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Kurt Busch Makes Dramatic Last-Lap Pass To Win 2017 Daytona 500
What a race! The 59th edition of the Daytona 500 took place on Feb. 26, kicking off the 2017 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup season! After 500 miles of rubber-burning racing, it was Kurt Busch who captured the checkered flag with a historic win!
Under a bright Florida sky, 40 of NASCAR's racers competed in the series' most prestigious event. There could only be one winner of "The Great American Race," and it was Kurt Busch, 38, who walked away with the Harley J. Earl Trophy. Over 35 cars were in wrecks, proving every driver put their heart and soul into the race, even willing to face destruction along the way! Kurt was driving a Monster energy sponsored car when he made history, by becoming the first driver to win the Daytona 500 leading only in the final lap. Talk about a major accomplishment!
Finally making it to the #DAYTONA500 Victory Lane tastes pretty sweet, right @KurtBusch? pic.twitter.com/UgZLJMbatR
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 26, 2017
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After the nail-biting race, Danica Patrick took to Twitter and revealed, "That was the funnest #Daytona500 I've ever had." Though it's the first race of the season, the Daytona 500 is considered the "Super Bowl" of NASCAR, as it's the most famous race of the series. It also carries the largest purse of the season, with Denny Hamlin earning $1,507,592 for his 2016 victory, according to Jalopnik.
Denny's victory was one of the most dramatic in the Daytona 500's history. He won by inches, just barely squeaking by Martin Truex Jr. in what would be called a "photo finish." Denny held the lead for the majority of the race, and he was able to hold off this late-in-the-race challenge. Sadly, Denny wasn't able to translate this success into a cup championship. Though Denny made the Chase (the NASCAR Playoffs), he was eliminated right before the last race of the season.
Ultimately, Jimmie Johnson, 41, won his seventh NASCAR cup championship, tying him with legends Richard Petty, 79, and Dale Earnhardt for most titles of all time. Carl Edwards, 37, was one of the other competitors eligible to win the 2016 Sprint Cup, but crashed early into the race. That seemed to be it for him, as he announced his retirement ahead of the season. With Carl calling it quits, it allowed Daniel Suarez, 25, to take over his ride in the No. 19 car.
What did you think about the Daytona 500, HollywoodLifers? Did you think it was a good race? Are you excited for the new NASCAR season?


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Up until now I just could not figure out how to get rain in my images. I simply shopped it in…. it's ok, but I always wanted the real thing! Then I read a comment written bij Anna (Fourbrickstall)- also remember to visit her VERY informative Youtube-channel if you want to know about Lighting and Lego-photography!) wherein she wrote something like that you simply need to keep your eyes open. When do you see rain on a wet evening; You see it in front of a lamppost! When there is no light… you can't see light. So there you go; step one to get rain into your Lego-photo, you need to backlight the waterdrops!
And that is what I did. I created a scene with the two monsters, backlit the scene (light B in figure 1), grabbed my water spray bottle and started spraying.
Nice! I saw some rain and light in the B-area of the photo…. but the rest was dark, I barely saw the monster in the back. To light the front of the scene I added the C and D lights at the sides. That lit the C, D-areas and the monsters sufficiently. However, now it irritated me that I only saw rain in the B-area. I also wanted rain in the A-area. That area was well lit by C, but from the side and not from the back. And backlight B was blocked by some trees. That 's why I finally added backlight A and voila…. rain in area A! Yay 😀
Another thing I completely ignored before where specific camera-settings. I have to admit, I feel a little stupid now because of this part. Usually I don't care about shutter speed in my Lego photography because my scenes mostly don't have moving parts. However… rain is a moving element in these photos (DUH!). So shutter speed IS important and the shutter speed determines if you'll see drops, strips or just a mist. At the long shutter speeds I normally use I only saw a grey mist and that was it. I needed to increase the shutter speed! That also meant I needed to have more light than usual to prevent the image from becoming way too dark. In the end my camera-settings were: 50mm macro lens, ISO400 f1/7,1 1/40s.
I always used continuous light, so I can't say too much about flash lights. However, I will be experimenting with flash shortly. Remember that flashlight is usually more bright that continuous light AND it has the ability to freeze motion/ rain. Both these qualities influence the shutter speed and thus the exposure-triangle. Anyway, I'll get back to you once I know a bit more!
The resulting image "a rainy forest walk" is shown below. Thanks for reading and until next time!
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by Dwaas
First version: Feb 5th 2019
Updated: August 13th 2020
Storytelling is one of the most important aspects of Lego-photography. Photos that are nothing more than beautiful will certainly attract your attention and you may be momentarily awed by them, yet, you probably won't remember them very long. It's the images that tell you a story, the ones that speak to you, that will linger in your mind for a much longer time.
A (Lego-)photo is an image frozen in time. As such, it does not tell the viewer what happened before or what lies ahead. The art of storytelling with a single image involves persuading the viewers to create their own version of a past or future, based on the image you presented them with. In short; a (Lego-)photo doesn't tell the story, the photo motivates the viewers to create their own personal, emotional stories! And since all people are different, these stories will differ, amongst other things depending on memories, personality and experience.
This also explains why some pictures will tell an elaborate story to one person and are quiet to another. I cannot give you a straightforward recipe. I mean, storytelling through Lego-photograpy can be really hard. However, I can give you a few basic tips to increase the chances of your Lego-photo telling a story.
First off, who or what is the hero in your image? Is it a person, animal or maybe even an inanimate object (for example an old abandoned car, or a lonely house on the hill)? Then ask yourself if your protagonist is interesting enough to make people wonder. Simply taking a picture of a tree or Lego-minifigure just won't do it. You'll have to provide the viewers with some context concerning your hero and ultimately take control of the entire frame. Thus, inviting viewers to (unconsciously) start thinking.
For example, Figure 1 shows Willy the One-Eyed wizard. As you might know there is an elaborate backstory on him in the first Foolish Lego Comic, and an even more elaborate backstory in my mind. Yet, I wonder, what is your story for him when you see this image? And maybe this Lego-photo fails to tell you a story at all, but, even that is interesting to think about! Why doesn't it speak to you, what would you have done differently?
Second, it may be a good idea to include details! These may be larger or smaller details. And sometimes even the smallest of details may just be enough to get the train of thoughts of the viewer rolling. And a story is born.
Figure 2 shows the photo "Lonely". There are quite a few details in there. For example, the ring and the closed umbrella even though he's standing in the pouring rain. That alone could trigger a few (love?) stories. Another detail is that the protagonist is an elderly, so maybe he just became a widow? Besides, what is he doing street side, dressed up with a bow tie, but not caring about the rain? Enough to think about. There are quite a few stories in there as long as the Lego-photo is inviting enough to make people care to look at the image long enough to find the one stories that appeals to them.
Third, storytelling through (Lego-)photography is all about emotions! And conveying emotion can be difficult with our little plastic friends, especially because not every facial expression is present in the Lego line-up. Also, body language can be a challenge.
The first thing you need to do is to find a facial expression that fits your image or find a way to work around the facial expression. Take a look at figure 3; I wanted a loving face for the elderly lady, buy could not find one. Yet, by hiding the lady's face, I myself create the loving face I wanted. On the other hand, other viewers might feel this guy has to make up for something while she is looking quite angry. Again, there are many stories in this one image.
Also, you need to pay attention to the stance of the Lego-minifigures. That is the closest thing to body language they have. And if there is a stance that seems impossible; sticky tack could be the solution to many problems. Also remember to pay attention to the hands of Lego minifigures; you wouldn't believe what a difference the rotation of the hands can make for conveying emotions.
Lastly, do not forget the surroundings, lighting and especially color. These three elements can drastically change (or destroy!) the emotion and thus the potential for storytelling by your (Lego-)photo.
Fourth, if you'd like, you can add ambiguous or contrasting elements in your images.
In general, there are three types of stories that can be told through (Lego-)photography; personal stories, documentaries and lastly ambiguous stories. Documentaries generally don't benefit from ambiguous elements. Also, don't use this tip if you are looking to tell a singular story.
That being said; adding ambiguous elements in your Lego-images could increase the potential of your photo for telling more than one story, potentially reaching a wider variety of viewers. However, don't overdo it! You don't want to completely confuse the viewers… unless you do 😉
Figure 4 shows "lousy hitchhiker". What happened here? And why is this person (M/ F?) carrying an axe in what looks to be a desert? Besides, why is (s)he still holding on to that axe, etc. Questions bring theories, theories bring stories, stories make a Lego-photo memorable.
Fifth, colors convey emotion and have the ability to convey all kinds of information. So, using the appropriate colors and temperature is important for creating your story.
Warm colors (like red, orange and yellow) are exciting and can convey danger, passion, happiness and adventure, whilst cold colors mostly convey quiet, rest, contemplation, and sadness. All colors in between have their own characteristics and possible meanings.
Furthermore, it doesn't always have to be about light-color. Giving a certain object a specific color can also be meaningful. For example (spoilers in examples); each time something red was shown in the movie: 'the sixth sense', a spirit/ ghost was near. And anytime an orange was shown in 'the Godfather'-trilogy, someone was about to die.
Lastly, combining colors and lighting setup can be even more powerful; imagine a person sitting in a dark cold interior, with warm light coming in through the boarded-up windows; this image talks about someone battling their own dark thoughts whilst happiness tries to reach this person… and fails.
Look at the photo in figure 5. The dark cold outside versus the warm and welcome interior, this person is feeling good! It's not the build that's speaking; it's the color of the light. If the scene was identical and the inside and outside lighting was swapped so the outside light would've been warm and the interior blueish and dark, the story would be different.
Filling the frame only following compositional rules is not enough if you want your photo to tell a story. It is really important to focus. As I wrote before details can be important and contrasting elements increase the potential for storytelling. Yet, if you choose to add elements it must be possible for them to come together in the minds of the viewers. If the viewers can't figure it out, they get confused and a story gets lost. That's when you know you overdid it with adding details.
Remember that what you leave out from your picture is as important as what you include! Completely unrelated information in your photos will only disrupt the stories in the image. Always ask yourself if each element in the photo helps tell the story.
The photo in figure 6 shows that sometimes you don't even need any elements at all. I used framing, lighting, focus, depth of field and a close-up and to try and tell a story. Adding any other element to this photo would've diluted the meaning of the image as a whole.
Sometimes a photo is created featuring a subject that needs more than one image to tell a story OR a subject that has a lot more than one story to tell (and again; the subject can be anything, not only a minifigure). If this is the case, you might consider creating a series of photos avoiding trying to put too much in a single image.
By creating a series of photos; a whole new world might open up. This time I don't mean comics. I'm talking about showing different perspectives on a single subject, thus creating a whole new, deeper level of storytelling.
I believe the image in figure 7 is a nice image in itself, showing Frankensteins' monster enjoying some quiet time with his dog in the garden of his cozy home. However, the story it tells differs and might get to another level if you know who this monster actually is in the world I created for myself. The people that read the comic, also know this is Dwaas a lonely monster living with his ghostly friend Kemi. They also know he loves molded croissants and brings up the mystery of who this dog might be.
Nothing kills a story more than seeing an image that essentially has been created a thousand times before. Viewers are exposed to many photographic stories each and every day, and the photos that stick are the ones that do NOT follow the obvious path, just take a look at figure 8 (source: insta_repeat). Might be a great photo in itself… but when people have seen it a thousand times before; not so much.
You might have heard about the Pixar rules on storytelling. One of these rules is especially appropriate in this context: "Discount the first thing that comes to mind… and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th, surprise yourself!"
This tip might seem very obvious, but you might be surprised by the amount of relatively similar (Lego)photos out there. These more-of-the-same-images generally fail to surprise and engage the audience. Their story has been told too many times before and no one will remember another photo that looks like the one before.
Storytelling through Lego-photography is hard, especially because our little plastic friends generally make it more difficult to convey emotions. I hope to have provided you with a few tips and tricks to get the viewers thinking about your image, thus, creating a memorable image. For now, my last two tips on this subject are; be careful naming you image, because a name could guide away the viewer from a story if you're not careful. And lastly, create technically good photos! People tend to get distracted if there are obvious – non-intentional – technical difficulties with a (Lego-)photo.
Now go and practice, because as you know; practice makes better. I look forward to seeing your creations and if you have any more tips and tricks, let me know in the comments.
I spent the past week in Greece on a welcome vacation. Overlooking the Mediterranean sea i've been contemplating what to do about my Lego photography, especially in the light of the shortage of time, i've been complaining about abundantly here, and inspiration i've been experiencing the past few years.
Currently, my perceived shortage of time results in a badly maintenanced site. No new blog posts, no newsletters, very sporadic new Lego photography and i just can't figure out how to keep up the schedule of the Foolish Lego Comic. Besides all that, i always have plans and ideas for the site, but i never get around to implementing them.
Not surprisingly, this is not how i would like things to be. Sadly, there are a few things in my life that need quite a bit of extra time. Before, i tried to combine everything but between a very busy job and an equally busy private live it proved impossible. My hobby became a stress-factor and stress turned out to be detrimental for my artistic inspiration.
Two weeks ago i was reading the walking dead comic, issue 193. Trying to avoid spoilers, i can safely say Kirkman inspired me somewhat. Suddenly, i realised what i had to do! The idea took some time to settle, and now i am convinced there is only one way to keep Foolish bricks going at the high standard i want it to keep going on; i need to take a break.
So, that is what i am going to do, after i finish the current Foolish Lego chapter within a couple of weeks. Foolish Bricks will go on a hiatus until August 13th 2020.
Of course, i won't sit completely still during this period. My primary concern will be the creation of the third chapter of the Foolish Brick Comic. I will be working on the script, building stages, photography, post-production, behind the scenes blogs, tutorials and hopefully improve a few aspects of the site, like the newsletter some more. Furthermore, sporadically i might post a few Lego photo's.
I will be checking the site frequently, so if you have questions or comments, you can still find me here. Also, i will remain active as Brickcentral-mod so i can be contacted there too.
Thank you all for your continued support and after the second Foolish Lego Comic chapter ends, i hope to see you back August 13th 2020!
This behind the scenes post is on the recreation of 'my world'. Strabo brings Barry to the entrance of Eno, located in the secret basement of the antique-store.
Figure 1 below shows the original panel from episode fourteen of the first Foolish Lego Comic.
The focus is on the globe… the new world, everything else is out of focus and so secondary. With that in mind this image does what it had to do; introduce another world!
Of course, again the photo suffers from the lack of proper lighting, it really falls flat in that department. There are also a few elements, like the dragon and owl in the image. The dragon is ok, but did not really work in the rest of the panels. The owl however, was a bit strange. An owl has nothing to do with Eno, the whole story is about the Godlike dragon. To my defence, I did not know that yet at that time ;).
Furthermore, this was the first of the larger stages; in this image it doesn't show and that should not be a problem, there were other panels following. What is a problem though, is the fact that I wanted to convey the feeling this was a secret cave with the portal embedded in it. This stage looked more like a basement, with a cave-ish wall.
Figure 2 below shows the remake of this panel.
I rebuild the stage with the idea this originally was a cave. The size of the set is even a little larger than the original now. I tried to make the MOC a little more interesting and less square. Look for example at the completely self-build door. Figure 3 shows a behind the scenes build with another globe (at that point I could not find the actual globe 😛 ). Also, there is still an owl, later replaced with a Dragon-statue because that fits the story much better.
You can compare the new stage to the old one as seen in figure 4.
I went for a long shot, showing the cave-like room. I wanted this image to be a bit more impressive, more in line with the impact of finding a "new world" on Barry. The globe is less present, but still in there.
Bright lights on the second floor, and the closer you get to the portal, the more red and dark the scene becomes, signifying the growing uncertainty of the situation for Barry getting closer and closer to a new world.
Below are the before and after images joined in one image. You can use the slider to show the one or the other.
Happy creating!
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This behind the scenes post is on the recreation of the heavenly forest. Actually, this forest is not as heavenly as Darryl hoped for. At this point in the comic, Amida is not in for a friendly talk with our friend.
Figure 1 below shows the original panel from episode eleven of the first Foolish Lego Comic.
There isn't too much going on in the image. However, the one thing that is going on, i always liked. I felt the posing of Amida as well as Darryl's face was spot-on.
Again the photo suffers from the lack of proper lighting, i remember shooting this image on a table in front of glass garden doors. I also remember this set was really small, just one green plate large. When I didn't have much to work with, i used a close-up so I didn't have to worry about the background. Yet, it did not work, if you look very closely, you can even see the corner of he table in left upper edge of the image.
The set in itself is pretty disappointing too… a baseplate and three trees. Pretty remakable the panel worked in the comic, now that I think of it.
In the next panel, Amida hits Darryl over the head with a stick, however, there is no stick in sight in this panel. Also, there is dust all over.
For the recreation I decided to keep what I liked, the posing of the characters (with a small adjustment), and Darryl's expression.
I still used a small set. But filled it with all kinds of different plants and trees. I wanted the feel of a large, dark forest and the original image was far from that. By by changing the angle and using a printed background I feel I was able to create the illusion of a large forest even with using a relatively small stage. Figure 3 shows the behind the scenes.
I also gave Amida a stick (behind her back)… this time she is ready to hit darryl over the head ;).
In stead of a close-up, I went for a Full-shot, showing a little more of the surroundings. This way, Darryl and Amida go up in their surroundings. I used a lower angle and focused on Darryl's bedazzled face. As compositional help, I used the Fibonacci spiral, making sure there is also enough negative space in the image.
Dark, gloomy and green are the main colors. I also added a red glow on the back of Amida and the stick, conveying the danger Darryl's in.
You don't need a gigantic set, to create the illusion of grand surroundings like a forest. Play with the angles, background and lighting and I'm sure it'll work out.
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This behind the scenes post is on the recreation of Darryl's disappearance in the first Foolish Lego comic. In a sense this was the point of no return for Barry. When Darryl disappeared, he could not back out of the adventure anymore.
Figure 1 below shows the original panel from episode eight of the first Foolish Lego Comic.
This stage was one of the first ones that was a bit larger than the others. I remember putting a more time into building it, yet, I still missed a lot of the building skills that I have today. What I like is that it does look like a library somewhat, and also a library that has been messed up by Amida in search of some kind of letter. Also there are some antique's in the back, connecting the library to the Antique store. I also love the choice of face for Darryl. Because it's almost the only thin we can still see of him, it really conveys his fear.
As with almost all panels from the beginning the atmosphere in this photo suffers from the lack of proper lighting, I simply wanted to have everything illuminated and that was it.
A thing that also annoyed me, is that the style of this stage was completely different from the style of the shop itself. There was no indication of a connection beyond the few antiques in the back of this stage.
Concerning the perspective, the high point of view is not too bad, however, the use of depth-of-field is (again) confusing. The one thing that is in focus are the books, and they are not that important. I'm guessing the attention of the reader will eventually reach Darryll, but it's almost as if it is not THAT important. The lack of importance is also somewhat stated by the stance of Barry. He looks like he's casually walking towards Darryl, not trying to reach him or anything. You might think he is in shock, but then I would've expected him to stand in place.
You might also think the right lower corner is wrong; you can see the end of te floor there. However, this did not actually matter. The first comic had a different aspect ratio than the current comic. This meant that I needed to crop all photos in height, and thus, this mistake did not show up in the comic.
I use the same style elements in this build, I used for the inside of the store, and even for the storefront; they are all combinations of wood and stone, creating the feeling of looking at on building. I still wanted to have some books, but also displayed a few other elements. The most striking difference in this panel is the addition of the statue. Eventually, this statue will be the entrance to the basement. A small visual hint to this is the key she's holding. When Strabo speaks his 'magical' words, her candle wil light up, and the passageway will open.
The one and only focus in this panel is the interaction between Barry and disappearing Darryl. Barry's running towards Darryl, almost able to grab his hand, however in the next panel, he would've fallen to floor and Darryl would be gone. I also changed the perspective in such a way that both the faces of Darryl (the same expression as the original panel) AND Barry can be seen. NOW the fear/ fright of Barry shows, while Strabo looks more detached.
Again, the color and mood are brought more in line with the inside of the store. With the addition of the blue color emitted by the (upgraded) effect of darryl disappearing. The effect of course is the same one used for the teleportation of Amida.
Continuity is important in comics, not only story-wise, or concerning the location of characters and objects, but also concerning styles used. So, always try to build related stages to actually SHOW that they are related.
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This behind the scenes post is on the recreation of the inside of Strabo's store. This one was more difficult than the first two recreations, because I feel the original Lego stage I build was not that bad.
Figure 1 below shows the original panel from episode five of the first Foolish Lego Comic. However, strickly speaking, the panel I created, is not in the original comic. It shows Darryl peeking into the store whilst Strabo is busy. This would've been a panel I would have added before the whole episode – "panel zero" – to give a feeling of the store atmosphere, before Barry and Darryl went in. It probably would've been a separate episode. Funny to realise how different everything would've been if I rebooted the story… or if I'd given the comic a bit more thought back then 🙂
There are many old objects lying around. I still remember stuffing the scene with all kinds of old-looking Lego items. To me it does feel like a store in antiquities. I also like the perspective of this shot. It's kind of an over the shoulder shot, the store seen from the viewpoint of Barry. Lastly, I really like the way Strabo is positioned. Casually looking at/ cleaning, straightening the image on the wall. All in all, I'd say, not too bad for the purpose of the comic.
This build also suffers from the one thing each and everyone back then suffered from; lack of invested time and building skills. This is really obvious by the look of the wall and the floor. The wall lacks any contrast and some kind of variety in it's look. It's also kind of empty (that's probably the reason for that chain hanging there).
Moving on to the perspective, as I said, I like the viewpoint of Barry in this shot, yet, the use of depth-of-field is confusing. It's unclear what is important in this panel. Is it Barry or Strabo? The way it is now, only part of the store is in focus; hardly the part the readers should be focusing on. The focus should've been on Strabo, especially since the shot has been set up as an over-the-shoulder shot. Furthermore, the atmosphere suffers from the lack of proper lighting, I just did not pay ANY attention to the way the scene was illuminated.
Lastly a nitpick, the location of that gladiator helmet should probably have been more to the front of panel since Darryl will be picking it up when both Barry and Strabo weren't paying attention.
I still wanted the look of a small, crowded and messy store, where all kinds of objects are lying around. And even if there are less objects within the frame, i believe I pulled off the look. Also, to create some depth, I placed several objects, out of focus, near the lens. Lastly, I thought it would be nice to have the door and some windows in the shot so I could play with light-fall.
There are a two foci in this image, first Strabo in his little shop (this is the main focus), second Darryl peaking through the window of the door. Using the golden ratio, Strabo is positioned quite right. However, if I use the Fibonacci-spiral, this photo should've been cropped at the top and right side. I decided against this; the stage is already more extensive than is shown in the image and I didn't want to loose more surroundings.
Still, playing around with the Fibonacci spiral shows there is a pretty decent flow in the image going from Darryl, via the mouse to Strabo himself (Figure 3).
Even though the outside of the shop, and also the interior, is a bit darker than it was I felt the lighting should convey a warm feeling. So, there are a lot of yellow-ish colors in the scene. The lights through the window should create a bit of a mysterious atmosphere, but I am not convinced that actually worked.
I changed Strabo's green sweater to this one, I simply didn't like the first one. When I first use Strabo I did not know he would play such a large role in the comic, otherwise I would probably have gone for another print. For this reason, I had to change his position, the back of this torso does not have a print on it.
Furthermore, it's nice to have all kinds of little easter eggs in an image. For example the light grey sword is a genuine antique sword. This one is from one of the sets I got as a kid; the illustrious "Yellow Castle (375 – 1978)". Also the helmet has a more notable postion, light and highlight. And it looks as if it already caught Darryl's attention. Lastly, there is one more giant easter egg concerning the (temporary) faith of Barry and Darryl in the first Foolish Lego Comic. Do you know what I am talking about?
This time I realised rules aren't rules, at least not when it comes to photography. Looking at the composition of the final image, I'd much rather use the compositional rules and consciously break them too. As long as the final shot feels good to you and you thought about what you wanted to achieve by breaking conventions.
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For the second recreation I decided to recreate Strabo's antique shop. Those who already read the comic, know it's an important location and I never felt the storefront I created back then, did it's importance any justice. In the old days I build most locations within half an hour. If I remember correctly, this one even took below ten minutes. And it shows.
Below is the third panel from the second episode of the first chapter of the Foolish Lego comic: "Could be an adventure" (Figure 1). It was published August 24th 2013.
Darryl – hoping for some kind of an adventure – convinced Barry to go to the antique shop to ask about the stolen dragon document. At the very least, this panel establishes the fact that the reached the store and are going in. Also, Darryl looks somewhat more enthusiastic compared to Barry. I personally liked the sign too though it is not very accurate since there is only one shopkeeper.
Again, I'll start with the little things. The image is somewhat crooked; it looks as if I wanted a symmetrical image (with the exception of the sign), but it isn't, besides that the lower part of the image is rotated somewhat compared to the upper part.
Furthermore, because I created a very small Lego MOC as a stage, I zoomed in way to much. Usually a zoomed in panel means something important or intense is going on… but there isn't. Also, Barry has a very strange stance. It's like he has a problem with his extrapyramidal tracts; both arms besides his body, almost falling backwards. Lastly, even though some stuff can be seen trough the shop windows, it is kinda dark and there is obviously a plate behind the door.
Below in figure 2 you can see the recreation of this panel.
This time, I build a modular-size MOC of the antique store as a stage. I always like to add a few details these days even if they don't show in the final panel. An example of this is the doorknob; it's the print of an old fossil, als there is slightly more in the shop windows than can be seen.
Because of the larger build I could zoom out a bit more and in stead of using a medium-shot, like in the original panel; I could use a long shot (wide shot), establishing the location and immediate surroundings. The camera angle is slightly from above, giving a better view of the situation.
The recreation is more dark than the original panel. Shooting the original image I didn't have any lighting setup so I shot the image outside in the sun. For the recreation I still didn't want a dark image, bit also not as bright and sunny as the first panels in the comic. Darryl and Barry are slowly moving towards unknown territory besides I feel the store is a quasi back-alley where less sunlight comes in compared to the main street where the comic started. Color-wise; Barry and Darryl are still bathing in golden sunlight, while the right side of the image is darker, and more blue. Lastly, the small amount of vignetting I did to show a new scene has started (Like in a few old films where a scene ended and started with a circle closing and opening).
I added a few easter eggs related to dragons. And those who read the whole comic, might recognise the knights' armor in the window. You can also see the creature (Noldor) peeking around the corner more clearly (Did you know that he is actually present in episode 1 and 2?), raising questions about what is going on.
That's it. I hope you enjoyed the post and that it might inspire you to look at past work you did (it could be anything), and see if you can remake and improve that work. Lastly, if you have any feedback on these recreations, please let me know in the comments; live and learn.
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It is time for remakes! Over the years, my experience in creating Lego comics has grown somewhat and it's already been over five years ago since the first episodes of the Foolish Lego comic were published. That's five years of experimenting and creating my brick comic by trial and error. Many times before I've written about how I would've liked to have written the story differently. And of course, in hindsight, there were more aspects in the comic that could've been better than they were back then. However, I have to start with something and that is a recreation of some of the comic panels.
When I started the comic, I mostly concentrated on the quality of photography. So, as long as everything was in the frame, I was happy. Nowadays, there are other things I consider too, each time I shoot a photo for one of the panels. This year I will take a look at past episodes and try to improve some of the individual panels. This will be within the context of the story up until that point and, of course, within the, relatively unimaginative, four-panel-formatting.
Below is the third panel from the second episode of the first chapter of the Foolish Lego comic: "Thief!" (Figure 1). It was published August 17th 2013.
Barry and Darryl have just met, when a woman (Amida) steals a document from Barry. Our two protagonists chase her until she runs around a corner and vanishes into thin air. I like the fact that it looks like a sunny day and, considering my photoshop skills in those days, the teleport-effect is not too bad. For some reason i am also fond of the white stripe on the window/ door behind Amida. Finally, i like my use of depth of field. It puts the focus on Amida and shows that Barry and Darryl are behind a little.
First off, the little things! There's dust (!) on the tiles, the flower is crooked and even the background is a little tilted. That last part would not have been a problem if it wasn't by mistake. If it was intentional I should have made the tilt more clear to create a Dutch tilt, thus conveying a sense of 'uneasiness'. Also, everybody's happy, I did not pay any attention to everyone's facial expressions. Even though I kind of like the transportation-effect in itself, it is a little out there. The colors have no meaning (and they look like the colors – red, yellow, green, of carnaval in my city Maastricht). Furthermore, the composition is a bit boring and misses tension. All in all, I don't believe it's too bad, but there is some room for improvement.
Figure 2 shows the remake of the teleporting Amida panel. I changed quite a few things.
A significant change is that I wanted to show that Barry and Darryl actually saw Amida dissolve. I always felt that the reason for those to going to the antique-shop were a bit weak, and actually seeing the thief mysteriously disappearing might've been a stronger incentive to seek an explanation at the shop.
One of the main changes I made is in the composition. I used a low angle shot to make Amida look strong and powerful. Because of this angle Barry and Darryl sink into the ground a little because they're a bit further away. This dwarfs them somewhat compared to Amida, adding to her current dominance (it also makes the flowerpot look smaller, which is annoyingly large in the original image). Combined with the depth of field, and the space Amida gets in the frame, she is undeniably the main focus of this panel. Also I tried to balance the composition a bit more by, amongst other things, using the Fibonacci-spiral (Figure 3).
Obviously, I changed the teleportation-effect. Simply by making it ook a bit more spectacular and coherent, besides making Amida float in the air a little. In the original panel it was not immediately clear that she was disappearing, so I added a dissolving effect in the remake.
There is a distinct difference in color within the panel. On the left we see Darryl and Barry, stil in their own, golden-yellow, warm, sunny world. As opposed to Amida bathing in blue. Blue is seen as cold; conveying contrast in their current worlds/ thoughts. Even so, blue is also the color of tranquility and faith. And red is not used within this image… maybe she is less violent and/ or evil than Barry and Darryl might think at the moment?
The facial expressions are different, a yelling Darryl, a stunned Barry and a relieved-that-it-worked Amida. The specially observant readers might notice the glowing blue necklace; might that be the transportation-device?
The remake would (mostly subconsciously) have brought much more emotion and tension to the story, besides conveying more visual information and possibly even questions. Usually I don't have the time to think about panels this way, however, recreating this panel was a real eye-opener to me, mainly because it all came together relatively easy. Next time a new panel. For now, thanks for reading.
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As many of you noticed, I hadn't updated Foolish Bricks for quite some time. I realise this might have looked as if I abandoned the site al together, but, I did not. I simply needed a longer break than I expected.
Well, not that much actually. However, it was enough to bring my productivity to a full stop. It all started when a few people advised me to invest more time in social media and to be more precise; in Instagram. As some of you might already know, I am not a fan of social media, especially not Facebook. I've never been on Facebook, had never used Instagram and deleted Whatsapp the day it was bought by Facebook. However, I already was a moderate user of Twitter and had used Flickr in the past. Anyway, at first I was reluctant. Mostly because I feared the time that would go into maintaining social media outlets. Nevertheless, people kept insisting and at some point, I gave in.
I started posting on a few social media - Flickr, Google+, Twitter and Instagram - and actually thought it was fun at first. It was engaging and I found some nice work of other artists on there. On the other hand, I spend an ever growing amount of time on there. Especially Instagram turned out to be very, VERY addictive.
First off, I'd like to say that I don't believe Instagram is wrong or something like that. I just came to realise It's wrong for ME personally. And even for me, it was fine at first. It is nice to get a little exposure. Simply post a few images add a couple of hashtags and wait to see if anyone takes the time to like, comment on or follow you. Then, i noticed accounts with (tens of) thousands of followers and less than five photo's. There were accounts with equal amounts of followers and not that exciting content (though that is a very personal opinion of course), and it showed because there were only a few 100 likes per post and nearly no comments. This was the first clue that Instagram for a significant part is not about the quality of content. Because i'd gotten intrigued by this phenomenon i started looking into Instagram etiquette and found several sites with tips on how to grow you following and such… and that is were things started to go wrong.
There are so many site with all kind of rules, tips and tricks for growing an audience. Some examples of these rules are:
Well, you get the picture, a few 'rules' are great and promote high quality content, others are far from great and are only focused on spending more and more time on Instagram and again others are simply mwoah…
I started to experiment a bit with #1 through 9 and since then Instagram rapidly became very frustrating to me. It was so much work! I tried to post as often as possible (once every few days) and tried to be an active participant. I experimented a bit with the hashtags and created a few stories. My account grew steadily and I got nice and welcome comments and likes. However, Instagram turns out to be carefully constructed to be very, very addictive! Of course I already knew that before I started, yet I never thought it would influence me as much as it did. Before long it suddenly was all about follows, comments and likes…. And not about the content. I was following people I didn't want to follow, I was liking posts of everyone around, without even looking, because that was the right thing to do…. etc. Constantly checking for new posts, new accounts to like and comment upon, etc… Instagram can be as addictive as a harddrug. I knew something was wrong, yet, I could not stop. I felt i needed to spend more time and energy on Instagram, I needed the follows and likes. So, I waisted even more time on there, whilst progressively enjoying it less.
It was so frustrating and it took so much time! People who know me, know I just don't have that amount of time. I was constantly trying to create new, high quality content, liking, commenting, following to get that very temporary rush each time one of my posts got liked or commented upon. Even when I got a follow I was excited, however, many accounts only followed for a follow back and even if they got a follow back, they were quick to unfollow again, hoping it wouldn't be noticed. As a side effect, i kept comparing my work to the work of others, wondering if I should change my style to get more likes from the masses… Yikes!
Anyway, I let Instagram take control of me and for WHAT! A few likes? A few follows? Why is that important? Well, it isn't! For the most part, the amount of likes you get on Instagram is not related to quality of content (with a few exceptions of course!), it's largely dependent on the amount of followers. And the amount of followers you get is all about quantity of post and time you spent on Instagram. And the more followers you get, the less engaged people are with your content. For example, there is an account with 90K followers, each post is liked 5-7 thousand times…. an engagement-rate of maximally 7%! Here I was, trying to create high quality content but I didn't have the time to promote the account, or create more content with fewer time between posts. And my account did grow within these few months, and my engagement was around 50-60%, but it took too much time.
Then I realised the amount of time I DID spent on Instagram was not spent on other important things in my life; family, friends, work and Foolish Bricks. Another important realisation was that I lost the joy of working on Foolish Bricks. It was not relaxing me anymore. I was addicted to short-lived dopamine-shots provided by Instagram and lost track of what was important to me. I got behind on all kinds of obligations and I lost my inspiration and drive to create.
It really got to me and I STOPPED! I stopped everything. And since I stopped I've been trying to find the fun in creating for Foolish Bricks again. And finally, this past week, it started to itch a little again.
I started again January first 2019, with a new episode of the Foolish Lego comic. The rest of the site will follow. All my energy will go into the site again. Social media will be very low profile…. And Instagram? I don't know if I will return there. Maybe I'll start posting the old comics, I don't know yet.
Of course, this is my personal story. Instagram is a great medium and fun and relaxing to many people out there but for me it turned out differently. I know now Instagram made me lose track of what was really important and I let myself be lured into the trap of spending my time, more time, and even more time than that. Time equals money! My time is limited and I'd rather spend it here, on Foolish Bricks.
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Black Beans Especial
I deviated from Jennifer Griffin's recipe to come up with my own black bean recipe that I think is pretty "especial." She serves these beans with her outstanding Chicken Enchiladas. Whether you this recipe in your 7-layer dip, as a … Continue reading
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Electric vehicles now account for six of the ten fastest selling used car models in the US. Compared to the 33.4 days that conventional cars sit on the market, electric and plug-in electric hybrid vehicles now sell within 24.6 days on average, or 27% faster than gasoline cousins, reports automotive research company iSeeCars.com. The firm analyzed the sales of 2.1 million one- to three-year old cars sold between January and August of 2017 to rank the models.
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Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS), the Sarawak's leading infrastructure facilitator, has delivered a strong performance for the financial year ended December 31, 2014 (FY14).
The Group reported a total revenue of RM1.67 billion for FY2014, an 18 per cent increase from the corresponding year's (FY2013) revenue of RM1.42 billion. The pre-tax profit (PBT) recorded for FY2014 was RM341.45 million, a 16% increase compared with FY2013's PBT of RM294.89 million.
The PBT reported for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2014 (4Q14) also remained strong at RM72.43 million.
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Year-on-year, the Group's profit after tax and non-controlling interests (PATNCI) of RM221.34 million for FY2014 is 26 per cent higher than the RM175.07 million reported for FY2013. Earnings per share stood at 21.42 sen versus 17.52 sen adjusted for share split & bonus issue in June 2014) from last year.
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Van, You've got me interested. Maybe someone who bought into this line will post their experience.
Man o man, would I like to get my hands on that queen. She is impressive.Blessings
Quote from: van from Arkansas on November 26, 2019, 10:05:15 amMan o man, would I like to get my hands on that queen. She is impressive.BlessingsYes she is, but I know a fellow over in Arkansas who raises queens via AI-II who also raises some wonderful queens. He won?t sell you one, but I bet he will give you one because he is doing it for the love of bees and people. Steady striving to raise even better bees along with helping educate beekeepers. I will be glad to hook you up with him? Blessings Phillip


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Simi Celebrates Valentine's Day In Bed
Simi Celebrates Valentine's Day In Bed: As people from all over the world celebrate the Valentine's day, popular Nigerian singer Simi Ogunleye simply known as Simi has shared a glimpse of how the celebration is going for her.
Taking to her Instagram page, the singer shared a photo of herself in bed while holding a wine and some roses.
She then sent out her shout out to hubby, Adekunle Gold.
She wrote:
Happy Valentines Day Big Head @adekunlegold– there's a video, but I cried so u can't see it.
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You know that ink you see on your way home from work, or out walking the dog, or while blowing some fuck at the back of a Tesco. It looks like some idiot emptied their can in a shit attempt at 'D'Ron was here', or 'Fuck United', or some bullshit like that. Shit graffiti that some smart-fucks think might be taggin' or crap. You know, some way to mark some arsehole's area, and keep other arseholes out. Attenborough bullshit, like pissing on a tree to keep fucking badgers away. No. That's not what that ink is. I know what that ink is. It's our way of marking the defeated. You know who I mean, the broken few who walk among us. The shelf-stacker who hates her prick husband and arsehole kids. The late night mini-cab driver sick of cleaning up shit, puke and piss. The limp-dick lawyer whose missus is fucking his boss. Not the dead already, the junkies or homeless piss stained wankers. What good would they be! No, what we mark is those who keep moving. Day after day, after day. Those who go to their shit jobs, who clean their shit house, or shit car. Those whose mask is always on. Whose soul is gone, but who keep moving. You don't see. But we do. And then we mark them. With what to you looks like mindless vandalism, we communicate all. We point to where they live and work. To who they buy their weed or smack off. We even know when they go home, and what haunts them while there. And why do we mark? Well that's easy. So we can own. You see, we see what you don't. We see the cracks and live in it. We mark what they need, what is missing in them. And then? We show them we can provide it. We give them a glimmer of hope, and feed. Money, sex, shit like that. It's all there for the taking. But that's not why we do it. No, we do it for the power. For the knowledge. Cause you see from our place in the cracks we gather all. We know all. And you know what? We are everywhere, from South-Kensington to Cathays. From Boscombe, to the fucking Inverness. But don't get me wrong, we're not all bad. We don't give a fuck of politics, race, religion or any of that bullshit. All are equally marked from the cracks. Also, and this is important, there is the few we help. Those whose mark points to freedom. Or better again, points to us! You see, some are pulled from the cracks. Ripped from defeat! And then we build them anew. We give them eyes to see, and ears to hear. For them special few, we give our language, so that they too can mark. So that they can own. And you want to know how I know? Well that's simple. I was once a marked defeated. This is my story …
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Ethical Perform: The Worth of Higher Ethical Specifications
Moral carry out need to inspire a high quality of actions that exemplifies honor and dignity for oneself. In a faculty district, instructors, administrators, team, and faculty board customers need to realize the great importance of ethical carry out in the instructional arena. An helpful instructional organization entails the require of persons preserving integrity and superior morals. The Approaches of Knowing Via the Realms of Indicating (2007) by William Allan Kritsonis, PhD provides perception in increasing ethical carry out in the instructional setting.
Employees of a faculty district need to serve with honor. Men and women need to strive to help students achieve their opportunity to be socially and dependable citizens. Faculty district workforce need to realize the great importance of upholding ethical values. The pursuing statement by Harry Wong emphasize the importance of educators valued principles: "Academics are not in personal apply. We are in the encouraging and caring occupation, a provider occupation to help folks enrich the high quality of their lives." The supportiveness, safety, and protection of all areas are critical in the mastering setting.
Goal of the Article
The objective of this post is to talk about ten recommendations that are essential in the improvement of ethical carry out. The Approaches of Knowing Via the Realms of Indicating (2007) provides perception in increasing ethical carry out in the instructional setting. Dr. William Allan Kristonis is a noted creator, professor, lecturer, consultant, editor-in-main, and publisher. Applying his experience, he has comprehensive ideas in the realms of ethics. The concentration of this essay is about the improvement of ethical carry out for faculty administrators. The administrator is dependable for delivering leadership to the faculty neighborhood. The recommendations that are supplied will enrich the character enhancement of principals and leaders as they product actions for the students and team.
Moral Theory
The enhancement of ethical theory dates again to Plato and Aristotle. The word ethic has its roots in the Greek word ethos. Ethos is the perceived diploma of character or reliability that a individual believes exists in a further individual or item (Haskins, 2000). The quantity of trust and perception a single has in a further will have an essential impact in how persuasive a single will be.
According to Kritsonis (2007), the worth of ethical theory is in guiding teaching and mastering. In the ethical realm, emphasis need to be on ethical being familiar with and how it may well be improved. A individual who has know-how of ethical theory is as moral as a individual who lacks these know-how. Ethical carry out pertains to one's steps in specified conditions. To clear up a difficulty, a single need to be distinct of the selections for the supplied circumstance. Kritsonis (2007) precisely states, "Right before a individual can know exactly where to go, he requirements to realize exactly where he is starting up from." There will have to be a mission in purchase to fulfill a vision. Ethical selections demand a set of values to serve as a form of reference inn analyzing the consequences.
The values and morals an unique finds ideal are termed ethics. Moral theory provides policies. These policies are tips utilised in making selections about a unique circumstance. Ethics in leadership deal with what leaders do and who they are. How leaders reply to a supplied circumstance and the selections they make are led by ethics. The worries of ethical leaders are troubles of justice and fairness. A single can not be a chief without the need of involving values. A single will have to be sensitive to the requirements of some others, care for some others, and handle them in means that are just in purchase to be an ethical chief.
Character Growth
Character education and learning plans teach students how to be good citizens and create elements of selection making. Powerful character education and learning plans have an impact on the student's capacity to be socially and individually dependable. Holloway (2006) identifies the truth that character education and learning promotes main ethical values, makes a caring faculty neighborhood, and engages the team as a mastering neighborhood that instills morals.
In purchase for a faculty neighborhood to get the job done properly, the customers will have to be mindful of anticipations. The principal is significant in constructing trust amid the neighborhood. Principals lay the basis for regard and particular regard. The steps of the administrator contribute to a positive mastering setting in the faculty. There will have to be equivalent remedy amid the different scholar teams. There need to be a prevalent hyperlink for achievements amid all teams.
Principals will have to realize the great importance of generating an helpful mastering neighborhood. There will have to be an open line of conversation among the principal and stakeholders. Directors will have to be available to students, instructors, and team customers during the working day. They will have to also show up at faculty and neighborhood gatherings. The use of surveys is essential in the correspondence to stakeholders. Kritsonis (2007) states that in all realms, the capacity to converse intelligibly and forcefully can be coordinated with other elements into an built-in vision and motivation. The exhibit of a principal's character can inspire character enhancement in faculty and students.
Integrity usually means that the behaviors of leaders are regular with their stated values and that they are truthful, ethical, dependable and honest (Hoy and Miskel, 2005). Integrity is to say what a single usually means. A single will have to supply what is promised, and stand for what is ideal. To be ethical usually means to be good. Leaders need to handle stakeholders quite, equitably, and with dignity. Directors an inspire integrity by recognizing positive behaviors in instructors and students. A principal will have to concur to be liable to a superior typical of ethical actions. Leaders need to direct by becoming an case in point.
The language of morals need to be normal language (Kritsonis, 2007). No unique ideas are necessary in expressing meant meanings. When a single states, "This action is ideal," he is not this means that it is pleasurable. There are some leaders whom have impressed us by their feeling of integrity and moral values these as Jesus, Isaiah, Confucius, and Moses. Countrywide heroes have been exemplified moral bravery have been Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Joan of Arc. Ethical philosophers that contributed to moral leadership have been Socrates, St. Augustine, Immanuel Kant, and John Dewey.
In the instructional area, there have been investigations reporting adverse educational integrity and faculty wrongdoing. School and scholar misconduct has been common. There has been wrongdoing ranging from plagiarism to falsification of data. There have also been violations of teaching norms to sexual or other harassment. Some campuses have been investigated for breaches of laws. Tutorial integrity can not be coerced, neither can it be taught. For an organization to functionality making use of superior moral benchmarks there will have to be a chief that evokes a feeling of integrity.
Displaying a superior level of integrity can also relay the information that the chief is good and just. The leaders handle all persons in an equivalent method. In some circumstances persons may be dealt with otherwise because of to particular situations. Leaders will have to be good when working with awards and punishments.
The realms of esthetics are concerned with lively particular motivation (Kritsonis, 2007). Morally, a single is obliged to do ideal, and if a single fails, he feels guilty. An helpful chief need to be dependable. Obligation entails dependability, initiative, persistence, aggressiveness, self-assurance, and the need to excel. A single will have to be liable for one's possess steps. Men and women will have to report worries and rule violations.
Leaders in education and learning have an ethical accountability. They will have to have a moral vision of what is predicted of them. Starratt (2005) identifies 5 domains of accountability that are central to instructional leadership. They are as follows:
· Obligation as a human becoming
· Obligation as a citizen and public servant
· Obligation as an educator
· Obligation as an instructional administrator
· Obligation as an instructional chief
· Obligation as a human becoming
Believe in
Believe in is constructing assurance by teamwork and open conversation. In an helpful faculty setting there is a society of trust. There is mutual trust among the principal and team, there is mutual trust among the colleagues, and there is faculty motivation to the faculty.
Hoy and Miskel (2005) states, "Believe in is like air no a single thinks a lot about it till it is necessary and it is not there." It is essential to have trust in faculties. It facilitates cooperation advertisement promotes cohesiveness. Believe in has also been proven to boost scholar achievement.
Leaders need to establish a feeling of trust in just the setting. Their trust is developed by actions that is thoughtful, supportive, and collegial. When there is a superior level of trust toward the principal, it is considered that the principal is benevolent, reputable, professional, truthful, and open with the team. Believe in can be a potent facet of prosperous leadership.
Haskins (2000) implies the pursuing for increasing trust by conversation:
· Adapt messages to listeners by becoming sincere and truthful in presenting the information.
· Detect strengths and weaknesses in information to reveal the speaker's honesty in presenting messages.
· Introduce resources that have been utilised in establishing the presentation.
· Clarify the soundness of analysis, arguments, and proof that can help fortify trust.
· Gain trust by showing trust in direction of some others in the instructional approach.
Confidentiality falls in the class of trust. Leaders need to tension the great importance of confidentiality of scholar information. The faculty will have to keep exact and complete scholar information. Records can not be launched without the need of the consent of parents or guardians. Staff customers are forbidden to talk about a student's personal information. Leaders need to not only worth the confidentiality of students but the great importance of confidentiality of team customers as properly.
Kritsonis (2007) believes that there are specified principles, these as the duty to hold promises and to notify the fact. Noticeable discrepancies in principle may well really be the big difference in application because of to different situations. Leaders will have to prove to be honest to reach a cohesive working setting.
In the empirical realm, meanings are factual (Kritsonis, 2007). There is a distinction among empirical this means and ethical meanings. If a single was far more clearly understood, then there would be a lot less confusion about ethical concerns. Moral statements are neither correct nor false, but they are expressions of particular tastes. Moral language is utilised to alter feelings and behaviors.
In the education and learning arena, a single need to be truthful and truthful with a single a further. This involves instructors, administrators, parents, and neighborhood customers. To be a good chief, a single will have to be truthful. When a single thinks of dishonesty, a single sees the importance of becoming truthful. Dishonesty is lying, becoming deceitful, and not trustworthy by kinds peers. When a chief is not trustworthy, there is no regard. Dishonesty weakens relationships, and there is also a adverse impact on the organization. Becoming truthful not only usually means becoming truthful, but it also usually means becoming open.
Respect usually means a chief listens, is empathic, and has concern for workforce. Respect from a chief clearly show workforce that they are dealt with as deserving persons. A single feels revered when there beliefs, attitudes, and values are acknowledged. The relation of a single individual to a further is the recognition of a existence, the I-Thou meeting (Kritsonis, 2007). Own relationships are reached in what presently is. Obligation pertains to the result of what is on the foundation of an excellent.
We have a duty to handle some others with regard. Leaders who regard some others are typically revered in return. Respect is essential and it need to be valued. Seldom does a single think about what it usually means to regard an unique or what it usually means to be revered. To regard anyone usually means wanting at the unique in a distinguished method. Self-regard sales opportunities to respecting some others. If a single does not regard himself or herself, then a single is probable not to regard other persons. Normally if there is no regard for an unique, then their sights and viewpoints are disregarded.
Respect can not be discovered, procured, or obtained. It can only be acquired.
Knowledge of Sexual Harassment
Sex and spouse and children relations is an area of main ethical desire. Kritsonis (2007) believes that the spouse and children is the elemental social establishment in which individuals are born and nurtured, and it is necessary that the relation among the sexes and amid the customers of the spouse and children be regarded diligently and requested sensibly. It is needed to have moral codes working with this difficulty. Leaders need to not only know the policies for their unique district, but they need to be strictly enforced. The pursuing are examples about sexual harassment policies in an instructional organization.
Sexual Harassment and Abuse
· College students and workforce need to be dealt with honorably.
· Sexual advancements, remarks, or carry out at not permissible.
· Employees who sexually abuse or harass students or workforce will confront disciplinary action.
· College students who sexually abuse or harass workforce will confront disciplinary action.
Sexual Harassment by Employees
· Employees who interact in any sexually oriented dialogue, routines, or other sexual carry out with students or workforce is regarded to be committing sexual harassment of the scholar or staff.
· Employees are prohibited from dating students.
Sexual Harassment by College students
· Pupil need to not interact in carry out that sexually harasses workforce or other students.
· Intimate relationships among scholar and workforce with parental consent are discouraged.
Sexual Abuse of College students
· Sexual abuse involves fondling, sexual assault, and sexual intercourse.
· Sexual abuse by workforce will result in termination and authorized action.
Drug and Alcoholic beverages Abuse Awareness
Leaders are not the principle resource of moral advice. According to Kritsonis (2007), the most significant resource of these influences are the legislation and customs of society. There are some benchmarks of carry out that are taken for granted. It is not generally ideal to be obedient to legislation or customs. Social benchmarks that are acknowledged are meant to provide advice for carry out.
Faculty routines need to boost healthy beliefs for the students. Employees need to serve as role products for their colleagues and the students. Drug and liquor abusers are commonly absent, a lot less successful, and can induce probable hurt to them selves or some others. Substance abusers have a adverse influence on some others.
Social Associations
Kritsonis (2007) believes that just about every society has its unique anticipations and laws about what is ideal and erroneous in these relationships. Issues in relationships in just class, ethnic, racial, spiritual, and vocational teams need to be valued by leaders. Leaders need to
concentration on the improvement of spiritual worries as properly as race related troubles in public faculty. Displaying know-how and sensitivity to these troubles will impact persons in the instructional organization.
Principals need to know the state legislation about prayer and other spiritual routines in public faculties. If the legislation are not carried out, there could perhaps be lawsuits that would have an impact on the faculty district. Leaders need to admit and regard the spiritual beliefs of some others in preparing faculty routines. College students and team need to not sense pressured in using aspect in holiday break gatherings or plans that are not a aspect of their spiritual beliefs.
Leaders need to also admit race related troubles as they occur. Culture range coaching need to be prepared for team customers each and every year. It is essential for everybody in the organization to have know-how of the assorted ethnic populace that is a aspect of their setting. Race, ethnicity, and cultural history have performed a role in ethical theory.
Moral leaders choose into consideration the objective of persons included. There need to be a prevalent intention for the organization. Leaders need to concentration on their particular unique ambitions as properly as the ambitions for the organization.
Concluding Remarks
In summary, in a faculty district, instructors, administrators, team, and faculty board customers need to realize the great importance of ethical carry out in the instructional arena. An helpful instructional setting entails the require of persons preserving integrity and superior morals. Employees of a faculty district need to serve with honor. Men and women need to strive to help students achieve their opportunity to be socially and dependable citizens. Faculty district workforce need to realize the great importance of upholding ethical values. The supportiveness, safety, and protection of all environments are critical in the mastering setting. Leaders are the critical gamers in increasing ethical carry out in the instructional organization. Applying the ten recommendations that have been supplied in the essay: know-how of ethical theory, character enhancement, integrity, accountability, trust, honesty, regard, know-how of sexual harassment, drug and liquor abuse recognition, and social relationships will not only fortify the chief, but it will produce an helpful mastering setting.
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08February 2019
Millennial Wages Still Feeling the Weight of 2008
Over ten years later, the financial crisis is still having a negative impact on how much millennial's are being paid.
The Resolution Foundation's latest Earnings Outlook report shows that out of all age groups, the financial crisis continues to hit millenials the hardest. Average earnings for workers in their 30s are still 7% below what they were before the crisis. Between 2009 and 2014, millennials' wages fell by 11% and while they have recovered a bit in the years since, they still have struggled to keep up with inflation.
Yet for those over 50, wages have recovered well over the past decade to actually exceed what they were before the crisis. Similarly, those just entering the workforce today have also seen wages rising.
People in their 30s are now earning roughly £2,100 less than they were in 2018. Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, expressed concern that these losses have not yet been made up for and that millennials continue to face low wage growth.
Resolution Foundation commented on their findings: "This risks making it even harder to cope with the income with pressures they are likely to be facing in their 30s—including raising children."
Dan Tomlinson, Resolution Foundation policy analyst, has spoken on the need for pay growth to return in order for young people to be able to plan for their future, get onto the property ladder and raise a family.
Despite an "across the board fall in inflation-linked pay" in 2017, it looks likely that earning growth will continue recovering. Tomlinson explained: "It is set to strengthen in early 2019 towards 1.5%, as inflation eases and nominal pay growth remains above 3%. This would represent the strongest inflation-adjusted pay growth since the EU referendum, though still well below the pre-crisis average of 2.1%."
While forecasts indicate that everyone's wages will increase throughout 2019, wage growth for millenials will still trail behind that of older and younger people in the workforce.
Nye Cominetti, an analyst at the Resolution Foundation, explained that workers who switch jobs end up earning more than those who remain with the same employer year after year. "For workers of all ages looking for a stronger pay growth, the outlook does offer clear evidence-based advice—ditch your current employer and enjoy a 4% 'disloyalty bonus'."
To put this into perspective, on average, those who stayed with their employer "saw real pay growth of only 0.5%, compared with 4.5% for those who moved". Part of the problem here is that people in their mid-thirties and forties are reluctant to change employers, with only 0.7% doing so voluntarily in 2018.
Cominetti is hesitant in predicting the future of wage growth, saying: "Whether this recovery continues to build momentum in 2019 will depend in large part of what happens with Brexit."


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We should all be aware that using the best pheromone perfume is only one part of your strategy to attract a woman. There are several other things to do to be incredibly seductive. But if the first date with the beauty will be the last or will be the beginning of your new love affair depends on you. And since we have had quite a few last first dates while learning, we will discover you the secret recipe for your great first date with 6 tips.
Show determination
It is mandatory to select the place here you will go in advance. When you meet you should already have a clear idea where you will go and to request it from the beginning. That way you will show determination, which is a quality inherent in the real man.
It is important to note that you should not overdo the choice of location and you do not to take the chick in a super shiny and too expensive restaurant just to impress her. However she is going out with you and you should be yourself. Show her your world and the places you like.
The safest way is to start the evening with a bar or something to eat in a more informal setting. It may be certainly trivial but you can not go wrong with it. Do not make reservations, as we mentioned the idea is to be in a casual atmosphere, not to try too much to impress her.
Be close to her and be sexual
You are already at the place. Do not sit at the table against one another. Sit always next to the woman. For this purpose be a gentleman and let her sit first and you can sit next to her. In case you forget and she sit down first against you, just say something like, "Look, I feel like on a business meeting, come here next to me" and pull the chair up to you.
Get to know her really
"What should we talk about?" is the question that most men are struggling with. This leads to concern that brings some lack of confidence and determination, too much attention by the man and this all gets to a snowball effect.
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You will have to ask question, but also to show understanding. It is important to maintain the sexual wave all the time and as time goes by to escalate the sexuality. For this purpose trow in some sexual joke from time to time, compliment her and talk about sex.
Create a strong emotional connection
The first date most men understand it by going to a restaurant, cafe or bar. Much better option is to go to several places. For example, after the restaurant you can walk, then drink one in a bar nearby. If the weather is nice you can walk and sit in the park with coffee, cider, beer and then go to eat, etc.
Show confidence without haste
"When is the perfect moment to kiss her?" Is another question that we get asked often. Haste and the excessive delay with the kiss can be fatal for the development of your relationship. A "perfect time" simply does not exist. It is when you feel it and want. The best option for you is to kiss her on the second of third date as most women do not like the kisses on the first date.