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I just learned about Diablo 3 Real Money Auction house and I wonder how much money could I expect to gain from selling item on it.
More precisely, Is it reasonable to expect to retrieve my initial investment for buying the game?
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I just learned about Diablo 3 Real Money Auction house and I wonder how much money could I expect to gain from selling item on it.
More precisely, Is it reasonable to expect to retrieve my initial investment for buying the game?
This question is ultimately down to how much you play, there are already answers both for and against you making back the cost of Diablo 3 on this question.
The truth is that if you play very little then NO - it is unlikely you will make your money back. However over time you may get lucky with individual drops that you may wish to sell on the auction house. It's not possible to give a definitive answer against making your money back.
If you play frequently then YES it is perfectly reasonable that you will make back the cost of the game. I personally have already made mine back and I know many others who have as well but this is from the point of view of having played for 300+ hours in a little over a month since Diablo 3 was released.
This all basically comes down to how long it takes you to get to the 'Inferno' difficulty, and how frequently you play the game within this difficulty. Once you get further into inferno difficulty (Act 2+) about 5% of the items that drop on average will be of a quality that people are looking for when they're willing to spend real money. The method that I have used is selling lots of items at low prices, but in contrast to this others have made the full cost of the game back in a single transaction.
The other thing to bare in mind, is that as more players get into this difficulty, the value of the market will begin to decrease over time as more items will become available to more players - again further demonstrating the inability to give a definitive answer to this question.
No, I don't think it is reasonable to go into playing Diablo 3 with that assumption. There are currently too many unknowns to be able to reasonably say whether or not that will be the case, for example:
As it is an in-game facility, it can't be compared to D2 to get a historic idea of prices. Only dedicated players bought and sold in D2, whereas anyone can sell (and buy) in D3.
This answer will obviously change in time, as we know more about the unknowns above.
Yes you can, but are you willing to invest the time?
Once you can farm inferno well, it's only a matter of time and luck before you find something that will bring the big bucks. Unfortunately this usually entails a 200-300 hours of play time, and tens of millions of G spent on items.
I wouldn't expect to make the money back for a few months or even a year if your a casual player, but if you stick with it, you can definitely find gear in inferno that will compensate the initial cost. Just don't expect to be making an income off of the RMAH.
Of course, this was for the initial surge of the RMAH where prices were unknown for buyers.
However, there is obviously a market for high quality (ilevel 61+) items:
Since one good item can easily sell for the maximum of $250, that is over 4 times the initial "investment" in the game. However, even the modest seller can rack up $60 worth of gear with lucky Inferno-level drops.


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A few years ago, I read in 'Gardens of Plenty' about growing curcurbits in the compost pile. "The glory of today's potager are the compost heaps, built in long lines approximately 3ft wide, stretching from path to path. They grow as the spent vegetables are added, sometimes reaching a height of 5ft. Layer upon layer of leaves create stripes of different colours, making the heaps look like the best quality terrines. Left undisturbed for a year, the piles rot down to waist height, and at this point they become the most luxuriant beds for bright pumpkins, giving vertical height in the best jardin potager tradition. The long lines of giant leaves make solid shapes among the finer lines of other vegetables. After use as a pumpkin bed for a single season, the compost returns to the garden as a nutritious fertiliser."
I was able to visit the A.I. DuPont garden at The Hagley Museum twice last year, once in June and one in September. The potager is quite lovely, it was wonderful to see in person the garden I had read about. The tour didn't give a ton of time in the garden, so I only got a few photos. I was able to spot pumpkins growing in compost piles in the garden. You can imagine my delight to see in action something I had read about and seen photos of in a book.
I'm not much of one to maintain the type of compost pile which is turned regularly, so this passage inspired me. Last fall I made a compost pile in the middle of the main edible garden, you can see it in the image below.
Early this summer, I seeded a zucchini in the pile. It quickly germinated and grew nicely ( I thought about growing pumpkins, but the pile was small and I didn't want pumpkin vines taking over the garlic patch). We've had quite a drought here in Maine this summer, but I refrained from watering this plant. I wanted to see if the compost retained more or less water than the surrounding soil areas. Much to my surprise, the plants is doing amazingly well, producing loads of zucchini and has shown no signs of stress from the dryness.
My idea for this process of compost is to reduce the amount of time spent in some areas to give myself time to focus on other things. If I don't have to turn a compost pile I can use that time to maintain a larger garden space. This compost en situ will also work wonderfully for raising the soil level in the areas of the garden that slope too much. My main vegetable garden is too sloped and thus rain runs off faster than I would like. When considering my options for leveling it out, I decided building up the lower areas of the garden with compost piles like this will be the least expensive and least labor intensive option. It will require time and patience, which I have plenty of.
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There's something very satisfying about harvesting compost. Perhaps it's the fact that you made something from the waste that many people throw away. Maybe it's because you can almost see the rich nutrition for your plants. Or it might be that it saves you from spending money on compost from the store. I don't know exactly which one of these I appreciate most, but I certainly enjoy the process of harvesting compost each spring.
I'm a very laissez-fair composter. I don't turn my pile, or worry about rations of green and brown. I simply throw stuff in the pile as it becomes available. I do keep a pile of dry leaved nearby for layering in with kitchen scraps during the winter to avoid everything getting slimy and gross. I also add a shovelful of soil every now and then for added microbes and other goodness. I start a few new piles each spring when I harvest the old piles. I add to them throughout the year and the next spring I end up with about 1/3 of the each bin filled with compost (which amounts to a few wheelbarrow loads of compost). Some of this gets used to make homemade potting soil, and the rest of it gets used in the garden.
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I frequently use newspaper to smother weeds and grass when making a new garden area. I notice that the earth worms LOVE it when I do thes, I always find tons of them under the paper. Even though I was comfortable using newspaper in the garden, I used to be really leery of using regular shredded paper in my compost because of the chemicals used in it. Then I decided I'd rather use it here than send it away to be recycled.
Now I use most of my shredded paper in the compost or in the garden as mulch. I still don't use heavily colored or shiny printed paper, but just about everything else that can gets recycled into my own garden. I figure if I buy straw to use in the garden it most likely contains more chemicals than my shredded paper since I know it wasn't grown organically.
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What's In Your Compost Bowl?
Our conversations about compost last week were fantastic. I really enjoyed reading everyone tips about what and how they compost. I thought we'd continue the conversation today and talk about what you put in your compost piles.
There are things that you shouldn't put in your compost pile like oily and fatty things, dairy and a few other things. I buy locally pastured chickens and I bury the bones in my garden, I figure it saves me from buying bone meal. I have yet to have trouble with my dog or any other animal getting in to it.
We compost whatever we can, anything that is natural goes into our compost pile including things like:
My organic cotton balls. I use non-toxic natural products so I don't have to worry about any chemicals that remain on the cotton ball. I also compost my q-tips and any paper towels I use.
We buy recycled toilet paper, so the wrappers and the empty rolls go into the compost pile as well.
You can add brown craft paper and newspaper to your piles as well. It does break down quicker if you shred it first.
We also try to buy things that come without packaging or packaging that can be composted (this helps reduce the amount of garbage we produce). The coffee we buy comes in compostable bags and the sponges we buy can be thrown into the compost pile when it's worn out.
All of the crumbs from my bread board go into the pile.
As do all of my tea bags and even my dryer lint gets thrown in there (when I'm not drying clothes outside of course). My vacuum cleaner gets emptied into the bin as well and my compostable dryer sheets.
I'm sure there are things I've never considered adding to my compost pile that I could. Every now and then it dawns on me that I can compost something I've been throwing away all along, like old cotton rags.
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I really enjoyed all of your comments yesterday about your compost bins & systems. Bridgett asked, "I am wondering if you all have ever seen the kitchen compost containers? You keep them in your kitchen and use it to collect your cooking scraps for a few days and then transport it out to your compost pile later. I love the idea (especially in these cold Ohio winters) but am wondering if they smell after a day or so???"
What a great question. Composting is something I grew up doing, so having a bowl on the kitchen counter collecting food scraps is very normal for me. Just about everyone I know that composts has their own system for storing kitchen waste that's waiting for the compost pile; some hide it in a cabinet, some us a container with a lid, some us a beautiful little crock or container like one of these, and I'm sure there are ways that have never crossed my mind.
My compost bowl is an old bowl that's cracked so I no longer use it for cooking, so it's been demoted to compost duty. It's always on the counter, I usually leave it there until it's full. There are days I empty it twice a day, and some times it's only a few times a week. I personally like having my bowl on hand right on the counter, I don't mind it being in plain site. I actually like to advertise the fact that I compost to encourage others to do so as well.
There is one thing that I don't throw in my compost bowl, and that's egg shells. I put them in the toaster oven or oven and dry them out a bit, then I crush them in my mortar & pestle and add the crushed egg shells to my raised beds; I have found that they take too long to break down in my compost bin.
I should have cooked up a big dinner so I could show you a nice photo of my overflowing compost bowl, but alas we've been busy and only eating leftovers, so all that's inside are a few tea bags.
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Las Vegas: Prison Labor Used to Beat the Odds
Part one of a three part Expose on Prison Labor in Nevada and Beyond
(Reposted from January 11th)
By Bob Sloan – Prison Industry Consultant
Thousands of tourists, businessmen, CEO's and executives from all over the world mix with citizens of Nevada in the luxury and splendor of Las Vegas' many hotels and casinos. Most come to this beautiful city for the gambling and incredible shows found everywhere one turns. Inside the cool confines of casinos visitors can trust that every slot machine, roulette table and blackjack shoe is checked and monitored to guarantee fair play – no magnets under the roulette table, no dealer manipulating the cards or slots rigged to never pay out. Those trying to shave the odds are not welcome and at the first hint of cheating, find themselves on the sidewalk, banned or worse.
Each casino has a multitude of surveillance cameras to guarantee play is fair and the odds are understood by all who play the quarter slots or sit down at the high roller poker table. To ensure such fairness, the Nevada Gaming Commission regulates every aspect of gambling in the entire state. Strict penalties for violation of gaming regulations by casino operators keep each in line and playing by the rules.
Outside the casinos, locals find the guarantees of fair play and manipulation of odds are not so well regulated. State agencies responsible for overseeing and enforcing specific state laws and regulations have lost their vigilance. In at least one case a state regulation involving the Nevada Department of Corrections is providing one company an unfair advantage over competitors. The prize sought isn't a hundred dollar hit on quarter slots, its millions in profits. This is will be a big success with the prison labour as now playing poker online is legalised in NJ, New Jersey as stated in this NJ poker sites. An important aspect of this advantage provided to a single company, is an increase in Nevada's already high 10.8% unemployment rate.
The issue is an ongoing battle being waged over the use of inmate labor by a private company, Alpine Steel operating out of Las Vegas, NV. Alpine is competing directly against other Nevada companies in the field of structural steel fabrication. Alpine's competitors pay fair wages, benefits, provide unemployment insurance and vacation pay, while Alpine avoids all those costs.
It is not illegal for companies to be allowed to use prison labor under current laws but there are strict state and federal regulations involved that must be met before allowing direct competition with prison made products:
Mandatory Criteria for Program Participation
Corrections departments that apply to participate in PIECP must meet all nine of the following criteria:
1. Eligibility. Authority to involve the private sector in the production and sale of inmate-made goods on the open market.
2. Wages. Authority to pay wages at a rate not less than that paid for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the work is performed.
3. Non-inmate worker displacement. Written assurances that PIECP will not result in the displacement of employed workers; be applied in skills, crafts, or trades in which there is a surplus of available gainful labor in the locality; or significantly impair existing contracts.
4. Benefits. Authority to provide inmate workers with benefits comparable to those made available by the federal or state government to similarly situated private-sector employees, including workers' compensation and, in some circumstances, Social Security.
5. Deductions. Corrections departments may opt to take deductions from inmate worker wages. Permissible deductions are limited to taxes, room and board, family support, and victims' compensation. If victims' compensation deductions are taken, written assurances that the deductions will be not less than 5 percent and not more than 20 percent of gross wages and that all deductions will not total more than 80 percent of gross wages.
6. Voluntary participation. Written assurances that inmate participation is voluntary.
7. Consultation with organized labor. Written proof of consultation with organized labor prior to program startup. 8. Consultation with local private industry. Written proof of consultation with local private industry prior to program startup. 9. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Written proof of compliance with NEPA requirements prior to program startup. (emphasis mine, source BJA PIECP program overview).
In the instant case, most of the above mandatory regulations are being ignored – entirely. Prevailing wages paid by most in the steel fabrication industry in Las Vegas are in excess of $17.00 per hour. The inmates manufacturing components for Alpine are paid less than half that scale at minimum wage or less. By having access to and using inmate labor provided by Nevada's Silver State Industries (SSI), Alpine Steel, is able to underbid competitors for structural steel construction projects. This company is just one of several businesses in Nevada (and 150 others nationwide) enjoying increased benefits and profits derived from inmate labor. Other Nevada companies enjoying similar access to inmate labor include; Vinyl Products, Inc., (vinyl waterbeds), Thomson Equipment Company (Silver Line Industries trailer manufacture and remanufacturing) and Jacobs Trading Company (repackaging). Alpine Steel is currently manufacturing and installing prison made structural steel components at three locations in Las Vegas; the SkyVue (Ferris Wheel developed by Howard Bulloch), Staluppi Automotive Group's Planet Mazda and Wet 'n' Wild Las Vegas (financed by Andre Agassi; his wife, Steffi Graf; Dr. Steven and Karen Thomas, members of the Thomas family of Thomas & Mack Center fame; and Roger and Scott Bulloch, of SPB Capital Partners). Companies competing with Alpine Steel for these contracts, were totally unaware they were competing against a company with such a distinct and hidden advantage. While the Staluppi and water park projects are actively being constructed, the Sky Vue job appears to be abandoned, though developer Howard Bulloch assures the absence of activity is due to plan revisions – and not a lack of funding.
Typically owners, investors and general contractors of projects such as the Mazda dealership and Wet 'n' Wild are not informed of manufacturers of materials used by sub-contractors working on such large jobs. It is thus highly unlikely that Agassi, Graf, the Thomas', John R.Staluppi, Jr. or GC's such as Johnson Carlier are aware that through Alpine Steel, their facilities are being built using products made by state prisoners earning minimum wage or less – and much of that taken back to pay for the cost of their incarceration. This cannot be said of the family Bulloch. Apparently none of the Bulloch brothers have any objections to making or saving huge sums of money by using construction materials manufactured by prisoners. No it appears jobs involving structural steel components involving the Bulloch's as investors or developers are steered to brother Randy and his company (which has been using inmate labor since 2005). Some might think there was some manipulation of bids going on when the brother of project developers seemed to be awarded bids on each of those projects. However, no need to rig bids when: your labor costs are 30-50% below the costs of your competitors and the state advances you a credit line exceeding $400,000; you are allowed to default on even the meager wages owed to the inmates ($78,000); you fail to pay $668,000+ owed in payroll taxes to the IRS, and; you refuse to pay your workers compensation insurance premiums to Explorer Insurance ($84,000+) or your suppliers (F&M Steel, Utah – $15,000 and Pierce Aluminum Co, $12,500) for raw materials used in construction projects. The end result is more work for inmates, fewer jobs for workers in Nevada with similar skills, reduced sales to competing private companies and depressed wages for the industry as a whole – with increased profits for Alpine Steel's owner. Mr. Cox, Director of NDOC and the Deputy Director of Silver State Industries are of the belief that if 20 or so Nevada workers are denied employment due to inmate labor, that's an "insignificant" impact upon local employment. Maybe they and members of the Nevada Legislature's Interim Finance Committee on Industrial Programs should ask potential workers if losing a job to prison labor is insignificant. Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident. The transfer of jobs to prisoners is something that has been happening all across the country for more than a decade: private companies folding operations due to competition from prison industry operations that are making the same or similar products or services. Union and non-union workers laid off or terminated due to lost sales or unfavorable market swings caused by prison industry operations: Lufkin Industries, Trailer Division: http://lufkindailynews.com/news/article_e0f43731-71c0-5933-803d-9da6f9ae351e.html Cañon City, Co.: http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2011/05/25/is-whole-foods-prison-tilapia/: Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola, FL: http://www.goiam.org/index.php/imail/latest/10489-workers-pay-the-price-for-prison-labor American Apparel and Tennier Industries in AL. and MS.: http://www.businessinsider.com/corporate-prison-labor-is-forcing-small-businesses-to-close-factories-2012-9 South Carolina: http://www.fitsnews.com/2012/06/28/inmate-labor-scandal-could-spread/
In mid 2004 while involved on a prison reform project, I received letters from inmates working in the PRIDE industry where I had briefly been years before. They were posing questions about PRIDE's PIE program. Prisoners were manufacturing goods for the private sector under this program and wanted to know what the rules were. They also wanted to know if their work was legal and if it affected jobs on the outside. These were good questions and I began to research this PIE program and an entire story of unseen and until then, unknown exploitation was exposed. It all began with the discovery of 18 USC 1761(c), the Prison Industries Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP). I documented how: PIECP was being used to allow prison industries to partner with private companies, providing access to inmate labor; how private sector companies were urged to close operations and re-open them behind prison fences, using inmates in place of American workers; the huge sums of money being made off prison labor; laws written by corporations and passed by lawmakers they contribute to allowing the exploitation of prisoners; government regulations ignored in the pursuit of profits; entire companies partnered with prison industries under PIECP were "seized" by prison operators along with their proprietary technologies and all equipment taken and used to increase profits to state prison operations and; how taxpayers were paying for much of this without even knowing it. Huge complex corporations had been formed to take advantage of cheap prison labor. One – and possibly more – of these corporations, U.S. Technologies, Inc., bought up other companies through their wholly owned subsidiary, Labor-to-Industry, Inc., closing private sector operations and moving production operations into prison industries nationwide. Below are excerpts from the SEC filings of UST:
"U.S. Technologies Inc. (the "Company"), is engaged directly and indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiary, Labor-to-Industry Inc. ("LTI"), in the operation of industrial facilities located within both private and state prisons, which are staffed principally with inmate labor. These prison-based operations are conducted under the guidelines of the 1979 Prison Industry Enhancement (PIE) program. "The Company is an "outsourcing company" soliciting manufacturing, assembly, repair, kitting and fulfillment services from Fortune 1000 and other select businesses. The Company performs its services utilizing prison labor under the Prison Industry Enhancement Program ("PIE"). Congress created the PIE program in 1979 to encourage states and local units of government to establish employment opportunities for prisoners that approximate private sector work opportunities. The program is designed to place inmates in a realistic working environment, pay them the local prevailing wage for similar work, and enable them to acquire marketable skills to increase their potential for successful rehabilitation and meaningful employment upon release…"
Today more than a dozen years after UST began to exploit prison labor for corporate profit, Nevada finds itself in the grip of a controversy involving the use of prisoners as a cheap labor force made available to "select businesses." As shown above, Nevada's private manufacturers are simply the latest victims in this ongoing – and relatively hidden – program taking jobs from neighborhoods and putting them behind bars. This private organization representing all prison industries and the vendors, suppliers and corporate partners using inmate labor, now has responsibility for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws pertaining to prison industry programs. In effect this is the proverbial "fox guarding the henhouse" scenario where program operators are allowed to determine if they are in compliance with government regulations – and their assurances of compliance are accepted without further review by the BJA. This oversight organization has an influential "inside man" in Silver State Industries in a position of power, influence and the ability to allow Randy Bulloch's company to operate freely. He is also personally responsible for the unauthorized half-million dollar "line of credit" advanced by the state to Bulloch – and for falsely assuring the federal government that Silver State Industries is in full compliance with federal regulations. At the core of the current prison labor issues in Nevada this same individual, previously involved in a PRIDE prison industry corruption scandal is once more embroiled in the controversy involving the use of inmate labor. In the following segment we'll introduce this individual, the organization he belongs to and explain the prison industry PIE Program and how it is being used to remove jobs from American workers.


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Howdy folks, I have a couple of quick things I wanted to cover. David has a great post coming up in the morning, so I don't mind burning my writing time to clear the decks of a few things.
First, I have the prize selections from the Reader Essay Contest. StuartB (Fiskars axe review) selected the Spyderco Sharpmaker, Dan S. (Blackbird Review) chose the Tenacious, Dan V. (What have I got in my pocket?) wants the Pop's Custom Clip, and that leaves the Clipitool for Bill J.(My love of knives as tools)
Onto all the swag. If you entered an essay in the contest, please email me as soon as possible with your mailing addresses. I will be divvying up the stickers, water bottles, patches, hats, and other items in the coming days. I should have the first batch of stuff in the mail by the end of the week.
In other news, Caleb White of Caleb White Knives left a startling announcement in our comment section today. He gave me a Penance at the Blade Show as a testing loaner, but he has apparently liked what we have been doing with it and the exposure that we are giving him and decided to give me the knife. I am thrilled as I have been enjoying using this fine knife in my testing so far.
It is the policy of TTAK to always be transparent in how we have acquired a knife, and this is no exception. As I have mentioned, it is doubly important as all of us have been developing relationships and friendships with people we have been covering in the industry. I want to be perfectly clear, we have no problem trading exposure in exchange for knives to test. In fact, it is fun to share tools that we are passionate about from people who are becoming friends. We like to use and write about their stuff.
However, our integrity is not on the table, all of us call the balls and strikes as we see them. We want to be up front with our readers so they can factor these relationships in when reading our reviews.
All of that being said, the Penance is a fantastic little knife. The fit and finish are fantastic, and the blade is lively in the hand.
Lastly, I carried the Gerber Strong Arm while guiding today. I like the arrangement that I detailed the other night with regards to carry configuration. I only had a chance to cut a piece of yarn with it, hardly a stressful test, but I can report that it carried comfortably and unobtrusively. A good start.


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Hélène Wyskup e-Portfolio
My name is Hélène Wyskup. I was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on September 19th, 1951. My father, is a WWII Polish veteran and my French Canadian mother was born in Ottawa, Canada. I attended two French Catholic Schools, Baribeau and Eastview High School. I was a secretary for ten years at the National Research Council of Canada Electronics and Computer Graphics Sections in Ottawa where I started my love for earth science through satellites pictures while dusting the space arm model which was eventually taken to NASA by the Canadian astronaut, Mr. Marc Garneau himself. From 1981 to 1987, I became a stay-at-home mom where I raised my three children in my country home on my 93 acre farmland in Sarsfield, Ontario. I moved to Ottawa with my three children in 1993. I have three beautiful grandchildren.
Hobbies and Interests
I love to drive long hours in my Jeep, go ocean boat fishing or on a fishing deck at Carolina Beach. As an amateur photographer, I take pictures and then mount them into storyboards. I also love garage sales, travelling, meeting and talking to people, listening to music and experimenting with new i.t. tools.
1971-1981 I was a Head Secretary in the Computer Graphics and Electronics
Engineering Sections for the National Research Council of Canada.
1989-1999 Secretary and Head Secretary at Garneau High School, Orleans.
1987 to 1999 I attended Ottawa University night classes.
1999-2000 I attended full time courses at Ottawa U. to obtain my Teacher's
Certificate of Qualification in Education
2000-2002 Long-term teacher at Louis Riel, Éducation sans frontières; short
term teacher at Béatrice Desloges.
2002-2003 Permanent teaching position at Cornwall Collegiate Vocational
2003+ Permanent teaching position at Lester B. Pearson High School.
2007-2009 (Summer) Teacher, Grade 8 Numeracy/Literacy Courses.
B.A. Arts, Ottawa U. 1999
B. A. Education, Ottawa U. 2000
B. A. Arts, Honors, (History/Geography) Ottawa U. 2003
Basic Qualifications:
Intermediate and high school level: History
Intermediate and high school level: Geography
Additional Qualifications:
Special Education, Part 1, Ottawa U., August 2002
Special Education, Part 2, Ottawa U., July 2005
Special Education (Part 3) Specialist, Ottawa U., April 2006
Computers in a classroom, Part 1, Ottawa U., August 2002
Computers in a classroom, Part 2, OCSB, May 2009
Information Technology (Part 3) Specialist, OCSB, December 2009
French Second Language, Part 1, Ottawa U., August 2003
Religious Education, Part 1, OCSB, February 2005
Teaching Philosophy and Goals:
My Teaching Philosophy:
Students learn best when they play an active role in their own education. Engaging interest ultimately fosters critical thinking skills. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLPL5p0fMg
In Core French Grade 8 Unit 1, the students were given an assignment whereby they researched on internet for fast food suppliers and the meals they supplied, logos and their motos. They later presented their findings using their creatively designed publicity boards. The students then visited a Pizza Pizza fast food service whereby they were able to make their own pizza and learned about how this fast food service operated.
For Unit 2, the students created a 2 minute video on the disappearance of a student within their group. The students developed problem-solving skills in planning from the use of a digital camera to the production of their video.
My Teaching Goals:
The student is the focus of my teaching. I like to give quality time when teaching. Taking the time to interact with the students is so important for their personal and academic growth. Having key artifacts (writing on blackboard, exhibits, objects, internet excerpts, new i.t. tools (smartboard)... at hand to draw the students' attention right at the very start of class engages student learning. The Pacific Gyre Ocean Dump Site and the consequences plastics have on the marine life and the ecosystem of the Pacific Ocean will trigger the students' thoughts on ocean pollution and its danger.
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My Teaching Style:
Some of my guiding principles:
1. Be myself. I come to school with my own baggage of knowledge to share. I am
very confortable in being myself.
2. I find that telling a good story about how I teach and why the story matters is
very important.
3. Be honest with myself, students and staff members.
What Teaching Means to Me:
Student/Teacher relationship:
My Educational Growth:
September 8 to December 8th, 2009:
When I started this i.t. Specialist course I was not sure where it would lead me. School had started, a new Science Curriculum and a new program among many other things. I would like to share with you some of my written works on Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction.
A) Pros and Cons of Wireless Learning
"In 2000-2001, expenditures for wireless technologies in schools were a little over USD $495 million, with nearly USD$776 million expected to be spent on wireless in 2002-2003." (McLester, Susan. A Studied look at Wireless. Technology and Learning, Volume 23, #10, May 2003, pg 4)
It allows for flexible learning environments and improves teaching and student learning, provides curriculum support, promotes project-based learning; facilitates creativity and collaborative learning and enables personalized education.
In Is Wireless Worth It? May 15, 2003 issue of Technology and Learning, V.23, #10, the following problems encountered in a school environment are to be considered. What are the potential pitfalls in terms of infrastructure, training, and curriculum integration? How can a school and its board ensure that its wireless investment will be used to create the greatest positive impact on student learning? Wireless networking experts recommend that wireless learning be best used as an add-on, not a replacement, for wired networks.
Other questions arise. Does the school already have Internet access? If so, what percentage of classrooms are connected to the Internet? Would wireless learning obstruct the already existing Internet service. Does the school have its own server on-site, or is it drawing from the board's server? Does the school plan to use wireless learning tools exclusively, or share it among several schools? Does the school have a technology plan in place for wireless learning? Are any new buildings being constructed, or are there plans to do so in the near future. Is the school using portable classrooms that would make wireless technology more cost-effective than laying hard wires?
To conclude, there are pros and cons to wireless learning but the benefits seem to surpass the cons. This is the future and one must adjust if one want to succeed.
A studied Look at Wireless
Upon reading A Studied Look at Wireless (May 15, 2003) by Susan McLester, I pondered as to <<is wireless worth it>> especially when one experiences the on and off connection. I was at the OTF two day i.t. workshop last October 09 and the second day was with wireless connection. Everything went fine until the Sheraton Hotel internet connectivity collapsed. This happened several times during the workshop sessions throughout the day.
Nevertheless, wireless networking is worth having as no plugs, cables or wiring are required. It is easy to carry around a laptop if it has a wireless connectivity. Concerns about its security can be handled with a password which is just as secured as a wired system. The greatest obstacle seems to be the high cost of becoming wireless especially in older built schools.
Laptops are getting less expensive to purchase and seem to be more user-fiendly, all schools are hooked on the Internet and more and more teachers are relying on the Internet for multiple educational reason. Within 5 years, most students will bring in an internet-ready device to use. Innovative technology has made it possible to have sufficient bandwidth to support various applications.
There is a greater demand to either intergrate new technology into the curriculum, to collet data, to research, to collaborate using social medias (podcasting, blos, wikis, twitters, nings, tweetdecks,etc.).
Hence, wireless networking is essential in this 21st Century for preparing the future digital generation.
C) Demonstration of Learning
Selecting the assessment tool to explore in depth (see the Resource below).
Describe how you would apply this instrument in your school or school district.
Resource: http://www.learning.com/tla/
What part(s) of the instrument I would use and why?
The assessment tool I would like to talk about is Word Processing. We live in a world of video games, ipods and cell phones. Unfortunately, learning how to write or type properly comes sometimes in second place. Margaret Moulton, instructor, University of Nevada, in http://literacynet.org/ll/issue2/columnist.html mentions that word processing is an important teaching tool and, how it is used with the students, affects what they will learn from it'. As a teacher, I need to make sure that this vital skill is properly taught to assure success.
Who are the targeted group(s) and why?
I teach in French, grades 7 and 8 students, in Science, Geography, History, French Immersion and Core French. After observation, I realized that the students needed to learn basic tutorials such as formatting a text, saving documents in the proper file folders, knowing how to use the multi language key functions, page layouts options, text arts, spell checks, publishing and printing documents and all other functions WordPerfect or Microsoft Word offer.
How I would use the results of the assessment?
My students are required to present documents such as letters, lab reports, biographies, summaries, spreadsheets, answers, graphs, poster boards advertising and so on. Before assigning a summative project, I would take two lessons minimum at the beginning of the September session, to teach word processing. Some basic steps in teaching word processing are as follows: teaching where the function keys are located on the keyboard, learning to use spell-checker to correct spelling errors, revising. For this, learning to use inserts and typeover modes, block moves, and different typefaces makes the whole process easier. I would monitor the progress of each student to assure comprehension through informative and formative assessments. If the results are positive, I would then proceed to the next step, being the class assignment project. Should some students still not comprehend the basic tutorials, I would go back at start over with them. Students needs to master to a certain degree some of the basic tutorials in word processing before engaging into class assignments or projects.
Reflections on the value of this instrument
The computer has become an essential vital part of the learning process. This knowledge improves writing skills as students through the stages involved in writing (drafting, revising, editing and publishing) to create a perfect copy using spell checker, quick correct, grammatik, dictionary, etc. Word processing can also make collaborative work a lot more easier.
It can be a wonderful tool for the student who has difficulties in writing due to dyslexia, a physical disability or poor handwriting. Typing the assignment can be more motivational to a student than having to write it out.
Finally, word processing is a valuable TechLiteracy Assessment Tool to measure the knowledge a student already has and to add more to promote the student's chances for greater success. Once the student has mastered word processing, he/she will be able do spreadsheets, text formatting, be more creative when completing the task at hand and more importantly, be able to communicate with the proper corrected language skills. Even before students are presented to the world of multimedias and telecommunications via Internet, they need to have good word processing knowledge.
A few Internet sites in Word Processing have been added:
Top Full List Of Online Word Processor Sites taken from :
01. writely
02. ThinkFree Office Online
03. gOFFICE
04. Writeboard
05. Rallypoint
06. WideWORD
07. iNetWord
08. SubEthaEdit
09. Jotspot live
D) Demonstration of Learning - Smartboard
A Smart board is the innovation I wish to talk about. Its computing power is embedded in an interactive white board. Teachers and students benefit from this process.
Pros and Cons of SMART Board Technology
SMART boards give students a hands-on approach to classroom concepts. These interactive white boards engage students much like they are accustomed in today's high paced technological world. SMART board users have many options. Users may choose to click through their presentation using a desktop or a laptop computer, advance their presentation by tapping their finger on the board itself or from the convenience of a nearby computer.
Although these interactive white boards allow users many options, SMART boards are not without their drawbacks. SMART boards are relatively new and are not without their quirks. For one, the Ink Aware features are only available in programs, namely Microsoft Word and Excel, that are Ink Aware compatible. In addition, one must have impeccable handwriting in order for the SMART board to recognize letters. Converting from handwriting to text requires patience and the willingness to retype multiple times.
Are SMART boards for You?
Educators must ask themselves if the benefits of using SMART boards outweigh these drawbacks? One common complaint of K-12 educators who instruct via SMART boards is that users feel they get so wrapped up in the technical components they overlook classroom discipline. This is not to say students are climbing the walls and exiting through the windows, but educators feel they are unable to monitor students to see who is paying attention and who is not. While some teachers are extremely proficient in technology, others are not so technologically inclined. When such difficulties occur, teachers become frustrated as they must spend class time troubleshooting the problem, thus taking away from the learning environment.
Teachers must spend time outside of class getting familiar with this new technology; otherwise there could be confusion. It also may be a good idea to experiment with a more responsive class initially in case something goes wrong. If you put in the prep time, you'll find SMART boards a welcome addition to your classroom.
SMART boards Series focus on the advantages and disadvantages of using SMART boards in the K-12 classroom and related activities in which teachers can engage students using SMART boards.
Using SMART Boards in the K-12 Classroom:
Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/reviews/9759.aspx#ixzz0SMBrVjKS
E) Online Learning - Wikis
When I first started to learn about wikis, I said to myself I would never be able to create such a site. It was a challenge. Nevertheless, I decided to create a wiki for the Grade 7 French Immersion Science Program on Structures, namely on four different types of bridges. Well, it took a good fifty hours of researching and editing before I finally had what I considered to be a pretty good wiki as my first one. But, what about this new innovation called a wiki?
A Wiki is a Web site that can be edited by the creator who has access to it. It is said to offer powerful information sharing and ease of collaboration. Yet, I had many questions that needed to be dealt with. For instance: What would it do for my students? Would it be user-friendly? What would be its purpose? Who would see this wiki? Would I get the authorization from my superiors to use this wiki as a learning tool for my students?
After a thorough assessment, I went forward and created my first wiki. Now, one must wonder if this technology allows students and teachers to do what they could not do before? My answer is yes definitely. The word before is a little tricky though. Before, meaning before the internet existed or before the wiki was created. Reading from text books, researching documents on file in the library was before. Today, wikis are being used in educational settings more and more.
What differentiates the use of social software tools such as wikis in the classroom from internet sites, is that they enable communication between people and knowledge sharing beyond the limits of the classroom and classroom activities.
The wiki comprises the information thus giving all the required data for the students to read, evaluate and reply to under a Comment box. As students love to chit chat, it was easy for them to reply following the proper written instructions. They were able to read the documentation, then, view the four YouTube sites as a home assignment and then give type their answer about the cheapest type of bridge that could be built between Gatineau and Ottawa through Kettle Island on the Ottawa River.
It was their first experience with the Wiki world and the feedback was a positive one. Why this technology allowed them to do what they could not do before and better was that they were able to enter their user-friendly wiki, either to read the given information, view the YouTube videos and the Bubbleshare, then comment,something they had never done before and this at their homes. I was able to monitor their comment and hence, replied also. They learned to manipulate their mouse, to click on the Comment Box and to give their opinion under the Comment Box.
The parents were able to view the curriculum expectations as well as the letter they had received. There were not major constraints. Administrative procedures were followed. Before getting the students to do the assignment on the wiki, the teacher must meet with the school principal to get authorization and clearance including showing the letter he/she will send to the parent(s), must show what he/she is about to do with his/her students, where it applies in the curriculum, then, when approved by the school principal, must send a letter with request for signature from the parents to inform them of the assignment to be given to their son/daughter.
A username and password is given to the student and also the parent so that the parent may monitor what is said by the son/daughter, see the other comments and also can add his/her own comment thus participating in the exchange of ideas with the whole class. A username and password was also given to the school principal for viewing.
We are in the 21 Century where innovative technology is becoming more and more present in our every day classes. Is this innovation, the wiki, coming in at the right time? I do believe so as more and more tools are generated into social medias.
Literacy is a big issue. No more can it be restraint to reading and writing from books or magazines. It has surpassed this prior belief, where the sky was the limit.
Information technology goes beyond the limits of the sky as more and more satellites are being sent in space. Wikis make it possible to comprise the required information for a specific topic or class lesson. Wikis make it possible also for students to interact between one and another. It is a great collaborative writing tool to be used in the 21st Century classroom.
Effective educational leaders in I.T. demonstrate an understanding and application of theories and methodologies for teaching, and fundamental concepts of information technology. They embed theory into practice. I will examine the work of six well-known international I. T. Educators and apply their practice too my current situation.
Bernie Dodge, professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University, is the creator of the WebQuest, an information technology education tool, and QuestGarden, an online authoring tool and community of practice for WebQuest development. His main professional focus is on the design, implementation and evaluation of computer based learning environments.
Bernie Dodge is highly skilled in technology and has demonstrated initiative by creating and pioneering new software for educators.
Bernie Dodge promotes the exploration of learning. A teacher can set up a structured classroom environment and allow students to travel to places beyond the classroom to expand their horizons through the Internet. Once students are comfortable with WebQuest they can continue at home.
I will implement this technological tool into various aspects of the Science Grade 7 Curriculum. My students will explore for example the model given on Pollution in QuestGarden:
Other Internet Sites:
Judi Harris is a professor in Educational Technology at The College of William and Mary. She is the author of several books and countless articles dealing with the effective integration of technology in the classroom. Judi is one of the most respected figures currently working in the field of educational technology.
Harris is an innovative and passionate advocate for technology in education. She understands the teacher's mindset and drives her mandate from this point of view. She has inspired protégés to state, "Dr. Harris is one of those rare people who not only sees clearly the potential within an idea but even more importantly determines the process by which that idea can become an actuality."
Judi harris challenges the teacher to harness the power of the Internet to enhance their lesson planning. She offers many frameworks to assist the educator to accommodate curriculum and different learning styles. Harris examines the different ways in which technology can help to foster student growth.
I will consider various ways to embrace technology to enhance the learning of my students.For example, in going to the site http://www.2learn.ca/Projects/Together/judi.html
I found the French version beinghttp://www.pourapprendre.ca/editions/incendies/incendies.asp
and will be using the intereactive activities dealing with the prevention of fires in my Grade 7 French Immersion Classes.
has published and spoken extensively on the introduction of new technologies to schools. He has paid particular attention to information technologies, questioning and powerful teaching, exploring how they might best transform classrooms and schools to support student centered, engaged learning. Jamie is the Editor of From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal, a Web-based "ZINE" published online since 1991. He also publishes The Question Mark, a journal devoted to questions and questioning as well as No Child Left.
McKenzie is a dynamic and passionate force in ICT. He speaks and promote efficient and effective use of technology to enhance a student centered approach in the classroom. A main focus of his is to promote professional development among teachers.
McKenzie believes that technology in the classroom should be well rooted in traditional learning. He states, "We concentrate our efforts on reading, writing and thinking. We make literacy the centerpiece of our program. He focuses on student performance and learning. Jamie McKenzie feels unwanted distractions should be removed from technological learning in order to optimize student learning
Distractions must be minimized in order to promote a more positive learning environment for my students. I would use the Templates for Lesson Construction in Science Grade 7 and the Assessment Activity would be a presentation.added as support material, the objectives of this assignment on Internet. See Internet site:
Other Internet Sites:
Alan Novemberis an international leader in education technology. He has helped schools, governments and industry leaders improve the quality of education through technology. His areas of expertise include planning across curriculum, staff development, new school design, community building and leadership development.
Alan November is an international leader in education technology. He has helped schools, governments and industry leaders improve the quality of education through technology. His areas of expertise include planning across curriculum, staff development, new school design, community building and leadership development.
Learning should be optimized by a wide array of resources and experiences. A focus on enhancing the learning experience for the student through technology is key to his philosophy.
I will take his enthusiasm for promoting technology in learning. I found a site following his links on
This site teaches students about discerning useful information from the worthless data.
Other Internet Sites:
Kathy offers advanced research skills and she promotes the necessity of learning this skill. She promotes organization and development of technology skills within education.
Kathy offers advanced research skills and she promotes the necessity of learning this skill. She promotes organization and development of technology skills within education.
She emphasizes a philosophy based on developing student research literacy skills. These skills will optimize a student's ability to find quality information on the Internet and result in better education use with technology.
It made me think of my own skills when using technology to research. I wondered how I can improve my skills to find better information. Another aspect I thought of was file management. How can I improve my file organization as well as my students?
Internet Sites:
Will Richardson is known for his work with educators and students to understand and implement instructional technologies and the tools of the Read-Write Web (2.0) into school, classrooms and communities. He is co-founder of Learning Practice Network; author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.
Will Richardson is an outstanding educator. His work has moved classrooms across America from boring, uninteresting rooms filled with the drone of irrelevant information to beehives of interactivity.
He is a speaker of incredible knowledge and passion for using collaborative technologies in order to develop your own personal learning network and affording opportunities for students to do the same in the classroom.
His interest is in social media for schools. << It is a compelling moment for education and we must jump into it. It is not a matter of being right or wrong. It is a matter of being genuine.>> Personal learning networks are really important because we can get outside of the classroom, You can do a lot learning within the contexts of these networks. Personal networks are the way that the world is going right now. We create our own spaces, we participate in those spaces, in some different and potentially transformative ways.
For social medias, I created and have been using wikis and blogs since last year with my students. I attended a webinar recently with 37 teachers and Will Richardson as a moderator for two hours and I would like to pursue a sharing of information on a wiki or blog with my students.
Other Internet Sites:
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I've recently discovered this new, badass Vice channel and blog called Broadly, and they did a piece on a small village in Samburu, Kenya called Umoja which literally is a "Land of Women."
I've also been binge-watching The Fall, and Detective Gibson (another totally different but equally awesome badass played by Gillian Anderson) mentions a different community of only-women in China where there literally are no men, but they can visit and stay for the night if the women so choose. It seems like a stretch to hypothesize about a world without men when I live in Toronto….where, I mean, I see men every day all day on the subway, in grocery stores, etc. etc. etc.
And I wonder how things would work. One of the most startling and beautiful moments (multiple moments I might add) from the above Broadly video is that they ask young women, girls, if they want to grow up and get married and they respond with a resounding "No." No, the women do not even miss the men, the men who have mistreated them, because they can survive on their own.
Reproduction is an obvious issue with this all-women-all-the-time situation, but in communities where there are women who need protection at all times, it's hard to see an issue at all.
And then, alternatively, I don't have an opinion. I like men, but I can completely see why women who've been abused would want an alternative. ALSO, like, good for them for finding their own. They CAN actually make the decision to live in a world without men, THAT'S THE FEMALE PEROGATIVE. We don't have to date, I know lots of women who seriously choose not to date and have no interest in it. That idea alone fascinates my poor, lonely, companion-seeking heart.
I'm still forming my own views and stance on this topic, because there seems to me so many different things to take into consideration. The "safe haven" for local women in Kenya is an inspiring idea in all meanings of the word. Take certain plays like Michel Tremblay's "Les Belles Soeurs" which consists of all women. There are stories there, especially from strong, lived women who explore and ask questions. Umoja was created by a woman who stood up for herself and ended her suffering and worked to end suffering for other women like her, and to me that is enough inspiration to continue to tell, explore and spread her story further.


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Belgian Rice Tart (Belgische Rijsttaart)
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Belgian Rice Tart (Rijsttaart)
Belgian Rice Tart (Belgische Rijsttaart)
17 comments:
- AnonymousMay 23, 2010 at 6:14 PM
tried this recipe with a group of friends n it is yumylicious.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMay 23, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Hi, we have one thing in common! We grew up in SEA and now residing in Belgium (Flanders)! Where in Flanders, may I ask? I got to your blog via Lily Wai Sek Hong's blog. I'm a fan of Lily, and I'm sure you are, too! Congrats for this starting up this blog. I will definitely drop by your blog now and then and try out some of your recipes when I have more time :-D Cheers !ReplyDelete
Hi Jo,ReplyDelete
Glad that u and ur friends liked it, u should try the rice pudding too !
Hi Si\'et (Nasifriet),ReplyDelete
Thanks for dropping by, I am glad to know u live in flanders too and we have something in common. :P Not many people know of flanders, most have only heard of brussels. Let's take this offline and talk privately. U can drop me an email, my email addr is everybodyeatswell[at]google[dot]com.
- AnonymousMay 25, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Hi, I sent and re-sent you a msg with the email add you provided, but each time the msg rebound? Could you perhaps drop me a comment on my blog? I'll take it from there.. cheers!ReplyDelete
Oh so sorry, its a typo. It should be everybodyeatswell[at]gmail[dot]comReplyDelete
I'm a Flemish woman and I came across your blog by chance. I never made a rice tart before but I must say that it's delicious! My husband says it's even better than the ones we usually buy in the bakery.ReplyDelete
You do have a nice selection of Belgian/Flemish dishes. Anyway, I'm also going to try one of your Singapore dishes anytime soon.
Thanks for sharing those recipes!
Hi MyriamReplyDelete
Thank you for dropping by my blog and I am very glad that you and your husband like the rice tart recipe. This must be the best compliment I have ever received from someone living in Belgium! Hope you enjoy my other recipes. :)
Hello I was online looking for a recipe for a Flemish Rice tart. I saw a glimpse of it in an episode of the French detective show,"Maigret". Looks delicious and I can't wait to try it.ReplyDelete
Hi, I am Ebru from İstanbul. Iam making a cafe menu with BELGİAN DESSERTS. ı ordered the book Everybody eats well in Belgium but it hasnt come yet.ReplyDelete
I want to know the most known and famous belgian desserts.
Hi EbruReplyDelete
Well known belgian desserts include not only rice tart, rice pudding, but also belgian chocolate mousse, belgian waffles, belgian pancakes etc.
I had a problem with this recipe. First, it took closer to 50 minutes to achieve a golden top, however, the pastry crust was soggy. So I would suggest blind-baking the crust first, because I had a great rice custard filling but an uncooked crust.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am not sure what recipe you used for the crust, but I used a ready-made pastry crust and I never had to blind-bake it. And I never had problems in achieving a golden-brown top, in fact 35 min was the maximum time it took for me.
- AnonymousMay 3, 2013 at 3:06 PM
hi, im in Australia, born in liege. I have been looking for this recipe. my mother use to make it.Delete
I made this recipe and liked the filling but not the pastry. I made my own pastry next time and blind baked it. I then added a thick swathe of raspberry jam followed by the rice mix. The girls at work liked it so much they named it orgasm tart!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Seamus,Delete
I did not provide the recipe for the pie pastry, I have always used a ready-made pie pastry (Marc Payot brand) which does not require blind-baking, it works for me every time.
I have a pie pastry recipe for apple crumble pie which also doesn't require blind baking. I would try to test it out with rice filling and post it up when I have the time.
You are my savior! Recently returned from a week in Belgium and this rice tart is still on my mind. Will make this as soon as I pick up some pie dough from the market!ReplyDelete
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Larry Kuzniewski
Among the movers-and-shakers of the Memphis business community, Kevin Adams needs no introduction. Cofounder of the CB Richard Ellis Group's Memphis affiliate, Adams has been among the city's most prominent commercial real-estate managers and developers over the past two decades.
Today, he's the chief executive of CBRE Memphis, with scores of employees and 24 million square feet of office space to manage. Most recently, he was a key figure in the negotiations that helped convince Pinnacle Airlines to move its corporate headquarters from the airport to downtown, into the Commerce Square building.
At age 51, Kevin Adams looks and acts at least ten years younger; clearly, the global economic challenges of the past few years have done nothing to dampen his spirit or enthusiasm for his work, his city, and everything around him. A top-notch athlete and a lifelong sportsman, CBRE Memphis' CEO has always been up for challenges when they stare him in the face. Looking for a way to test himself physically and spiritually and recharge his batteries, Adams found the answer right outside his office window.
"I have always been in awe of that river," he says. "I can take a lot of pain and suffering over an extended period of time. I do know my limitations. I am an old football player with bad ankles, knees, and hips. Running is too hard on my bones and what cartilage is left."
Once before, Kevin Adams had tested himself against the river, and it did not go well. Some 20 years ago, he shuttled two close friends across the bridge to Arkansas; they were planning to swim across the river back to Memphis. The night before, he decided to join them. Bad move. His friends had been training for a year and successfully made the crossing. Adams didn't. The former college football player had not trained at all, and the result was his being hauled out of the river by a boat that was accompanying the swimmers.
His second river challenge was considerably more ambitious, and turned out considerably better. This past March, Adams paddled his 14-foot kayak 679 miles from Memphis to the outskirts of New Orleans, in a transformational trip that took 16 days. This time, he planned everything in detail, from campsites to conditioning to the equipment he carried with him. There were storms, lonely hours, and close calls with barges, sunken trees, and whirlpools that could drown a person or capsize a boat. And there was also the satisfaction that comes from pushing one's self to new limits. It most certainly was the trip of a lifetime, one that Kevin Adams will certainly never forget.
Physical activity has always been a passion for Adams, who grew up in Houston, Texas, where he hunted and played football. His football team at Stratford High School won the state 4A championship in 1978 and was named national champion by several publications. Along with his Stratford teammate Craig James (later an NFL Pro Bowler and currently an ESPN analyst), Adams enrolled at Southern Methodist University. When SMU signed another star running back named Eric Dickerson, Adams moved from fullback to linebacker. Led by their "Pony Express" backfield, the Mustangs finished in the Top Five in the polls in 1981 and 1982. (The victories were overshadowed, however, by recruiting violations that led to the first and only imposition of the NCAA "death penalty" on a college football program in 1987.)
In 1985, Adams and Earl Blankenship started Interstate Realty, a Memphis real-estate services firm that affiliated with the CB Richard Ellis Group in 1996. After he turned 50 last year, Adams desired another special challenge, and found the inspiration for the trip of a lifetime. With the blessings of his wife Sara, whom he met at SMU, and their four children, he decided to try to turn into reality his daydream of conquering the Mississippi.
"This was something I wanted and needed to do," he says today. "I wouldn't call it a midlife crisis, but I found myself becoming sort of numb to everything around me, and all of the circumstances that are out of your control with family and work.
"This [trip] really recharged my batteries and gave me back my perspective. It was more than I expected mentally and physically, but the sense of accomplishment was, too."
He spent four months planning the trip and getting in shape. He chose to do it in March because it would be neither too hot nor too cold, and there would be no mosquitoes. He estimated that it would take him 22 days to get to just above New Orleans, at which point the river is too congested with cargo ships, barges, and industry to continue.
His flat-bottomed kayak had a foot-controlled rudder, but was only partially covered by a skirt.
He carried 150 pounds of gear (Adams himself weighed roughly 200 pounds when he started the trip), including a tent, food for three weeks, a wet suit, clothing, a sail that he soon discovered didn't work, a GPS, a Bible, a whistle, a bottle of ibuprofen, a camera, and a satellite messaging device that sent daily reports on his location to his family.
There was not much margin of error. If he had tipped over, the kayak would have taken on too much water and he would have had to abandon it and swim for shore. He never did, but he came close.
The first day was ominous. The river was at 32 feet and rising, high for the season, but still well below the near-record crest of 47.8 feet Memphis experienced in May. The temperature was 40 degrees. There were tornado warnings in Arkansas as he paddled out of the harbor into the big river shortly before noon.
Adams' first thought was that it was "like an ocean." Then the skies opened up, and with lightning flashing all around, he crossed to the Arkansas side, taking refuge in an RV park within sight of the Memphis skyline. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and he was exhausted after putting up his tent and crawling inside. He thought he had covered eight miles but it was more like three miles. He quickly learned the importance of his portable stove.
"That Jet Boil saved me," he says. "I could boil water quickly for noodles or coffee."
The storm stopped the next day, and he began to get into a routine: up at dawn if the fog had lifted, make breakfast, pack up the kayak, and get his mental and geographical bearings. If he was in a remote area, as he usually was, he would put his garbage in a plastic bag and tie it in a tree where a hunter or passerby might find it and hopefully dispose of it; Adams certainly couldn't carry it. He would paddle 40 to 50 miles until 6 p.m. and then find high ground, put up his tent, read the Bible, listen to music and to the sounds of birds singing or beavers slapping their tails, and make a video report for his family.
The river current was moving at about six miles an hour. By paddling, he could make eight or ten miles an hour. He listened to music — Johnny Cash and Elvis were his favorites — but found hardly any time to relax and savor the scenery. The current was constantly changing his direction and position, because of the depth, dikes, bends, wind, and passing barges. Sometimes it would push him backwards, upriver, unless he paddled with all his strength. At other times, it wanted to sweep him toward a barge or to a side of the river where he didn't want to go.
"You've got to be alert all the time," he says. "There was no time to mess around. You have to be focused on what you are doing. There are logs coming up from underwater and whirlpools and whitewater. When a barge is coming up behind you, you can't hear it, so you're constantly looking back. That's why I had my music volume set very low and didn't use earphones."
From the South Bluff or Tom Lee Park in Memphis, the river can look as smooth as glass between the bridges, but down below on that shimmering piece of glass, it's an entirely different story. Adams learned to read "lines" in the river like a roadmap, to locate the main current. Twice he took ill-advised shortcuts, only to find that a swift chute could peter out into dead water due to trash and debris, forcing him to paddle back upstream for several hours.
He was usually soaked, but his wet suit, booties, and wool long johns and socks kept him warm even when the heavy outer boots he started out with became so worn and leaky that he simply took them off. He brought a fresh change of clothes for each day, but wound up wearing the same thing the entire trip. By the time he reached Vicksburg, he was unshaven and so scruffy that when he stopped to walk to a gas station, drivers took one look at him and locked their doors.
He learned not to cross the path of an oncoming barge, no matter how distant, lest the current carry him into the danger zone. In a tight squeeze he would grab a tree on the bank and hold on until the barge passed.
"There were times when a barge was coming and it was too late to turn back," he recalls now, "so I was pushing and paddling as hard as I could. My mind was telling me it's useless, you can't go any further, and somehow you find the strength inside you and you do make it. It's amazing what you can accomplish."
Whirlpools were another threat.
"I would see hundreds of them daily. The best way to describe a whirlpool is like a toilet bowl. They just appear out of nowhere. Once I was looking down that thing and looking sideways at water coming into my boat. The trick was to get up a lot of speed and go right through them before they start pulling me down."
Sometimes the river would cough up trees or hidden obstructions. One day Adams was enjoying a rare moment of relaxation when an enormous fin burst out of the water in front of him. He thought he was hallucinating, seeing a whale or shark, but it turned out to be a buoy on a chain.
To combat boredom and fatigue, he would set up intermediate goals. The bridges at Helena, Greenville, Vicksburg, Natchez, and Baton Rouge were major markers, to which he would add others in his line of vision: Reach that bend and eat a handful of almonds. Two more miles on the GPS and take a drink of water.
When he talks about his Mississippi trip, Adams usually says "we" even though he was alone. He became his own invisible "friend." "I talked to myself out loud a lot," he says. "I am a spiritual guy so I had conversations with God. I would sing my songs and think about my family and not stop until dark unless there was a lightning storm."
Long-distance bikers and hikers often talk about the friendly strangers they meet each night and the camaraderie of the open road, but Adams' river journey was, for the most part, a solitary one. He met a couple of curious river men in a flat-bottom boat one day who asked him a lot of questions about what in the world he was doing.
"Honestly, it was a little nerve-wracking. I didn't know if they were good guys or bad guys or if this was a scene out of Deliverance or what." Then one of the strangers offered him a Coke.
"They said, 'You're gonna make it,' and that gave me confidence."
Natchez, with its antebellum mansions on the bluff and park and restaurants "under the hill," was the scenic highlight of the trip, but since he arrived alongside the town early in the day, he kept paddling rather than make another stop.
Below that, after Adams passed Baton Rouge, the river became increasingly clogged with barges and cargo ships. He was able to make contact with his wife via his satellite device; he let her know his position and the estimated time for their rendezvous above New Orleans.
At the Luling Bridge, where Interstate 310 crosses the Mississippi, some 25 miles above the Crescent City, New Orleans, he called it a day and met Sara for the return to Memphis. Adams felt utterly exhausted but, needless to say, he was more than a little excited to see his family again.
"A security guard came over and I had to explain why I was there," says Sara. "Kevin had a full beard and it was so gray. My immediate thought was, 'You look so skinny but so old!'"
"Many people have said they can't believe I let him do that. My response is that I can't imagine not letting him do something he felt so passionately about."
Six months after the completion of his trip, Kevin Adams is back behind his desk, impeccably dressed and busy with the day-to-day affairs of CBRE Memphis, and with strategizing the public launch of another venture that he spearheads, Green Ballast, Inc. This company manufactures fluorescent electrical devices that are designed to harvest and store sunlight, thereby allowing users to reduce lighting costs in commercial buildings by as much as 70 percent. Adams has already signed up several major corporations as customers, and if all goes well, he hopes to take Green Ballast public sometime early in the new year.
With that project now consuming so much of his time and energy, Adams' long days and nights on the Mississippi seem, well, light years away. And while he's glad he accomplished his remarkable river mission, he has no interest whatsoever in doing it again.
"Once you accomplish a goal, it is time to move on to the next one. There are too many great dreams and experiences to have, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
"We all need to find purpose, balance, and happiness in whatever we choose and do. It is a glorious short life we have. Make the most of it."
Getting Down to Business
They were the Texas cowboys, hoping to make their mark in real estate in Memphis, a city with a downtown so dormant 25 years ago that a new building was dubbed "One Empty Place."
Interstate Realty Corporation was founded in 1986 by Kevin Adams and Earl Blankenship, Adams a graduate of Southern Methodist University, Blankenship from Texas A & M. It was the forerunner of the CB Richard Ellis Memphis Affiliate, of which Kevin Adams is the chief executive.
Interstate Realty's signature project was Morgan Keegan Tower, now a centerpiece of the Memphis skyline. They were also able to find tenants for One Memphis Place, the butt of jokes when it had but one tenant and had been taken over by the government-owned Resolution Trust Corporation. That put the young company on the map as work-out specialists.
"They were going to get involved in Memphis, and make it better," says Memphis developer Henry Turley. The skyline at the time, he said, was "petrified."
Today, the CB Richard Ellis Group's Memphis affiliate specializes in real estate services and has 100 employees in Memphis and New York City. The company manages and leases 24 million square feet of space in the Memphis area, and has offices in downtown and East Memphis. It is 98 percent employee-owned.
A key moment in the company's history came in 1997, when Adams and Blankenship nearly sold it to Coldwell Banker. "If we were going to have some reach in all the business lines, then we needed a national affiliation," explains Adams. "The question was whether to sell the business or create a relationship with one of them."
They decided at first to sell, but "my gut told me we were making a mistake," Adams says. The affiliation with CB Richard Ellis (named for the Londoner who started the company, way back in 1773!) proved a good fit. Blankenship has since moved on to other business ventures.
Adams says that while the company has been by no means immune to the current real-estate slump, it has found opportunities to prosper by reworking leases, subleasing, and "blending and extending" its two Memphis offices to share space and lower costs.
"We create revenue by maintaining real estate and transitioning," he explains. "In bad times, things are being transitioned. In down times our business actually is very good. We like fluctuations. That is what creates transition and transactional fees."
Over the past year, Adam has turned his attention to a new project. For $5.2 million, he acquired Green Ballast, Inc. a marketing company that owns the patent for a "smart" ballast for fluorescent lighting systems that "harvests" daylight, and uses a photo sensor to adjust the amount of electric current flowing to a light fixture. Adams says this can produce energy savings of up to 70 percent.
"Energy usage is obviously a big concern for governments and utilities," Adams observes. "If you can reduce energy use during peak times you can get a bonus because utilities can resell that energy to someone else."
The company will be headquartered in Memphis, but the majority of its business will be outside of Tennessee, which has relatively cheap power because of TVA. The ballast is now being manufactured in China.
"I want to get it back to the states," Adams said. "And nothing would make me happier than getting it close to us."


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Good day! Is your family enjoying beautiful spring weather. We have had the thunderstorms, but they have been followed by some beautiful days. Gracie and I just arrived home after a few hours at the park. It is fun to meet up with friends for a picnic and play time at the park. Now, after a fun afternoon, I would prefer a meal which requires minimal work and limited prep. How about you? Today's dish is simple, quick, and tasty.
Potato and Ham Casserole
- 26 oz frozen shredded potatoes
- 1 lb ham steak, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 – 10.5 oz can cream of potato soup
- 1-10.5 oz can cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup shredded Parmesan
- 1 cup shredded cheddar
Combine first 6 ingredients and pour into a lightly greased 13×9 baking dish. Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Then cover with the shredded cheddar and bake another 5 minutes. I served this meal with a salad. My daughter and husband both loved it! I actually prepared this dish ahead of time and placed it in the refrigerator for about 4 hours. I pulled it out of the fridge while oven was heating up, then just popped it in the oven. So easy and quick! Enjoy.
Do you have a super quick and easy go to meal?
I apologize for no picture of the dish. I know I really need to just snap a picture of each meal, because I never know which meal is blog worthy until we are eating it. LOL!