is (presumably) awful. But she's doing the best she can, and the results are colorful and darling.
Anyway, I figure that if a dorm room is just cluttered and crowded, rather than junky and gross, you're doing a good job....
okay, I usually don't post on this website, but I can't help but saying something.
This person is probably 18 years old, and all of you guys are giving her a ridiculously hard time. Commenting on her laundry basket?? It's a laundry basket! And her room is absolutely tiny, it is the width of a twin bed!!
I think that yes it is cluttered, but cluttered doesn't mean messy.
The dorm room is not typical at all, and it's a nice use of space and color, you guys should stop judging so much, if you don't like it, you don't have to comment and make her feel bad about the space she lives in. She obviously did something great with her room, or else it wouldn't have been posted.
all and all...be nice or don't post.
THANK YOU !! THANK YOU !!! ...for having stuff! I finally get to see a REAL person who lives in a REAL house with REAL Stuff. Sometimes, at night I lie awake in my insomnia state and I just look around at all the s**t I own and feel like a slob because oh no, those people on AT they dont have deodorant or hair products or magazine scraps hanging out spewed across their tables (my gosh, something other than a carefully arranged photo shoot/magazine shot ready home).
It's nice to see someone who is actually showing us their real setup. Having real stuff doesn't always = clutter.
That's way more awesome than my dorm room ever was!
It may not qualify as a "home" because it has no kitchen or bath. But it certainly IS a home, for Taylor.
A tiny bit of a room has to hold everything near and dear, without new additions, new built-ins, and be not just a place to sleep, but a place to work/study. To entertain. To relax. To show off bits and pieces of personality.
Since there's no big space, or other rooms, check it out.
THREE SURFACES to display your entire life and your own meaning of life. One of which is a school desk with mismatched chair, that obviously can't be covered with a lot of personal items:
That leaves ONLY the dresser...:
...And the small nightstand...:
...To have any kind of display. There is some space on top of the shoes:
What you see there on the left edge is the edge/end of the desk.
No, she doesn't get to put up shelves. So things have to be stored somewhere and the best bet is under the bed, which is often underutilized. She has baskets and just what many homes and apartments have, a laundry basket.
Oh yes, she does have to store laundry items in there, as I'm pretty sure they don't give you free pick-up laundry service. So her soaps and softeners all have to be stored there too.
There's no water there. So if she WANTS to have water or beverages in her room, she has to find a place to store her cup or mug or glass.
All those things that we with "full" apartments take for granted, like our own bathroom, she has to share.
And lack of funds and the ability to redo the space with built-ins hasn't stopped Taylor from doing EVERYTHING with the space she can.
Therefore, I expect to see Taylor being a serious contender for Small, Cool contestants in the future. Dorm room training is serious stuff, it's like boot camp.
Give her a few hundred square feet and the option of choosing her OWN desk, and you just wait and see what she'll do with it.
Because everyone knows it takes a LOT of guts to enter Small, Cool or to even post on this site. Oh yes...
She'll be back.
You didn't pare down! You included vignettes! You...
Just kidding. Cute post!
cute desk!! man, i took for granted how nice and big my dorm was.. you've done a great job.. super cute.. and i love your desk.. did i already say that?? :) and your sisters frame is adorable.. reminds me of an old pic i have of me and my sis.. well done.. ignore these other snobs.. u have a cozy home
Why isn't this considered a "Home"? Because it's small?
She lives there 9 months of the year (maybe over the summer too?), she pays rent and receives mail there - So what's the big deal?
And for a 7'X10' dorm room, I think she's done a great job making it cozy - all without using any IKEA!
yes Vassar is in NY but I would guess she is from NJ and picks up items when she is home on breaks. I think it looks great. I have seen a ton of junky, messy, cookie cutter dorm rooms in my time.
PS. Others are right she shouldn't have things hanging from the pipes. Lets home none of the hall staff looks here and recognizes it.
Good on you, Taylor!
so much more pulled together than any of my dorm rooms ever were! well done!
P.S. For the naysayers:
What exactly would you all do, if faced with the same challenge?
You get the desk, the chair, the dresser, and the bed to work with in a 7' x 10' room.
You don't get to paint, put up shelves.
Everything you want to keep has to fit in that room.
Including all your bathroom toiletries and cosmetics and hair styling things and razors. All the "girl supplies" too have to be stored in one's room.
And all your laundry needs, such as a place to put dirty laundry, and your soaps and things to wash clothes.
You won't be needing your kitchen items at all, as you can't cook there, and no, you can't bring in your coffee grinder and make fresh coffee in the morning (gasp). All eating will be done out, except for maybe snacks or meals you can transport home.
You'll be doing some serious work there, studying, reading, etc.
And you will have an extremely limited budget.
So, what is it that folks here would do with that space?
Makeover ideas are swell, but only if someone else is paying for them. Ha! Oh, and start with my place first, if you all are buying.
love this...great job, and bonus points for creativity
I too like the fact that the space looks lived in. We should create space that we enjoy living in, and not just great to look at. What's the difference between that and spreading clutters, as long as the space is not being used?
pfft whatever, just because she's young doesn't mean she gets a break! I'm young too and when I lived in the dorms we had a 10x10 room for TWO people, our closet was a pole on the wall behind the entry door and we still had less stuff laying everywhere than this place. Sorry I also didn't notice the 'colorful' its kinda drab, she could have at least gotten a bright rug instead of brown. Bins under bed could have all been the same and covered in cool paper or painted. I mean there really isnt much done here at all except throw all her stuff in a tiny room. I wish I had taken pictures of our dorm rooms, because I've seen many smaller cooler than this.
I wonder what will come next when people are finished worshiping at the Ikea alter or how people would cope with not having money to burn on new, modern furnishings.
I think this room looks cluttered, but homey and has a lot of well-situated decorative elements that are uncommon in dorm rooms. The furniture is great. I love the desk, dresser, and window treatment.
Good use of space Taylor. There are a lot of people in your position where money is so tight that trendy furniture is out of reach. But ya still gotta live well in your small space. Elevating the bed is brilliant.
For a small space, there are layers of details to catch on multiple viewings. I also like the "welcome" main photo, showing keys in the door lock, a(n awesome) purse/tote flung on the bed, and the drape drawn back so it's not like stepping into a closet.
My dorm room in grad school was about that size, so I understand the challenge. Taylor's storage under the bed is brilliant. I love how the desk lamp is a bit elevated due to its design, freeing up surface space by not having a wide base.
The "Life" framed image would keep me from feeling claustrophobic.
So sweet! Thanks for the nostalgia, too. I love the old woodwork and door. Hell can be a cinder block walled dorm, room, but this room has cozy charm. And I love, love, love the floral prints on the coverlet. Is that a one-of-a-kind, Taylor, or did you buy it somewhere> (I want one.)
Aulaire, the quilt is probably from Anthropologie, she says her sister works there and gets a discount. Check out some of the designs here:
They have that kind of old-fashioned crazy quilt look that is very appealing. Nostalgic.
And as they use big chunks of color, just rotating your quilt can give you different colors facing out.
These items, however, are WAY out of my budget. And unless sister's discount was like 95%, it wouldn't help me.
Here's the great pillow that is shown on the bed:
This room has more character, personality, style and integrity than most of the apartments shown on AT - its a space with numerous restrictions on what she can do to it and yet she has still managed to impart her own personal style on it - she hasn't styled it to appeal to the AT readers and made it a clone - she has filled it with things she loves and carefully chosen items that are both practical for her current needs and within her budget and are also stylish - in short, this room has SOUL - keep up the good work Hon - I LOVE the bedspread!
Decorating a dorm really is a huge challenge, your entire life has to fit into that little shoebox! I think she did an amazing job.
Yay for recognizing dorm rooms as the ultimate Small Space! Ah college, where you have to make room without being able to nail anything to the wall. That is some seriously nice furniture for a standard dorm.
And listen folks- when you're in college, that's about as tidy as you can get when you're given an 8 x 10 room.
For a dorm room, I think it looks great!
very cozy - a perfect nest to relax in at the end of the day. we need more examples of real rooms in this contest. i admit, this is not my style of decorating, but there is no need for the negativity. love the vignettes - you're giving me ideas for my own photos. that's what i look for in these contests - inspiration. thank you for posting your SMALL space!
Stuff, stuff, stuff. Lots of interesting stuff in your place. Looks like a typical dorm room; it's the real thing. Good job.
I'm speaking from personal experience when I say that these dorm rooms yield A LOT more design potential than what's shown here... I had to put up with the same linoleum floors, white-washed plaster walls, oak woodwork and hanging pipes -- so trust me, I know what I'm talking about.
I don't want to sound too harsh, but I just hold my fellow Vassar peeps to a higher standard. ;)
Since this is a college dorm room, lets not forget that Taylor's probably pretty young. Not everyone is born with a sense of style (my best friend was, I definately wasn't!), and I'll bet that a good portion of her time up til now has been focused on getting into college, and now getting thru college to graduation.
Let's give her some time to define and develop a look she likes, and hope she checks back in here when she has the time and money to do her own thing in a space where she has more freedom to make some changes.
It's much more good-looking than the dorm rooms we had in college, and I think she's made it very homey.
Cute! The desk looks like a cozy place to study, with that sweet little lamp. Love the bedspread. Now I'm having college-dorm flashbacks...
love the desk area
Do your thang, girl!! Kudos to you.
This is sooooo much cooler than what we did in college. Great job!
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Kurt singing about being strong
Blaine singing about protecting him
Fic: From The Start
Description: This is a songfic to the song "Bare" from Bare: A Pop Opera. There are song lyrics every other paragraph. If you don't like that, don't read it. If you haven't seen the show this is from, I highly recommend you go watch it-I believe it's on youtube, or listen to the album. Specifically this song. It's a really wonderful song. The show deals with the relationship between religion and sexuality really well, specifically in teens. But be prepared to have your heart broken, and if you're triggered by casual drug use, homophobia, teenage pregnancy, or suicide, I would be very careful when watching it. Anyway! This fic is angsty but happy at the end.
Warnings: This is a Crisscolfer fic. Don't read it if you don't like that pairing.
Word count: 2,020
Rating: PG-13
Do you remember
The day that you met me?
I swear it was yesterday…
Chris was walking onto set when Ryan flagged him down. "Chris! So, we cast the guy who's gonna play Blaine. He's never been in a show with this level of production before, so I invited him to come today to see what it's like and meet you. You two are gonna spend a lot of time together." Ryan gestured to a man in a hoodie and jeans a few feet away, looking around with a grin and a glint of joy in his eyes, before noticing Ryan waving him down and running over. He ran his fingers through his messy dark curls and stuck his hand out. "Hey! I'm Darren Criss."
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Hey all, I know I've been kind of MIA. I'm alive. Just wanted to let you all know that I'm working on a ficlet right now that I'm really excited about. So keep an eye out for that, and I'm sorry I've not been active.
Fic: What Goes Unsaid
Description: Darren gets really drunk and then makes a major decision.
Warnings: Drunkenness.
Word count: 1,160
Rating: PG:13
I started this right after Web Therapy came out, which inspired this. Then I sort of dropped it for a few months. It's done now.
Chris watched the web therapy videos along with every other fan. When it got to the closet scene, watching Darren say "couples in the closet", Chris noticed how sad his eyes got for a moment before he got back into character. He immediately paused the episode and called Darren. The phone rang twice in Chris's ear before Darren picked up.
"Chrissss!" Darren slurred. "Whassup?"
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Jamie Foxx (seen above, playing Daddy Warbucks opposite a tumbling Wallis)."Annie," also featuring Cameron Diaz (evil Miss Hannigan) and Rose Byrne (Warbucks's assistant, Grace), is due in theaters Christmas Day 2014.
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In retrospect, Kurt's absolutely positive that it was Blaine's speech — that amazing, beautiful speech that drove him to tears — that caused it. The dream.
"Hey," Blaine whispers, shifting under the sheets so he's facing Kurt. They haven't actually had sex as fiancés (fiancés!) yet, both of them feeling too exhausted from the day's events to do much more than make out on Kurt's old bed for a short while. "You're up early."


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Teresa with her Managers Melissa and Travus
Hoorah for Teresa
By Cheryl D'Ambrosio
Parents just love to
brag about their kids. I am no
exception. I often brag about my two stepdaughters, and all they have
accomplished. My youngest, now
age 29, is now an architect just like her dad Tony. My oldest, Teresa, now age 32 is about to
celebrate something we never dreamed of.
Our local Starbucks, affectionately known as The Mercer
Island Drive Thru, has employed Teresa for the past ten years as their Lobby Busser. They have provided her with an opportunity to
showcase her skills. When I'm there sipping a cocoa cappuccino, I can watch her
keep the lobby, excuse me Her Lobby
beautiful. She wipes up spills, refills
the condiment bar, picks up trash, checks the bathrooms, and sweeps the outside
patio, just to name a few of the 30 or so things she does during her 2 ½ hour shift.
If I thought you had the time, I would tell you all of the
things on her "To Do list", because, in fact, I have written them down. I have to put them on paper, but Teresa has
memorized them. Over the years, Teresa,
her Dad and I have met with her Mainstay(1) job coaches and her Starbucks managers. Whatever she does to keep the store clean,
the Baristas won't need to do. That
translates to more beverages and happier customers.
For Teresa, being a Lobby Busser at Starbucks, has become
her life's calling. She proudly wears
the Starbucks uniform and matching jacket five days each week. After all, this is Her Store. It's been Her Store for ten years. She has seen many
baristas and managers come and go over the years. She is like an Aunt who greets them on their
first day and hopes they will at least say "goodbye" when they leave. She greets customers, new ones and returning
ones. She worries when the refuse truck
didn't arrive making the garbage pile up.
She wonders what new merchandise will arrive and what new drinks will be
introduced with each holiday season -- in the same way she used to wonder what
she would get for Christmas. Sleepless nights, and all. Yes, like any business owner, she brings her
work home with her.
What most people probably don't know is that Teresa was born
with a rare bleeding disorder that wasn't diagnosed correctly until it was
almost too late. Because girls aren't
supposed to have bleeding disorders (according to most medical books), when Teresa
was a few weeks old, the doctors saw her high fever and twitching eyes and initially
misdiagnosed her with meningitis. While she
continued to bleed inside her head, had it not been for the Hemophilia Care
Program(2) at the Puget Sound
Blood Center including Dr. Richard Counts, Dr. Arthur Thompson and Maribel
Johnson RN, she would have died. They
correctly diagnosed Teresa as having severe factor V deficiency (a rare
bleeding disorder) and she improved immediately after receiving transfusions of
fresh frozen plasma. Emergency brain
surgery was required to remove the clot that had formed in her head. That surgery that also removed part of her
brain, changed her life forever.
What you see each day when she comes to work at Starbucks is
a one in a million woman with a severe and rare bleeding disorder, who also has
intermittent seizures. But, she beat the
odds and survived. (3) (4)
Through her young years, her life was full of supportive
people through school vocational programs, family events and community
activities. Once she turned 21,
opportunities for activities outside the home and meaningful employment came to
a screeching halt. Her dad and I have worked
through agencies, many with limited funding and resources, to advocate for her well
being and employment. And then, ten
years ago, our local Starbucks manager stepped up to bat and hired her.
Teresa's 10 Year Celebration with Starbucks Management Team
Which brings us to August 16, 2011 where Teresa's managers, Travus and Melissa along with District Manager, Paulie, have invited us to celebrate Teresa's tenth year at Starbucks. We still have our photo of her fifth year
Anniversary celebration at this store (it was our holiday card photos). It was snapped before the new store was
built. We remember the old store. It was before all the new condos popped
up. We remember so many of the baristas,
and all of her wonderful managers. There
have been so many fabulous customers, over the years. Hoorah for the Puget Sound Blood Center. Hoorah for Mainstay. Hoorah
for Starbucks.
But most of all, Hoorah for Teresa.
* *
(1) Mainstay, a career resource and
supported employment program, was established in 1980 in partnership with Seattle Central Community College. Mainstay supports the community and business
by matching individuals with varied capabilities and backgrounds to employers'
(2) The
Hemophilia Care Program of the Puget
Sound Blood Center helps people with hemophilia obtain early, effective
treatment and acquire skills that foster independence and minimize the acute
and chronic complications of hemophilia.
(3) Teresa
and Maria's life and their rare bleeding disorder is chronicled in the book, Pooling Blood available through Amazon.com.
Website: www.poolingblood.com
(4) For more information about girls and
women with bleeding disorders, please see the website for MyGirlsBlood at: www.mygirlsblood.org


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This post is by Keith Lammie, Regional Director at Primesight.
Can billboards change the future of Scotland forever… It was September 2013 when this conversation really began and we engaged with both the Better Together and the Yes campaigners on how we could support them and plan campaigns that would help deliver the crucial support that they both required.
Both meetings took a similar but unusual and unexpected direction where the clients themselves were convincing us, the out-of-home media owners, of all the benefits that outdoor advertising can offer and how they both must have the best locations. I guess looking back when you have two brands that are lined up for a duel on a single day and an advertising platform which is a finite resource (it's billboards not oil that I am referring to) this really starts to create a sense of urgency. Of course one major reason that the clients quoted behind their choice of outdoor was that it lives in and is owned by the community, with frames having been there sometimes for generations; with local communities witnessing for years every new soap powder, car launch or community message appearing and changing every two weeks. It would seem that the frame itself has built huge credibility of displaying messages that are believed. When you compare this opportunity of stand out and ownership with that of other media that carries content, you can start to see why outdoor is 1st on the pick list for marketing teams responsible for political campaigns.
This post is by Jack Morgan, summer intern at Warc.
With the number of devices connected in the internet of things (IOT) expected to rise to between 26 billion (Gartner estimate) and 40.9 billion (ABI research estimate) by 2020 it is unclear exactly what the opportunities and threats are ahead. With this in mind Ogilvy decided to put together a series of speakers to discuss what the rise of the internet of things means for brands.
According to Liri Andersson, founder of this fluid world, we are currently using only 0.5% of the available data to understand human interaction with devices. With the rise in connected devices, the issue of quality information will be challenging.
Les Binet and Sarah Carter get a little bit angry about some of the nonsense they hear around them… like treating music as an afterthought
Recently, we were working on a pitch. A number of teams had come up with ideas which we were honing over the weeks prior to pitch date. One team's idea was a big emotional story about a family set in a South American city. There was no dialogue. At the top of the script were the words 'music: suitably epic'. This creative idea was debated and evolved by the account team, alongside other ideas over a number of days. It wasn't until a week before the pitch, however, that we realised that 'music: suitably epic' was still on the scripts and hadn't been discussed at all. All the chat had been about the action.
This post is by Krissie Ford from Bauer Media.
Today, all eyes in the fashion world turn to London, as the second of the bi-annual London Fashion Weeks begins. But while the great and the good of the fashion industry enjoy the free-flowing champagne, how can media owners help advertisers ensure these significant calendar events are taken advantage of commercially? Here are five examples, which I believe are trends of note this year.
The rules of social media continue to evolve, but doing something innovative to lead the change is a great way to own an event. Digital lifestyle brand The Debrief (www.thedebrief.co.uk) has announced a digital media and fashion brand partnership on Snapchat, with English fashion designer Henry Holland. This is hugely exciting – we know The Debrief's audience is passionate about fashion, as well as new digital developments, so it's the perfect way for Henry Holland to reach their target consumers.
This post is by Claudia Ortiz Reyero, European Education and Training Manager at EACA.
In today's world, where youngsters are highly qualified but struggle to find a job due to the financial crisis, it becomes imperative to receive the most hands-on education one can get. This was the vision of the European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) when they founded the European Institute for Commercial Communications Education (edcom) in order to breach the gap between the academic and the professional worlds. edcom, therefore, strives to promote excellence in commercial communications education and research and to further exchanges between the European commercial communications sector and academic partners.
Always trying to provide our students with international exposure and "real work experience" edcom launched a new student competition last October called the Thesis Competition. The purpose of the competition is to reward the best Bachelor and Master theses dealing with commercial communications among edcom member schools.
I'm a geek and I'm an Apple fanboi. So on Tuesday at 6pm UK time, I was busy refreshing my iPad Mini Safari browser to try and live stream (or at least read a live blog) of Apple's latest announcement from Cupertino.
For the best part of two hours my kids got little out of me as Tim Cook and his staff showed off the new iPhone 6/6 Plus (note to self must buy trousers with larger pockets next season), their new mobile payment system and the much anticipated new smart watch.
The tech is amazing, the software crazy, the way it was presented awesome as always. But to me what was more apparent was a slight change in brand position for the new products (this isn't just about me re-selling Apples products, I have a relevant point…).
Nikolai Kondratiev made a wonderful contribution to economic history with his long wave theory. He argued that the capitalist development was made of long waves. These waves are 45 - 60 years long and represent one cycle of global economic growth. They are successive sine curves highly linked to innovations in technology. According to this theory, technology is pushing the economy of brands into their 3rd wave of development. The first era was led by technological advancement in the production of goods, such as, large-scale plants, the second wave came with the technological advancements in media such as TV, Radio and Print and the 3rd wave, the present one, is led by the advancements in Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
This post by Jane Bainbridge originally appeared on Research Live.
The internet of things (IoT) could open up the direct monetisation of data between individuals and brands according to Moeen Khawaja, partner of Umbrellium.
Speaking at today's Market Research Society conference, Connected World, and introducing his company's IoT search engine, thingful, Khawaja pointed to forecasts that within the next 15 years there will be between 10 and 26 connected objects per person.
One of the main reasons we set up the Warc 100 – our ranking of the world's 100 smartest campaigns, based on their performance in effectiveness and strategy awards over the previous year – was to reward those planners who know how to put together a great case study. And, recently, we've been reaching out to the people behind some of this year's top cases to learn the secrets of their success.
We've already spoken with Lach Hall, the man behind 'Overstay Checkout', number five on this year's list, and now it's the turn of Kusuma Kusoltawee at Ogilvy & Mather Bangkok and one of the authors of 'Smoking Kid', a heart-warming anti-smoking campaign for the Thai government that came seventh on the Warc 100. Read on for the case video – and Kusuma's behind-the-scenes story of the campaign's development.
Back in the day, market research seemed to have all the answers about brands. Indeed, the scientific apparatus of quantitative research - segmentation, clustering, modelling etc. - seemed so sophisticated compared with its slightly prosaic subject matter: soap, toothpaste, biscuits and the like. Yet now the reverse seems true: brands are so central to our culture and so deeply rooted in our psyche that it is the traditional tools of measurement which seem unequal to the task. Why?


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Kuba and Mud Cloth and Ways to Use It
Kuba cloth (also called raffia cloth) is a woven textile, usually decorated in interlocking patterns and made by the Kuba tribe of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mudcloth, on the other hand, is a dyed fabric from Mali that's decorated in linear geometric patterns. Both are durable, long-wearing fabrics that fit in well with modern decor.
Because of their durability, Kuba and mud cloth make great upholstery fabrics. They're frequently used to make pillows, table coverings, and wall hangings. They can also be framed and hung on the wall as artwork.
When purchasing textiles, it's always a good idea to stick to reputable retailers. In Congo, particularly, internal conflicts and war make it difficult to figure out whether products are being traded fairly. The Fair Trade Federation, based in Washington DC, helps concerned shoppers by labeling North American retailers with their "Fair Trade" stamp, meaning that they agree to adhere to guidelines for fair trade, including the supply chain of products "from point of origin to point of sale." You can find retailers certified by the Fair Trade Federation here.
- 1 A room from Taschen's African Interiors is layered in Kuba and mud cloth.
- 2 Apartment Therapy's DIY floor cushion tutorial shows how to make mud cloth pillows.
- 3 In a photo from Light Locations' Whitecross Farm, Kuba cloth is used as bedding.
- 4 Ananse Village is a Fair Trade Federation retailer that sells Kuba and mud cloth.
- 5 You can purchase fabric for your own projects.
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Thanks! How wonderful to support artists in Africa and have a very chic interior at the same time.
I've always loved kuba, bogolan and more. Iin my first book, AFRICAN ACCENTS, I offer creative ways to use these in home decor. One of my more recent projects was reupholstering the bench of my husband's baby grand piano so it would better fit the decor. Easy, and effective!


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Building Private and Hybrid Clouds
CloudForms Joins the IaaS Cloud Market
Earlier this month, Red Hat launched a beta program for CloudForms, a new product that allows users to create and manage Infrastructure-as-a-Service private and hybrid clouds. In this interview, JAXenter speaks to Bryan Che, who is responsible for product management at Red Hat, about this new project.
JAXenter: You recently launched a beta program for CloudForms. What is CloudForms?
Bryan Che: CloudForms is a software product for building private and hybrid IaaS clouds. It provides resource management, application lifecycle management, and infrastructure services.
Traditional IaaS products focus on resource management on top of a narrow set of virtualization and public cloud providers. CloudForms is much more comprehensive and offers:
-resource management for the entire IT infrastructure--not just
the portion virtualized with a particular hypervisor. Via
DeltaCloud support, CloudForms can manage your choice of physical
servers, virtualization hypervisor, and public cloud
-application management tools to bring your applications into the cloud and manage them there.
-infrastructure services, like storage and messaging, for building a cloud.
JAXenter: In your opinion, what are the key problems with first-generation cloud products? And how does CloudForms aim to address these?
Bryan: They focus just on resource management across a narrow set of virtualization and public cloud providers and thus don't deliver the benefit of cloud to all your IT infrastructure. They don't help you bring your applications into the cloud to make your cloud useful. And, they don't provide many key infrastructure services.
CloudForms provides capabilities across all this:
-Infrastructure services to build your cloud
-Resource management to manage and operate your cloud
-Application tools to get your applications into your cloud and use them there
JAXenter: What is the current status of the CloudForms IaaS?
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As this cool weather persists it seems odd to me that many of us only think to serve mulled wine over the holidays.
Think of it this way - mulled wine is to winter as Sangria is to summer. Seasonally appropriate, easy to make and delicious.
The history of mulled wine can be traced back to first century Rome, where it was originally made to protect wine from spoiling.
Since then, many different people and cultures have adapted the recipe to suit their tastes and cuisines. As a matter of fact, when I was investigating the history of mulled wine and browsing through the recipes, I was amazed as just how much variation there is.
The Nordic refer to mulled wine as glögg and make both alcohol and non-alcohol versions - some with fruit juice, often blackcurrant, while other versions may be made with red or white wine or spirits, most often port or whiskey.
Typically, glögg is served with rice pudding or ginger snaps.
Mulled wine made from port, red wine, lemons, oranges and spices, known as "smoking Bishop" has been popular in Britain since it's mention in Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol.
Other variants exist, for example a "smoking Pope" is made using red wine from Burgundy, while a "smoking Cardinal" is made with champagne.
In France, vin chaud or "hot wine" calls for lemon and eau-de-vie (water of life), a distilled spirit.
Germany, on the other hand, produces gluhwein from red wine and raisins and some recipes call for the addition of a shot of alcohol.
Greyano vino "heated wine" from Bulgaria is made of a combination of wine, honey and peppercorn while Hungarians make forralt bor "boiled wine" from their famous red wine Egri Bikavér (Bull's Blood of Eger) blended with spices and Amaretto.
In Canada, the Quebecois version is a blend of red wine, maple syrup and hard alcohol known as caribou.
Recipe for Mulled Wine:
4 cups apple cider
1 - 750 ml Cabernet Sauvignon
1/4 cup honey
2 cinnamon sticks
1 orange - both the zest and juice
4 whole cloves
3 star anise
oranges for garnish
Combine the cider, wine, honey, cinnamon sticks, zest, juice, cloves and star anise in a large pan, bring to a low boil then simmer on low heat for 10 min. Strain. Garnish with orange peel and serve.
Although this recipe calls for Cabernet Sauvignon, you may wish to substitute a less tannic, fruitier wine. If so, try a full-bodied fruity Zinfandel, spicy Shiraz, or Merlot.
DFJ Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, 2008, Portugal, PRICE: $18.06
This wine, from the Lisbon area of Portugal, is a blend of the red grapes Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca, grapes most often used for Port production.
This full-bodied dry wine has a floral nose complimented by black licorice and dried fruit. The savory palate features smoked meat, cloves and oysters.
Torres Salmos, 2009, Spain, PRICE: $36.10
Salmos is a red blend of Garnacha, Syrah and Carinena from the Priorat area of Spain.
This wine, made in a modern style, has concentrated flavors of black fruit, sour red berries and spice, complimented by warm alcohol, moderate to high acidity and smooth fine tannins. It is a forward, bold and full-bodied wine with a long fruit and spice-dominated finish.
Les Vins de Vienne Les Cranilles, 2010, France, PRICE: ($19.99 private wine store listing)
This dry high alcohol (14.8 per cent) medium- to full-bodied red blend spends 12 months in a combination of tanks and barrels.
It is dark garnet in color with an earthy profile of soil, barnyard, dried tobacco, sage, and red cherry.


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The legend puts on its winter boots and heads North
"I wouldn't take my Porsche out in this weather!' said the girl working the coffee shop where I stopped to wait for a looming snowstorm. A fanatic, she spotted the 911 Carrera through the light snow that had begun falling as I pulled into the parking lot.
My mission that evening was simple: find out how the legendary German sportscar would handle a Northern Ontario snowstorm. The tester, wearing winter tires, would travel highways 400 and 69 from Barrie to Sudbury- and directly through what Ontarian motorists call the 'snow belt'.
"You have a Porsche?!" I asked.
"No- I mean if. I don't own one. I wish I did."
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I waited an hour. The snow came- slowly at first, but then in thick, clumpy flakes that relentlessly assaulted the scenery.
Performance on ice?
Hours of back-road and highway driving in deep snow ensued. In addition to 911'a stable rear-engine handling, a slick stability control system quickly neutralized wheel-spin and slippage before it became a problem- though enough was allowed to maintain forward momentum as required.
911 accelerates and cruises in slippery conditions with relative confidence. It's nowhere near being 'all over the road' or 'scary' as fellow motorists wondered at the gas station in Nobel. On the other hand, it's not a Jeep Grand Cherokee, either.
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Government Putting Its Thumb On Stock Prices
Voices, February 26, 2010
James Chanos is chairman of The Coalition of Private Investment Companies and a proponent of short-selling. He oversees a site, financialdetectives.org, which collects statistics, arguments and historical support for short-selling.
February 24, 2010, the day the Securities and Exchange Commission issued its new rules on short-selling:
The unintended consequence of this rule will be an erosion of confidence at a critical time when the economic recovery is struggling to take hold amid unprecedented deleveraging worldwide.
The SEC rule would permit short selling only at a price above the national best bid for a stock declining more than 10% in value from the prior trading day close with a price test in place through the end of the next trading day.
Short sales would have to be entered as orders set above market prices and could not receive immediate execution.
This puts a government thumb on the scale of stock prices.
Studies and analyses of the short selling restraints imposed by the SEC in 2008 found that liquidity dried up, price discovery was slowed and stock prices continued to decline.
Again and again, we see that the fundamentals – a company's cash flow, the quality of its balance sheet, its potential to perform well – drive equity values. Efforts to prop up stock prices where the fundamentals will not sustain them will inevitably fail.
Investor confidence will not be served in the long term by the adoption of rules that decrease market efficiency, limit price discovery, and provide less protection against upward stock manipulation. Critical to our economic recovery is strong confidence in the ability of our markets to fairly price securities.
From June 19, 2009, comments to the SEC on proposed changes to short-selling rules:
The Coalition strongly opposed the Commission's emergency ban on short selling of financial stocks last fall. The Coalition and other commenters warned of the consequences that came to pass: the ban harmed investors, issuers, and the markets by increasing volatility, reducing liquidity, clouding price discovery, preventing effective hedging in rapidly declining markets, severely impeding the convertible bond market, and removing short sellers as potential buyers to cushion price declines.
Virtually every published study and article of which we are aware reached the same conclusions.
The Commission has long recognized the benefits that short selling brings to investors and the marketplace. In the release accompanying the proposed rules, the Commission reiterated the numerous benefits of short selling as follows:
"The Commission has long held the view that short selling provides the market with important benefits, including market liquidity and pricing efficiency. Market liquidity is often provided through short selling by market professionals, such as market makers (including specialists) and block positioners, who offset temporary imbalances in the buying and selling interest for securities.
Short sales effected in the market add to the selling intcrcst of stock available to purchasers and reduce the risk that the price paid by investors is artificially high because of a temporary imbalance between buying and selling interest. Short sellers covering their sales also may add to the buying interest of stock available to sellers.
Short selling also can contribute to the pricing efficiency of the equities markets. When a short seller speculates or hedges against a downward movement in a security, his transaction is a mirror image of the person who purchases the security in anticipation that the security's price will rise or to hedge against such an increase. Both the purchaser and the short seller hopc to profit, or hedge against loss, by buying the security at one price and selling at a higher price.
The strategies primarily differ in the sequence of transactions. Market participants who believe a stock is overvalued may engage in short sales in an attempt to profit from a perceived divergence of prices from true economic values. Such short sellers add to stock pricing efficiency because their transactions inform the market of their evaluation offuture stock price performance. This evaluation is reflected in the resulting market price of the security."
Numerous studies and reports confirm the benefits of short selling to investors. For example, studies have demonstrated that short selling deepens liquidity and improves market quality, narrowing spreads and promoting orderly buy and sell transactions.
Studies confirm that short selling also allows stocks to react more quickly to price-moving news. Short selling also helps to keep prices for exchange traded funds ("ETFs"), derivatives, and indices properly linked to underlying security prices through arbitrage strategies.
It further provides investors with risk-management opportunities that lower portfolio risks.
This was demonstrated between October 2007 and October 2008, when short-bias funds rose, while the Standard and Poor's 500 Index dropped.
While many in the general public may see short sellers as traders with negative views on stock prices who seek to drive prices still lower tbrough short selling, the Commission knows well that the vast majority of short sales are market neutral, where the seller has no view of the fundamentals of a particular company but is hedging a position in another security or other asset, or simply is locking in a spread.
This occurs, for example, with buyers of convertible bonds, who short the underlying equity security as a hedge. A trader also might go long options and/or futures and then short the individual equities that comprise the corresponding index. In this case, the trader has no fundamental view of the 2,000 stocks being shorted; he simply is locking in a spread. Recent estimates by Credit Suisse indicate that only about 0.7% of hedge funds were dedicated to short trades, while the majority of hedge funds were long only or engaged in longshort strategies.
Thus, the level of scorn - and blame - heaped upon fundamental or directional short sellers is wholly out of proportion to the level of their activity.
The release proposes two different types of circuit breaker rules, as either an addition or an alternative to the proposed tick test restrictions, and which would only apply after declines of more than 10% in the share price of a covered security from the prior day's closing price (unless the circuit breaker was triggered within thirty minutes of the end of regular trading hours). One form of circuit breaker would, when triggered, prohibit any person from selling short that security in any market it is traded, while the circuit breaker is in effect. The other, when triggered, would impose short sale price restrictions for that security (either the national bid test or the uptick rule).
Under any of the Commission's proposals, short sales will be restricted and liquidity will diminish.
While reducing the level of short sales is the goal of the Commission's proposed rules, the costs to investors will be greater.
As the Commission itself has acknowledged, the proposed rules may result in a "decrease in market efficiency," a "decrease in ... price discovery," "less protection against upward stock price manipulations," "less efficient al1ocation of capital," a "decrease in liquidity," "an increase in trading eosts," wider spreads, shallower quote depths, and slower executions.
It is important to understand that the rules not only would limit short selling, they will reduce buying as well.
While the proposals are less severe than an outright ban, implementation of any of the alternatives nonetheless would create impediments to short selling
As Bill O'Brien of Direct Edge explained at the Commission's recent Roundtable Discussion to Examine Short Sale Price Test and Circuit Breaker Restrictions:
"Broad restrictions on the execution of short sales without efforts to target improper conduct would have a fairly certain and significant negative effect on market operation without accompanying benefits. Studies of mature equity markets evidence that restrictions on short selling reduce trading volumes and increase transaction costs in the affected securities without preventing substantial sharp declines in asset prices.
Thus, the only likely outcome of implementing these rules before the Commission is a silent tax on American investors through higher transaction costs and reduced execution flexibility, with benefits that are illusory at best."
There are always those who only support free markets when stocks ascend and then prefer intervention during price corrections and a return to rational values. Adopting policies that threaten the existence of deep and liquid securities markets has profound implications, not only for short sellers but for the integrity of our markets.
When the U.S. government intervenes by taking unjustified actions to support stock prices, investors who buy at those inflated prices will certainly be the losers.
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The funding came from the U.S. Small Business Administration. It hopes to increase the number of Missouri small businesses that export, which would create more jobs and more investment in the state.
Missouri set a state record last year with $14.1 billion in export sales revenue.
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Lansing Lions holding football and cheerleading sign-ups
LANSING | Lansing Lions youth football and cheerleading is holding sign-ups for boys and girls ages 5-14 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. March 28 at Memorial Junior High, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. May 3 at Reavis Elementary, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. May 10 at Coolidge Elementary, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. May 17 at Oak Glen Elementary, and from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Wolcott School.
Diamond Queens 14U softball team seeks player
The Diamond Queens 14U softball team is still looking for one player. The team will offer a full season of travel at a reduced cost. For details, call (219) 577-7377 or visit diamondqueensfastpitch.com.
Sunday 16-inch softball league looking for teams
UNIVERSITY PARK | University Park Parks and Recreation is looking for teams to participate in its Men's 16-Inch Sunday Softball League. Games will be played on the Riegel Farm and Olmsted Park softball diamonds. League fee is $575 per team. The regular season will be at least 10 games followed by a double-elimination tournament.
The next league meeting is 6 p.m. March 23 at the Riegel Farm office, 580 Farmview Road. For details, call Greg Murray at (708) 534-6456.
Monday night adult volleyball league at OTSSA
CROWN POINT | A Monday night competitive adult volleyball league is starting at On the Square Sports Academy, 105 N. Court St., on March 25. A deposit is needed to hold a spot -- only two spots left. For details, call (219) 808-5290 or go to www.otssa.com.
CMPD holding Health and Fitness Expo on Saturday
CALUMET CITY | The Calumet Memorial Park District's Health and Fitness Expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sandridge Community Center, 600 Ogelsby Ave. The free event features a blood pressure check, spine alignment details for a licensed chiropractor, personal health and cosmetic car, and information from medical and fitness vendors.
For details, call (708) 862-0880.
Spring Break Basketball Camp at The Fieldhouse
MERRILLVILLE | Pro U will hold its Spring Break FUNdamentals of Basketball and Strictly Shooting School for boys and girls in grades 3-12 at the Fieldhouse-Merrillville, 899 East 99th Court, on March 25-27 and April 1-3. Both sessions of FUNdamentals of Basketball will run from 10 a.m. to noon; both sessions of Strictly Shooting School will run from 1 to 3 p.m. Cost is $50 per session, or $45 per session if attend two sessions the same week, and $30 for each additional camper. Team rate for 10 players is $400.
For details, call (219) 738-2424 or go to www.thefieldhouse-merrillville.com.
Fleet Feet Sports offering youth running training
SCHERERVILLE | Fleet Feet Sports is offering a Youth No Boundaries 5K running program for boys and girls ages 8-13. The program will focus on teaching the children the fundamentals of running, along with providing the training needed to complete a 5K (3.1 miles) run on June 22 at the Firecracker 5K in Chesterton. An information meeting is cheduled for noon April 20 at Feet Feet Sports, 635 E. U.S. 30. The program, which costs $125, begins April 27.
To register, or for details, go to www.fleetfeetschererville.com.
Crown Point Parks seek softball umpires, teams
CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Parks Department is looking for adult ASA slow-pitch umpires for its summer leagues. The department also has two team opening in the Tuesday Night Men's lower divisions, and one opening in the Wednesday Night Men's upper division.
For details, call Dick Zurbriggen at (219) 776-0654.
Hobart Storm 10U baseball team seeks player
The Hobart Storm 10U baseball team is looking for one player/pitcher to complete its 2013 roster. The Storm is a part-time team that allows players to play travel tournaments while playing in-house leagues at the same time. Those interested should call Luke Donsbach at (219) 313-2920.
Spots available for Crown Point Sunday Softball League
CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Sunday Softball League still has team spots available. Cost is $550 per team. The season begins May 19 with a pre-season tournament. Teams have until April 1 to reserve a spot. For details, call league director James Shrader at (219) 794-4327.
Andrean to host softball clinic on April 6
MERRILLVILLE | Andrean softball coach Brooke Baker and her 2012 state champion 59ers team will host the Lady Niners Spring Softball Clinic for non-high school players April 6 at the high school. Times are from 2 to 4 p.m. for defense, hitting and throwing, and from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for pitching. Registration fee is $75. To register, or for more information, call Brooke Baker at (219) 427-4876 or Rick Baker at (219) 613-1017.
Indiana Angels 14U softball team seeks players
The Indiana Angels 14U softball team is looking for finalize its spring and summer roster. Solid all-around players who swing a big stick are being sought. All positions are considered open and all playing time is earned. For details, call Bill Gerolimos at (219) 488-6915.
Indiana Chiefs holding 14U/15U Memorial Baseball Tournament
HAMMOND | The Indiana Chiefs of Hammond are looking for teams to participate in the inaugural Tony Klaja Memorial 14U/15U Baseball Tournament, to be held May 24-27 at Riverside Park. Each team will be guaranteed a minimum of four games.
Interested teams should contact Dave Sutkowski at (219) 852-9461, Todd Iwema at (219) 313-5996, or go to www.hammondchiefs.com.
De La Salle seeks high school hockey coach
CHICAGO | De La Salle High School is looking for a varsity head hockey coach. Those interested should contact athletic director Tom White at (312) 842-7355, ext. 118 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Chicago Blackhawk players to appear at Bridges
GRIFFITH | Bridges' Scoreboard Restaurant and Sports Bar, 121 N. Griffith Blvd., will host several upcoming appearances from current Chicago Blackhawk players.
From 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 27, Blackhawk defenseman Nick Leddy will appear; and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 11, Blackhawk winger Brandon Saad will appear.
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door for Leddy, and $20 in advance and $30 at the door for Saad. Including with admission to all events are two autographs of any two items and one photo opportunity.
For details, call (219) 924-2206.
Playmakers 14U baseball team seeks players
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post7287777341101636022..comments2014-10-01T00:13:52.541-07:00Comments on Sew Inspired: straight line quiltingVickihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-55957614831105091182010-11-26T17:48:08.678-08:002010-11-26T17:48:08.678-08:00Oh wow, I finally found the time to watch the vide...Oh wow, I finally found the time to watch the video linked above. I think that will totally solve my problems! I wish I had found it sooner! I loosen my presser foot pressure a bit, but didn't think it would work if I loosened it more. I didn't try it, though. Next project... I will try a sample and adjust my presser foot pressure until it is right!Vickihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-80579189257125613752010-11-25T18:29:16.102-08:002010-11-25T18:29:16.102-08:00Beth - that link to Marguerita's video had me ...Beth - that link to Marguerita's video had me sitting on the couch with my mouth gaping open going "That's exactly what happens to me!" I love her videos! Thanks sooo much for pointing this out - I will check out my settings as soon as I get home!Abbyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-43517554355590486722010-11-24T21:50:56.228-08:002010-11-24T21:50:56.228-08:002 words! Fusible Batting!2 words! Fusible Batting!Candied Fabricshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-74536368983077340522010-11-24T19:21:22.304-08:002010-11-24T19:21:22.304-08:00I pin baste the whole quilt streching it our on th...I pin baste the whole quilt streching it our on the carpet and pining all around the edges with T pins to hold it in place while I put in the safty pins. Then I loosen the pressure on the pressure foot so it is not pressing down so hard, and make the stich a bit bigger. This has been pretty successful for me.Tinahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-3309430817767591742010-11-24T12:58:19.376-08:002010-11-24T12:58:19.376-08:00I had the same question and loved reading everyone...I had the same question and loved reading everyones answers! Enjoy your Thanksgiving;)L Johnsonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-47149185355378483302010-11-24T12:30:28.176-08:002010-11-24T12:30:28.176-08:00Spray baste AND pins.Spray baste AND pins.teaginnyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-13032070335861724982010-11-24T12:06:15.814-08:002010-11-24T12:06:15.814-08:00Here's a tip on pin basting: take the tiniest ...Here's a tip on pin basting: take the tiniest bite possible with your pin. Use the smallest pins you can stand and use a spoon or one of those pin basting sticks to secure them. 4-6" apart (the size of your fist) should be plenty. Stabilizing the quilt first will help too. Stabilizing is accomplished by sewing the main horizontal and vertical lines first - starting in the middle and email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-43899636625873723352010-11-24T10:36:47.295-08:002010-11-24T10:36:47.295-08:00One more thing that I do is stitch in the ditch ar...One more thing that I do is stitch in the ditch around the blocks/large areas before I start straight line quilting.Mary on Lake Pulaskihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-80070255880501730232010-11-24T08:10:57.736-08:002010-11-24T08:10:57.736-08:00Thanks everyone for the discussion. I do use a wal...Thanks everyone for the discussion. I do use a walking foot on both of my sewing machines. I pin baste, and honestly, I usually pin around 6" apart. And that is plenty for when I do free motion quilting; I don't have shifting issues ever when I free motion quilt. So I guess my basting could be really improved for better straight line quilting.

When I did my watercolor quilt, Vickihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-16827638177293411852010-11-24T08:05:50.555-08:002010-11-24T08:05:50.555-08:00Pat - check your pressure with the video I posted ...Pat - check your pressure with the video I posted up there - it'll show you where it is. Also - great video on the spray basting wall!!! Thanks, Anita!beth lehmanhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-57791981296793966382010-11-24T07:23:53.707-08:002010-11-24T07:23:53.707-08:00Vicki, I just did a blog post on this subject if y...Vicki, I just did a blog post on this subject if you're interested

http://anitaheadyfiberarts.blogspot.com/2010/11/walking-foot.htmlAnitahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-32161020347586254852010-11-24T06:51:17.740-08:002010-11-24T06:51:17.740-08:00I too have an old viking. I recently bought a wal...I too have an old viking. I recently bought a walking foot for it. I tried to straight line horizontal lines and ended up with an awful mess! I had to rip out the whole quilt. I was checking for wrinkles and puckers and did not notice how bad the quilt was shifting from side to side. The top had shifted off the batting and backing. I think these were my problem: the walking foot is the wrongpat.hedrickhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-91913685111686536492010-11-24T06:09:07.027-08:002010-11-24T06:09:07.027-08:00I'm so excited to read these tips - I haven...I'm so excited to read these tips - I haven't come across some of them yet..!! I have a Viking and spent most of the summer working on straight line quilting with a walking foot. The puckering was so bad that I have ripped out 2 quilts worth - and went on to other projects that I free motion stippled on instead! Somehow at the end of the summer I came across this... http://beth lehmanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-10084812913198559442010-11-24T05:19:57.094-08:002010-11-24T05:19:57.094-08:00I agree with Leslie. The other thing I do is chang...I agree with Leslie. The other thing I do is change the direction of my pins. I always have the open end of the pin (the side that can pull the fabric a little bit) going towards the nearest edge, but I alternate. For instance, in a given row at the bottom of the quilt, the pins might be like this (L=left, R=right, D=down):

LDLDLDRDRDRD

Does that make sense? Always pinning Emmahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-22514503182375841912010-11-24T05:19:13.846-08:002010-11-24T05:19:13.846-08:00Hi Vicki! I've done some straight line quilti...Hi Vicki! I've done some straight line quilting. One important question...are you using a walking foot (also called an even feed foot)? It gives you another set of feed dogs on top of the fabric. Also, how are you basting the quilt sandwich? I use adhesive spray baste called "505 Spray and Fix" and it is the best fabric adhesive on the market. My newbie quilting students just Anitahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-1030036923841168872010-11-24T05:11:15.921-08:002010-11-24T05:11:15.921-08:00my most important tool for sewing straight lines c...my most important tool for sewing straight lines cause that is virtually all that i do is my walking foot. it is so necessary. it will feed all that fabric and batting through together and you will not get any shift or pull....you still have to set your tension and all that but just that thing alone makes a world of difference!!!Lesliehttp://email@example.com


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Candidate stability and nonbinary social choice
AbstractThe requirement that a voting procedure be immune to the strategic withdrawal of a candidate for election can be formalized in different ways. Dutta, Jackson, and Le Breton (Econometrica, 2001) have recently shown that two formalizations of this candidate stability property are incompatible with some other desirable properties of voting procedures. This article shows that Grether and Plott's nonbinary generalization of Arrow's Theorem can be used to provide simple proofs of two of their impossibility theorems. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
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