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Sustainable Oil Palm Farming / Weighing and transportation
Download: Module 2: Harvesting, Grading, Transport
- 1 Goal
- 2 Standard
- 3 Timing
- 4 Frequency
- 5 Labour time required
- 6 Equipment and materials
- 7 Who
- 8 How
- 9 Data recording
- 10 Acknowledgements
- Be able to keep good track of the production per plantation;
- Know exactly how much is produced, and of what quality;
- Be able to effectively transport the fresh fruit bunches and loose fruits from the field to the mill as soon as possible;
- Be able to get optimum oil quantity and quality.
- The yield of each plantation is recorded separately and clearly;
- The number of poor-quality bunches is recorded clearly and precisely;
- Fresh fruit bunches are transported to the mill on the same day as harvesting and no more than 24 hours after harvesting;
- All fresh fruit bunches arrive at the mill in good condition;
- No fresh fruit bunches or loose fruits are lost in transport.
- Usually on the same day as harvesting.
- Sometimes on the morning after harvesting — but the bunches must arrive at the mill within 24 hours after harvesting.
Once every 7—10 days, depending on the harvesting frequency.
Labour time required
- Weighing individually: 30 minutes per field;
- Weighing as cooperative: one morning or afternoon per kelompok;
- Transport time (and therefore labour requirement) depends on the distance to the mill and the road condition.
Equipment and materials
- Weighing and yield recording:
- - Tripod with hanging scales (see Figure 8);
- - Tray or net to hold the fresh fruit bunches and the loose fruits;
- - Notebooks and stationary.
- Transport from the field to the collection place:
- - Car or motorbike with carrying baskets.
- Transport from the collection place to the mill:
- - Good truck;
- - Net to cover the truck;
- - Loading hooks or stakes;
- - Buckets or empty fertiliser bags for loose fruits (see Figure 7).
- Weighing and yield recording:
- - Farmers and their family; or
- - Assigned members of the cooperative; or
- - Trader/middleman, closely supervised by the farmer.
- Transport from the field to the collection place (if necessary):
- - Farmers and their family or hired labourers.
- - Transport from the collection place to the mill:
- - Truck crew;
- - Trader/middleman.
Sorting and weighing harvested fresh fruit bunches
|Step 1.
|Count the total number of bunches.
|Step 2.
| Check each bunch to make sure it is good quality and note the number of 'bad bunches' according to the categories below (see Section 3):
Cut off any remaining long stalks (a waste of money!) and remove fresh fruit bunches that are too bad to sell (e.g. empty, very unripe).
|Step 3.
|Weigh all the fresh fruit bunches harvested in the plantation (including the bad bunches that can still be sold) and write down the total weight of the bunches.
|Step 4.
|Weigh the loose fruits and record the total weight.
|Step 5.
|Record in a notebook:
Ensure the record includes farmer name, date, time, and the field that was harvested.
Operating cooperative collection areas
If the cooperative sells the fresh fruit bunches directly to the mill, it may establish 'collection areas' where member farmers with nearby plantations can deliver their fresh fruit bunches once every 10 days (see Figure 9). In the collection area, bunches are sorted and weighed.
The cooperative should assign members who are responsible for the activities in the collection area and should provide all the tools required for the weighing and recording activities (such as scales and notebooks).
Transport of fresh fruit bunches from the plantation to the cooperative collection area is usually by car or motorbike. It can be useful if farmers mark their fresh fruit bunches before transporting them to the collection area.
Selling to traders or middlemen
When selling directly to traders or middlemen it is important to:
- Keep clear personal records of the total number of fresh fruit bunches, the number of 'bad' bunches, the total bunch weight and the loose fruit weight;
- Be present when the weighing and sorting takes place in order to be sure about the results.
Just relying on the records of the trader or middleman is not a good idea, because it is important to know exactly how much was produced and earned.
Transporting fresh fruit bunches from the collection area to the mill
Transport to the mill is generally arranged through the cooperative or the middleman. If transport is arranged individually, then the farmer needs to carry out all activities which are usually the responsibility of the cooperative. If transport is arranged by a middleman, then it is not the responsibility of the farmer.
|Step 1.
|Purchase or hire good trucks. Check trucks regularly for issues that need repair. Hire truck staff along with the truck or arrange in the cooperative.
|Step 2.
|Stack fruit bunches into the truck carefully and neatly (see Figure 10). Place loose fruits in the middle of the truck so they are not lost during transport.
|Step 3.
|Discard fresh fruit bunches that cannot be sold (e.g. empty, rotten). Cut remaining long stalks to less than 2 cm before loading.
|Step 4.
|When the truck is full, place a cover net over the load to ensure safety and prevent loss of fresh fruit bunches. Note: net covers are mandatory by law in Indonesia.
|Step 5.
|Ensure the fresh fruit bunches are transported to the mill on the same day, or at the latest at the beginning of the following day (within 24 hours from harvest to mill).
Data recording
|Number of bad bunches
The material from Weighing and transportation is sourced from Smallholder Oil Palm Handbook and put together by Lotte Suzanne Woittiez (Wageningen Universit) and Haryono Sadikin, Sri Turhina, Hidayat Dani, Tri Purba Dukan, and Hans Smit (SNV) in August 2016. See Module 2: Harvesting, Grading, Transport for more information.


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Wednesday, 25 January 2017
2.5 - Time Passes
"I promise, Octavia, I'm going to make everything better," Cemre whispered, rocking his daughter to sleep. He sat with her in his arms for hours, even Laura gave up waiting and went to bed. Cemre didn't know how much longer he had to cuddle his little girl, but he wanted to make the most of it.
The next morning, Laura woke up to a note laying on Cemre's pillow. She was mad. She crumpled the page up, throwing it on the floor before she left the room to go get Octavia.
It wasn't until Octavia was changed, fed, and having fun in her swing, that Laura allowed herself to think about Cemre's letter.
She didn't care how much money they had. They could have had nothing and Laura would have been beyond happy. Now, her baby girl would have to grow up without her daddy. There was a lot more to life than money. Something Laura vowed to teach her daughter.
"Hi, you must be Laura, I'm Melisandra. I really don't have time to tell you much about what's going on, but you're the last family that needs to be evacuated. So please, please, just go with me on this. I would rather not have to use any magic on you," Melisandra spoke without breathing between her words. At the end, she gasped a bit for air.
Laura just stared at her. "Excuse me?"
Before Melisandra could say anything else, Brendan walked out behind Laura. "Laura, don't argue. Just go with her. I have Octavia. We're ready."
Melisandra smiled gratefully at Brendan. She reached out and grasping one of Brendan's and one of Laura's, they disappeared.
Melisandra sat outside, allowing the family to look around the house themselves. Until they had time to build some more houses, this was the last open one with enough room for the three. It was also Melisandra's home. Not that she used the actual building at all, she had a little fairy house in the backyard that she used. Occasionally, when Sapphire wasn't busy flitting all over the place, she visited too.
Silently, Laura sat down next to Mel on the swing. "It's a very pretty house," she offered. Mel gave her a look that Laura didn't catch.
"It was mine. Not that I ever used it. But we all have a place to call our own, though most don't use them."
Laura looked at her in shock. But before she could protest them staying there, Melisandra continued.
"We don't actually have enough room for everyone, so some have given up their homes. Those that live mostly in other realms. None of us mind."
Laura decided to not argue the point. She tugged on her sweater for a moment, trying to think of something to say. Melisandra noticed her fidgeting, though thought it meant she was too warm.
"I have some clothes you can change into. I forgot we were going from winter where you were to summer here. Our seasons here are weird."
Once changed, Laura and Melisandra sat down to begin what would soon become a nightly ritual.
Time went by rather slowly to Laura, though it passed very quickly. Her brother had a little boy with Poppy, they named him Reed. Poppy didn't like Laura, so she had yet to meet her nephew. Reed was actually a couple months older then Octavia.
Octavia so far hadn't fussed at all for Cemre. Something Laura was thankful for. Laura on the other hand, was still mad at Cemre. For the way he left them. For the way he had forced their sudden move. Melisandra explained everything to her.
Finally, Octavia's birthday arrived. Once Laura learned that Theo wouldn't be able to bring Reed to a party, she opted to not have one. So it was just Laura, Octavia, Brendan and Melisandra who celebrated.
NOTE: There originally was a huge storyline before this point. But the lag in my other town was horrible. It took over an hour just to make it through one sim day. Plus the snow was bothering me. It didn't have the snow texture, instead it looked like the grass had bubbled up.
So, instead, I just skipped past it. I do have an idea for how this generation will play out. Here's hoping it'll work!
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Being an apparently seasoned blogger with a commitment to supplying the latest gossip and up to the minute updates I suppose it was expected of me to put something together with regard to my visit to the Practical Classics Renovation show at the NEC which occurred over the weekend. And so it was that I received my ticket in good time only to discover the day before that the ticket had gone missing and with batteries for the camera fully charged I managed to arrive at the NEC sans memory cards. Not to worry I could always phone home except I had also managed to leave my phone at home too. Oh well, you will just have to take my word for it when stating how fabulous it was to visit the show.
The show was held in two on the many Halls at the NEC which indicates it probably wasn't a massive event. A quarter of one of the halls was turned over to an auction for "barn find" cars. It surprises me just how many barns are left undiscovered in a country equipped with more surveillance cameras per capita than any other in the civilised world, let alone the numerous Aston Martins and Rolls Royces' left to fester in them. In fact, part of my manifesto for leader of the world will make claiming barn find vehicles punishable by death. Parking a knackered Nova in a garage for two years whilst enthusiastically contemplating making it road worthy does not qualify as making a barn find when you come to move it after being evicted by the council.
The majority of the first hall was turned over to autojumble stalls with the odd exception of a few well known retailers. I had a whale of a time browsing through their offerings although I had a very strict shopping list required for the midge project their was no harm in having a look. It was at this point when I happened across Chris Barrie cutting a slightly strange figure dressed in a tweed suit, I decided not to engage him in conversation as he reminded me too much of a Tory for me to feel comfortable in his company. Hopefully it was an act. Other notable celebrities on show were Edd China, Mike Brewer and Fuzz Townsend. None of which were wearing Tweed but similarly I avoided talking to them as I am clearly not worthy. Mike Brewer came across as a genuinely nice guy, Edd came across as a bigger celebrity than I thought he would and Fuzz had a great hat.
I can't help feeling a number of companies that should have been there and weren't have missed a trick. There is certainly more than a passing interest in car renovation, classic vehicles and getting your hands dirty but the industry innovators were largely missing and that is a shame as Britain is a nation of tinkerers looking for something to make their own and this show was an ideal platform to give them direction.
In my next blog I hope I will have put some of my purchases to good use as I expect to get the chassis painted and the brake and fuel lines replaced. Well there's hoping.


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Korean War veterans remembered
Milton, MA- The war that is forgotten on longer, the Korean conflict, was the highlight of the Veteran's Day ceremonies held November 11 on the Town Hall green. On a sunny but windy morning, several hundred people gathered at the Baron Hugo Gazebo to honor veterans.
This article by David Johnson can be read in its entirety in the Thursday, November 17 edition of the Milton Times.


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Lew Ayres
Life Path Number 4
Lew Ayres was a male celebrity.
He was born on Monday December 28th 1908, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
Lew Ayres is practical, down to earth with strong ideas about right and wrong. He is orderly and organized, systematic and controlled. Decisive and methodical Lew is employing a step by step rational approach to problems solving, and once committed - he does not give up easily!
Ayres is not one for "get rich quick" schemes. Seeking to establish a solid foundation, Lew Ayres would rather use hard work and long hours to build a business or career. Precise, tenacious and persevering, he has great potential for success, but only after putting out effort and overcoming the limitations he so often encounters. Justice and honesty are sacred to Lew. He is reliable and dependable, a cornerstone in the community.
Though not an idealist, Lew Ayres is willing to work for a better world in a realistic way. However, he can be rigid in his ideas and sometimes too quick in judging his fellow man. He is loyal to those he loves and works well with others. It is important that while being part of a team Ayres has his own responsibility and well-defined task; he performs better when his responsibilities are not overlapping with those of others. Lew Ayres has to be careful not to be bossy and rude. He possesses rare discipline and perseverance and not everyone can keep up with him.
Lew can handle money carefully and likes the security of a nest egg.
Ayres' love of work often leads him into a career early in life. Because of his methodical nature Lew can easily become rigid and stuck in convention. He can also be overly cautious when changes are necessary, this can cause him to miss opportunities that present themselves. Lew Ayres must cultivate flexibility in his character. He is well suited for marriage and often becomes a responsible loving parent. However, anything that violates Lew's profound sense of order, such as separation or divorce can be a shattering experience for him. Lew Ayres easily becomes obsessed and even vengeful, seeking his own definition of justice.
Lew is courageous and a true survivor. He is a builder and the foundation of any enterprise. His hard work and practical, traditional values pay off to provide Lew Ayres with the rewards he seeks and deserves.
You and Lew
About Lew's Life Path number
If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Lew Ayres' birth. In that instant, Lew stepped through a door in time into a new reality - the reality of human life. The most critical number in Ayres' numerology chart is based on the date of his birth - the moment when the curtain went up in Lew Ayres' life.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Celebration Giveaway!
67 comments:
- My Blessed Serendipity Life said...
Congratulations on being published. How exciting for you. I love your beautiful collage piece. Please enter me.
- September 19, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Artfully Musing said...
Congrats!!! I would love to win your prize. Laura
- September 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- 1CardCreator said...
Congratulations Cindy, you totally deserve the recognition!
- September 19, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Daniella said...
Awesome Cindy! Congratulations to you!!
- September 19, 2011 at 12:09 PM
- Ruffles and Relics said...
congratulations to you.. how neat that must be!!
- September 19, 2011 at 12:15 PM
I would LOVE to win your beautiful card! <3
Laurie Beaudette
- September 19, 2011 at 12:16 PM
- Cindy said...
Wow, Cindy, congratulations, AGAIN!! You're awesome, my friend! And this piece is totally gorgeous! I love the colors of fall and the key! xoxo
- September 19, 2011 at 12:26 PM
- The Bear's Blog said...
Congratulations again, Cindy. There is no stopping you!!! I am so happy for you.
Yes, please enter me in your giveaway. The collage is wonderful and would fit perfectly in my fall decorations.
- September 19, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- T's Daily Treasures said...
Hey Cindy, congrats on your e-books and on being published. You are one busy bee! Lovely collage, but don't enter me -- the mail system here is a joke. I'm still waiting for things from the States -- one package mailed in June. :/ Have been waiting 5 weeks on something from London. Very frustrating indeed. Have a great week. Tammy
- September 19, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- craftattack said...
Congrats on being published again! I would love to take part in your draw! Valerie
- September 19, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Dorthe said...
Congratulations, Cindy- how great fro you, dear.
your collage is wonderful-I love the pink-yellow tones- and June`s image.
XOX -Dorthe
- September 19, 2011 at 1:48 PM
- jacirascrap said...
Sim...adoraria estar em seu giveaway!! Seu trabalho está super outono!!! Beijos!
- September 19, 2011 at 1:53 PM
- Lululiz said...
Oh Cindy, more exciting news, how wonderful!
- September 19, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- Becky~ said...
Congrats to you Cindy.What happy news for you.Simply so nice.
I adore your giveaway and its soo fall,just lovely.I would love to win,Im in the process of decorating.Please count me in!
Happy new week!
- September 19, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- NanaDiana said...
Hi Cindy- Because I am already blessed with one of your beautiful creations I will ask you to NOT sign me up for the giveaway...but I did want to say Congratulations! How wonderful...xo Diana
- September 19, 2011 at 2:45 PM
- Myric said...
Bon jour Cindy!
Your blog is lovely and I couldn't wait to read your book about Blogging. I would love to win your giveaway!
- September 19, 2011 at 2:51 PM
- suziqu's thread works said...
Oh Cindy Congratulations on all these
publications! Your precious efforts are being rewarded for your gorgeous creativity. Those autumn shades are so soft and subdued and look so beautiful with that beautiful image.
Love and hugs,
- September 19, 2011 at 3:35 PM
- Kate said...
How exciting to have your work published! Congrats! Your collage is beautiful! I love the fall colors. Please enter me in your giveaway! I would be thrilled if I won! Love your blog!
- September 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM
- Netty said...
Congratulations on getting published again Cindy, thats brilliant news.
Loving your beautiful autumnal vintage tag. Annette x
- September 19, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- Debby said...
Congratulations. Beautiful work.
- September 19, 2011 at 6:33 PM
- Faerie Moon Creations said...
Congratulations, Cindy!!! That is really excellent news. I love your autumn piece. :) I'm in the process of decorating for fall. Little by little, you know? :) Have a great week!
- September 19, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- La said...
Congratulations, Sweetie. I can't think of anyone more deserving.
I hope all is well with you. La
- September 19, 2011 at 6:59 PM
Cindy, this is beautiful. Although autumn is my favorite season by far, I would love for someone else to receive this. My mom visited this weekend and I was thrilled to show her all of your beautiful tags and gifts throughout our home.
Congratulations again on being published.
Much love,
- September 19, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
Congrats my friend! I'm so happy for you! And yes...I would be thrilled to win your beautiful creation! I could make another shadow box! heehee! Hugs! ♥
- September 19, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- Gabriela Delworth said...
- September 19, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- Inspire Others said...
Congratulations my friend!
Does feels great when you see your own artworks being published in a well known publication, it's exciting!. Love the collage too☺☺☺
Happy Creating,
- September 19, 2011 at 7:47 PM
- Julie Tucker-Wolek said...
CONGRATS on the PUB! That is AWESOME I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee your hanging! I would love the chance to win!! GORGEOUS !:):):):):):):):):):):)
- September 19, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- Createology said...
Congratulations Cindy. Your Autumn collage is beautiful and I would be honored to be included in your drawing. Blissful inspiration...
- September 19, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- Tara said...
Wow how wonderful for you..Yes please enter me.It's gorgeous..xx
- September 19, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- bichonpawz said...
Decorating for Fall is so fun isn't it?? I just love decorating for each of the seasons. Your collage is gorgeous!! Yes, I would like to be entered. Thanks so much Cindy!! Congratulations on being published...again!!
- September 19, 2011 at 11:25 PM
- AliciaArtShop said...
Congratulations on being published!! I would love a chance to win :)
- September 19, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- Tracy Suzanne said...
Well it's my lucky day. I was just coming by to say thanks for entering my giveaway Cindy and now I get to enter one. I should have been here sooner but between all I've been doing and Neil being sick I'm barely getting a post up here and there.
Congratulations on being published again. And why wouldn't they publish your wonderful work?!! I love your new fall collage.
Thanks for the chance to win.
OX's...Tracy :)
- September 20, 2011 at 12:04 AM
- Creative Grammie said...
What a gorgeous fall creation! I would love to win it.
Congrats on being published, your beautiful works of art are paying off.
I look forward to visiting your blog to see what your next creation will be and I'm never disappointed.
Thanks for sharing all that you do.
Warm hugs to you dear.
- September 20, 2011 at 3:19 AM
- The Sparkly Fairy said...
Congratulations! Your work is always so amazing. I love the autumnal colours. I would love to win this!
- September 20, 2011 at 4:18 AM
- Linda M. said...
Congratulations Cindy, Your autumn piece is very pretty! Hugs, Linda
- September 20, 2011 at 5:39 AM
Cindy huge congrats one the mag article !!!
Oh and i am sure i am not allowed to enter this but i do so adore this gorgeous piece. you are an angel for posting it and showing off these images in such gorgeous style
hugs June xxx
- September 20, 2011 at 5:48 AM
- Lynne Moncrieff said...
I am not in the least bit surprised that you are being recognised time and time again.
As for the Giveaway, you know that Serena is special in my life. June's Autumn images are stunning, aren't we so lucky to have the privilege of creating with them.
P.S. Adore your Fall decor
- September 20, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Ros said...
Many many congratulations ... So happy for you and what a beautiful collage tag ... this is stunning my friend ... Love those pretty flowers
Grateful thanks for surprising me on the Shabby Girls Blog!!! Wow! I am honoured!! Thank You!! xxx
- September 20, 2011 at 6:58 AM
- Marapuama said...
Same great tidings from you.
A wonderful pendant. It was nice to win it, but if you want to send it up to the Polish?
- September 20, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- Miss Val's Creations said...
Congratulations! This fall collage is so beautiful. I would love to be entered to win it!!! ~Val
- September 20, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- ❀ⒹⒺⒺ❀ said...
Congratulations Cindy! I am not surprised. You will be in many more magazines. Your so talented!!!
I love your new fall collage. It's so beautiful!
- September 20, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Cinner said...
Congratulations Cindy on being published again. whoooo hoooo. Please enter my name for your giveaway. your collage is so beautiful. hugs.
- September 20, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Donna said...
A BIG congrats, Cindy! Wow, I am so happy for you! How exciting! Your collage is just gorgeous, I love the graphics, and those flowers are just too beautiful! Doing the happy dance for you:)!!!
- September 20, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- Ira said...
Congratulations Cindy! They would be mad NOT to publish you, lol!! With all of your gorgeous creations!!! Love your latest collage, it's very delicate and full with the most exquisite details!! Superb! Hugs, Ira
- September 20, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- Petite Michelle Louise said...
congratulations! how wonderful!
- September 20, 2011 at 6:14 PM
- Devonay said...
The vintage tag is beautiful! Fall is my favorite season. We have our annual Heritage Days festival this weekend and I'm really excited about it! Congratulations on being published again! It couldn't happen to a nicer person!
- September 20, 2011 at 11:13 PM
- Lynn Stevens said...
Hi Cindy,Oh gosh I haven't been over for ages. A big congrats on your recent publicatrion, It couldn't have happened to a nicer person!
Now I'm off to do some catching up !
higs Lynn
- September 21, 2011 at 12:01 AM
- Lynn Stevens said...
ughhhhhh "hugs"
- September 21, 2011 at 12:01 AM
- sharon Ong said...
Congratulations on being featured!!! :) It is always inspiring to drop by your blog!
- September 21, 2011 at 12:48 AM
- Fabric Art said...
Dear Cindy, Congratulations on being published, your Autumn Collage is so beautifully made, love the colors, blogger can sometimes be really hard to work with.
Hugs Anni
- September 21, 2011 at 7:32 AM
- Terry said...
To a most deserving artist, CONGRATULATIONS! I am so happy for you, Cindy! We all know how special and generous you are and it gives us joy to share in this news! BTW, I gave you a thanks on my blog. You are just too sweet and I love you! Thank you!
- September 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Suz said...
Hooray for you!!! A well-deserved honor! Thank you so much for helping celebrate our joyous news of lat week. Someday I will write to you about your still-remembered letter. It meant so much to me...
Big hugs,
- September 21, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- FredaB said...
I would love to b e entered for the giveaway. It is beautiful.
- September 21, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- Tammy said...
Congrats!!! As always you are creating the most beautiful items. Miss seeing all your work lately.
Thank you for the kind words. It has been a busy time for me...Miss blogging like I used to. Hopefully soon I will get back in my groove.
Have a terrific rest of the week.
smiles...always, Tammy
- September 22, 2011 at 4:54 AM
- jeanie g said...
Hi Cindy love your work and would be honoured to receive one.x Jeanieg
- September 22, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Sylvia said...
Congratulations on being published . Great giveaway and I would like to invite you to mine .Enjoy the season !
- September 22, 2011 at 6:37 PM
- A Magical Whimsy said...
Hi, Cindy
I see all of my favorite ladies here on the comment post. It's fun to see the commaradeship of kindred spirits converging on the same blog.
You do have a lovely muse that draws a person to your creative blog.
Oh! and Congratulations for being published. I think we all think of being published some way, some how, some day.
Teresa in California
- September 22, 2011 at 11:46 PM
- Just me said...
Congrat's on being published!
This collage tag is gorgeous! I love the image and who doesn't love fall colors?! Thanks for the chance at winning this beauty!
- September 23, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- lvroftiques said...
Congratulations to you! I know I'm new to the party but oh how I'd love to win this beautiful Autumn Collage! So hopefully last is not least? *winks* Vanna
- September 23, 2011 at 3:32 PM
- Simply Debbie said...
This collage is so stunning. I just fell in love with it.
Have a lovely weekend
- September 23, 2011 at 11:43 PM
- Starr said...
Oh Cindy i love everything you do, of course you,ll be published!!! I missed your new shabby chic site by 1.5 hours, poo, but congratulations and keep dazzeling us!
- September 24, 2011 at 12:35 AM
- Darla said...
You are one busy gal!
- September 24, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Sherry said...
Your creations are beautiful as always and I would love to be entered. I am going to decorate for fall this morning.
- September 24, 2011 at 10:27 AM
I would love to win this beautiful hanging! Congratulations on being published!!! How awesome that is. I tried to +1 but it said my name didn't meet their policy and so I tried to fix it and then it said if I tried again all of my Google accounts would be suspended! I will never +1 ever again. It wouldn't even take my real name!
- September 24, 2011 at 11:22 AM
- CreativSpirit said...
I'd love to be entered in the draw to win your lovely collage. Thanks and congratulations.
- September 24, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- Kaye Swain - SandwichINK for the Sandwich Generation said...
WOOHOO Cindy! You go, girl! Two Kindle books AND a mag article AND this fun giveaway! How awesome! I'm hoping to work on a Kindle book of my own, when the Sandwich Generation issues of life get a bit calmer, so I'm excited to know I have a friend "in the know" about that. :) Have a blessed week!
- September 24, 2011 at 1:49 PM
- Ineke van den Akker said...
Wonderful! Love it!
- October 1, 2011 at 11:12 AM


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Transcript of Interview: Sky News PM Agenda with David Speers
15 April 2015
David Speers: The Assistant Infrastructure Minister, Jamie Briggs, joins me now. Thank you for your time.
Jamie Briggs: Hello David.
David Speers: You had warned that getting out of this deal would cost taxpayers, well, possibly more than a billion dollars. Daniel Andrews is saying it's only $339 million. Do you believe that number?
Jamie Briggs: No, and he's being very misleading. He's trying to spin his way out of what is a substantially larger figure than that. It's at the very least $420 million when you add the $81 million in addition that they've had to spend in changing the structure of the credit vehicle that they have there. To claim that it's now there for Melbourne Metro is just completely false, because there is no Melbourne Metro project at this stage. There is no actual plan, there's no route, there's no business case, so that's just a furphy. Add to that, there's at least, we understand from members of the consortium, $200 million in costs relating to how they deal with the financing arrangements, which will cost in the end, we think, at least $640 million for Victorian taxpayers. So, the deal today is at least $640 million.
There then are, of course, the costs that were already spent by the Victorian Government on the Linking Melbourne Authority, on preparations for this project, and those costs are somewhere around $200 million as well. So, the final bill for the building of no road will be somewhere around $1 billion. At the very least, today's deal is $640 million worth. Mr Andrews is being very, very fast and loose with the truth today about how much Victorian taxpayers' money he's using to do something which is unprecedented in Australia: to tear up a contract of this magnitude, to risk our international rating, our credit rating as a country. Particularly as a state, tear up 7000 jobs, all because this was some attempt to sway Greens voters in the inner-city parts of Melbourne in the Victorian election campaign.
David Speers: Okay. Well, let me just go through a couple of the numbers you mentioned there. So on top of the $339 million …firstly there's the $81 million. Now, Daniel Andrews isn't denying that number, but he says that's simply a loan facilitation fee; they'll now use that loan, the three billion, for their preferred option, the Melbourne Metro. And admittedly there is no detailed plan there yet, but that money would be spent anyway on facilitating that loan.
Jamie Briggs: Well, this is a proposal that might begin in 2018. It might begin in three years' time if they put everything together. Now, the reality with infrastructure projects in Australia-
David Speers: But it is also a project that's the number one project of Infrastructure Australia, as he points out.
Jamie Briggs: No, that's not true. No that is not true. I mean, this is a furphy. There was priority put on a previous plan back in the late 2000s from the then head of Infrastructure Australia, who's no longer with Infrastructure Australia it might be noted. It is not true that that's the number one priority of Infrastructure Australia, that is another furphy in this debate. What Infrastructure Australia-
David Speers: [Interrupts] Well, it's still there on their website. It's still on the Infrastructure Australia website, there's no mention of East West Link.
Jamie Briggs: Well, there's no mention of a Melbourne Metro project, because it doesn't exist David. What they are proposing does not exist. There is no business case, there is no plan, there is no route, we don't know how much money it would cost to build this project. It's pie in the sky. Now, it may come to fruition, and we're not necessarily against Melbourne Metro being built, but the reality now in Victoria is there is no infrastructure project, no substantial infrastructure project for three years. Compare that to Sydney, where there is…
David Speers: [Interrupts] Alright. But if they put forward-
Jamie Briggs: Hang on, hang on.
David Speers: Okay.
Jamie Briggs: Well, I was just making the point. Compare that to Sydney where there are at least four very significant projects, which are underway, which are now started and underway.
David Speers: Alright.
Jamie Briggs: NorthConnex, WestConnex Stage One, WestConnext Stage Two, and the Western Sydney Airport Plan, with the roads around that. Four very substantial projects underway. The problem for Melbourne and Victoria now is that investors are going to flee. It is a real problem for the Victorian economy; it's a real problem for jobs.
David Speers: Well, the consortium has said they're willing to look at other projects. If the Victorian Government does put forward a detailed costed plan on Melbourne Metro, are you open to funding that at all?
Jamie Briggs: We've already said, if they put forward a costed plan, an actual plan, a route, some basic details like that, an actual cost, that through the Asset Recycling initiative…They would be absolutely able to access money to do that. Now, they even say themselves that they might get to do some early works in 2018 on this project. It is at least three years away. So, the cupboard is bare in Victoria on infrastructure.
David Speers: The Federal Government is taking a position not to fund federally leased urban rail projects. Would that apply to this, or is this a different category?
Jamie Briggs: No, we've said that the Asset Recycling Initiative—like we are here in New South Wales—we'll be providing money to the Asset Recycling Initiative, when the poles and wires are sold—or leased I should say, by Premier Baird. We will be providing money which will go to another public transport rail crossing of the harbour. We are providing money for public transport. We're providing Asset Recycling Money in the ACT for public transport, David. So, that is again a story that's been created by the Labor Party.
David Speers: Getting back to the East West Link then.
Jamie Briggs: There's a fundamental issue here for Victoria and the economy, which is that the infrastructure cupboard is bare in Victoria. The emperor has no clothes. There is no project.
David Speers: Hold on. Now, just back to the East West Link and what it's going to cost—the figure that you cite there of an extra $200 million, you said the consortium have suggested to you. What is that $200 million that Daniel Andrews didn't mention today?
Jamie Briggs: Well, that's made up of the cost of the finance fees that they will have to pay for cancelling the different finance arrangements, what are called swaps, if you like. Simply, it is a fee you pay to change the finance arrangements that were put in place by the consortium to build the project. The consortium had gone to market, had funded this project. What the Victorian Government has done today is taken all that debt onto their books, and in doing that they will have a significant amount of costs. Now, Mr Andrews has not…
David Speers: So, like a penalty for breaking a home loan, for example?
Jamie Briggs: Exactly.
David Speers: The consortium have suggested that this is the fee and it's built into their arrangement to break it or change it. A $200 million fee.
Jamie Briggs: All up they understand that the cost will be about $200 million. So, it's at least $640 million that the Victorian taxpayers will have to stump up to pay out in compensation, something that Premier Andrews promised that he would not have to do in the election campaign. He said he would never pay compensation. Well, there's at least $640 million worth that's been paid today by the Andrews Government for no road. For no road.
It's a disaster for Victoria. We cannot put a strong enough point on this. We want infrastructure in Victoria; in Melbourne. We want Melbourne to work better; to be more productive. There is no alternative project here.
David Speers: Now, turning away from all of that to the GST carve-up that's been debated in the lead up to Friday's meeting of state and territory leaders with the Prime Minister here in Canberra. Western Australia is fighting hard for a change to the formula or the carve-up that's been suggested by the Commonwealth Grants Commission. Your Federal colleague, the Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has also agreed. In his words, we should free the GST relativities for next year at the same level as this year. Do you agree with your colleague Mathias Cormann and the West Australian Government, or do you take the parochial South Australian view with Jay Weatherill saying there should be no change—or that we should stick with what the Commonwealth Grants Commission's put on the table?
Jamie Briggs: Well, can I make a couple of points—firstly, I agree with the Finance Minister that there is a problem. You can't in any realistic situation think that the fact that for every dollar spent on GST in Western Australia, receiving 28 cents back is an appropriate or fair situation. It is clearly an unfair situation on Western Australia. However, one of the problems with fiscal equalisation is that states which are performing very badly, like South Australia, my home state, the economy is a complete basket case, need more from the Commonwealth to prop them up. So, making a change now will of course affect the capacity of South Australia to be able to deal with the disastrous circumstance it has. So, it is a difficult situation, however, the premiers, I think, on Friday have the opportunity to be a mature group of leaders and work through with the Prime Minister an appropriate fix for the future.
David Speers: And if they can't agree amongst themselves, what should the Commonwealth do?
Jamie Briggs: Well, this is ultimately a state tax. They receive all the money. We would hope that they could play nicely together and sort these issues out. As a South Australian, if somehow miraculously, the Labor Government in South Australia changes the habit of a lifetime and grows the economy in South Australia, and we're in the same position in two years' time, do you really think Jay Weatherill wouldn't be arguing the same case? It is, I think, very difficult to justify that Western Australia is in this situation where it's only receiving 28 cents, when no other state has ever dropped below 80 cents before. So, the premiers really do need to be mature about this on Friday to find a way through. And certainly the Federal Government would like to find a way through with them. And what that looks like at the same time is ensuring that the states that need the assistance to prop them up, if you like… We shouldn't forget that South Australia's debt next year, total debt, will be worse than when the State Bank when broke in the early 1990s. That's the disaster that South Australia now faces. So, it is a tricky situation. We need to ensure that there is a reasonable amount of GST returns to the states who contribute and the formula works to support a sustainable federation. That is not an unreasonable aim, I would have thought.
David Speers: Assistant Infrastructure Minister and South Australian, Jamie Briggs, thank you very much for joining us.
Jamie Briggs: Thank you David from Canberra.


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Chyanna Richards saw Jesus in her bathroom.
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A woman in Port St. Lucie, Fla., saw Him in a cellphone picture of her TV screen. A woman in Clermont, Fla., saw Him in a power meter. A Tampa Bay area man saw Him in a bathroom door. In Sullivan's Island, S.C., a woman saw Him on the back of a dead stingray. In McLean, Va., a family saw Him in a tree in their front yard. A couple in Anderson County, S.C., saw Him on a Wal-Mart receipt.
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A Celebrity In Need of Some Cycling Diva Tips
Clearly, Kate Hudson needs to check out the San Fransico Bicycle Coalition's "Diva's Guide to Biking" (which I have cited on this blog before) to find a more elegant way of keeping her dress in place. Or rather, the wardrobe staff on the set of her new film Earthbound need to read it. They can't have Ms. Hudson flummoxed by the wind up her skirt when she has a kissing scene with Gael Garcia Bernal! (He is a pretty pretty man).
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Oh, how I want to run in to her cycling around my fair city! She's somewhere in New Orleans. I have my eyes peeled.
- February 9, 2010 at 1:22 AM
- The Bronze Bombshell said...
Good luck, Kate!
- February 9, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- Dottie said...
Ha ha, yeah, that's not so slick :)
- February 11, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- The Bronze Bombshell said...
Dottie: Maybe she should've ridden in a skirt in order to "research her cyclist character" before the shoot. Then she would've forseen the skirt issue. ;)
- February 18, 2010 at 7:41 PM
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Every day is a new opportunity in our marriage for the Crazy Cycle to make an appearance. It's ugly, vengeful, and has no plans of ever leaving for good. You know what I'm talking about… She says something snarky about unfinished laundry. He says he washed it so she should dry it. She starts naming off a completed chores list like it's a resume, and no one is happy about anything. Dr. Emerson Eggerichs defines the Crazy Cycle as an "endless cycle of negative reactions when couples try to resolve conflicts."
One way my husband has taught me to fight the negativity that the cycle creates is with humor. I refer to it as "calling me out on my (or his) crazy." If I get annoyed that something isn't put away, it will either end up in my work bag or under my pillow. If I leave a post-it note for him with a "To Do," I come home to post-its all over the apartment (ALL over).
Why is this a wonderful way to break the negativity? Because you can't be mad at someone for long when they make you laugh. :) It breaks the tension, causes you to relax in a place that probably hurts, and encourages you to be creative in similar silly ways.
Here are some of the ways my husband has broken the Crazy Cycle in just the past few days:
What happens when I stress out about forgetting someone's birthday gift? I come home to notes that say, "Don't Forget Me."
What happens when I try to be sneaky and hide an unclaimed sock in my husband's school binder? It ends up in my Dave Ramsey Deluxe Envelope System.
What happens when I complain about one hanger left on the floor then try to be funny and throw a ton of them on the bed? I get a new chandelier. :) (W0uld you believe we both went to bed with the hangers still….um…hanging? It came down the next day and ended up on the floor on my side of the closet. LOL)
Remember, when you feel the Crazy Cycle start to turn, go back to basics and learn to laugh about it. Think about how you're letting a sock or a hanger ruin your day and cause disrespect in your marriage. It provides great perspective and is a way to forgive and move on. Fight for your marrige with laughter and you'll both be better for it. :)
Want more info on the Crazy Cycle? Check "Love and Respect" by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. You both will be glad you did!


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Dallas — The word "contemporary" in the dance world invokes a multitude of connotations depending on the genre, and the Aug. 3 SoulEscape Collaboration at the historic Majestic Theater in downtown Dallas highlights some of the distinct styles in the North Texas area.
The concert is presented by Justin Giles' SoulEscape, a contemporary dance company originally based out of Coppell but currently travels around the country offering educational and performance opportunities through conventions and intensives. Giles' choreography has been featured on So You Think You Can Dance, and his company is one of many that have popped up in the last decade as a performance outlet for those coming out of competition dancing.
As the opening act of weeklong event, which includes master classes and a student showcase, he enlists four local companies plus fellow SYTYCD choreographer Dee Caspary. Each of the homegrown groups boasts a signature style that contributes to the variety of the North Texas dance scene, and all fall under the umbrella term of "contemporary."
Straddling the fuzzy line between contemporary ballet and contemporary modern, Bruce Wood Dance Project opens the show with Our Last Lost Chance. It displays Woods' signature movements, such traveling ronde de jambes, intricate circular arm patterns, and luscious arabesques, and is one of his better works.
Joshua Peugh has created his own little niche with Dark Circles Contemporary Dance and brings his popular work Slump. Like many of his light-hearted, quirky pieces, dancers don clothing from the 1950s and 60s and present a variety of facial expressions, as Peugh seamlessly blends vernacular movement with maneuvers from his ballet and modern training.
Although Dallas' only professional tap company Rhythmic Souls may seems worlds apart from the other groups, Katelynn Harris has fused elements of the contemporary genre to create a unique style of contemporary tap. Dancers move to string and piano music while exhibiting excellent dynamics and athleticism. Body percussion and a greater use of the rest of the body prove to be impressive elements that hopefully reappear in future works.
The two other pieces in the first half, Caspary's Standing Alone (performed by Zelig Williams) and Pedestrian Dance Movement's Hollow, demonstrate the most similar style to Giles. Williams captivates his audience with torso isolations that accentuate the subtle beats in the music, while Giovanni Allen and Haley Trevino in the latter equally mesmerize with a subtle sensitivity to the melody.
Giles' Love and War comprises the second half and consists of a mixture of film and dancing on stage. It's the oft-told story about a loved one going to war and the after effects of combat. The narrative progresses through vignettes of the husband (Spencer Dennis) saying goodbye, memories of happy times, and the loneliness of the wife (Rose Yager). A soldier's loss on the battlefield brings pain and grief, causing alienation and tension between the couple, yet they find resolution in the end. It's guaranteed to strike an emotional chord, but there's bound to be conflicting emotions and interpretations, depending on the level of one's involvement with the military and its service members.
Images on screen give little context, but the clothing suggests World War II era, and figures on film seamlessly transition to bodies on stage. While the video is quite well done, it contains no dancing and sometimes drags the performance down, making one wonder if the emotional effects of the film could've been achieved with the movement itself.
The style of choreography is pretty typical of most contemporary dance, complete with the usual acoustic/folk music, but Giles goes further and utilizes the communicative aspect of the genre more effectively than most. He has a better sense of timing dynamics and explores a greater variety of tempos. Even though the story is solely about two people, he makes good use of the ensemble as well. The ladies mimic the movement of the wife and the men perform unison with the husband, all of which lends a welcomed emphasis without being over-powering.
Although Dennis and Yager move beautifully together, with great chemistry and tension, the best moments come from a strong men's trio depicting the battlefield and a ladies quartet later in the story, which exhibits a delicious sense of release.
The work itself runs a little over an hour, and after a long first half with the guest companies, the energy for Love and War seems to lag. This is by no fault of the dancers, as they maintain an impressive sense of engagement throughout, but the second part of the piece focuses heavily on depression and conflict as the show overall creeps closer to the two-hour mark. The dance could easily stand on its own and would make for a more comfortably-paced show, but the collaboration with local companies and the chance for those artists to reach new audiences is necessary trade-off.
Giles' work is largely successful in reaching its main demographic (those in attendance for the workshop) and general audiences, but not everyone will be enamored with it. The commercial style of contemporary dance perpetuated by television and competitions can be wearisome and formulaic at times. It's a great outlet for storytelling and physicality but in the spirit of the philosophy from which it came, innovation needs to continue.


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Almost two years ago my good pal Mark Toal posted one of his New Year's resolutions, to always carry a camera. I found the post in the archives of "Mirrorless Photo Tips," an outstanding site loaded with great tips from Mark and two other good friends, Joe and Mary Farace.
Over the last year, I've found myself living Mark's resolution and there's now a permanent location in our home for at least one LUMIX camera. The FZ300 is right by the back door. We also NEVER leave the house without a camera and thanks to mirrorless technology, I'm capturing moments that deserve more than just a brain-generated "neurochrome!"
Here are two prime examples. We planted a butterfly garden in January and are now getting a half dozen different types of butterflies each day. In the process we're learning a lot about their behavior patterns.
Butterflies don't have any chewing mouth parts. They eat by sipping liquids through their proboscis, which is essentially a straw. I caught a monarch recently with the proboscis curled up just before sipping and then in the process of eating.
Check out the cowboy version of the "boot sandal." I actually did a little research and found them on line, although the idea of a boot sandal in Florida heat, at least for me is completely underwhelming!
I feel like I'm always writing or talking about why mirrorless cameras allow you to always have a camera with you. The other day I had another great example.


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(Adapted from a sermon given by the Rev. Molly Short, assistant chaplain, on September 11, 2017)
Since its founding, St. Andrew's-Sewanee School has striven to be a grace-filled, lively, and welcoming community. This means that we as your coaches, house parents, teachers, mentors, and advisors, are invested in your development as a whole person. This concern is clearly reflected in our graduation requirements. To receive a degree from St. Andrew's-Sewanee School you must: participate in the arts, strive for excellence in physical activity, challenge yourself in the classroom, dedicate yourself to community service, and begin each week in the Chapel together.
Chapel is where we make time for prayer and self-examination, both as a community and as individuals. It is where we challenge ourselves to grow in awareness of how our actions impact others, and to encourage one another to live with integrity.
God's will for us as individuals, and as a community, is healing and wholeness. That means healing for those parts of our souls that have been wounded long ago, healing of relationships that seem beyond repair, and healing the pain of loss.
In Matthew 18, Jesus compares our calling to that of a shepherd who has 100 sheep, but has lost one. Jesus tells us that the good shepherd will leave 99 sheep grazing on the mountainside to seek the one lost sheep. Like the shepherd, we are called to seek out those who are lost or isolated.
Over the last few weeks, hatred and threats of violence and war have pulled at the seams of our nation and the world. Hurricanes, forest fires, and earthquakes have sown seeds of despair. In times of disintegration and fear, Jesus calls upon us to be countering forces of integration and hope through outreach, inclusiveness, and forgiveness.
In Baltimore Maryland, two people have found a unique way to live into this calling. Dave and Beth Cutlip founded Redemption Ink in 2017 as a response to rising incidents of gang and race related violence in Baltimore. Through Redemption Ink, the Cutlips' apply their talents in tattoo artistry to cover up tattoos that were applied in the name of hate or prejudice.
Men and women come to Beth and Dave Cutlip with Neo-Nazi and gang signs on their faces and necks from time in prison or from hard years on the street, at a time when gang life was their only protection. Dave and Beth seek out those who struggle to find jobs because of the symbols permanently branded under their skin. They reach out to those people in the community who think they are too far gone and help them to undo these signs of hate.
Those who wish to have hateful tattoos removed are asked to undergo an application process; this involves submitting a photograph of the tattoo, explaining why they got the tattoo, and finally telling their "redemption story." In this "redemption story," former prisoners and gang members describe how they got to this pivotal moment, and how removing the tattoo will be the first of many steps in seeking a better life. The Cutlips have realized that, for real transformation to happen, these men and women need to do the hard work of being honest about past mistakes.
After going through the application process, David and Beth come up with new tattoo designs to cover the old. The cost of covering up past tattoos can range from a few hundred dollars to thousands, but Dave does the work for free. He transforms symbols of hatred and intimidation into images of beauty and hope. One young man's swastika-covered skull was turned into a corsage of red roses. Another man's gang symbols were turned into a fierce roaring lion.
Young men and women who were once emblazoned with these symbols of hate feel the physical release of freedom and forgiveness with their new tattoos.
Where do we find ourselves in this story?
Perhaps you have a redemption story you need to tell. Is there a past mistake committed against someone else weighing on you, an offense from which you need forgiveness and release?
Perhaps you have a talent that can be used to bring in those who have been pushed out, isolated, or lost. How might you help bring them back in, and promote their healing?
In truth, we are both the tattooed and the instrument of redemption. This is what a truly inclusive community looks like; it is a place where we offer God's forgiveness and healing to others, turning a swastika into a beautiful rose tattoo.


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John Ford and John Wayne collaborated on twenty-four movies over the course of their respective careers. Movie historians and critics have made a special classification for three of these movies. They call them The Cavalry Trilogy. Fort Apache, made in 1948, was the first and starred John Wayne, Henry Ford and Shirley Temple. Circle the wagons and get ready for Destination Hollywood's Tribute to Fort Apache.
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Foreign stock markets are just a mouse-click away.
With the recent launch of State Street Global Management's Equity Connect, at least half a dozen agency brokers and vendors now offer direct access to electronic exchanges outside the U.S. Traders can use their own keyboards to hit bids, lift offers or set prices instantaneously on over 20 exchanges from Singapore to Switzerland.
No-frills systems emphasizing fast access compete with fatter front-ends offering full depth of book quotations. Obscure outfits such as Electronic Global Securities and big names such as Instinet are plugging their networks into new markets daily. Users are on both the buyside and the sellside.
The push to link traders with multiple markets coincides with the tremendous boom of U.S. investment in foreign equities and the even greater surge of funds flowing into U.S. stocks from overseas. The Securities Industry Association estimates U.S. investors bought $3.6 trillion worth of foreign equities in 2000, double the amount just two years earlier. In the same period, foreigners increased their purchases of U.S. stocks from $3 trillion to $7 trillion.
The following companies are among the most visible players in the U.S. offering direct access to world markets. (Six are agency brokers. One is a software vendor.) All offer at least some connectivity to U.S. markets as well.
Electronic Global Securities
In business just two years, EGS' specialty is Asia. Via its COMET front-end, the Cayman Islands-registered broker gives its hedge fund clients direct access to markets in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, London and the U. S. Taiwan and Korea are in the works.
Most of its 26 clients are based in Asia, but the release of COMET version 3.0 has given EGS the confidence to ramp up a sales effort directed at U.S. traders. Co-founder Shams Karim says version 3.0 is a major improvement over version 2.0 which only offered direct access to a small group of securities.
Karim, who runs EGS' San Francisco office, and co-founder Tom Ashworth, who runs the Hong Kong office, are graduates of Morgan Stanley's derivatives units in Hong Kong and Singapore. With major backing from the large retail brokerage, Kimeng Securities, they started EGS to capitalize on what they saw as a lack of direct access technology for the institutional trader.
COMET's functionality includes basket trading, VWAP, time-slicing, blasting and allocations. The system does not provide a look at all the quotes on the exchanges, the so-called full-depth of book. "Too expensive," said Karim. Apparently EGS customers don't mind. They want speed of execution above all. They can get quotes from their Bloomberg terminals.
The system is browser-based. That means clients send their orders to EGS over the public Internet. Once there, however, they go out over dedicated lines to EGS' executing brokers. Clients, according to Karim, accept the risks inherent with the Internet in return for a light and fast trading system.
EGS is not a member of any exchange but works through introducing brokers. Karim says there is no loss of speed or efficiency in going through a third party system. Clearing in the U.S. is handled by Investec Ernst.
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Technology Integration Professional Development Guide
Edutopia.org's Technology Integration professional development guide is meant for use either after completion of the Project-Based Learning Guide or with participants who are familiar with project-based learning. The guide is designed for a two- to three-hour class or session. It can be used in conjunction with trainings on technology used in classroom settings.
Part one is a guided process, designed to give participants a brief introduction to technology integration. It answers the questions "Why is technology integration important?" and "What is technology integration?"
The Resources for Tech Integration page includes a PowerPoint presentation (including presenter notes), which can be shown directly from the website or downloaded for use as a stand-alone slide show, and sample session schedules. You will also find recommended websites, books, and additional videos to learn more about technology integration in this section.
This guide was designed to address many of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), established by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).To find the specific standards for your state, visit this page at Education World that lists standards by academic subject and by state.
Continue to the next section of the guide, Why Do We Need to Integrate Technology?
Acknowledgments: This module was written by technology-integration specialist Marian Shaffner. The Foundation extends its thanks to the following people who reviewed this module for content and usability: Peggy Benton, PhD, professor, former PT3 grant director and adviser, Department of Instructional Technologies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California; Patsy Lanclos, Apple Distinguished Educator, Smithsonian Laureate, Palm Education training coordinator/provider, Houston, Texas; Mimi Bisson, PT3 grant technology trainer, Department of Instructional Technologies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California; Elaine Wrenn, technology coordinator, Echo Horizon School, Culver City, California.
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Creator of Yoon-Suin and other materials. Propounding my half-baked ideas on role playing games. Jotting down and elaborating on ideas for campaigns, missions and adventures. Talking about general industry-related matters. Putting a new twist on gaming.
Monday, 11 January 2016
The Problem of Play-By-Post
A couple of times I've been involved in something very long-running. I ran a Planescape campaign via a Yahoo Group for nearly three years, between around 2004-2007, and was part of several long-running games run by others (one is still alive and well after 11 years, and I still get the emails, although I'm not an active part of it anymore). Yet for the most part, I've discovered that play-by-post is basically a bit rubbish. I don't feel like I'm very good at running such games and the experience is often slow and dull. I don't blame anybody in particular for this, because I've always found that everybody involved approaches the project in good faith, but there's something about the format which makes it easy to get excited about initially, but equally as easy to run out of steam.
Also, let's face it, there's a clear hierarchy of methods for playing RPGs, all other things being equal. At the top is the regular face-to-face group. Next in line is the regular real-time internet group played via roll20 or whatever (and I'd probably include play-by-chat alongside it). After that comes the face-to-face one-shot, and after that the real-time internet one-shot. And then comes PBEM and PBP.
However, that's not to say that play-by-post is without merit. From my experience with the format, I'd say it has the following benefits (not including the practical benefit that it allows you to play a game very conveniently, from the comfort of your own home, in your underpants, while eating blocks of cheese).
1. Because it is slow and fiddly to do anything that involves rules, the "game" element of the RPG gets critically diminished when doing a PBP, but because it is text-based and there are no distractions (uncharitably, because it's not really all that much fun), the "role playing" element of the RPG comes to the fore. Shorn of conversation, jokes, scribbling things on bits of paper, eating, drinking, etc., the game feels "purer"; players tend to identify with their character more strongly and invest in the game world more completely as a general rule. That has its drawbacks (it's less fun), but also its advantages if you want to be a bit more serious about things (and view that as being fun).
2. The DM can almost make things up as he goes along, reacting to what the players do, because there's no real immediate time pressure.
This means that there are three types of game for which I think PBP would really shine:
The one-on-one game. A DM and one of his mates could really easily do something interesting and different with the one-on-one format. A big problem with PBP is waiting for people to post. One-on-one has no issue there - the game moves at its own pace - and if anything is even more flexible than a face-to-face conversation: through G+ or emails or whatever you could run a game more-or-less constantly as a kind of back-and-forth. It would by necessity have to be quite different from a group face-to-face session, but I could see this working really well for a mystery or investigation-based game.
The Wild Cards model. If a group of friends wanted to develop a shared world a la Zelazny, GRRM and Pat Cadigan, you could absolutely do it through a rotating DM-ship PBP. Every month (or whatever) a different DM takes over and you run a new campaign with different characters set in the same world, or something similar.
The Birthright/Diplomacy model. Each player is the king of some realm, or the boss of a mafia group, or the CEO of a company, or whatever. They are all competing with each other and somebody acts as the central DM. The value-added of PBP being that you simply can't run a game like that in face-to-face sessions very easily, because each individual's turn might take ages to run, and because of the potential for spying.
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Personally, I find it depends more on the system and (in combination) how much latitude is given to the person (GM) running the game. A system like the old Story Engine works well with PBP/PBEM works well, because 1) conflict is resolved on a scene-by-scene basis (instead of task-by-task), and 2) outcomes of scene resolutions are narrated by a single party (the GM) rather than negotiated (as is the case with similar systems). With D&D (and similar systems) the more players involved, the faster the system breaks down, in my experience...but even with few (or single) players, the game usually proves unsatisfying. At least, if one has any experience with real time participation.ReplyDelete
I remember looking at old copies of Dragon Magazine, and seeing ads for StarWeb which was a play by mail game that kept popping up in the 60's, others tried to restore it in the 70's but it never seemed to have the same following, groups would play for a few months and then would suddenly die.ReplyDelete
It is an interesting time for the hobby, and one that isn't generally well known. The funny thing is that now that we can play games like War of Empires and StarWeb for free, the desire to play them are considerably less.
The political dimension can really shine in a Birthright-style game, especially if the players aren't automatically assumed to be friends. For long-form strategy games, I'd almost say play by post is the best way to play. Better than spending eight hours playing some sort of absurd war-game, and also better than binge-playing some kind of strategy video game.ReplyDelete
I run a sort of strategy game distantly derived from the old Birthright rules, and I think there's a sort of magic to only processing turns every week of two. It's like how you're supposed to wait a day before reading each chapter of The Watchmen. People have time to plot and wonder and interact.
I think trying to play by post with d&d is a) using a fundamentally ill-suited rules set for that medium, and b) using a fundamentally ill-suited medium for that kind of game. It's putting shoes on your hands and gloves on your feet.