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David Jones and Qantas partner to reward cardholders; Miranda Kerr on board
This morning well known Australian fashion model, Miranda Kerr, joined Qantas and David Jones execs to help promote their new branded credit card. They are hoping the public snap up their credit card at a time when many Australians are not in such a great position to endure even more credit pressure. Obviously Ms Kerr's financial position is different from many Australians so good luck to her and the top brass.
SYDNEY: Thursday 30 August 2012. Two of Australia's most iconic brands, David Jones and Qantas, have partnered to enable Australian shoppers to earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points as an additional rewards option on the David Jones American Express Card.
From tomorrow (Friday 31 August 2012), all David Jones American Express Cardmembers will have the choice of converting their Reward Points to points in either the American Express Membership Rewards Program or the Qantas Frequent Flyer program.
With a points redemption of 1 Reward Point = 1 Membership Rewards point or 1 Reward Point = 0.75
Qantas Frequent Flyer points, the David Jones American Express Card offers one of the most attractive retail rewards programs available to shoppers and travellers in Australia.
David Jones CEO, Mr Paul Zahra says, "David Jones and Qantas are both recognised as premium
Australian brands with a strong heritage of service, which creates a natural affinity across our different business platforms.
"With American Express, this is a fantastic opportunity for David Jones to enhance our customer experience and provide new and rewarding opportunities for our David Jones American Express Cardmembers.
"We welcome Qantas as the newest addition to the portfolio of premium Australian brands that customers will find at David Jones and look forward to a successful – and rewarding – partnership."
CEO Qantas Loyalty, Ms Lesley Grant says, "We are delighted to be launching our new alliance with David Jones and to further strengthen our long term partnership with American Express.
Qantas and David Jones share similar philosophies, including a strong commitment to customer service and both organisations take great pride in offering high quality products at great value."
"We look forward to offering David Jones customers a world of options in terms of redeeming their points, including Reward flights across the Qantas domestic and global networks."
From tomorrow (Friday 31 August, 2012), existing David Jones American Express Cardmembers can elect to choose the new Qantas Frequent Flyer Reward option by simply calling 1300 36 89 89.
The Qantas Frequent Flyer program launched in 1987 and has over 8.7 million members across Australian and globally. The program has more than 500 partners including airlines, hotels, financial institutions and retailers. More than 3.4 million Award flights were redeemed by members last year.
All new David Jones American Express Cardmembers will be offered the choice of American Express Membership Rewards or Qantas Frequent Flyer when they join, with both rewards programs including David Jones Gift Cards as redemption options.
Even More Rewards
David Jones will offer complimentary Qantas Frequent Flyer membership to David Jones American Express Cardmembers, who are not already a Qantas Frequent Flyer member, if they apply online at qantas.com/joinffdavidjones from tomorrow (Friday 31 August, 2012).
Existing Qantas Frequent Flyers will also benefit from the partnership, with David Jones Gift Cards now available through the online Qantas Frequent Flyer store.
The launch of the Qantas Frequent Flyer reward option with the David Jones American Express Card is phase one of David Jones' partnership program with Qantas Frequent Flyer. David Jones Storecard members can look forward to the addition of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program as a rewards option to their card in 2013.
Mr Zahra says, "The real winners will be our customers. This is a meaningful reward that we know will resonate with our customer community and we look forward to being able to extend the benefit of our Qantas Frequent Flyer partnership to all of our Cardmembers."
Mrs Brady heads Down Under for her love of tomatoes
Pop culture icon Florence Henderson, AKA Mrs Brady from classic hit TV series 'The Brady Bunch', is heading Down Under. Florence will visit Sydney from 25 June to 28 June to share her short-cut kitchen tips. Besides wearing the title of 'America's Favourite Mom', Florence hosted a cooking variety show that saw her working with some of the world's best chefs and has two cookbooks to her name.
Florence is coming to Australia thanks to the newly launched Ardmona Duo, a flavoursome mix of vine ripened Australian tomatoes and tomato paste in one easy to open can; the perfect short cut for cooks who want fabulous food on the table, quick smart.
Florence is the youngest of ten children as well as having four children of her own. "I'm not a professional cook, just someone who loves good food. I especially love tomatoes and their versatility. When I heard Ardmona was launching the Duo range where delicious vine ripened Australian tomatoes are combined with tomato paste, I thought, 'what a great short cut creation'. One of my cook books was actually called Short Cut Cooking," said Ms Henderson.
To coincide with Florence's visit to Australia and the launch of Ardmona Duo, a Facebook App will be launched where Australians can sift through a plethora of essential timesaving short cut cooking tips. The Ardmona Book of Better Ways contains helpful tips such as how to stop rice from sticking, how to slice mushrooms quickly and evenly, how to effortlessly grate cheese with less mess, how to boil eggs without them cracking and how to easily open jars with pesky lids.
"When it comes to food, I'm a big believer in supporting local industry. Why buy imported products if what you're growing locally is actually superior tasting? "I've tasted the Australian grown Ardmona tomatoes and compared them to Italian canned tomatoes and found the Ardmona product to be full of flavour. There is definitely something to be said about the sunshine vine ripened tomatoes of Down Under; they really know how to pack a flavoursome punch!"
Ardmona canned tomatoes are sourced from Victoria's 'fruit bowl', the Goulburn Valley and Southern NSW. Ardmona exclusively uses tomatoes grown and manufactured in Australia. Ardmona tomatoes aren't picked green and later ripened before being canned. These tomatoes are vine ripened and picked at their peak maturity to ensure the succulent tomato flavours are captured. Within 24 hours of harvesting, the tomatoes are cooked and sealed to preserve the true vine ripened rick flavour.
Ardmona Duo with the added richness of paste comes in straight finely chopped tomatoes with paste or;
•Finely Chopped Tomatoes with Paste and Basil & Garlic
•Finely Chopped Tomatoes with Paste and Herbs
•Finely Chopped Tomatoes with Paste and Roasted Capsicum
•Finely Chopped Tomatoes with Paste and Onion & Garlic
•Finely Chopped Tomatoes with Paste and Bolognese
Ardmona has been part of Aussie meals for generations... 90 years to be exact. From its beginnings as the Ardmona Fruits Products Cooperative Company Limited established in 1921, Ardmona has grown to deliver a range of trusted products, and is today the leading brand in the Canned Tomatoes category.
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week: Marvel Comics Inspired Fashion Marvellous
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia today officially enjoyed day 1 in Sydney, Australia.
Yesterday it was media and insiders day, but it was today when MBFWA once again got to show itself off to the world.
In a world where life can imitate art, and fashion can take on all sorts of different forms, Marvel Comics - Marvel Entertainment superheroes got a whole lot of flash...adding to the strong buzz that Marvel's 'The Avengers' is already enjoying at the Australian and international box office.
Day one at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia was a colour fans and colour buyers dream come true, start with three very different, but equally bright, collections to open our most famous and favourite fashion fest.
In recent years, Romance Was Born shows have been staged late in the evening with elaborate, stagey productions where the theatricality of the show may have been accused of overriding the actual garments on display.
This time is was done very right. Romance Was Born opened Fashion Week in Sydney with a comparatively simple set inspired by the graphic Pop style of Marvel comics, cartoon superheroines and "Op Art".
Fashion models strutted up a lightning bolt-shaped catwalk showing off bright red wigs that brought us back to Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie images and memories. The makeup was what Fairfax Media and others have called "Kabuki-like", with big fake eyebrows, slashes of electric-blue eyeshadow and glossy red lips all the rage. Some media and buyers would have also thought of the KISS rock gods.
The clothes were also cartoon inspired. Marvel icon Stan Lee could not have dreamt his cartoons would once day be shown off on the world's most beautiful models. How about the Big Bridget Riley-style op art graphics on dresses and separates opened the show, before things got even crazier.
Romance Was Born is not for the conservative fashionista, but these days just about anything goes anyway. They put out clothing for parties and other events where wow factor and "look at me" rules. Multi-coloured digital print catsuits, sexy sequinned corseted, padded bomber jacket - interested... then this way out designer is for you ladies, or should that be 'Wonder Women'.
Queensland-based designer Gail Sorronda got a little more experimental this year. Ms Sorronda who enjoyed a strong response to showing her collection in Milan, Italy with the support of Dolce & Gabbana, has gone more for the type of bold colour and quirky print normally associated with designers such as Romance Was Born, moving away quite a bit from her traditional blacks and whites.
The title of her collection, Oh My Goth!, may have tricked a few fashion fans. Models stood motionless on spot-lit white plinths while groovy and scary music played. The models also showed off Pierrot-like black lips and pasty white faces, but this was contrasted with bright polka-dot blouses, patterned flares, tiered buttercup yellow dresses and headwear that reminded some media or Smarties - the confectionery brand.
Some media were not so happy about the darkness of the room, but it was done for the show - not the media. It showed them off wonderfully.
Gary Bigeni has a very quirky individual style – he wears riotous clashes of print and colour and currently sports bright blue hair – but the clothes he designs are clean, minimal and totally wearable.
He showed a refined collection of colour-blocked dresses, leather skirts and dresses, open-weave knitwear and prints that are well suited for a summer down under.
Rather than mashing up several bold colours together – as has been a popular trend in recent times – Bigeni mixed neutrals with bright seaside blues and fresh tangerines. There were elegant cropped pants, striped sweaters, draped skirts and cuffed shorts. All pretty cool stuff.
As we know, media always watches media, and the following observations have been noted, and blogged all over town...some of the fashion industry's best-known bloggers, editors and other media and PR folks are in 'Sin City' Sydney to catch Fashion Week. Vogue's Tim Blanks, Filipino Bryanboy, UK blogger Susie Bubble and Australian model-turned-blogger Candice Lake have all been spotted sitting front row, and photographer and media agencies like AAP, Media Man, Fairfax Media and Splash News & Picture Agency have all been spotted in or nearby to all the action. We suspect many news media will be working to the early hours of the morning getting all their stories and pictures out for what looks to be an outstanding festival for the iconic fashion show of shows down under.
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Celebs including Lara Bingle and Kate Waterhouse packed the front row as comic strip prints paraded around.
Louise Van der Vorst and Montana Cox were among the models who sported David Bowie inspired red mullet wigs and comical garments for the show were well... show stealers in the hearts and minds of many.
Luke Sales of Romance was Born said they had wanted to work with comics for quite a while.
"Our prints have always been photo-based and we wanted to do something more graphic with more pop which is what attracted us to comics," he said.
"We figured Marvel was the biggest and so simply asked if they wanted to come on board as a collaborative partner and they were thrilled.
"I think the partnership is perfect because our designs mirror the celebration of creativity and and imagination they are famous for."
The week began with a hick up or two for for celebrity blogger Bryan Boy however, who is attending for the week to report on Australian designers to his legion of loyal followers.
The superstar of the blogosphere was a highly anticipated front row star for the show, but after holding the runway for almost forty minutes they were forced to start without him.
"I went to the wrong place and then had to try and hail a cab, and then he dropped me to the wrong place and I finally arrived as it was finishing," Bryan Boy later disclosed. We're pleased to report that AAP, Splash News and Fairfax Media were all present - at least for most of the day's activities.
Kirrily Johnston added hints of hints of acid brights to her signature neutral palette while Manning Cartell has forecast bold colours and prints to be a sure thing as the weather warms up.
Camilla Franks, known for her embellished kaftans and resort wear wowed a celebrity studded front row including star of WAG nation Terry Biviano, Erica Heynatz and Michelle Bridges with her new ready-to-wear collection.
The look was overwhelmingly inspired by the jet-setter lifestyle with new silhouettes including jumpsuits and playsuits. A jet-set feel was also paramount at the Dylan Cooper show, in his fashion week debut after winning on Project Runway last year.
Celebrity red-carpet designer Aurelio Costarella didn't let the crowd down with hand-dyed raffia, silk-covered crystals and mirrored sequins.
Just off Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York, Whitney Port, star of reality television series The City, turned designer, gave an international flavour to the day. Port showed off her collections Whitney Eve and WE by Whitney Eve.
Closing off the opening day was Ginger and Smart who are celebrating their tenth year in the industry.
Well done MBFWA... more marvellous days like this one please. Looking forward to move wonder women tomorrow.
Kylie Minogue - Christian Louboutin, Emilio Pucci, Headpiece, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jimmy Choo
Ladies Day at Golden Slipper Racing Carnival 2012 - Sydney
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David Jones Autumn Winter Launch With Miranda Kerr At David Jones Sydney
Miranda Kerr was back to promoting fashion again today, returning to David Jones, Sydney, as part of the latest David Jones Autumn Winter launch - promo.
The fashion celebs were in full force as Kerr was joined by dozens of Australian fashion elite, many international icons.
In front of a crowd of hundreds, fashion and entertainment industry elite including Dannii Minogue, Delta Goodrem, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Megan Gale, Alex Dimitriades and Miranda Kerr did the red (actually black) carpet and mingled with press.
Miranda wrapt up the marvellous show in a fashion forward black embellished Collette Dinnigan mini dress.
Lots of brands were promoted including Josh Goot suits, Bassike, Lisa Ho, along with Little Joe and Camilla and Marc.
The 1970s look to have made a bit of a comeback again with designs from Romance was Born, Zimmermann, Bianca Spender, and Thurley and Minogue's Project D line which had a strong disco-esque edge as did Scanlan & Theodore.
Camilla showed off her 70s collection - Moroccan-inspired kaftans and metallic headwear.
Napoleon Perdis was onto the 70's also. One look was inspired from the 70s cult film The Eyes of Laura Mars, and an insider whispered that was in fact where it was born.
George Gross and Harry Who showed off refined feminine clothing modelled on the 1950s.
Dinnigan and Alex Perry went for modern black themes.
Jack London went with coloured tailored suits.
Calibre and Brent Wilson The Basics ran with something a dash more conservative.
Kerr was only one of the top models present. Samantha Harris, Alexandra Agoston, Louise Van Der Vorst and Australia's Next Top Model champs Alice Burdeau and Montana Cox were also there, ensuring the event was media darling fodder.
Perth was represented by models, Tiah Eckhardt-Delaney and Sarah Pauley, who also snatched strong media coverage.
You should have seen the fab and refurbished 'On Seven at David Jones' area.
The launch we were told was a "Salon style" super show with New York supper club themes. Lucky guests were seated at modest sized tables while the models strutted their stuff, darting and weaving through the guest area.
Retail giant David Jones streamed the event live over the internet for its virgin time via its official Facebook page.
Well done to DJ's, models and everyone involved in the fab event. We look forward to seeing you at the next as Australia's fashion wars continue to heat up.
'Ultimate Fashionista: The Young Hollywood Style Guide' Book Review
Last night many of Sydney's leading fashion folk celebrated the launch of Alana Wulff's latest book 'Ultimate Fashionista: The Young Hollywood Style Guide'.
There's no shortage of fashion reading in the world, but Alana has shed some new light on the subject and made it virtually must read material for Australia's (if not the world's) young women.
Having worked at some of the most popular women's magazines such as TV Hits, Girlfriend and OK!, Alana has seen a lot of changes in fashion over the years.
Each chapter of the book offers up something different. You have profiles on style icons such as Zoe Kravitz, Blake Lively, Dakota Fanning and Emma Stone. Then you have interviews with some of Australia's leading designers and fashion folks across media and retail. There's also a section that lists online stores, a "how-to" packing guide, "must-haves" and much more ladies.
Here's Alana's official description...
Written by Alana Wulff
Published by Random House
What do Blake Lively, Emma Stone and Dakota Fanning have in common (aside from beauty, fame and fortune obviously)? They are all featured in Alana Wulff's latest book 'Ultimate Fashionista: The Young Hollywood Style Guide'.
Alana Wulff is an entertainment writer and celebrity interviewer and she uses her pulling power to bring together celebs to grill them on their style, inspirations and wardrobes. Plus she also interviews some of Australia's leading designers and fashion insiders from PR, print and retail. There is also some cool info at the back of the book about online stores, a packing/travel guide and a list of wardrobe essentials.
The book is colourful, packed full of pictures and has loads of tips and tricks about fashion and styling, referenced through stylish celebs. It is well-researched, with interactive activities (who doesn't love a good quiz?) and space to write your own notes throughout. Functional and frivolous at the same time - this book is fabulous for those girls who are just starting to become aware of their style or those who would love a sneaky peek inside the lives (and wardrobes) of their fav celebs.
224 pages
Random House Books Australia
Von Follies by Dita Von Teese launches in Australia
International style icon Dita Von Teese will release her highly-anticipated lingerie collection, Von Follies, exclusively through Target Australia stores today.
Von Follies by Dita Von Teese was inspired by Dita's long-time love of lingerie and her own personal collection of vintage lingerie. The launch range combines sophistication and sensuality with distinct touches, such as grosgrain and velvet ribbons, delicate eyelash lace and control mesh to give the essence of the sultry 1950s glamour girl.
True to Dita Von Teese's signature style, the collection encapsulates an iconic vintage feel including one of her personal favourites, the overwire bra and high waisted briefs, garter belts and lovely corsolettes. Each item enhances the feminine silhouette that Dita Von Teese is world renowned for representing.
The range features ten collections that range from black lingerie sets that Dita Von Teese feels every woman should own, to bold luxurious reds, nudes with black lace overlay, vintage-inspired pale shades of satin and even an animal print. The stylish range also represents great value to customers, with bras and briefs ranging from $17.00 and bustiers and fitted corsoletes ranging from $79.00.
The first pieces from the collection will be in Target Australia stores across Australia from early February 2012, with exciting new product lines to be introduced in March and April 2012. It will also be available to purchase online from the Target Australia website.
Myer launches Spring Summer collection at Sydney's Carriageworks,
Sydney's Carriageworks caught fashion fever tonight as the Myer Spring Summer 2011/12 Collection launched.
Vintage maxi dresses, bikini, floppy hats and funky music was all the rage.
Myer ambassadors Jennifer Hawkins (former Miss Universe... just in case you forgot) and male model Kris Smith were the catwalk headliners. The new brands welcomed in were Sass & Bide, Fleur Wood and Jayson Brunsdon Black Label.
Hawkins opened the show for the 500 guests, in an eye-catching sass & bide ensemble, complete with a long, gold sequinned jacket.
'Our Jen' spruiked Cozi, which was fairly well received. Controversial Wayne Cooper did his thing, as did Leona Edmiston. Cooper featured lots of pink dresses, tops and trousers; a beige silk suit and a nude - white jumpsuit. Edmiston played it relatively safe with black dresses, complimented with fingerless gloves and head scarves.
Judy Coomber, Myer group general manager of fashion and accessories, went with a foursome of themes in the impressive collection.
The first is about bold colours including tangerine, emerald, gold, red, purple and fuchsia.
Myer's range also includes Riviera-inspired ensembles. Vintage remains popular, with softish florals, maxi dresses and big hats.
So ladies, believe me, there will be plenty of opportunities to splash your fashion dollar on this season in just about any fashion that takes your fancy.
Australia's Next Top Model; Montana Cox wins
Australia's wait is finally over.
Australia's Next Top Model is the ultra talented and beautiful Montana Cox.
The sweet 18 model said she was both surprised and delighted when it was announced Cox was in fact the season 7 winner of the reality television series at the world famous Sydney Opera House.
"I did not think I would get this far", she told the press.
Cox was the fashion biz favourite throughout basically the whole competition and went on to also win the public vote via SMS.
"It was really good to have that support from the industry," she said.
"It gave me a lot of confidence."
The brunette bested runner-up, my favorite, Liz Braithwaite from Bris Vegas and third placed Simone Holtznagel from Wollongong.
Thank god the event was smooth sailing, with no repeat of last year's rather controversial close when Sarah Murdoch announced the wrong contestant as the winner. Even models who progress to high level media identities are not quite perfect.
Foxtel's Fox 8 will show series eight of Australia's Next Top Model in 2012.
It's understood that tonight's 1 hour broadcast did impressive ratings and most advertisers and sponsors were extremely happy with the end result.
What will Australia's teen girls talk about now? Don't worry, there will be something, and of course the New Zealand equal of Top Model is coming up soon too, just to make sure we all get our fix of thin (and healthy) models.
Louis Vuitton New Sydney Store VIP Party, by Eva Rinaldi
Early today luxury brand Louis Vuitton opened a new store (Louis Vuitton George Street Maison) in Sydney, Australia, and this was followed up this evening with a VIP party with a healthy amount of celebrities and other VIP's on hand, along with about 30 media personnel covering the black carpet outside the building.
The Louis Vuitton George Street Maison, understood to have cost in the region of $10 million, will deliver three-storeys of men's and women's fashion, plus "personalised services".
The iconic French fashion brand enjoyed its VIP opening in Sydney earlier today with Australian actress Cate Blanchett getting a bit of media rub off from the event today.
Tonight many more celebs were present with the list including Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones guitarist), Melissa Doyle, Miranda Kerr, Erika Heynatz, Delta Goodrem, Isabel Lucas, Megan Gale, Laura Bingle, Heidi Middleton, Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Samantha Harris.
Company CEO Yves Carcelle was on hand at both events, and was Oceania CEO Philip Corne.
Mr Corne advised the new development had been a long time coming for the brand, which now has 10 stores across the nation.
"We wouldn't commit to the investment until we found the right space that allowed us to present the brand as we should," he said.
Corne understands that his brand is high end luxury and not for everyone: "People have worked hard and are rewarding themselves."
As Time magazine once said, it was the French who "practically invented the notion of luxury in the 17th century, and in the 18th century, when Marie Antoinette took up residence in Versailles, and added her own twist to the genre". After conducting a survey on global luxury, the magazine concluded Europeans regard "luxury as a means of expressing their individuality and style while placing high authenticity and pedigree".
In Sydney apparently there is a group of cashed up consumers who don't mind spending up on luxury goods.
A big congratulations to top brass Yves Carcelle, Philip Corne, Jean-Baptiste Debains and their team for putting on a great day and evening event.
Louis Vuitton cool and hip tips: we understand that the company sometimes creates very limited amounts of personalised goods. How about a guitar case for Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, a surfboard and surfboard cover (what pro would actually use that) and even a skate-board and cover (good luck with Maroubra Beach Skatepark local boys). When LV talks "personalised services" and "personalised products", they aren't kidding.
Megan Gale, Samantha Harris,Isabel Lucas,Miranda Kerr,Delta Goodrem,Ronni Wood
Virgin Airlines and Elle Macpherson: We love women in uniform, by Eva Rinaldi - 23rd February 2011
Who doesn't love a woman in uniform?
Australian Supermodel Elle Macpherson aka 'The Body' has just slipped into something more comfortable, or at least that's the wish of Virgin king of the world, Richard Branson and his media savvy team.
The 40 year plus bombshell has just flown in from a Crown Casino, Melbourne stop over, and is strutting her stuff on the catwalk with Virgin hostesses in Sydney sporting a red hot number that is bound to keep passengers and others up all night (and other reaching for the chequebooks and credit cards).
Macpherson has been busy hosting Britain's Next Top Model, but made time to show off the latest Virgin Airline number, designed by season one Project Runway winner Juli Grbac.
It wasn't surprising, the Virgin King insisted that of his real life hosties also got the media rub off from 'The Body', and the powers that be are expecting Virgin Airlines to experience a lift in numbers (plus more mainly positive news media coverage), but just quietly, they expect a couple of knockers also.
Elle was passionate and extremely emotive, appearing to hold back tears, as she spoke on missing her family in Australia and a sick family member. She still looked a million bucks was pure class.
Virgin Blue PR Danielle Keighery spoke on the new uniform making fresh happenings both in the air and on the ground, but assured us that the staff wouldn't change and would continue to be known for their friendliness and fun.
Sex still sells when done right, and few know how to do it better than Elle and RB (who didn't attend due to a ski accident). Just how much business may have been mixed with pleasure is anyone's guess, but we know that Branson (and Packer friend and associate), Damian Aspinall, the UK gaming and nature entrepreneur, did a series of dates with Elle about a year ago, and Elle is very particular in her brands and men.
I think the matching of Elle and Virgin Airlines might just be quite a match up in heaven. Now all we need is a bit of Michael Buble and wedding bells might sing out in the sky.
Branson and Elle - Virgin's, we don't think so - but the hot red uniform sure lends itself to new beginnings and radiates class, sex, power and style, with just a dash of romance.
What airline will you and yours be travelling on for your next overseas honeymoon. No need to tell us, we will take an educated guess darlings. Virgin continues to add to their world class 'body of work', remaining at the top of their game, despite the sometimes turbulent sector. Oh, did we mention, RB is also a member of the 'Mile High Club', but we are not endorsing you join it via his airline, unless you get a special invitation.
Miranda Kerr- relaunch Kora Organic Skincare Sydney
Miranda Kerr was lovely in Sydney today at the and today she hit the David Jones store in Sydney at 12pm to relaunch of her Kora organics skincare range.
The supermodel signed autographs for fans and is clearly excited about it.
After having recently given birth to her baby Flynn, Miranda has said she was content to give up modelling and focus on her other projects if her body didn't bounce back.
"It's funny, but I really didn't mind if my body didn't go back to what it was before," Kerr said.
"I had decided during the pregnancy that between my skincare range, Kora Organics, and my book, Treasure Yourself, that there were plenty of other things I could do in my life.


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Mad Chicken Runs Afoul on Pitch During Blackburn Rovers Match
Check out this chicken.
If you learn anything today, make sure to note how wonderful sporting events become once a wild animal descends onto the field (h/t NESN).
There was the Anfield Cat, the playoff squirrel, a wild marten and, most recently, this audacious chicken streaker.
Oh, if you are scoring at home, this is the second time a chicken has taken over a Blackburn Rovers football match.
As Brooks Peck of Yahoo! Sports reports, a chicken was let loose during a match last season because of "ongoing protests against the club's hated poultry magnate owners."
In this case, it seems the chicken just wanted to get closer to the action between Blackburn and Burnley on Sunday at Ewood Park.
The best part of our foul streaker is that it proved to be quite elusive. The steward tried to calmly and coolly remove the clucking pest but got thwarted at every turn.
So the question of how you forcibly remove a chicken from the pitch is answered: you don't. It leaves precisely when it means to.
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Tinubu's Day Of Tributes: Fashola, Fayemi, Aregbesola, Others Pour Encomiums • "His greatest achievement is to re-chart the developmental course of Lagos", says Fashola
Mar 29, 2012 - Celebrations marking the 60thbirthday of the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, climaxed Thursday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, where his successor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), joined other governors and prominent personalities, from both within and outside Nigeria, to pay him tribute. Other highlights of the celebrations which began on Wednesday include a Special Parliamentary Session in his honour at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, Ikeja and the Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island. In his tribute at the occasion, Governor Fashola said the greatest achievement of his predecessor and mentor was re-charting the developmental course of Lagos and setting it on its current path of progress adding that he achieved that as a Public Servant, the part of him which according to the Governor "is least referred to by people". Acknowledging Asiwaju Tinubu's multi-faceted accomplishments, Governor Fashola declared, "In paying tribute to him, I ask myself, 'who can hug an elephant, for the elephant is so huge and to hug it you are forced to decide which part you wish to hug", adding that the former Governor was so multifaceted that it is impossible to capture his essence in a tribute limited by space". "In paying tribute, therefore, to my leader, the part I will like to hug is Asiwaju the Public Servant, the Servant Leader and this, perhaps, is the least referred to part of him. In my view, perhaps, his greatest achievement was to re-chart the developmental course of Lagos and set it on its current course of pride", the Governor said. Governor Fashola noted that at the time Asiwaju Tinubu took over the mantle of leadership of Lagos State in 1999, Lagos was "like a ship that had set its destination to the North but was sailing towards the South" adding, "Almost everything needed an extreme makeover". "If one were to take a poll today of the needs that existed pre-1999, you will find people struggling to remember how high the refuse heaps of Lagos were and the number of streets that were rendered impassable because government could not remove the refuse", the Governor said adding, "Asiwaju changed all that". According to the Governor, although Asiwaju did not do it alone, he was the arrowhead of the vessel of change, "the leader of the team that brought the State back on course and kept backing it until it stayed on course". "Indeed, the common touch has been described as the ability to attend to the ordinary people by empathizing and appearing to have the same qualities with them", the Governor said adding, "If possessing a common touch is one of the key attributes of a great leader, then Asiwaju, an effective administrator and leader with an undeniable common touch, must certainly rank as highest". Describing Asiwaju Tinubu as "the one who has the ability to keep re-inventing himself and about whom the last has not been heard, Governor Fashola declared, "For me, he is still work in progress. What next, one might ask?" "Congratulations for this Diamond milestone. I wish you many more years of servant- leadership. May your mission be accomplished in your lifetime and may your legacies endure for many generations", Governor Fashola prayed. In his own tribute, the Senate President, Senator David Mark, described Asiwaju Tinubu as an icon and exemplary leader who, since coming into the arena of the nation's politics, has laboured to grow democracy in the country. Recalling his exploits and prominent role as member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), the Senate President, who was represented by Senator Abba Ibrahim, said Asiwaju Tinubu has also demonstrated his leadership prowess in Lagos by the work of his successor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), adding, "Your achievements are too numerous to mention". Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun State, in his tribute, recalled his first meeting with Asiwaju Tinubu 23 years ago and the series of political groups he had been privileged to be with him saying the greatest gift of the former Governor and National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) was his uncanny ability to choose leaders. "His excellence in choosing great leaders is responsible for the record achievements of his successor, Governor Babatunde Fashola", Ogbeni Aregbesola said adding that the political sagacity of the Jagaban Borgu was legendary. According to the Governor, "Another trait that separates him from his peers is how he handles crisis. He never displays any fear or buckles in the face of any challenge. In fact, it is when things get tough and hot that Asiwaju Tinubu is at his best. He is never overbearing, he is rather supportive and always ready to listen". Wishing the former Governor a long and prosperous life in good health, the Osun State Governor noted that the capacity to produce a succession of leaders is what has kept the Asiwaju relevant and dominant in the politics of Nigeria in general and the Southwest in particular. The Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, in his own tribute, recalled that his path first crossed with that of Asiwaju Tinubu during the struggle to restore democracy in the country adding that although he crossed swords later with the former Governor during his tenure as Labour leader over minimum wage, they had remained friends because of Asiwaju's openness and passion to serve the cause of the common man. "He never relented in engaging the powers that be even at the risk of his life and he was ready to fight in the interest of Lagos State despite the overbearing strength of the Federal Government", Governor Oshiomhole said adding that Edo State has benefited from some of the policies which he enunciated such as the creation of wider fiscal latitudes for states. In his tribute, Governor of Ekiti State expressed gratitude to Asiwaju Tinubu for his role in the struggle to regain his mandate in Ekiti State attributing it to the indefatigable spirit of Asiwaju Tinubu to fight injustice and never to give up. According to him, when Asiwaju Tinubu was hounded into exile for daring to challenge Military rule in the country, he became a rallying point for all the Nigerians who were fighting to ensure the exit of the Military. "He later took the political space of Nigeria by storm and Ekiti State is beneficiary of his commitment to democracy", the Governor said. Ogun State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, in his tribute, described Asiwaju Tinubu as an astute, courageous nationalistic politician who, according to him "is smart, intelligent, acute, sanguine, accommodating and God-fearing". "A man of destiny, an enigma leaving his imprint in the sands of time, Asiwaju has greatly delivered his task of liberating his people. He has saved the people of the Southwest from the stranglehold of conservatism. The political sagacity of Asiwaju has been a thorn in the flesh of the conservatives", the Governor said adding that he has redefined politics in the country to mean true service to the people. In his tribute, the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, described Asiwaju Tinubu as a Master-strategist saying he is a defender of the common man who is ready always to confront any challenge placed in his way towards achieving his goal in favour of the common man. Others who also paid tribute were the Vice President of Ghana who was represented by the Ghanaian Deputy Chief of Staff while prayers were offered for the celebrant, his family, the states and the nation as a whole by Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Rev. Dr. Ola Makinde, Rev. Wilson Badejo, Rev. Mercy Ezekiel, the Chief Imam of Lagos and other clerics. Also present at the event were the First Lady, Dame Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola and the first Ladies of Oyo, Osun Ogun and Ekiti, wife of the celebrant, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Traditional and Religious leaders, members of the National Assembly and Houses of Assembly of the Southwest States, delegates from other countries and other states of Nigeria, captains of Industries and top government functionaries.
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#1Posted 18 December 2012 - 10:17 AM
Can someone recommend a good formula that helps with reflux? thanks.
#2Posted 18 December 2012 - 10:26 PM
#3Posted 18 December 2012 - 10:30 PM
Go to the chemist there's Novalac, or look up product review.com good luck
#4Posted 18 December 2012 - 10:33 PM
We used Novalac from the chemist with success.
#5Posted 18 December 2012 - 10:38 PM
Hi princeza, is your baby formula fed and spitting up a lot or have you got a diagnosis of reflux from your Dr?
#6Posted 18 December 2012 - 10:52 PM
My daughters reflux was terrible to a point where she would asperate and not be able to breath! A few times I had to call the Ambo when her angelcare monitor went off. What helped for us was losec and seeing a pead who worked out her reflux was due to cows milk protein allergy. I'd maybe try see someone who has knowledge of reflux in infants.
The pead also recomended my daughter sleep on her side with the head raised, I think you 100% need to see someone who has a knowledge of reflux as I found the gp's i seen really had no idea, not saying they wernt good doc just that they didnt have experience. I wouldn't try anything till you get advice. #7Posted 19 December 2012 - 02:07 PM
My daughter was very spewy but not officially diagnosed with reflux.
I tried nearly every formula available, including the Karicare anti-reflux one. It worked the best at stopping the spewing but also caused her to be constipated. She is now 8 months and has pretty much grown out of her spewy phase. It's really annoying and I hear you if you are frustrated and upset. If you search my posts I'm pretty sure there is one here about having to wash bibs and spit rags every day. Hope things get better for you soon. #8Posted 19 December 2012 - 07:37 PM
I added karmic are thickener to my normal formula. That way I could adjust it to the amount required by my child.
#9Posted 19 December 2012 - 07:45 PM
go and speak to your dr and get them to diagnose reflux
#10Posted 19 December 2012 - 07:49 PM
My DS was reflux and we tried a few but settled on Karicare AR which worked great and left him full. Talk to your doctor before changing incase it's not reflux but lactose or something else.
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It wasn't long ago that the 25-22, seventh-place Boston Celtics were living up to expectations as an aging veteran team that would be first-round fodder for the Chicago Bulls or Miami HEAT. Since then, it seems the team has dipped its toe into the fountain of youth as they put together a run of 10 wins against three losses to claim first place in the Atlantic Division. Inserting Avery Bradley into the starting lineup has been a big part of the Celtics' resurgence.
In his second season with the Celtics, the 21-year-old guard is the youngest player on his team, younger even than the team's three rookies. However, the former Texas star was known for his defense in college and that mindset fits in Boston.
"He was a good defensive player coming in the door, so that's not anything we taught him," said head coach Doc Rivers. "He came in with great individual defensive skills, he had to learn the NBA team defense and it just took him a while, but it takes everyone a while."
At 6'3" and 180 lbs, the college shooting guard seemed destined to be converted to point guard, but that isn't Bradley's natural position and backing up Rajon Rondo wasn't going to get him many regular minutes.
"We stopped trying to play him at point, which helped and made him more comfortable starting at the two," Rivers said. "He is just getting more comfortable and starting to make shots."
Bradley did get eight starts at the end of January while Rondo was out, but it's been his 12 starts in place of Ray Allen where Bradley has really been able to shine. Over the past 13 games, Bradley has averaged 13.4 points on 51 percent shooting in 35.6 minutes while providing solid defense and giving Rondo a youthful fast-break target. His impact has been hard to miss.
It wasn't an easy transition to the NBA for Bradley. His rookie season was beset by injury and had a stint in the D-League before he got to play some very limited minutes with the Celtics. Initially, it didn't look like there would be many minutes for him this season either, but coaches always tell their young players to be prepared.
"I messed something up in my ankle, chipped a bone or something like that and wasn't able to play," said Bradley. "It set me back a lot, not only physically but mentally. It was hard for me to get back. Sometimes, because I wasn't playing, I didn't think I was as good as I was and things like that so it would be hard for me, but I went to the D-League and that helped me out a lot. It helped me gain confidence.
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Boston's starting lineup is a whole lot younger with Bradley and the surging Celtics have once again caught the attention of everyone interested in this year's NBA playoffs. A focused veteran team is a dangerous opponent in the postseason.
"I feel like we just take it one day at a time," said Bradley. "That's the type of team we are. We focus on today, we're not worried about tomorrow, just focusing on the game right now and it shows what kind of team we are. That's how we do things and our leadership like Kevin Garnett and those guys make sure that's our main focus, not worried about next year or the year after, we worry about this year and what's going on every game.
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What has been good for Bradley has been better for Boston as the Celtics are back in the conversation as potential contenders in this year's playoffs. The veterans might be playing like they have found the fountain of youth, but there is nothing like actually adding an effective young player to make the veterans' jobs a little easier. Shades of the impact another young, underrated second-year player had the first time this Big Three won an NBA championship?


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Hi people in internet land... Recently when I have been carding things I keep getting the three of wands(reversed) as an outcome. It doesn't matter what the question is--- I still get it. I ask about me moving back to Chicago for college, I get it as an outcome.... I ask about my ex-fiance moving back after he (now has decided) that moving away and breaking up was a bad idea... i get it as an outcome... I ask about moving at all in general, I get it as an outcome... I ask about work and I get it as an outcome... I ask about someone I used to know a long time ago and now I bearly talk with that person and I get it as an outcome. Everything! I get this card now! I usually only get a card repeating over and over again if I am not getting an important message. It's like the cards are trying to drill something into my head and I am not getting it! I keep looking up the explanations of the three of wands reversed and I just don't feel satisfied with the interpretations. I feel like I am missing something important. I keep getting some story about a message of love along with it as well... almost like the cards won't answer my question--- it just wants to drill some other important message out in the open... It's like "whatever you are asking isn't important... THIS is what is important!!" lol |
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Hi Now, for this, I am looking up a book - Mary Greer's Complete Tarot Reversals. In it, she says this: Quote:
But does any of that sound familiar? It's hard to help when the rest of the Tarot reply isn't there with the other cards, positions, deck used etc. Or was it just the one card you pulled out to answer each question? -------------------------------- Blessings to you all. Xara na cuidbhle tionndaidh p.s. Mercury Retrograde could be having an effect on the answers too, so you might want to ask again when that's over with - in a few days time I think |
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Ok, 3 of wands is the waiting game after the decision you made with the 2. Reversed would probably indicate that maybe the decision wasnt the best choice, or maybe that the decision wasnt yours, and now you're waiting for someone else to make up thier mind. I think its also possible that you havent even made a decision besides maybe "Go with the flow and see where that leads." And as a result, your three doesnt know what its waiting for. __________________ "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose." --Dr. Seuss |
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First: shuffle the deck and break it into four piles. One to do with moving or big changes, one to do with your love life, one to do with work, and one to do with communications with others. Whichever one the 3/Wands come up in, that's the part of your life that the cards are screaming about. Are saying, "3/Wands rx! Pay attention! It doesn't matter what else you want to know about, you've got to know about this!" So. Okay, now you've narrowed it down and you're listening. The deck wants you to pay attention to that ex-boyfriend or to work or whatever. Now remove the card from the deck and set it down, reversed, on the table. Think up five questions you want to ask the tarot about this card. Like, if it seems to be primarily about moving and changes, then ask, "Why it is a bad idea for me to move?" and "If I stay where I am, what will happen?" and "Should I move somewhere else?" etc. Shuffle the rest of the deck and place 5 cards around your 3/Wands rx. One to answer each question. Hope that helps you to find the answer! |
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I tried the idea that someone pointed out with splitting the deck, assigning a question to each and seeing where the 3ofWands(rx) pops up. Yep, it was about my ex. I put the 3 of wands as a signifier/focus card in a celtic cross and looked at the spread..... the "your three doesn't know where to go" really rings true. It was basically saying "hey your subconscious keeps putting him in your plans, stop it.... you keep blaming your self... STOP it. You did what you could to save it and he kept dropping the ball--- even down to him moving away... he didn't even WANT to move away--- and he did anyway... you did what you could, but he keeps screwing up and it is up to him to fix it... so stop thinking about it... so thanks you guys ^_^ |
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WELCOME - Dennis Yockers, UW-Stevens Point and Steve Cade, Oklahoma University.
UPFRONT - "DESIEN Evaluation Results"
FOCUS - "Extending the Walls of the Classroom: The Audiographics Project of the UW Centers" by Hal Schlais
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DE CLEARINGHOUSE, NETNEWS - "Wisconsin Satellite Program Database" by Michele Jacques
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ENDNOTE - "The Role of Online Communications in Schools"
WELCOME - Joining DESIEN this month are Dennis Yockers and Steve Cade. Dennis is Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Education in the College of Natural Resources at UW-Stevens Point. He is a staff member of the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education and focuses his efforts on the elementary and middle school levels. He's participated in a few distance learning professional development programs for teachers and is now involved in the process of developing a credit course focusing on environmental issues that will have a video component and a live discussion component.
Steve Cade works with Interactive Television and Telecourses at the University of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma works on a collaborative basis with Oklahoma State University in team teaching graduate engineering courses on compressed video. The institution offers a Masters in Library & Information Sciences to the University Center at Tulsa. The University of Oklahoma also has a full-motion system that is primarily used for delivering a Masters in Civil Engineering and Environmental Science. In addition, the University of Oklahoma operates a television studio and offers undergraduate telecourses on public access channels (broadcast and cable). Steve is treasurer/executive secretary for the Oklahoma Distance Learning Association, a chapter of the USDLA. You can find their webpage at http://www.osrhe.edu/odla/
UPFRONT - "DESIEN Evaluation Results"
We're happy to report that the results of the DESIEN Evaluation were very positive and that we'll be continuing the monthly issues in 1997. There were some excellent suggestions for additions and changes that we will be integrating into future publications. More on that in the next issue. Following is an analysis of the results:
Sixty-seven % of the respondents stated that we had achieved our mission to a great extent and 33% to some extent. Fifty % felt that DESIEN was relevant to their needs and 42% that it was somewhat relevant. Overall, 58% of the respondents contributed to DESIEN during the past year.
DESIEN sections considered very useful by 75% were: Campus Updates, Focus Articles, The Distance Education Clearinghouse and Special Articles. The remaining 25% found them somewhat useful. Announcements, Funding and Copyright sections were found very useful by 67% and somewhat useful by 33%. Conferences and FYI events were rated very useful by 50% and somewhat by 42%.
Comments on the most worthwhile aspects included: distance education sharing, articles on Distance Education and Instructional Technology programs in and outside of the UW System, the regular publication and "in your face" professional development, the Clearinghouse and feature articles on interactive teaching. Several found the interaction aspect of DESIEN least worthwhile, but qualified that by saying that they often didn't have time to interact and were most interested in scanning for information. Only one other electronic newsletter was listed as preferred, the Chronicles "Today" format, one that is easy to scroll and read through rapidly.
One hundred % read DESIEN electronically; 80% also print the issues and file them; 42% also print and circulate them among colleagues/staff; 33% also forward them electronically to their colleagues and 17% access issues in the Archives.
Comments and suggestions included: DESIEN stimulates informal discussion among interested faculty; expand DESIEN to a wider group of participants (this actually began to happen in mid-1996, as participants began to share issues with colleagues and participants increased from 75 to 104. Also at its November meeting, the University of Wisconsin-Extension Distance Education Committee (DEC) suggested expanding DESIEN). Another comment suggested shorter pieces that can quickly be scanned. Many appreciated the Campus Updates. One respondent suggested that updates be collected and input only on a quarterly basis.
Recommendations for additions/changes to DESIEN were: add sections on how campuses spend distance education money and how decisions are reached; add a section on instructional technology and the blurring between instructional technology and distance learning. Discuss technology knowledge transfer and the formative and summative evaluation of distance learning/instructional technology.
Thanks to all who sent in their forms. We value your opinions and comments. Pat and I will be meeting in December to plan the integration of your new ideas.
"Extending the Walls of the Classroom:
The Audiographics Project of the UW Centers"
Hal Schlais
Faculty Liaison UW System
The UWC is conducting a fairly extensive, curricularly focused distance education project using the audiographics (AG) technology (See notes 1,2 below). The primary purpose of the project is to expand the curriculum by providing students from around the UW Centers' campuses improved access to sophomore level courses. This project focuses particularly on science and mathematics courses which are not usually offered because of traditionally low enrollments.
The UW Centers has one of the largest freshman/sophomore enrollments in the UW System (See Notes 3 below). However, because that enrollment is divided up among its thirteen campuses, sophomore courses in specialty areas were not offered on many of the campuses because of low demand. To combat this fragmentation in its sophomore curriculum, the Centers began looking for alternative methods of teaching those courses at a distance. In 1991, Frank Gonzalez pioneered the Centers' use of the AG technology, offering two courses in the engineering program.
Based on that initial effort and Frank's continued success, an Audiographics pilot project was begun in 1995. During the 95/96 academic year, the Centers worked with Instructional Communications Systems (ICS) at UW-Extension, to offer an increasing number of its instructional staff a sound introduction to the AG technology and strategies for teaching at a distance.
In 1995, eleven courses were offered, seven in science and mathematics and two in music and Spanish. This academic year the Centers will offer a total of thirteen different courses via the AG network. Of the six fall semester courses (See Note 1 below), four were in science related areas, one in women's studies and one in music. The spring semester will have six science related courses with a single music course offered.
Continued program evaluations are being done to ascertain both student and instructor satisfaction and student success. Where statistics can be checked, students seem to succeed academically in a manner very similar to that of the more traditional delivery techniques. Anecdotal information indicates that instructors feel the technology is quite effective for delivering the science and mathematics based materials. However, instructors are beginning to incorporate additional technologies into their courses such as email, web pages, and desktop fax capabilities. This, fueled by the emergence of standards-based desktop videoconferencing, is requiring an examination of the current AG technology for delivering courses at a distance.
1) 1996/97 Centers' courses via audiographics - Fall 1996/Spring 1997: Chemistry 343, Organic Chemistry; Chemistry 363, Organic Chemistry; Graphics 102, Eng. Graphics; Des. Geometry Computer Science 260, Assembly Language; Mechanics 201, Eng. Mechanics; Statics Mechanics 202, Eng. Mechanics; Dynamics Mechanics 203, Strength of Materials; Math 262, Introductory Linear Algebra; Math 271 Ordinary Differential Equations; Math 223, Calculus III; Music 271, Music Theory; Music 272, Music Theory; Women's Studies 101.
2) Audiographics: A computer based technology which uses telephone technology for connection. It provides for two-way audio with a shared "white board", in the interactive area on the screen on which the students and instructor can both see and write on at the same time.
3) In the fall of 1995, the UW Centers ranked second in the UW System only to UW Madison in enrolling freshman and sophomore students. The Centers had a fall of 1995 freshman/sophomore head count of 9,267 and UW-Madison had one of 11,118. Source: UW System 96/97 Fact Book.
(Please add new information about your institution's distance education progress below.)
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This month the Wisconsin Satellite Program Database has made its debut on the web. The purpose of the database is to provide information about all types of programs which are delivered via satellite. You can find the database's homepage at:
The database is fully searchable by subject, date, and keyword. You can also obtain a linkable list of all the titles which are currently in the database. Search tips are provided for those who would like more information about how the search engine performs. Additional links to program provider web pages will lead you to further information developed by those who sponsor and/or deliver the programs.
A typical record in the database will include the program title, series title, times, dates, fees, if any, and a description of the program. Subject headings as well as program format and type are also included on the record. Technical coordinates are supplied, when available.
The Wisconsin Satellite Program Database is a collaborative effort of three Wisconsin institutions: the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and the Wisconsin Technical College System. Each have contributed to the content and upkeep of the database.
The Satellite Program Database has been available since 1988. It first was accessed through a bulletin board system, then on the gopher, and now via the web. This new web version is updated continually; as soon as the data is entered, the changes are reflected on the web. We encourage you to take a look at the site and bookmark it as one of your distance education resources.
As always, please be sure to send your comments, suggestions, and questions about the Clearinghouse to me. I can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at (608) 265-6178. Thanks.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE - Intellectual property law, copyright and fair use doctrine are increasing in importance, as well as confusion, creating a barrier to the educational use of distance learning technologies.
Recently, in preparation for a series of compressed video workshops, I realized I would need copyright clearance for an article I wanted to use for a business case study. According to the magazine in which the article appeared, I needed to contact the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC). In a matter of an hour I had a permission sheet faxed to me. Then by giving a PO number, signing the sheet and faxing it back, I was able to copy a specified number of copies in 48 hours. The permission is valid for the semester.
The CCC is a not-for-profit organization created at Congress' suggestion to help organizations comply with US copyright law. CCC provides authorized users with a lawful means for making photocopies from its collection of more than 1.75 million titles. It also provides access to compliance mechanisms, like the Academic Permissions Service, where CCC customers can report their use of copyrighted materials. These mechanisms facilitate compliance for copying beyond fair use and provide a 'one-stop' compliance model. Access to an Electronic Reserves service is in process. Electronic Reserves is an area that is emerging for academic institutions that seek to maximize access to intellectual resources derived from scanning print resources and/or electronic media, i.e. CD-ROMs. To learn more about the Electronic Reserves Project, contact Jeff Rosedale's Electronic Reserves at: http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~rosedale/
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NEW ELECTRONIC PEER-REVIEWED ONLINE JOURNAL: The American Communication Association is announcing the debut of its lead publication, the American Communication Journal. Dedicated to the analysis and criticism of significant communicative artifacts, the Journal is: 1) exclusively a WWW publication and 2) provides the scholar with the opportunity to hypertextually reference supportive materials available in Cyberspace. Audio, video, graphics, virtual reality, live interactivity are all at the researcher's supportive disposal. The Editorial Board is currently accepting submissions and is anticipating that the first issue will be released online this summer, August 1997. For information on style and guidelines, contact: Tyrone L. Adams firstname.lastname@example.com
FREE VIDEOCONFERENCE: December 11, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m., "POWER TO THE CHILDREN School Funding and Tax Reform: Finding the Common Ground" brings together key individuals and organizations to work in the critical next step toward solving the school funding and tax reform dilemma. While designed for Illinois, other states will find the dialogue dynamics, issues and action process to be useful for their own school funding challenges. The videoconference will originate from the University Park studios of Governors State University. To Register as a Downlink Site: Call 708-534-4095.
WEBFAIR '97: Judging will take place for entries submitted to WebFair '97 during Spring Semester of 1997. Visit the WebFair '97 homepage at: http://webfair.wisc.edu Wisconsin students (groups or individuals, K-16) will use the WWW to describe an academic project they are doing on a web page.
ORLANDO MULTIMEDIA '97, February 19-21, 1997: Orlando Multimedia '97 will be held at the Hyatt Orlando Hotel, Kissimmee, Florida. The Conference and Exhibition is sponsored by the Society for Applied Learning Technology. This 15th Annual Conference and Exhibition is on "Interactive Instruction Delivery and Distance Learning Systems". For more information or to register call: 1-800-457-6812.
ENDNOTE - A recent study "The Role of Online Communications in Schools: A National Study" demonstrates that students with online access perform better than those without that access. "Overall, students with access to Scholastic Network and the Internet produced better projects than students without online access. They received higher scores in all nine learning measures. The higher scores were statistically significant for five of the nine measures. In particular, students with online access were more effective in their ability to: present their work, state a civil rights issue, present a full picture (who, what, when, where, why, how), bring together different points of view and produce a complete project.
These results are particularly striking because both experimental and control classes undertook the same projects and both were encouraged to take advantage of computer tools and resources in the Civil Rights Unit. Teacher reports and the makeup of the projects submitted confirm that students in the control group did use computers although they did not go online. This targets online use as a key differentiating factor in student performance within this study."
Source: CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) 508-531-8555 http://www.cast.org/
(The above information was forwarded to Hal Schlais by Susan Barry of the ERVING Network)
DECEMBER ISSUE: FOCUS - New Mission and Direction for DESIEN
DESIEN ARCHIVE: An Archive has been created for past issues and interaction comments. Locate at: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/desien.html
DESIEN has been created to encourage information exchange and discussion of distance education issues concerned with: 1) Symposium team progress and institution course/program development, 2) faculty/ team development, 3) technology, 4) policy, 5) funding and 6) research among participants, presenters and organizers of the 1994 UW- Extension/UW System Distance Education Symposium. Other List recipients are also welcome to join in with information contributions and discussion.
Each monthly issue will focus on an "area of interest", feature a regular column on the Distance Education Clearinghouse by Michele Jacques, contain an FYI section, and list future areas of focus. Your continuous input through updates, features, questions and dialogue will be instrumental in helping DESIEN evolve and grow.
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Johan Slabbert and Alex Holland were awarded 1st dan black belt (shodan) and 2nd dan black belt (nidan) respectively. The gradings were conducted by SASKA style-head, Shihan Koos Burger (8th dan black belt) and a panel of senior SASKA instructors.
DON'T MESS WITH THEM: East Cape Shotokan-Ryu head instructor Gary Grapentin (left) with his student Johan Slabbert, who recently achieved his 1st dan black belt Picture: SUPPLIED |
"For Slabbert and Holland, the dan grades are the result of years of dedication and commitment to karate," said Grapentin.
Slabbert, a grade 10 pupil at Hoerskool PJ Olivier has been practicing karate for ten years. At the age of 16 he is also one of the youngest karateka in the SASKA style to hold a 1st dan black belt. Holland has been practicing karate for nine years, and is an instructor at ECSR's Albany Karate Academy in Grahamstown.
The gradings were preceded by an intensive training camp which was conducted by Burger at various ECSR dojos in Grahamstown, Fort Beaufort, Port Alfred and at Yellowwoods Primary School.
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So, just to be clear, this is a 10-gallon batch that you split?
It sounds pretty delicious. Hopefully I'll get a chance to try some lagering after a few more batches, so I plan to bookmark this one and give it a shot. |
No, it was a 6.25 gallon batch. Both the doppelbock itself and the Eisbock it fathered turned out very nicely. IMO the keys are using the correct proportion of Munich and taking the time/effort to decoct. I can't wait to make 10g of this again this fall! In the meantime I think I'll do a Maibock soon.
for a 6.5 gallon batch, I am calculating 1.099 OG... what is your efficiency?
Man... just saw this thread update... I seriously need a chest freezer.
What was your process for the freeze-distillation? Just pop the finished beer in the carboy in the freezer at 19°F and let it sit? If so, for how long? |
Thanks. Man, I can't wait to make this... sounds soooo good!
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Usain Bolt will be 100% fit when the heats of 100 metres at the London Olympics get under way in 11 days' time, Jamaican team officials have insisted.
The world's fastest man missed the team's open training session at the University of Birmingham. Doubts over his fitness have intensified since he was beaten by training partner Yohan Blake over 100 and 200m at the Jamaican Olympic trials, while he withdrew from last Friday's Diamond League meeting in Monaco with a minor hamstring problem.
Fellow sprint star Asafa Powell was also not at Tuesday's training session, leaving some of the team's less heralded names to entertain the crowd of schoolchildren and students. Jamaican team manager Ludlow Watts said: "By the time he gets to the Olympics Bolt will be competition fit."
He added: "Sometimes in your preparations there may be certain disruptions, but I believe that he's adequately prepared.
"He's training very well and by August 3 we will see the real Usain Bolt. I am not aware of any niggles at the moment. I believe he's okay."
Don Quarrie, the technical athletics manager, added: "He's 101%, he's ready.
"He has been working on the track here. His performances have been close to what he was doing in 2008 before the Olympics. That tells me he'll be ready to run in London."
A repeat of the sensation Bolt caused in Beijing, when he broke the 100 and 200m world records in taking double gold, is what organisers and spectators alike are hoping for, but, despite Quarrie's assurances, his performances so far this summer have suggested it is far from guaranteed.
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