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As part of the district's STEAM initiative, which stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and math, a series of summer workshops called the Summer STEAM Institute were held recently at the South Fayette School District.
According to Aileen Owens, director of technology for the district, several area schools were invited to participate in the workshops, which all centered around STEAM. Owens said that although the majority of attendees were teachers from South Fayette, teachers from West Allegheny, Baldwin-Whitehall and Upper St. Clair also came to the program.
At workshops on July 25, one group of teachers were learning about the program "Scratch 2.0" and another group was learning how to make e-textile clothing.
Owens said the district has been working with Mitch Resnick of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's media lab, Karen Brennan of Harvard and Kylie Peppler of Indiana University.
District Superintendent Dr. Bille Rondinelli said she is very excited about the design-centered projects. She said teachers and administrators at South Fayette have been able to participate in workshops centered around innovation at Pittsburgh-based companies Maya and Luma. Workshops at Luma teach organizations how to become more innovative through hands-on curriculum and Maya is a design consultant firm and technology research lab.
"It's framing in the future," Rondinelli said about having the teachers and students focus on problem-based and design-based thinking.
"Scratch" was developed by programmers at MIT and is a free educational programming language that can be used to make simple games. A group of about 15 teachers had the chance to make their own games and play with the program.
"This is definitely the direction education is going," said Sandi Miller, who teaches fifth grade at South Fayette. "It's best to be there to learn it."
She said she had heard a lot of good things from her students who have used Scratch in the past. "Any kind of technology engages kids," Miller said.
Melissa Drake, who will be teaching in the STEAM classroom at the intermediate school in the fall, said, "The kids know a lot more about programming than you do."
Drake said she came to the workshop to see what her students have already been exposed to in technology.
"I'm really excited about it," said fifth grade teacher Ben Laughton about the district's STEAM initiative. Laughton, who was recently hired at South Fayette said he'd never heard of STEAM prior to coming to the district – he had always heard of it as STEM, which doesn't include the arts portion. Laughton said learning Scratch will come in handy when he is teaching language arts because he can have his students make interactive fairy tales using the software.
Another group of teachers learned how to make e-textile clothing. On July 25, a group of fourth grade teachers gathered to make small bags that incorporated blinking LED lights.
Verily Tan and Sophia Bender, graduate students at Indiana University-Bloomington, taught the class and the teachers how to program the blinking lights and sew their bags with conductive thread.
Fourth grade teacher Tracy Brandtner was adding a blinking sun to her bag.
"I drew it out first and then built the code so the lights do what I want them to do," Brandtner said, pointing to a diagram with a series of wires on top of it.
Samantha Bozzer, a fourth grade teacher, said she had never sewn before, as she showed off the battery pack she embedded in fabric. She was making a sun on her bag.
Instructor Sophia Bender said the e-textile field is the first computing field dominated by women. Owens added that it teaches a skill like sewing and combines it with technology and design skills so students will be interested in it.
Students will be making their own e-textiles in the fall.
The district recently received a grant from the Grable Foundation to help continue its STEAM programs.
Rondinelli said the district will soon be a part of the roll-out of the next version of the Scratch program – Scratch 3.0.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
A Rant
People don't know what to say. I get that. I'm not even sure that I can give anyone advice on what to say. It's just awful.
But please don't say, "I couldn't do what you've done".
Trust me, you could. I didn't sign up for this. It's not an Ironman Triathalon that sounded like a good idea several months ago, but now we're all reconsidering.
What you're really trying to say is, "God, that is such an awful, terrible thing to happen that I can't even fathom how you are coping with life, and it must be because you are made of some sort of different protoplasm than I am, and since I'm just too delicate to handle it, it will never happen to me."
Well, you're wrong.
I don't want to do this. I didn't ask for this in my life. Neither did the holocaust Jews, or the Tsunami victims, or the last person in your town who's spouse was killed in a car accident. I'm not looking to be strong, or motivational, or have some TV miniseries made about me. I'm just like you, trying to live my life, and something really bad happened to me and my family.
And I hate to tell you this, but something really bad might happen to you too.
And to think that it can't pushes me away.
So stop saying that to me.
Instead, maybe you could say, "This really sucks, and I'm so sorry."
Because then you are still here, with me. And you're sorry, and it helps.
39 comments:
This really sucks and I'm so sorry.
- March 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM
- Sybil said...
It really does suck...well and truly. and no one but no one knows what another person is going through or even how they themselves will get through something so horrible...
God Bless,
Love Syil xx
- March 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM
This really sucks. And I'm sorry.
- March 28, 2009 at 12:11 PM
- Bianca Castafiore said...
It's about time.
The pressure to be extraordinary in a rotten situation is precisely pressure exerted to push you away and make that rotten stuff unimaginable.
Good post, Smak.
The most useful comment I've ever received from a doctor was this: "La Bonne et Belle Bianca, we all have to play the hands that we're dealt. I'm sorry, but you've been dealt a shitty hand."
And yes, I feel enormously uncomfortable referring to my issues in the comment section of a mother whose son just died. But I am gonna risk it because I am not extraordinary or gifted in how-to-suffer, either.
- March 28, 2009 at 12:45 PM
I am so sorry that it sucks so bad. It freaking sucks. It's awful and it makes me mad. I'm sorry you are sad.
- March 28, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- XE said...
It really sucks, and I'm so so sorry. I wish there was something more I could do.
- March 28, 2009 at 3:39 PM
- ArkieRN said...
I hate that this happened to you.
I hope that if I am ever in your shoes that I can show half of the grace that you've displayed.
- March 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- rlbates said...
This really suck and I am so sorry!
- March 28, 2009 at 3:51 PM
- Cathy said...
It really sucks, Dr, Smak. I am so sorry!
- March 28, 2009 at 4:36 PM
It absolutely sucks and I am really sorry it happened to you and I know it could happen to me, to my family, to anyone that I love. So, I think that some of us hope that through your example-extraordinary or not--we know that if or when the unthinkable happens, we too will be able to pick ourselves up and continue to live our lives. We have to.
Thanks for ranting--It is extremely therapeutic.
- March 28, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- ADB said...
This does suck. Death is so horribly final, isn't it. Nothing you can do anymore. Makes you feel completely powerless. Small wonder you feel crap. I'm sorry.
- March 28, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- ...tom... said...
It really sucks to say this...
you said...
"So I'm not sure that you all realize it, but you all function quite effectively as my collective internet therapist."
...but my bill is in the mail.
I have watched a loved one die over many months. It does indeed 'really suck'.
Great post.
- March 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- radioactive girl said...
SERIOUSLY! I am sick and tired of people telling me how strong and brave I am. I didn't get a choice in this, and neither did you. Sometimes things suck. Sometimes they suck A LOT. You get through them because there isn't a choice. You don't deserve it, but who really does deserve this kind of crap? I sure can't think of anyone!
I do realize people don't know what to say, but when I feel that way I just say "I have no idea what to say". That seems better than the whole brave and strong thing. I mean I am brave and strong in other things, but having cancer did not prove any of that.
I totally get the therapy thing. I do that too with my blog. Sometimes it makes me feel better and sometimes it just frustrates me. I wish you lived near me so we could hang out. I have a feeling we would comfort each other pretty well and have a lot of regular people fun too.
- March 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM
- Ali said...
There was never a question... to do or not to do. You are the best momma there is to your lovely boy, and your two beautiful girls. And thank you for sharing it with us all. "It sucks" sums it up so very well... and I am so very sorry. Life isn't fair when someone whose life has just begun is taken away, and cancer sucks the most.
Hugs to you and your family from another random internet stranger. :)
- March 28, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Yes, it really does suck. I read your husbands blog as well and I read how you both are dealing and... it sucks and I'm sorry, but you both seem to be handling as well as can be expected. I wish I could do more.
- March 28, 2009 at 8:40 PM
- Maire said...
You absolutely right. People struggle they dont know what to say, they dont want to make it worse. It royally sucks. I dont know you, and my heart breaks for you, and I am so sorry. Thank you for your honesty
- March 28, 2009 at 8:55 PM
- Yummy Mummy said...
This really sucks and I am so sorry.
- March 28, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I discovered your blog today from another blog, and I felt compelled to write tonight.
I am a Mom of 3 boys, and I'm a nursing student. First of all, I really enjoyed your medical commentary. Second of all, I felt sick to my stomach when I read what happened to your little boy. My middle child is 4 years old. I, too, LOVE the age of four. My heart aches for you. I once read an autobiography from a woman who was diagnosed with ALS in her early thirties. She wrote, "Everyone has a 'why me'; everyone has that. I just got a really bad 'why me'."
I think you got a really bad "why me". Your son did, your family did. There is no rhyme or reason about it; it just sucks. It's frigging terrible and no one should have to go through it.
Cosmically, I sometimes wonder what is in store for me, because I love my kids so passionately; they are my "thing". Why am I drawn to blogs where people have lost a spouse or a child? Is it just by chance that I clicked on one once, and then have found all of the others? Each story is so heart wrenching, raw, and real. The things that we have to endure. The tough stuff. The BIG stuff. I guess I'll never know....no one ever knows.
Thinking of you tonight. Your boy was so beautiful; thank you for sharing him with us.
- March 28, 2009 at 9:39 PM
- tiff said...
It does suck and it is unfair and I hated it when people talked about my strength and my bravery when my son died.
I had no choice. I had to let him go, I had to keep going. There is nothing brave or strong about it.
I am so sorry that your little man is gone.
People say all sorts of things. They mean well but often it's just the wrong thing.
- March 29, 2009 at 6:21 AM
- Christine said...
So true, and people who haven't experienced real loss don't get it. My Dad is dying of stage IV metastasized lung cancer (non smoker) and I have friends say "I can't imagine losing a parent, I couldn't deal with it' and I think to myself silently 'but you will, someday. We all will. '
Just found your blog. I am so deeply sorry for the loss of your son. Cancer sucks.
- March 29, 2009 at 10:02 AM
As always, your posts serve to educate.
While it sucks that people say 'the wrong thing' they (most often) surely say them for the 'right reasons'. After all, most of us are not practiced in the art of 'comforting the grieving'.
Your thoughts carry value far beyond the here and now. That is a great legacy from Henry.
- March 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- AngelMc said...
When I was in therapy years ago for a really bad time I was going through, the first thing I asked my therapist was why me? And the very simple thing that he said started my healing at that very moment. "Because Angelyn, bad things happen to good people." Oh. It wasn't my fault, and I wasn't being punished for something that I had done. I think about you often and I hope that every day will get a little easier for you and your family
- March 29, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Dr. SMAK - you should read the church of 80% sincerity -- it is so on point and an amazing and quick read. hand in hand with you.
- March 29, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Hi. I am new to your blog, just clicking through from another blog and just found you. I am so sorry about your son. It really really sucks.
Your post today was amazing as well and it really resonated with me... I am a mother of twins born very early at 27 weeks with lots of health issues (they both were in critical condition for several weeks) and people kept telling me that ~I know I could not do what you do~ and it made me so mad. Yes, you can do it and if it happens to you, you will do it because it's a tragedy and nobody is exempt from it.
You just pick up the pieces and carry on.... there is no other way around it. Much love your way!
- March 29, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- A Doc 2 Be said...
Many continued warm thoughts to your family.
It does suck. The loss of a child permeates like nothing else.
Time does mend the hurt, it does scab over the open, oozing soreness of longing... Henry will be with you forever. As he should be.
But for the continued pain, I'm so very sorry.
- March 29, 2009 at 10:56 PM
- gwendomama said...
Oh wow. I wrote about this 'what not to say' stuff a lot after people accused me of being 'too angry' in my grief writing process after my one year and one month (how that one month is important!)old son died. Nearly 5 years ago.
I especially hated the 'I could never have survived that' comment - every time I heard it, it made me feel as if I should off myself for being of such 'hearty stock' and not offing myself in the first place.
That's not what I meant to say though. What I meant to say is, that this is totally fracked up and you are plodding along. Writing is good.
None of it is fair, and it all sucks, and none of it makes sense, and yes - any one of us could be you.
I am sorry for the suckfest that life has dealt your family.
I am glad that Henry was yours.
- March 29, 2009 at 11:40 PM
- Kathy said...
"You're so strong"
sounds an awful lot like
"You're strong and the reason this sh**storm hit you is because you're strong enough to take it (and I'm weak and could never be strong enough)"
"Your life sucks and I'm so glad I'm not you."
I wrote almost the same thing about 6 weeks ago when someone finally talked me into doing one of those "25 things about me" notes on Facebook. I didn't write it on my blog because I was afraid that some of my comments might offend members of my family who read my blog.
When my son was in treatment I felt like I could use my blog as therapy but I don't feel like that any more because he's still alive and so many other kids (like my niece and your poor Henry) are gone and even when things are tough, I know we're blessed and I don't want God to think that I'm ungrateful in addition to being strong enough to handle all of this.
I don't remember how I found your blog, but I'm glad I did and I'll be back.
I am so terribly sorry about Henry and the valley of the shadow of death you all are walking through right now. I don't know if you are a woman of faith or not but regardless I'll keep your family in my prayers.
- March 30, 2009 at 1:18 AM
Henry's death sucks
love k3p3
- March 30, 2009 at 5:36 AM
- Anna said...
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- March 30, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- The Bus Driver said...
Just found your blog and read a little bit. I'm sorry for your loss. It sucks.
RIP Henry.
- March 30, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Just found your blog via Snickollet.
What a great analysis of why that statement is just so farking annoying. Like, I CHOSE to be strong through this?? Like I had ANY input whatsoever?
My husband died 18 months ago. Our son is 4. I'm so sorry about Henry.
- March 30, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Good post, Dr Smak. I am, and have been, so very sorry. e.l.
- March 31, 2009 at 1:08 PM
- jt said...
I've been guilty of saying the wrong thing myself--
a coworker's husband committed suicide, and I said "I was so shocked to hear about this!" and she said, "me, too!". Oops...
- March 31, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- FrankandMary said...
There was a point at which an online friend of mine KNEW she wasn't going to survive her breast cancer and she called me & said: Don't tell me I am strong, because everyone has told me that all day, and they are wrong. I just don't have a choice.
So instead I told her it was terrible, horrible, totally unfair, and I hated every second of it. And I still feel that way..
- March 31, 2009 at 6:24 PM
This SUCKS, and I am so sorry. You didn't do anything to deserve this sorrow. Bad things happen to good people every day, and no one is immune, not even tactless people.
I get the "I couldn't do what you do" because I care for my Dad with Alzheimer's. It's always on the tip of my tongue to say "You could if you WANTED to," but I usually just say, "Well, he's my Dad and I love him."
Sorry people say stupid things to you. Most people are doing the best they can with what they have to work with, and that ain't always much.
Love to you and your family.
- April 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Kat said...
I too lost a son. He would have been 3 last month. I loved the line you wrote "I didn't sign up for this". I can't really elaborate on that but that it touched me.
It sucks. That's about the extent of it.
- April 5, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Snickollet said...
Thank you so much for saying this.
It really, really sucks.
And I'm so, so sorry.
Life it not fair.
- April 7, 2009 at 11:57 AM
people said similar comments to me after I lost my 21 year old brother unexpectedly, of sudden cardiac arrest. one woman in group grief couneling looked at my mom and said, "if I had to bury my child I would just die. just die. I don't know how you keep on living"
I was burning with anger for the rest of the hour. because you are perfectly right-- hit the nail right on the head-- it's not likely you chose this. It is something terrible and you are fully aware of that as you go on living the best you can.
From one survivor to another, I am so sorry. and this really, really sucks.
- April 10, 2009 at 10:12 PM
I have never heard this thought on what to say put better. My neighbor told me I had to have more than two children (she has 5) because something could happen to the two and then I'd have none!!
I was so thinking, "what the hell".
Things happen to people with 5 too and I have knews for her it doesn't matter how many you have your other children don't somehow make up for the one you lost. Noone can ever replace a child. They can however bring you needed joy. I pray that as you learn to become a family of four again that joy would somehow sprout again and peace would be your constant someday. Thank you for sharing. I think your making a difference. Toni
- April 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM


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Ask a librarian to describe the stereotype of librarians, and you'll undoubtedly hear something like, "Wears thin wireframe glasses, hair-in-a-bun, drab sweater-vest or cardigan, long wool skirt, owns a cat, doesn't like loud noise…" and the list goes on. I've even heard some librarians describe the stereotype as "Full Cat-bag." In my experience, librarians – especially the ones who claim to hate the stereotype – have a crystal-clear picture of the exact librarian they don't wish to be.
Non-librarians, though, might describe the stereotypical librarian if pressed, but if you simply ask them to picture a librarian chances are good it will look nothing like the stereotype. Librarians have been working long and hard to change the perception of librarians in popular culture–now, though, it's our turn. If we keep working from the assumption that the stereotype is the place we have to start, suddenly we run the risk of perpetuating it.
This is an unusual post for me. I've been mulling this over since the wonderful Librarian Wardrobe conversation starter about librarian stereotypes at ALA Annual this past summer, and I still don't know what I think. The topic needs to be discussed, but I don't necessarily think I'm the one to lead the discussion.
Still, I wonder how we can turn the discussion into a proactive one. What do we, as library students, want the perception of our profession to be? Isn't it more important that we start thinking about the profession and the cool stuff we're doing than it is to worry about conforming to, or breaking away from, the stereotype?
We aren't the only profession that has started to break away from traditional perceptions. Science, in all its many-headed forms, is dealing with much the same issue, and their solution, "This is what a Scientist Looks Like" has been copied by librarians as well.
At the recent R-Squared conference, one of the most interesting opening exercises was an 8-by-10 wall divided into three columns, asking participants to add cards listing things they were passionate about, things they were skilled at, and things they could teach. Instantly, it became clear that it was impossible to consider "librarians" as a one-dimensional group of people.
I contend that the stereotype is already broken–now, what perceptions of librarians should take its place? It's in our hands–as we graduate and enter the field, we get to decide how we want it to look.
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I think I we'll look more like the folks at the Apple store, or like coders. The bun came about because women don't want hair in their eyes when leaning over a book, pencil skirts for climbing library ladders, and glasses because dusty books and contact lenses don't play well together. I'm at a computer more than I'm in the stacks, and I'm more likely to be helping solve multiple questions in the computing area than I am climbing a ladder.
Long hair (no bun), contacts, and flouncier skirts or comfortable pants for kneeling next to a chair means that most people don't peg me as a librarian. Also, I find louder and friendlier go a long way.
If "everyone" thinks of the bun-and-glasses librarian, then maybe we should go back to that. It would at least solve the problem of pouting over questions like "you need a Master's for that?" and patrons not being able to differentiate between librarians and other types of library worker. :)
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Attend a ConferenceThere are Groovy & Grails related conferences popping up all the time, below is a list of known event. If you know of or are organising a Groovy & Grails related conference, add it here:
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Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend, the town of Vernon and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
Antlerless hunting season has begun
The four-day antlerless deer hunt is underway in Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources has a positive outlook, calling the herd "healthy and abundant."
Be safe, hunters!
Wisconsin school trends
Nearly two-thirds of Wisconsin school districts have experienced enrollment declines in the past ten years. Despite the drop in enrollment, school spending continues to increase. Wisconsin schools spent almost $10 billion last year with 58% going for actual instruction.
These are some of the findings in a report on school trends by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance.


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Ello Rusty
Found this cocky in a pet store on the weekend, when I walked in he was on full rotation ELLO RUSTY ELLO RUSTY, soon as I pull out the iphone he shuts his beak, why!!!
Waited about ten minutes again trying every trick in the book to get him firing, he eventually coughed up one ELLO RUSTY.
When our receptionist is sic he's going to do some temp work for us answering the phones, good luck being put thru.
Somewhere In West Africa
Vincent Duvignac somewhere in West Africa
Two In One Month
Our boy Josh Kerr has been busy drumming up the media coverage this month, scoring himself two front covers in the same month.
STAB versa ASL – you decide.
Practice Makes Perfect
Practice Makes Perfect! Suggested Reading .....
New Wave
Loving this - not much more to say really ....
Rusty Signs Pamela Anderson
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Rusty recently announced it signed on new team rider Pamela Anderson.
It's Lego Man!
Introducing Lego man. He rips. More air, more vert and his friends are cooler than yours…. Plus he gets to kick it with Noddy.
NYC isn't the most likely of locations for a surf store, but then there's Saturday's NYC. Think cool, cutting edge, sophisticated and down right rad and you've got one of the hippest kids on the block in Saturday's NYC
The True OC
Rusty has secured a house for the summer in the very sought after area of Newport Beach, California. The peeps at Rusty decided where else to set up base camp for wandering team riders?
Josh Kerr Releases Trailer F
Be sure to check out the latest from Rusty's very own, Josh Kerr aka Kerrazy – the debut trailer for "Kerrazy Kronicles", set for international release November 2010.


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With Bank of America's announcement today of its new Mobile Pay on Demand product, the bank is taking what is perhaps the next logical step as the industry continues to battle against "non-traditional" competitors, especially in the payments space.
Designed as an alternative to Square's card reading device, Bank of America's dongle product will also be free and users will be charged a flat 2.7 percent transaction fee -- slightly less than Square's 2.75 percent but the same as PayPal's Here device.
BofA's launch of this product can hardly be considered revolutionary, but may become a necessity for banks to continue to compete in the payments space -- or, as Bank of America's EVP of strategy and emerging products, Trevor Rubel put it to tech blog All Things D, "I hate to come out with a commodity product, but every bank should have one."
Square has obviously moved well beyond its initial mobile credit card reader. The company's partnership with Starbucks announced this past summer gave it further footing in the mobile payments market. And with other non-bank competitors, such as PayPal, not only offering mobile card readers but a whole suite of mobile payments options, it's imperative for banks to ramp up their offerings in this space as well. The guess here is that there will be many more announcements in the coming months from Bank of America regarding this product, and from other financial institutions as well pertaining to mobile payments.


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Build a vibrant online audience around what interests you. Then, leverage that popularity into an e-business that can earn you a nice sideline income, or as a "brand of one" that can pay you full-time dividends year after year!
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Ready to start but don't know where to begin? You're not alone.
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These amazing stories are just the tip of the online iceberg. Everywhere, folks just like YOU are building their web businesses and L V I N G every minute of it!
And when you're this successful, people start to take notice!
The 4-step CTPM system provides the building blocks that make e-business-building elementary.
Sign up today, and you're on your way!
All you have to do is follow the roadmap and do the steps.
It is that easy!
Provide in-demand content on topics you know and care about.
Attract targeted traffic voracious for your unique, compelling content.
Build trust and a solid "ready-to-buy" customer base by over-delivering, NOT by aggressively selling.
Convert those targeted visitors into income using any number of recommended, profitable methods.
CTPM is 12-years proven to build solid e-business foundations. You get it all right, right away.
Without a process, most folks spin their wheels, moving from one unverified method to another, wasting time and money.
Mobile, social, viral, SBI! covers it all. Here's some of what's inside...
Brainstorm It! is the world's first smart brainstormer, niche-picker, and keyword researcher. Find potential Site Concepts for your e-business, even if you only have general ideas for your niche. Even if you have no idea! Exclusive to SBI!.
SBI!'s Site Designer is a complete set of tools that give you total control over how your site will look. Customization is infinite, simple, and immediate. Choose one of 200 sharp, modern templates in a 2-column or 3-column layout.
SBI!'s state-of-the-Web, browser-based, drag and drop page-builder incorporates features from the world's best html editor to unique workflow tools that make building your site a breeze. It's fun, easy to use, and powerful.
With a few clicks of your mouse, smartphone-optimize your site. Readable font sizes, full site navigation and more make it a joy for people to visit your site and become mobile fans.
With the addition of Content 2.0 (or "C2"), SBI! now also enables your visitors to create unlimited Web pages for you... free. C2 turns any page into an irresistible invitation for visitors to want to write for you. Other visitors comment and rate the pages. Viral notifications are built into every step!
SBI! includes all the very best features of blogging including chronological site updates. Customize your RSS feed to disseminate your new content to your excited news reader subscribers.
A single button-click enables powerful social media sharing features site-wide. Your visitors can now easily "buzz" your site to social giants such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest. SBI! sets your site up for complete social media spread by putting your content front and center, and making it one-click easy for visitors to spread that content all across the web.
SBI!'s robust Mailout Manager makes hosting your own community of subscribers a snap. Not only do we make it click-easy, your cost of sending out your e-zine is built in to your subscription. Services like aWeber and MailChimp charge up to hundreds of dollars a month for mailing list services. And as you grow, these services get MORE expensive. But not with SBI!. Pay one steady price and you're golden!
For twenty-five years, the spirit of a small time entrepreneur was trapped inside the mind and body of a government administrator. Me.
Unlike my many years as a paycheck-to-paycheck civil servant; every moment that I'm working now I'm creating additional value for me and my family as I build my business and add to my portfolio of products.
Sure, SBI! is a complete site-building system. But it does much more than help you build a brochure site or blog. SBI! is the only beginning-to-end business-building system that includes both a proven process AND the tools to make the process work.
Support with a capital "S", SBI!'s built-in customer service team can leap any site-building snag in a single bound. Get on-the-spot guidance any time, day or night.
The private SBI! forums are your helpful headquarters for tips, information or a helping hand. SBI!'s vibrant, supportive online community is always there when you need them.
Representing years and millions of dollars of research and development, SBI!'s one-of-a-kind suite of tools streamlines the technical process of creating and maintaining a growing website.
The Action Guide is a roadmap to success used by tens of thousands to build their own successful, profitable web businesses, and it's only included in SBI!.
SBI!'s unique tools and step-by-step roadmap combine to provide you with a complete system used by tens of thousands of folks just like you.
Try SBI! for 90 days. Not satisfied? No problem. No questions asked. No strings. We'll give you a complete refund on request.
No Product Is Perfect For Everyone.
We only want you to own SBI! if its highly focused-on-business approach is right for you. You surely feel the same.
The Guarantee turns your purchase into a risk-free trial. Make your final decision after putting it to the test...
Try it. If you decide it's not for you, simply tell us and we'll refund you IMMEDIATELY.
You can keep the domain name that you register at our expense. It's our thank you for permitting us to introduce SBI! to you.
Ask for your money back anytime... we'll refund you 100% within the first 90 days of purchase of your annual subscription, and on a pro-rata basis after that.
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No ifs, ands or buts. There is absolutely no "fine print." You can be 100% absolutely, positively sure that we will honor this guarantee.
Since 1997, SiteSell has built a rock-solid reputation of honesty, quality and service. Tens of thousands of SBI! owners, institutes of higher learning, existing businesses of all sizes, and vendors all know that we mean every word we say.
This guarantee is no exception.


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Fagor 6-Qt. Stovetop Pressure Cooker
- Summary
This traditional stovetop pressure cooker not only reduces cooking times by up to 70%, it also locks in moisture and nutrients to yield succulent, healthful dishes. From Spain's leading manufacturer of cookware and appliances, the speedy cooker has a self-locking handle that provides unparalleled safety.
- Polished 18/10 stainless-steel exterior with heat-conductive aluminum insert in the base that speeds heating.
- Self-locking handle seals lid when there is any pressure within.
- Auto-pressure release valve.
- Use low pressure for delicate foods like fish, fruits, soft vegetables and custards.
- Use high pressure for hearty dishes like stew, chili and roasts.
- Energy-efficient design works on any type of cooktop, including induction.
- Dimensions & More Info
- 9" diam., 8 1/2" high overall.
- 6-qt. cap.
- 7 lb. 7 oz. with lid.
- This product is intended for use in the United States and Canada and is built to United States electrical standards.
- Made in Spain.
- Use & Care
- Ideal for use on any type of cooktop, including induction.
- Dishwasher-safe aluminum insert.
- Avoid using steel wool, steel scouring pads or harsh detergents.
- Stubborn food residue and stains can be removed with a nylon scrubbing pad and a fine-powdered cleanser.
- Shipping
Shipping Information
This item is shipped from our warehouse by UPS to arrive within five business days of our receiving your order.
Shipping Rates
The shipping rate varies depending on your order total and shipping destination. View Shipping Options and Charges.
Rush Delivery
For an additional charge of $15 per address, we can rush delivery to most destinations. This service is not available for some oversize items, items shipped directly from the supplier (including perishable and custom-manufactured items), out-of-stock items and items to be shipped outside the contiguous 48 states.
Return Policy
At Williams-Sonoma, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. If, within 30 days, you are not completely satisfied with your purchase for any reason, please return the item for an exchange or refund of the merchandise value. View Full Return Policy.


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