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The injured Ilkay Gundogan took a visit to New York City and visited the NBC Sports Studios to act as an analyst while City played Liverpool on March 19 at the Etihad Stadium.
Gundogan was in NYC as part of a promo for City's upcoming tour of the US this summer.
He was joined by Gabriel Jesus for the majority of the trip but it was Ilkay alone as he helped the NBC presenters analyse our very important Premier League fixture against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.
Gundogan will hopefully be back on his way to playing fitness for our three fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Real Madrid in July in the US.


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The Cannes Film Festival has announced its lineup for 2018, with new films from Spike Lee, David Robert Mitchell and 87-year-old Jean-Luc Godard hitting the Croisette, along with the previously announced Solo: A Star Wars Story, which will screen out of competition.
Lee will bring BlacKkKlansman, the true story of an African-American police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. Mitchell, who made the 2014 horrorIt Follows, has a crime thriller called Under the Silver Lake, about a man who becomes obsessed with a woman's mysterious disappearance.
And it's anyone's guess what Godard will unveil with his 44th feature, The Image Book. The "long synopsis" at the film's website says, sans punctuation: "nothing but silence nothing but a revolutionary song a story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand."
Other filmmakers in competition for the Palme d'Or include Italy's Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah), Polish-born Pawel Pawlikowski (Ida) and Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (After the Storm).
But 2018 may be notable for its absences at the festival. For the second year in a row, there are no Canadians among the competition films – Cannes regular Xavier Dolan has said his newest, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, won't be ready in time.
Dolan had also flirted with turning his back on Cannes after his last film, It's Only the End of the World, was savaged there by the press. New rules this year mean critics won't see the premieres until the same time as the black-tie galas, meaning they won't have a chance to weigh in early on a film's prospects.
Also missing will be any films from streaming giant Netflix, which made enemies among Cannes organizers last year for refusing to release its competition films Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories in theatres. Rather than bend to the festival's will, Netflix this year has announced it will not participate, which means a new Orson Welles documentary, a restored version of Welles's unfinished film The Other Side of the Wind, and new movies from Paul Greengrass and Alfonso Cuarón will find other places to premiere.
Female directors are also underrepresented for the 71st time in the festival's 71-year history. This year, only three of the 17 competition films are directed by women: Nadine Labaki of Lebanon, France's Eva Husson, and Italy's Alice Rohrwacher. That's the same number as last year and the year before. The high-water mark for women directors at Cannes was in 2011. There were four.
The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 8 to 19. Chris Knight will be filing regular reports from the festival.

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Monday, March 4, 2013
Not Meeting the Challenge
I read 2 of 3 books chosen for the American Battle of the Prizes: Edward Jones' The Known World and E.L. Doctorow's World's Fair. Both were well worth the reading. These books exemplify what's great about challenge reading: because I normally concentrate on literary classics, I probably never would have gotten around to them (good as they are, they are too "new") without the push of participating in that National Book Award winners vs. Pulitzer Prize winners challenge.
I also joined the British Battle of the Prizes, a pitched battle between Man Booker Prize winners and James Tait Black Memorial Prize winners. But for this one, alas, I didn't read a single book. I still want to read the books I chose, and I'm still on the quest to read all the Booker winners, but because of my failure to perform, the challenge framework just made me feel guilty. That's the clear downside of the challenge game.
Rose City Reader, who hosted both of these challenges, decided to retire them after the 2012 season. Perhaps they had run their course. Perhaps she decided to concentrate on her very successful European Reading Challenge. Whatever the reason, they were fun while they lasted!
As for my own, the Birth Year Reading Challenge - Honors, I started one book, bought the second, and pretty much abandoned even the idea of the third, having lost all interest in it almost as soon as I chose it. Sigh.
That's truly pitiful, and it has me thinking about challenge reading and blogging in general. I did hardly any reading in 2012, but I accomplished a lot of other things (made huge strides at work, tried very diligently over a whole summer to buy a house, moved to a rented house that I love in a wonderful small town, deepened a very special relationship, formed many new friendships, traveled to some beautiful and fascinating places, and co-hosted a very festive holiday open house). All that took time away from reading and blogging.
I also discovered Facebook. For me, it was a mixed blessing. I was determined to be the Last Person on Earth to Join, the sole holdout from the social media world. But when the new man in my life told me he shared all his pictures that way and I wanted to see them, I gave in . . . and from there it was a slippery slope. I am very much in favor of the amazing, unexpected, fruitful connections that can arise. But even used wisely, Facebook is a huge time soak. Again, less time for reading and blogging.
I took an unscheduled vacation from blogging, and now that I'm feeling the urge to return, I notice some of my best bloggy friends are also on vacation, or have shut down their blogs, or have segued into new blogs, or are simply posting less frequently. I guess that's all good. Circumstances change, and we change, and not everything that's wonderful has to be permanent.
I have decided to keep blogging, not from any sense of obligation but because I enjoy it, because I feel I am returning to it fresh,and because I have made friends here, real friends, even if not all of us know each other's real names.
I don't expect to do any challenge reading this year, except maybe my own challenge. I thought long and hard about hosting another year of the Birth Year Reading Challenge, but I'm in, after all (announcement coming soon). I will keep on with reading the Booker winners. I will be moderate about Facebook. I will enjoy the longer posts that blogging allows. And I will cherish and maintain the friendships I've started in the blogosphere. That's what it comes down to, at last: keeping in touch.
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Thank you for letting me feel less guilty about not completing the BY challenge. I tried; I really did. Then life got in the way as it often does. Oh, and all those other ways you mentioned to learn about the world . Reading does take time and no matter how shallow the information we still have to process the words and thought behind them. Or just look at pictures.ReplyDelete
I have enjoyed meeting, and getting to know, you and your part of the world. Glad you're back.
Keeping in touch is good, and I for one am glad you're back on the air!ReplyDelete
My reading is proving more challenging too, I am frequently disappointed in the amount I get done, life can be like that sometimes.
Hhhhmmmm, thought I left a comment but it doesn't seem to be here. I'll try againReplyDelete
Delighted to hear your voice again, and find out what you're up to! I have to confess that my reading has not been all I would like it to be, partially too many too serious books, and not enough ones that make me WANT to read, and then there's all those other things that get in the way!
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Oreneta, I have had spam issues so I have gone to full moderation for a while. Sorry for the inconvenience it caused you!Delete
I'm enjoying being back, in a moderate way, and trying to carve out more time for reading and the things that really matter (like keeping up with blog friends!). I hear you on the reading - so many good and fun books, and I like to dabble now and not be so driven by tasks and promises.
Stephanie, I'm glad I could help. It surprises me that so many of us seem to be having the same loss of momentum and refocusing on real life, and it's nice to know I'm not alone. I have enjoyed meeting you, too, and without blogging we probably never would have met. So that's really good!ReplyDelete


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The Challenge
The challenge of walking 24 of the highest peaks of the UK is one of the ultimate goals of many people. It's a tough one but it can be done as long as you are fit.
We walk over Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England.
We meet on the Friday evening in Penrith and are taken to Ambleside Youth Hostel where we have dinner followed by a briefing of the weekend's events.
Saturday We leave early to start our walk, ascending Bow Fell, Esk Pike, Great End, Broad Crag, I'll Crag, Scafell Pike, Great Gable, Green Gable and Base Brown.
We descend to finish in Seathwaite before going back to the youth hostel for the evening meal and relaxation.
Sunday We go in the minibus on an early start again now to the other side of the lakes to ascend Red Screes, Dove Crag, Hart Crag, Fairfield, Seat Sandal, Dollywaggon Pike, Nethermost Pike, Helvellyn, Lower Man, Brown Cove Crags, Whiteside, Raise, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson's Dodd, Great Dodd.
In total 24 peaks with excellent views and scenery from start to finish. Don't forget your camera!
Come and join us on this exhilarating and unforgettable event.
There will be a presentation of certificates at the end as we celebrate your achievement!
Transport to Ambleside may be available from Sheffield depending on numbers for a small charge.
We can pick you up free of charge from Penrith Railway Station around 5.30pm Friday
Challenge Details
Duration : 3 Days. Friday 6pm we meet at Penrith to Sunday 6-8pm finish.
Grade : Tough
Challenge Date
20th to 2nd May 2016
8th to 10th July 2016
12th to 14th May 2017
14th to 16th July 2017
Other group dates can be arranged.
Challenge Prices
Self Funded : Registration fee of £60, plus a balance of £290 (£295 for 2017 events)
Fundraising : Registration fee of £60, plus a fundraising Target of £580 (£590 for 2017 events)
What is Included
All meals and snacks
Qualified guides
Mini bus
Sheets for the beds are provided in the Youth Hostel
What is not included
Personal outdoor clothing
Day Rucksack
Spending money (suggest £20)
Challenge images
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Experiential Learning
Defining experiential learning
At its core, experiential learning is the expression of "learning by doing." The work of David A. Kolb (1984) is often cited as being foundational to defining the theories and principles which structure the experiential pedagogies.
"Learners, if they are to be effective, need four different kinds of abilities–concrete experience abilities, reflective observation abilities, abstract conceptualization abilities and active experimentation abilities. That is, they must be able to involve themselves fully, openly, and without bias in new experiences. They must be able to reflect on and observe their experiences from many perspectives. They must be able to create concepts that integrate their observations into logically sound theories, and they must be able to use these theories to make decisions and solve problems" (Kolb, 1984).
Experiential learning generates knowledge that comes about through reflection on everyday experiences, some of which may be generated by the learners themselves (Jeffs and Smith 2003). Experiential education involves experiential learning through programs & activities structured by others, often outside of the traditional classroom (Neill, 2006).
Experiential learning's significance
Experiential learning teaches students the competencies they need for real-world success as the public is clamoring for an education that teaches students the competencies they need for real-world success. Although we can simulate the real world in the classroom and laboratory, authentic experiential learning creates an invaluable opportunity to prepare students for a profession or career, learn the craft of a fine artist, or discover how the discipline creates evidence to contribute to its body of knowledge.
Experiential learning motivates this type of deep learning for students and provides the conditions for optimally supporting student learning. When students are engaged in learning experiences that they see the relevance of, they have increased motivation to learn. Students are also motivated when they are provided opportunities for practice and feedback. Experiential learning meets these criteria and more (Ambrose, et. al., 2010).
Experiential learning in theory
Kolb's (1984) cycle of learning (see figure below) provides the theoretical framework of experiential learning.
UGA's Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) serves as an example of a program at The University of Georgia that aligns with Kolb's experiential learning cycle. CURO offers University of Georgia undergraduates the opportunity to engage in faculty-mentored research regardless of discipline, major or GPA – even students in their first year. Components of the program that illustrate Kolb's experiential learning cycle:
Act: Students pursue a self-selected research project, allowing them to earn course credit hours which can count towards degree program completion.
Reflect: Students perform research with their faculty mentor and research educator, reflecting on the challenges and successes of the research endeavor.
Think: Reflection can bring about thinking in the research setting the presentation of research (Symposium); securing additional funding (Summer Fellowships) and publication of research (JURO, the Journal of Undergraduate Research).
Apply: As students and research mentors develop the research relationship, students are compelled to apply their findings and continue their research and professional development and, thereby, nurture a deeper understanding of their chosen field.
Experiential learning in practice
Experiential learning has the following elements (Association for Experiential Education, 2007-2014):
- Experiential learning occurs when carefully chosen experiences are supported by reflection, critical analysis and synthesis.
- Experiences are structured to require the learner to take initiative, make decisions and be accountable for results.
- Throughout the experiential learning process, the learner is actively engaged in posing questions, investigating, experimenting, being curious, solving problems, assuming responsibility, being creative, and constructing meaning.
- Learners are engaged intellectually, emotionally, socially, soulfully and/or physically. This involvement produces a perception that the learning task is authentic.
- The results of the learning are personal and form the basis for future experience and learning.
- Relationships are developed and nurtured: learner to self, learner to others and learner to the world at large.
- The educator and learner may experience success, failure, adventure, risk-taking and uncertainty, because the outcomes of experience cannot totally be predicted.
- Opportunities are nurtured for learners and educators to explore and examine their own values.
- The educator's primary roles include setting suitable experiences, posing problems, setting boundaries, supporting learners, insuring physical and emotional safety, and facilitating the learning process.
- The educator recognizes and encourages spontaneous opportunities for learning.
- Educators strive to be aware of their biases, judgments and pre-conceptions, and how these influence the learner.
- The design of the learning experience includes the possibility to learn from natural consequences, mistakes and successes.
High-impact educational practices
First-Year Seminars and Experiences
Many schools now build into the curriculum first-year seminars or other programs that bring small groups of students together with faculty or staff on a regular basis. The highest-quality first-year experiences place a strong emphasis on critical inquiry, frequent writing, information literacy, collaborative learning, and other skills that develop students' intellectual and practical competencies. First-year seminars can also involve students with cutting-edge questions in scholarship and with faculty members' own research.
Common Intellectual Experiences
The older idea of a "core" curriculum has evolved into a variety of modern forms, such as a set of required common courses or a vertically organized general education program that includes advanced integrative studies and/or required participation in a learning community. These programs often combine broad themes—e.g., technology and society, global interdependence—with a variety of curricular and cocurricular options for students.
Learning Communities
The key goals for learning communities are to encourage integration of learning across courses and to involve students with "big questions" that matter beyond the classroom. Students take two or more linked courses as a group and work closely with one another and with their professors. Many learning communities explore a common topic and/or common readings through the lenses of different disciplines. Some deliberately link "liberal arts" and "professional courses"; others feature service learning.
Writing-Intensive Courses
These courses emphasize writing at all levels of instruction and across the curriculum, including final-year projects. Students are encouraged to produce and revise various forms of writing for different audiences in different disciplines. The effectiveness of this repeated practice "across the curriculum" has led to parallel efforts in such areas as quantitative reasoning, oral communication, information literacy, and, on some campuses, ethical inquiry.
Collaborative Assignments and Projects
Collaborative learning combines two key goals: learning to work and solve problems in the company of others, and sharpening one's own understanding by listening seriously to the insights of others, especially those with different backgrounds and life experiences. Approaches range from study groups within a course, to team-based assignments and writing, to cooperative projects and research.
Undergraduate Research
Many colleges and universities are now providing research experiences for students in all disciplines. Undergraduate research, however, has been most prominently used in science disciplines. With strong support from the National Science Foundation and the research community, scientists are reshaping their courses to connect key concepts and questions with students' early and active involvement in systematic investigation and research. The goal is to involve students with actively contested questions, empirical observation, cutting-edge technologies, and the sense of excitement that comes from working to answer important questions.
Study Abroad and Global Learning
Many colleges and universities now emphasize courses and programs that help students explore cultures, life experiences, and worldviews different from their own. These studies—which may address U.S. diversity, world cultures, or both—often explore "difficult differences" such as racial, ethnic, and gender inequality, or continuing struggles around the globe for human rights, freedom, and power. Frequently, intercultural studies are augmented by experiential learning in the community and/or by study abroad.
Service Learning, Community-Based Learning
In these programs, field-based "experiential learning" with community partners is an instructional strategy—and often a required part of the course. The idea is to give students direct experience with issues they are studying in the curriculum and with ongoing efforts to analyze and solve problems in the community. A key element in these programs is the opportunity students have to both apply what they are learning in real-world settings and reflect in a classroom setting on their service experiences. These programs model the idea that giving something back to the community is an important college outcome, and that working with community partners is good preparation for citizenship, work, and life.
Internships are another increasingly common form of experiential learning. The idea is to provide students with direct experience in a work setting—usually related to their career interests—and to give them the benefit of supervision and coaching from professionals in the field. If the internship is taken for course credit, students complete a project or paper that is approved by a faculty member.
Capstone Courses and Projects
Whether they're called "senior capstones" or some other name, these culminating experiences require students nearing the end of their college years to create a project of some sort that integrates and applies what they've learned. The project might be a research paper, a performance, a portfolio of "best work," or an exhibit of artwork. Capstones are offered both in departmental programs and, increasingly, in general education as well.
References and Additional Resources
Ambrose, S. A., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C., & Norman, M. K. (2010). How learning works: 7 research-based principles for smart teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Association of American Colleges & Universities (2008). High impact educational practices: A brief overview. Retrieved from https://www.aacu.org/leap/hips
Association of American Colleges & Universities (2010). "New research on internships and experiential learning programs." Retrieved from http://www.aacu.org/publications-research/periodicals/new-research-internships-and-experiential-learning-programs
Association for Experiential Education (2007-2014). What is experiential education? Retrieved from http://www.aee.org/what-is-ee
Cannon, H. M., & Feinstein, A. H. (2014). Bloom beyond bloom: Using the revised taxonomy to develop experiential learning strategies. Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Learning, 32. Retrieved from https://journals.tdl.org/absel/index.php/absel/article/view/624
Eyler, J. (2009). "The Power of Experiential Education." Retrieved from https://www.aacu.org/publications-research/periodicals/power-experiential-education
Eynon, B., Gambino, L. M., & Török, J. (2014). What difference can ePortfolio make? A field report from the Connect to Learning Project. International Journal of ePortfolio, 4(1), 95-114. Retrieved from http://www.theijep.com/pdf/ijep127.pdf
Jeffs, T. and Smith, M. K. (1997, 2005, 2011). 'What is informal education?', The encyclopaedia of informal education. Retrieved from http://infed.org/mobi/what-is-informal-education/
Kinzie, J. (2012). "Fostering student learning and success: The value of high impact practices." Retrieved from http://www.d.umn.edu/vcaa/sem/kinzieHO2012%283%29.pdf
Kolb, D. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Clifs: NJ, Prentice-Hall.
Miller, D. and L. Olesova (2015). Designing and implementing experiential learning through multimedia-based activities and blogging. 2015 Online Learning Consortium Effective Practice Award Winner. Retrieved from http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/effective_practices/designing-and-implementing-experiential-learning-through-multimedia-based-activi
National Society for Experiential Education (1998). "Eight Principles of Good Practice for All Experiential Learning Activities." Retrieved from http://www.nsee.org/8-principles
Neill, James. (2006). What is experiential learning? Retrieved from http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/ExperientialLearningWhatIs.html
UGA Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Learning Community Project, The Nexus Classroom. Retrieved from http://ctlsites.uga.edu/nexus-flc/
Wurdinger, D. D., & Carlson, J. A. (2010). Teaching for experiential learning: Five approaches that work. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education.


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Gold Coasters Slugged $3 Levee To Help Save The Koalas
Cost of a coffee to save a koala
For the price of a small coffee a year, Gold Coasters will be helping to save the lives of our local koalas.
In the new financial year, ratepayers will be forking over a $3 levee to a new Koala Fund.
The $800,000 raised in 2018/19 will then be put towards protecting the furry, Aussie icon.
Councillor Cameron Caldwell helped make the announcement on Friday morning, saying it is a worthwhile cause.
"I believe that the $3 levee is a small price for all of us to pay," he said.
"We can swap a coffee for a koala and I think that's a wonderful gesture for all Gold Coasters to make".
Council will use the cash, as well as getting a $10 million loan, to buy land in the northern suburbs, which will then be kept as protected koala habitats.
Mayor Tom Tate said the koalas and the land won't be hidden away from the public though, with council planning on opening 30 walking trails through the sanctuaries so we can catch a glimpse of the cuddly natives.
"No longer are we going to lock up our open space, we are opening it up for locals and tourists alike," said Cr Tate.
The City Budget will be delivered on June 21, with general rates expected to go up by CPI or less.


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Preseason Awards
Most Valuable Player - Tom Brady, New England Patriots
You think that Brady just may be playing with a chip on his shoulder this season? It sure seems that way in the wake of the whole Deflategate brouhaha as a 38 year old Brady is currently having the best season of his career and at this rate, he is on pace to throw for 46 touchdown passes and a record 5,508 yards. The Patriots are clearly the best team in the league this season and above all us, Brady is the reason why.
Runner-Up - Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals
Offensive Player of the Year - Tom Brady, New England Patriots
The debate over whether this is an award for the best non-QB in the league, as the best QB would indubitably be the MVP, will probably never end. But frankly with the kind of offensive numbers that he has been putting up, there is no reason that Brady should not be getting this award as well. He simply has been the best offensive player in the league this year.
Runner-Up - Julio Jones, Atlanta Falcons
Defensive Player of the Year - Josh Norman, Carolina Panthers
As much as I would love to give this award to one of my favorites, Charles Woodson, I think it has got to go to the breakout cornerback for the Panthers. Norman has been one of the key reasons why the Panthers sit here without a loss as he has arguably been the top cornerback in the league this season. Less than half of passes thrown his way have been completed and he has got four picks on the season thus far, taking two of them to the house.
Runner-Up - Charles Woodson, Oakland Raiders
Offensive Rookie of the Year - Todd Gurley, St. Louis Rams
Gurley has only really played in four games this season and he currently is fifth in the league in rushing. He has far and away the most yards per game of any back in the NFL thus far with a 115 yard average and is averaging a very strong six yards a carry. And he is doing thus without much production at quarterback and an inconsistent offensive line. If you want to make a case that Gurley has already become the best back in the NFL, I am listening.
Runner-Up - Amari Cooper, Oakland Raiders
Defensive Rookie of the Year - Ronald Darby, Buffalo Bills
There have been a number of really good rookie cornerbacks, including our runner-up below, but I give the slight edge to Darby. Pro Football Focus lists them as their top rookie corner and one of their best period, and not only is that impressive in general, it is made more impressive when given the fact that the Bills' pass rush has been terrible this season as they have only 11 sacks.
Runner-Up - Marcus Peters, Kansas City Chiefs
Comeback Player of the Year - Chris Johnson, Arizona Cardinals
You can make a great case for Carson Palmer here as he has been terrific this season despite coming off another torn ACL, but here is the difference for me to give this to Johnson. Palmer, when healthy last season, was terrific. Johnson, however, was awful a year ago and he really has been a disappointment ever since his epic 2009 campaign. He basically came out of nowhere this season and has been huge for this Cardinals team and I'll give him this award.
Runner-Up - Carson Palmer, Arizona Cardinals
Coach of the Year - Jack Del Rio, Oakland Raiders
This is an award that could go to a number of guys but I am leaning towards Del Rio. In his first season in Oakland, he has the Raiders as a legitimate playoff contender in the AFC. Again, we are talking about the Oakland Raiders, who have been the butt of jokes for over a decade now. Derek Carr is looking great, Amari Cooper is looking like an impact player at wideout and I think Del Rio deserves credit for getting these guys to look like an NFL team once again.
Runner-Up - Dan Quinn, Atlanta Falcons


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The SMART car is a look into the future....it is currently built for only 2 passengers but the concepts and the technology will most likely be expanded to fit the needs of American families.
Drive the streets of Paris, Rome, Barcelona or London and you'll see the smart fortwo has become more than just fuel efficient transportation - it has become the "it" car in many countries throughout the world. In fact, we could say that the over 900,000 smart fortwos sold in 36 other countries are now a worldwide statement on innovation, intelligence, functionality and the simple joy of driving. Now the United States has joined the party.
In January 2008 smart arrived to the States leaving its exhibit space at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (it is one of only six cars in the world to achieve this distinction and the only one still in production and on sale today).Preparations for the smart fortwo began in the early 1990's with a Joint Venture between Mercedes-Benz and Swatch, the makers of Swatch watches known for their wide array of colorful designs. Nicolas Hayek, the inventor of the Swatch watch brought his ideas for an "ultra-urban" car to Mercedes-Benz.
Smart USA, a division of Penske Automotive Group, is the exclusive distributor for smart in North America and Puerto Rico. smart USA is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Mercedes-Benz took on this engineering challenge with the outcome of one of the most innovative cars ever introduced.Full development of the concept started in 1994 and the smart fortwo debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in 1997. The response was fantastic. The smart fortwo garnered more print space and TV coverage than any other car at the show.Production began in 1998 in Hambach, France. That same year, smart became a 100% owned subsidiary of Daimler-Benz AG.The challenge of the smart fortwo design started with the approach to safety. The tridion safety cell was Mercedes-Benz's answer for a small car that can meet high safety standards. The tridion safety cell is a "hard shell" that surrounds the smart fortwo's occupants with an energy displacing system of longitudinal and transverse structural members. Then the engineering team added Electronic Stability Control (esp) and ABS brakes to make the smart even more technologically advanced.
Other innovations like the selection of energy efficient and recyclable materials, the removable door panels (you have many options to change color of your smart as you desire) and a high driving position for great visibility and easy entry in a small car combined to make smart a true revolution in driving style.Since its introduction the smart product range has continued to expand and now includes a sporty cabriolet model. And the innovation continues. We're constantly pushing the envelope of automotive design to keep smart at the leading edge
The Smart Car has a unique appearance -- it looks almost like a cube on wheels, with the front edge trimmed down. However, that high length-to-width ratio helps the Fortwo corner with a greater degree of stability. The Smart Car's designers also gave it a three-cylinder engine that provides enough power because the car only weighs about 1500 pounds (the updated version of the Fortwo, slated for a 2008 release, will have different stats). It's easily one of the lightest four-wheeled vehicles on the road. '
One of the major problems with very small, light automobiles is that they can be unsafe in a collision. The Smart solution is the Tridion steel safety shell. This hemispherical steel "cage" encloses the interior of the car and also forms the bulk of the Smart's chassis. A small energy-absorbing crumple zone at the front of the car lessens impacts, and the engine lives in the trunk of the car instead of the front. While a 1,500-lb. car will never be as safe for the occupants as a larger vehicle, the Tridion shell holds up remarkably well in crash tests. A 70 mph crash test conducted by British TV show "Top Gear" revealed that the Smart Fortwo's body remained mostly intact when compared to that of a conventional subcompact car. A sudden deceleration from 70 mph will cause injury of the occupants in just about any vehicle.
The Tridion frame also provides a distinct element of style to the Smart Car. Most of the frame shows through to the outside of the car. The rest of the Smart's body comprises replaceable, recyclable body panels. They are so easy to change that Smart owners can quickly change the color of their car when they get tired of one color scheme.


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Pastor Widdis was saved at the young age of four. He was a bus kid at Vandyke Baptist Church in Warren, Michigan. Because of that faithful church and her workers not only was he saved but his mother was brought back to her walk with the Lord and his siblings and father trusted Christ as well.
After High School he entered military service and spent the next nine years in the US Navy in the Nuclear Power program, serving on three ships and attaining the rank of Machinist Mate first class, and qualified as a Leading Engineering Laboratory Technician.
While serving his country he met and married Bridget Brady from his home town while home on leave before his first sea-born duty the USS South Carolina CGN-37. The Lord has blessed them with two daughters, Amanda and Gwendolynn. While serving aboard the USS Orion AS-18, He finally and fully surrendered to the Lord's call upon his life. After three more years of service and completion of the Liberty Home Bible Institute they moved to Great Falls, MT to enroll in Mountain States Baptist College to finish preparation for the Gospel ministry.
Since graduation from college in 1992, Pastor Widdis has served churches in Illinois and Montana. He became the pastor of First Baptist in January of 2002. This church was organized by Dr. Arthur Allen in the early 50's, who was one of Pastor Widdis' instructors his first semester at Mountain States. He has continued his education completing a Master of Ministry and Master of Arts in Biblical Studies. In 2004 he was honored with a Doctor of Divinity from Mountain States Baptist College. He has written several items used for outreach in the ministry including a discipleship book, Sunday School curriculum and a week day Bible club for Children Anchor Clubs for Boys and Girls.
In addition to the ministry at First Baptist , Pastor Widdis is also active in the ministry of Castle Rock Baptist Camp, currently serving as the Camp Director and Vice President of the camping association. He also is the Vice President of the Inter-Mountain Baptist Fellowship and the New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches.
Pastor and Bridget are greatly blessed in serving the Lord with the wonderful people of First Baptist. They rejoice in a family serving the Lord: Amanda and her husband faithful and active with their two children in First Baptist, and Gwendolynn and her husband and son in the youth ministry in New Mexico.


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September 17th, 2013
In a recent article about media placement by Korisa Geiger for the Denver Business Journal, the author argues that media relations is part art, part science and part sales. I found this advice really valuable and relevant for dealing with the Indonesian media in general, especially when hiccups like last minute cancellations or special requests for personal financial gain are part of the routine of a public relations practitioner. Here are some of the key points that I would highly recommend keeping in mind at all times:
Relationships are key but it isn't just about who you know – you have to familiarise yourself with the publication, the reporter's writing style, what they like to cover and how they like to be pitched. Like any relationship, you have to build trust and partnership. If you take the time to know the reporter and what they like to cover, you won't waste your time pitching a story they won't run.
Clear and concise – to get a reporter's attention, the best thing to do is to draft a pitch and make sure it's short, clear and to the point. Include a URL, an image or something they can review quickly to determine whether they are interested.
Try different means of contact – don't email a reporter every day and hope to get a response. You're not looking to get a restraining order, are you? Then leave those methods to a stalker. You need to find a more engaging way of reaching them. Phone them, reach out with a tweet, start a dialogue by commenting on one of their blogs or LinkedIn discussions about a topic they're writing about. Again, the key is to learn what the reporter likes to cover to be sure you're pitching the right one with the right story. Once you connect with the reporter, be sure to find out how they prefer to be pitched on what day.
Familiarise yourself with the publication – advertising will not lead to earned coverage. A reputable publication keeps its advertising and editorial departments separate. If you want coverage by the editorial department, familiarise yourself with the publication, develop a compelling story angle and target the right reporter to whom you can pitch the story. Again, make sure you are familiar with what the reporter covers.
Yachinta C. Tahir is associate, Indonesia, at Weber Shandwick
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It's easy to be thankful for the 'big stuff': family, freedom, food, faith, clean water, health...but every once in a while I get smacked in the head with some of the 'smaller stuff'.
I was merrily meandering around blogland (mainly yarnalong posts) yesterday morning, glanced up, and discovered I'm late. Seriously late. For yoga. Drat. This new back-in-the-class time slot just hasn't made my mental schedule. As I flew around the house like an old-time movie, I kept thinking....surely, I could miss today (hardly anyone knows I'm back in the class, so I won't be missed by anyone, except----the yoga-Nazi, who, by the way, is very very knit-worthy and I really do like a lot but would like better if she would count faster)....but that stubborn streak kicked in, and as much as I currently really hate everything about this class, I still want to be there.
OK. Grabbed my coat, my keys, found two matching shoes (!), oops---almost forgot the grands' library books (might as well go to work afterwards), threw a cookie at Fred, and I was out the door. The clock in the car said 7:24 and unlike every clock in the house which all seem to have a mind of their own---this clock is usually right-on. I've got 6 minutes to get downtown (that's two stop signs, 6 stop lights, and a school zone) and the whole way I'm thinking about how lucky I am to live in such a small town.
Without seriously exceeding the speed limit....the road I used is patrolled faithfully in the mornings with the school zone in the mix....I pulled up in front of the studio as the clock just flipped to 7:30. It wasn't overly crowded this morning (my absence would have been noticed)---threw my mat down.....and I was down-dogging it by c-o-u-n-t 5. Phew.
We've lived in major metropolitan areas--where 'downtown' meant at least a half hour commute if not longer. A 5 mile trip in congested traffic could add up to serious wasted minutes....and those minutes add up to hours pretty quickly. Hours I can now use for stuff I love to do.
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Various Artists Sportler Of The Year Vol. 1
People think that Har Mar Superstar, Felix Da Housecat and Princess Superstar are sleazy, but I say the Dekathalon Records camp has got them beat. They serve up really severe German electro shit that you can imagine yourself hearing in a sweaty S&M basement. Anyone can rap about screwing or snorting, but when Gater proclaims "I like to do it with my friend/sometimes we videotape it/ then we watch it and do it again" over the proto-acid house/industrial beats of "Taboo," it's so feral you can feel your palms getting sweaty. Generation Aldi, Zombie Nation and My Robot Friend get similarly nasty, making Sportler of the Year not only a good introduction to Dekathalon's artists, but a perfect antidote to the sea of paint-by-numbers electroclash.


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Clinton: Russian policy to blame if there is a Syrian civil war
Hillary Clinton has claimed Russia's policy on Syria could lead to civil war in the country, as the United States' ambassador to the UN said the Assad regime's report on the Houla massacre was "a blatant lie".
The US Secretary of State bluntly criticised Russian backing of President Bashar al-Assad, during an address to students in Denmark.
Mrs Clinton said the Syrians were unlikely to listen to the US but added: "They will listen, maybe, to the Russians, so we have to keep pushing them".
She also criticised Russia's position on Syria, saying: "I have been telling them their policy is going to help to contribute to a civil war".
She added:
Mrs Clinton's claims came after it emerged that a Russian cargo ship carrying weapons had docked in Syria, a day after 108 people, including 34 children, were massacred in Houla.
The US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the Russian shipment of arms to Syria was "reprehensible" but admitted it did not violate any laws.
Ms Rice said Russia's veto-wielding membership of the Security Council would not prevent possible future intervention in Syria. Some countries would consider bypassing Chinese and Russian opposition if violence worsened in the country, she said.
Our Middle East Correspondent John Ray, said that mass graves were still being dug in Houla, with villagers saying that the killers came from across the field.
The US ambassador to the UN also dismissed the Syrian Government's investigation into the massacre in Houla calling it "another blatant lie", adding that "there is no factual evidence ... that would substantiate that rendition of events".
The Prime Minister convened a meeting of the National Security Council today to discuss the growing possibility of all-out civil war in Syria.


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Objet expands material range to 107 including 39 new 'Digital Material' composites for the Objet Connex Multi-Material 3D Printing Systems
Objet Ltd has announced the development of 39 new 'Digital Materials' available with its Objet Connex range of multi-material 3D printing systems. The company says that this greatly increases their customers' choice in terms of the range of possible printing materials.
There are now 107 materials available ranging from rigid to rubber-like substances in terms of texture, standard to ABS-grade engineering plastic in terms of toughness, as well as from transparent to opaque, in terms of clarity and shades.
Object confirmed that 90 of the 107 are 'Digital Materials', derived by the composite mixing of primary Objet materials. The company maintains this will enable designers, engineers and manufacturers to give their end-product the greatest level of realism. Users will be able to combine up to 14 of these materials; such as rigid and flexible, or opaque and transparent materials, at the same time in a single consistent model.
David Reis, CEO for Objet commented: "With 39 new Digital Materials, Objet have become the first 3D printing company to break the 100 materials barrier. Considering that we had half this number just a few short years ago, this growth in material choice confirms our commitment to consistently deliver new and enhanced material properties to our customers."
The company has also launched two new material enhancements. The Objet Rigid Black material (Objet VeroBlackPlus) provides increased dimensional stability and surface smoothness for prototyping applications. Objet's 2011-released High Temperature material, offering the high thermal functionality of engineering plastics, will be available on all Objet Connex and Objet EdenV 3D Printers and the new Objet30 Pro Desktop 3D Printer.
Objet's Digital Materials are multi-phase composite materials fabricated by the Objet Connex 3D printing system. These composites produce new attributes that are not available in the separate individual constituents.
Objet's Digital Materials are generated on-the-fly based on the two distinct cartridge-based materials that are installed in the system.
The Objet Connex family of 3D printers can simultaneously print two resin materials to create nearly 90 different types of Digital Materials. Together with an initial choice of 17 cartridge-ready materials, this gives users an overall choice of 107 different materials and composite material combinations.
Video: Objet's 107 Materials in Action
White Paper: 10 Reasons Why Multi-Material 3D Printing is Better for your Product Design & Development
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Throwing Snow "Buck"
Over the holidays, as people traveled to loved ones and mostly forgot about the internet, the folks over at Juno Plus offered up a month's worth of daily free tracks from several notable producers around the world. As each track was downloadable on Juno for a mere 24 hours, we thought it would be a shame to let this Throwing Snow number fall into the cracks. An outtake from this UK-based producer's Too Polite EP from early last year, "Buck" follows a similar path of prominent, vocal-laden melodies, which lend themselves to Throwing Snow's reverberating bass work and ethereal synths. While details are yet unannounced, Throwing Snow is said to have a new EP on the way sometime this year, which will arrive courtesy of Local Action.


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Discussion in 'Model S' started by FalconNinetyD, Nov 2, 2012.
Electrifying offer - San Francisco Business Times
That's right near where I live. All this space was part of the Sun Microsystems campus (including some manufacturing) back in the dot com boom heydays.
Excellent facilities for any takers; Logitech has already moved their US HQ to one part of this campus.
I have been thinking that Tesla would do well to offer Model S discounts to certain high
car-occupancy industries.
First would be Real Estate agents.
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10:28am PT by Erik Hayden
Comedy Central to Air Bill Cosby's First TV Special in 30 Years
This fall, Bill Cosby will be back on TV for a Comedy Central special, the network said on Friday.
The entertainer's special, "Far From Finished," is being billed as Cosby's first television concert in the three decades since the landmark "Bill Cosby: Himself" aired in 1983.
VIDEO: Bill Cosby's 5 Most Memorable TV Moments
The comedian will be drawing material from shows earlier this year at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center. His performance at the center was titled "50 Years of Making You Laugh Smile and Feel Good."
Robert Townshend will direct "Far From Finished," which will air on Nov. 24.
Cosby has set a lengthy live concert tour over the summer and into the fall, with more than two dozen dates scheduled at venues across the U.S. before November.
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These past four months, I have been running a student blogging course with a group of six students from a school in Launceston. Each student has their own blog and both their home room teacher and I are the admins of the blogs. We have control over the publishing of the posts and the moderating of the comments. The students were selected by their teacher as someone who could work independently and had an interest in blogging on their class blog.
Students were expected to attend a weekly one hour online class where they were taught how to add to their blog as well as had time to write their posts. Students also could use their blog outside of school hours and could post about topics that were of interest to them.
The online class was open from 1pm until about 4.30pm so students could come in after school as well if they wanted to. The room was open both Wednesday and Friday but could be changed according to other happenings at the school involved.
All work for the course is found on the student bloggers blog and is available for anyone to use with their students. Over the Christmas holidays, I will be organizing the course more into step by step instructions for students with their own blog.
Next March, I will be running the course again, so if you have a small group of students (no more than 4) who you feel deserve their own blog and can work independently, please contact myself or Brendan Vince by the end of January.
Please check out these student blogs – Annabel, Mackenzie, Maddie, Caitlin, Jacob, Gabrielle
You may have also noticed we have a flipboard magazine which can be viewed best on an iPad but also on a PC. Feel free to add a link to this magazine onto the sidebar of your class blog. If I see any great posts written by students on their class blogs, I am including them in the magazine.
To leave a comment on one of these posts in the magazine, just click on the title of the post and leave a comment as normal.


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Walmart's Outdoor Living Centre, created by Mediative, won Silver at the Shopper Innovation Awards for Out-of-the-Box Retail.
The Challenge
Walmart partnered with Mediative to generate an interactive online experience that would engage, educate and drive sales for Walmart Canada both online and in stores.
The challenge was to use lifestyle and shopping content to strengthen the relationship between shoppers and Walmart's core outdoor living brands, positioning Walmart as a destination for trusted content specifically around the outdoor living theme. The ultimate challenge was to inspire visitors to embrace the outdoor living lifestyle and increase their intent to buy.
The Solution
Mediative designed and created an online environment featuring relevant editorial content that would engage consumers, facilitate their online shopping experience, and create a meaningful connection with Walmart's core outdoor living brands.
The result was Walmart's Outdoor Living Centre – a content-rich microsite featuring everything from interactive buying tools, to tips and advice, inspirational lifestyle content and top product recommendations, all specific to outdoor living brands. By developing a custom content management system, Mediative was able to update content regularly, allowing for a seasonal progression of content, topics and tools. The site reflected what was top of mind for consumers visiting the Outdoor Living Centre throughout the season.
Early Spring – the focus was on "Planning your vegetable garden" when visitors were preparing their gardens for the upcoming season.
Peak Summer – the content was updated with a "Yard Work to-do list: 5 pillars of backyard upkeep" as consumers were wondering how to keep their yards lush all summer long.
Fall – the focus switched to "Preparing your yard for winter" when people were starting to put their gardens to bed.
The Results
- During the peak season of outdoor living (Spring/Summer), the Outdoor Living Centre outperformed the outdoor living retail department on Walmart.ca.
- Shoppers who viewed Outdoor Living Centre content were 73% more likely to check out vs. those who were not exposed to the Outdoor Living Centre content.
- By creating content based on need and inspiration, the Outdoor Living Centre went beyond simple product pages to give shoppers a more compelling reason to visit the site and consider outdoor living products at Walmart. This resulted in more than 90% of impressions coming from outside the department, generating potential shoppers that assumingly would otherwise not have visited the department.
- This is evidence that content relevant to shoppers' interests will have a positive impact on their intent to purchase, providing additional cross-selling merchandising opportunities for retailers. Branded content presents more reasons for visitors to consider additional products, acting as a traffic driver to different departments, ultimately increasing visitor basket size and encouraging purchases that were not necessarily intended when the visitor initially entered the site.
Brick and mortar location traffic:
- Customer feedback indicated that the Outdoor Living Centre on Walmart.ca provided valuable content and information that enhanced customers' understanding of products, simplifying and assisting in the decision making process, and increasing the likelihood of visiting a Walmart store location.
These results highlight the importance of developing compelling and contextual content with recommended products, rather than promoting products alone. By providing a content-rich online environment, like the Outdoor Living Centre, retailers can inspire and motivate online shoppers to act, not only increasing online traffic and sales, but also in-store traffic.
- Consumers who viewed products after being exposed to branded content were 73% more likely to check out.
- Content relevant to shoppers' interests had a positive impact on their intent to purchase, providing additional cross-selling merchandising opportunities for Walmart.
- Customer feedback indicated that the Outdoor Living Centre increased the likelihood of visiting a Walmart store location.
A PDF version of this case study is also available for download.
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In my role as a bookseller, Dr Sprecher would for several years, visit me in the store nearly daily, en route or on the way home from his work, where he practiced as a radiologist. His visits were unlike any other, aside from his pursuit of titles of interest to him, his love and respect for books would transform many of his visits into an act of perpetual kindness. If he chanced upon a young budding scholar in the store, he would encourage any work or studying the person may be contemplating, and offer his library and his time as assistance. Dr Sprecher had a genuine, natural ability to compliment, and his respect and encouragement would leave anyone in conversation with him with a renewed commitment to pursuing his academic or rabbinic interests.
Dr Sprecher's rare combination of excellence in the academic as well as rabbinic field, placed him in a unique position to be a positive influence and a mentor for the many people who would seek his guidance. There are individuals that I know, that continued their studies due to his influence, and many a scholar who found himself in financial troubles, found an open hand in Dr Sprecher. There are people of which I am aware, and I am certain there are many that I am unaware of, that received a monthly stipend from Dr Sprecher, all in a discreet and honorable way.
His love of books was such, that he cherished them and treated them with the utmost respect. At times, when new acquisitions arrived in the store, I would find him hauling boxes in, despite my many objections. When there was a very unfortunate sewer backup in the store several years ago, I found him nearly knee deep in water, assisting in raising the books to higher ground. No begging or pleading would talk him out of such actions, he placed his love for sefarim and insistence on helping in any way possible above all else.
Aside from the literary output of his own, in his position as an editor of the journals, Hakirah and Yeshurun, I have witnessed him spend much time and energy in assisting the various contributors. He would often delve in to a subject all new to him, in order to benefit and aid the writer in his research.
His store visits would generally be interspersed with ongoing incoming phone calls from friends and strangers alike, who would tap in to his encyclopedic medical knowledge. His advice would be often be followed by his continued interest in the patients' condition, and a genuine care, all without any monetary compensation.
For many who had an interest in books and Torah scholarships, the lectures he hosted in his home, were events looked forward to. It was a place where all were welcome, where people from all walks of life were able to feel at home. Many a lasting friendship, developed from these meetings.
The Sprecher Library was the dream of many Rabbis and scholars alike. The books were meticulously collected and well used, and encompassed all areas of Jewish interest. No book was an ornament for him, the books were made to be read and then read again. Pulling off a book from one his shelves, would often result in finding many pages of his notes falling out of the title. His books were never viewed by him as his private collection, as it was open to anyone who would be able to put it to use. During the period of his illness, when he would at times be unable to accommodate such guests, he would at times request and pay for a copy of a book that he would then give to the individual so as not to let him go away empty-handed.
No mention of Dr Sprecher would be complete without a mention of his devoted wife, and his partner in his studies. Mrs Sprecher was always supportive of his book-buying habits and when in doubt about making a purchase, she would regularly be consulted. All guests in their home, even someone stopping by just to borrow a tome, regardless of the time of day, would feel welcome and invited by her. Their marriage extended to their shared יראת שמים, combined with a respect for any type of person who crossed their path and their patronizing of scholarship.
Though Dr Shlomo Sprecher will no longer be with us, his influence will be here to stay. May his life serve as a manual and guide for the generations to come.
|From Left to right, Dr Shlomo Sprecher, Prof. Hershey Eidlisz, Prof. Shnayer Leiman and Rabbi Eliezer Brodt during a visit at Mizrahi Bookstore


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The Grasshopper From Bukit Batu Gundul, Bali Indonesia
Welcome friends lovers of natural science, how are you today? Hope everything will be fine. Now I will discuss about the Grasshopper in Bukit Batu Gundul, Indonesia Bali Buleleng . Grasshopper from Batu Gundul, Very beautiful and charming, but with its beautiful colors this may just be a grasshopper dangerous. though so I did not dare touch it because the color is very different. if the animals with the color shows red then most of these animals are poisonous, if No black arguably the fierce animal, and if there is a yellow black may contain the animal is an animal invaders such as bees, because I have not carefully then of that still could not decide.
I actually found this grasshopper unintentionally fitting holiday to Bali Buleleng bare rock. because the first time I saw amazed by its beauty. Looks beautiful and colorful this appeal. Like grasshoppers generally of similar size to a grasshopper I've ever found, but mostly it's green.
I hope there are researchers to investigate them. whether this grasshopper just behavior adaptation by changing the color or the color does so in order to avoid the enemy. If that is toxic for us to be more vigilant.
How your friends if anyone knows about the grasshopper? .if anyone knows please comment or carefully place it. It is in Bukit Batu Gundul Buleleng Bali Indonesia.


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OK, so under 'normal' circumstances I would embed a link within my post, but this post is too tempting to wait for a mid-post link AND I wanted the link 'front and center'.
I've been catching up on my blog reading (I know, I know waiting until the day before I go back to school probably wasn't one of my wisest time-management strategies, but it was a strategy) and I ran across Naomi Harm's post in my feed.
Head on over, read her post, and leave her a comment, because on January 15th she's going to draw one lucky winner to get (drumroll please....) NOT only Adobe Elements, BUT ALSO (another drumroll would be apropos right about now) Adobe Premiere, AND ALSO (phew! at this rate I need the entire band! Drumroll please.......thank you!) Adobe Acrobat X. How awesome is that!
Uh....why are you still reading this post? I told you to head on over to Naomi's post. You can thank me after you win!
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For safety, the grooming bands are the recommended method for attaching dog hair bows.
3/8" NON-Laytex Bands are now available by special reqest.
5/16" White Grooming Bands -
These smaller bands are not available on bows that have ribbon centers. They are only used on bows with decorative bead or button centers that are attached using thread rather than ribbon.
30mm Alligator Clips with Teeth - For those of you who prefer not to use the grooming bands, I offer alligator clips with teeth. Just slide the clip right in front of a top knot and you are ready to go.
French Barrettes -
Our French Barrettes are available in 30mm size and are perfect for sliding in front of a top knot. Larger sizes are available by request.
(The 40mm french barrette has been found to come apart too easily. I have removed them as a clip option but I do still have these available by special request if they are your preferred size. I pinch the back ends before sending them out but I do not guarantee that the clip will not have to still be popped back in once in awhile.)


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I didn't disappear! I'm just working like mad. Being 2 people is hard work!
I have my costume for the first day of the festival cut out and ready to sew. Should only take a few hours from start to finish, so that's exciting. If I get finished with EVERYTHING else, I will make a second dress, but if and only if. It would be super awesome, but I want to make sure the must have stuff is ready first. We will see on Friday where everything stands.
While I'm working, I listen to random mixes on my iPod. Most of the mixes have Steam Powered Giraffe in heavy rotation. I simply can't get enough of them! The 2¢ Show album is due out any day now.
If you missed my previous posts about how awesome SPG is, you can find several of them in the April archive during the A-Z Challenge. I think SPG got 5 or 6 letters to themselves before it was all over. :)
Over on their website I came across this gem and I just love it. I'd vote for him. :D
I hope you all have a good week, and I will try to check in as often as work allows! There will be loooottsss of photos coming in about 3 weeks! :)
Love to all.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
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Recently a friend asked me why did I start writing after he saw my book on Amazon "Notes To Stephanie". That was a good question I replied.
Well the answer is not really straight forward. Growing up I got good grades in English and writing. Unlike my math grades. When we lived in Denton, Texas the schools had in house literary magazines in which I would get stuff published like short stories or poems. In college I usually made good grades on papers, even in graduate school. Outside of school I did not do any writing however.
In the work force I did a lot of writing. I composed software documentation, training guides, proposals, and presentations. All of it business writing. I really did not do any creative writing except for a few articles in a now defunct and obscure hobby magazine. I really had no great desire to write outside of work.
Then one day when I was engaged to my ex-wife Stephanie I started penning stuff to her. Short notes on things that were happening. Life's ups and downs in short. That material became the contents of my first book "Notes To Stephanie: Middle Aged Love Letters And Life Stories". When I first started writing the little notes to her I never considered publishing them. Not once until the fall of 2008 when I counted them up and quietly realized I indeed had enough of them to make a book depending on the length I wanted.
So I started doing some research and decided the self published/print on demand route was the easiest way to go. After our divorce was done I then decided to actually sit down and get the notes turned into a book. And I did that starting in September of 2009. By the middle of October 2009 it was up on Amazon and B&N for sale. And then I started writing the sequel, "Notes to Stephanie: Days Remembered", which needs editing at this time so I can proceed with getting it up for sale.
A sequel you ask? Write more about a woman you got divorced from? Well yes. And why would you do such a thing? Two main reasons I think drove this decision. One is the saying that an author should write about what they know. And I certainly knew a lot about the now defunct marriage. And secondly I wrote about the marriage to purge the divorce demons from my soul so to speak. The end of that relationship was a sad disappointment but one deals with it and moves on down life's road. The divorce troubles topic is something I have chosen not to write about simply because detailing the woes and fussing would serve no purpose. There is enough of that kind of material in the media; creating something more positive was my goal instead.
Later on writing the sequel made me think of writing notes on stories about my two kids. And another one on stories from my pre-college days. Thus the sad event of divorce gave me the idea to do something new and good. A series of four books would be the written. I call it "The Notes Series". Simple enough I think. All four books will have the same general format. Short chapters which describe one stand alone topic. A quick read if you will. All will be from 200 to 300 pages long, except for the first one which is a little short of 200 pages, given the formatting and layout I am using which is the same for all of them. The titles of book #3 and book#4 are "Notes To My Kids: Little Stories About Grown Up Kids" and "Notes About My Kin: Stories About Growing Up And Family". In addition, you might notice that books 2 through 4 are memoirs really. The first book is not since it is what I wrote when things happened in that former time. Finally each note usually has some "moral to the story" or a "life lesson" in it as well. Nothing preachy but something that is thoughtful about where an event or situation sat at life's big and complicated table.
So that is why I have started writing. As you can see there was no revelation or large cosmic epiphany that made me do it. But the initial decision to make a book begat the ideas for the other ones. Time will tell what will come of these efforts. Hopefully someone will read the books and get something good out of them. For someone to read what I have written about and be entertained by its message, or be given a new view on things in life, would be a good thing. And hopefully I will sell more than a few books along the way and have a good time as well.


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Can you harvest your weeds for your dining pleasure? How about your flowers? Sure! Some of them, anyway, as long as you're 100 percent positive no herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals have been used on them or on surrounding plants (including lawns).
Young dandelion leaves are cherished by those who love bitter greens, whether in salads or simply steamed. Harvest them soon after they come up and while the buds are small, or they will be too bitter. dibob817 gives these instructions for harvesting the plant: Use a short, stiff, bladed knife to dig at an angle next to the dandelion, cutting its root completely through, three to six inches below the ground surface. You will end up with a rosette of leaves (the whole plant). But if you cut it too high and the leaves separate, they're still fine. Dandelion buds also are a nice addition to salads. They have a sweet, honeylike flavor, and the younger and more tender they are, the better they taste, according to Gio, who says they are best eaten when tightly bunched in the center and about the size of a gumball.
Lots of flowers are edible, such as daylilies (not to be confused with true lilies, which are not edible), which can be prepared in the same manner as squash blossoms, or their petals can be cut off and used in desserts; and nasturtiums, which have a distinctive peppery flavor. This chart provides a roundup of edible flowers and describes their flavors.
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HCPC 3390 Bella Rose Leaves Precut(I cut 2 and used 1 1/2 )
HCPC 3394 Classic Bella Rose(for single rose)
HCPC 3367 Vintage Life Background
HCPC 3363 Inspire Me sentiments
HCD 712 Bella Rose Die
HCPC 3393 Tea with Bella Precut(cup & steam)
HCPC3391 Bold Bella Rose Precut(small swirl rose)
HCPC3363 Inspire Me Sentiment(sentiment)
Spellbinders circles , and scalloped circle
White gel
Brilliance ink Pearlescent Purple(to stamp ros from HCPC 3391
Memento black in
Pieces of a flourishes
6 x 6
HCPC 3389 Sentiments For Mom
HCD 712 Bella Rose Die
To start I cut my spellbinders frames, 1 white and 1 blue. I then stamped the leaves from HCPC 3391 in wild wasabi ink, and then airbrushed the edges of my frame with B45 copic. Next I stamped the rose in wild wasabi and buckaroo blue, and then stamped on white cardstock and cut out with matching diecut. For my sentiment I stamped it in memento black ink. card measures 6 x 6


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Every week Hannibal Tabu (journalist/blogger/novelist/poet/karaoke host/jackass on Twitter) goes to a comic book store called Comics Ink in Culver City, CA (Overland and Braddock -- hey Steve, Jason, Vince and Sally) and grabs a whole lotta comics. These periodicals are quickly sorted (how?) into two piles -- the "buy" pile (a small pile most weeks, comprised of planned purchases) and the "read" pile (often huge, often including comics that are really crappy but have some value to stay abreast of). Thursday afternoons you'll be able to get his thoughts (and they're just the opinions of one guy, so calm down) about all of that ... which goes something like this ...
The Mighty Avengers #31
(Marvel Comics)
Jump from the Read Pile.
Yes, last issue was disturbingly, overwhelmingly stupid. Yes, The Unspoken seemed like a bit of a straw man. Forget about all of that -- the story starts here and takes off here, and all that went before is irrelevant. This issue showcases so many characters so well -- Pietro being confronted with his own mistakes, US Agent being true to his nature, Clint Barton reveling in his work, Amadeus Cho and Hercules working their amazing chemistry together -- all in a plot that has tons of action, but features crafty development as it moves. Writers Dan Slott and Christos Gage deftly wield each player in this story like a chess piece, perfectly playing their role and working together. Even the previously callow Unspoken (who borrows a shtick from Nemesis Kid) gets some depth added to his motivations and his struggle, making a wonderful parallel that really gives Hank Pym a chance to shine. Fun superhero comics here.
The Brave and The Bold #29
(DC Comics)
Jump from the Read Pile.
A huge and pleasant surprise, recommended by Comics Ink owner Steve LeClaire. Yes, it focuses on Brother Power the Geek, in his (according to LeClaire) fifth appearance ever in comics. Batman narrates in a way that both humanizes and normalizes his psychosis, while the anachronistic, animated mannequin struggles with the concept of change and modern morality while remaining true to his own internal compass (and era-specific lingo -- "Have a nice day" hits with such impact late in the issue that it's really remarkable and deserved a way bigger artistic treatment). Speaking to the isolation and decadence of our modern society (which is not to say that that's all that exists, but it's a lot of what Brother Power the Geek sees as not being so "groovy"), J. Michael Straczynski's absolutely elegant script balances classical icons of western culture with the ongoing frustration that which came before has with that which must follow. Quite a remarkable comic book, actually.
Powers Encyclopedia
(Icon/Marvel Comics)
This is a big one: comprising almost everything that happened in the series and thousands of years, this issue tells the tale on capes, crooks and cops. Sure, it has, literally, scores of grammatical errors, from malapropisms, to typos, to incorrect uses of verb tense. Sure, it draws the title's surprisingly insular perspective, referencing no fewer than half a dozen comics creators (even going as far as putting Warren Ellis in as a character and giving him a gun). Sadly, it also ignores clearing up a wide variety of things (What does FG3 stand for? How about TRK? Where do names like Triphammer and Teague come from?) while repeating several story elements through multiple entries without any extra enhancement. Still, it's a definitive reference work, with absolute figures on power levels (all important for "who'd win?" conversations), and can catch up even fans who abandoned the title years ago within its pages, so it's worth having to chronicle the series' advancement, if nothing else.
Phonogram: The Singles Club #5
(Image Comics)
This issue, strangely enough, is far more comprehensible than some previous installments, as lead character Laura Heaven is straightforward in everything, from her self-loathing to her constantly quoted song lyrics, leaning heavily on The Long Blondes and Morrissey. She's able to stop and take a long look at the people around her, because she serves as an observer more than a participant, and in the words of writer Kieron Gillen in the explanatory essay (really a necessity for some readers), "as viewed from another character's perspective ... their actions weren't nearly as noxious as they initially appeared." The "Rashomon" style storytelling here allows that kind of reflection, opening the book on each character and their story while taking nothing away from the rest. Laura Heaven is painted here as a sad figure, effortlessly wielding power over events and people, unable to assume anything resembling a confident stance while being misunderstood by almost everyone around her. Wonderful, engaging and brilliant.
Hot damn, that's a great stack of comics, even dealing with the fact that Olympia in "Powers" ended up probably being the inspiration for Captain Dynamo.
Honorable Mentions: Stuff worth noting, even if it's not good enough to buy
"Nola" #1 is a compelling first chapter to BOOM! Studios' latest adaptation-ready mini-series, an in-depth character analysis of a woman pressed to the wall in one of the greatest disasters to strike the United States. It is, however, all set up and no actual plot development, so it's a wonderful bit of foreplay that doesn't exactly go anywhere.
"Dark Avengers" #11 brings back the spectre of 1980s crossovers, Owen Reece the Molecule Man, and he's got his own private little Broca Beach. That, of course, goes against Norman Osborn's flawless vision of control, and that means that bad people have to engage Reece, and ... well, he's not an easy man to engage. Freed from his 1980s limitations, the Molecule Man can control anything -- there are no molecules past his abilities, and the only two words he worries about in his perfect little world, set in his old home town, are "Reed Richards." Even Victoria Hand gets some nice backstory and character development. The problem is that this issue plays out in kooky little scenes and not one single narrative, the Sentry, again, is made out to be a complete beyotch, and Owen's former sense of stuttering self-doubt is gone, replaced with cold, calculating certainty. It's interesting and worth watching, we'll see where it goes.
"Vigilante" #12 was the end of the line for the series and the character, a battery of gunfire and noirish dramas, but it leaves some unpleasant strings dangling loose. It was an okay crime story, but it didn't do a whole lot getting where it needed to be.
"Irredeemable" #8 was rough. We get a look into the Plutonian's homicidal motivations and find out that some people have secrets that are coming to light. However, the combat seemed to dominate the issue without progressing the story, despite great art and some impressive analogues of heroic ideals readers know and love.
You're Norman Osborn, right? You can now do anything. But you take the thing you've wanted to do for years, and make it #8 on your agenda? "Dark Reign: The List - Spider-Man" gets to the final item on Norman's list, but instead of hunting the Spider, the Spider comes to him, there's shooting and shouting all through Manhattan, and a powerful "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" styled monologue from Peter Parker to Osborn's face. It makes for good pomp and circumstance but doesn't really change anything from the start to the end.
A bittersweet ending to BOOM! Studios' Asian-themed tale of redemption in "Swordsmith Assassin" #4, which sees the story to (as they teach in school) an inevitable and surprising end,provides closure for all elements of the story ... but isn't exactly compelling. With stunning acting or amazing visual design, this could be translated into film with great impressiveness, but in the medium of comics, it's just a bit over "okay."
People forget that there are many ways to fight, and in "War Machine" #11 (guest starring a very belligerent Ares) Jim Rhodes takes the battle with Norman Osborn to the realm of the news media, as he's brought up on trial at the Hague for a wide variety of crimes against humanity. Normally Normy has that all covered, but this time Rhodes has a plan himself, and Ares wants his new "champion" to run amok. The recriminations and disorder in the court are okay, but it doesn't really have the bite or urgency that would get it done.
"Dr. Horrible" is a cute story framing the sing-along blog, showing the ridiculous nature of Neil Patrick Harris' character when balanced against the pompous strutting of Captain Hammer. For completists, this would be great, but it doesn't really win over anybody else.
The emotional LSH backup was almost good enough to buy "Adventure Comics" #4, but the overwhelmingly stupid meta-textual Superboy Prime lead story, with Black Lantern Alexander Luthor, made it impossible. That the Legion story was so good it almost overcame that, however, was a real accomplishment.
The "Meh" Pile Not good enough to praise, not bad enough to insult, not important enough to say much more than the title
"Farscape Ongoing" #1, "Air" #15, "Invincible" #68, "Azreal" #2, "Incredible Hulk" #604, "Flash Rebirth" #5, "Realm of Kings: Inhumans," "Justice Society of America 80 Page Giant," "Thunderbolts" #138, "Outsiders" #24, "Realm of Kings" #1, "Supergirl" #47, "Superman/Batman" #66Â
No, just ... no ... These comics? Not so much ...
Sweet spirit singing. "Punisher" #11 was ... it was abysmal. It's difficult to say how bad this was. Between H.A.M.M.E.R. agents scouring the streets of New York for Frank Castle's body parts to ... really? "Franken-castle?" Could this reach the depths of Christopher Golden's 1998 series which made Frank traffic in angels and demons? It's close.
Speaking of really bad, "Transformers Ongoing" #1 was -- in turns -- whiny, incompetent (on the character's behalf), downtrodden and sad. A character's death is explained because of a paint job ... when a very similarly painted mechanoid stands right next to him. Optimus mopes around, there's literally one Decepticon in the whole issue (and that's a Stunticon, and not even one everybody knows) ... this is not the way to go, kids. Unacceptable.
"G-Man: Cape Crisis" #4 took a weird turn. It was an okay kid's series up until a very disturbing ending last issue, and now it's just on some "WTH?" stuff. Not things you wanna show your kids.
In a strange coincidence, there's a similarity between "Authority: The Lost Year" #3 and "Realm of Kings" #1, whereas a certain literary figures twisted visions dominate an entire universe. Okay, whatever, there's nothing new under the sun, yadda yadda yadda. However, the meta-textualityÂ
"Nomad: Girl Without A World" #3 ... really? Did people sit in a room and meet about this and say, "yeah, this is good stuff, we should go with it?" That happened? If that new girl Scorpion or May Day Parker were hundreds of times lamer, they'd still not wanna be this character. Wow.
There was no order for "Talisman: Road of Trials" #1 nor "Drone" #1, so sorry. Mostly "meh" material here, worth passing by.
Two jumps beat a mass of meh-ness, so let's say we're happy with the way things went (despite an overwhelming belief in the world that this column hates everything including sunshine and hugs, which is so not freakin' true)
Got a comic you think should be reviewed in The Buy Pile? If we get a PDF of a fairly normal length comic (i.e. "less than 64 pages") by no later than 24 hours before the actual issue arrives in stores (and sorry, we can only review comics people can go to stores and buy), we guarantee the work will get reviewed, if remembered. Physical comics? Geddouttahere. Too much drama to store with diminishing resources. If you send it in more than two days before comics come out, the possibility of it being forgotten increases exponentially.
There are now two official ways to get Hannibal Tabu's blog-related wisdom. For all personal things, there's Hannibal's relaunched Soapbox and for his views on the weird, wild world there's The Hundred and Four.
FAIR WARNING: This column may need to take a hiatus in a few weeks. Writer Hannibal Tabu has, for the first time, spawned another life and that nascent child is due in early December. The management apologizes for any inconvenience.


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So head on over to SOUS to see the other design teams creations!
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Stuck On U Sketches Sketch Challenge
So head on over to SOUS to see the other design teams creations!
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OOOOh, and aaaah, love this one! Great natural elements and killer flowers! Have a fab weekend!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous layout and sweet pic! Love all the amazing details on this layout..xoxoxReplyDelete
Beautiful. And inspiring. Time to pull out my tim holtz flower dies again. Your work is always full of creativity and i love thatReplyDelete
Great photo! I love your distressed layers!ReplyDelete
Love your layout with all the paint effects and distressing etc. fabulous,ReplyDelete
Well, you have inspired me! Love your take on the sketch and of course, all the masking and distressing etc! Love tour TH flower!ReplyDelete
Awesome page Erica, loving all the distressing, and your use of masks - I must use mine!!! A visually beautiful page... Hugz xxReplyDelete
I love how your design leads the eye right to your cute pic! Beautiful page!ReplyDelete
My favorite is...the edges, I know a little randomReplyDelete
but still...LOL! I don't know why that stands out to me.
I guess the distressing AND inked detail. Great combo!
As well as the lovely embellies! Purrrrty page my dear! =)