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'Key players' must be in on consolidation study
The Morning Call
February 12, 2009
I support the establishment of a study commission to look at this proposal, but I would caution about neglecting the key players. I raise this issue because of reactions from legislators and educators to the governor's announcement with words like "startled" and "caught off guard." The two biggest stakeholders, Pennsylvania State Education Association and the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, had no idea this was on the governor's agenda. This is strange because if you want to bring about change in education, these two groups are keys to your success.
Fast start carries Emmaus past Dieruff to first Lehigh Valley Conference win of the boys basketball season
By Keith Groller, Of The Morning Call
January 8, 2014
Emmaus didn't realize that Dieruff standout Tyler Kohl wasn't going to play on Wednesday night until the tipoff when Kohl was in street clothes and sitting in the bleachers behind the Huskies bench. And it's probably a good thing the Green Hornets didn't know. The natural tendency to let up once you know the opponent isn't at full strength never affected Emmaus. The Hornets came out playing at a high level, delivering 31 points in the first quarter, and never looked back in posting an 84-67 Lehigh Valley Conference victory.
Key Players Disagree In Views On Affiliation
by JOHN CLARK And DAN PEARSON, The Morning Call
November 1, 1987
In the Muhlenberg/Cedar Crest situation, not all trustees can be cast in the roles of "key players." Some are much more concerned and involved than others, who are likely to have less of an influence on the outcome. "You probably have as many 'key players' among the faculty, administration and alumni of these two colleges as you do on the boards," said Robert A. Clark, director of community relations at Muhlenberg. "At Muhlenberg, directors would not think of disregarding the wishes of the faculty and the administration.
D-11 teams prepare for 2nd-round PIAA girls volleyball
By John Heilig, Special to The Morning Call
November 7, 2013
PIAA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL QUARTERFINALS CLASS 3A • Who: Southern Lehigh (District 11 champion) vs. Upper Merion (District One champion) at Souderton H.S. Saturday at noon. • What's at stake: A spot in the 3A semifinal match against either Downingtown East or Cumberland Valley on Tuesday at Central York H.S. • About the Spartans: Only losses were to Emmaus and Parkland. Beat Emmaus to win the District 11 crown. Beat Delaware Valley 3-0 in the opening round. Reached 2A semifinal in 2011, only to lose to Brandywine Heights in the final.
With league at 13 teams, Gablesville goes for Tri-Co title No. 13
By Keith Groller Of The Morning Call
May 12, 2002
The Tri-County League hopes 13 is a lucky number. The league is up to 13 teams after adding the Banko's Athletics to the mix. The league will feature a 36-game regular season for each team with the top seven advancing to the postseason. Gablesville, the three-time defending champ, is going for title No. 13, and 12th in 19 years. BANKO'S ATHLETICS Manager: Jason Strunk. Home: Scherersville No. 5 Key players (all ex-Yanks): P Rob Gontkosky (.455. 32 RBIs, 3-0 2.29 ERA)
Colonial race sure to go to the wire
By Tim Shoemaker Special to The Morning Call - Freelance
March 19, 2009
In 2006, Saucon Valley won one game in the Colonial League. The Panthers just missed the District 11 2A playoffs in 2007 and reached the district semis and were one win away from the state tournament in 2008. They return every starter except the goalkeeper, so it's a safe bet they will battle for the league title in 2009. Don't forget Northwestern, which last year had one of its best years ever -- a Colonial League and district 2A title, and the first-ever state tournament win. Southern Lehigh and Palisades should lead in the South while Catasauqua and Moravian Academy will push Northwestern in the West.
Kutztown Golden Bears
The Morning Call
October 28, 2006
KUTZTOWN (2-5, 1-3 PSAC EAST) AT CHEYNEY (1-7, 1-2) When: 1 p.m. Where: O'Shields-Stevenson Stadium. Radio: WEEU-AM 830. Last Meeting: 29-12 Kutztown, 2005. The Series: Kutztown 45-10-1. Kutztown key players: Maurice Adams, 131 carries, 432 yards, 2 TDs; Kyle Spotts, 119-208-7 for 1,669 yards, 17 TDs; Elfren Quiles, 39 catches, 612 yards, 8 TDs; Brian Bingnear, 69 tackles, 2 INTs. Cheyney key players: Donald King, 49 carries, 119 yards, TD; Derrick Murray, 117-231-11 for 1,369 yards, 10 TDs; Dominique Curry, 47 catches, 749 yards, 5 TDs; Justin Allen, 54 tackles.
Moravian Greyhounds
The Morning Call
November 4, 2006
MORAVIAN (4-4, 4-4 MAC) AT LEBANON VALLEY (4-4, 3-4) When: 1 p.m. today. Where: Arnold Field, Annville. Last Meeting: 38-35 Moravian, last year. Series: Moravian, 31-28-1 Radio: WYHM-AM 1470 AM. Moravian key players: Tyler McCambridge, 133 car, 569 yds, 5 TDs; Ryan Rempe 23-45-4, 229 yds, 1 TD; Kris Bisci, 21 rec, 211 yds, 4 TDs; CLiff Garr, 60 tackles. Lebanon Valley key players: Charlie Parker, 104 car, 459 yds, 3 TDs; Dan Kelly 101-174-5, 1,069 yds, 9 TDs; Aam Brossman, 41 rec, 653 yds, 8 TDs; Brian Cottone 79 tackles.
East Stroudsburg Warriors
The Morning Call
November 4, 2006
ESU (6-3, 3-1 PSAC EAST) AT BLOOMSBURG (8-1, 4-0) When: 1:30 p.m. today. Where: Redman Stadium. Last Meeting: Bloom 31-24 OT in '05 Series: ESU leads 38-30-2 Broadcast: WVPO-AM 840 and 960; redzonemedia.com ESU key players: Jimmy Terwilliger 94 car, 476 yds, 2 TDs, and Matt Brunetti 91 car, 429 yds, 6 TDs; Terwilliger 169-271-6, 2,227 yds, 22 TDs; Evan Prall 60 rec, 951 yds, 11 TDs; Jayson Frank 69 tackles. Bloomsburg key players: Jamar Brittingham 128 car, 628 yds, 10 TDs; Dan Lattorre 97-158-7, 1,513 yards, 10 TDs; Brahin Bilal, 33 rec, 683 yds, 7 TDs; Matt Smith 52 tackles.
Muhlenberg Mules
The Morning Call
October 28, 2006
GETTYSBURG (4-3, 2-1 CENTENNIAL) AT MUHLENBERG (3-4, 1-3) When: 1 p.m. Where: Scotty Wood Stadium. Radio: WMUH-FM, 91.7. Last Meeting: 10-3 Gettysburg, 2005. The Series: Gettysburg, 41-28-1. Muhlenberg key players: Matt Johnson, 45 carries, 122 yards, 1 TD; Eric Santagato, Eric Santagato 86-156-13 for 990 yards, 3 TDs; Stephen Montalto 28 catches, 339 yds., 2 TDs; Tom Tarsitano, 53 tackles. Gettysburg key players: Tom Sturges, 189 carries, 998 yds., 7 TDs; Matt Flynn 72-130-3 for 1,062 yards, 11 TDs; Dusty Green 27 catches, 408 yds., 6 TDs; James Holubowich, 68 tackles.
Easton wins game, but loses key player
By Keith Groller, Of The Morning Call
November 5, 2012
Easton High School football is about tradition and the Red Rovers' "Senior Night" is filled with them. But on this year's "Senior Night" at Cottingham Stadium on Monday night, Easton displayed another tradition that is as old as the storied program's 117-year history. That tradition is simply that when someone goes down, others rise up. Star running back Shane Simpson went down in the first quarter and was taken away in an ambulance with what is believed to be a season-ending leg injury.
Pius X, Stambaugh still pressing forward
September 23, 2012
Feel no pity for the Pius X football team. Royals head coach Phil Stambaugh isn't feeling sorry for himself, even after seeing what might have been a run at a PIAA Class A state championship dissolve into an 0-4 start. By now you know that Pius X lost five key contributors from last year's 12-2 team that won the District 11 Class A crown and reached the state quarterfinals before losing to Southern Columbia. And you probably know that two of those players were record-breaking quarterback A.J. Long, who has relocated to Tennessee, and all-state receiver Boise Ross, who transferred to Liberty.
Pleasant Valley should be atop the Mountain again
By Keith Groller, Of The Morning Call
March 22, 2012
Steve Caffrey and Maynard Frantz have solid Mountain Valley Conference softball programs. Two years ago Frantz's Stroudsburg team won the District 11 Class 4A title, knocking off several Lehigh Valley Conference teams on the way to the gold. Last spring, Caffrey's Pleasant Valley team also knocked off quality LVC opponents in the district tournament before falling short against Easton in a wild final. Despite their success, both coaches know that the LVC is the deeper league and have scheduled as many nonleague contests against the Lehigh and Northampton county schools as they could fit into their schedules.
VARSITY: Colonial League team stats, injury updates
By Tom Housenick, OF THE MORNING CALL
October 13, 2011
The cliché has proven true again this fall. When it rains, it pours. Field conditions again could be a factor this weekend. Soggy grass fields are struggling to hold up, and it's only Week 7. For Catasauqua, it's yet another heavy dose of injuries. For coach Tom Falzone, when it rains, it pours. "We're pretty beat up right now," he said Wednesday night. "We're just trying to weather the storm. " Not helping Catasauqua (5-1) is the fact that they are in the middle of the toughest stretch in its schedule.
FC Sonic Lehigh Valley set for second season
By Gary R. Blockus, OF THE MORNING CALL
March 30, 2011
FC Sonic Lehigh Valley is getting ready to defend its 2010 Northeast Conference Championship with several key moves over the last few weeks. FC Sonic kicks off the 2011 National Premier Soccer League season at 7 p.m. May 16 by hosting the New York Red Bulls. Head coach Dave Weitzman and assistant coach/director of goalkeepers Kyle Grim, a coach at Emmaus High School, have re-signed with the amateur squad. "We are pleased to have Weitie [Weitzman] return and take another run at the NPSL Championship," club president Fred Stellato said.
FC Sonic brings back coach, key players
By Nick Fierro, OF THE MORNING CALL
March 2, 2011
FC Sonic Lehigh Valley announced today that it has re-signed head coach Dave Weitzman as well as several players from the 2010 squad for the 2011 National Premier Soccer League season. The Sonic also announced that Kyle Grim, a coach at Emmaus High School, has been retained an assistant coach/director of goalkeepers for the upcoming year. Team captain Ryan Hess is returning, along with forwards Leslie Fraser and Sky Rimmele, defender A.J. Barnold and goalkeeper Charlie Sales.
PIAA Field Hockey First-Round Playoffs
By Robert Flexer Of The Morning Call
November 4, 2003
CLASS 3A PENNSBURY VS. EMMAUS When/Where: 6 p.m. today, J. Birney Crum Stadium, Allentown. At stake: Winner plays Plymouth-Whitemarsh (District One No. 2) or Conestoga Valley (District 3 No. 3) on Saturday in state quarterfinals. PENNSBURY Rec: 16-5-1, District One No. 6. Coach: Stephanie Buchen. Key players: F Amanda Care; F Brittany Coyle; G Lindsay Deliman. EMMAUS Rec: 20-3-1, District 11 No. 1. Coach: Sue Butz-Stavin. Key players: G Kristen Hodavance (16 goals allowed)
Lehigh has what it takes to repeat
By Tom Housenick, OF THE MORNING CALL
November 10, 2010
Seniors Erica Prosser and Kristen Dalton along with coach Sue Troyan said it in different ways, but the message was clear: Lehigh can repeat as Patriot League champion, even if it doesn't come close to matching last season's school-best 29-4 record. "Last year we won a lot of games," Prosser said. "But we didn't perform to the level we expected. There were a lot of games where we didn't play up to our potential. " One of those games was the NCAA Tournament game at Iowa State.
Golden Bears making the plays — and getting some breaks — in historic season
By Jeff Schuler, OF THE MORNING CALL
October 26, 2010
When C.W. Post's field goal attempt sailed wide left as time ran out Saturday night to preserve Kutztown's wild 50-48 win in a game that the Golden Bears nearly squandered a 20-point fourth-quarter lead, Kutztown linebacker Joel Irwin joined the wild celebration at University Field. It was only later that the senior from Coatesville realized what had nearly happened. "After all the hard work we put in to get where we are, it would have been a complete shame for it to end by coughing up that game," Irwin said.
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text: The front-office in Los Angeles claims that it's not ready to panic, and that things will work out in the end. Lakers fans, on the other hand, have largely given up on this team's ability to be great this season (let alone qualify for the postseason.) Former head coach Phil Jackson seems confident that they will make the Playoffs, despite the very tough road ahead. From the LA Times: "Will the Lakers miss the playoffs? 'I think about it every day,' [Steve Nash] said in a quiet moment after their latest loss, Wednesday in San Antonio. 'We've got to make some serious ground up here quickly. We're in deep, and we've got to find a way to scratch and claw and get to 48 wins.' He chose 48 because it was tossed his way by a reporter. It's the average number of victories claimed by the eighth and final team in the Western Conference playoffs the last five years. It's actually 47.7 and based on a .582 winning percentage to account for playing only 66 games last season because of the lockout. So the Lakers (15-20) must go 33-14 the rest of the way to get to 48. Good luck. The team winning 43% of its games must now win 70% of the rest. The first chance is Friday at home against Oklahoma City (27-8) without Dwight Howard and possibly Pau Gasol, who's still not cleared to play because of a concussion. Reality gets only more biting for the Lakers and their $100-million payroll. Even if they miss the playoffs, their lottery pick goes to Phoenix as part of the Nash trade. […] One fairly important voice thinks the Lakers will get there. He was the guy they called at midnight two months ago to say they didn't want him coaching their team. 'I still believe the Lakers can make the playoffs,' Phil Jackson said. 'They might have to have a 'come to Jesus' moment to get their defense in order, but they have the talent.' The Lakers have missed playoffs only twice since 1976."


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Deep Thoughts From a Shallow Mind ()
Red and Rio Grande (1993)
Douglas Anderson "Doug" Supernaw (born September 26, 1960) is an American country music artist. After several years performing as a local musician throughout the state of Texas, he signed with BNA Records in 1993.
Supernaw has released four studio albums: Red and Rio Grande (1993), Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Mind (1994), You Still Got Me (1995), and Fadin' Renegade (1999), as well as two compilation albums, 1997's The Encore Collection, and 2017's "Greatest Hits". Between 1993 and 1996, he charted eleven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, including "I Don't Call Him Daddy", a Number One single in late 1993.


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Sometimes I almost cry thinking of all the delicious food we had growing up. We had garden-fresh tomatoes, pole beans, pintos, crowder and purple hull peas, okra, squash, turnips, kale, sweet potatoes, red-skinned potatoes, white potatoes, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes, watermelon and more.
Grandpa raised cattle so we always had the quality of meat people pay premium prices for today. Grandmother bought fresh eggs and chicken from a farmer down the road. They picked poke sallet, muscadines and persimmons growing wild.
For Sunday dinner, we had one or two kinds of meat, vegetables and other side dishes. One of my favorite "side dishes" was chicken and dumplings (a meal in itself). I rarely make dumplings anymore, for a variety of reasons, but yesterday's cool temperatures inspired me.
Since I can't share the actual chicken and dumplings with you, I thought I'd share how to make them. I took photos as I went along to illustrate the process. The photos aren't great, but I hope they get the message across. (By the way, I have all kinds of respect for folks who make their living styling and photographing food. It's an art.)
The two most important things about this dish are the broth and the dumplings. You can use any kind of broth. I've made dumplings to add to homemade potato soup, for example. While I've never done it, I know you could cook them in vegetable broth.
This is the version I made last night. The chicken broth is, ahem, souped up with three kinds of canned soup. The combination creates a rich-tasting, savory broth for the tender dumplings.
Ingredients: 2 large skinless, bone-in chicken breasts (or whatever chicken parts you prefer), at least 2 quarts of water, approx. 2 1/4 cups self-rising flour, 1 egg, 1/3 cup Crisco, 1 can each of Campbell's Cream of Chicken, Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Celery soups, salt and pepper to taste.
Add water to large pot or dutch oven, add chicken and boil until the chicken is fully cooked. Remove chicken and let cool. Keep heat under pot of broth on medium.
While the chicken is cooling, dip out 1 cup of the hot chicken broth and pour into a large mixing bowl. This is the liquid for your dumplings.
Add 1/3 cup of Crisco. While it's melting in the hot liquid, open and add the cans of soup to the broth left in the pot. Stir until smooth; lower heat and let simmer while you make the dumplings.
Stir 1 egg into the broth and shortening in the mixing bowl. Then, using a fork, stir in 2 1/4 cups of flour until the mixture is soft and sticky. Don't overmix or overwork the dough because your dumplings will be tough.
Back to the pot of broth — increase the heat so that it starts boiling.
Spread out wax paper and sprinkle liberally with flour, then dump the dough onto the paper and add more flour as pictured.
Flour your rolling pin, then roll the dough until it's between 1/8 and 1/4 of an inch thin. If you make your dumplings any thicker, they'll be tough. Not good.
Cut rolled dough into squares, then drop the squares one by one into the boiling broth. Stir gently with a wooden spoon. Your dumplings should not stick together.
Cut or tear the chicken into small chunks. Add the meat to the dumplings. Lower heat and let simmer for about 30 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
A word about salt: The soup and the self-rising flour both contain salt so you need to taste your broth as you season to make sure it doesn't become too salty.
After the dumplings have simmered for 30 minutes, remove the pan from the heat; cover the pan and let sit for another 30 minutes. This is what makes the dumplings tender.
Dish dumplings into bowls and enjoy.


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NBA Flopping: How Should the NBA Handle the Flop This Year?September 28, 2012
It was reported Thursday (via ESPN) that the NBA will finally be taking some degree of action against the dreaded flop. Flopping is the act of pretending to be fouled on a clean play in order to draw an incorrect foul call.
Some of the NBA's biggest stars are notorious for flopping, including LeBron James and James Harden. Unfortunately, the reports from NBA commissioner David Stern are very vague:
If you continue to do this, you may you have to suffer some consequences. What those exactly should be and what the progression is, is to be decided... we just want to put a stake in the ground that says this is not something that we want to be part of our game.
While it is good that action is being taken for the first time in NBA history against flopping, the initial action is likely to be too weak. Stern is presumably referring to some sort of post-game fine, similar to what NFL players receive for dangerous hits. If a fine is all the penalty is, there are a few problems.
No In-Game Incentive
Penalties truly draw attention when they change the outcome of a game. In the NFL, the 15-yard penalties are arguably more effective than the fines. A reasonable approach to flops would be for a flop to be an in-game technical foul. Two flops would then result in expulsion from the game.
After LeBron James' first expulsion from a close game, you can bet players would flop less. LeBron being fined $10,000 has a lot less oomph.
Doesn't Penalize Stars
One of the biggest problem with fines in general is that stars are not penalized heavily enough. Perhaps Renaldo Balkman will now avoid flopping because he cannot afford the fines.
However, max-contract stars are still likely to flop in big games. In order to actually upset a max-contract star, a fine would have to be much larger than the NBA is likely to institute.
A First Step
The initial implementation we will see this year is analogous to the four-team playoff being added to college football. We all know that eventually it will be extended and made into something better. However, for now it makes a terrible situation less terrible.
Eventually the NBA will implement replay on flops—just as they now do with flagrant fouls—and will enforce an in-game penalty. For this year, there will be some minor fines. Players will continue to flop, but we will talk about it more and notice it more.
At the very least, it is a step in the right direction.
Adam Waksman is a featured columnist for the Bleacher Report New York Jets community. Be sure to follow Adam on Twitter to receive updates right away.


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Samu: Measuring for Management
As BI (Business Intelligence) services move out of the corporate sector into the world of SMEs so the metrics of KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), and their inherent problems should become a management concern. This is a serious issue for all company staff, investors and stakeholders, as many career fortunes (or lack of) are tied to these numbers, along with public perceptions.
Prior to adopting BI many organisations will already be utilising KPIs, using these statistical results to inform their management practice. So when it's seen that KPI facilities are baked into most BI applications there is the temptation for management to reuse their companies existing metrics, without first reassessing their fitness for purpose. To help assess a metrics continued suitability it's vital to critically examine their functions and purposes.
Anatomy of a measure
For a measure to be meaningful it has to have a purpose that is central to business functions. It should be related to specific objectives. The objectives need to be achievable.
For example you may have a KPI based on unique visitor to your site. This is fairly common in organisations that are dealing with inbound or content marketing, such as media organisations. But is it telling you, or anyone else, anything meaningful?
KPI failures
KPIs are used for a disparate array of purposes, typically to monitor cost performance, efficiency, inventory, but they can be, and often are deceptive of a true companies (Or governments) performance. Christoph Roser of All About Lean.com has written an excellent series of articles starting with 'Lies, Damned Lies, and KPI – Part 1: Examples of Fudging Within these articles he demonstrates how industry uses these measures, where they often fail and offers some excellent advice on when and where KPIs can actually offer some meaningful value.
I'd add that another reason KPIs can fail is that they can be too wrapped up in Paul Drucker's MBO (Management by Objectives) thinking,which has seeped through MBA courses to dominate too much management practice.
Disadvantages with MBO (From Communication Theory)
It has to be systematically done
There is more importance given to the setting of the goals than on the actual outcome or course of action
It may lead to polarization of efforts, whereby, people or departments are not motivated to look beyond their own targets and help others
It does not take into consideration, the environment in which the goals are set, like available resources, stakeholders, etc.
There is no stimulation of innovation
Managers start believing in the concept of an "ideal employee" and evaluate their subordinates based on what they expect they should be
Targets can be misreported and objective setting may become counter –productive to the organisation
Quality of goals set may be poorer or too unrealistic
It is time-consuming to implement and difficult to maintain
Setting production targets may encourage resources to meet those targets through whatever means necessary, which usually results in poor quality
It is not easy to identify all the objectives
Several alternatives to MBO exist, an example is Dr Deming's 14 point methodologies, arising from Lean production, explored usefully in this blog.
At some stage I shall write about utilising Deming's System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) to communications, but for the rest of this post I am seeking to add to what Roser has written and explore the roles, and questionable uses of KPIs in measuring communications and look at how Roser's suggestions can be put into practice,
Counting Communications
I've seen KPIs used in relation to 'Brand Health', Marketing Optimisation', 'Operational Efficiency', 'Impact' and even 'Innovation'', all important, indeed 'key' areas of a business's communication goals. I've seen the results of these KPIs used to justify 'Change Management' and 'Investment'' decisions to boards and shareholders, and used as the basis to communicate a company's 'Successes' to stakeholders. So no doubt they are a central cog in the machinery of management. Yet it's fair to say I've also seen a lot of spurious nonsense.
First off, using KPIs that are intrinsically tied into a company's mission and objectives is the correct approach. So there should be little wrong with the above?
Let's briefly explore one of these, 'Brand Health'.
There are a range of methodologies used to analyse this, for example:
A brand can be measured competitively against similar brands to produce statistics to determine a 'share of voice' – total brand mentions, a total of a competitors brand mentions are divided to reach a percentage. So the metrics collection can be automated by recording the brand mentions in social channels, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and monitored over time. These can be compared to brand mentions of competitors A, B, C… Across these same channels.
Never mind the potential problems of fake followers, what if your brand is actually falling behind the times and competitor 'A's' strategy has been working to capture the WhatsApp crowd (A space where metrics are in contention)? If you are not counting, and you can't count on all channels, you are not being adequately informed.
Roser states that you should only measure what you really need to, and that metrics are best used to learn from, Good advice. So should they always be key to your organization's communication strategies?
Roser's good practice
I have used his suggested titles here as a starting point and added a few.
- Temporary KPIs
These can be very useful. As an example of usage if your site is suffering from 404 errors due to lots of broken backlinks a temporary KPI is important whilst mitigation or changes are put into place to rectify this issue. 404 errors after all can lead to customer dissatisfaction and reputational damage can ensue.
- Reassessing KPIs
Do you really need 44 KPIs to assess the effectiveness of your impact reporting? I've seen it done and would question their collective effectiveness. It is beholden of management to occasionally reassess what is 'key' and the indicators fitness for purpose. It's also in everyone's interests to simplify where possible.
- Cascading structure
A KPI should make sense to the staff it affects, the senior management team, the governance, and to external stakeholders, even if the results are only communicated internally.
SMART KPIs are limited, A KPI should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable and Relevant with a Target in mind. A SMARTER KPI would consider the Environment too, of stakeholders, available resources etc. A HARD KPI, Heartfelt, Animated (easy to picture) Required or necessary Difficult (requiring moving out of your comfort zone) may provide for more relevant indicators on the path to achieving goals.
- Verification
Are you using up to date data? I have witnessed an organisation using three year old ABC figures to determine their reach. Of course media sales had slumped in the interim, so their reach was greatly inflated. If this form of metric usage is really 'Key'' then numbers should not be fudged, manipulated or sources neglected, they should be verifiable and stand up to challenges.
- Basing reporting on KPIs
Claims of success, based solely on the evidence of KPIs is common, but I suggest they shouldn't be. It's the meaning that can be gained, rather than inferred, that's really important. Statistics can be intentionally manipulated or unintentionally used to make false claims. Ask your self will your public trust you sufficiently to change their values based only on a quantitative analysis? Are you neglecting qualitative methodologies?
- Communicating Values
Values are not confined to numbers. To hold something in regard as important or having worth, requires engaging feelings of respect and empathy which are not always rationally derived. A number value should only ever be a part of the narrative you are communicating rather than an end in itself. This is known by most value driven organisations, yet not always sufficiently comprehended beyond the sectors in which they are found.


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Bring on the bats!
Do not fear these creatures of the night.
Troy works for the DWR's Wildlife Health Program. His years in the federal system and in Utah have allowed him to work with species ranging from spotted owls and sea turtles to jaguars and chukars. Troy likes to camp, hike, read and explore.
I looked up at the brilliant night sky of the desert arching over our heads, unpolluted by humanity's fondness of bright light. I was among several DWR employees – Tony Wright, Lisa Horzepa, Kade Lazenby, Chris Michaud, Brent Stettler – standing in the darkness at Nash Wash in southeastern Utah.
We were not alone in the desert: 25 hardy members of the public stood under the Milky Way with us. Despite the fact that we were closer to Grand Junction, Colorado, than to Salt Lake City, some of the attendees had driven from the Wasatch for the occasion. Utah loves its wildlife, and had this event featured such charismatic species as mule deer, trout or eagles, I wouldn't have been as surprised by the attendance. But the focus of this nighttime gathering was bats.
Bats. To biologists, they are an incredibly diverse and fascinating group of mammals, ranging from the tiny Asian 'bumblebee bat' measuring only an inch in length, to three-pound tropical fruit bats sporting five-foot wingspans.
Of all the mammals, bats are the only group to fly, taking them into realms otherwise reserved for birds and dreamers. In contrast, many people fear bats. They unfairly characterize bats as 'flying rats': disease carriers, which Hollywood assures us will become tangled in our hair at any opportunity. Remember the 'giant vampire bats' in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? They were actually fruit-eating bats; you have nothing to fear from them unless you're a mango.
Many years ago, I worked for Bat Conservation International in Austin, Texas. I learned first-hand as a naïve college student how many people are frightened and misinformed when it comes to bats. It was my job to explain that bats aren't dangerous, that they consume tons of insects annually (Texas could still use more mosquito-eating species) and that spraying harsh pesticides into bat colonies was unnecessary and illegal.
"Oh, and by the way," I always tried to mention, "they pollinate sugarcane. Sugar is used by Bacardi. Bats make rum, dude."
My experiences with the bat-phobic didn't prepare me for this DWR bat-viewing event. The number of spaces available to the public was completely filled: there wasn't, figuratively speaking, an empty seat in the place.
There were kids, young couples, older folks and one dog. Tony, the southeastern region's Sensitive Species Biologist, greeted several people whom he recognized from previous bat events. There were a few Subarus with pro-Chiroperta (the scientific classification of bats) bumper stickers and even one young woman with a bat tattoo. Everyone was eager to not only see these mysterious creatures up close, but to touch and even smell the furry little flyers. Seeing everyone in the dark was difficult, but characterizing the mood of this group was easy: Bring on the bats!
Before walking down to the small pond, Tony gave the group an introduction to bat biology. He explained that only a small percentage of bats carry diseases dangerous to people. Rabies is in fact less common in bats than in raccoons and dogs. The perception of bats being disease-ridden comes from the fact that, as humans, we don't interact much with healthy bats; they're too busy fluttering silently through the dark skies above our heads. It's the sick bats – those lying on the ground or weak flyers, easily caught by cats and kids – which we often meet, and some of these ill bats can transfer diseases to humans who handle them incorrectly.
People don't seem to be drawn to ailing raccoons or deer, but they can be counted on to pick up and examine a sickly bat. Proper training, vaccinations and careful handling of sick bats minimize these health risks.
Tony also described the incredible complexity of bats' echolocation abilities. Imagine, he said, sending and receiving intricate acoustic signals at the same time, while moving rapidly (sometimes 23 feet per second) through the air, tracking a tiny insect, which is also moving. While they're processing those signals, bats must make rapid flight adjustments accurately enough to snap a panicked mosquito or moth out of the air.
That doesn't sound much like an animal likely to clumsily smack into someone's head and get tangled in their hair.
Finally, even given recent rainy weather, Tony had seen very little standing water in the area. This might, he offered, help increase bat activity around our little water source. We adjourned to the pond, where several mist nets were already set up. It wasn't long before the bats began to arrive.
The small Western pipistrelle was the first to careen into the nets. They were disentangled and brought to the table for identification and processing, where I suspect each bat must have imagined that they'd somehow become a pop culture celebrity.
Cameras large and small took countless pictures from every conceivable angle, accompanied by "oohs" and "aahs." Photographers jostled for position and many slowly worked up the courage to reach out and stroke the soft fur of the little bats.
The smaller bats kept coming and were joined by larger species: an aptly named big brown bat, quite a few Pallid bats, the long-legged myotis and California myotis. A Brazilian free-tailed bat, one of the most abundant mammals on the continent, also made an appearance.
After so many well-behaved, six-gram bats, the Pallid bats made for an impressive change of pace. The first one, an adult female, emerged from her sample bag reaching forward with her thin wings as if to grab Lisa's headlamp. She gaped threateningly, displaying her sharp teeth to the entire group. She was backlit, with her translucent wings and ears creating a ghostly halo around her. The effect lent her a respectably intimidating look for something that weighed a scant 16 grams. The group, as bat loving as they were, collectively kept their distance while taking their photographs.
We caught many other Pallids that night, some of which were more personable. None, though, were overly pleased with being handled, and they regularly latched on to the fingertips of Tony's and Lisa's gloves. Their teeth, Tony explained, serve them well when they catch and consume their preferred prey: hard-bodied scorpions and beetles.
A storm rolled over the mountains around midnight, forcing us to close the nets to prevent wind damage. The trapping thus ended early, but it was entirely worth the time: six species of bats, all in all. Not bad for one night sitting next to a tiny, muddy pond in the middle of nowhere.
The people who chatted under the desert sky that night value bats. Most people, however, don't know very much about them. Many don't even see bats often — perhaps only when they roost in a building, becoming an unwelcome inconvenience.
We are determined to prevent that unfamiliarity from breeding indifference. It's up to those of us who appreciate bats to educate people about their importance as insect predators and pollinators. With continued effort, funding and popular nocturnal gatherings, the DWR can continue to study, understand and cultivate a love for the bats acrobatically working Utah's night skies.
Did I mention that bats make rum?


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This is the review for the new character in the Dynamite Girls line…Tooka. This doll is amazing. Her hair is SO soft and by far has the best "natural look" hairstyle that we've seen. Integrity Toys has given her so thought. She is using the "Sooki" head sculpt and is limited to 300 worldwide.
Here's the review:
Now we did straighten her hair (see the pics on our Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/phoenixboy83/) and redressed her along with the others in the collection. And now she looks totally different.
So what are you thoughts on this doll? Is she part of your collection and if not, are you planning on getting her? Let us know in the comments.


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Somerset County 4-H horse members received 11 awards at the 44th annual State 4-H Horse Show held Oct. 24 -26 at the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.
Keri Miller was named a finalist in the Outstanding 4-H Horse Member Award and received a halter and lead.
County winners in 4-H performance classes were: Andrea Sanner, first, English Grooming and Showmanship, junior; Whitney Charlton, fourth, Saddle Seat Equitation, senior; Megan Maurer, fifth, English Grooming and Showmanship, junior; Elisabeth Spangler, seventh, Saddle Seat Equitation, senior, she also received seventh in Saddle Seat Pleasure Ponies; Kassie Barron, ninth, Clover Leaf Barrel Race Ponies, and Amanda Skrinjorich, ninth, Saddle Seat Equitation, junior.
In 4-H production classes, members breed and raise their own project animal. Local winners were Barbara Schachte, fourth, yearling gelding stock type pony; William Schachte, third, two-year-old gelding stock type pony, he also received sixth, yearling filly stock type pony. Keri Miller received a Parade of Merit with her Paso Fino.


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A place to keep all things revit ....and some other stuff too!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Workset dialog on opening...why?
Sometimes other people (obviously not the Revit.King) create/ set-up a new project based with the office template (luckily for me, but more for THEM) and unknowingly have made a selection that brings up the "Opening Worksets" Dialog box every time you open the project. So now Revit is waiting for you to choose a workset to work in, before letting you "in" your model.....
This can be a pain if you are not wanting to select a workset every time you open the project to get started. So let's see why/ how this happens......
First off:
This is what you see when opening the project as mentioned above: (what a pain - ugh!)
While some may have use for this (large project, large teams), this project is not one of those and I do not want to have to do this step every time I open the project. I want it to open to the almighty "Open and close from this view" drafting view.
Next up:
This is the typical "Save" (aka "Save As") for first time save after worksets have been enabled:
This is usually the preferred method for our office (but changing the maximum backup #)
Somehow along the way, someone has made the mistake of saving this workshared project with this selection (SPECIFY) having been made before completion of save......oooops
Now, to correct this problem (if it is one for you or your firm):
EASY FIX: ------all you have to do is "Save As" from any of the local projects (**MAKE SURE ALL USERS ARE OUT OF THE MODEL**).
Select the correct settings that best fit your needs.


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A rich tapestry
Leaving all behind, men, women and children arrived on South Australia's shores, shaping new lives and re-forming this most ancient of lands.
From ships' deserters, whalers and sealers to 'boat people'. From the carefully planned migration schemes of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, through the importation of Irish brides for lonely bushmen, to Barwell boys sent out as agricultural labourers. And more recently from those escaping nightmares in war-torn Europe and Asia.
The South Australian landscape is a rich tapestry in private ownership, in the traditional ownership of Aboriginal communities, or in the stewardship of local, state and commonwealth governments.
Read more about this theme in SA Memory
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BALTIMORE --Christine O'Donnell became famous for answering questions about witchcraft. Now she has to answer questions about campaign spending.Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation to determine if the Delaware Republican used campaign money to pay for personal expenses.
O'Donnell set a state record by raising more than $7 million for her unsuccessful 2010 Senate run.
At least two former campaign workers have alleged that O'Donnell routinely used political contributions to pay personal expenses, including her rent in recent years as she ran for the Senate three consecutive times, starting in 2006.
However, her campaign issued a statement Wednesday denying that she misspent campaign money and saying it has heard nothing from authorities.
Her former campaign manager called the allegations lies and false-attack rumors.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Have you ever seen something you love but when you check out the price tag your bank account doesn't love it so much? If you're anything like me that happens all too often!
Awhile back I shared this mirror that I spotted at… you guessed it, HomeSense!
When I saw this I kind of fell in love, but, though not "designer" the $79.99 price tag was not really working for me. As I stared longingly at this mirror in the middle of HomeSense I realized, DIY duh@!!
I often look at items and determine whether they are DIYable or not. Let's be honest, you can't DIY everything but you CAN DIY many things, and this rope mirror was one of them.
So that being said I was on the lookout for a large round mirror. I considered other ways to make these DIY possible including finding a smaller round mirror, mounting it on a round of plywood and roping the wood, but, if you have ever read another post you know I like a quick and easy DIY better than anything so all the "work" involved in the wood option was so not rocking my world.
What did rock my world was a trip to Vinnie's the other day. On a whim I stopped in one evening on my way home from work and when I looked in the basket of mirrors and found two large round mirror options, I heard those little chubby cherubs singing their angelic songs of praise {what?!}. One was a perfect plain round mirror, the other had a slightly not so perfect pond flower etching around the boarder {barf}. I obviously instantly grabbed the better looking of the two but then for some reason my forward thinking self stepped in {thankfully} and when I flipped over that good looking round mirror there was no way to hang it! Knowing that finding a way to make this mirror work was going to involve a lot of work, I decided that the pond themed one deserved a second look. When I flipped it over and saw a very secure hanging system I quickly ditched the good looking one and picked up my homely mirror and headed up front.
{the before}
The $15 price tag a a little more than I was hoping to spend on my used {and very ugly} mirror, but since all the other materials for this project were already in my craft supply, I knew it would be my only investment in this mirror and $15 vs. $80 +tax price tag left me still coming out on top!
This was an evening project. I sat down with my thrifted mirror, the same rope I used for my rope lamp revamp, and my handy dandy glue gun {and a whole truck load of glue sticks} and got to work.
I started by using the same technique I had developed when created my rope wrapped lamp by putting lines of glue on the mirror and then placing the rope.
Then I realized I could do glue "dots" and this technique was a helluva lot easier on my hands since I wasn't fighting as much with my glue gun.
So I would place a few beads of glue, then rope and set that on repeat for an hour and half or so as I enjoyed some Resale Royalty on the DVR.
I went around and around and around and around. This is not a tough project as you can see. Once I had enough rounds of rope on my mirror I thinned out the end of the rope so I could "camouflage" it into the end and not have such an abrupt or obvious stop. And here is the final product:
{Not so bad for an ugly $15 mirror}
What do you think of this upcycled transformation? Is the rope mirror working for you? I am kind of loving the rope accents for the family room and now that I have a rope mirror and rope lamp and only a little bit of free rope left, I am thinking I need to create one of these rope handle trays I came across while perusing some design magazines this weekend.
If I wasn't loving my rope accents enough lately, this weekend while at HomeSense I came across this version of the rope mirror.
I prefer the more nautical vibe of the first one and the one I created but this definitely displays the infinite possibilities when working with rope!


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02.Oct.2016 at 09:17 by Merlijn Tishauser (13 comments) via Web2 LIVE
Clear and concise storytelling with great examples. Loved listening.
Mark Bradley (02.Oct.2016 at 09:00, 45 min)
Talk at PHP North West 2016 (English - UK)
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02.Oct.2016 at 09:17 by Merlijn Tishauser (13 comments) via Web2 LIVE
Clear and concise storytelling with great examples. Loved listening.
02.Oct.2016 at 09:44 by Richard Bagshaw (29 comments) via Joind.in iPhone app
Brilliant talk, the advice here was really solid and pretty much related to everything!!
02.Oct.2016 at 09:48 by James Byrne (5 comments) via Web2 LIVE
Very clear and interesting talk with some valuable advice.
02.Oct.2016 at 09:52 by Chris Grice (1 comments) via Web2 LIVE
Really interesting talk about a topic that definitely needs talking about more - left feeling inspired to try a few more new things :)
02.Oct.2016 at 09:57 by Jeroen de Jong (125 comments) via Joind.in iPhone app
Great talk, just last week I heard of the existence of this for the first time, so you were right in time for me to listen to it. You did a good job and pointed me in the right direction, thanks
02.Oct.2016 at 10:47 by Stephan Gerlach (8 comments) via Web2 LIVE
Really well presented. Heard "Imposter Syndrome" before but never knew what it actually is. Turns out it is actually really important to know about it.
02.Oct.2016 at 17:22 by Dave Redfern (9 comments) via Web2 LIVE
Very useful talk, with some good points and advice that I am going to use to change my own approach to be a better senior / mentor.
03.Oct.2016 at 20:50 by Aisha Sie (10 comments) via Web2 LIVE
Excellent talk, especially for your first time presenting! As a newbie coder, it was incredibly heartening for me to hear that people who have already been in the field for so long also deal with Imposter Syndrome - and most importantly, that it can be beat! You gave some great practical advice for how to handle it, definitely considering some now (like blogging). Thank you for sharing your experiences so openly and helping others become more aware of both this phenomenon AND ways to handle it!


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Spotlight on Catherine Feig
Meghan Berneking
For this Spotlight we feature patron Catherine Lepley-Feig. In coming months we'll continue to spotlight other patrons, musicians or leaders within the CSO and Pops community.
As a lifelong Cincinnatian, Catherine Lepley-Feig began attending Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra concerts when she was in the ninth grade. Her seats in the gallery at that time cost $.90, plus $.10 to take the streetcar to 6th and Main. While she knew and loved all the pop songs in her youth, she and her sisters always had a love for classical music. Her mother played the piano, and they would spend Sunday afternoons listening to music. "I could kick myself around the block for not learning to play the piano, though," she said. She recalls her first opera experience was Tannhäuser at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Mrs. Feig attended Miami University (OH), and after college began teaching English literature and grammar. "I could hardly wait to get to school in the morning," she said. She fostered positive relationships with her students, maintaining mutual respect. "I never yelled at a kid in my life." She was married in 1956, and her students even attended her wedding. Her love of music continued throughout her days teaching and raising her son, Theo, as evidenced by the Bose radio in her home (which she would carry up and down the stairs—often tuned into 90.9 WGUC—with her for many
years) and robust recording collection. "Music is an absolute must, either in person or on CDs," she said. "I don't think I could live without being able to hear it."
As a longtime subscriber and supporter of the Orchestra, she attends several CSO concerts each season, often with her son and daughter-in-law (Nancy) or other friends. Some of her fondest memories have taken place at Music Hall (where she also happened to learn just how good a chocolate pretzel is). "I just love the Orchestra, and I especially love a well-played trumpet," she said. "I've heard other orchestras, and I think ours is just as good as it gets." As for favorite composers, she cites Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Brahms, Bach and Mozart at the top of her list. "I have my favorite composers, but I'm always open to hearing a new one," she said.
Some of her favorite Music Hall memories also include going backstage to meet the musicians, guest artists and Music Director Louis Langrée.
She and her cat, Annie, recently moved into a retirement apartment, bringing along her Bose and CD collection. While she could never begin to pick a favorite recording, she has a few favorite artists from her live concert experiences as well as via the radio, including Andre Kostelanetz, Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel, and pianists Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax and Lang Lang. When not listening to music, she also very much enjoys reading poetry, another love instilled by her mother. Her favorite poem, Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," says "everything there is to know about life," said Mrs. Feig.
She cites the CSO as being the love of her life. "I'm just always happy when I'm there," she said. "I'm never disappointed."


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The source of "travel" is in all likelihood misplaced to past. The expression traves might create after the Ancient French term travails. Accordings to the Merriam Web ster lexicon, the main known utilization of the term travels stood in the fourteenth century. It additionally expresses that the word originates from Center English travailen, travelen (which intends to torment, work, endeavor, travel) and prior from Old French travailler (which intends to work strenuously, drudge). In English we still at times utilize the words travail and travails, which mean battle.
Reason And Inspiration
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Machu Picchu Visits, Climbs, Excursion Bundles And Encounters
Frequently alluded to as the "Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is situated in the Cusco area of Peru. A standout amongst the most amazing antiquated locales on the planet, Machu Picchu is a symbol of the Inca civilisation and, on a Peru get-away, remains the nation's most well known vacationer destination.
Machu Picchu was worked around 1450 Advertisement, at the tallness of the Incan Realm. It is trusted that the zone was built as a bequest for Pachacuti, a head who ruled from 1438-1472. The site was abandoned a little more than 100 years after the fact at the season of the Spanish success in 1572. Regardless of settling in adjacent Cusco, the Spanish never found Machu Picchu and the site in the end moved toward becoming invade by the surrounding wilderness. American history specialist Hiram Bingham found the site in 1911 and made it known to the outside world.
Support Of The Incas: Occasion Of a Lifetime
Goway's completely escorted Support of the inca jungle trek visit catches the embodiment of the Inca culture that penetrated Peru. Wonder about the heavenly and enchanted ruins of Machu Picchu. Experience fascinating societies as you visit a neighborhood town with conventions linked to the Spanish Conquistadores and the Inca Realm. View stupendous landscape and the incomparable Andean mountain extend
Best Of South America: Lima To Rio De Janeiro
This South America call take you from the old ruin of Peru to Rios fantastic shorelines. En route, wonder about the unbelievable Iguassu Fall and ballet the night away in Buenos Aires
Urban Communities Of South America
A definitive South America visit for culture vultures, this itinerary concentrates on the continent's most exciting urban communities, from pulsing Rio, to quickly emerging Bogota, through Iguassu Falls and Machu Picchu.
Explora Peru
Experience the established locales of South America's most-prevalent nation, Peru. Test the culinary enjoyments of the capital of Lima before walking the pioneer lanes of Cusco and passing into the Holy Valley of the Incas to see the nation's crown gem, the celebrated around the world Machu Picchu.
Investigate Peru And Iguassu Falls
This visit is a superb combination of history, culture and fabulous landscape. In Peru, appreciate Frontier Lima, the Sacrosanct Valley of the Incas, the great site of Machu Picchu and Cusco, the previous capital of the Inca human progress. In Brazil, encounter the drastically beautiful Iguassu Tumbles from both the Brazilian and Argentinean sides.
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Concentrated on the old sights of Cuzco, Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca, this Peru get-away places you in contact with the nation's conventional side before flying on to another incredible ponder of South America, the strong Iguassu Falls.
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A quick post for today - here's the Sarissa Chateau and Power Station I completed recently. These kits are very nice for the price and go together relatively easily. Each took about a day to paint and assemble, but could each be done in an afternoon . My one complaint (and it is a minor one) is the lack of interior detail and that it seemed impossible to make the attic's roof on the Chateau removable due to the angles of the supports. The Chateau is BIG and could easily fit 4 large squads of infantry on both floors! I made some minor changes in the Power Station. I cut away a small section of the railing, cut the ladder in half, and placed one section on the side of the wall for ease of access to the roof in-game. I cut away the outer portion of the roof, glued some MDF scrap pieces inside the walls, and added some 1/48 fuel drums as a handhold to make the roof removable. I also used some scrap plasticard pieces to make a small boiler door by the smokestack.
These are great pieces and could be used for multiple time periods from the early 20th century to the Post-Apocalypse.


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Black Crow
Photo of a black crow with red eyes perched on a papaya tree. Look like the crow is possessed but it's not. The bird could also be a Common Raven aiming for the ripen papaya fruit.
Above: cropped photo of a black crow.
Above: Photo taken at house's back yard with 12x digital zoom.
The true crows are large passerine birds that form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents (except South America) and several offshore and oceanic islands (including Hawaii). In the United States, the word "crow" is used to refer to the American Crow. The crow genus makes up a third of the species in the Corvidae family. Other corvids include rooks and jays. Crows appear to have evolved in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved in Australia. A group of crows is called a "murder," though this term usually appears in poetry or similar literature rather than ordinary usage.
Related posts:
* Borneo Frogmouth Owll
* Freak papaya from Borneo
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I made a forest of these tiny felt tree pins last Christmas. They're simple, fast, and cute--my favorite kind of craft. And, at just about two inches tall, they're a great project for using up scraps of felt.
To make each tree, cut two triangles from the felt color of your choice. I made the pins shown here in a mod palette of bright pink and neon green, but I've also made them in traditional green and red. Decorate one triangle with buttons, beads, sequins, and simple embroidery. Be sure to leave a narrow border around the embellishments so you'll have enough room to stitch the tree pieces together.
Cut a triangle slightly smaller than the felt triangles from polyester batting. For the trunk, cut a small scrap in a color that contrasts with the tree. Stitch a pin backing onto the back piece of the tree before sewing the pieces together. Sandwich the batting triangle between the felt triangles and tuck the trunk between the felt pieces at the base of the tree. Use matching or coordinating embroidery floss and a running stitch to sew the front and back of the tree together, stitching through the trunk piece so it stays in place.
Be warned: these little trees are addictive. If you're like me, you'll want to try all kinds of color and embellishment combinations.


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Calling all scientists, coders, and environmental enthusiasts! The Gulf's first Fishackathon is back for it's second year!
Fishackathon Kuwait is part of an epic partnership between the US Department of State and HackerNest in dozens of cities around the world, seeking to make Earth's waters, aquaculture, and fisheries more sustainable and equitable.
What it is: A Fishackathon is a collaborative competition, connecting coders and scientists with designers, photographers, engineers, and volunteers from all backgrounds in an effort to produce digital solutions for global challenges in marine environmental science.
Who can join: We don't just need scientists and software developers! Artists, writers, entrepreneurs, designers, architects, and all individuals with a passion for creating change are welcome. Whatever your profession, solutions are always collaborative!
How to get involved:
click the link: http://fishackathon.hackernest.com/
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
"Envy comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had."


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artichoke fields, Bollywood style: take one
Last week I snuck off to France, to Provence.
Although I lived in the South of France for nearly a year a long time ago, Provence is one region that I had never been to. It was too early for blooming fields of lavender and dramatic Bollywood inspired runs through them (my stepmom says that all Bollywood films have a scene of a woman running through a mustard field, her hair the object of the wind's desire, but her face ruffled because of heartbreak), but the amount of artichokes more than satisfied my craving for beautiful plants that happen to be both edible and purple. I was still able to stock up on some lavender honey though, that and enough inspiration to certainly want to make plans to go back.
I promise to tell you more soon, but for now I'm just popping in. I'll be back with both tales of la belle ville en Provence as well as two simple recipes, one vegan and one not, for hollandaise sauce just in time for Spargel season. In other words, spring has finally reached Germany.
À bientôt.


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Charming and festive.......perfect for the holidays!
POCA & POCA is a young and emerging fashion brand from Poland founded in 2010 by Karolina Gniewek who brings her overall creative vision to the brand through her exceptional style, use of unique fabrics and eye for detail.
all images: Poca & Poca


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Sunday, March 29, 2015
Time Shifter
Since it was laundry time I thought it was only fitting that I use the bleach technique. I've used this technique before and really enjoy it! And since Spring is nearly 'springing' I went with flowers. Yes - it was frigidly cold last week (and Friday we had snow flurries) - but hope and buds spring eternal!
Laundry Card
~Base card - PaperTrey Ink Lemon Tart
~Green card stock stamped using Hero Arts Large Blossom with Versamark and white embossing powder - flower petals colored using Copics
~Die cut sentiment
Challenges | Inspirations
Just Us Girls - photo inspiration
AAA - Easter colors
Blessings Ink - anything goes
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Here's to creating a time budget, sticking to my time budget, and always being open to transferring time from the 'cleaning and organizing' column to the Bubble column! How is that for creative bookkeeping!?
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Absolutely gorgeous Nancy. Beautiful colours and stamp. Great technique - one I haven't done for a while. So glad you squeezed some time to share your card for our challenge this week at Just Us Girls. Love it!ReplyDelete
Such a good idea to sandwich laundry with card making - must make a dull activity speed by! Thanks for sharing at AAA Cards.ReplyDelete
Your "tadah" card is sensational and so beautiful Nancy! Love it. Sounds like you're really staying busy with work but that's ok as long as you like the job.ReplyDelete
I haven't been around much lately due to hubby being ill. Will be back in the swing of things soon.
Your card is stunning. I love the technique you used, and you have colored the flowers so beautifully. Thank you for joining our 'Spring is in the Air' challenge at Creative Knockouts.ReplyDelete
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Spotted your card at AAA Challenge, thought I would pop over and let you know your card is beautiful! Love it. AndreaReplyDelete
This is a super technique Nancy....one I need to re-visit! Love your end results...a really beauty! Thanks for playing along with us at Just Us Girls Nancy!ReplyDelete
Gorgeoous!!! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards "Easter" Colors!!!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous colored flowers! Very Springy :) Thanks for joining in at AAA!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card - love the floral element. Thanks for joining us for our Use a Die Polkadoodles ChallengeReplyDelete
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Wow this is just gorgeous! Thanks for playing at AAA Cards!ReplyDelete
Stunning creation thanks for joining the fun over at Polkadoodles and good luck.ReplyDelete


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Jo was project manager and expedition skipper of United Nations recognised global solutions-driven awareness campaign on ocean plastic that reached millions of people.
The Plastiki crew designed and built the world's first closed-loop design ocean going sailing boat – ie: using only sustainably sourced, reusable or recyclable materials. We wanted to give our boat design the biggest test imaginable. So we sailed her for 3 months over 8,000miles across the world's largest ocean – the Pacific. The method behind the madness being if we can design a fully reusable boat then everyday products could follow suit.
12,000 used plastic bottles provided the boats buoyancy and attracted the curiosity of the world's media – we became known as 'the plastic bottle boat'. The super structure was made from a low toxicity, recyclable material that was developed and tested through the project.
The United Nations recognized that Plastiki had formed a creative engagement platform that invited curious people to come together to explore. The hurdles we jumped over resulted in new inventions, like the high performance sailcloth made from old drinks bottles and the Honey and Cashew nut glue, that are now on the market.
We have misunderstood our relationship with plastic. We need to adopt a new one – one where we appreciate it's value. A product's entire lifecycle on the planet should be mapped out before it's first application is even born. We need to take our lead from nature's design principles – where there is a constant cycle of death and rebirth. Nothing is wasted.
If we can design a boat with this philosophy in mind – surely we can design every day products like a toothbrush with this philosophy in mind.
Plastiki's partners included Hewlett Packard, Inmarsat, Nike, Khiels, IWC and Harken who all made commitments to understand their use of plastic and reduce their impact on the sea.
TIME magazine voted the Plastiki as one of 2010's top inventions. You can read more about the design through this article in Wired Magazine. National Geographic produced a two-part documentary on the build process and the expedition.
Jo project managed the build and skippered the Plastiki for David De Rothschild, prior to launching Common Seas. Her Tedx talk discusses the expedition in more detail.
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A letter writer made this statement: "I hate welfare and dependence on government."
That attitude lacks an understanding of how government and capitalism work. John Maynard Keynes said, "Capitalism has the incredible belief that the wickedest of men will do the wickedest of things for the greater good of everyone."
Business leaders recognize problems within capitalism, mostly the ambiguity of reinventing themselves to sustain profits. Capitalism has downturns. Karl Marx got a lot wrong about Marxism, but he got a lot right about capitalism. He believed business leaders would easily exploit workers during economic downturns. During those downturns, government must do its part until business regains its momentum. Government has to keep sufficient economic conditions for solvency. That is infrastructure. Infrastructure is the cement for capitalism.
Taxpayers' money flows to police officers, firefighters, the military and school teachers. Even welfare recipients play a role in this economic scheme. These people depend on government, and capitalism depends on them for momentum. Dependents' paychecks flow to merchants, and that's a good idea, especially when buying goods produced by American manufacturers and American farmers.
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Keep in mind the largest number of unemployed comes from the private sector. Here lies a problem: The less private enterprise we have, the more government will grow. Until the wickedest-of-men stop taking tax dollars (trickle down) and moving jobs to other countries for greater profits, we will have an imbalance, and surely we will fail.
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Lindsay Lohan Refuses 'Million Dollar Decorators' Big Reveal
In addition to being broke, owing the IRS a metric ton of cash and in some rather steep legal trouble, Lindsay Lohan is also causing waves for the Bravo network. She took part in an episode of a show called "Million Dollar Decorators" in which they gave her $200,000 worth of furnishings for her Beverly Hills home. The only problem? She went radio silent when it came time to film the big reveal.
She reportedly agreed to film the show in exchange for the free goodies, but also part of the deal was allowing the camera crews back in to tape her reaction to the renovations. She is said to be renting the place out for a whopping $8,000 per month and her lease is up in February.
Lindsay cooperated with the producers of the show to film the furniture shopping portion of the show back in March. Now that the changes have been made, she has stopped all communications with the show's producers. They said that the house was too messy to be filmed and the producers are currently trying to cobble together footage to air.
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Marlon Brando (1924)
It was on this date, April 3, 1924 that the American actor some consider one of the greatest of the 20th century, Marlon Brando (Jr.), was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the offspring of alcoholic parents. He was reared by his grandmother, a Christian Scientist, from the age of 11, but was never very religious himself. Brando is best remembered as a "method" actor and for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), as Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952), as Mark Antony in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1953), and his Academy Award-winning performance as Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972).
A crusader for civil rights and American Indian rights, Brando contributed large sums to various favored causes. He donated money to Michael Jackson's Heal the World Foundation in 1992, for example. He and Jackson were friends up until the actor's death – he had been suffering from obesity and diabetes – on 1 July 2004 at age 80 in Los Angeles, California.
In 1990, Brando's son, Christian, was indicted for murdering his sister's boyfriend, though he claimed it was a drunken accident. Christian was sentenced to 10 years and was released in five. As a witness at his trial in 1991, Brando refused to take an oath to tell the truth before God, claiming he is an atheist. Instead, his testimony was admitted under affirmation—which, in a presumably secular judicial system, would seem a sensible method for admitting testimony in all cases!
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Tom Brady will be remembered for a lot of accomplishments, none of which concern his cooking habits. Don't let that fool you, though, Brady is actually a Grade A chef.
That's at least true when it comes to cooking up a mean breakfast, according to Cardinals kicker Jay Feely, who was a teammate and roomate of Brady at Michigan in 1997 and 1998.
"There was a summer we lived together and now-Congressman Jon Runyan, we subletted his house," Feely said, according to the Boston Herald. "And there was always a fight about who was going to do dishes. Tommy was always good at making pancakes. We'd make him get up and make us all breakfast."
Well, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so it's good to see Brady was looking out for his teammates even during his college days. When asked about his pancake expertise, Brady told AZFamily.com, "Well my kids like 'em."
The Patriots quarterback, who is apparently also a neat freak, wasn't just a top-notch cook while at Michigan. Feely said that women were another one of Brady's strong suits in college.
"The only inkling I had was he was good with women from his college days. So it doesn't surprise me, his success in that department," Feely said. "He was always good with the ladies."
Feely also called Brady one of the "nicest, kindest guys you've ever met," so clearly someone's looking for a free breakfast while in New England this weekend.
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Home of the Ohio State Fiddling Contest.
Held annually in August in Nelsonville in the historic Public Square - The Parade of The Hills has become one of the states premiere family festivals.
You will be treated to great family entertainment, regional art and home cooking, concessions, midway, carnival, Pie Contest Auction, 5 K run, Kids Street Games, Kids Athletic Day, Parades, The Ohio State Fiddling Contest, and free nightly entertainment.
We feature three parades beginning at 6PM; Wednesdays Welcome Home Parade, Thursdays Bicycle Parade and Saturdays Grand Parade.
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Lately I've found in me a new determination that I can reach my goals and more importantly change myself. I think it probably has come from being sick and having to do drastic life changes with my back up against the wall. Once you do what others can't and find success strung together you start to see obstacles being overcome as just a matter of time. I know I can learn to do things differently because I have. Now I just have the pleasure of deciding what to do and seeing it done. That's how I'm going to look at this year.
Christmas went well this year. I think my sister and I were determined to have a proper one and did all of the steps deliberately. Including going to A Christmas Carol: A Rockin' New Musical live downtown. This was the first Christmas with two dogs in the family. Lucy is my sister's dog and Sophie is of course my parents'. Lucy is the new one. The beagle. But she is older than Sophie. I got them both presents this year and they liked them in their doggie fashion. Eat, destroy, repeat. (insert "look at their widdle faces" comment here)
Animal minds are simple, and therefore sharp. Animals never spend time dividing experience into little bits and speculating about all the bits they've missed. The whole panoply of the universe has been neatly expressed to them as things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. This frees the mind from unnecessary thoughts and gives it a cutting edge where it matters. Your normal animal, in fact, never tries to walk and chew gum at the same time. – Terry Pratchett
I spotted this new sign along the construction area near the trail by where I work. Nice bat sign. While on this walk I worked my way down Cesar Chavez and was walking about five paces behind a couple of middle aged hotel workers who were headed home. One guy looked back to see who was behind him and he saw my Seattle Seahawks shirt I wear every day after a win. We started to chat about football and the Seahawks. He was a 49ers fan, but in Austin we are all immigrants and used to fragmentation of the fandom. People get along about sports I find. It was one of my better conversations. We all talked for a good fifteen minutes until our paths separated again. Between work and my limited social life due to the inconveniences of how I'm sick I don't actually get to talk to the Everyman in Austin much but every time I do it's a lot of fun.
A slice of America (the world really) got addicted to the podcast Serial this Fall. I listen to podcasts every day at work be it sports, news, science, or fun stuff like How Things Work, This American Life, America's Test Kitchen, and Things You Missed in History Class. So when This American Life ran the first episode of Serial of course I was hooked and subscribed to it as well. The format of This American Life spread between 12 parts was perfect. I don't have a lot of thoughts on the case itself besides a general certainty that "Jay lies" and a hope that the Innocence Project and DNA testing sheds some light on it all. The issues surrounding an appeal needs a home run like that to even get off the ground so it is hard for me to consider the "he said she said" of circumstantial evidence too much as that has no effect on anything legally. So that is that. Science or bust. 2014 was the Year of The Trunk Pop. Hopefully 2015 brings indisputable evidence.
Because of Serial I read Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test. It was a good, short read that introduced names and history that could lead off into other rabbit trails. It also introduced paranoia and armchair diagnosis, but that's for another time. Anyway, that's how learning works for me as an adult. Something entertaining brings me in. I look for a general book on the subject. Then use that to find more specific topics.
I just finished Netflix's Marco Polo for example. It was much better than the critics said. Not perfect, but interesting. Beyond the story, it included a cast of terrific Asian actors that isn't usually assembled for a Western tv series. Much like how the cast makeup of Orange is a New Black isn't the norm for female actresses too. Netflix makes interesting choices. And now that I'm into the subject I'm going to track down a book on Marco Polo. Who knows where that will take me.
I have some new projects in the works this year. New infographics I've been thinking about. I started my 2015 Seattle Reign poster early. (see last year's poster) There are no new kits released yet to illustrate, but I went ahead and knocked out Keelin Winters and Kim Little as well as updated the other three a bit into a new poster. Hopefully the roster doesn't take an unexpected turn. When the new kits come out I'll update the rest, maybe revisit the background depending on the kits, and release the poster. Until then here they are cheezin.


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Earlier on this week a Folksy member started a thread about some really cute work she had found while browsing the site. The shop she featured was Emu Art, a new shop to Folksy. As I'm a bit nosy I had to go and have a look 🙂 and look what I found! If you click on the photos you will be taken to the items shown and from there you can look round the rest of the shop.
I simply had to buy one of these as it was too cute to resist 🙂 and it was delivered today. I'm really happy with it and it looks better in real life than it did in the photos. All I have to do now is decide which set of keys I'll be putting on it.
Other gorgeous items include these cute little Penguins. This Penguin 'Pile Up' will look great in anyone's home this coming Christmas.
And I also love these lovely little Snowmen Christmas Tree Decorations and will be back to buy some decorations for my Christmas tree soon. These even match my current colour theme for my Christmas Tree 🙂
All of these pieces are totally handcrafted by their designer using polymer clay, and can be varnished at no extra cost if you want. Why not pop over to her shop and take a peek, you won't be disappointed.


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Hullo and happy Wednesday everyone!
I have been a little slow on updates of late, and for that, I apologize. I am going to make a concerted effort to update this website two to three times a week. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in all likelihood.
So let's get to it.
I have spent much of the past week and a half looking at content, characters, and narration in Darkness Rising. There is a lot that I can use in content and characters, with some significant readjustments to narration (which we have all known is coming for awhile). But there is also a lot of room to grow. I had roughly 9,000 words to work with before my soft cap of 100,000 total words. There are entire pages that I have stripped from the narrative (for reasons of redundancy and shameless padding). In its place I have plans for entirely new chapters and characters that did not before appear in Darkness Rising.
Though first let's talk about chapters.
Darkness Rising had some very long chapters. In some cases ridiculously long (almost 11,000 words for Blood on the Mountain). Also, within chapters were multiple perspectives. I have broken down these chapters into smaller, more manageable chunks. For example, what was first Sins of the Father (Elan's trek into Serenity to visit the Healer, the Healer receiving a strange visitor that night, and a brief scene involving Mordred and Aleksander in Isil). That chapter has now been split into three parts (of course retaining the perspectives of Elan, Sebastien, and Mordred) now called Bloodlines (Elan), Dark Prophecy (Sebastien), and Pupils in the Dark (Mordred).
Some of you will see some sense in this, while others may say, 'Wait! The scene with Mordred is only a few short paragraphs. That will be a chapter now?!' Yes and no. There are instances where I am making chapters out of very short scenes. Those scenes will be expanded upon. There will be some shorter chapters (1,000 to 2,000 words) but I won't go any smaller. Recall above that I have eliminated scenes for reasons of redundancy. I am using that new found space to create more compelling story telling for scenes that deserve it. I think the result will be very satisfying.
Below, as a treat, I am listing all of my new chapter names with the perspective character in parenthesis:
Prologue: The Coming Calamity (Jophiel I)
1 The Arrival (Aleksander I)
2 Bloodlines (Elan I)
3 Dark Prophecy (Sebastien I)
4 Pupils in the Dark (Mordred I)
5 Landfall (Rafael I)
6 Wings of the Harpy (Daniel I)
7 Gateway to the North (Rafael II)
8 Order of Light (Elan II)
9 The Crystal Throne (Johnathan I)
10 Secret Counsels (Aerona I)
11 The Will of the Overlord (Daniel II)
12 Gift of the Sands (Johnathan II)
13 Soul of the Faithful (Lutessa I)
14 Servants Unseen (Aleksander II)
15 A Place of Sin (Elan III)
16 A Test of Patience (Rafael III)
17 Hardened Hearts (Elan IV)
18 A Weary Traveler (Jophiel II)
19 The Veil Drops (Elan V)
20 The Storm Begins (Aerona II)
21 Desperate Knights (Rafael IV)
22 The Observers (Daniel III)
23 Failure and Retribution (Rafael V)
24 A Knight's Errand (Aleksander III)
25 Sacred Halls (Rachel I)
26 Premonitions (Aleksander IV)
27 The Wasteland (Elan VI)
28 Choices of the Lord Commander (Rafael VI)
29 The Descent (Johnathan III)
30 Valley of Bones (Elan VII)
31 The Last Stand (Black Wrath I)
32 Treasures Unlooked For (Ashleigh I)
33 Oaths (Johnathan IV)
34 An Unlikely Union (Elan VIII)
35 Breaching the Walls (Johnathan V)
36 Waking Nightmares (Elan IX)
37 Sacrifice (Rafael VII)
38 The Darkness Rising (Johnathan VI)
Epilogue: The Dark Will (Amos I)
Yes, that is forty total chapters. No, the book is not massively long. Chapters could be as short as 1,000 words, and will not be longer than 4,500 words (my soft upper limit from Sea of Storms and Heart of the Sand). This book may wind up being longer than the two that follow it, but I don't think that would bother anyone (particularly since my price point will be the same, regardless of length).
There are a few things that I want to point towards, if you have not noticed it. There are three brand new Daniel Baccan chapters, two additional Aerona Harkan chapters, and one additional Aleksander Avrill chapter. That is the major new change for the final pass. Everything else is merely revising, polishing, and refining.
Why was that change made? I wanted to introduce my two main Islanders more thoroughly and establish each character's motivations more clearly. I will not go into spoilers here, but it should give rise to what Daniel Baccan is reflecting on prior to his actions in Sea of Storms, and when Aerona Harkan emerges from the Islands in this book, her impact should be much more profound. In the case of Aleksander, it further pushes Mordred's machinations in Isil.
That is what I have for you today. That's a lot to digest. I think these changes are going to be very positive. I can't wait for everyone to see them in the coming months!


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This hands-on collaborative art workshop will give you new insights into the creative process; improve your understanding of creative problem solving skills; shed light on the nature of true collaboration; and be ridiculously fun.
Artist and Creativity Coach Sarah Bush will walk participants through a simple but powerful art making exercise that will highlight the thinking process that lies within the act of creating while simultaneously helping people to see and move past the assumptions they may make while solving design problems.
Within each step of the workshop, participants will also be continually collaborating with each other as they collage and solve design problems at the same time. The workshop's format respects both the introvert and extrovert and provides a compelling example of how to balance the benefits of private, individual creativity with the strengths of interaction and connection by turning the creative process into a conversation.
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This is a very interesting tool to study biographies in a different way.
With Fakebook you can invent a profile of any historical or fictional character. Your result will be a Facebook-like page!
You can add images, links, videos, "friends", comments and "likes"!
You can add images, links, videos, "friends", comments and "likes"!
I think it could be very useful to study history or literature.
Below you can see some Fakebook pages:
Below you can see some Fakebook pages:
Nelson Mandela
Bill Gates
(http://thetravellingteachers.blogspot.it/2014/01/holocaust-memorial-day-january-27th.html) so the Fakebook page is about the period between king George V death and the outbreack of world war II.
There are some quotes, original pictures and links to original videos, as well. Have fun!
Now choose a historical character or a celebrity and
enjoy creating your own fakebook page!