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Hitchcock - 2012
Hitchcock - Released December 14, 2012. Directed by Sacha Gervasi
Gervasi's film of Hitchcock gives us the making of the movie Psycho as the frame for an episode in the life of the famous director. Examined are Hitchcock's relationships with his production company, cast, crew, and most importantly with his wife Alma. We get to see how important a role she played (i.e., very) in the creative and emotional shaping of Hitchcock's work.
Scarlett Johansson appears as actress Janet Leigh, not the most important part of this tale since it focuses more on the mechanics of the creative process (and the inner turmoil of artists), but Johansson brings the glamour which helps to paint a colorful story of Hollywood, circa 1960. Her character is seen as a stable and reliable element within a deeper story of insecurity and anxiety as Hitchcock attempts to put together his unusual production that lacks the full backing of the production company executives. Psycho will require Alma and Alfred to leverage their personal wealth, and the production becomes a contest that goes far beyond solving story problems and casting.
Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren are Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock, and the film has a bit of soap opera progression as questions naturally become evident: why is she with him? Do they actually even like each other? Will this marriage survive the trauma of Psycho and an attendant number of other pressures and threats?
The movie doesn't delve deeply into Hitchcock's psyche and try to unearth a psychological portrait of a man famed for his dark humor and dedication to the mystery genre, though it does hint around the edges and give Hopkins (as Hitchcock) some brief moments when illuminating comments are made that describe the director's origins, his childhood experiences, and the struggle of staying in control of the creative element whaen that element is viewed not as artistic expression by executives, but as product.
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Hi Photographer friends,
Here is a good way to become a great photographer. I use the Pentax K-3 but this applies to all DSLRs.
It's often believed that taking hundred or even thousands of pictures will eventually make you a better photographer. Well, I'm here to tell you that it may make you a worst photographer. Shooting at 5-10 frames per second may get you a good image every now-and-then, but you miss the composition process in doing so.
Here is a good exercise to improve your composition. In the film era, the biggest roll of 35mm film you could get was 36 exposures. You really had to take your time and really study the scene as film had to be processed, and that was expensive. You knew you were good when you knew what the image was going to look like even before processing it.
Make yourself follow some assignments whereas you take only 36 pictures on your digital camera and don't look at the results until you get back home or studio. Doing so will slow you down when taking pictures. As you look in the viewfinder, scan the complete scene to see if there are unwanted objects or if the current scene is worthy of losing one of the 36 shots.
Do that as often as you can and watch your images improve.

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Thursday, October 29, 1998 Published at 19:28 GMT
Hughes: 'One of the great poets'
Described as "a giant of 20th Century literature"
This was just one of the tributes from the literary world and beyond after the news that Mr Hughes had died peacefully at home after a secret battle with cancer.
Mr Hughes sealed his professional reputation in the year before his death with the publication of the bestseller Birthday Letters, a collection of 88 works chronicling his stormy relationship with American poet Sylvia Plath.
Mr Evans added: "He wanted Birthday Letters to be published because he knew he was seriously ill. He wanted to publish the work before he died."
He said: "What especially matters is that he gave us a vision of England which manages to bring the whole of the history and traditional past into play with a present that is recognisably modern."
Fellow poet Douglas Dunn, professor of English at St Andrew's University, said: "He was one of that handful of poets who were pretty much household names."
She awarded him the Order of Merit less than two weeks ago at Buckingham Palace in what was to be the poet's final appearance in public.
Plaudits also came in from the political arena.
Culture Secretary Chris Smith said: "Ted Hughes was a giant of 20th Century literature.
"He wrote for young and old alike. He brought the power of nature alive and his latest poems, exploring the depths of relationships, were enormously moving."
The next Poet Laureate
Mr Hughes's death raises the question of who will succeed him as Poet Laureate.
He or she will be appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the prime minister.
Downing Street consults arts bodies and members of the public may write in with proposals before the Queen gives her approval.
Whoever succeeds Mr Hughes will join a long line of official poets which began with John Dryden in 1670.
Originally the office entailed composing court odes to mark occasions such as the sovereign's birthday.
But since the appointment of William Wordsworth in 1843, the position has been purely honorary, although the Poet Laureate may also write commemorative "official" verse.
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As she makes the valiant (although still highly improbable) stab at completing SWAP on time…
#4: cropped jeans based on Jalie 968. I fought with the fit of these for weeks. I still haven't quite solved it, although they are at least comfortable.
The fabric came from a second hand denim skirt, hence the interesting colour shifts – but with the patchwork jeans in style, I think they work! The pearl snap fly is for the "unusual closure" requirement for SWAP. With the rest of the 80s coming back, snap flys have to be in there too, right? I reduced the depth of the yoke to be more current, and the pockets are from a much smaller size due to fabric constraints (although I think they look nicely balanced, the proper size might have been overwhelming!). These are actually a fairly dark wash, but the details don't show up in the pictures if the colour comes out right!
The top is from my standby – Jalie 2005 T-shirt pattern. I got the cowl from The Selfish Seamstress (who is so generous as to give away pattern drafts!). It just so happened that the inner circumference exactly matched up to my size crew neck (sorry, I can't remember which now – V?), so I didn't even have to grade it! This is a thin, extra-stretchy knit that I'm guessing is a cotton/poly blend by the feel of it. I think my mom found it at an auction. (Thanks Mom!) It looks like the shoulder seams could use some stabilizing (something I don't normally find necessary, but during the pictures I seem to have pulled them right off the shoulder points!) – I'm wearing it now and they are fine… maybe I'll just keep an eye on it.
It was so nice to whip something up quickly after the painstaking slowness of the jeans redraft and redraft and redraft! And it's actually very colourful next to most of my t-shirt drawer!!


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Transgenderism in the Philippines dates back to pre-colonial times. Thanks to the babaylan chronicles (accounts of Spanish friars), it is now known that transgender people called asog/bayoguin held socially prestigious occupations as priestesses and healers in pre-Hispanic Philippine tribes, villages and communities.
The asog/bayoguin although "genitally male" had the gender identity and/or expression of a female. She worked as a babaylan/catalonan/daetan/baliana and served as a religious leader, equal in status to the community's political leader. This tradition of transgender shamanism can also be found in many other Asian countries such as Burma/Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, India, China, and others. Like their counterparts in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa, these transgender priestesses from ancient times were venerated as either a third gender or a female variant and were thought to possess knowledge ordinary people did not. It is not known if "genitally female" persons with male gender identity and expression were viewed in the same way by the same cultures.
The asog/bayoguin is considered the pre-cursor of the modern-day bakla or bayot (from the Visayas) and bantut (from Mindanao). It is important to note that asog, bayoguin, bakla, bayot and bantut were not originally meant as categories of sexual orientation but rather gender terms. This means that Filipino culture is amenable to the idea of gender variance or gender diversity, that there are not only two but instead possibly a variety of genders. Clearly, ancient Philippine culture adopted a supernumerary gender system and not just a binary one.
More than three centuries of European colonization sadly erased and invisibilized this interesting tidbit about our pre-colonial past. Today, because the discourse of homosexuality has become so deeply entrenched in Philippine daily life and due to a lack of understanding of transgenderism or gender variance/diversity in our country, the bakla, bayot and bantut have been misinterpreted as the local equivalent of gay identity. The same goes for the tomboy which I feel was originally ascribed to people assigned female at birth but looked and acted male. The tomboy was possibly not lesbian but transgender.
Instead of looking at them as patterns and proof of gender variation, they are now thought of as patterns of homosexuality. The same mistake has been made in the West in the past in fact when so-called experts classified behaviors that crossed the genders as extreme forms of gayness or lesbianism. Precisely because homosexuality itself was a gender-nonconforming behavior it was not difficult to make the connection. Many of those who exhibited these "gender crossing" behaviors, however, did not identify as gay or lesbian. They were transgender.
In the Philippines, it is now more common for Filipinos, assigned male at birth by virtue of genitalia, who grow up with a male gender identity and expression and are emotionally and sexually attracted to other males, to call themselves bakla or bayot. These indigenous terms are said to have now become homosexualized. People whose gender identities and expressions mismatch the sex they were assigned at birth must then use transgender, an admittedly Western term, for now to identify and distinguish themselves or create an entirely new one that resonates locally.
I like Pinoy/Pinay TG hence the site and blog name. My friend Sass who co-founded the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP) likes Trans (short for transgender) Pinoy/Pinay. What do you think?
This is the online journal of Naomi Fontanos, a transgender (TG for short) Filipina (Pinay for short) human rights defender. As a proud advocate of human diversity, equality and dignity, she dreams of a gender-blind world. This blog is her contribution to that dream.
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Transgenderism: The Philippine experience
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Hi PinayTG,
I've been meaning to comment just to say what a great blog you have. I was particularly struck and saddened by your discussion of a supernumenary gender system in the Philppines that was erased by colonization.
Have you read about the blog carnival over at Belledame222's?
She mentioned looking pieces from outside Anglophone countries, and I immediately thought of your post.
- October 27, 2008 at 12:24 PM
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Chicago Isn't Good Enough for an NSX (w/ video)
A few days ago, I said something about making sweet love to Acura's NSX while everyone else at the auto show was paying attention to Hyundai's new Elantra coupe (note: I actually yawned while typing the words "Hyundai's new Elantra coupe"). The NSX, with its curves and stance and its promise of blistering trackday performance, is poised to become teh new hawtness of the green-car world as soon as it hits the road next year. There was more than a strange vehicular lust behind this idea, though – it was motivated, I assure you, by science.
It's been said that the difference between art and pornography is that you don't lose interest in art immediately after ejaculation. As fan of – ahem! – art in all its forms, I wanted to find out if there was something more substantial to this new NSX than all its sexy curves and fancy techno whiz-bangery.
I didn't get the chance, though, because Acura's 2012 Chicago display looked like this:
Despite the NSX being Acura's (indeed, Honda's!) big reveal at Detroit and the company's new headliner during the Super Bowl ad blitz, Acura didn't bring one to Chicago. Instead, they brought along an LG touchscreen, pre-loaded with Acura's Seinfeld-powered Super Bowl ad and the following promotional video from Polyphony (the boys and girls behind Sony's Grand Turismo video game series).
The video is not bad, actually, spending the first minute showing off some NSX pedigree (as much as there is of that) before jumping headfirst into several seconds of lust-worthy "car porn" to really grab your attention for the next bit: the bit where Honda explains the whys and hows of of the new NSX's hybrid drive systems.
The real "go-fast" app here is the torque-vectoring drive at the front of the car, which gently brakes the inside wheel while accelerating the outside (loaded) wheel, steering the car like a tank around its natural center of gravity. The net effect, then, is a car that is perfectly balanced with no oversteer or understeer to contend with, and one which tracks around the given corner while feeding power back into the hybrid's Li-ion battery pack. Once there, said power can be quickly applied to the front wheels for an all-wheel-drive drag run down the straight to the next corner, where the dance can start again.
The genius of Honda's new NSX hybrid's drive system isn't how it promises to behave on a racetrack (Honda first offered a system like this on its 1997 Prelude SH, which featured the Active Torque Transfer System), it's in how the car seemingly morphs into a docile, front-wheel-drive electric car at low speeds (say, in downtown traffic). Which means that, if the hype is to be believed, this new NSX will be all Ferrari-killing tiger on the racetrack, and mewing kitten (read: Honda Insight) on grocery runs.
THAT, dear friends, is an everyday supercar putting green tech to exciting uses. Congrats, Honda, it looks fantastic!
NOTE: because the people at Acura were nice enough to stop their big monitors and physically transfer the video above to a thumb drive for me (and, oddly, very supportive of my NSX dirty-talk), I feel compelled to point out that there were quite a few references to Acura's continued dedication to using sustainable and reusable materials in all their cars, as well as Acura's leadership in the use of small turbo 4 cyls. in its (very quick!) luxury SUVs. Here's just a snippet of those displays, below.
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Gory Blister are a band from Italy that plays a very technical form of death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "The Fifth Fury" which was released by Sliptrick Records.
A very distorted and melodic guitar lead along with some atmospheric sounds start off the album before going into a fast, brutal and technical death metal direction as well as bringing in a mixture of growls and screams and the band also brings in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
All of the musical instruments on the recording have a very powerful sound to them and the solos and leads the band uses display a great amount of talent and skill to them and the band also keeps around the atmospheric elements as well as well as utilizing a good mixture of both modern and old school death metal influences and you can also hear some spoken word parts in certain sections of the recording clean playing can be heard in the songs at times while the main focus remains on a very heavy and technical sound and they close the album with an atmospheric outro which also brings in elements of classical music.
Gory Blister plays a very technical style of death metal that covers 3 different decades of this musical genre as well as adding a great amount of talent, skill and melody in their musical style and while the music is not completely original the band can still pull of this musical style very well, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover psychology, inner thoughts and outer space themes.
In my opinion Gory Blister are a very great sounding technical death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Psycho Crave" "Devour Me" and "Prometheous Scars". 8 out of 10.


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The National Park Service is holding public hearings in March on temporary restrictions for certain sport hunting practices in several national preserves in Alaska. The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve hearing will also take comments on a proposal to prohibit domestic goats for subsistence and all other uses in the park and preserve. Public comments on these provisions will be taken from March 9 through March 22.
Pursuant to both 43 CFR 36.11(e) and 36 CFR 13.460, the superintendent is proposing to prohibit domestic goats in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The reason for the proposed restriction is to avoid disease transmission from domestic goats to Alaska's Dall's sheep and mountain goat populations. Additional information about the proposed restriction on domestic goats can also be found in the draft 2014 Superintendent's Compendium for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve at: https://www.nps.gov/akso/management/compendium_docs/2014-Proposed/WRST-2014-Proposed-Compendium.pdf.
The temporary wildlife restrictions generally mirror those in place last year.These restrictions are in response to decisions by the Alaska Board of Game to liberalize hunting seasons and methods for wolves, coyotes, and bears. The board has also rejected proposals by the National Park Service to exclude preserves from these practices, an action that would have made federal restrictions unnecessary.The NPS restrictions do not affect subsistence harvest under Federal Subsistence Regulations.
The restrictions include:
The full text of the temporary wildlife restrictions for each affected national preserve will be posted before March 9 at https://www.nps.gov/akso/management/compendiums.cfmIn accordance with 36CFR 13.50, public hearings will be held in a community in or near each of the
affected national preserves during the weeks of March 10 and March 17. In addition, hearings will
be held in Anchorage and Fairbanks, and written comments may be mailed. The NPS will also open a
Facebook chat on the topic on March 20 from 10 a.m. to Noon and postings will be retained for the
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Hello former, present, and future Digital Get Down Readers! I have a thing that I want to talk to you about! So let's talk.
I've been wanting to do something different with Digital Get Down lately. Not with the content of the reviews, really, but with its very structure. The way things are workin' now, I've been picking my next teen pop album to review at random every time I sit down to write an entry, which has led to less updates. There's no form. No structure. No idea what the next review is going to be at any given moment!! Nothing wrong with that, but maybe not suitable for a something like DGD.
So here's what I'm thinkin. From the word go, my dream for Digital Get Down has been a place where teen pop is not only taken seriously, but reviewed comprehensively. Slow as I might be, I want to review every teen pop album out there, and I'm not gonna stop til it's all under my belt, ya see? Thing is, there are some artist and groups that I have no patience to drag out for months and years in order to finish up their entire discography. There are all these albums that I want to write about right now, and it kills me because I force myself to review other albums to keep things varied.
So what am I gonna do? Full artist discographies, all at once. For a series of weeks (or months, but hopefully not that long) Digital Get Down will devote itself to one artist and one artist only, reviewing every single record they have made and making their histories a thing. Because that's the whole point of Digital Get Down, if you ask me!!
Now, this isn't going to be the only thing DGD does from here on out. There are some one-off albums that will have their own longer reviews, and there are certain artists and groups that only have maybe one or two albums apiece. Those kindsa albums will be reviewed in the normal way. But in the future, please be on the lookout for the following artists to receive the full-discography DGD treatment:
-New Edition
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-New Kids On The Block
-Backstreet Boys (solo albums)
And gosh, so many more! There are so many teen pop acts that we need to cover up in here, folks! Next time we tune in, get ready for me to finish up the discography of the legendary New Edition, followed up buy Irish balladeers Westlife. This will be a journey… like no other.
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MIDDLEBORO (CBS/AP) — The townspeople of Middleboro have passed a ban on cursing.
At a town meeting Monday, they voted 183-50 to approve the proposal from the town's police chief to impose a $20 fine on public profanity.
Supporters say the ban isn't meant to censor casual or private conversations, but instead crack down on loud profanity heard in downtown areas and public parks.
Middleboro has had a bylaw against public profanity since 1968, but it's rarely if ever been enforced because it essentially makes swearing a crime. The new proposal would decriminalize profanity, allowing police to write tickets as they would for traffic violations.
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An April 20 "Assessment" about the Columbine killers originally identified Dr. Robert Hare as a psychiatrist. He is a psychologist.
In the "Supreme Court Dispatches" from April 19, Dahlia Lithwick wrote: "Is Ring retroactive, meaning you die even though the conviction was unconstitutional; or prospective, meaning that if you were lucky enough to murder someone in 2002, as opposed to 1982, you'll be resentenced by a jury?" It has now been amended to remove the confusion about retroactivity, thusly: "Is Ring prospective, meaning you die even though the conviction was unconstitutional and that so long as you were lucky enough to murder someone in 2002, as opposed to 1982, you'll be resentenced by a jury?"
In the April 18 "Today's Papers" column, Michael Brusoriginally misspelled the name of the UK's intelligence agency. It is MI5, not M1-5.
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An Altered Bagel Tax? Anything for Revenue!
Wanna get Montanans wound up? Start talking about taxes! Then immediately duck. We can get pretty fiercely wound up about them. Imagine how you would react if you found out you had to pay a tax on an altered bagel (not that kind of "altering"). In New York an altered bagel can mean sliced, toasted, buttered or smeared with cream cheese, just to give a few examples. It costs them an extra 8 cents for that. I'll take my plain thank you.


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Lantern Light Holiday Celebration at Heritage Farmstead Museum
Dec 01, 2018
2018 is the 31st anniversary of this wonderful holiday event. Traditionally, over 100 kerosene lanterns adorn the property and the glow is beautiful when the sun goes down. This year, to hark back to the first Lantern Light in 1986, we will reenact the Tour by Lantern Light. A Presidential Tour is on exhibit in the Farrell Wilson House allowing for the presidential themed Christmas tree (presidents pre-1930), and so much more. Children's choirs will sing in the PoleBarn from 3pm to 9pm, and there will be a special Winter Wonderland activity in the Meadow. There will be children's crafts, horse driven wagon rides, tasty treats in the PoleBarn, candle dipping, homemade Christmas crafts for sale in the Country Store, and North Texas Story Tellers will be telling tales from 4pm to 8pm. Santa Claus will be on hand from 4pm to 7pm.
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Official Press Release
Big Apple Conventions, New York's longest running Comic Book, Art, Toy and Sci Fi Expo is excited to announce Val Kilmer (Batman Forever, The Doors, Top Gun) and Adam West (Batman TV series, Family Guy), two of the most popular actors to don the cape and cowl of the Dark Knight, will both be appearing at The National show November 17th to 19th at the Penn Plaza Pavilion.
The Penn Plaza Pavilion is located at 401 Seventh Avenue on the corner of 33rd Street directly across the street from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.
In addition legendary comic book artists John Romita Sr. and Neal Adams will be in attendance over the three days. Fan favorite John Romita Jr. and Master of Comic Macabre Bernie Wrightson will also be on hand for the show.
This year's Artist Alley features artists from the Golden Age of Comics to today's favorite creators selling original art and commissioned artwork. Our variety of merchants will have comic books, original art, celebrity autographs, movie posters, action figures and countless other collectibles available for enthusiasts. Comic books available from dealers range from "Hot off the Press" to some of the most valuable books on the market today. An issue Superman #1 sold for $26,000 at the last show, as well as, an issue of Amazing Spider-man #1 for $8,500.
Other celebrities appearing at the National:
Michael Biehn Terminator, Aliens
Aaron Douglas Battlestar Galactica
Catherine Bach Dukes of Hazzard
Joyce DeWitt Three's Company
Taimak Guarriello The Last Dragon
Sybil Danning The Howling II
Dana Snider Aqua Teen Hunger Force Voice Actor
Khrystyne Haje Head of the Class, Batman Animated Series
Malachi Throne Batman TV Series "Falseface"
Bobby Clark Star Trek "Gorn Captain"
Sandra Taylor Batman & Robin, Under Siege 2
From the cult-classic film The Warriors
David Harris Cochise
Roger Hill Cyrus
Apache Ramos Orphan
Additional Comic Creators Appearing:
Alex Saviuk Web of Spider-man Artist
Andy MacDonald Image's NYC Mech Artist
Billy Tucci Marvel Artist and Shi Creator
Buzz DC's JSA Artist
Cully Hamner DC's Blue Beetle Artist
Irwin Hasan Golden Age Justice League of America Artist
Ivan Brandon Image's NYC Mech Writer
Jim Calafiore Marvel's Exiles Artist
Joe Giella Golden Age Batman & Superman Artist
Michael Golden Superman: Man of Steel Artist
Joe Staton 1970's Green Lantern Artist
Khary Randolph Teen Titans GO! Artist
Mark Sparacio Shi & Green Lantern Cover Artist
Mark Texeira Ghost Rider Artist
Mike Lilly Nightwing Artist
Paolo Rivera Marvel Comics Artist
Rich Buckler 1970's Fantastic Four and Daredevil Artist
Rodney Ramos Green Lantern Artist
Stan Goldberg Archie Comics Artist
Stuart Sayger Shiver in the Dark Artist
Tim Vigil Creator of Faust
Tommy Castillo Detective Comics Artist
What: Big Apple Conventions presents The National
Where: 401 Seventh Avenue (Corner of 7th Ave. and 33rd St.)
New York, NY 10001
When: November 17th to 19th, Fri 1-8pm, Sat/Sun 10am-7pm
Admission is $15.00 at the door. Advance tickets and for more information
go to www.bigapplecon.com or call 201-861-1414


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Consumers are increasingly digital-savvy. Businesses are now leveraging digital signage and interactive display solutions to engage customers, build better experiences, and increase loyalty. A brand's story is ultimately shaped by customer experience, and the right digital media strategy can significantly impact that experience, generating sales lift and deepening brand connection.
Customers continue to make the majority of their purchase decisions on site. This presents a golden opportunity for brands who take the necessary steps to improve the experience. In fact, research firm Forrester revealed that among retailers, customer experience accounts for 47% of loyalty, while price and value contribute only slightly to capturing consumer loyalty.
As noted in a recent Forrester blog: "Customer journeys are characterized by a series of touch points. These are all the times when a customer encounters your brand, product or service…the touch point associated with making a buying decision is critical — this is a moment of truth — a point in time when a prospective customer chooses your brand or that of a competitor."
Brands must find new ways to extend the positive customer experience across the multiple channels of the customer journey — including mobile, social media, broadcast and brick-and-mortar — while maintaining a consistent brand and approach to omnichannel retailing.
Fortunately, a well-planned digital media program, including passive and interactive displays, can keep shoppers in the store, build better experiences, increase loyalty and engage consumers with relevant content.
Today's brands are more focused than ever on adapting to consumer lifestyles and delivering a branded experience that resonates with their customers. The importance of well-executed brand media increasingly puts all brands in the content game. Today, marketing is about creating a brand media network that spans a variety of engagement channels and helps create a lasting connection with the brand.
Consumers are bombarded by promotional offers promising everything from deep discounts to loyalty points. But static promotional signage can easily blend with the competition's, failing to grab customers' attention and drive sales. Digital signage and interactive displays, on the other hand, are dynamic platforms for attracting eyeballs and influencing purchasing behavior. Digital media technologies can target consumers by time and location, better engaging shoppers and personalizing the experience.
Source – The Toronto Strategy Institute
Source – Alchemy – Madison Avenue Diet
Source – Reflect Client Case Study & Nielsen
The ability for digital technologies to touch a customer on an emotional level far exceeds that of traditional printed signage. Customer facing digital displays are a captivating medium for story-selling and lifestyle branding, allowing brands to evoke the same emotion in customers while they are on location as they experience online, with mobile and through broadcast advertising.
Another factor that's driving the use of digital media technology to enhance brand image is the ever-evolving role of marketing teams. Once the purview of merchandising representatives, more and more marketing professionals are taking a more active role in shaping a brands customer experience with image-savvy, customer-centric engagement techniques. These digital media tools, including in-store mobile apps, interactive display screens and digital signage, are creating positive emotional connections for consumers while reinforcing their brand affinity.
Original, enticing, full-motion content is changing the way consumers engage and interact with brands. Through relevant, real-time and localized content and branded interactive applications, digital media can greatly enhance brand engagement.
Source – Alchemy – Madison Avenue Diet
Source – Reflect Client Case Study
Source – Reflect Client Case Study & Nielsen
Digital signage and interactive displays are dynamic platforms for capturing attention and influencing purchasing behavior. Digital promotional offers can deliver timely, up-to-the-minute offers that can be changed on the fly. Because of the real-time nature of digital media messaging, it can be tied directly to inventory levels and can target consumers by time and location, better engaging shoppers and personalizing the experience.
Behind this increased demand for in-store digital media technology is a desire to enhance brand image and messaging through relevant, real-time and localized content. Companies are now looking to tell the brand story across multiple channels using place-based digital signage and interactive display systems.
It's easy to understand why. Digital media solutions can help bolster sales. In fact, a Nielsen consumer survey revealed that most (80%) product brands experienced significant increases of up to 33% in additional sales through the use of digital out of home media.
Source – Alchemy – Madison Avenue Diet
Source – Reflect Client Case Studies
Source - EWI Worldwide and the Association for Retail Environments


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Happy 24th Birthday, Miranda!
We interrupt the Kuwait updates for a very important event. Miranda's birthday and bon voyage party! We were privileged to be invited and are blessed to be able to share life with this sweet young woman.
What a fun party too! Her mom, Linda spent countless hours making so many delicious treats for everyone to enjoy. Take a look at that table!
She also served awesome fresh-baked bruschetta in 3 flavors. One with fresh basil, tomato and mozzarella, one with brown sugar, cinnamon, sliced pear and brie (I think that was my favorite) mmmm, and another with cranberry sauce and bleu cheese. It was good, but I'm not a bleu cheese fan, so my least favorite. She did an amazing job with everything, food and presentation. What a treat!
After a bit of mingling they had everyone go outside and several people spent time affirming Miranda and letting her know just how much she is loved. This is always so touching to watch and be reminded of the unique qualities that God has given to the guest of honor. I would love to share in the affirmation, but I get so emotional just watching, that I'd never be able to articulate how I feel about the person. I just have to do it in writing, otherwise no one would understand a word that I said.
Miranda is a special young lady! Intelligent, funny, sweet, kind, caring, and a lover of God. She's independent, talented and self-confident. I hope she was reminded of all those things and so much more on Saturday. Here's a picture of her proud parents, and they have every reason to be.
We're so excited that she is getting the chance to go to college near London for a semester. What a great adventure! I wish I was going with her or at least going over to visit. We'll be praying for a rich and wonderful time for her there.
We love you Miranda! Happy Birthday and Bon voyage in the coming months!


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According to the Oxford Dictionary 'Endearment' means 'Expression of Love or Affection'. This truthfully implies that my Tales of Endearment are stories about everything that is dear to me, stories about everything I affectionately love. So wouldn't it make sense then that I write a Tale about my sister, Evelien? Because, like a friend told me, "doing a piece about a family member is the ultimate endearment."
In a recent interview someone asked me: "What are the five things you can't live without?" My number one answer was, "My sister, because she makes me laugh." Evelien is the funny one in the family. Her sense of humor transcends any conventional boundaries and social inhibitions. She's witty, silly, comical and ridiculously entertaining, in a Jim Carrey kind of way. When she's in her element she can have the entire room in stitches, crying with laughter. I usually resort to a series of half-snorts, something we have genetically in common. "I like making people laugh or getting attention for being retarded," she admits generously. "I like being the centre of attention!" When she was a little girl, Evelien was beyond shy. She barely spoke until she was five years old. Her teachers adored her because she always quiet in class. She hid in my mom's skirt when adults said hello. Until one day we saw her act in a play in front of hundreds of people at our local church. This timid, little shell of a girl had transformed into a seasoned, masterful performer overnight.
That's when I knew she had to be an actress. It would take two more decades, a battle against undiagnosed ADHD, a series of exciting and not-so-exciting jobs in Paris, Sydney and Kortrijk, on-and-off phases of serious partying and a long-distance love affair with an Australian guy she met on myspace, before she finally signed up for acting school. "When I arrived in New York three years ago, I started watching a lot of SNL," she recalls. "I really like Kristin Wiig. She's my inspiration." As soon as she landed her dream job as Photo Editor at V magazine in March of 2010 and settled in the East Village, she set out to pursue a new, long overdue goal. "I started taking classes at Stella Adler. I did an intensive two-month workshop early this year and I really liked it. I met some really cool people. Now I am signed up at Upright Citizens Brigade where you can take improv classes. Much different! It's actually really hard. Especially if you have to play with someone else. Most of them suck," she laughs. "That's why it's hard! I hope they dont read this…!!".
I would describe my sister's dress sense as "stylishly wacky". At times she's a downtown girl with a bit of Wang and Belgian influences. Other times she's an explosion of hippie colors, fringes and flares. "I don't go with one style. Sometimes I wear all new, deconstructive things. Sometimes I wear all vintage. Sometimes it looks uber-hip. And sometimes it looks very Belgian. I guess you can say I have a quirky, all-over-the-place, transcontinental style??" Our shoot took place in April when it was still miserably cold. And gathering from the selection of items she'd laid out for me, Evelien was having a tapestry moment. She wore jackets, vests and body warmers in cool colors and softly woven woolens. And she had accumulated a collection of wondrous pants that would put Willy Wonka to shame. "I really have no idea how my obsession with funny pants started…" she thinks intensely, "but I think Stella Dallas has something to do with it. It's my favorite vintage store in Williamsburg. They have all these funny and amazing things. I bought a pair of old Wrangler orange striped cropped pants and I thought to myself: Hmmm… could be a funny Balmain version! Hahaha! Also, I just wear the pants and pretend that they are normal pants. I wear normal shoes and normal sweater or t-shirt. If you start wearing a crazy top too, you become like a fashion freak and that's so unattractive."
It's great to have a little sister. I know her better than anyone. I changed her diapers and helped her mend a broken heart. She's complicated but never complicating. She has a crazy head with a sane mind. She holds no mask or excuses. She's a trooper and a fighter. And though we are so very, very different, we understand each other, even if we don't want to. We're Capricorns. We're daughters. We're foreigners. I've called her Blinie since she was six years old. And the nickname stuck. Just like I know she'll always stick by me.
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One of my main issues – besides the fact that I have horrible "conformation" to be a rider – with ridiculously short arms and legs (28″ inseam!!) is relaxing my leg to make it longer, (well, as long as it physically CAN be!) and to bring my legs back FROM THE HIP SOCKET. Doing this gives me much more leg 'real estate' to actually use on the horse. But it is hard – and sometimes PAINFUL. I get awful thigh cramps at times – always in my right leg. And my legs do not want to stay there. Until, that is, I dropped my stirrups and rode the entire time without them on Fling last night. And wonder of wonders, not only did my legs stay BACK on her with no stirrups, I sat deeper in the saddle. And even more wonderful – when I went to pick up my stirrups at the end, they felt really SHORT. So I lengthened them a hole and then rode in them and, gee, it was so much easier to keep my legs BACK with a slightly longer stirrup!
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Little changes can make a big difference…
This week I have been really concentrating on a few main things from my Debbie Bowman clinic last weekend — looking no further 'outside' than my horse's outside ear, keeping my fingers CLOSED on the reins, stretching my legs DOWN and resisting my tendancy to draw my knees UP into the knee rolls, and stretching up very tall from my core, but also from my collarbone up, and to LOOK UP. For me, there are only so many things I can thinnk about at once and also ride my horse – and so I am trying to make these changes ingrained habits – so there will be room in my brain for the OTHER things I need to improve about my riding! LOL! But even working on those few simple things have made Fling and Faeryn much better!
Faeryn's canter has improved SO much since the clinic – where Debbie had me do all of the above, plus think about taking more equal contact on both reins. I also am trying to resist my very bad habit of pumping at the canter – and just letting her move underneath me and keeping my seat very 'neutral.' Those small changes have made a HUGE difference. Her canter is so much more balanced and correct. Of course, I am sure Faeryn is thinking "She really is riding me better since that clinic!" LOL! Any 'flaws' in my horses are always due to 'pilot error.'
I rode Fling three days in a row and got super work from her. A much fancier trot with much more impulsion, better half pass at trot – and, for once, I schooled HP at canter and was able to convince her to let ME drive (she really wants to 'take over' at canter HP since she is convinced there is a flying change at the end of each one) and was able to half pass all the way from centerline to the rail and keep it all together a few times! Her canter is getting better and better – mostly from my improved position — but also from a greater degree of self-carriage on her part. I've been doing a lot of 'forward and back' at trot and canter and it's paying off! The 'acid test' for Fling's canter is just cantering in straight lines all around the arena. If she can maintain her self carriage and LISTEN to my half halts and keep the same speed/tempo for the whole canter tour — then we're golden. Today I cantered all around the arena and was able to 'ride every stride' and do a few steps of medium and come back easily. My "little sports car" is back!
Super ride on Fling!
Until I get the footing in my arena sorted out, I basically can only ride one horse after work, since I am limited to riding in our ten-acre field, and have no lights. These days I race home and change and head back outside since there's only about an hour of light once I get home. Last night I was 'hot' to ride Fling for the first time since our rides with Debbie over the weekend and of course they chose to be idiots and race around the pasture like a bunch of hooligans! Fling was panting and almost dripping wet by the time they stopped long enough for me to catch her! I used to love seeing my horses run, but now I am out there screaming WHOA WHOA like a madwoman as all I can think about is the possibility of tendon injuries or even worse!
Needless to say, Fling was already quite 'warmed up' when I got on her and we went right to work. One of my main problems on her was that I was looking way too far tot he inside, twisting mybody. Ispent the session trying to stretch myself tall from my 'collarbones up' and to keep my eyes UP and look between her ears. Her trot was fabulous and very connected and I did a few medium and extended trots which were super. Very powerful and not just 'quick' as sometimes can be the case. The canter is getting better – I had some super moments of really good self-carriage, but I know there's an even better canter in there. Also worked on half pass – I have been letting her haunches lead in the half pass – it didn't feel like it to me – but that's why you need eyes on the ground. When she does a correct half pass with the shoulders clearly leading, to ME it feels like her haunches are really trailing and we're just sort of trotting across the diagonal. So my task is to re-align my sense of feel to recognize a good half pass from an, excuse me, can't resist – half-*ss half pass. 😉
I am really hoping I have a few hours to myself — and that it does not rain too much — over the Tgiving weekend to FINALLY get my arena footing straightened out. I "meant" to do it in the evening (under arena lights) every night this week, but I really just HATE working in the dark – I have a real hard time with the time change every year. It puts me in a blue funk since I don't get nearly enough time in the DAYLIGHT.
Faeryn steps up to the plate!
Just by incorporating some of the main things Debbie had me do – stretch up from my collarbones, and stretch down into the stirrups, and keep myself better 'centered' in the saddle – Faeryn was noticeably better. Improving my position allows me to keep her more connected – she feels like one supple 'piece' from nose to tail – and has much more impulsion. Before, I tended to look too much to the center – with all of my horses – which messed up my seat and encouraged them to fall in. Faeryn's energy level is incredible. It is amazing to think that when I first started her under saddle I wondered where I was going to find the energy and impulsion to ever get her to second level! Her canter was also much better – I am trying to just SIT at the canter and break my bad habit of 'pumping.'
FINALLY back in the saddle…
Still don't feel great, and the time change has done its usual number on my mood, but at least I am riding. My arena has been unrideable due to rain and the fact that I haven't had the time or energy to 'rearrange' the new sand so that it's even everywhere. At both ends it is WAY too deep. Need to try and move some sand with the front end loader, which is going to be a slow and tedious job, given my lack of skill with that! So, since I have less than an hour of daylight when I get home, not much riding getting done since I can't ride in my lighted arena, and my round pen doesn't have lights yet! Hopefully I can fix the arena in the next few days before it starts raining again! The deep spots are not bad when the arena is dry, but when it's wet, it's way more noticeable.
I rode all the horses with Debbie Bowman this weekend. Had two rides with Fling and one each with Faxx and Faeryn. Debbie likes Fling a lot – so much that she told me if she was ever for sale to let her know. That made me laugh. As if I'd ever sell her! We worked on our canter and trot half pass. And basic canter work. All showed marked improvement. Now if I can just make the fixes 'permanent' so we don't have to reinvent the wheel all the time! Faeryn was a little star. She started off good, but she got "wow" by the end. Super, super connected, which enabled me to do really good shoulder-in and lengthenings. Making my leg just a big longer and sitting up more, especially from my collarbones, has a dramatic effect on the way she goes. I rode Faxx on Sunday – and realized it was the first time he's been ridden since the championships!! We worked on shoulder in with him too. It's time to raise the bar on him – he's just been 'skating' all year! 😉
Still sick, and dr. #2 today
I guess you could say I am on 'stall rest.' I am coughing like mad and the stuff Doc #1 gave me might as well have been tap water for all the good it did in stopping my cough. I think I have slept about 4 hours the past two nights combined. I went to work today but didn't last long before I started having coughing fits, so called my regular doc, who worked me in, and got some "Big Guns" for the cough – ie, cough med with codeine. Plus three other assorted drugs! She said my lungs sound like crap. Is that an official diagnosis they teach in med school now? Anyway, will take the cough med tonight and hope it works. Jury is out as to whether I will try (again) to go to work tomorrow.
At least it's not beautiful weather for my 'stall rest.' It's been raining every day. So I've been studying the new first level and third level tests. Plus the old first 4 test for the schooling show champs in December.
Still sick….
Most of my show stuff is still stuff into the dressing room of my trailer. I've been coughing my head off. Went to the Rediclinic yesterday a.m. and got two kinds of cough meds and antibiotics. Neither cough med is working too swell. I slept at most, 2 hours at stretch last night in-between fits of coughing.
I really need and want to ride!!!


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Halle Berry talks about 007 spin-off. The Oscar winner says ?Die Another Day? scribes have written a script for her sassy secret agent Jinx
Never mind scenes: One Bond girl is borrowing his screenwriters to boot. Halle Berry, who went toe to toe with Pierce Brosnan in last year?s "Die Another Day," will star in a movie based on her feisty special agent character Jinx, according to SciFi Wire. The screenplay has been penned by "Die" writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. "We just got the script last night, the first script," Berry said Saturday at the Comic-Con International convention in San Diego.
No word on what mischief Jinx might be up to in her own film, but don?t expect her character to be ordering her martinis shaken, not stirred. "I?ve been talking to the writers about it, and they had a great idea for who she is and where she comes from, and I think it won?t be like Bond," she said, adding that the film will add some edginess to the mix. As for the endless sexual innuendoes of the Bond series, Berry may be too busy kicking butt to engage in witty repartee: ?I think we?ll have elements of that humor Bond has,? she said. "But it won?t be as tongue-in-cheek." Well, at least Berry will get to claw the scenery in her next film: "Catwoman," the big-screen version of the DC Comics character, begins filming this fall.


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Sorry for the lack of postings the last couple of weeks. It seems like if we leave it too long then it becomes such an undertaking to get caught up with the backlog that it then gets put off even longer. So this posting is a bit of a mish mash.
Lily's birthday:
She had a great time. We had a party and invited a few of her friends. We had a friend dog sit for us as the puppies may have scared some of the kids. Everyone arrived, played and had a good time. We all had hot dogs and Kraft dinner with a cake Margot made. MMMMMM. Then after Lily's nap we had a couple of adult friends over and had another party for Lily. She had a great time turning three.
Personal Improvement Week:
We all need to improve (some more than others) ourselves, and this week all of us teachers in the Qikiqtani region got to do just that. We were given a set amount of money and it had to be used towards professional development. We had to set up what ever we wanted to do and put a proposal together that needed approval. Some did course work both up here and down south, others had projects they were working on and some chose to learn about Inuit culture. Margot and I both chose to go the last route as we are new and very interested in what is important to the community in which we live and teach. It makes for a more authentic teaching and learning model when you have personal experience with a subject. So Margot is making seal skin kamiq's (boots) and I am learning to carve stone and have arranged for a local guide to take me out on the land to hunt and fish the Inuit way.
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A bit of back-story about hunting and I. When I was a kid in southern BC my dad was quite a hunter and I grew up hunting birds (using a small 22 caliber gun, not a shotgun) and such. I have never shot a large animal and I stopped hunting in my teen years. It has never been something I really wanted to get back into, but having lived up here, it reignited my interest in it. This community and the Inuit people have such a strong foundation built on hunting and fishing. It was something I really wanted to be a part of, to be a true hunter up here. I wanted to be able to relate to my students and members of the community about something that is important to them. I can only learn so much from reading books and watching educational videos. What follows is not a story about blood lust and my desire to kill. It is about my wanting to experience a new part of the culture that is important for the men in my community. Also I wanted to feed my family and share with my community. Trust me, nothing goes to waste up here. I was very conflicted about killing such a beautiful animal, but I also know that is how the food chain works if one eats meat (which I do) and these animals have been harvested for hundreds of years and are being carefully managed now. I know this is not everyone's cup of tea, but I am here to experience Inuit culture and this is part of it.
My day Caribou hunting started well after picking up the snowmobiles, loading up gear into the Qamutiq (I built, with help) and getting fuel. As we were departing, I set up my new (borrowed) GPS unit to track our day. This would allow us to follow a trail home in case we got turned around or bad weather came in. Gabriel, my guide, scoffed at my GPS a bit, but didn't say too much. I told him it was just in case and that I did not really know it very well. I reassured him that he was the one who was going to get us home.
It was an amazingly clear day and around -32 C (not incl. wind chill). We headed off and began our journey on the frozen ocean. I must admit how terrified I am of being on frozen water. It does not help that everyone I talk to who has been traveling/hunting on the ice has some horror story about how they have either had a snowmobile fall through or the ice they were standing on break off and float away. That's scary stuff. So, I was very careful and we followed other fresh snowmobile tracks. We traveled 45 miles north east across the southern tip of Baffin Island. We traveled through some amazing terrain and it was so very beautiful. At times it was a bit frustrating though because it was so cold, I had to cover my face to avoid frostbite. But, when I did that, the condensation would eventually make it's way up into my goggles, eventually forming a thick layer of ice that made it difficult to see. So, we would stop, thaw out and then carry on. We drove for about 2 hours passing over frozen mountains, wide open flatland's, lakes and streams. We passed over numerous tracks, both Caribou and Polar Bear but still no animals. I did see an arctic hare streak across our path which was pretty cool. It was the first wild, non-airborne animal I had seen since we moved here. Right about the time I was starting to give up hope, we came across two Caribou. They were in the lee of a large hill and stopped to watch us as we prepared our guns. In hindsight, this would have been good time to put on some thin gloves, like mechanic or biking gloves to stop the intense cold and wind from freezing them. However, in my haste to leave the house I forgot them, along with a camera and my binoculars. Anyhow, as we began to approach them they began to trot at a leisurely pace away from us. Gabriel did not seem too concerned as we neared them and he tried to shoot the larger of the two, which turned out to be female as they both were. He missed a few times and then asked if I would try to shoot the other. Now, as an aside, I am a resident and a licensed hunter who is legally allowed to shoot up to five Caribou this season. I did not bring up a rifle to Nunavut, but I am having one shipped up now. I did bring along my model 12, 12 gauge Winchester pump action shotgun that was my grandfathers. It is a very nice gun. I brought along rifled deer slugs for bear protection, but they are also used for hunting thin skinned, large game. Now on with the story:
Caribou are a strange animal. I have never seen an animal stand and watch you while you shoot at it. Generally they run away, but these ones would run a couple hundred yards and then stand and watch, as we would try again. It took about 10 minutes for the actual hunt, during which I had exposed hands while holding my gun and driving. We would drive, stop, get off, shoot, reload and repeat. By the time I took my last shot, I could not move my thumbs and was trying to load my gun by shoving shells in with my burning, frozen, unmovable thumbs. It was so very painful! It took us a few tries but eventually we did shoot them. It didn't help that Gabriel's gun was not sighted properly. I was quite impressed with my shot. It was at least 125 yard, using a shotgun in the wind, using open sights on a gun I had never hunted with. Gabriel was very impressed which made me feel pretty good. I took a total of 7 shots. 4 misses, two body shots and one final one to kill the animal quickly after it was on the ground shots. I don't want to see an animal suffer needlessly. Gabriel's Caribou was a full grown female with antlers, mine we estimated to be about two years old. It had small antlers and a bit smaller body. They are much larger than the deer down south with large hooves, noses, eyes and long, long legs.
Then the work began. I stood back and tried to help, but soon realized that I was only slowing Gabriel down as he expertly skinned, limbed, gutted and butchered both animals. He told me that when he lived back home in Coral Harbor, Nunavut, he butchered over 30 Caribou in one day. His hometown has a very large heard and they supply many communities with Caribou meat. It took about 25 minutes per animal. We lined the qamutiq with a tarp then used the skins to hold the meat, innards, legs and heads. The only things left were the intestines, everything else was used. I took some ribs, the shoulders and the hind quarters from the smaller one that I shot for my family and friends. I also took the hides, one set of innards (a delicacy), and the vertebrae, which I gave away as a thank you to an older Inuit woman who has worked with both Margot and I at our schools. She sent her son over to help me butcher the pieces of Caribou into specific cuts of meat, which I then processed later. Gabriel took the rest of the meat, limbs, innards and heads to feed his family and friends.
After we got cleaned up and had some bannock and tea we began our trip home. By this time, it was about 2 pm and the sky was still clear but a very cold wind was tearing across the land. It was very cold. We figured we had another 45 minutes before we should start heading home. Gabriel led the way as we continued our hunt. After passing over a never ending criss-cross of old snowmobile tracks and a few more mountains Gabriel admitted he was a bit turned around and asked if my GPS was working. At this point I was concerned and brought out the GPS that I had hastily set up to track our route prior to leaving town. We both looked at it and the map I had brought and he figured he knew where to go and we set off again. 15 minutes later, he stops and says he's lost and wants to see the GPS again. After a couple of "comments" from me he smiled and said he knew where we were. I said so do I, Nunavut, but that doesn't help me get home. He asked for the GPS again and he used it for the next 30 minutes until he got us back on our old tracks. Now, I am sure we would have been fine and figured out which way was home, but GPS is amazing. I also was sure to bring extra batteries, fuel, emergency food, tools, clothes, maps and such. I tend to over prepare which usually turns out to be a good thing.
We then began the long and very cold trip home. There was one section that was about 15 km long in which the wind was hitting our side with such force that it was blowing the qamutiq (fully loaded and heavy) sideways a bit as we traveled at a pretty quick speed.
We made it back to town and filled up our fuel. Many people gave us big smiles and were very happy for our successful hunt, however, most also "jokingly" asked for either an invite to dinner or some of the Caribou. I had to drop Gabriel off, stop by the store and get Lily and Margot also. By the time I got home there was a small army of kids wanting to know about the hunt. Two girls refused to believe that I shot one of the caribou, or that I built the qamutiq or my harpoon (with help) and called me a liar. I asked is it because I am a teacher and therefore have no life or skills outside school (from their perspective) or a qallunaat (non-Inuit) and they told me it was because I was qallunaat. After explaining that what they were saying was racist, I suggested they should go home.
Lily thought the whole thing was very exciting, as did we. We called up a few friends to come over and check it out and have dinner. Kala and Smoot were also very excited. Margot spread out cardboard on the kitchen floor while I brought everything inside. I then went and returned the snowmobiles. I had been told to throw the hides out by numerous people because they were not good for making anything this time of year, but Margot got on the phone with an elder, Qupi (Hope-ee spelled phonetically) and she sent over her son to get them. He will use them as bedding while out camping once they have been cleaned, stretched and dried in the spring. He also said he would help me with my meat as I was completely out of my element. He and his girlfriend arrived with a gigantic cleaver/axe and after I assured him I had our dogs, who were sequestered in the living room, under control, set about chopping and portioning up the Caribou. Within ten minutes he was done. He commented on how often he has done this before and I believe him. After we said goodbye, I began the arduous process of cleaning, trimming and packaging everything up. Lily thought it was great and went and put on a party dress for the special occasion then desperately wanted to sit on my lap as I sliced and diced. I explained to her that she needed to put on other clothes if she was going to "help". That night we ate bbq'd Caribou steak for dinner and it was very tasty but a bit tough. I think that is why many people up here eat it frozen and raw with soy sauce (I haven't tried this yet) or in stews. Sadly it was too rich for the dogs and they were both a bit ill that night, along with Margot. We did not get done until about 8:30 pm. I must admit, I love bleach. The kitchen was such a bloody mess afterwards (literally) that I created a mixture of pine sol, sunlight and bleach. Margot and I then used it to clean and scrub every surface in our kitchen.
It was quite a day and I am still processing everything. It will be a day I never forget, that's for sure! Thanks to everyone's help and generosity as it made the day a success.
Conquering ones fear:
I had planned on spending another day with Gabriel as my guide setting up fishing nets under the ice in a nearby lake. But sadly the plan fell through, as he could not locate the nets. So, as a plan B, we spent the day out on the ice floe edge. Now, I am terrified of being on frozen water. I have seen people and snowmobiles break through ice after being reassured "don't worry, it's perfectly safe. You could drive a truck on this!" This is why I have waited so long to go out on the ice, and never by myself. I managed to hook us up with another hunting party who was also heading out. They even had a little boat. They use the boat to go pick up whatever they shoot in the water off the flow edge (seals & walrus). It was also nice to go with men who go out on a daily basis and have a very good understanding of this area, currents and ice thickness. Also, the more the merrier I say!
As we left the relative safety of town and firm ground for a day of ice, I must admit to being quite scared. But, it seemed as good a day as any to conquer my fear, so off we went. It was really amazing to feel the difference between regular snow and the snow on frozen ocean. On regular snow, my snowmobile just scoots along without much resistance, but on the frozen ocean it felt as if I were towing a heavy load. The engine struggled to overcome the resistance from sticky frozen ocean's snow. As we approached open water, I could feel a slight panic attack coming over me and I had to work very hard at calming down and trusting the men that I was with.
The floe edge was very beautiful. The day was clear with blue skies, a moderate wind and about -30 C (temp, not wind chill). The cold air blew across the frozen land and ice and when it hit the open ocean, created a thick fog about 50 feet out that extended high into the sky. I was told that when it warms up, the visibility will increase on the water. We parked about 50 feet from the edge and everyone used their harpoons (I am glad I made one) to stab at the ice to ensure it was thick enough. If after one stab it goes through it is dangerous, 2 stabs okay for one man, 4 stabs it's okay for many men and snowmachines, 6 stabs and it's safe for a truck. We were at about 5 stabs. It still seemed very thin. I explained that I am a large man and maybe their stab scale was only for smaller Inuit men. They all laughed and one man said his dad was very fat and would be safe out there too. So with that we all watched the ocean looking for seal heads.
The day proved to be unsuccessful for hunting, but we did get to explore much of the shoreline, meet other hunting parties and get some good riding in. We left Cape Dorset Harbor and headed across Parchetuk bay, over a couple islands known for duck hunting, past Negus Bay and out to the Neta Islands in search of weed. When I asked what we were looking for and was told "weed" as we all poked at the ice with our harpoons, I must admit my southern BC brain was not thinking seaweed. When I explained my confused look to the group, they all had a good laugh.
It was a calm day filled with lots of stories about the past and how things used to be. How people had to fight for their lives and work together. I was told a story about a man and his friends who had a the piece of ice they were standing and hunting on, break off and float out into the open ocean. They would fall off and the waves would lift them back onto their ice again. They huddled together to keep safe and warm. Finally after two days, they were rescued by helicopter. Another story that stuck in my mind was a group who also had a large piece of ice they were on break off. They rushed over to their snowmobiles and raced across the ever widening gap of deep, black ocean water that separated the piece of ice they were on and the new floe edge. They lost 1 snowmobile and 2 guns. I cannot imagine being faced with these challenges. This is not a place for games or to not take nature seriously. I am still afraid of the ice, but I am very happy I got to experience it with so many warm and friendly people.
Lily in the morning. She decided she need to wear her some of her snow clothes while we watched the news. What a funny kid!
Some people drive trucks, others drive snowmobiles and quads. This person rides their scooter all year. It's the funniest thing to see them flying down a road so icy that kids can use their ice skates. The riders keep their feet down like outriggers and often have passengers! What a crazy place.
Lily and Daddy at the dump looking for a snowmobile part. This is a place the locals call "Canadian Tire".
Lily on the phone wearing daddy's boots.
Lily getting ready to "go out" in her play amouti
Give Lily a pack of stickers and guess were they end up?
A man cleaning snow off the vent stacks with no safety equipment. He almost fell twice, so scary. A WCB nightmare!
Margot and Lily out for a big walk.
Lily and Kathy using Margot's smartboard in her classroom.
Margot commuting home from work.
Richard coming home from work.
A hunter on the floe edge.
Snowmobiles on the floe edge.
A destroyed seal den. This is what they build to have their pups in. It must have been crushed by a hungry bear.
Hunters planning our next move.
Looking for weed.
A very icy island.
My gun and seal skin mittens.
A view looking east from the Neta Islands.
An elder on the floe edge waiting to help a group of hunters with their canoe. They will be returning, hopefully, with walrus.
The edge of the floe edge.
My Qamutic.
My Qamutic returning full after a successful hunt before I returned the snowmobiles.
Lily and Kala enjoying a Caribou foot.
Lisa and Lily checking out our Caribou.
Amy and Lily check out the action. Notice Lily's fancy dress. I thought Amy did pretty good considering she is a vegetarian.
Richard learning how to butcher Caribou in the kitchen. Notice his gigantic knife on the floor beside him.
Lily's birthday lunch.
Lily's birthday presents.
Lily enjoying a ticky loopy after the party.
Lily playing on her new bike.
Lily and Daddy have a bit of wind-down time.
Lily checking out the glove from the new Michael Jackson dancing game.
Lily giving the new sweater her Grammy made for her a 'yes' face.
Lily enjoying the new toque from her Mama and Papa
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Tuscarora Tuesday
3 comments:
- Carol said...
Gosh, I was just thinking that I like this piece better than any other you posted. Sorry it might be Mohawk. Its wonderful, isn't it! I love the leaves. They are perfection.
Thanks for posting ALL of these TT pics.
- July 27, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Robbie said...
Mohawk Monday sounds great to me! Heck, you don't have to sleep anyway! You can just post, post, post your life away! We'll all read the posts!
- July 28, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Pursuing Art... said...
Funny, I've meant to ask you if the Tuscarora Tuesday pieces that you've shared are from your collection?! What an *amazing collection* of vintage pieces!
The fan motif is beautiful and it's interesting that it might not be a Tuscarora piece and perhaps Mohawk. I really enjoy the history of vintage pieces. Hope you decide to go with Mohawk Monday!
Thanks, Lynn, and Grant, for sharing these beaded beauties...they are amazing and a real treasure to see!!! It is incredible what a generation before us was beading and thinking in their lifetime. XOX ~Lisa
- July 29, 2010 at 2:52 PM


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Monday, February 14, 2011
Super Bowl Crochet-In
The Super Bowl was only a week ago but it seems longer. Could I make a hat in the time in took me to watch the Super Bowl? And make appetizers? And watch the commercials? And help someone with their homework? YES I CAN! I had to wait a week to take after photos because my lovely model had a cold. So, here we are, crocheting to the Super Bowl.
And progess at half time:
This hat pattern is from Funky Chunky and the yarn is Vanna's Choice in Silver. The stripe and flower were from the stash. Of course the design was inspired by Elle Woods hat in Legally Blonde, my favorite Crochet in the Movies moment.
Who's up for a challenge next Super Bowl?
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Six Best Practices For Managing Multiple Projects
In this struggling economy, project managers are often required to manage many projects. It is usually a challenge to manage just one project, so it is inevitable that managing multiple projects will pose even more challenges.
How many projects can a project manager manage?
Now there are so many factors that affect this determination (e.g. project size, type and complexity, resources and skills available, number of clients, location and duration of projects etc.), that it is impossible to quote any useful number. I think it will be fair to say, however, that you can manage more than you might have believed possible, if you apply the following six best practices.
Management Support
1. Ensure the support and trust of your management and client management.
Perhaps the most valuable of all best practices is to ensure you have the support and trust of your management, client sponsor and client management. Their proactive support is essential for the timely resolution of many activities (e.g. scope definition, project budget, resourcing, issue resolution, project prioritization etc.). Be open about the need for their support, and take advantage of every opportunity to gain it (for example, through your project kickoff meetings, risk reviews, regular status meetings and steering committee meetings).
2. Ensure you have the appropriate level of skills and resources.
This is easier said than done, but it is essential if you are to be successful in managing your many projects. Identify up front the specific skills and resources that you need for your projects, and persevere until you get them. Look for people who are team players, adaptable and willing to work in many different capacities.
Resources should ideally be dedicated to your projects and co-located. If you cannot get fully dedicated resources, at least make sure they are co-located on specific days each week. so that you can count on their availability and support.
Performance Reporting
3. Establish a Project Dashboard for all your projects.
Use a simple dashboard like the one shown here, to give clear visibility to the status of your projects.
The projects can be sorted by client, so that each client sees the status for only their projects.
A Dashboard is an extremely powerful tool for soliciting the support of your project stakeholders, so ensure that the "Comments" shown for each project reflects the actions you are taking and/or the support you need to address the "yellow" and "red" areas that need resolution.
Time Management
4. Ensure you and your team members practice good time management.
Establish with your project team the most effective ways you can maximize your team productivity and build these into your Team Operating Agreement and practice them.
For example:
- Keep meetings short and focused. Take individual issues offline rather than trying to solve them at team meetings.
- Ask your team members to let you know early if they are going to be late on an activity, so that you can take any corrective action necessary to keep the activity from being delayed.
5. Delegate to the max.
When managing many projects, there is quite often a tendency for project managers to take on more work themselves, since they feel their team members are already overloaded. Wrong approach! They should delegate all activities, so that they can free themselves to work with their team leads to address issues and provide support, as opposed to being locked away trying to do activities that can and should have been delegated.
Establish a project lead for each project, or set of projects, so that you can act as the overall program manager to ensure all projects are successfully completed.
6. Apply a methodology that is scalable and adaptable to your project needs.
The methodology that your organization has established may not work well with your set of projects. It is important that you adapt and scale the key elements of the organization's methodology to fit your many projects.
For example:
- Use the simple Project Dashboard shown above for all your projects, rather than a one page Dashboard for each project. This Dashboard can act as your Status Report for all your projects.
- Do a combined Risk Assessment for all your projects, rather than one for each project.
Are there any other best practices for managing multiple projects that you can recommend?
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Thank you so much for this kind of post.I really appreciate the content that you have posted here.It will be a great reminder for us in terms of best practice in managing projects.ReplyDelete
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Edward Hickey an Irishman living in Acton, West London in 1940 wrote to the Daily Worker 2 March 1940 in obvious anger at the way he (and many other Irishmen and women) were being treated.
"I am an Irishman resident for a number of years in this citadel of democracy.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Winners For Sketch 223!
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For UK and EU students, the main source of funding for Masters and PhD students in the UK is the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), about which more below.
For overseas research students, the main source of funding is the Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORSAS); again, more below.
In addition, the Mind Association and the British Society for the Philosophy of Science provide scholarships for PhD study. The Mind Association has one scholarship, for overseas PhD students, every 3 years. The BSPS offers one scholarship per year to PhD students (home/EU or overseas) conducting research in the philosophy of science, paid at the same rate as the AHRC.
Finally, individual universities and departments often offer their own fee waivers, bursaries, teaching assistantships and scholarships. The easiest way to find out about these may be to browse department websites.
The AHRC has two schemes for philosophy students: the Research Preparation Masters Scheme and the Doctoral Awards Scheme. These are available only to home and EU students. For home (UK) students, the award pays your fees and a living allowance. For non-UK EU students, it pays your fees only.
For 2008-9 awards, you apply through the department you wish to study in; you are only allowed to apply through one department. The deadline is in May, but many departments will require you to apply to them several months earlier, to give them time to prepare your application.
From 2009-10, the AHRC is changing the way it awards postgraduate studentships. For most (but not all) philosophy departments, a quota of studentships will be allocated, for the department to award to whomever it chooses. There is thus no separate application process to the AHRC itself.
ORSAS awards cover the difference between the home/EU fees and the overseas fees; however some universities will provide 'top-up' fee waivers or scholarships to successful ORSAS candidates. ORSAS is run through individual universities, so you will have to look at each university's website to find out about deadlines, where to send your application, and so on. General information about ORSAS, and a list of participating UK universities, is available from the ORSAS website.
Deadlines for ORSAS applications are generally very early - around December. Do bear in mind that ORSAS is extremely competitive, and only students with excellent grades and references are successful.


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