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《Miss & April》 Medieval-Themed Board Game
《Miss & April》is a board games on the background of medieval Europe. Luo-Yun Qin, Dai-Yan Chiang, Wei Zhang and Yuan-Ting Zhuang took one year to accomplish this work.The work assignment as follow: Luo-Yun is the director; Wei is responsible for art, Yuan-Ting and Dai-Yan discuss a matter with manufacturer, public relations and so on.
Board games has interactive element
The story surrounds the little girl "April". One day a girl who appeared inexplicable imprint, every villagers are very panic, and then they want her be arrested, but she just disappeared without a trace. Players need to find the the girl and complete the task together, but also need to protect the girl.
There are more related content of《Miss&April》in 104 graduate exhibition on May 2 at CPT101 (Conference Hall).


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Set in the historical centre of Vrchlabi opposite Vrchlabi Castle and the surrounding park, Hotel Labut offers en-suite rooms with free Wi-Fi, satellite TV and a work desk.
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The Labut is 20 m away from the local bus station and 1 km from the train station. Guests can go skiing in Herlikovice, which is 4 km away. Skiing equipment, snowboards and bicycles can be rented next to Hotel Labut.
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Kaveh Akbar was born in Tehran. He holds an MFA from Butler University and a PhD in creative writing from Florida State University.
Akbar is the author of Pilgrim Bell (Graywolf Press, 2021); Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Alice James Books, 2017); and the chapbook Portrait of the Alcoholic (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017). He is the editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 100 Poets on the Divine (Penguin Books Limited, 2022).
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Dowtown Chic at Tory Burch - NYFW Fall 2011
The makeup look at Tory Burch is what you'd expect from the socialite turned designer - very pretty and feminine! There wasn't much of a bold look, just a fab blowout mixed with natural looking makeup and nude nails.
Hair: Odile Gilbert for Kerastase
"The inspiration is the New York downtown girl," Odile said. "There's a middle part, natural hair - very healthy, beautiful hair." To get the look, Odile just said it's about getting a really good blowout with products to keep the hair looking healthy.
Makeup: Diane Kendall for MAC
Like the hair, the makeup look was pretty simple. "It was all about making the girls look beautiful and gorgeous," Diane said. "It's more about grooming and making sure the skin looks amazing." She used light foundation and focused on giving the girls a well contoured eye using a mix of brown and taupe shades with a cream blush for a natural looking glow. There was no mascara and just a touch of balm on the lips.
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"The nail look is called Helen," Sunshine said. "It's a natural color, but not too natural that it doesn't show a color. It's like a browny pink, so it brings everything all together."
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Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday asked ruling BJP legislators not to indulge in signature campaign or issue political statements on speculation about his replacement, and instead focus on COVID management in their constituencies and help the needy. "At a time when people are facing distress because of the COVID pandemic, every BJP legislator should give priority towards controlling COVID in their constituencies. I appeal that no one should indulge in any kind of signature campaigns or making political statements, and help people in distress," Yediyurappa said.
The Chief Minister's statement was following a series of political statements on speculation about attempts to replace him, and claims by his political secretary M P Renukacharya about having a letter signed by more than 65 legislators in his favour. Meanwhile, Revenue Minister R Ashoka said, state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel has constituted a committee to put an end to open expression about resentments and statements on leadership change, which are causing embarrassment to the party and the government.
He also said that the party president has issued an order not to carry out any kind of signature campaign, and warned action against those involved. Stating that the committee consists of state president, Chief Minister, four general secretaries, four Ministers, Ashoka, who is also part of the committee said, "it is with a purpose to clear confusion and stop open statements.Those with grievances can approach it." "No one should speak regarding the Chief Minister's position or about replacing him…here no one should make counter statements either in favour or against the CM.This is the direction from the state president and the central leadership," he added.
Amid speculation about a leadership change, Yediyurappa on Sunday said that he will continue in the top post as long as the BJP high command has confidence in him, and he had no confusion about it. Several legislators and Ministers considered close to Yediyurappa rallying around him have said the Chief Minister's statement was out of "hurt" due to recent developments and open statements by some leaders on leadership change, amid efforts by his administration to control COVID-19.
Earlier today, MLA Renukacharya said he has a letter signed by more than 65 legislators in favour of Yediyurappa and owing their allegiance to him, and wants him to continue as the Chief Minister. "I have the letter containing signatures of MLAs in favour of Yediyurappa, there is nothing to hide in this, it is honestly (done).The letter addressed to state president is drafted in Kannada have been signed (by MLAs) and to national leaders including PM, Amit Shah (Home Minister) and J P Nadda (national president). It is drafted in English and signed," he said.
However, Hubballi-Dharwad West BJP MLA Arvind Bellad, whose recent visit to Delhi had led to speculation about attempts to unseat Yediyurappa, expressed doubts about the authenticity of the letter containing signatures of MLAs and said no signature campaign has taken place in favour or against anyone. "Signatures were earlier taken from about 65 legislators during the session, seeking early release of funds from the RDPR department.As such letters have a separate covering letter and papers containing signatures, I don't know whether that letter is being used now," he said, adding that the truth will be known if the legislature party meeting is called.
Renukacharya, however, clarified that the letter concerning the RDPR department has already been given to those it was addressed to, and this was a separate letter. Hitting back at Bellad by sarcastically calling him "Chief Ministerial aspirant", he also said that the letter was not a show of strength against anyone.
Meanwhile, several Ministers including Industries Minister and senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar, ruling out leadership change, said such talks were adversely impacting the image of the government and administration. "I don't understand why this issue of leadership change is being discussed repeatedly. If such discussions continue, it will damage the government's image and will impact the day-to-day functioning of the government and administration," Shettar said.
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Here's a family tree story from the 1972 issue of the "Houma Daily Courier." This has been at my grandmother's house since it hit her driveway. I got a little lost in the story of Nolan Gane, who went from Houma to Broadway to Hollywood before dying at age 22 (really age 23).
The article itself: "A congressman's mother, a Louisiana legislator, a Civil War soldier, an actor, an actress and a grandmother of a famed television star.
It all happens in the Emile Joseph Naquin family, the immediate family of which formed April 20, 1857, when Emile and Azema Boudreaux pledged a life-time of love in a brief wedding ceremony.
Granddaughters Mrs. Lloyd Autin and Mrs. Alvin White claim they have always been interested in the family tree of Grandpa Naquin, and the two were able to compile information and gather old photographs to have their story reproduced in the Courier Sesquicentennial souvenir issue.
The first known member of the family was Pierre Naquin. Little is available on his marriage, but the girls were able to tell us about his son Joseph Naquin, who married Marie Josephe Arseman, daughter of Pierre and Marie Hebert.
That union resulted in the birth of Joseph Ambroise Naquin II, who married Celeste Prejean. The date of that marriage is not definite, but Alice and Inez claim it was on or near August 3, 1833.
Joseph and Celeste gave birth to ten children, one of whom was named Maxmillian Naquin. Maxmillion married the daughter of Victor and Clemence Bergeron, Azelie Richard, Nov. 5, 1836.
Maxmillian died Sept. 16, 1855, leaving behind twelve offspring, including Emile, Inez and Alice's granddad.
Emile Joseph was born Sept. 16, 1838, and died Feb. 24, 1909. He met and married Azema Boudreaux April 30, 1857.
Azema was born Sept. 3, 1840, and she died May 10, 1888, preceeding her husband in death by 17 years.
Emile's siblings included Mathilde, Melvina, Alfred, Ozeme, Odile, Anatole, Emeline, Mathilde, Myrtile, Edgar and Ourestile.
Emile and Azema became parents of Emile or 'Nac,' Henry, Alice, Lydia, Joseph Clay, Lea, Alida Marie and Leila.
Grandpa Emile was apparently an active man in the community. Inez and Alice stated he was a sugar boiler in the winter and by summer a brick layer. The two say he helped to build part of the original parish jailhouse.
They reported he even worked out of Cuba during the height of the sugar cane season there.
He served in the Civil War, and the family has preserved a portrait of Grandpa Emile in his war uniform.
Inez and Alice talked more on their aunts and uncles and their families.
Emile Joseph or Uncle Nac married Edna and they had no children.
Henry married Mamie Gautier and they had two children, John Harris and Liola.
Alice married Sidney Gagne and had a son Nolan Sidney, according to a souvenir newspaper clipping, was active and prominent in Terrebonne Parish politics during his day, having served as a Louisiana legislator while his wife and son became associated with the entertainment world.
Other newspaper clippings Inez and Alice have saved on their aunt and first cousin indicated Nolan appeared on stage at five and in his last performance in a motion picture he and his mother were said to have starred opposite each other.
Nolan died at 22, his future 'aglow with the fire of hope and reward.' An account of his death continued, 'Few are there in Houma today (February 1915) who do not remember little Nolan Gagne, the handsome, bright-eyed little boy who attended St. Francis de Sales Academy.
'Fifteen years ago, his mother who idolized him, took him to New Orleans and there put him in charge of the Jesuits. He was then but eight years old. His talent for elocution and acting became noticeable, and in the school plays he always won praise for his work.
'When he was but 11 years old, Mrs. Gagne took him to Chicago and there he went upon the vaudeville stage; but this class of acting did not suit his taste and soon after he left for New York where he secured a position with a leading Broadway Co. which was then playing From Rags To Riches.
'At the same time he was attending the Jesuits College in New York, and won the gold medal for elocution. His reputation as an actor soon got him into a larger field and in less than a year from the time he graduated from the Jesuit College, he was sought by some of the biggest theatrical companies in the Metropolis.
'Gane (the name he used for stage purposes) went on to star in Billy the Kid, The Great Divide, Ninety and Nine, Madame X and Forty Five Minutes to Broadway.'
His mother's sister, Lydia Naquin, married Prosper Rideau and they reared four children, including Bernice, Walter Eddie, Frank and Sidney. Sidney and the former Annette Moore were wed in April 1922 and they became parents of two boys and a girl, who in turn produced eight grandchildren.
Joseph Clay was the husband of the former Louise Marie Bergeron. Married January 14, 1882, they became the parents of two boys who each fathered two children. One of the granddaughters, Lelia Graves, bore a great-grandson Philip Joseph.
Lea, the mother of Congressman F. Edward Hebert, was born Oct. 7, 1870, and died Dec. 3, 1952. Her husband, Felix J. Hebert, died 27 years before.
The couple also had a son Gordon. He married Heloise Robichaux and they reared Renee. The congressman married Gladys Bofill and a little girl named Dawn soon joined their family unit. Dawn in turn married J. M. Duhe Jr. and they gave Congressman and Mrs. Hebert four grandchildren.
Inez and Alice's mother, Alida Marie Naquin, was born in February 1876 and died in February 1965. She and Albert Theophile Fanguy were wed May 27, 1901. Mr. Fanguy, also born in February of 1876, died four years before Mrs. Fanguy.
Together they reared eight children, two of whom are deceased. From eight children sprang 14 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Inez explained that the family tree gets a little complicated in parts, but she's figured out that her parents, the Fanguys, were the sixth generation. That makes she and her five sisters the seventh generation, their children the eighth and their grandchildren the ninth generation of the Naquin family.
Mr. Fanguy, along with John J. Kleiner, Claude Wallis and Joseph A. Gagne formed a committee of invitation for the parish's first carnival ball, held the evening of February 22, 1898.
Fanguy's wife was cited in a past issue of the Courier carrying details of the Mardi Gras masquerade ball as the woman attired 'in a pretty evening costume, greatly admired by all.'
The ball was held at the Opera House, the site of the present post office on East Main St. It was interesting to note that soon the parish will gain a new post office facility fronting Lafayette St., and the current post office site will come to be known also as the site of the old Houma post office.
Children of the Albert Fanguys include Inez, widow of Alvin Joseph White who died in 1967. Their son David Lawrence married Connie Jean Rogers and that union produced granddaughter Toby Ann White, now two years old.
Inez's brother Alvon Vincent died in July of 1971. He married the former Theresa Gross and their two daughters blessed them with three grandsons and two granddaughters.
Dorothy Mae married Sebert J. Haynes in 1928. They are parents of two boys and a girl. A son has two children and their daughter one girl.
Thelma Rita and the late Frederick Joseph Daigle were wed in 1939. Her husband died in 1963. The couple had no children.
Wenonah Katherine is the wife of Houma Airport Commission president Butley Joseph Mahler. They were married in 1933 and are parents of two girls and a boy. The Mahlers have five grandchildren.
A second brother Nolan Anthony, born in 1916, was killed in an accident in Meridan, Miss. in 1942. A bachelor, he served as a 2nd Lt. in the 27th Bombardier AAF during the Second World War.
Alice Evelyn Cecile is the wife of Lloyd Joseph Autin, owner of a meat packing company. Married in 1936, the Autins are parents of a boy and a girl.
Son Michael is married and has given the Autins a granddaughter and a grandson; Anne Marie became Mrs. John McDougal Lankford in 1957. They have one daughter.
The eighth of Azema and Emile Naquin's children was Lelia, who died in 1903. She was married to Alcee (Elsie) Comeaux, who died in 1939.
The Comeauxs reared two daughters, one of whom bore four children. These four gave the Comeaus ten grandchildren.
The family tree of the Emile J. Naquins dates back to approximately 1700, and like the stately oak, is destined for an unpredictable growth pattern. A salute from the Courier on this, the 150th anniversary of Terrebonne Parish, goes out to the Naquin family, one of many who help in its own way to make Terrebonne a better place to live.'


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Loss of hair: An Review.
There are tens of numerous people who struggle with hair loss every year in the United States. This is a condition that can impact the confidence of both males and females. The normal development of this problem will most likely cause the loss of all of your hair if it is not dealt with. Thankfully, modern-day scientific research has offered us several items that are quite efficient in relieving the most awful impacts of this problem. San Antonio Hair Loss Treatment
Prior to we get involved in just how to deal with loss of hair nevertheless let's take a peek at the science behind loss of hair.
Factors That Can Affect Your Loss Of Hair
- Your DNA
- Hormonal Inequalities
- Aging
- Total Wellness
Certainly, the primary exhibiting aspect for their not you will certainly experience here loss will certainly always be your genetics. Generally you will be born with a proneness for or against loss of hair. If you are inclined genetically this does not suggest that it will certainly happen but various other variables such as hormone imbalances, your age, and also your total basic health and wellness will certainly determine if you lose hair as well as just how significantly.
What To Look For In A Loss Of Hair Item
Now allow's state that you have actually begun to shed some below and also you are beginning to come to be worried about the future of your hairline. Today there are a number of methods to tackle treating this condition. While there are a ton of products on the marketplace not every one of them are created equally, however. When you are evaluating the active ingredients of a hair loss product watch out for a couple of details tested solutions.
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Ketoconazole is added to numerous hair products to assist prevent the development of fungus which can, consequently, reduce loss of hair. Biotin is also included since a deficiency in vitamin B 7 has been linked to hair loss. Both Saw Palmetto and minoxidil are typically contributed to aid inhibit the impacts of the hormonal agent DHT. Ultimately, finasteride and caffeine are additionally frequently within your loss products because they can help to promote rapid hair regrowth.
Since we have a better understanding of what to search for whenever you are looking for hair loss products let's proceed and have a look at some of the very best products that are available for purchase today. Keep in mind that the active ingredients that were provided above are the only proven therapies for hair loss itself if you are taking into consideration a hair loss product that does not consist of any of these the opportunities are that it will certainly be inadequate.
Best Hair Loss Products For Men And Women
- 1. Growcomb
- 2. Growband
- 3. Provillus For Females
- 4. Provillus For Men
- 5. Lipogaine For Females
- 7. Lipogaine For Men
This Growcomb uses a new kind of technology that has actually been created to help improve the growth stage of your hair follicles. This innovation is called ETG or electro-tricho-genesis. The modern technology creates an electrostatic area using the class diodes as they enter into contact with the roots of your hair.
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This electrostatic area can assist push the hair roots back right into a growth stage. All you need to do in order to utilize this item is for 10 mins each day. Within three months you will certainly notice substantial results most likely.
The Growband is another product developed by the same business as the Growcomb that targets loss of hair using a various approach. This product has actually been designed in order to boost your blood flow and also lower tension in the scalp. This is since in order for your hair to expand then you need to have appropriate blood circulation to it. As you mature it prevails for the blood circulation to decrease to specific areas of your head which can cause hair loss.
By utilizing this product for simply 10 mins a day you can boost the blood flow as well as assistance to raise the thickness as well as health of your hair naturally. This is a fantastic item if you are seeking to fight hair loss without taking any kind of sort of chemical treatment.
Provillus For Ladies
Hair loss is not something that only men experience and also luckily for females throughout the nation, there are items that exist specifically to help you. This item is based on the primary component minoxidil which is also existing in Rogaine. The item is composed of a two-step formula. The very first step is a handcrafted supplement that you take once daily that offers your body with all the crucial nutrients for healthy hair growth.
The 2nd step is a minoxidil based formula that you use straight to the areas that are experiencing the worst hair loss. By combining the technique of the minoxidil based formula and also the supplement studies have shown that females are able
expand thicker and fuller heads of hair and a short matter of time when compared to placebo.
Provillus For Guy
This is similar to the previous product except it has actually been made particularly for males. While the minoxidil formula coincides the supplement that you will certainly be taking has been customized particularly to sustain hair development in the male body. It has been shown to help boost the volume and thickness of the hair as well as regrowing previous hair that has actually already been lost.
The unique formula that is used in the supplement has the ability to aid sustain the production of healthy hormones along with renewing stores of vital vitamins as well as nutrients that sustain hair growth. If you are a man that suspects hormonal discrepancies are influencing your hair this could be the very best product for you
Lipogaine For Ladies
Lipogaine for women is among one of the most comprehensive hair loss services that are especially for the women body. It targets numerous facets of hair loss in order to help your body in regrowing lost here. Not just will it help to stimulate extra growth by giving the following tools of your hair with crucial nutrients yet it will certainly additionally assist to lower the degrees of DHT that are discovered within the body. The certain hormone is known to cause hair to fall out and also if you have the ability to obstruct it after that it can restrict the amount of air that you shed.
This item has actually utilized a specific strategy to develop microscopic liposomes that envelop the components to ensure that they are more successfully delivered to the cells that require them the most. Scientific research studies have revealed that it is one of the most efficient treatments for hair loss. There more than 17 separate compounds that work together to comprehensively shield the body from loss of hair while all at once promoting the development of added new hair roots. It can aid to prevent the oxidation of your hair while also managing the growth factors that are very important in the hair growth cycle. The technologically innovative shipment system makes certain that all of these components make it to exactly where they require to be to give the most assist.
Lipogaine For Men
This item is a wonderful solution for males that are experiencing rises in loss of hair that are a direct result of raised degrees of dihydrotestosterone or DHT. This hormone is the result of the metabolic rate of testosterone as well as however males it is related to hair loss. By hindering the conversion of testosterone to DHT it is feasible to reduce and also potentially also reverse loss of hair in a fairly short time period. If you are a man and you are looking for something that will certainly aid to minimize your DHT levels while also promoting added hair regrowth this could be a life-altering item.
this product is a topical hair loss therapy that uses a brand-new formula of minoxidil. This brand-new formula is called Nanoxidil. While chemically it is the same as the previous formula the difference lies in just how it is supplied to the cells that utilize it. By enveloping the minoxidil in tiny liposomes it has actually been feasible to enhance the delivery significantly. This enables your body to stop the development of gain access to dihydrotestosterone while at the same time offering an antioxidant impact. It will assist to enhance the cell development cycle of your cells in your scalp that can, consequently, bring about a greatly boosted head of hair for you.
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If you are a guy that has actually been managing loss of hair than this could be among the most effective products on the market. Along with the minoxidil therapy, it will additionally include numerous various other approaches to make sure that every angle is covered when it concerns your hair. It has actually been revealed through research studies to be even more effective than previous compounds that have actually been made use of to treat loss of hair. It is additionally efficient in individuals who have had hair transplantation.


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Lin Shuwei, a star chef who previously cooked for state banquets, knows how to make various types of cuisine thanks to his extensive experience cooking across China. [Photo/WeChat account: sheshanlvyoutopnews]
The InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, a luxury hotel in the Shanghai Sheshan National Tourist Resort, recently unveiled a list of Christmas treats.
On Dec 24, Christmas Eve, Lin Shuwei, a star chef who makes Chinese food at an overseas pop-up restaurant on the reality show Chinese Restaurant, will cook Christmas dinner for guests at the hotel's grand banquet hall.
Lin, who previously cooked for state banquets, will work with Rong Jingchang, executive chef of the hotel's Chinese restaurant, to make the dinner. The price per seat is set at 1,188 yuan ($181.76).
The hotel's Yuan restaurant will offer up a Christmas buffet that includes more than 100 select delicacies such as traditional roast turkey, secret-recipe duck liver, mulled wine and champagne.
The Christmas buffet will run from 17:30 to 21:30 on Dec 24 at a cost of 888 yuan per person. From Dec 25 to 27, lunch and dinner buffets will be offered from 12:00 to 14:30 and 17:30-21:30, respectively, at a cost 688 yuan per person.
Those who wish to enjoy Christmas-themed afternoon tea with music can go to the hotel's lobby bar. The tea will be offered from 14:00 to 17:00 until Dec 31 at a cost of 688 yuan per set.
The Chi bar featuring tea sets of royal aristocratic brand LOMONOSOV will also provide afternoon tea during the same time period at a cost of 888 yuan per set (champagne included).
An example of the Christmas-themed afternoon tea offered by the hotel's Chi bar. [Photo/WeChat account: sheshanlvyoutopnews]


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Lana Del Rey Asks For Privacy As She Deactivates Her Social Media Accounts
Lana Del Rey is taking a break from social media to focus on other things. The performer shared the news with her fans on Sunday, recording a video where she said:
"Hi guys, I just wanted to let you know that tomorrow we are going to be deactivating our social media accounts, my social media accounts. That is simply because I have so many interests, and other jobs I'm doing that require privacy and transparency."
Del Rey, who has an album due out soon, also made sure to let her fans know that even though she'd be leaving social media, she wouldn't be retiring anytime soon, "I'm still very present and love what I do. I am absolutely here for the music."
Blue Banisters is scheduled to come out on October 22. Del Rey previously teased the album in May with three singles. As for what comes next in her career, we'll just have to wait and see.


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Everyone Can Sell Training (9-December-17)
Date(s) - 09/12/2017
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Why learn to sell? Have you been avoiding the word "Sales" all this while?
Did you know that you are selling something everyday? How about selling an idea to your team?
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Here is a training program to unleash the natural sales talents of individuals.
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Date : 9th December 2017, Saturday
Time : 9:00AM – 5:30PM
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75 mins Everyone Can Sell Overview
15 mins BREAK
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60 mins LUNCH
60 mins 6 Sales Profiles
15 mins BREAK
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I have a love/hate relationship with crowdfunding for the classroom.
I love that I can fundraise and buy supplies for my students.
I hate that some administrators view crowdfunding as financial absolution for providing the things teachers need to run their classrooms.
For example – during my second year teaching at a charter school, I asked an administrator if they would purchase a diagnostic testing kit that would help me differentiate instruction. The kit cost $100.
"Yeah… I don't think we can afford that," they said to me. "Why don't you try crowdfunding it?"
"That's not how crowdfunding works," I began cautiously, "You can't post projects that…"
"Maybe next year then," the administrator shrugged unapologetically.
Seeing no other options, I walked back to my classroom and ordered the testing kit using my own credit card. It didn't fully sink in how wrong this was until a year later.
My classroom has had a moderately active crowdfunding presence for a while now, and I've had several small projects funded. As my students were writing thank you notes for a recently-funded project one day, one of my most remarkably average students abruptly pushed away from his desk, rocked his chair onto its two back legs, calmly set down his pencil, and asked me pointedly, "Why do we have to do this?"
Unmussed, I explained that we were writing thank you notes to the people who had donated money on a crowdfunding page for us to buy supplies.
"You mean to tell me," he started slowly, a defiant glimmer in his eye, "We go to the best charter school in the city and we can't afford the supplies we need for your class?"
"That's exactly what I'm telling you," I nodded soberly.
The student was incensed. "How is that fair?!" he snapped, "We should be able to afford the supplies we need! You shouldn't have to get strangers on the internet to give us money just so that we can have the stuff we need for class."
"Dude, shut UP," groaned his friend from across the room, clearly annoyed with the student's antics. "It's not worth it, you're just going to get yourself in trouble."
"If he gets in trouble, it won't be from me," I sighed. "He's exactly right. We should be able to afford this stuff, but we can't. And it's not fair." The student smirked, satisfied that I had both agreed with and defended him and returned to diligently coloring his thank you note.
I sank into my desk chair, feeling a ripcord pulled somewhere deep within my psyche. A slow, burning, anger rose through my chest, not at the student who had challenged me, but at an education system that prioritizes one zip code over another. At a district that has approved so many new charter schools that there are not enough tax dollars and students to go around. I was angry at myself for being complicit in a system that treats schools that serve students of color differently than schools that serve a white majority. How is that fair? It's not. It's not fair that teachers are left to buy or crowdsource their own classroom essentials, and it's not fair that students have to sit and write thank you notes for being given the things they should have had in the first place, that children in more affluent schools have in abundance, and would never be asked to say thank you for. It was at that moment that I knew that I could no longer be silent, that I could no longer sit idly by. It was at that moment that I knew that I would become unchartered.


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Community Concerts of Rancho Santa Fe kicks off new season Nov. 15
Community Concerts of Rancho Santa Fe begins its 14th season on Friday, Nov. 15. Anthony Kearns, a founding-member of the
Kearns is a lyric tenor and has the ability to color each note with beauty and grace. He is a notable opera performer, appearing in feature roles on opera stages across Europe and North America. Kearns won many Irish singing festivals, including "Ireland's Search for a Tenor" (1993) and was recognized by the Irish Music Association as the "Best Irish Tenor" in the U.S,. UK and European Union in 2010. Accompanied on piano, the strength and tenderness of his voice captures the spirit of classic opera, popular song and the traditional music of his homeland.
CCRSF offers several Categories for Giving and one of the most appreciated perquisites is an invitation to the after-concert parties hosted in a local, private home. Often the performers attend this event and frequently do a brief encore.
The season continues on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 with Jessie Lynch's Jazz 101, a journey through the evolution and history of jazz through music and multi-media presentation. Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, Locust Street Taxi performs audience-engaging, memorable songs with infectious exuberance. The season ends on a classical note Friday, March 24, 2014, with Yang and Olivia Liu performing on violin and piano in a special setting, the Village Church Sanctuary.
Thanks to many sponsors, the Village Church Fellowship Hall has undergone a renovation. New carpet, paint, chairs, lighting and sound equipment has been installed to create a fresh and lively venue for the concerts.
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So many musical artists from my youth are burned into my memory, and soul, and I'll be writing about a lot of them in the months to come. One artist in particular stands out not only for his music, but for his life journey as well: Cat Stevens.
He was born Steven Demetre Georgiou in London on July 21, 1948. Confusion about life undoubtedly started young, as his father was Greek Orthodox and his mother a Baptist, and he was sent to a Catholic Primary school! His parents divorced when he was 8, surely affecting him emotionally.
He developed an interest in music early on in life, and by the time he was a teenager he was determined to become a songwriter and singer. When he was 19, he wrote the classic song "The First Cut Is The Deepest," which has been recorded countless times, including by Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow. He was the fresh whiz kid and toured with several bands, including with Jimi Hendrix.
In 1968, he was diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis and required months of treatment and recuperation. Near death experiences sharpen the mind like nothing else, and this was his first of two. He began to think more existentially thereafter, and this was reflected in his music. His next creative period would produce some of the most beautiful and profound music that I've heard to this day. This was the time when I first heard Cat Stevens.
In 1970, he released the first of two, in my opinion, perfect albums, "Tea For The Tillerman." Every song on this groundbreaking album was unique, profound, and timeless. Ricky Gervais even used the title track for the introduction music for his hit show "Extras." I was 14 years old, feeling my oats, among other things, and was trying to navigate the myriad of emotional and physical changes that I was experiencing. The first song that grabbed me was "Father And Son." It captured the relationship that I had with my father at that time of my life, and tells the story of a concerned father and a son drifting into manhood:
(Father) ...but take your time, think a lot
Why, think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow
But your dreams may not.
(Son) How can I try to explain?
'cause when I do he walks away again
It's always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way, and I know
That I have to go away
I know, I have to go."
Wow. He wrote this when he was 22 years old. I now understand both the father and the son, but I sure as hell wasn't able to at age 22! How did he?
I listened over and over to every song, finding new meaning each time. These were not sappy or kitchy songs–they possessed meaningful words tied to wonderful music. Songs like "Wild World," "Miles From Nowhere" and "On The Road To Find Out" still resonate with me and my generation. I remember thinking that there could never be another album like this. Wrong!
In 1971, Cat Stevens released "Teaser And The Firecat." The Vietnam war was raging, young men were dying, and the world was a scary place. On the album was a song called "Peace Train," an anthem about brotherhood, understanding, and tolerance that stirred our generation. The message of the song remains unrealized, but is ever hopeful!
"Now I've been smiling lately
Thinkin' about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train."
Another song on the album, "Moonshadow," tells a secular "patience of Job" story of triumph over challenge.
"If I Laugh" is a song that offers comfort to a broken heart and resonates even today with anyone who has lost in love.
"'cause if I laugh, just a little bit
Maybe I can recall the way
That I used to be, before you
And sleep at night, and dream."
Cat Stevens released several more albums in the '70s, with great songs like "Oh Very Young" from "Buddha And The Chocolate Factory" and "The Hurt" from "Foreigner."
In 1975 Cat Stevens experienced his second near death experience after almost drowning in the Pacific Ocean. While struggling to survive, he has said, he promised God that he would dedicate his life to Him if he was spared. He re-evaluated his life and in 1977 converted to Islam. He changed his name to Yusuf Islam, stopped recording, and raised a family. In 2000, he ventured back into music, recording children's albums.
Right after 9/11, he was a powerful Muslim voice against fanaticism, despite inaccurate reports that he supported radical Islamists. He began playing at peace rallies, reviving "Peace Train" and introducing his music to a new generation. He has since recorded several albums as Yusuf Islam including "An Other Cup," in which he does a beautiful cover of the song "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
In 2014, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an honor long overdue. And in 2017, he received, shockingly, only his first grammy nomination for Best Folk Album with "The Laughing Apple." The songs reflect a more sober look at the world around him, yet still abound with childlike innocence and faith.
Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam continues to inspire through his music, which now spans over 50 years. His search for life's meaning has brought him full circle, back to music and back to spreading a message of peace, love, and hope.


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How can you turn 1 penny into £5 million? How can women's typical risk-aversion be a strength? What actually are cryptocurrencies?
These were just some of the questions explored in last night's 'Women and Wealth' event with Roz Thornton and Tehmina Zaman to a packed audience of entrepreneurial, business-minded women. TRVST forged the introduction between Roz and Tehmina in May 2018 and is thrilled to have hosted their first joint event at TRVST's offices.
9 in 10 women will be solely responsible for their finances at some point in their lives. Fact. There is a need to help women become financially literate, demystify investments and help them start investing, traditionally a male-dominated arena.
Both Roz and Tehmina drew upon their personal stories to share why they are so passionate about encouraging women to invest, not be intimidated by money, and ultimately how to secure their own financial future.
In Roz's early career days, she found herself living the high life, but an unexpected pregnancy led to a change of direction. Overcoming her difficult relationship with money and savings by listening to life coaches and investing in her financial education, she's now a successful investor, property investor, and business coach. She's passionate about sharing with other women what she's learned and help them develop a positive relationship with money – fostering a 'wealth mindset'.
Similarly, Tehmina's childhood was influential – when her mother was widowed at the age of 38, Tehmina experienced the challenges of growing up in a struggling household with 8 siblings all under the age of 16 and supporting her mother, a first-generation Pakistani housewife, and mother with little financial education and understanding of British culture but plenty of tenacity, resourcefulness, and determination. As a business coach and investor Tehmina is passionate about ensuring women do not rely solely on their jobs, businesses, or even their partners for financial security and are prepared for the unexpected by always having a 'Plan B', and ideally multiple streams of income.
Roz started out with some very practical ways of identifying common limiting beliefs regarding money and overcoming them. Roz's description of most women's relationship with money was met with a lot of knowing laughs around the room. It was clear Roz was passionate about presenting and communicating these key life-lessons - even on the thorny, often taboo topic of money. She explained the difference between how wealthy individuals think differently to the majority of the population in a highly energetic and engaging way.
For the wealthy, it is all about making money work for you, not about earning and saving. The aim is to make your money grow and multiply, not simply saved. She drew upon an enlightening example of Robert Kiyosaki's The Cashflow Quadrant outline the difference between an employee and self-employed person's attitude to money versus that of a business owner and investor.
She encouraged all women to start to see themselves as potential investors and look at ways to make their 'money work for them.' The concept is foundational to Roz's coaching workshops. If you want to know more, you can contact her directly on Linked In. She clearly made an impression on those in the room.
Building on the clear energy and appetite in the room, Tehmina led us on a whirlwind tour of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. From the early days of cryptocurrencies and the difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum, Tehmina made it all sound simple and straightforward – a clear example of an excellent communicator.
The evolution of money to cash to cards to e-money to crypto was well illustrated by handing around novelty Bitcoins widely promoted on the internet, which are made to look like fiat currency, when in fact, Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies are completely digital and exist only as strings of code.
Tehmina believes that cryptocurrencies are the future and crypto mining especially can be a simple way for women to begin their investment journey and critically, protect themselves financially. It's a great time to get involved with cryptocurrencies, particularly mining because it is passive and with various contracts available, there is something for everyone - from seasoned investors to the more risk-averse looking to dip their toes into this industry.
Tehmina is currently investing with a US-based company that offers mining packs ranging from $500-$5000 on lifetime mining contracts that typically run for 3-5 years but a minimum of 1,000 days. After researching the potential of this exciting space for several months and receiving weekly coin payouts from her own mining contracts, she's now passionate about encouraging other women to do the same.
Tehmina is always happy to chat with anyone interested to find out more and support them through the process. You can contact her directly on LinkedIn and on Facebook where she runs a Facebook group called 'Empower and Enrich' and provides education and information about cryptocurrencies.
How do you turn 1 penny into 5 million pounds? The answer is by 'compounding your money' or doubling a 1 penny every day for 30 days. The principle of compounding is a powerful one that has been used by savvy property investors for years and can work with crypto mining too.
Traditionally, property investors have reinvested their profits back into property to build up their portfolios without using additional capital. Similarly, Tehmina illustrated how it's possible to maximise the value from the mining contracts by reinvesting the coin that is mined to purchase further mining packs and allow the cryptocurrency to accumulate until some point in the future. This opportunity is open to all, without the need for significant capital upfront.
The event ended on a high, with many great life-lessons left, a renewed call for more accessible financial inclusion and a real buzz of new excitement and new knowledge.
Being part of this event, seeing these self-confident, empowered women passionate about empowering other women, was a real joy. It was a great example of what TRVST exists to do. I'll certainly be back and at TRVST, we'll be supporting Roz and Tehmina to share their message as widely as possible, meet the need for women's financial education and empowerment.


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Last summer I contacted Prolux for the first time. A friend of mine was using their services and she was really impressed! She told me I should give them a call and book oven cleaning service. She was convinced I would be happy by the result.
However, before calling them, I read some information and feedback about Prolux online. There were probably hundreds of positive feedbacks and many satisfied customers. I checked the prices of their services and convinced they are more than reasonable.
The oven cleaning procedure lasted about 2 hours. My oven was quite dirty because I didn't clean it regularly. Actually, the condition was so bad that I was considering to replace it with a new oven.
Prolux cleaners gave my oven a brand new look! There was no grease or unpleasant smell, coming out from the oven. What is more important – they achieve this amazing result only with the help of eco-friendly products!


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Filed under: book reviews, fiction | Tags: california, children, class structure, daughter of fortune, gabriel garcia marquez, gold rush, immigration, interacial relationships, isabel allende, love in the time of cholera, margaret sayers peden, spanish, translation
So I've done it again: I have a growing stack of books I keep intended to write up but forget so the stack keeps getting larger. Even with the amount of studying and preparation I've been doing for my classes, I have still been reading fairly steadily.
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende is my second book by Allende. After my disappointment with Inés of My Soul, I did not get around to picking up another book until nearly a year later. Daughter of Fortune is the story of Eliza, an orphaned Chilean taken in by British aristocrats in the colony of Valparaíso. She is seen very much as a daughter by the spinster sister Rose, who takes periodic interest in the child and the rest of Eliza's youth is spent with Mama Fresia in the kitchen. Once Eliza hits puberty Rose takes a great interest into grooming Eliza into a proper young woman so the orphan can make a good and prominent match. That is, until Eliza falls in love with Joaquín, is impregnated, and hides a stowaway to track him through the California wilderness he left her for in search of gold.
Daughter of Fortune also is a book of class status and escaping one's birth. Allende explores this with Rose, but also with the defiant and unsettled city of San Francisco compared to the strict and reserved culture of Chile. In this environment Allende also guides Eliza through racism, interracial relationships, and sexual exploration. Daughter of Fortune explores the power and lust of first love as well as how love can effect someone. In some ways, I found this novel very similar to Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Marquez, but admit that I am quite partial to Allende's retelling of such themes of love.
Other opinions: Katrina's Reads, Fizzy Thoughts.
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I rwad this book a few years ago–it was actually my introduction to Allende's work. I loved it–I may have re-read sometime.
I read Allende after I read Marquez and I like Allende's work a bit better too. My favorite was A Portrait in Sepia by Allende. If you liked A Daughter of Fortune check that one out :)
I read this book earlier this month and enjoyed it, but I did think it could have done with being a bit shorter. I hope you don't mind but I've linked your review to mine. Mine can be found here:
[…] of a story July 12, 2008 On my post of Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende, Katrina commented that the book could have been a bit shorter and in retrospect […]
[…] An interesting contrast to this is the sister who takes in and raises the main character of Allende's Daughter of Fortune – a woman who anonymously publishes erotica and leads the social influence of her group. No […]
[…] is the Gate (a biblical quote I believe) is another novel, like Love in the Time of Cholera or Daughter of Fortune, that explores a theme of immature or naive love. It has the sticky and sickly sweet expression […]
I finished reading Daughter of Fortune tonight and have been letting it bubble around my consciousness for a few hours.
Initially I found myself wishing for more depth of emotion and insight, but the more I think about it, I'm developing an appreciation of Allende's enticing style. She doesn't spoon-feed you the story, dragging your emotions where she desires. Instead, she lays out the story, sets up key scenes and lets you discover the underlying emotion for yourself, depending on your own perspective and experience for interpretation and insight.
This story is growing on me by the minute.


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Fela Kuti + Roy Ayers: 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free (Edit)
Originally released in 1980 but taken out of print in 1989, "2000 Blacks Got To Be Free" first appeared on Music of Many Colors, a collaborative record between Fela Kuti and Roy Ayers. The two toured together, and sought to put a capstone on the experience with this release. Mixing Ayers' vocals and Kuti's prowess as a producer, a reissue of the track surprised fans of both artists when it was officially released on Record Store Day earlier this year. Those that purchased a copy have enjoyed it for months, but it hit streaming platforms last week.
Lapalux feat. Lilia: Limb To Limb
Lapalux (aka Essex-based producer Stuart Howard) previews his forthcoming album, Amnioverse (out 8 November on Brainfeeder), with an ambient, breakbeat-influenced track featuring singer Lilia. Howard's prowess as a producer, though, lies in fusing influences to form an entirely fresh sound. Throughout the middle section of this track, a crunchy, digital drumbeat juxtaposes Lilia's airy vocals; later, another layer of industrial, space-like notes chimes in. The result is a track rich with texture and devoid of a clearcut genre.
Rex Orange County: Face To Face
From Rex Orange County's forthcoming album Pony (out 25 October) comes "Face to Face," a winding combination of verses, bridges, and hooks that swell into a cheerful pop tune. The crescendo occurs slowly, but picks up as the track's pace does. The British artist (aka Alexander O'Connor) speeds up his vocals as drums and synths kick in, along with a resonator and O'Connor's ad-libs.
Clipping: All In Your Head
Off the trio's most recent album, There Existed an Addiction to Blood (out 18 October on Sub Pop), Clipping's (aka LA-based rapper Daveed Diggs and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes) "All In Your Head" references the horrorcore genre, while being both enthralling and unabashedly artistic. There are moments of spoken word samples, chaotic and glitching drums and bass, and then a gospel-like breakdown that ushers the track to its hallucinogenic conclusion.
Rufus Wainwright: Trouble in Paradise
"Drum beats herald a romp through the inner mind of a bob-haired fashion doyenne on her drive from the town to the country," Rufus Wainwright says of his single "Trouble in Paradise." The clever track is a taste of the artist's forthcoming album, expected out in 2020—his first in the pop genre since 2012's Mark Ronson-produced Out of the Game. With production by Mitchell Froom, the new song dazzles, dances and blossoms into something altogether delightful. Wainwright fans will be pleased.
Little Dragon: Tongue Kissing
Along with their 2020 tour announcement, Little Dragon has released "Tongue Kissing," a song the Swedish band says is about facing one's demons. "Forever broken minds, so unified / take me apart, take me apart" frontwoman Yukimi Nagano sings over the layered but laidback beat. Altogether it's as whimsical, mellow and glittery as fans have come to expect from the electronic act.
Listen Up is published every Sunday and rounds up the new music we found throughout the week. Hear the year so far on our Spotify channel.


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Important Very Merry summer camps update:
Very Merry will be operating our camps this summer at all locations. As many of you may have seen the State of VT has put forth guidelines that, when implemented, will make our camps look somewhat different from past years. A few of the key protocols are masks, social distancing, enrollment limits, hand-washing, arranging for staggered drop-offs and pickups, and temperature-taking, among others. Staff will be trained and prepared, though, to provide the safest possible and most fun possible experience for your child.
We don't yet know if we will be able to perform shows in front of an audience and the manner in which we block and choreograph our shows for performance will look different but at the very least we will have video presentations to share with families. We need a little bit more time to work all the details out so we will be back in touch soon. However, the good news is that the camps will run!
Change in hours for 20 Allen St. summer camps.
Camps located at 20 Allen Street will run from 9:00am - 2:00pm (with the exception of Teen tour which rehearses 12-4). No early or aftercare available. Charlotte and Vergennes times remain the same.
Site Health and Safety Procedures:
This provides a brief overview of the types of protocols we'll be following, as put forth by the VT Health Department for summer camps. All families who decide to send their children to camp will receive detailed information about specific camp/location protocols prior to the first day.
- Staggered drop-off and pick up times
- Regular routines of handwashing, use of hand sanitizer and staff cleaning/sanitizing throughout the day
- Promotion of social distancing through keeping enrollment and staffing levels within the state guidelines and using multiple spaces within our camp sites
- Use of cloth masks by staff and campers, although when outside the state guidelines suggest masks can be lowered during active periods outside.
- Daily temperature checks and health log upon arrival
- Requirement for self-quarantine and Covid-testing for any out of state campers 7 days prior to camp enrollment, or two weeks of self-quarantine.
- Requirement that any child or staff member who is sick or has a family member that shows signs of/tests positive for Covid-self quarantine by staying home from camp.
Camp performances (virtual or in-person dependent on VT health and safety guidelines).
Please contact Don at email@example.com if you have any questions or if you do not plan to have your child attend a camp for which they are currently registered.


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(27 March 2020) Wightlink regrets it will suspend its Lymington-Yarmouth car ferry route from the last sailing on Tuesday 31 March 2020 until normal services can be restored, following the outbreak of Coronavirus.
Fewer people have been travelling on the route in recent weeks and numbers have fallen heavily since Monday's announcement by the Prime Minister urging everyone to stay at home, unless they are essential workers.
There is room on Wightlink's larger car ferries that cross between Portsmouth and Fishbourne for all the vehicles and people displaced from the Lymington-Yarmouth route.
The suspension will reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading to Wightlink staff based at Lymington and Yarmouth and further into the community.
Wightlink will also be able to concentrate vital resources on to its Portsmouth-Fishbourne service by using the skills and experience of some colleagues currently working at Lymington and Yarmouth.
Wightlink Chief Executive Keith Greenfield says: "We know suspending the service will disrupt the travel plans of some customers and we apologise, but it no longer makes sense to continue operating a route with very few customers while exposing our colleagues to risk.
"We have plenty of capacity on our Portsmouth-Fishbourne ships to carry all the essential travellers who need to cross the Solent at this time."
Existing Lymington-Yarmouth vehicle bookings are being transferred to the Portsmouth-Fishbourne route. Customers can amend their tickets for free online or claim a refund.
Under the leadership of Isle of Wight Council during the COVID-19 crisis, all cross-Solent ferry operators are working together to keep the Island connected. Pre-purchased foot passenger tickets will be accepted on Red Funnel and Hovertravel. This includes rail tickets and season tickets.
Christopher Garnett, chairman of the Isle of Wight Transport Infrastructure Board, adds: "The Board has been meeting regularly with the cross-Solent ferry operators to review the current and developing situation.
"The need to safeguard the essential mainland links and services for the Island remains paramount. But there will be adjustments to services and timetables to ensure our operators remain effective and robust during these critical times.
"In the light of this, the decision to suspend the Yarmouth-Lymington service is unfortunately unavoidable at this point, and we fully support Wightlink in taking this decision in the best interests of the Island."


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Thanks for stopping by ~ and thanks, too, for all the nice comments on the quilt show pictures! It's my way of taking you along! Have a good Easter weekend!
A DAY IN THE LIFE of this rug hooker can be just crazy!! I find other rug hookers' blogs so interesting that I thought I would add my adventures or mis-adventures to the mix!! Join me on my daily journey!!
Alice ~
Thanks for the trip to Ligonier. It's the closest I may ever get :) Wonderful rugs. Thank you for sharing!
Happy Easter.
Pug hugs :)
I'm a bit jealous of your time in Ligonier! I long to go there and take a class up at Woolley Fox! All of the rugs are so great. I'm glad that I could come along for the ride!
Have a great Easter weekend!
Happy Easter Alice. I hope the Bunny finds you too.
Such wonderful rugs. I have a funny story about a critter eating my holyhocks. I sprinkles cayenne pepper they ate more. I put a radio in the middle of them, They ate more. My husband said you have to stop they think they have found a mexican resturant with music. it was a porcupine which we finally did get rid of.
happy easter.
Alice.I was just talking today to my SIL today who lives just down the road from Barb in Derry. I was telling her about how much fun you were probably having. Seems I was right!
No one will ever step foot on my proddy sheep rug! I do know that it will probably weigh about 15 pounds when I am finished...I hook heavy!
What a cute kitty!
I can imagine it's a wonderful treat to spend time at the Wooly Fox. You are all working on great rugs! I have a big WF rug with animals on it that I haven't started yet. The next time I get out that way I want to visit and see what kind of luscious wools are available.
Glad you had fun!!!
Always love to read about your trip to Woolley Fox and the mischief you gals get into while there. I know the local economy also loves when you come for your all-too-short stay. Reading about your trip might be as close as I get to ever making it there, although I have a box full of patterns from Woolley Fox.
Glad you are back and will be looking for more photos.
Thanks for sharing Alice!
Hi Alice! Good to know that I don't talk too much, because sometimes I do! I have been hooking a bit on my rug each day since we got back. I can't wait to see yours done. That background is so wonderful! I hope to see you soon.


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In an age where consumers have a wide range of product options, timely and accurate market research is important. Yet one of the most effective approaches to conducting that research has been in use for decades. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing, or CATI, has a proven track record of producing substantial insights into consumer preferences and behaviors. And now, with the advent of new mobile and connectivity technologies, it's better than ever.
In this article, we provide an overview of modern CATI data collection and how it helps companies understand their marketplace.
How CATI Data Collection Works
CATI is a market research methodology that produces quantitative, reproducible, and highly accurate results. It uses trained human agents who conduct interviews with respondents over the telephone using a computer-based script.
A computer application presents the agent, or interviewer, with the telephone number of the next subject. When calling a landline number, you may set up the system to dial automatically. When calling a mobile phone number, the number to dial presents itself on the screen and the agent hand dials it on a keypad. If using Predictive Dialing, the computer program actively manages all calls and only connects an answered call. This leads to substantial time and cost savings.
In addition, the program (if desired) automatically reschedules unanswered calls at a later time. This is especially useful when the client has a limited and specifically defined universe of respondents they want to survey.
Each interviewer interacts with one respondent at a time. This provides a more personal touch than automated online surveys can offer. A particular benefit of that personal interaction is that the interviewer can answer any questions and provide clarifications.
The interviewer reads questions from a computer screen and records the respondent's answers directly into the survey program. While surveys questions are presented in sequential order, surveys vary from respondent-to-respondent depending on the respondents previous responses and the survey logic and skip patterns decided pre-survey launch. In other words, the questionnaire customizes in reaction to the answers. This allows the interview process to interactively hone in on the insights most relevant to the sponsor's purposes.
Answers are recorded in real-time, the computer application redirects the questioning to check for consistency.
Advantages of CATI Data Collection
CATI offers particular advantages over other market research methodologies in the following areas:
CATI can sometimes provide access to populations that are difficult to reach by other means. For example, while older and lower-income individuals are underrepresented online, most have access to a telephone, whether residential or mobile.
Especially in B2B contexts, CATI can often yield a more representative sample set than other methods. One reason for this is that businesses want to be found, and make their telephone contact information publicly available.
In general, telephone surveys enjoy a higher response rate than, for example, online surveys.
Because there's a personal interaction between interviewer and respondent, CATI achieves greater accuracy by preventing errors based on respondents' misunderstandings or providing non-relevant answers. Also, errors in questionnaire administration are avoided since the computer program, rather than the human agent, directs the interview process.
Because the questions' content and sequence can be customized in real-time based on responses, the information obtained can be sharply focused on the most relevant subject areas.
With responses entered in real-time, the computer application distributes analyses of the survey results immediately.
The fact that the interview is customized based on responses ensures that respondents remain engaged. Indeed. people enjoy answering questions that relate to their own interests and experiences.
At a given cost point, CATI provides greater coverage over a larger geographical area than face-to-face interviews. Thus, providing more representative sample sets and greater accuracy than automated online surveys.
When Should You Use CATI?
CATI may be your best option for market research in the following circumstances:
- For surveys based on pre-planned, structured interviews.
- Require in-depth answers to a questionnaire when well-focused.
- When it's possible to anticipate all alternatives for how the flow of questions can be sequenced based on a limited universe of possible answers.
- When it's necessary to cost-effectively survey large numbers of respondents.
How Precision Opinion Can Make CATI Work for You
Most businesses don't have the expertise or call center facilities required to make effective use of CATI for market research. But, with over 20 years of CATI experience, Precision Opinion has that and more!
At our Telephone Data Collection Research Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Precision Opinion maintains a 650-seat CATI data collection facility that employs more than 1,000 workers and conducts almost a million surveys each year. We perform all of our projects entirely in-house within U.S. Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) compliance, as well as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Precision Opinion specializes in developing customized research services designed specifically to fit each client's needs. In addition to numerous commercial clients, we have secured more than 15 years of government market research contracts. Presidential elections and countless local races.
Precision Opinion research associates continually train to ensure that the interviews they conduct yield comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased results. Our proprietary, high-tech, real-time management and reporting software allows our project managers to continually make adjustments to optimize results, while keeping clients continuously informed about the progress of the market research initiatives we conduct on their behalf. We are totally committed to providing you with results you can depend on. That's why our clients have named us the Most Trusted Name in Market Research.
Learn More About CATI Data Collection
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The first Mixtape of many to come. Mosiah coming out of South Jerz, Camden City, New Jerz. He has a raw style of rap that grabs your hips and pulls you close. Some call him a rebel, some call him real; either way he is offering something you can't duplicate. It's authentic. You decide for yourself. Representing RBS/SORB - Rare Breed Souljahs also known as Souljahs of a Rare Breed.
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This was Sunday, for those of us (namely me) having trouble keeping track of what day it is. We had breakfast in the hotel and got an early start, leaving before 8:30. The plan was to go to the theater we would be going to today and buy the tickets a day early. It's one of those "reserved seating" theaters and we didn't want to wait too much longer in case things were selling out. Turns out the prices were more than we were willing to pay – $16.75 and no matinee prices. That just seemed ridiculous. When did going to the movies get so expensive? Or are these just LA prices? We found much cheaper prices online – less than half that – at a theater in Burbank and still reserved seating – so got those instead.
But the theaters were in a shopping center called Americana at Brand, and we liked the look of it. It was completed in 2008, so Dan hadn't seen it before, and we decided to come back at night, so more on this later. It's about a mile away from the hotel and we walked, so got 2 miles in before we even really began our day. We ended up walking almost 11 miles today.
We drove over to Pasadena and didn't have much planned here, just a walking tour in the morning and the Norton Simon in the afternoon since we skipped that yesterday. One of the first things you're reminded of as you get into central Pasadena is that it is the home of the famous Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's day, and they were already in full prep mode for that. The signs on the lamppost as seen above map out the parade route, which is 5.5 miles and most of that up Colorado Blvd, which is also Route 66. In addition to the marked lampposts, you also see bleachers set up in nooks and crannies between building as shown below.
Meet Mack and Jackie Robinson, brothers from Pasadena. Mack won a silver medal for the 200 meter dash in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Jackie, a name you probably recognize, was the first African-American major league baseball player. That's Mack on the right, eternally facing City Hall, as he stayed in Pasadena his whole life. Jackie is on the left looking east towards Brooklyn where he lived as an adult.
And this is City Hall. Completed in 1927 for just 1.3 million at the time, it is a significant example of what's referred to as the City Beautiful Movement in architecture, which inspired architects in the early part of the last century to create public buildings that reflected grandeur. If you are a Parks and Recreation fan, it's also the exterior of Pawnee City Hall.
We walked around town a bit just looking at the shops and restaurants and things to do. Eventually we worked our way out of the central district and adjacent to it is Caltech, or California Institute of Technology, the west coast version of MIT. Dan applied here back in the day but was waitlisted, although he said he would have gone to Penn even if he had been accepted here. But it's a good school, considered one of the premier science colleges in the world. It ranks 13th in the production of Nobel Laureates, but because it's small it's probably #1 from a per capita perspective. A 2015 Pomona College Study ranked in #1 in the percentage of graduates who go on to earn PhDs. The next few photos are of the campus. There were a fair number of people walking around, using it as a park.
We spent a decent amount of time after this walking through some residential areas. It felt creepy somehow to take photos of people's houses so we got nothing to show for it. But it was pretty :) Lots of big houses from the 20's with big lawns, wide fronts, and semi-circular driveways.
We worked our way to a fast food joint called Yoshinoya, which was called Beef Bowl when Dan lived here and was a place he frequented. For Sacramento types, think I Love Teriyaki – same set up.
We stopped an at a used book store that also had an antique art collection and Dan talked with the owner quite a bit. He thought about getting some prints he found that he liked, and we even went back later in the day to see if he could haggle the guy down to what he would be willing to pay, but he was gone for the day. So perhaps we will come back sometime this week.
The first two galleries, which covered 14th-18th century art, didn't have a lot that interested us. The one above caught my attention only because it was a self portrait. Her name is Marie-Genevieve Bouliar, and she painted this in 1792. It's pretty rare to see a female artist anytime before the 21st century.
Van Gogh did this in 1889 when he was a self-admitted patient at Saint-Remy-de-Provence after a series of nervous breakdowns. While it's hard to see in this photo, the brush strokes are very thick, adding quite a bit of texture to the paining, almost like a bas-relief sculpture. It's one of Van Gogh's favorites.
This was may favorite piece in the garden. The placement of it was thoughtful, with the color of the ice plant ground cover and the blue cedar in the background worked with the statue to create this interesting sea of blue-green. It worked. Below is the same artist, Aristide Maillol.
Siddhartha (Buddha) Meditating below the Jambu Tree. From 3rd century Pakistan. There were an interesting number of pieces from Pakistan from the 100s-300s. I don't remember seeing a lot from Pakistan in our travels so this stood out to me for some reason.
We went back to our room and rested for a bit before heading out again for dinner. We walked to a restaurant in downtown Glendale called Carousel, which served Middle Eastern food. It was a fixed price set menu so there was nothing to order, you just sat down and they starting bringing things out.
First course was mezza or small dishes, we thought of it as cold appetizers – various things to eat with the pita bread. Pretty typical fair for Middle Eastern cuisine: tabbouleh, a chili paste which was one of my favorite from this round, hummus, baba ganoush, dolmas, a coleslaw that had too much dill in it for my taste but Dan liked it. Of course olives and carrots, etc., and a dish we had to ask what it was but we really liked it – turned out it was cracked wheat.
The warm appetizers included some sausage in the dish at the top of the photo which I liked more than Dan did. The larger plate had beef balls, fried chickpea, a salad, and what I thought was the best bite of the night, something they called cheese pie, the pastry item. Three kinds of cheese fried in a sort of crispy filo dough. I could've eaten a plate of that.
We were out of there in a just a little over and hour and wanted to walk off some of that food, so headed back to the Americana Brand. It's definitely our kind of place, a mix of retail, restaurants and residential, something you don't see a lot of in Southern California especially, but we really enjoyed it. The shops were mostly closed at this time, but the restaurants were open. And it was decorated nicely for Christmas and there were lots of people about taking photos. We joined them.
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What makes a person go from showing initial interest to taking that next step? We wanted to encourage students at Detroit Community High School to ask the same question.
DCH Spark is a series of workshops that aim to build from students' passion for music and working with their hands by providing resources and a space where students can explore the intersection of music and technology. The projects that were developed for DCH Spark involve creating speakers out of magnets and a styrofoam cup and building a finished wooden speaker. We want this program to be a spark for students, igniting a passion for continuous learning and lifelong curiosity.
Fall 2013. All team members contributed equally.
The DCH Spark team: Eliza Bara, Beverly Chou, Kathleen Chou, and Michael Wang.


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Design for Fred 2008
Sink one in your drink. Gin and Titonic ice tray creates Four RMS Titanic ships and four menacing icebergs guaranteed to keep the party afloat. Made of soft recyclable, food-safe synthetic rubber.
Oh, where was my ship when I needed it.
Looks like it just came in….my ship!
Oh man… after I finally stopped laughing at your epic pun, my first thought was, "this is totally Scribbls material." Scribbls is a doodling site all about puns… such as another gin and tonic related pun:
Gin and Titonic is even more hilarious. Wish I'd thought of it.
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Hello again!I just got mine!!(Gin and Titonic tray!)I LOVE it…cant wait to use it!I bought several items from World wide fred,and love them too.
Ive got to place an order for frozen smiles…i'm a dentist and think that it would be a cool idea to put in a juice pitcher to serve….though im not sure what my colleagues would think if I ever did that to them……dont care….will buy it anyways…hilarious idea!;D
thanks again!
Wow! I love a G&T …. Although to be honest, once you start drinking them, its not a good idea to stop or change. Gives an evil hangover.
I suppose the titanic would be a good alusion to what happens to me after a good few of these!! Are they available in the shops? Please give me the link if so!! (",)
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The BIG Consultant – Product Design
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Many IT shops have spent months working to refit corporate systems so they comply with year-old changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, even as some executives say the revisions arent clearly defined.
However, some IT executives who complained about the rules did acknowledge that the FRCP modifications have forced them to make positive changes to corporate data-retention policies.
The revisions, which took effect on Dec. 1, 2006, require that opposing sides in a federal lawsuit meet within 99 days of its filing to determine what electronic data must be produced and in what format. Failure to comply could lead to fines or a prison sentence.
The e-discovery rules have been created and are enforced by the U.S. Supreme Court and are often followed in state courts as well.
IT staffers at Webcor Builders Inc. have been struggling to understand the ambiguous rules while simultaneously working to determine where all relevant data resides and how it can be accessed quickly in case of litigation.
Gregg Davis, CIO at the San Mateo, Calif.-based construction firm, contended that the rules fail to take into account evolving storage technologies.
The new rules require that electronic data be in its native format, he said. This is easy to achieve when it comes to e-mail, which was the provisions main target. But it gets very murky when it comes to propriety databases and homegrown applications.
There are still a lot of questions around what is digital storage and e-discovery, Davis added. The [revised] rules have changed the game, and we are [being forced to] think and rethink where things are stored.
For example, he noted that Webcor still isnt sure whether images and documents on copy machine hard drives and print servers fall under the revised guidelines.
The latest revisions prompted Webcor to re-evaluate its overall data- retention policies and schedule quarterly meetings of executives from its IT and legal operations to discuss FRCP issues, Davis said. The company also tweaked its Symantec Enterprise Vault archiving tool to make sure data is available when its needed.
Davis recounted some questionable demands from opposing attorneys in some recent litigation in state court. One of them asked that Webcor buy his client software that could help it read the contractors Oracle database. Fulfilling such a request could prove very costly, said Davis, adding, This is why [FRCP] is a new slippery slope.
Laura Dubois, an analyst at IDC, said the FRCP changes are forcing companies to significantly increase spending on backup applications. The research firm predicts that e-mail archiving application sales will grow from $631 million in 2007 to $1.37 billion in 2011, she noted.
The updated FRCP rules have already placed a heavy burden on IT staffers, said Howard Nirken, a partner at Austin law firm DuBois, Bryant & Campbell LLP.
[FRCP] has made their lives incredibly complicated, Nirken said. IT is now responsible for immediately locating electronic files that can exist just about anywhere in networks, in peoples personal computers [or] on any electronic media you can imagine.
Nirken, whose firm uses MessageOne Inc.s hosted e-discovery system, said IT managers must make sure that such technology can freeze documents in e-mail in-boxes and instantly search for and locate needed data.
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The rush to comply with the updated rules has provided some businesses with unexpected benefits by forcing action, IT managers say.
Bill Shaw, MIS director of The Village of Niles, Ill., said the revised rules led city officials to decree that all e-mails to and from city offices are official documents and subject to legal review.
That policy change quickly eased the citys e-mail storage and management burden by reducing the number of nonbusiness e-mails that pass through its systems, Shaw said. Its had a reduction in our e-mail and an increase in productivity, he noted.
The Village of Niles uses a messaging appliance called Plug n Comply from Jatheon Technologies Inc., and Shaw checks it monthly to identify non-work-related messages and other inappropriate e-mail.
The city decided to deploy Toronto-based Jatheons appliance in early 2007 after state officials began requiring that all e-mail communication be available when needed as evidence in court cases.
The city, which employs some 250 full-time workers and about 5,500 part-timers, processes e-mail through a single Microsoft Exchange server, Shaw said.
The Brinks Co., a Richmond, Va.-based firm whose holdings include Brinks Inc. and Brinks Home Security, hopes the revised FRCP guidelines clarify which data needs to be retained for long periods and which data can be deleted, said Suzanne Barasch, manager of corporate information systems and global messaging.
The company currently purchases 20 800GB backup tapes monthly to save all of its corporate data, she said.
Im not able to overwrite any of my tapes, and I havent been able to do that for three years. [Our lawyers] dont want to overwrite any data, Barasch said. I think there comes a point where keeping everything is silly. There are files that havent been touched in years.
Brinks will begin installing IBMs DB2 CommonStore for Lotus Domino and eMail Search for CommonStore this month to smooth what can be a crippling archiving process, Barasch said. If someone were to come to me and say, Provide this [electronic evidence], it would cause me a lot of heartache now because of how things have been stored, she noted.
Rick Chin, senior vice president of IT at Pinnacle Financial Corp. in Orlando, said his company got a head start on changing its e-discovery processes after learning about looming FRCP changes at an industry conference months before the rules took effect.
The revised rules prompted Pinnacle to buy Mimosa Systems Inc.s NearPoint e-discovery and mail archiving software in 2006 for use with its two Microsoft Exchange servers.
Chin considers himself fortunate to have learned about the revised rules long before they needed to be implemented.
A lot of stuff that happened last Dec. 1 caught a lot of people off guard and [led] to scrambling and [confusion over] what to do, he said. From [listening to] my peers, its been a drain on them to add enough storage to do e-mail archiving or modify their processes.


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Anmaru: So, Aunt Angela, you look more than usually disapproving. What's up?
Aunt Angela: Well, dear, I overheard a perfectly pleasant person yesterday asking a most personal question of a former colleague. "So, when's the honeymoon?" she asked in a jocular fashion. The former colleague indicated that there had as yet been no discussion of a wedding and that therefore notions of a honeymoon were decidedly premature.
Now, I don't know about you, dear, but I was brought up with a clear understanding that one does not ask personal questions pertaining to health, relationships, family planning, or salary. (Asking "What do you do?" was felt to be in poor taste. Certainly, such a question can put the independently wealthy and the temporarily unemployed alike at a disadvantage. I always advise people to stick to interests and hobbies rather than paid occupation when making light conversation. And let us always remember that when someone asks "How are you?" they are normally hoping for a short, positive response—only truly close friends want more detail.)
But now back to the interpersonal issues. Of course, dear, one should never assume (a) heterosexuality; (b) if single, a desire to be married; (c) if married or cohabiting, a desire to have children. Such behaviour is insensitive at best.
Anmaru: Aunt Angela, I am so pleased to have you straighten me out once again. Allow me to freshen your drink.


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I'm a big fan of technology. I enjoy all the latest gadgets like my laptop, my electronic reader and especially my cell phone. In fact, I'm rarely without my iPhone at work, as I've found a number of applications that make my job easier. I can look up drug dosing guidelines and interactions or search for information on an obscure disease without leaving the exam room. Many practices are moving towards electronic medical records (EMR) that can streamline so much clinical data and help reduce medical errors and storage issues while improving accessibility.
Almost daily there is some new technology emerging to make health care providers' lives easier and our care more efficient or cost effective. I get excited when I hear about the latest advances. But have providers come to depend on technology so much that we are forgetting the most basic senses needed to diagnose and treat patients?
I was reminded of this recently while working with a resident at the hospital. We were admitting a laboring mom and when the resident asked me what the presenting part of the baby was, I told her the baby was cephalic (head down). I laughed when she asked if I had used ultrasound to confirm this finding. I had no doubt that I had felt a head when I checked the patient's cervix — but then again I've been doing this for a while, and I trust my hands. I appreciate ultrasound to confirm my findings when I suspect a breech or other malpresentation, but I do not routinely use it to diagnose what my hands already know.
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As much as I appreciate my gadgets, basic assessment skills are based on sight, hearing, touch and even smell. Any midwife or seasoned labor and delivery nurse knows the sound of a laboring mom pushing spontaneously — no instrumentation needed. Technology tries to provide "better" methods, but there are some skills that technology cannot replace.
Despite the benefits of technology, I worry that moving to EMR means that providers will be looking at a screen rather than at the patient while taking a medical history. How many non-verbal clues will be missed? I'm concerned that we will forget how vital therapeutic touch can be while interacting with clients.
No matter what technological advances come along, providers need to be mindful of the most powerful tools: our eyes, our ears and especially our hands. We need to use these senses, but also remember to trust them as much, if not more, than our gadgets.