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EDITORIAL: Superintendent Barber off to a Great Start
Shelby Pelzer, Lead Editor
September 14, 2017
Superintendent Steven Barber has shaken the school district in his first few months of working in Atlantic, becoming a visible presence across ACSD. Barber has attended numerous fall sporting events including away games, and he even wrote personalized letters to some of the softball players. Softb...
Saeugling Attends Iowa Youth Institute
May 3, 2017
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AHS junior Emily Saeugling attended the Iowa Youth Institute. After attending she wrote this piece, reflecting on her experience there, and what she learned. "Each April, students from around the state of Iowa gather in Hilton Coliseum for the Iowa Youth Institute (IYI). These students aren't watchin...
John McConkey and Chase McLaren
February 3, 2017
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Super Bowl And then there were two. On January 22, the stage was set for Super Bowl 51. The New England Patriots beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-17, while the Atlanta Falcons beat the Green Bay Packers 43-21. The Patriots and the Falcons will headline in what many say is the biggest stage in...
Should Seniors Play? – OPINION
February 1, 2017
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A daunting question has loomed over varsity athletics for as long as anybody can remember. Coaches, players, and even communities have pondered this single question: Should seniors play just because it's their last season? Coaches have different philosophies on this subject. Coach Dan Vargaso...
Midnight Madness – OPINION
January 27, 2017
The clock strikes 10 as I enter my house for the first time since I left at 6:30 in the morning. A full day of school, speech, band, and work behind, the only thing between me and eight hours of blissful sleep is the homework I was unable to finish throughout the day. I could go to bed now and finish my...
What is Your Dream Car?
Matt Gearheart and Logan Reilly
December 8, 2016
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Vroom, Vroom What is your dream car? At Deter Motor Company located in Atlantic, Iowa, the most commonly sold car is the Chevrolet Malibu, according to salesman Chuck Sievers. Malibu's have many features that buyers are looking for such as back-up camera, heated seats, sunroof, and lane-change alert. For ...
American Tragedy- OPINION
November 16, 2016
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There are many wonderful seasons in this world (Christmas season, Pumpkin Spice Season, Back-To-School Season), but there is nothing quite like election season. Who doesn't love a few politically (and sometimes religiously) charged, wealthy, politicians bickering back and forth about what they pr...
Iowa Youth Straw Poll
November 9, 2016
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Last week, AHS was involved in a statewide Straw Poll. The Straw Poll is a program put on by the state of Iowa and the Secretary of State, Paul Pate, to see what the high schoolers of today think about the elections this year. Students were presented a poll to vote for who they think should be President a...
Fall Sports Recap
Jaxson Eden, Celebrations Editor
November 4, 2016
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With fall sports officially over here is a slideshow that recaps the fall season of sports.
The Hardest Sport – OPINION
October 6, 2016
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Stop and think before lambasting fellow Trojans.
When in Doubt, Dab Out? – OPINION
September 21, 2016
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In the past few days, it has become very clear to me that the dabbing situation has been blown out of proportion. What originally started as a celebratory dance craze has now become a loaded action with consequences attached. It's turned into a modern, Footloose-esque situation except instead of dancing,...
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The 2 Panzer Division was first built in this region only nine
years earlier. Stollbrock, following command of an anti tank
battalion, had joined the division after its move to Austria and
successfully commanded the 2 Kradschutzen Battalion in combat in
Poland and France. Later, he was a staff officer, a regimental
commander, an instructor and had briefly been the acting commander of
the 26th Panzer Division. A lot had changed in a fairly
short period of time and although the specifics are lost, it appears
as though he assumed command of the division in Meiningen. The
battalion he commanded in 1940 probably had more combat power than the
division he now led. The specific mission of his unit is not clear. It
was headed towards southern Germany or the mountains of
Czechoslovakia, perhaps the final destination was the rumored "Nazi
Alpine Redoubt". The immediate mission was to avoid being trapped by
American units trailing him from the west or approaching from the
The specific
strengths of this unit are not accurately known, it probably
numbered under five hundred men equipped with infantry weapons. There
was very little transport, maybe a few trucks and the usual horse or
donkey carts. Along the way, some light artillery had been added, a
few anti tank guns, some rocket-artillery. Everything was streaming
east away from Fulda. It was an armor division armed with rifles,
hardly much more than a rifle regiment of recruits, training cadre and
the hard core survivors of Lauchert's last fight on the Rhine. As they
neared Meiningen, a pleasant surprise, 12 late model Panther G tanks
and crews from the Grafenwoehr Training Command joined the division.
Colonel Carl Stollbrock, commander of the 2nd Panzer Division, once
one of the premiere armor divisions of the Reich, finally had some
Why he chose to commit his last Panzers is a matter of speculation.
His "division" was passing through Meiningen and he may have thought
he could briefly delay the American forces in some of the narrow
valleys north of Bad Kissingen. If his subordinate commanders choose
their terrain well, this might buy a few additional hours to further
the escape. Maybe he felt he would soon loose the tanks to air attack
if they continued with the march, he might as well commit them in
ground combat where the terrain favored a defender. Perhaps the
mission was a daring counter attack that lost its way. The fine detail
on the German side of the map is lost.
The Winners Write the History, the Search for the Story
The German language sources at our disposal offered very little to
help us further unravel the story of Bill Heflin's Panthers. We had
much better luck with the works of US historians. The same pages of
Taggart's The Third Infantry Division in World War II and Vernon
Brown's memoir of service with the Troop D, 94th Cavalry, 14th AD,
Mount Up! We're Moving Out! , that recalled the first American forces
at Bad Kissingen also recall the clashes with German armor in the
nearby countryside.
Many of the accounts were similar, scouts in jeeps or infantry forces
were heading north-northeast in the areas just east and north of Bad
Kissingen when they suddenly faced German Panthers with infantry in
support. It may have been that the same ten or twelve German tanks
were encountered by several different units until they ultimately were
destroyed. Bill recalled the Panther hulks being within walking
distance of Manteuffel Kaserne; we limited our search to events
occurring with 12 kilometers of the barracks. Note that Taggart's work
was based on first hand accounts and hastily written after-action
reports and Brown's memoir was written forty years after the events,
sometimes the recollections, map directions and flow of battle may
contain understandable errors.
6-7 April 1945-General Situation
Regiments of the 3rd Infantry Division have fought a brief battle at
Wildflecken Kaserne and move SE though light contact, towards Bad
Kissingen. The 7th Infantry Regiment is tasked with the area east of
Bad Kissingen while the 30th Regiment will secure the city and
immediate surrounding area. The 15th Regiment is also in the area. The
infantry are in trucks or amphibious " ducks ", there is an attached
M10 tank destroyer company, elements of the US 14th Armored Division
are also in this exact same area.
Taggert (3rd ID)
Major Flynn's 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, picked its way over the
rough roads and rugged terrain to Stangenroth from where it jumped off
to take the deserted villages of Premich and Steinach. Continuing
north, the battalion approached a roadblock consisting of three Mark V
(Panther) tanks, three anti tank guns and nearly a battalion of enemy
troops southwest of Steinach. The battle rages all night long and into
the next day, when two of the three tanks were destroyed by accurate
fire of Company A, 601st TD, commanded by Lt. George Philipovich. The
Germans brought down accurate artillery fire and salvos of Nebelwerfer
rocket fire and rushed additional armor into the fray in an effort to
stem the tide but finally retreated before the continuous pressure of
the 3rd battalion. In all, the enemy lost twelve Mark V (Panthers)
during the struggle.
Taggert reports that the battalions encountered other ambushes and
localized counter attacks in the area but these were conducted without
armor support. By 9 April, the division was moving through the Bad
Neustadt area and swinging further east towards Schweinfurt.
Taggert reports that the battalions encountered other ambushes and
localized counter attacks in the area but these were conducted without
armor support. By 9 April, the division was moving through the Bad
Neustadt area and swinging further east towards Schweinfurt.
Brown (Trp D-94th Cav / 14th AD)
April 6 began as just one of those days. Jumping off at first light,
we raced through Paltz, Burkardorf, Stangeroth and Steiberg to Premich
before we ran into trouble. … Leaving Premich, however, Troop met four
Tiger tanks (I believe he incorrectly recalls the type, they are the
same Panthers that Taggert recalled) with mounted infantry, coming the
other way on a narrow mountain road, and in the action that followed
we lost two more armored cars and two more Peeps (scout jeeps)
Lieutenant George Bennett was killed, and popular SSG Dallas Schuler
took over as Platoon Leader of the 3rd Platoon … we pulled back into
Happily, we had an M36 tank destroyer from the 636th TD Battalion
attached to us for just such an occasion and he began to fire high
velocity 90 mm armor piercing ammunition at the lead Tiger…. The
gunner of the tiger began to fire back and the duel was on, to end
when our gunner put the forth round in the ground just in front of the
Kraut tank, in such a way that it ricocheted up into the crank case,
smoke appeared from the engine, the crowd cheered wildly and the tank
stopped where it was blocking the road which gave second thoughts to
the others who pulled back.
We retuned to Stangeroth that night after calling for artillery fire
on Premich.
After a night of mortar and rocket fire on their position, the men of
Troop D and Vern Brown's scout platoon headed north, by-passing the
Germans encountered on 6 April.
The next morning, with the 1st Platoon at point, Troop advanced
towards Sandberg arriving around noontime to find that there was a
platoon of four or five Tiger ((I believe he means Panther)) tanks
along with mounted infantry on the other side of a small bridge just
east of the town. Troop HQ somewhere to the rear, found this difficult
to believe as they had been assured the Krauts had cleared out of the
area, and as our orders were to continue on through to the east, they
opted to send Jim Taibi's section of the 1st Platoon on ahead to scout
the situation. The news that Troop intended to send two Peeps and an
armored car out to meet a platoon of Tiger tanks all mounting 88 mm
cannons, to say nothing of their supporting infantry did not sit will
with those involved in the adventure … the day was saved by the
arrival of a battalion from the 3rd Infantry Division, who promptly
attacked down the road ably supported by M4 Sherman tanks, M36 tank
destroyers and some ½ tracks … Troop departed in their favor and
departed Sandberg for Zollbach.
For Vern Brown and the men of Troop D, the war ended about one month
later, they went into temporary occupation duty in the Munich area.
The 14th Armored Davison had liberated over 110 , 000 Allied POWs in
the final weeks of the war.
At about the same time, in the small German city of Kotzting near the
Czech border and to the northeast at Trochau inside of Czechoslovakia,
the last men of the 2nd Panzer Division surrendered to local US
forces. A few days earlier, the order had been given that any soldiers
desiring to simply " leave for home " were free to go. The 2nd Panzer
Davison, that had fought in Poland, France ((1940)), Greece, Russia,
France (1944) and then the final defense of the Reich, ceased to
Long Time Gone
Where exactly were the
Panthers that Bill Heflin photographed in 1946? Between Brown and
Taggert, we get two very good clues: just SW of Steinach and on the
road leading east out of Premich. Geoff Walden, TACOM in Schweinfurt,
is back from his second tour in Iraq and has agreed to check the
locations to see if any of the horizon and tree lines in the photos
can be matched in the modern day. On the first pass through, nothing
matched up, however, Geoff vowed to try a second time. By the time
Bill took his photos, the tanks had taken on a "picked over" look,
there may have been some souvenir hunters from the Army but much more
would have been removed by local scrap collectors.
In immediate post war Germany, two ready sources of employment were
recycling bricks, window and door frames from bombed out cities and
collecting scrap steel from the battlefields. The once mighty Panthers
that were part of the last combat operation of the 2nd Panzer Division
would have slowly been whittled down, first by hand, then wrench and
finally with acetylene torches until nothing remained … except for
memories and Bill Heflin's Panther photographs.
Enter the Internet
We researched this story in part by begging at some of the outstanding
World War II History and Armored Fighting Vehicle discussion forums
available on the Internet. As with all things, one must be careful
about the source, there is a lot of bad information on the Internet
but the better, fact driven sites usually self-police and avoid the
mud slinging and specious information that can live forever on " rant
" sites. For factual and fascinating discussion of tanks and evolution
of world wide armor forces, please see
George Bradford's AFV News,the forum is the first selection in the
main menu, the major links will take you days to fully explore.
Without doubt the most extensive German military history English
language web site and forum page is
Jason Pipes' one man monument to
research. In an ocean of on line rant rooms,
catalogues and porn, these sites represent the enormous power of the
We posted the images of the Panther tanks and asked for opinions on
vehicle type and background associated with the last days of the 2
Panzer Division. After some argument and discussion, the consensus was
that the tanks were the model G types, the final production version,
http://members.tripod.com/~dietmagic/panther.html and
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/intro.htm . The Feld Grau forums
provided great detail on the Thuringer Panzer Brigade and we even met
another US veteran from Daley Barracks on line … it's a small world at
lightening speed.
Interestingly in Europe over the past few years a wonderful mixture
of historical research, backyard archeology and " let's go dig up
some tanks!! " thinking has led to many recoveries of once lost
German and Soviet WWII era vehicles. Dedicated hobbyists armed with
unit After Action Reports, metal detectors and bribes for local
farmers have fanned out from Normandy to the former Stalingrad to
seek battlefield relics. The former Soviet Union and Eastern block
countries have proven to be a particularly ripe picking fields. On
occasion, farmers simply buried tank hulks in convenient shell and
bomb holes to get post war farming under way. In 2005 here come the
guys with the Euros and the shovels!! Go
here and click the "Come
See the Battlefields" icon.
In 1978, some of my NCOs who lived on the economy and had extensive
German contacts mentioned they had heard of a tank battle that had
taken place not too far from Bad Kissingen. The fight still lived at
the Stammtisch in a few of the village Gasthauses; the older Germans
recalled a victory. I made a mental note, vowed to see the area and
then never followed through. Sometimes these things take a while and
if you happen to stick a shovel in the ground by the road running east
out of Premich, you never know what you might find.
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No one is illegal, Australia!
Show your support for asylum seekers affected by the Australian Government's mandatory offshore detention policy. We're going to turn the Australian High Commission in Thorndon into a symbolic detention centre-show them how it feels to be locked in!
We're acting in support of protests in the detention centre on Nauru, which will reach their 100th day on the 23rd of June, and a national day of civil disobedience in Australia. People in detention centres are subject to inhumane and degrading treatment, torture and sexual violence because of the Australian Government's policy of mandatory detention for asylum seekers.
Over the past two decades their treatment of asylum seekers has become increasing barbaric and grotesque. The policy receives support from both major political parties despite being in violation of international law.
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A Fire Story. Mom's Cancer. Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? The Last Mechanical Monster.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Dashing Thru the Bookplates
Time again for my annual reminder that I am happy--nay, thrilled!--to offer signed bookplates for Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow free for the asking. An autographed copy of an award-winning graphic novel would be the perfect Christmas gift for that Space Age boomer or curious kid you know. Just e-mail me your postal address, along with any inscription you want, and I'll have one in the mail the next day. Stick it inside the front cover, place the book under the tree, and BAM! you're suddenly the favorite aunt or uncle.
Although the holidays are a natural time for this post, the offer is available year-round while supplies last. Looking through my box of bookplates that'll be approximately--let's see, one, two, three, four--24 more years. Better hurry!
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Brookhaven National Laboratory Scientist Wins for Innovation
The National Biodiesel Board recently honored several industry champions who have significantly impacted the biodiesel industry, including Dr. Thomas A. Butcher, head of the Energy Conversion Group at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
NBB presented five "Eye on Biodiesel" awards at the recent National Biodiesel Conference and Expo, held in Forth Worth, Texas. In honoring Butcher with the "Innovation" award, the Board declared that he has played an instrumental role in the technical research that formed the basis for the balloting of performance specifications for six percent to 20 percent biodiesel blended into traditional heating oil as a new fuel grade in the ASTM D396 fuel oil standard.
"His groundbreaking work documenting the positive field experience with biodiesel blends and providing research background were major factors in addressing questions brought up by the National Oilheat Research Alliance/NBB-led Bioheat Technical Steering Committee," NBB wrote in announcing the award.
Butcher spoke briefly at the awards ceremony, calling the award "a really big deal for me." "You have no idea how honored I am to get this award. This is just fantastic," he said. "I've been a researcher for many years, and I've worked on a lot of different energy technologies, and the thing that really impresses me about biodiesel is impact – the impact that it's had on the Northeast, the impact that it's had on the heating oil industry across the country. This is an industry that because of biodiesel has kind of been rejuvenated. The folks out there in the grassroots doing work in the heating industry are pushing really hard and really fast and enthusiastically – sometimes even more than we are aware of, or expect, so you have really changed that world. I'm just really lucky to be a part of this – a part of this big group where everybody is contributing to these successes, and I look forward to the future."
Four other leaders received "Eye on Biodiesel" awards. Here are the statements issued by NBB in recognizing their contributions.
Impact – Senator Al Franken: U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota has long been a champion for biodiesel in Washington and accepted a leadership role last year in challenging the EPA's initial proposal that would have weakened Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes. Sen. Franken helped organize his Senate colleagues in holding meetings on the issue with senior Administration leaders. He has coordinated advocacy letters from members of Congress, and he has spoken out publicly to highlight biodiesel's benefits across the country as he fought for a strong RFS. His advocacy and leadership have been instrumental in helping to develop a policy environment in which biodiesel can continue to grow.
Influence – Jerry Schoenfeld: Jerry Schoenfeld of Minneapolis-based Greater States Advisors has been instrumental in development, passage, and defense of landmark biodiesel legislation in Minnesota since 2000. Without the lobbying expertise and efforts on behalf of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, the state would not have the favorable biodiesel policies that it does today. Successes include a five-year process that led to the first in the nation B2 statewide blend requirement passed in 2002 and implemented in 2005. In 2009 the state implemented legislation to move to B5, the move to B10 was implemented in 2014, and B20 is on track to be implemented in 2018. The state of Minnesota has long been a leader in the biodiesel industry and much of that is due to these favorable policies.
Inspiration – Greg Anderson, Nebraska Soybean Board: A Nebraska soybean farmer and long-time biodiesel advocate, Greg Anderson is considered an inspiration for his fulltime devotion to fellow soybean farmers. He has served in more volunteer roles than can be named, but a few include; past chairman of the United Soybean Board, board member on the Nebraska Soybean Board, a long-time representative of NSB to the National Biodiesel Board, former NBB technical committee chair, current NBB marketing committee chair, and he was recently re-elected as NBB secretary. In August, while working on his fifth-generation family farm, he suffered a near-fatal accident and was severely burned on his head, back, arms, and hands. While the physical recovery from his painful injuries was spectacular, even more so was how incredibly positive, grateful and upbeat he remained throughout the process. His tremendous attitude, along with his selfless service to the biodiesel industry, is truly inspirational.
Pioneer Award – Dallas Hanks: The biodiesel industry lost a true pioneer last June with the passing of Utah State University's Dr. Dallas Hanks. Dallas was a brilliant scientist, educator, humanitarian, entrepreneur, and all around good person. He spearheaded the visionary feedstock program Freeways to Fuels, was a huge supporter and contributor to NBB's Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel program. He had a hand in numerous oilseed test plots, biodiesel laboratories, and technology start-up business at the university and around the region. The respect he had from his peers was second to none, and he has left a truly lasting legacy in the biodiesel world.


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A proposed golf course development in North Side is raising eyebrows about the project's feasibility, the developer's sales strategy and the ownership of the company behind it.
The Dubli Golf & Beach Resort concept is being marketed to potential land buyers in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, though not in Cayman. Dubli developer Crown Acquisitions Worldwide is one of two companies with ties to North West England that, over the past five years, have been buying and selling plots of raw land in Cayman to overseas residents at premium prices, along with promises of guaranteed returns on investments and interest-free financing. While they are distinct entities, Crown and Oasis Land Development have similar business strategies, share a history and encourage UK residents to invest their private pensions in Caymanian land.
The companies' activities appear to meet the UK government's definition of "land banking". Crown has both a Cayman trade and business license, as well as a local companies control licence – exempting it from the 60 per cent Caymanian control requirement – while Oasis' application for a trade and business licence is pending, according to the Department of Commerce and Investment.
Crown Acquisitions
Crown director Darryl Pickthall said his company owns about 300 to 400 acres in Cayman, spread out over all three islands. That includes 28.6 acres for Dubli, on Rum Point Drive near Grape Tree Point. Crown received planning permission in fall 2009 to build a 61-lot subdivision, and earlier this year to build a 14-unit apartment building and swimming pool.
While Crown's marketing materials for Dubli promise the construction of a four-hole golf course, which appears on plans for the subdivision, the developer does not yet have permission to build a golf course, according to a Land and Survey Department planning officer.
Mr. Pickthall said Crown has found buyers for all 61 lots earmarked for houses. The 61 lots range in size from about 0.28 acres to 0.57 acres, with the smaller plots advertised for a sales price of £175,000 (or about CI$238,000). Local realtors and developers told the Compass the price seemed very high for unfilled, inland plots of that size and in that general area.
For the sake of comparison, a nearby lot of 0.65 acres – also unfilled, but including 100 feet of beachfront – is currently listed in CIREBA's database for CI$153,000.
Mr. Pickthall said the prices for Dubli lots are justified by the amenities that will come with the development, specifically mentioning the private golf course, 154 feet of beach, a beach club and swimming pool, tennis courts and security gate. "We're offering something unique to people and for that you have to pay a premium," he said. "The Ritz-Carlton has condos going for $3, 4, 5, 6 million. They're not worth $3 to 6 million, but because of all the amenities of the Ritz, then they are worth it."
According to official records, Crown purchased the three parcels composing Dubli for a total of about CI$1.28 million. Crown paid CI$900,000 for the 27 acres containing the 61 house lots, and paid about CI$380,000 for the 1.6 acres with beachfront and the proposed apartment building.
Wanda Rollf of Hydes-Rollf Ltd. said her company is managing the infrastructure of the Dubli project, including installing underground utilities, constructing and paving the road, and clearing, de-mucking and bringing the land up to the planning requirement of 4 feet above sea level.
Ms Rollf said Crown has attracted people from all over the world to Cayman. Most investors were from the UK when Crown first started in Cayman, but recently she has seen clients from France and England, with investors from the US to visit shortly. She has also seen Crown clients from Saudi Arabia, she said.
In addition to its website – promising a guaranteed return on investment of 12 per cent in a year, and a potential return of 40 per cent in five years, Crown targets investors via exhibitions at shows in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Pickthall did not wish to disclose further ways how Crown locates its clients. The company plans to market properties to Cayman residents in the future, he said.
Mr. Pickthall said only about 10 per cent of Crown's clients are investing their private pension funds. He noted that UK individuals investing their private pension funds are not allowed to invest in residential concepts, and that the Cayman land plots are considered commercial concepts until the day that residential construction begins.
DubLi Network
However, Mr. Pickthall did say that Crown has an agreement with the DubLi Network, who he said has bought 15 lots from Crown in order to move VPs from the US to Cayman, primarily for tax purposes. DubLi Network is part of Boca Raton-based MediaNet Group, specialising in "reverse auctions" conducted on its DubLi.com website. Specifically, the DubLi Network arm of the company is a network of independent salespeople who direct customers to the DubLi.com website. The salespeople are not regular salaried employees, but receive commissions for signing up new customers and for recruiting new independent salespeople.
According to information from the company's website, the lots in the North Side development are being offered as prizes for the Network's "top performers." According to the site, the Dubli development will feature a nine-hole golf course.
When asked about the discrepancy over the size of the golf course, Mr. Pickthall said Crown does not have any control over what the Network puts on its website, but that his group is negotiating with adjacent landowners with the ultimate goal of perhaps having a full 18-hole golf course in the future.
Mr. Pickthall said he anticipates building model homes on the site in the next three to six months, and that his clients will be ready to build within the next 12 to 18 months. That concurs with time frames given by Ms Rollf. She said it will take about a year-and-a-half to prep the entire site for construction and then pave the roads.
In addition to selling land, Crown also promises building design plans to buyers, and offers to act as general contractor for clients who wish to build homes. Crown calls it a "house in a box." The price for a 1,900 square foot, two bedroom house through Crown is about CI$353,000; the price for a 2,900 square foot, four bedroom house through Crown is about CI$609,000 – not including the cost of the land, government fees, site fill, driveway or pool.
Other developments
Just down Rum Point Road, Crown also owns 13.6 acres north of Malporas Pond. In June, Crown received planning permission to build a 35-lot subdivision of single family homes.
On its website, Crown advertises five more developments, all on the Sister Islands. On Little Cayman, Crown features three subdivisions on the eastern part of the island. On Cayman Brac, Crown has two subdivisions on the central-west part of the island. The majority of the plots in those developments are listed as already sold. The advertised price is £60,000 (CI$81,600) per parcel in each of the developments, except for £40,000 (CI$54,400) parcels in one of the Little Cayman developments.
Like the Dubli development, the Sister Island subdivisions have roads but no buildings. Also like Dubli, the Sister Island plots are listed at premium prices. For example, CIREBA lists a 0.59 acre lot near Lakeside Estate (with its lots ranging from 0.24 to 0.40 acres) for CI$40,500.
Ms Rollf said infrastructure and road paving is complete in three of the subdivisions, while the other two are ready to be prepped for the construction of roads.
"Some people wonder how they could be so successful. Their success comes from helping people purchase land in ways that otherwise they would not be able to afford outright, such as a payment schedule of three to five years," said Ms Rollf, who said she bought a piece of land from Crown in Little Cayman and is satisfied with her purchase.
Mr. Pickthall said the Dubli development is the largest and most comprehensive development his company has ever done. He said the team behind Crown has been developing investment properties over the past 20 to 30 years in places such as the UK, Dubai, Denmark and Spain. He said the company also owns 300 acres in Jamaica and a few hundred acres in Barbados. When asked for examples of previous developments that have been completed, he pointed to a nine-bedroom house on the Spanish island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea. The house, which he says the company sold for €6 million, is now listed for sale – as a bank repossession – for €4.475 million.
Noemi Estrada, an independent realtor and CEO of Mallorca Realtors Exclusive Properties, said in her opinion the current list price is "very expensive" and gave several examples of what she called "much better properties" in the €4 million range.
Oasis Land
Oasis CEO John Ball used to be involved with Crown, before leaving and starting Oasis in 2008. Mr. Ball also pointed to the nine-bedroom house in Mallorca as an example of previous overseas land development. In the Cayman, Oasis advertises property for sale in East End in Grand Cayman (The Royal Residence), on eight sites in Cayman Brac (with only two sites not sold out, according to the website) and two sites in Little Cayman (with only one site not sold out).
Mr. Ball said Oasis' strategy is very similar to Crown's, although Oasis does not have the "house in a box" concept, which Mr. Ball said he does not particularly like. He said Crown focuses more on Grand Cayman than Oasis does, though the two companies sometimes end up competing for clients at the same exhibitions, such as a recent one in Beijing. Mr. Ball's company has several offices across the globe, but has land interests only in the Cayman Islands. Oasis is about three years behind Crown in terms of development, he said. Mr. Ball said his favourite island is Little Cayman and that he intends to build a company house there, perhaps in 2012.
Mr. Pickthall, on the other hand, said the main difference between Crown and Oasis is that the properties and services Crown offers are far superior to those offered by Oasis.
The contracting work in Cayman for Crown and Oasis is done by local companies. As in the case of Crown, Oasis properties do not currently have any residential structures on them.
"Most of our clients are buying on five-year payment plans, then they will make the decision whether to build. The problem we've got is the current economic climate. No one really wants to be building," Mr. Ball said.
Unlike Crown, Oasis has a real estate agency representing it locally, and some properties are listed in the CIREBA database. Oasis' agents are Cathy and Neil Williams of Williams2, part of RE/MAX Cayman Islands.
Mrs. Williams wanted to make it clear that she and her husband work exclusively for Oasis and not Crown. She said she has worked with Mr. Ball for about five years.
"They buy up large acreages of land, then subdivide that land, then sell that land to foreign investors," she said.
Describing it as land banking, Mrs. Williams said Oasis targets the "mega wealthy" from all over the world, who are looking to add Caymanian land to their existing real estate portfolio. Mr. Ball, however, disputed the "mega wealthy" characterisation of his clients.
Mrs. Williams estimated that Oasis holds hundreds of acres in Cayman and credited the company with singlehandedly boosting the Sister Islands' land market. Without Oasis buying property, the rural land would "just sit there", she said.
"I have enjoyed a phenomenal, first-class relationship with their affiliates all over the world. They're a fantastic company. They deliver on their promises. They have put infrastructure in place in both the Sister Islands, and they're fantastic," Mrs. Williams said.
UK background
Mr. Ball is a well-known businessman in the UK county of Merseyside, which contains the cities of Liverpool and Southport. Beginning in 2009, the homes and offices of Mr. Ball and his business partner were subject to an estimated 20 violent attacks, involving guns, arson and even a grenade, according to local media accounts. Mr. Ball said prosecutions in those cases are still lingering.
Additionally, in July 2009 a 20-year-old man hurled an axe at Mr. Ball, missing him, after the assailant lost his money in a business deal with Mr. Ball involving three plots of land in Cayman. "He couldn't make the quarterly payments that he had signed the contract to make," Mr. Ball said. "Then he turned up with an axe."
Two of Mr. Ball's companies – European Environmental Controls and Fireguard – have been accused by British media of pressuring elderly people to buy overpriced security systems and fire safety equipment. According to a local newspaper report, Mr. Ball was described on a BBC consumer show as "groundhog man" because of the number of times he had been investigated due to complaints about his business practices, and that Mr. Ball had been featured on an earlier form of the BBC show Watchdog as long ago as 1984.
Meanwhile, Jason Pickthall, who is Crown's director of planning, is also a well-known Merseyside businessman. Jason Pickthall co-founded mobile phone retailer Phone People, which at one time had 125 store locations, according to a local newspaper. In spring 2000, Jason Pickthall was ranked 10th on The Sunday Times Rich List of young millionaires, with an estimated worth of £50 million. By fall 2001, he had sold his stake in the company and filed for bankruptcy.
FSA on land banking
The UK's Financial Services Authority has pages on its website dedicated to warnings about land banking schemes. According to FSA's site, "Land banking companies divide land into smaller plots to sell it to investors on the basis that once it is available for development it will soar in value."
Many land banking companies contact customers by "cold-calling" them out of the blue, but also reach potential clients by email, post, word of mouth, or at seminars or exhibitions, according to the site: "Investors are told they will make big profits on small plots of land once planning permission is granted or development started."
According to an email from Crown personal investment advisor Paul Halsall, "While land suitable for development can cost up to 40 per cent of the price of a new property elsewhere in the world, our residential building plots in the Cayman Islands cost as little as 5 per cent of the potential re-sale price of a completed property. This significant extra profit potential makes Cayman Islands land investment one of the most potentially lucrative strategies in the current market."
According to FSA's site, "Just because the person promoting or operating the scheme says it is guaranteed the land will be developed does not necessarily mean it will be."
The FSA estimates that land banking schemes have cost UK consumers as much as £200 million. The FSA also notes that legitimate land banking companies do exist.
The FSA does not regulate the sale of land, but it does regulate "collective investment schemes". Companies must be authorised by FSA to promote or operate them in the UK. According to FSA, the characteristics of a "collective investment scheme" include: "investors do not have day-to-day control over managing their plot"; "the scheme involves pooling investor funds"; and "the operator is responsible for managing the scheme as a whole".
According to the site, "It is possible to sell plots of land without the scheme being a CIS. So, many land banking schemes are set up to avoid the characteristics of a CIS – at least on paper."
Neither Crown nor Oasis, nor their directors, is listed as an approved "collective investment scheme" in the FSA register – however, neither Crown nor Oasis, nor their directors, appears on the FSA's list of unauthorised firms/individuals known to be conducting regulated activities.
As of press time, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority did not respond to a query of whether the local government regulates land banking or collective land banking, or if Crown's or Oasis' activities fall within the government's regulatory scope.


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World, welcome the newest member of The Talk family! Co-host Sara Gilbert and her wife Linda Perry welcomed their first child, a son, over the weekend. The little guy, who made his first appearance on today's episode of the CBS show, also has quite the scholarly name. Gilbert and Perry named their baby boy Rhodes Emilio Gilbert Perry.
The Rosanne alum was not on The Talk today because she's officially started her maternity leave, but co-host Julie Chen made the exciting announcement. Take a look:
This is the first child for Perry, and the third for Gilbert. She's already mom to 9-year-old son Levi and 7-year-old daughter Sawyer from her previous relationship to Allison Adler.
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Hello! It's Project Life Tuesday, which means I'll be sharing my most recent completed layout with you today :) I'm extremely happy that I'm up-to-date in my 2013 album... and this will be my last week working in it! Since I'm doing a PL-style December Daily this year, I decided not to make it difficult for myself by doing separate Project Life layouts too. At the end of the year, I may end up doing a spread with some of my favorite photos from December, along with pics that didn't make it into my December Daily. It'll be a great way to close out my 2013 album...
Life Documented
November 24 - November 30
|Week 48: Single Page Layout
Apart from a special visit from my kid sister and Thanksgiving, it was a pretty mellow week. Over the course of a few days, I managed to capture some great photos to fill up this single page layout. An orange and blue theme was used this week in honor of the Autumn season. I had fun with pretty patterned paper and kept the embellishments nice and simple.
Here I'm using the same Hobby Lobby pocket page that I did for Week 47. I filled it with handmade cards, some free printables, and a mix of instagram photos. For the title card, I used a 6x4 Autumn themed printable journal card and added some Kraft colored alphabet stickers by Firefly.
|Week 48: "A Visit from Aunty"
I made this card using paper from Amy Tangerine's Ready Set Go line. It holds a couple of instapics, a strip of orange paper tape to which I wrote the title, and some AC Remarks alphabet stickers. I used Amy T's rotary phrase stamp to mark the date.
|Week 48: 3x4 Pockets | Set 1
For the first set of 3x4 pockets, I have a weather snippet that I captured using my Samsung Galaxy S3 and an Android app called Fling Weather. Next is a calendar card from my collection of printables. The set of cards printed out pretty small, so I cut a piece of paper from my scraps and mounted the calendar card to it. I used an Ali Edwards circle stamp to mark the days.
|Week 48: 3x4 Pockets | Set 2
This next set of 3x4 cards consists of a handmade card using more paper from my scraps. I added a wallet-size instagram photo, a Cosmo Cricket label sticker, and a Dymo label. Following that card is a Thanksgiving themed printable from my stash.
|Week 48: "Aunty & Me"
Here is another handmade card using paper from Amy Tangerine's Ready Set Go line. I added a 4x4 instagram photo, Studio 112 alphabet stickers, a heart cut on my Cameo, and the date using a roller stamp.
|Week 48: "Thanksgiving"
This is another handmade card using more paper from Amy T's Ready Set Go collection. It holds a 4x4 instapic, a Thanksgiving banner from my stash of printables, K&Company alphabet stickers, and a date stamp from We R Memory Keepers.
That's all I have for you today! If you would like to see my complete 2013 Project Life album, you can find it here. I'll be linking up with The Mom Creative, so stop by for more PL inspiration! If you're looking for the fun, free printables I used in this week's layout, browse my "SMASH* & PL" or "Printables/Templates" pinboards on Pinterest. You'll find hundreds of links to more freebies, DIY's, tips, ideas, and inspiration for everything Project Life!
Be sure to check back this time next week, because for the rest of the year I'll be sharing my completed weekly layouts from my 2013 December Daily album! See you then!
Stay updated on my recent posts, projects, and photos by following me on instagram, or by "liking" my fan page on Facebook. So why not head over there now and show some love...
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Are you documenting 2013 with Project Life? Doing both PL and December Daily to the end the year? Any thoughts, questions, or comments about this post? I'd love to hear it! Your feedback is always welcome and much appreciated!
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Just Checking In
Some of you may have noticed that I have not been doing a whole of sewing the last week or so. I have a project that I must complete(unsewing related)by Monday morning. The good news is that I'm almost there, YEA!!! My knees are tired, and my hands ache, but in the end, it will all be worth it. So no Fabulous Free Pattern Friday or Sleeves On Saturday this week. They will both resume next week. In fact I'm really excited about the sleeve I'll be doing next week. It actually came to me in a dream. Hmmmm, I guess you know you're a little strange when you dream about sleeves :)
A fun little thing happened yesterday. I thought that the people at Butterick might like to see the dress I made using their shirt pattern Butterick 5678, so I sent them an email with pictures and a link to my blog.
There was a rather negative comment made about the dress. I really didn't take it all that hard(I think the ghosts are truly taking their leave :), Cracking The Shell!!!). We all have an opinion, it's just a shame that some feel they have the right to voice it in such a negative way. Their problem, not mine :)
I also received a message from Alexandra. She gave this top a try,
but made it as a maxi.
http://www.studio-alexandra.com/2013/08/rectangle-maxi-dress/. She said that she liked the super easy neckline finish and that the dress went together so easily. I'm just so honored that she gave it a try. Thanks so much Alexandra!!
One last thing, a friend of mine gave me this spectacular piece,
I need to go get busy. I wish you a very happy Friday!
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Your dress is stunning!! It always shocks me when I come across a person who apparently wasn't taught "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."ReplyDeleteReplies
You and I are of like minds:) I've also found that I can find something nice to say about just about anything. Sometimes it just takes a little more effort on my part.Delete
I love how we support and inspire and cheer one another on. Would I sew every.single.thing I see others have made? No; that's why we sew, so that we can make what *we* want, in the fabric and style and color that *we* want. *Poof* to the criticizers (whatever *poof* means, just made that up LOL)! Alexandra is another who inspires me. One of many. You, dear Rhonda, are not only an inspiration but a role model. XOXO and {{hugs}}.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Rhonda, your dress is beautiful and you look fabulous in it. Re: negative comments, well, consider the source, then bless and release.ReplyDelete
Thank you again for the pattern instructions. I plan to sew several more of your patterns. I don't know how you come up with them but I am glad you do. Very creative.
So sweet Sandra. I say "poof" too!!!! I learned a long time ago to be open minded. It's only when our minds are open that new ideas can enter and wonderful opportunities make their way to us. Actually, I thought that the comment that was made about me having no modesty was quite hilarious!! Doesn't know me in the least.ReplyDelete
Ha, I had to go look at the comment...as you do :) You know it is the way we say things that can be so rude. I kinda agree it does look your bra is showing, but that is the fun thing. It is cheeky, yet classy and oh so clever. I really love this dress. Very modest but still cheeky. Perfect.ReplyDelete
That embroidered fabric is gorgeous. Lucky you.
I love your dress! The person who makes a negative comment about someone else's work shows complete ignorance. And of course ... I am literally drooling over my keyboard while I admire that wonderful embroidered fabric ... Oh, Lady, you are very lucky!ReplyDelete
Your dress was wonderful. Unfortunately, although the internet is wonderful and it's great to meet people like yourself, it does have a dark side, in that people can hide behind the anonymity of the screen and say nasty things. Sherry Turkel wrote about this phenonena years ago (she's a social psychologist at MIT). Well done for not allowing the projection to hit home.ReplyDeleteReplies
It truly is a very interesting phenomenon. I want to find the piece you mentioned as I think it would be a very interesting read. I think that it might have something to do with old hurts and this is a way to lash out and give the person a feeling of some power. I really try to practice what Alexandra said, "bless and release." we all have baggage that can manifest itself in many ways.Delete
I really love your dress. The curved lines are so elegant!ReplyDelete
Rhonda. I think you are truely talented. Are you a self taught designer or did you study designing and pattern drafting? I have done a pattern drafting course but one has to really practice the designing. Making the basic patterns is the easiest part but I have to think hard about the designing. I guess that comes with experience.ReplyDelete
I love ALL your blogs. You put a lot of time and effort into everything you undertake.
Cathy ( New Zealand)
My mother had a wonderful outlook on negative criticism. "Don't criticize anyone or anything they do until or unless you have never done anything to warrant criticism from someone else." Who in this world is so perfect not to warrant criticism at some point? The dress is fabulous. And the embroidered piece spectacular.ReplyDelete
I also love the dress and can't wait for the tutorial.ReplyDelete
I love your gown; it's absolutely inspirational! And the piece with the embroidered cranes is deliriously delightful. Even the back of the fabric is gorgeous. I was taught that the back of an embroidery should be just as neat and pretty as the front, and yours comes very close! Compose your vision and enjoy!ReplyDelete
When you cut the cranes up you may lose some cranes. If you count carefully there should be 100 and that is what makes this piece luckyReplyDeleteReplies
I am planning to drape the piece so that I don't cut away any of the fabric and especially the birds!! I had no idea about the potential of the piece being lucky. I will count the birds and see if there are 100. I hope, I hope!!! Thanks so much for letting me know. I'll let my friend who gave the piece to me know as well.Delete
When you cut the cranes up you may lose some cranes. If you count carefully there should be 100 and that is what makes this piece luckyReplyDelete
Rhonda, I have been waiting to see you in this dress and it certainly didn't disappoint me- wow you look fabulous. As for the comments..............hmmm well you have far more positive ones posted that you do not to pay too much attention to one bad oneReplyDelete
The birds are a true work of art (like your dress) gosh bet they took a long time to sew. Impressive.
Anita L Mayer once said she remembers this phase when she encounters negativity about her creativity, "what anyone thinks of me is none of my business".
Continue to do what you love and remember the majority that you inspire!
This dress was so perfect for the Zoo Ball!Replies
I really like this. Thanks so much for sharing the the inspiration of Anita!Delete


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- Being approachable will impact your influence on people. You will gain credibility which as a result, People will be more apt to follow you, learn from you and devote their time and energy to the goal/vision.-Dr. Hemby
In Church Business and Administration class we discussed this idea approachability. This is a touchy subject and I know myself to be unapproachable at times. I want to give some key markers by which to begin a conversation with yourself, God and those around you to see if maybe you have become unapproachable.
- How many people would someone have to go through just to speak with you?
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Almost half of my older cousins have advertising jobs in New York City. My cousin, Beth, used to work for the New York Giants, handling all of their advertising and campaigning. I used to visit her in the city every summer with my older sister and took note of how much she loved her job. She would light up whenever she was asked about the Giants and new developments at work. I enrolled at Penn State as an undecided major, unsure about what I was supposed to do with my life. Unfortunately, my father didn't particularly appreciate this and he expressed his disapproval of my uncertainty about my future. During the summer, I grew tired of this and decided to research the advertising major at Penn State. I noticed that it was a joint major along with PR. As a naive seventeen year old, I really had no idea what PR was about. I quickly wikipedia-ed it and discovered what the career entailed. As I read and scrolled down and across the page, my interest grew and I could picture myself working in the field. I decided that when I arrived at college that fall, I would try and involve myself in PR related activities to see how I felt about the major. Although I'm undecided, I am planning to major in PR. One might say that I was pushed into picking a major, but I can honestly say that if I wasn't, I might not have discovered PR and the wonderful field that it is.


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Ryan is depressed. He is spending a long time on his own, running away from his friends for fear of intimidation. It happened three weeks ago. His father- a renowned carpenter and a good family man- was arrested by the police, taken to the depot and jailed for life. Ryan's dad-Mario- was very fond of his son. They would spend some 2 hours tackling each other in the latest play station football video game. And now he's gone.
While behind bars, Mario-now confined to a tiny cell that he is forced to call home-dreams that one day he would be set free again to play with his son, kiss his wife and walk his favorite path down the nearby valley. How he cherishes freedom! How he longs to be out of that horrendous cell once and for all. Don't get me wrong. He was very well fed, he was not treated to any abuses –physical or otherwise-, the cell was kept clean and all that but alas, there's nothing like freedom! And that is the only thing he didn't have. The sad thing is that he was jailed for life for no apparent crime. He didn't do anything that might have harmed society. He didn't abuse of any drug nor did he stab any stranger. He was living a perfectly normal life by society's standards.
I was wondering about the life lived by the cute and clap-able elephants, tigers and seals that I go to Floriana to watch almost every year in December. You see incredible elephants riding on each other. Wow! How extraordinary! I mean with all that weight they really deserve my applause. How do they do it? What incredible creatures these humping-mode elephants are. Then next come the tigers. Incredible! I usually watch tigers running after their prey on the National Geographic Channel but today I am seeing a tiger flying through a loop of flames. How incredible! Aren't they astonishing? Clap, clap, clap!
These animals are really magical. They are also capable of teleportation. How else can they travel? Surely they cannot fit them in containers? HA! Containers! For these beautiful creatures? Of course not! They teleport themselves all over the world.
And I continue wondering. How come I never see elephants riding one other in the wild? How boring of them! Well of course, they see us humans in the crowd, and they want to please us with their tricks! I really love animals. How very thoughtful of them!
I was also wondering why elephants have tattoos around their huge feet. Yep, believe me! I was watching them doing their incredible routine and since I was sitting in the front row (Duh! Can I not be? I love animals!), I looked closely at the hind feet of these grey monsters in front of me and saw a chain tattoo imprinted around their feet. They are trendy ey? I wonder why it was a bit blistering and all that, but most probably he got hit by the trunk of another elephant-which gave rise to these blisters. Funnily enough this tattoo looks a lot like a real chain was binding this elephant. But nonsense of course!
You know what bothered me though? Why do the loving owners of these animals keep whips in their hands? It's a mystery to me! To go through a ring of fire should be fun for the tiger. It's receiving a round of applause each time and it's becoming the most famous cat alive. They are obviously not forced by whips! LOL! Forced by whips!
I don't know why but as we entered the circus tent, there were some people shouting something. Something about freedom and cruelty. I don't know how the police can allow people to try to water down your appetite for this non-formal education.
And it seems that it's not only these bunch of hippies that are against us enjoying animals in circuses. For some strange reason, my friend Ryan (who, by the way, has a criminal father. Sshh!) just texted me the other day: ' You might as well go watch my father juggle three oranges!' Some people are crazy!
Oh and by the way, I just heard the animals are back next December. Hope to see you all there!
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An Introduction
The Interior Drawings create the sensation of a closed in arena, where the noise echoes and reverberates inside, an entrapment for not only the public but for me as the artist. It is a feeling that is very compelling yet at the same time unsettling. The architecture confines the human presence, prompting the movement from the form to pulsate around the floor, as a search begins to explore the environment that they are in. Motion begins to build as time continues through the retracing of steps, whilst the new filter in, providing a battle that is past, present and future. Figure and structure become harmonious, hidden areas are revealed that are undetectable without the apparatus of the drawing medium. These allow surprises to occur in the final drawing, but also show the characteristics of the buildings design.


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The Idea Accelerator supports students who are interested in exploring an idea or developing and implementing a project by providing structured experiences designed to bolster student enthusiasm and help them move their ideas from concept to reality.
What We Support
- Early stage ideas and concepts
- Moving ideas into action
- Furthering development of a project or idea initiated in a course
- Projects undertaken by student groups
- Independent student projects
- Projects related to thesis work/capstone projects
What We Have to Offer
- Advising for early stage ideas
- Mentoring for moving ideas into action
- Resources and technical support for project implementation
- Online toolkit with resources to support the development of ideas and projects
- Cross-campus workshops and trainings to cultivate skills and habits of mind
- Funding
- Connections with campus and community resources
- Opportunities to connect with other students, faculty, and staff with similar interests
Benefits of Support
- Cultivating skills and habits of mind in order to successfully develop and implement ideas and projects
- Developing your own network
- Raising the profile/awareness of student initiated ideas and projects on campus
- Articulating your unique skills, capacities, and experiences to others - potential partners, employers, etc.
- Students will document their project in a format that will allow them to share it with others - video, blog/website, portfolio, written report, etc.
Project requirements:
Projects may be rooted in and across any field or discipline, but all will have the same basic components:
- Responds to a need or opportunity that can be documented or demonstrated
- Recognizes and meaningfully engages partners and collaborators
- Outlines a concrete, realistic and actionable plan
- Articulates clearly defined intention and outcome(s)
- Includes opportunities for assessment and reflection


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A 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of petty theft after a four-pack of beer was stolen from a Laguna Beach store Sunday, police said.
San Rafael resident David Patrice Thomas was taken into custody in connection with the theft from Whole Foods market at 283 Broadway St., Sgt. Louise Callus wrote in an email.
Police said a clerk denied service to Thomas because he refused to show identification.
The employee confiscated the beer, but Thomas returned to take another four-pack and left the store, Callus said.
A store employee witnessed the theft and called police, and he and a coworker followed Thomas while speaking with dispatchers, she said.


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David Pinson
"equipping, developing and empowering the Church with
Present Truth of The Kingdom of God unto Full Stature".
"And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you." Phil. 1:6 (AMP)


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Explore & More Artist in Residence Jeannet de Jong will be Visiting Vincent (Van Gogh) with 4-6 year olds.
Visiting Vincent runs Wednesday – Friday, June 22 – 24, from 10am – 12pm each day. Children will dive into the world of Vincent Van Gogh, visiting his studio and a nearby cafe, reading stories about him, and learning his painting techniques to create their own masterpieces.
The classes are drop-off, have limited space, and require pre-registration. Classes are $75 for non-members or $65 for members, per child for each three-day session. Class fee includes instruction, materials and a snack each day. Call 716-655-5131 today and have your child meet Visiting Vincent!


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We specialize in one-of-a-kind apparel and home decor. At the design bar, you can design your own apparel and have it ready to take home in minutes!
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Survivors Crawl for Cancer June 13th, Disney, OK.
There will be a fun run, poker run, raffle, 50/50, flex competition and a few others events to be announced soon.
Registration starts at 8:00 am at the Disney City Hall office, a tshirt will be included with registration.
Also available for purchase are Tshirts and tank tops. $30 each for small, mediums, large and extra large, $35 for 2x up to 5x. Pre-orders are necessary to ensure sizes.
You can order by messaging on Facebook HERE or by calling (316) 259-1050.
All proceeds will go to Turn Tulsa Pink who helps the patient with their needs while battling cancer in the Tulsa and surrounding areas.


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The New York Times explores the meanings (and poetics?) of the Twitter hashtag. What if Shakespeare had used Twitter? Julia Turner suggests we might have been graced with "Your face. #summerday." Curiously, he seems to have mostly avoided hashtags altogether.
A new blog captures the accidental poetry of the Google search autofill. Reminiscent of the "Longest Poem in the World" courtesy of Twitter.
And finally, a little romp from Nedroid Picture Diary.


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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Orius Corp. has officially requested withdrawal of its $250 million initial public offering in a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission filed Wednesday.
The technical service provider to the telecom industry canceled the deal because of current market conditions, according to the filing.
Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, First Union Securities and SunTrust Equitable Securities had been listed as underwriters for the now-defunct deal.
The company had planned to trade the stock on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "ORIS."


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Moto Metal anthracite MO970 wheels have a unique, 8-spoke design that will have all eyes on you and your rig! Each spoke has a top layered design that highlights the rugged style. These Moto Metal wheels come in anthracite with a black lip finish.
MO970 wheels are offered for a wide array of trucks and feature many different sizes, offsets, and bolt patterns. Moto Metal uses extremely durable, one piece cast aluminum to make the MO970 wheels.
Moto Metal anthracite MO970 wheels are backed with a structural limited lifetime warranty and a one year warranty on the finish. Whether you're on or off the road, Moto Metal MO970 wheels will carry you on your way for many years to come.
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My Pinterest Epiphany
Like most men, I'm terrified of Pinterest.
It's not the salivating dessert shots or daunting DIY crafts that creep me out - it's the fact that I just don't belong.
The general consensus amongst guys is that we aren't welcome on Pinterest. It's the digital equivalent of a "NO BOYS ALLOWED" pillow fort. The site has always been heavily skewed towards female users (who make up about 80% of the community) largely because of how much design and fashion content it contains. As a result, going on Pinterest feels a bit like reading your girlfriend's Cosmo. Secretly enjoyable, yes, but something you'd never tell your buddies about.
Not that any of this has been a problem for the social media juggernaut. In just two years, Pinterest has exploded in popularity, growing from 1.2 million users to over 17 million. They could quite easily stick with their predominantly female user base and do just fine.
As a marketer, I was incredibly curious. As a guy, I was totally perplexed.
What made this thing so great?
It became my Rosetta Stone. I needed to understand it. I may not USE the platform, but I sure as hell wanted to know what made it so effective - especially when you consider the design influence that Pinterest has had on so many other websites. Over the last 6 months, their viscerally satisfying thumbnail layout has spread like wildfire. Big players like eBay and news outlets like The National Post have redesigned their pages to mimic the scroll-n-scan style that Pinterest has now made famous. It seems as though the World Wide Web is in agreement: this is how you organize content online.
To crack this thing, I would need to go undercover.
The opportunity came a few days ago, when I watched a female friend peruse the site. Creepy? Yes. Highly informative? Double yes. Anywho, being the annoying marketer that I am, I began peppering her with questions about user interface and sharing functionality. She didn't care about any of that.
"I just like browsing through it and getting new ideas."
She didn't even sign into a profile or use customized pinboards. Scanning the home page and its simple sub sections turned up more than enough table settings and sugar cookie recipes. One of the featured images on her screen was a simple homemade jewelry idea: bracelets wrapped in old scarves.
"See? That's a great idea. Maybe I could do that. Cool. And then I keep scrolling…"
She went in, grabbed a few ideas, and got out. Pinterest's bite-sized chunks of inspiration act as a perfect snack for today's impatient surfer. The rapid-fire content teases your imagination for a few moments and then lets you move on. While a fashion blog could easily turn that bracelet project into a 2-page post complete with instructions, comments, and maybe a video, Pinterest chooses to abide by the less-is-more mentality. They assume you'd prefer the cliff notes version – a strong bet in today's saturated media landscape.
Those little injections of visual and mental stimulation are the key to what makes Pinterest so, well, interesting. You never have a chance to get bored. Users have the opportunity to dive deeper down whatever rabbit hole they're interested in, but in the meantime there's always another piece of content lined up and ready to go. Keep it simple, keep it fun, and most importantly, keep it quick; that seemed to be the guiding principle Pinterest followed to become one of the world's favourite websites.
It's only a matter of time before us guys figure it out.
Confessions of a Copywriter
Writer's block. Whether it's a screenplay or an email, we all experience the crippling inability to string words (or thoughts) together just the way we'd like.
How does facebook's newsfeed design impact brands?
In its ongoing evolution Facebook announced its latest change today, the redesign of the user Newsfeed.
Too Social
As I look down at my iPhone - connected to GPS and with a camera + voice recorder built-in, and then at all my social apps; Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc...I realize that I have the ability to share my everything with the world.


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Jack chases dream online game career
FINDING out her 14-year-old son Jack had a world ranking of 88 in the online game Call of Duty, was a life changing moment for Grafton mum Karleen Murray.
"We just thought he was down there playing games on his PS4," Ms Murray said. "Like any parent we tried to make sure that the games didn't take over his life.
"Then he told me had reached 88 in the world playing one game (Call of Duty) and my ears pricked up. What if he could make a career from it?"
Jack had an example already, the Swedish online gamer and comedian Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, also known as PewDiePie, who has become recognised as Youtube's biggest star with his comedic commentaries on videos of his gaming successes.
The 28-year-old who dropped out of university in 2011 and was cut off by his parents, now has an entry on the Forbes Rich List with a nett worth of $16 million and rising.
The new regime also meant more game time .
"When you stop playing your ranking immediately begins to drop," she said.
"So we were happy to fit more time on the PS4 into his schedule.
"But he still has to do his chores and if he doesn't, he loses game time."
Ms Murray said it was important for Jack to establish a brand and a style of video that people wanted to see.
"When he gets his subscriber numbers over 1000 he can start to charge money for advertisements on his videos," she said.
"He's got about 350 subscribers in just over two months,."
She has set up a Youtube and Twitter account Jack plays under his screen name of Muzza737 YT.
The new regime seems to be helping Jack's gaming results as well with his ranking in Call of Duty III peaking at 23 in December.


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9pm (11pm)
Been having internet problems. Anyway, Clark has conceded
National 46%
Labour 34%
Green 6.5%
NZ First 4.3%
Act 3.7%
Maori 2.2%
United Future 0.9%
Progressives 0.9%
98.0% votes counted
National 59
Labour 43
Green 8
Act 5
Maori 5
Progressive 1
United Future 1
(The parties likely to form a coalition are in bold)
Percentages still looking the same. They may change when bigger non-rural booths report in which should life the Labour vote a bit.
Winston Peters getting smashed by National in Tauranga. Looks like there will be no seats for the NZ First party as their party vote is under the 5% threshold.
6pm (8pm)
Antony Green reckons "The chances of national getting a majority in their own right do not look good. But National plus ACT are still looking good. Now TVNZ are publishing their prediction, I can report the models are looking like National 45.6, Labor 36.1."
5:50pm (7:50pm)
4.6% counted. National is on 49%, Labour 32%, Greens 6%, Others 13%. At the moment National looks like winning 63 seats, Labour 40, Greens 8, Maori 5, ACT 4, and JAP and UF 1 each.
New Zealanders have gone to the polls today to elect their new government. The polls point to a National minority government with the support of ACT NZ, United Future and maybe the Maori Party. Results will be updated here starting at 7pm NZ time (5pm AEDT)


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When you are grappling with a difficult or unusual clinical case, researching a paper, or preparing for a teaching or research presentation, the revitalized NEJM.org makes it easy for you discover all that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has to offer.
In Part 1 of our tour series we looked at the updated design for readability, enhanced discoverability of content, and user-centric site navigation. In Part 2 we explored the new Article Tools that make it easier to read, save, download, cite, share, obtain rights to reuse, view articles metrics, and more.
Here in Part 3 of our tour series, we focus on the many ways to browse and discover related NEJM content. In addition to a more reader-centric navigation, every article page now features multiple jumping off points for discovering additional, related content.
If your objective at the moment is keeping current with medical knowledge, look to the new articles carousel at the top of each article page, which features convenient links to all of the most recently published NEJM articles.
The Related Articles module reveals NEJM editorial and other supplemental materials associated with the article you are currently viewing.
If you are limited for time, you might choose to focus only on certain types of NEJM articles. For example, you might wish to isolate just research. Or perhaps you're interested in reviews, clinical cases, or commentary. There is a module that shows articles of the same type you are currently viewing. Clicking the title of the module will take you to a page that aggregates all available articles of the same type. The default is to show articles in order of publication (newest first), but you will also find options for filtering by Specialty, Article Type, and date (past 6 months, past 1 year, past 2 years, past 5 years, or your own custom range).
With two clicks, you can also change the sort order to show newest, oldest, most viewed, and most cited. Each article result also features convenient tools for saving to your My Account panel or downloading for personal use.
If you like browsing NEJM.org by article type, a shortcut to achieve the same result is to click on any of the red, all-caps headers that appear just above NEJM article headlines.
For physicians and health care professionals wishing to stay up to date on the most important new medical knowledge, there is time savings in paying attention to what is trending among your medical colleagues worldwide. The Most Viewed content module on NEJM.org offers a one-click gateway to the 10 NEJM articles that are the most:
- Viewed — either in the latest week or month
- Emailed — in the latest week
- Cited — either most recently or throughout NEJM history
- Most covered in the media over the past 30 days
At the bottom of each article page you will find clickable grey tags that take you to content that has been classified similarly in terms of specialty and topics of interest.
Finally, also at the bottom of each article page, you will find a new carousel containing all the articles, editorials, and other content that were published in the same week as the article you are currently viewing.
If browsing (versus searching for) articles, there is one additional new navigation feature you will want to know about. While you can always return to the homepage by clicking on the NEJM logo in the upper left corner of your screen, you can also now bring up the site main navigation menu by clicking on the three-line menu icon near the top right corner of article pages (to the right of search and just below the red Subscribe button).
Be sure to tune in for Part 4 in our tour series in which we delve into improved and expanded capabilities for search on the revitalized NEJM.org.
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JOBS & CAREERS – Tribune
As electronic systems are used in practically all industries, electronic engineers have a wide variety of job opportunities. Take your pick, writes USHA ALBUQUERQUE PRACTICALLY everything we use today is electronically operated – phones, computers
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Now in our 18th year, we firmly believe that ELK is due a new style and a little flair! For all of of the wonderful friends, family and supporters alike out there, please watch out for (and participate!) in a new trend you will soon begin noticing in all of ELK's social media exploits. For the month of September, you will notice the hashtag, "inspire". For the months of October and November, our hashtags will be "educate" and "transform" (consecutively). For what purpose, you may be pondering? ELK's programming is truly built on the following 3 pillars, and we want to make sure that each one receives its time in the spotlight, and that everyone of you do as well! We want to know what you think – how has ELK inspired, educated or transformed you? Looking forward to reading some great input on the social media waves!
ELK Inspires youth to have high expectations of themselves by exposing them to the outdoors and engaging them in service learning projects.
With ELK's guidance and support, many under-served youth have not only graduated from high school, but have become engaged, productive, and successful members of society.
Fact: ELK serves over 5,000 youth each year, many of whom experience their first outdoor adventure with ELK.
ELK Educates youth through science and environmental education embedded in all programs and activities.
For the last 18 years ELK has invested in developing youth as stewards and engaged citizens, while cultivating a strong educational message to ensure high school and college graduation.
Fact: 100% of ELK's youth have graduated high school (2011-2014).
ELK Transforms youth by endowing them with increased academic skills, civic and community leadership, environmental stewardship, and employment opportunities. Science, environmental education, technology, engineering, and math is embedded in all programs and activities.
Fact: Latinos make up less than 2.4% of the nation's pipeline in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) – related disciplines.
Fact: 60% of ELK alumni are studying or working in a STEM related career field.