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Architecture GSI Positions
Graduate Student Instructor Overview
GSIs contribute to our teaching enterprise by working as partners with the faculty members who develop and supervise course offerings. Graduate Student Instructors (GSI) are a very important part of our professional programs. Not only are they responsible for providing classroom or studio instruction in collaboration with one of our faculty members, they also become mentors, advisors, and friends to many students. Being a GSI at Taubman College is an opportunity to learn the subject that they teach thoroughly and also learn about teaching. Indeed, many students discover the rewards of teaching through being a GSI and go on to academic careers.
All Taubman College graduate students are eligible for GSI positions and typically hold those offered within their field of study. The number of positions that is available depends on the program's teaching needs for the particular term. Each GSI appointment provides a full tuition waiver (for any appointment greater than 20%), monthly stipend, and health benefits during the term of appointment.
Please note that only students currently enrolled at Taubman College are eligible to apply to become a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) in Taubman College. These positions, as posted, are subjected to a collective bargaining agreement between the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees' Organization, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 3550.
Only students who have satisfactory academic performance are eligible for a GSI position. Satisfactory academic progress is defined as:
- a 3.0 GPA or above
- no more than one outstanding incomplete
- progress toward degree at the rate of 9 or more credits per semester
Do not apply to GSI for a course that meets at the same time as a course you will be enrolled in.
All positions require that you submit a cover letter and a resume combined into a single PDF file.
The cover letter header must include:
- name
- program (MUP, M.Arch, PhD)
- expected date of graduation (MM/YYYY)
- Umich email address
- Student ID #
- Position(s) you are applying for, listed in ranked order of preference from highest to lowest.
The percentage of effort for each position is outlined in the fraction calculation when the position is offered. GSI and Faculty should check in regularly to ensure that the outline on the fraction calculation accurately reflects the effort.
All Graduate students of Taubman College are eligible to apply for GSI positions but each program hires students from within their field.
Dual-degree students must take 75% of their course work in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and must be enrolled for at least 6 credit hours in the term they hold a GSI position.
Architecture applicants will be reviewed by the faculty noted on the job description; in cases where the faculty is TBA the chair will review applications in consultation with faculty who teach in that subject area. Urban and Regional Planning applicants will be reviewed by the chair. They will review the cover letter and resume submitted as part of the application. Selection criteria will include:
- Relevant academic experience
- Academic Standing of 3.0 or more
- Professional and well thought out cover letter stating specific skills, and resume indicating the use of those skills. If the applicant has made email or in-person contact with the faculty member or chair about the GSI position, those communications can be considered as representative of the applicant's communication style
- Individual faculty may choose to conduct interviews with qualified applicants
After review of the architecture applicants, faculty will rank up to four candidates for each GSI position. In addition to selecting their top applicants, faculty can list those applicants whose qualifications are not sufficient to serve as a GSI in the course.
In both programs the chair will be responsible for matching faculty and student preferences for final GSI assignments.
The percentage of effort for each position is detailed in the posting. Should enrollment warrant, and the GSI agree, an increase in percentage is possible. GSI and Faculty should check in regularly to ensure that the outline on the fraction calculation accurately reflects the effort. Unsuccessful applications will be retained for consideration in the event that there are last minute openings for available positions. In the event that an Employee does not receive his or her preferred assignment, he or she can request a written explanation or an in-person interview with the hiring agent(s) to be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time.
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The University will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, familial status, parental status or pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, height, weight, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, HIV antibody status, political belief, membership in any social or political organization, participation in a grievance or complaint whether formal or informal, or any other factor where the item in question will not interfere with job performance and where the employee is otherwise qualified. The University of Michigan agrees to abide by the protections afforded employees with disabilities as outlined in the rules and regulations, which implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act."
How to Apply: Fall 2019 GSI Positions
Complete both of the following steps to apply:
Step 1: Submit cover letter(s) and a resume combined into a single PDF file by following the link below
Step 2: List the course(s) you are applying for. Rank in order of preference when applying for multiple positions.
Position Details
Job Opening ID#: 170904
Posting dates: 04/10/2019 to 04/24/2019
Working title: Architecture Graduate Student Instructor at Taubman College
Fall 2019 GSI Positions
Arch 201 — Basic Drawing
Faculty: Melissa Harris
Positions: Up to 2
Appointment: 23.7%
A freehand studio drawing course limited to pencil and pen, this introductory class concentrates upon seeing, describing, and analyzing form through linear graphic means. Though intended primarily for students considering a design-related career, it is open to students from any discipline wishing to improve their visual literacy. The first half of the course - unbiased toward a particular art - focuses upon understanding the role of line in creating form. Principles of orthographic and perspective projection are introduced in the second half of the semester.
GSI Responsibilities: The GSI participates in the cultivation of student's visual literacy and prepares them for future learning in the design realm, particularly for those interested in the field of Architecture. They will actively participate in the student's understanding of the material taught during class and provide critical response to the work. The GSIs collaboratively grade the student portfolios at the end of the term.
Attend class (6 hours per week) and hold office hours (1 hour/week). During class the GSI provides individual roving critique, elaboration by example (often by drawing) of understanding and clarifying daily objectives. As the course builds exercise by exercise, the GSI should have both a long-term view and a grasp of each assignment. Several days prior to classes starting, a 2-3 hour meeting serves to outline the semester.
Prior to class each morning, the GSI is expected to have the technology ready for use. This means arriving to class before it starts. While the students stream in, they might also supervise the pinning up of drawings. Twice there are extended grading periods (varies on size of class, but typically 2-4 hours x 2 per term). In these evaluation sessions, the GSI's work together and in parallel with the professor assessing, taking notes, recording, and delivering grades and suggestions for improvement to each student individually.
GSI's are also expected to meet with excused absent students to review missed material. (1 hour/week). Regular meetings with instructor to monitor progress, discuss efficacy, and student concerns should take an hour per week. (.5 hour/week) Weekly work commitment will average 7.5 to 9.49 hours.
Required qualifications: GPA 3.0 or above; proficiency with freehand studio-drawing, and ability to communicate about design. Please include in cover letter the courses taken relevant to hand drawing.
Desired qualifications: GPA 3.5 or above, strong academic record in architectural or art drawing courses.
Eligible: Masters students in Architecture and Urban Design.
Arch 314 — Structures I
Faculty: Peter von Bülow
Positions: Up to 4
Effort: 23.7%
This course covers the basic principles of architectural structures, including the influence of geometric, sectional, and material properties related to flexure and shear in beam and framed systems; vector mechanics with application to analysis of trusses, catenaries, and arches; diagrammatic analysis of beams for bending moment, shear, and deflection as well as the study of structural framing systems for vertical and lateral loads.
GSI responsibilities: GSIs must attend general course lectures on TBD and teach a recitation section on TBD. GSIs are responsible for helping their recitation students with assignments and grading exams and projects. They also provide general support for the course. Weekly work commitment will average 7.5 to 9.49 hours. GSI Time Allocation: 23.7% appointment
- attend lectures. 2 hr/wk
- prepare recitation. 2 hr/wk
- give recitation. 1 hr/wk
- attend weekly meeting. 1 hr/wk
- answer student questions. 1 hr/wk
- support course development. 1 hr/wk
- grade exams and projects. 1 hr/wk
Required qualifications: Courses or background in architectural or engineering structures; knowledge of structural system analysis and design; good analytic ability – math, physics, and basic mechanics. Include a brief CV outlining your experience and qualifications.
Desired Qualifications: Communication skills; organizational ability; instructional experience; computational expertise; comfortable explaining how structures work; experience in construction.
Eligible: Master or Doctoral students in Architecture.
Arch 316 — Design Fundamentals
Faculty: Roddier and Mitnick
Positions: 2
Effort: 23.7%
This course introduces the beginning student in architecture to a working understanding of the factors and issues that underlie the translation of human needs and purposes into significant architectural form. Course objectives are:
- To establish a base of design concepts and knowledge with an introduction to references and ideas to foster independent inquiry.
- To develop skills in environmental analysis, concept formation, and certain aspects of design.
- To familiarize students with images of architecture and design drawn from various times and cultures. Specific topics include the basic elements, attributes, and organizational principles of architectural form and their relationship to design intention. Related topics include framework for design, design methods, site analysis and design, human factors, and environmental factors.
GSI Responsibilities: GSIs will run the discussion section, assist in drafting assignments and exams, and grade student work. The GSI must attend all lectures (2 hours), run discussion section (1 hour), assist with the grading assignments with commentary that aims to improve and enhance students' critical thinking and analysis skills in relation to understanding design fundamentals, provide assistance and clarification on issues related to course to students via e-mails and in-person in meetings as necessary. Weekly work commitment will average 7.5 to 9.49 hours.
Required qualifications: GPA 3.0 or above, acute coursework knowledge of design fundamentals; strong writing skills. Please include in cover letter the courses taken relevant to this course.
Desired qualifications: GPA above 3.5, Intelligent, energetic and enthusiastic; interested in working with students, conscientious, well organized, good listening and reading skills; writing skills. Experience or promise in leading oral discussions.
Eligible: Master of Architecture students and Master of Urban Design students.
Arch 317/417 — Construction
Faculty: Craig Borum
Positions: 3
Effort: 23.7%
This course offers an introduction to the study of construction materials and methods. The course stresses general principles that affect construction and its relationship to design intentions. It is structured through the discussion of specific material typologies including, wood; masonry and stone; concrete; steel; and glass. Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to demonstrate an understanding of construction materials and building enclosure assemblies. The format includes one weekly lecture, one lab, and several lab exercises that provide a focus for discussion and practice and technical documentation relating to unit modularity, wall systems, floor and roof systems, waterproofing, prefabrication, and project delivery. Additionally, there are weekly quizzes and a final exam.
GSI Responsibilities: GSIs will run a lab section, assist in drawing assignments and exams, and grade student work. The GSI must attend all required lectures (2 hours), and a lab section (3 hours). The weekly work commitment will average 7.5 to 9.49 hours.
Required qualifications: GPA 3.0 or above, acute coursework knowledge of construction materials and methods; professional experience with knowledge of construction materials and methods; strong representational skills. Please include in cover letter the courses taken relevant to this course.
Desired qualifications: GPA above 3.5, enthusiasm, intelligence, ambition, organizational skills, analytical skills.
Eligible: Master of Architecture students and Master of Urban Design students.
Arch 357 Architecture, Sustainability & the City
Faculty: Douglas Kelbaugh
Positions: Up to 2
Effort: 25%
This undergraduate survey course is an introduction to design of the built environment, ranging from the building to the city to the metropolis to the country and planet. In addition to Western history, theory and practice of architecture and urban planning, case studies of buildings and cities of different cultures and periods and will be presented to deepen the student's understanding of the environmental, economic, socio-cultural and aesthetic impacts of design and urbanism. Contemporary problems and opportunities in sustainable architecture and urban design will be considered, including renewable energy, ecological resilience, resource and water conservation, and transportation. Livability, walkability, bikeability and transit, as well as the importance of a vibrant, humane public realm in a healthy, diverse community, will also be studied.
GSI responsibilities: The GSI must attend all lectures, and is responsible for two weekly discussion sections. The GSI meets students at weekly office hours, grading a once-weekly 300-1000 word written response to the readings, and the mid-term and final exam in concert with other GSIs, as well as checking a weekly online posting by the students. The weekly work commitment will average 9.50 to 12.49 hours.
Required qualifications: Academic experience in architecture, sustainability, and urbanism. History and theory courses in architecture, urban design, and planning are helpful, as is experience in energy, environmental and ecological issues is desirable.
Desired qualifications: Experience or promise in leading oral discussions, as well as assessing students' writings. Completion of Arch 506/UP533 "Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture" is highly desirable. Being a Grader in that course is even more highly desirable.
Eligible: Master or PhD students in Architecture or Urban Design.
Arch 515 — Sustainable Systems
Faculty: Jen Maigret
Positions: Up to 6
Effort: 23.7%
This course will introduce students, aiming to participate in the build environment, to a range of perspectives comprised of theories, manifestoes, tropes, and exemplary practices that will assist in positioning new thinking and actions within complex terrestrial systems. The course content will span the planetary to the surficial, quantitative and qualitative, theoretical and applied in pursuit of a position from which design might begin to operate with these cascading and networked fields. Weekly readings will be complemented by a set of co-taught lectures and detailed discussion sessions that aim to unpack contemporary positions regarding sustainability.
GSI Responsibilities: The GSI must attend all lectures and is responsible for two weekly discussion sections. The GSI meets students at weekly office hours, grading a once-weekly written response to the readings, and the mid-term and final exam in concert with other GSIs. The weekly work commitment will average 7.5 to 9.49 hours.
Required qualifications: GPA 3.0 or above, strong oral and written communication skills. Academic experience in architecture and sustainability and urbanism. Experience in leading oral discussions, as well as assessing students' writings.
Desired qualifications: GPA 3.5 or above.
Eligible: Master or PhD students in Urban Planning, Architecture or Urban Design.
Arch 527: Integrative Systems
Faculty: Kennedy
Positions: Up to 1
Effort: 23.7%
Taught in conjunction with ARCH 672, this course focuses on the principles, performances, and integration of building systems, including, but not limited to structural, environmental, building envelope, lighting, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, communication, and horizontal and vertical conveyance systems. Course presentations and exercises address life safety issues, accessibility, security, fire protection systems, building codes, and building specifications.
GSI Responsibilities: GSIs will assist in drafting assignments and exams, and grade student work. The GSI must attend all lectures (3 hours). The GSI will serve as a resource to students for inquiries via email and by holding office hours. The weekly work commitment will average 7.5 to 9.49 hours.
Required qualifications: GPA above 3.0, completion of Arch 527 or equivalent with distinction.
Desired qualifications: Professional experience and/or advanced coursework in building construction systems. Ability to assess students' work developing drawings and diagrams of building systems and their integration with studio design.
GPA above 3.5, Intelligent, energetic and enthusiastic; interested in working with students, conscientious, well organized, good listening and reading skills; writing skills. Opportunities to develop and deliver select course presentations may be available to qualified GSI candidates.
Eligible: Master of Architecture students and Master of Urban Design students.
ELI 530 — Academic Speaking and Writing for Architecture and Urban Planning
Faculty: DesJardins
Positions: 1
Effort: 23.7%
In this course, graduate students learn and practice effective presentation and discussion skills; presentations are videotaped and critiqued individually with the instructor. Participants also practice writing summaries and responses that are integrated with reading and discussion. Materials and assignments are drawn from current discipline-specific topics in other classes. For example, architecture students will present their current studio work (in progress) throughout the semester for feedback; and, readings are chosen from the topics covered in the core courses in Architecture and Urban Planning.
GSI responsibilities: GSI attends class sessions and monitors class contributions (3 hours per week). GSI is responsible for facilitating presentation practice (6 hours per week). GSI serves as resources to students in developing effective presentation and discussion skills (2 hours per week), and preliminarily evaluates presentations, summaries, and responses throughout the semester (up to 25 hours). The Weekly work commitment will average 7.5 to 9.49 hours.
Required qualifications: GPA 3.0 or above, strong oral and written communication skills. Experience in leading oral discussions, as well as assessing students' writings. Demonstration of oral and written Architecture presentation mastery.
Desired qualifications: GPA 3.5 or above
Eligible: Master or Doctoral students in Architecture.
Arch 583 — Professional Practice
Faculty: Hwang
Positions: up to 2
Effort: 25%
This course surveys essential topics, issues and core competencies in professional practice, including practice management, project management, leadership, client and employee relations, legal responsibilities, collaboration, ethics and professional judgment, community social responsibilities, diversity, and financial considerations. Mainstream and alternative practices are explored in case study discussion and lecture formats.
GSI responsibilities: GSI attends class sessions and monitors class contributions (3 hours per week). GSI is responsible for grading weekly quizzes in a timely manner (6 hours per week). GSI serves as resources to students in developing firm analyses (2 hours per week), and preliminarily evaluates term papers near the end of semester (up to 25 hours). Weekly time work commitment 9.50 – 12.49 hours.
Required qualifications: GPA above 3.0, completion of Arch 583 with distinction.
Desired qualifications: GPA 3.5 or above, 15 months or more experience in architectural practice setting(s).
Eligible: Master or Doctoral students in Architecture.


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Founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Xavier University is a Catholic, coeducational, comprehensive university grounded in the tradition of the liberal arts and offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs to 5,705 students from across the country. As one of 18 colleges and universities sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Xavier University assists students in their search for truth and meaning by providing a scholarly, supportive community that promotes excellence in teaching; learning for life as well as for livelihood; and the cultivation of ethical and moral sensibilities to promote the common good. Catholic and Mercy, Saint Xavier University welcomes students of all religious and faith traditions.
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Geelong has a significant collection of terrace houses which unlike many other similar cities contains many examples within what is now the CBD area as well as in its inner suburbs.
Terrace houses can be found within 2 kilometres of Geelong's city centre.
According to Australian Bureau of Statistics data (2006), postcode 3220 which includes Geelong CBD and inner suburbs consists of around 14% terrace or semi-detached housing.
Significant clusters can be found along Yarra Street, Gheringhap and McKillop Streets, Eastern Beach and Western Beach Roads as well as at Latrobe Terrace in suburban Newtown, however they are rare elsewhere.
Unusually the majority of Geelong's terraces are double storey and it is obvious that this was the preferred mode for such housing in the city. While there are some single storey terraces, there are no examples taller then two storeys in Geelong.
Regional Variation
The majority of Geelong's terraces are the parapet style, however the parapets tend to be far more conservative and restrained in their display than their Melbourne's Italianate counterparts. Considerable effort, however was made to decorate the verandahs, however.
The earliest terraces in Geelong appeared in the 1850s, however they reached popularity during the 1880s when the style was at its peak in Melbourne.
Although Geelong's growth accelerated in the 20th Century, terraces fell out of favour much earlier than other regional Victorian cities, reflecting the suburban expansion which was favoured in Geelong as early as the 1890s.
Since the 1990s, several new medium density developments in Geelong adopted the nostalgic replica Victorian terrace.
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First, do whatever you can to eavesdrop on conversations. Curl your feet up on the pebbled carpet of your stairs at home and listen to the tinkling chatter of adults at dinner. Lie on the carpet and watch your brother's legs shake up and down as he listens to books on tape. Lean the back of your head against your parents' bedroom door and hear the whispered urgency of goodness-knows-what. Tell yourself this is normal but feel guilty listening in, like a cicada quietly unsticking herself from an ugly shell.When you encounter poetry in school, don't pay any attention. Who cares about daffodils and how they feel? Rhyming "trees" with "breeze" and "hills" with "daffodils" should not, in your opinion, be enough to constitute a poem. You prefer not to talk because everyone else has so many things to say and more interesting ways to say them. Your brother's drums are louder than your voice. Jim Dale blasting from his boom-box. You already know you are a nerd.Discover the internet in middle school. This first encounter leads you to the shore of the vast island of distraction. You find a gem called "For those who can still ride an airplane for the first time" by Anis Mojgani:
Slow down, Quentin, slow down.
You don't have to touch and go.
You can see it all if your finger whispers on one word.
Slow down, and hold what you see just a little bit longer.
You find something buttery and wonderful in the phonetic links between adjacent words. You feel like swinging from one verb phrase to the next on a trapeze of alliterations. You know you are like Quentin, the boy on the bus he is talking to, but you can't figure out why.You figure it out. It's because you could never do what Amal Kassir does when she spits poetry on YouTube. When she performs her poem "Syria" she is all fire and passion. When you watch this video in your room, you're shivering:
We are speaking as one
The tyrant inside of me is ravenous
Forty-one year old rotting hands bedazzled
With rings of oil drums
And gems of blood
When you come to college, decide that there is more to poetry than wimpy yellow flowers. There is sonorous bliss and there is bravery. You start writing for the sound of the words, and at first it comes out like products of Wernicke's aphasia, but you say it out loud anyway because you are beginning to love your vocal folds and their flexibility in producing so many phonemes. Your words are not right, though, because there is no sense to their order. You've made beautiful motherese, but little else.Then you hear Sarah Kay perform "If I should have a daughter..." and what your poetry is lacking becomes clear:
If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B." Because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I'm going to paint the solar systems on the backs of her hands, so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."
Poems tell stories. They are not so different from humans. We exist to create narratives of ourselves and to connect to others through these stories. You start to feel like you have something to say, so you listen more.You sit and listen to the garbled announcements of the names of stations on the subway. You hear your grandmother's Irish accent beneath her Boston one, and all of her history that goes with her voice. You look around you for once—perhaps during the quiet moments in section when no one has done the reading and you're all wondering why you're studying James Ferguson anyway—and you start to take wisdom from the world. There is injustice around you, and there is struggle. You hear young people write and talk about it in poems. Like "For All," a poem that covers black American history from the beginnings of slavery to cases like Trayvon Martin, written and performed by Rob Gibsun at 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.
All burnt. All smoke.
All weed. All trees. All rope.
All neck. All jerk—All bleed. All rose
petals. No funerals. All mourn.
All praying a lot. All praise to Allah—
All "Ah!" Aw Lawd! Our Lord—
You see his body contort with the desire to be heard and understood. You love the human voice for all of its melodious variation and strength. There are so many things to say and interesting ways to say them. This is worth producing. This is worth listening to.
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In keeping with what I wrote about on Tuesday, I'd like to share this little beauty from Seattle Show Posters. I think it's such a great way to remind people of all the little reasons you love them.
I picked up this poster from San Francisco's Renegade Craft Fair and a friend framed it for me using an IKEA Ribba frame. We have it up in our kitchen, and I use it to write love notes to Tim.


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I am currently employed at TJX Companies as a senior designer and art director for tjmaxx.com. For photoshoots I help concept ideas, pull inspiration, design and execute sets, work with photographers, producers, and stylists, buy & style merchandise, select models and locations, put together our shot list, and work with the digital tech and retouchers. Being a graphic designer has the added advantage that I can mock up images during photoshoots to make sure they fit into all the image's intended uses. I design for our website's homepage, category banners and product ads as well as e-mails, social posts and external ad units with our final approved imagery and deliver it to development.


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Photographer. Known especially for images of the Civil War and its aftermath, he also documented the West and created notable portraits. Born in Paisley, Scotland, as a young man he worked as a jeweler in Glasgow. Drawn to literature and issues of social welfare, he became a follower of utopian socialist Robert Owen; in 1850 he traveled to Iowa with his brother James Gardner (1829–?), later also a photographer, to purchase land for a cooperative community. Subsequently in Glasgow he worked as a reporter and editor, while also becoming interested in photography. Intending to settle in Iowa, he traveled there in 1856 but soon left for New York. There he found employment in Mathew B. Brady's studio, where his technical skill with the new glass negative technology proved particularly valuable. In 1858 Brady put him in charge of his Washington operation, which prospered under Gardner's artistic direction and canny management. When the Civil War broke out, Gardner worked on Brady's project to document the conflict. After they quarreled over Brady's practice of issuing his reporters' work under his own name, in 1863 Gardner opened a rival Washington studio in partnership with his brother. Among Alexander's subsequent portraits, several important images of Abraham Lincoln included the last, taken only days before his death. He also compiled his own record of the ongoing war. As official photographer for the Army of the Potomac, he enjoyed access to major events and military staff. As Brady did, he hired other photographers to contribute to his Civil War archive but always scrupulously credited their work. His own contributions include many of the strongest and most affecting images of the war. After the surrender, he continued to pursue newsworthy events. His moving series portraying the conspirators in Lincoln's assassination and their public execution ranks among photojournalism's earliest pictorial essays. In 1866 he published a lavish, two-volume Photographic Sketch Book of the War, illustrated with one hundred tipped-in original photographs by Gardner and others. Each was accompanied by a text presumably composed by Gardner. In 1867 Gardner traveled west for the Union Pacific Railroad, and in this capacity recorded landscapes, townscapes, and local features, as well as rail construction. He also photographed the West's Indian inhabitants, particularly those attending an 1868 peace conference in Laramie, Wyoming. He died in Washington.
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Apple is on a hiring spree in China and Taiwan, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.
As the company ramps up to release a rumored Apple TV update, iWatch, two larger iPhones, and CarPlay, Apple has hired as many as 600 engineers and operations staff in China and Taiwan.
For those worried that the days of "Designed in California, Assembled in China" are coming to an end, there's nothing to fret over.
According to The Wall Street Journal's Eva Dou, the engineers will primarily be working with suppliers on the engineering of components for touch screens and cameras used in its iPhone and iPad lines. Meanwhile, traditional research and development will continue to take place in Apple's home base in Cupertino, Calif.
While hundreds of engineers sounds like a lot, it's not actually that big of a chunk of Apple's global workforce. Back in September, the company announced that it currently has a global workforce of 80,300 — meaning its recent hiring "blitz" (to use Dou's phrasing) grew total staff by about three-quarters of a percent.


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Dan Uggla was exhausted.
Not from Monday's game – a forgettable 11-4 loss to the Phillies – but from his quest to become the first Marlins player and the first second baseman in major league history with four 30 home run seasons.
"Once it hit my bat and I saw the way it was going, I exhaled," Uggla said.
Uggla is refreshingly honest. Not many players would admit chasing a milestone began to be a mental grind. And not many would show the joy of the historic moment after a loss.
But Uggla did. And he should have.
Uggla referenced the greatest home run hitters of all time Monday when talking about his milestone, marveling at their mental strength to be able to reach and surpass milestone after milestone.
"This is a small magnitude compared to some of these homers these other guys have hit and it lets me know how hard that must be," Uggla said. "What Barry Bonds has done in his career. Griffey. A-Rod. All those guys. I've only hit a handful compared to what they've done and it brings up the stress level a bit and it shows how mentally tough those guys are."
That handful is now at 151, and climbing.
Marlins do the right thing with JJ
The Marlins made the correct decision to shut down ace Josh Johnson for the season. Even if the pain coming from a strained muscle in Johnson's back had subsided, why take a chance with one of your two franchise players?
JJ is a true professional and probably would have given it at least one more shot if the Marlins were battling for a playoff spot. But he is way too valuable to this franchise and with nothing but a vacation to prepare for on Oct. 4 that was not necessary.
The injury is not serious and JJ hopes to start throwing the last week of the season, a good sign for a franchise that desperately needs a healthy Josh Johnson if it expects to improve next season.


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the velocity micro vision gx ($1,399 direct, $1,104 without monitor) is a mainstream retail system with a bit of boutique flash. it's designed for those who want a powerful, upgradeable multimedia machine but don't want to spend more than about $1,500. since velocity micro is expanding from direct sales into retail chains (such as certain best buy locations), you can even look one over before you buy.
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this system is for users who are not serious graphics or video professionals but who like to dabble in media tasksperhaps taking red-eye out of digital photos, ripping entire cd collections to mp3, or occasionally burning dv camera footage to dvd. these jobs demand a machine that's faster than the typical entry-level desktop and has a bit more in the way of hard drive space, ram, a graphics card, and connectivity options.
the first thing you notice is the vision gx's sturdy metal case. it's minimalist in design but painted in a deep bluish-purple tone that's somewhere between indigo and midnight blue. the keyboard, monitor, and speakers are the standard black, however. (this pc is aimed at the multimedia market, so velocity micro has omitted the ostentatious styling of its high-end gaming boxes.) the spacious case easily fits two or more hard drives and a couple of optical drives. the motherboard has available ports for adding those extra drives and also has free spots for a pair of pci cards, a pcie x1 adapter, and extra memory.
this system won't require any immediate upgrades, thoughit has plenty of noteworthy components: an athlon 64 3700+ (a good mainstream 64-bit compatible processor), 1gb of ddr memory, a 256mb nvidia geforce 6600 graphics subsystem, eight usb and two firewire ports, and two dvd drives (one a dual-layer dvd±rw). you won't find the dual-core processor some systems, such as the cyberpower gamer ultra 8500se ($999) include, but for many people that's only a minor drawback. you don't really need dual-core's multitasking capabilities if your multimedia dabbling is limited to ripping, burning, and encoding once in awhile, but you mainly surf and play the occasional game. (you also have the consolation of a metal case instead of a plastic one protecting your investment.)
and you certainly can play games on the vision gx. it's more of a general purpose/multimedia machine than the gamer ultra, which has a second sli slot for a dual-graphics-card setup, but its doom 3 score (68 frames per second) shows that it can play games well at 1,024-by-768 resolution.
since it is a single-core system, it's a bit slower than some with dual-cores, such as the recently reviewed polywell minibox2 939np-mce, on tasks like running the windows media encoder test (the vision gx took 12:40, the minibox2 7:43). of course, the minibox2 is a more specialized (and expensive, at $1,888) media center system. the vision gx performed well on our adobe photoshop action set (1:51), though again, it was slower than the dual-core systems we tested.
still, the velocity micro vision gx is a good mainstream system that's a bit less expensive than similar systems from the larger manufacturers and is more attractive to boot. all in all, it justifies the extra cost of moving up from compact and more limited entry-level systems.
see how the velocity micro vision gx measures up to other systems in our desktop comparison chart.
check out the benchmark scores for the velocity micro vision gx .
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I'm back out on the road! After having such a successful tour with Twiztid last Spring they asked me to be their sound tech for the Welcome to the Underground Tour. It's a new and exciting experience just doing sound and not having my drums with me! I must admit I do miss drumming but I have more time to hone my skills as a live sound engineer as well as write my own music. We will be performing in every corner of the USA over the next 5 weeks. Check out the show schedule and if I'm in your city make sure to come out and support these great artist as well as hang out with me. Take care, all you beautiful people!
Tour Blog
From The Road
The Darkness Tour
For the past month Kung Fu Vampire has been rocking our way across the U.S alongside with Twiztid, Davey Suicide, Damn Dirty Apes and Kissing Candice. This tour is not one to miss! There are still a few shows left so if you're lucky enough to live nearby one of these shows dont hesitate to check it out!
Seeking the Unknown
There's plenty to be said about the open road. You leave behind everything you love in search of the unknown. This unknown is what drives me through life, seeking answers, experiencing new places, meeting all walks of life; ultimately defining who I am as a person. Each human should have the courage to break from monotony and step outside their comfort zone to grow themselves as an individual. During this growth one must remember to reciprocate the knowledge they gain. Take the good things you learn and share them with others along the way so humanity can rise collectively. When you look at your experiences on a situation to situation basis you will begin to value even the most dull conversation or bland landscape and realize there is something to always learn or teach.
– Chris Paxton
This Way To Hell Tour
It's been ten days since the #ThisWayToHell began in Brantford, ON. So far my days have been filled with shows, working out the kinks of the show because of the ever increasing technology integration, eating, making new music and driving through the vast Canadian wilderness from one city to another all while not having internet/phone connection.
For the most part it is quite enjoyable not having the constant tether of my iPhone but when you need it it can be quite frustrating, like when you go the wrong way on a highway and have to backtrack 60 kilometers! It's been gratifying playing new cities in a "foreign" country and having hundreds of fans show up. Even a large handful of them know all the lyrics to our songs! Besides the shows my highlight of this tour so far has been getting to visit Niagara Falls! If you haven't had a chance to lay your eyes on this masterpiece of nature you need to put it on high on your bucket list.
Over the next 6 days Kung Fu Vampire and Twiztid will be hitting the remaining Canadian dates. We will be in Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary, Vancouver, and Mission. Once we cross the American boarder PWD and Neurotic November will be joining the tour line up. We will be starting our assault on the states September 28th at one of my favorite venues, El Corazon in Seattle Washington.
I have been slacking on putting up the tour dates this website but I will get around to it before the U.S.A portion begins. In the meantime check out the dates on KungFuVampire.com or Twiztid.com
Be good my people!
America's Cup
NexusROCK seems to always get the cool shows. Today we are performing at the America's Cup Pavilion in San Francisco. Here's a little video of backstage and the awesome facility that has been built here on the pier. Cheers to a beautiful day in SF!
Burning Man
After only five days home I am back out on the road. This time I am headed to burning man! I have the pleasure to share a stage with some very talented musicians from the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Check us out we are crossroads! If you are attending the burn this year come find us at 9 o'clock and keyhole. We put on a phenomenal show every night at 9 PM. This is the only camp you will see 20 live musicians all come together and make beautiful music. Burn on!


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11 Last-Minute Valentine's Gifts You Can Buy on Amazon
So you still don't have the perfect gift for your significant other for Valentine's Day, huh? Not to worry—you may have left things to the last minute, but with Amazon Prime shipping, anything is possible. Here are 11 gifts for your main squeeze that will still arrive by February 14.
1. Funko Pop! Television: Bob Ross
If you've got a nerd in your life, you can never go wrong with a Funko Pop! figure. There's one for every kind of fandom, whether your sweetie is a fan of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Mister Rogers, or Iron Man. We can't help but be delighted by the Bob Ross version.
Buy it on Amazon for $11.
2. Paddywax Parks Collection Candle
Candles make great all-purpose gifts, whether you're in a committed relationship or you've just started dating someone. Paddywax's Parks candles have scents inspired by beloved natural parks like Yosemite (cottonwood and oak), Grand Canyon (cactus flower and fern), Great Smoky Mountains (maplewood and moss), Yellowstone (sagebrush and fir), and Glacier (white pine and hemlock). Get your significant other a candle that reminds them of their favorite place or that inspires them to want to visit somewhere new—hopefully with you.
Buy it on Amazon for $28 to $30.
3. Baratza Virtuoso Conical Burr Coffee Grinder
If your beloved loves coffee, chances are, they've been coveting a fancy burr grinder for a while. A high-end grinder is one of the first things baristas recommend when it comes to making really good coffee at home. If your favorite coffee connoisseur has been making do with a cheap blade grinder, we recommend splurging for the Baratza Virtuoso, a high-end model that features 40 different settings and produces the consistent, even grind that is necessary for coffee to extract properly.
If you're not ready to drop $230 on a kitchen gadget, the slightly cheaper Baratza Encore is the brand's most popular grinder, and it's an excellent alternative, though it's a little slower and a little louder than the Virtuoso. (This $35 Cuisinart option isn't quite as good, but we admit that it's a hard-to-beat price.)
Buy it on Amazon for $230.
4. Living Language Dothraki
If date night for you means settling down with the latest episode of Game of Thrones, consider giving your beau the gift of language—the Dothraki language, that is. The 128-page book and one-hour audio course is written by David J. Peterson, the "language creator" who developed Dothraki for the HBO show, and includes all the phrases, vocabulary, and grammar that you need to know, including some words you have never heard before on TV.
Buy it on Amazon for $16.
5. Wowbox Canvas and Leather Messenger Bag
Has your partner been lugging around their laptop in a ragged backpack for years? Give them an upgrade that will look polished no matter if they're in the office, on their bike, or at dinner. This unisex canvas-and-leather messenger bag fits laptops of up to 14 inches and has plenty of compartments to keep all their stuff organized.
Buy it on Amazon for $44.
6. KitchenAid 3-Speed Hand Blender
Despite its small footprint, a hand blender is one of the most useful kitchen tools around. It can blend, crush, chop, whisk, and puree, processing everything from smoothies to chopped nuts to whipped egg whites. Home cooks and Great British Bake Off fans will be delighted by this KitchenAid immersion blender, which is $35 off right now.
Buy it on Amazon for $45.
7. TheraFlow Dual Foot Massager Roller
Nothing says "I love you" like a foot massage. You don't have to get in there with your own hands, though. TheraFlow's dual foot-massage roller soothes tired feet, stimulating myofascial release with gentle, sustained pressure as the user glides their feet across the rollers.
Buy it on Amazon for $19.
8. Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 Instant Film Camera
An instant camera is one of those slightly pricey purchases that people love but hesitate to buy for themselves. Do they really need to be able to print photos on demand when they just got Portrait Mode? No, but they'll be delighted by the option! Give your beloved the gift of being the most popular person at the party with this retro-looking Fujifilm instant camera, which is conveniently $62 off right now.
Buy it on Amazon for $118.
9. Pendleton 5th Avenue Throw
Give your partner a gift that says "I'd love to curl up on the couch with you." Pendleton blankets are renowned for their quality, and though they're definitely an investment, they're sure to last you forever. This one is particularly cozy. As one reviewer writes, "I've used several Pendleton blankets before, but trust me, this new 5th Avenue line feels twice as soft and luxurious as their other blankets."
Buy it on Amazon for $180.
10. Chilly Dog Barn Yarn Wool Cat Toys
Don't pretend Valentine's Day is only for human loved ones. Treat the real love of your life—your cat—to a toy they won't want to put down. Chilly Dog's Barn Yarn knit toys are handmade and stuffed to the brim with catnip. They come in an assortment of adorable animal designs that your cat (or your significant other's!) will delight in trying to kill.
Buy them on Amazon for $12 for three toys or $20 for six toys.
11. Chase 'n Chomp Amazing Squeaker Ball
Want to get on a pup's good side this V-Day? Whether it's for your No. 1 pooch or your new beau's rescue, this squeaky ball is sure to please. It's virtually indestructible, even in the jaws of the most aggressive chewers. One reviewer compares her dog's obsession with it to Golem and his One Ring.
Buy it on Amazon for $8.


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Will Davis Jr.
I once saw a bumper sticker that said "Live simply, so that others may simply live.""Is there ever a point where you get that next thing and you're really are satisfied? Is there a point really called enough? And if so, how do you get there …"
Well, if you're like me, it's time to read Enough: Finding More by Living with Less by Will Davis Jr. More is not always desirable despite everything our culture tells us. Enough is a guide to making the most out of what we have out of our life, and using Christian faith to find the meaning out of it all.
Did you know that if you live in America and are considered middle-class, you are probably one of the richest people in the world? That's right. Consider the following statistics:
- If you have an annual income of $20,000, you are in the top 11% of richest people in the world.
- If you have an annual income of $30,000, you are in the top .09 % of the richest people in the world
- If you have an annual income of $100,000, you are in the top 0.06% of the richest people in the world
Lorraine Walker
Five Points West Library


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Welcome to the creative website of Firas OtaBachi.
FIRAS means "fierce or feral " in many languages, while OTABACHI means chief or officer".
Firas is an experienced, talented, integrated creative communication professional, a designer, illustrator, art and creative director, concept to completion.
They say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", the truth is that people have different perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures, state of mind, perceptions of a visual printed in their minds already, what makes them sometimes see different things even when they're looking at the same art at the same time. There comes the role of the designer, the creative marketing communication professional, who designs the way the audience receives that visual, he helps his client deliver the message and engage the audience with the creative perfectly as planned, helps them enjoy being creative by communicating creatively with them, and eventually they all will receive the same message and SEE ART THE SAME WAY!.
His diverse background, skills, and experiences he made through traveling the world, trying many cultures, standards, arts, and tastes, create for many different audiences and mindsets.
Learned from the gurus, the classic advertising at global network agencies, challenging the white page with WPP, thinking creative business ideas with HAVAS, breaking the rules and creating disruptive ads with TBWA.
For years he's been developing original creative for world's top brands and high profile clients, and startups of various industries, what made him up for different types of creative challenges.
Mission Published
Firas has a creative portfolio of published online & offline works; genuine ideas and high-end engaging visuals, life-changing integrated and interactive advertising and branding campaigns, in all forms of communication mediums, TV & videos, radio, print, outdoor, digital and websites, mobile apps, social media marketing, collateral, brand identities, and lots of other creative mediums in the United States, overseas, and all over the web.
Draw FOR freedom
He's a natural-born hand-drawing artist, was born to a family of an architect/interior-designer father and a fine-artist mother, he started drawing in his childhood, late 90s he started drawing and publishing editorial and political cartoons in magazines, and exhibitions as an independent drawing and cartoon artist, until he joined ad-agencies and started marketing communication journey in 2003, he started drawing for advertising.
Designed.. Sold!
Firas enjoys creating original graphics for print and digital, drawings & illustrations, photography and image tailoring. He engages his audience by turning static visuals into interactive using designing skills for the web and their handheld devices, and when static graphics need to get in motion, he creates animations, he edits videos and audios. Eventually, all have to be dressed up with a designed impressive presentation to buckle up and sell the proposal.
Firas studied graphic arts, and he holds a BA in business & economics too, helps him come up with original award-winning effective marketing ideas, and create stunning, hi-end, and self-selling art...!
Suit & TIE
In terms of management skills, working for years in senior creative and management positions, what made skills like leadership, time and resources management, planning, prioritizing, and organizing, communication, follow-up, charts, sales, and figures, all have become naturally part of Firas's day.
Firas was trained throughout the years to work solo or within a team, to inspire, tutor, spread positive energy, plan to ensure efficient work-flow using appropriate resources, delegation & direction.
Recently creating and managing content for Social Media, presentation design and whiteboard drawing, have also become on his skills list.
Firas can find his way through operating systems, business structures, and environments, from Mac to Windows, from ad agencies to a small creative studios, and from traditional hierarchy environment to flat organizations.
Passion and Obsession
Firas loves to inspire, to communicate creatively with the world, he's a self-challenger, addicted to exploration, art is his passion, smart audience are his destination, happy client is his mission, and powerful communication is his obsession, always believed" IT IS POSSIBLE IF YOU SAY SO! ".


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Have a craving for okonomiyaki? Need a recommendation for Chinese-Islamic food? Want to know where to find the best sopes in the city? Need more culinary questions answered? Jonathan Gold is your man.
Come back here Wednesday at noon for a live chat with him. Or you can ask your question via Twitter using #AskJGold. And if you're really organized, think of some questions now.
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Give Savagely Attack a listen - it's a new offering from Czarface, featuring Ghostface Killah . It was dropped on Tuesday, February 19th, 2013. Czarface's musical situation is improving with every new release, and Savagely Attack will most definitely help the cause. It's a fine addition to the growing body of work Czarface has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're looking forward to what Czarface has in store.
Have you heard Czarface's Let It Off (Prod. DJ Premier)? If your interest is piqued, hit up Czarface's profile for more info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Have you checked out Czarface's Twitter pages?
What do you think of the features on this track? How do you feel about the production here?
Quotable Lyrics
"Savagely attack...
Savagely attack...
Savagely attack...
I'm sickly, flow quarantined by the CDC
Heads nod, pressure on your neck like a DDT
Beat Street Ramo, spittin' on your name
Rhymes travel underground like it's written on a train
My position in the game, top dog, rock hard"


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Designed and Illustrated by Tim Gabor, this set features some cool images of scenes from a gunfight on the streets of Blackrock. 8 Coaster set
These coasters feature the artwork of kickass Oklahoma City Hot rod Artist, Ben Mitchell. I ran into Ben at the 2011 Milltown car show in Massachusetts and instantly liked his pen & Ink style. These coasters have super...
One of our most popular coaster sets, this package features a series of images cropped from etching depicting the arrival of death. Set of 9 unique coasters.
A set of 8 drink coasters inspired by pinup playing cards, popular in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and early 70s These coasters are overisized "Vegas Large", printed on both sides, and sure to hold even the biggest Highball. The set...
Six heavy-weight letterpress coasters featuring a 6-color illustration of GREASEBAT by artist, Jeff Lamm.
A set of coasters with an old school drag racing theme. Skulls, checkered flags, lightening bolts, metallic flames...and a glass of whiskey, neat please. 8 coasters in this set
Eight heavy-weight letterpress coasters featuring the psychedelic rooster, Leroy.
Eight heavy-weight letterpress coasters printing with a traditional devil image. Also comes with a devil patch.
A coaster set drawn from the themes of great American mid-century pinup magazines, Adam and ULTRA. Not your typical letterpress offering, this set is 8 coasters in the set
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Leon Daniels, Transport for London's Surface Transport Managing Director recently sent out the following letter to each and every Licensed London Taxi driver with regards to Mayor Boris Johnson's Manifesto pledge to create a 'Cabbies Cabinet' to address the Taxi trade's issues.
Mr Daniels wastes no time in patronising the Taxi trade by telling us how great the Olympic Games were and what a 'most spectacular' advertisement to the rest of the world our great city is.
If Leon thinks empty streets, empty Taxis, empty bars, empty restaurants, empty theatres and empty shops is 'spectacular' then we suggest that he is 'spectacularly' deluded.
The only thing that was packed was the Underground, thanks to Transport for London selling £91 Million worth of tube tickets to LOCOG for those with Olympic tickets to travel for 'free', an experience we reckon they will remember for the rest of their days.
The reality is TfL's scaremongering tactics frightened everybody away from the Capital and turned it into a ghost town. Many many businesses have been severely damaged by Leon Daniels and his colleagues decisions, and none more so than the London Taxi trade.
Many of London's restaurants, bars and theatres were also severely affected, including the stage show 'Blood Brothers' which after 24 years is set to close. Writer Bill Kenwright has directly blamed Transport for London's Olympic strategy for its demise, saying it was no longer viable to continue.
Nice one Leon!
Daniels then goes on to insult our intelligence by telling us how we all played a critical part in delivering the games.
How? When? What? Where? Leon?
If he means the Spice Girls standing on the roof of 5 Fairways at the closing ceremony was 'critical' then whoopie doo!
You told everybody to stay away from London…
You brought in 4000 volunteers to do our job driving BMWs…
You gave everybody with a games ticket free travel on the Underground…
You told all Taxi drivers NOT to go on holiday because it would be "a fantastic opportunity for cabbies"
and last but by no means least, the most despicable of the lot…
You kicked Taxis out of the games lanes which severely hindered us in carrying out our job!
Please spare us this nonsense Leon because quite simply…
You killed our trade!
And where are these so called 'many Taxi drivers who enjoyed the whole experience and did well from it' Leon? Because we most certainly HAVE NOT met any.
This is nothing but a fine piece of TfL propaganda which only the gullible and the insane would believe.
But Leon isn't all bad…oh no. He tells us how he did us all a favour by not issuing any games lanes infringement fines for those of us who defied their draconian rules. What a nice guy!
What he doesn't tell us is how we were the only form of transport who normally has access to bus lanes to get kicked out of the games lanes. Quite simply the issuing of fines to Taxi drivers who have already had their income decimated would be akin to 'robbing the dead' and the national media would have had a field day.
The London Taxi trade could quite easily have been included in the games lanes without any disruption whatsoever and we would have at least felt part of these Olympics, but old Leon wasn't going to let anything get in the way of his Olympic Bonus.
How much did you get Leon? And have you had fun spending it?
The Cabbies Cabinet
The United Cabbies Group feel this Cabbies Cabinet is nothing but a farce!
Leon invites individual drivers to respond and tell him what they think.
The UCG asks… What is the point?
It states quite clearly in the letter that Leon only wants to engage with the 'Established' trade organisations ie. The LTDA, The LCDC and Unite, or the 'subservients' as they are more commonly known throughout the trade, and that is exactly why this debacle which is no more than a rebranding exercise of the much maligned Engagement Policy is a waste of time and will achieve nothing.
If you only continue to engage with the same old 'chosen' faces you will only get what you have already got… A Taxi trade fraught with problems.
There is only one way to sort this trade out, and that is for each and every driver representative group to be present around a table in equal numbers without any pre-conditions… and all on an equal billing.
Not just the ones Leon favours, or the ones who toe the party line, but ALL of them. Anything less is a waste of time and the trades problems will simply continue and will never be resolved.
How about it Leon… Do you have the bottle?
Or is this letter and this Cabbies Cabinet just another propaganda stunt to appease the dissenting voices, and a cosmetic exercise for the Mayor when you have no intention of listening to 'real' drivers views and plan to continue with the same old same old?
Prove us wrong Leon!
For those of you who agree with the UCG's stance on this we have taken the liberty to draft a response letter to Mr Daniels and TfL which you can print out and send in.
Just click the link below twice.
Cabbies Cabinet Response Letter
Alternatively you can cut and paste the response below and email to Leon Daniels at this address…
Dear Mr Daniels,
Thank you for your letter regarding the Cabbies Cabinet.
Whilst I commend the Mayor for attempting to address the many issues facing the Taxi trade by means of a 'Cabbies Cabinet' I feel that unless this cabinet is conducted on fair, equal and transparent terms for 'ALL' taxi driver representative organisations including newly formed groups such as the United Cabbies Group (UCG) and the RMT London Taxi Branch then very little will be achieved.
Furthermore, and for the sake of clarity and transparency it is essential that all meetings with the trade should be fully minuted and made available to all Taxi drivers via the TfL website.
I strongly believe that for the 'Cabbies Cabinet' to become a success and a permanent fixture any additional meetings with the 'established' trade organisations should be discontinued from the outset.
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Immediately following the horror of the Boston Marathon bombing came bravery, selflessness, and assistance from first responders, medical professionals, and the general public. The horrific footage of the bombing shows the deranged cowardice of the violent act but it also shares the tremendous humanity in response. The support and selflessness continued thereafter.
The One Fund Boston , started by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, raised more than $7 million for the people "...most effected by the blast..." during the Boston Marathon, "...to help the more than 180 people wounded...".
Even those of us miles and miles away from Boston or West or the flooding Midwest have hoped for speedy recovery and justice. We see more, too.
There has been much in the nonprofit sector's press (including in this very blog) about the economy, during the past five years, and the difficulties nonprofits face in raising support during such a downturn. Most recently, pending cuts for nonprofit support in federal and state budget have been of great concern; and in some places this is further compounded by states and counties considering or attempting to tax nonprofits while removing the tax exemption from donations to shore up their own budgets.
This tragedy and the fallout for Bostonians during the manhunt are extraordinary, so yes, this raised a great amount of money in a short time in part because of the extreme nature of the situation. Still, the outpouring of support for the Boston victims and their families demonstrates two things. First, Americans will still donate to a cause they believe merits their financial support (just as they always have). Second, nonprofit entities can and still do raise significant funds.
True, the economic landscape looks different today than it did five or ten years ago for us nonprofit organizations. Yes, today, raising support requires reaching yet more potential new donors while retaining the donors that an organization already has. Nonprofits must make their way with their own operating budgets cutting costs. Nothing, today, is easier about nonprofit operations than it was years ago. We all know, too, that no one said it would be.
In this economic downturn, we've all known this is a new age in fundraising. The same principles still apply and they still work, though. If a nonprofit is doing work it has the staff and expertise to succeed at, professionally, and can deliver its programs efficiently - and if it is an as yet unmet need that the organization's programs are answering - if people believe in the issue and the beneficiaries' need they will give. This has always been the case and it still is. The case has to be made, though. CNN and much as any proactive fundraising made the case for the tragedies of last week, but the fact is - if a nonprofit makes the case one way or another - it does not matter. If the case it makes is compelling people will give.
Too, if a nonprofit distributes most of each dollar raised to the intended beneficiaries achieving the stated goals amid those beneficiaries then they not only retain current supporters but raise new donors who stick around. If you thank your donor but later let them know, too, what their dollar achieved and how valuable their contribution - a partnership with your nonprofit - is to your organization then you are clarifying what they've achieved in the partnership and contribution. How do they know if you don't let them know these facts? Why wouldn't you let them know of these achievements and successes?
Each and every donor gives in order for their dollar to do good - whatever the nonprofit's mission and programs goals state. When their dollar, through the organization's work, does that good - and when the donor is made aware of what their support enabled the agency to achieve, then the partnership between the donor and the organization, or rather the partnership between the nonprofit and its community is not only strengthened - it succeeds.
This is where we are today, and it's how the most successful fundraising worked five and ten years ago, as well. We can all achieve more for our viable and needed nonprofits by making the case to our donors and informing them, afterward, of the good their contribution achieved.
The One Fund Boston raised more than $7 million in 24 hours, in this economy.
Update: One Fund Boston's Rapid Response


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Title: The Face1
Series: Fear Street (book 35)
Publication Date: 1996
Number of Pages: 172
Genre: Fiction/YA
Synopsis: "They say something horrible happened that day. But Martha can't remember any of it--not the smallest detail. They say it will come back to her in time. But someone wants her to remember now. She draws his face, over and over--the face of a dead boy. She can't control her hand. And she can't remember how he died. But she's going to find the answer."
I seem to be going through a bit of an R.L. Stine kick this year. But I'm happy to say that so far out of the books I have read (for the first time) or re-read I haven't been disappointed yet.
The best thing about The Face would have to be how you learn about the accident and what happened at the same time as the main character, which makes it seem almost like your part of the story.
While the story was quite interesting, I didn't care for the main character or any of her friends in the book.
My favorite part of The Face is how Martha begins to suspect that she is going crazy because she keeps drawing the face of a boy that she can't remember having ever met.
My only problem with the book would have to be that the end kind of reminded of Eye Candy, which a bit backwards considering The Face came out years before Eye Candy.
The Face was an extremely quick read with just enough suspense to keep you turning the pages. Given the chance I would definitely re-read or buy it somewhere down the road.
The Face earns 4 out of 5 pineapples.
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The Soundings project comes to an end for the time being this October with the 7th instalment and the end of the Hubbub residency and I've had an extraordinary time collaborating with 6 artists so far, the latest being Sharon Gal, a major figure on the London experimental music scene since the late 80s.
This is a work I'm very proud of. Sharon's work has been a real influence on me, so it was brilliant to work so closely with her developing a series of performances, embedded in some unusual and industrial / suburban hidden spots of west london, for film. Again working with Ed Prosser, who has filmed most of soundings to great effect, we spent a brilliant day roaming from Kilburn to Kensal, along the grand union canal and into wormwood scrubs, playing with soundscapes, found sounds and instruments. We utilised the possibilities of film, performing in scenes of a sort, to create something original in the edit. Such a privilege to have this opportunity, and once again responding to materials given by Wellcome Library in response to prompts given by Hubbub curators.


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In April of 1991 Jim Romberger started Jalin Jewelers with his son, Todd. This family owned business opened its doors in a small location on the Northeast corner of Park and Preston in Plano, Texas. In 2003, the store was relocated to Lakeside Market at the Southwest Corner of Spring Creek and Preston in Plano. After 22 years, Jim Romberger retired but his son Todd continues the family tradition of helping customers celebrate special life occasions with jewelry from Jalin Jewelers.
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How to Create Buttons in Flash
Navigation menus need buttons. Flash gives you all the tools to create some really cool buttons. If you haven't created Flash buttons before, consider this your baptism by fire. To create a button for your menu, follow these steps:
1Choose Insert→New Symbol.
The Create New Symbol dialog box appears.
2Type a name for your symbol and choose the Button behavior from the Type drop-down menu.
You're creating a menu, and the obvious place to start a menu is with the Home button. Therefore, name the button Home.
3Click OK and Flash enters symbol-editing mode.
You have one layer as well as four states, each driven by the user's cursor position: Up, Over, Down, and Hit.
This state determines the target area of the button. You add the Hit state if you have a particularly dainty button that might be hard to select.
4If it's not already open, choose Window→Properties.
The Properties Inspector opens.
5Create the shape size for your button.
When creating buttons, use the Rectangle tool with a corner radius of 50 px to get an oval shape. Before creating the shape, change the Rectangle Options value in the Properties Inspector to 50, which gives you a nice rounded edge. Choosing View→Rulers enables you to create an object that's the approximate size of the button.
6Select the button shape, and in the Properties Inspector, type the desired dimensions for your button in the width and height fields.
To figure out what size to make each button, divide the width of your navigation menu by the number of buttons. In this example, you're creating six buttons for a navigation (nav) menu that's 600 pixels wide and 25 pixels high. Therefore, each button is 100 pixels wide and 25 pixels high.
7Select and then align the button to the center of the Stage.
Press Ctrl+K (Windows) or Apple+K (Mac) to open the Align panel. Select the To Stage check box, and then click the icons that center the button vertically and horizontally.
8Click the New Layer button in the lower-left corner of the Timeline.
Flash creates a new layer. All you need to know about layers for now is that layers help you organize your work. For the button, you're creating a separate layer for button text.
9Double-click the button text layer title.
This opens a text box into which you can type a new name for the second layer. It's not imperative, but crafting an intuitive name now helps you decipher later which layer is used for what when you're creating a complex movie or symbol.
10Enter a name for the layer.
Text is as good a name as any. While you're at it, rename the layer on which the button resides. Button Shape is a good name.
11Select the Text tool and type the desired name.
In this case, the button is called Home. When a visitor clicks this button, he goes to the home page.
A full-blown tutorial on the Text tool is beyond the scope of this book. However, if you look at the Properties Inspector, you see how easy it is to set parameters for the Text tool.
12Press F5 in the Down frame on the Text layer.
This copies the contents of the Up frame to the Over and Down states.
13Press F6 to create keyframes for the Over and Down states on the Button Shape layer.
Creating keyframes enables you to change or modify the contents of these frames, or make some other change that will notify users they have indeed found a clickable button. The graphic on the Down state appears when users successfully click the button.
14Make changes in the Over and Down states for the Button Shape layer.
For this running example, we changed the color of the button to red in the Over frame and to orange in the Down frame.
15Click the Back button (looks like an arrow, and is left of the Scene title above the uppermost layer).
The button is added to the Library and is ready for use.


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Industrial furnace chimneys often release large quantities of energy into the atmosphere. One of the ways to improve efficiency is to recover energy from flue gases to preheat furnace burner combustion air.
Several industries in Qu├®bec use the heat released in their chimneys to preheat combustion air. Different efficient technologies allowing recovery of large quantities of energy are available to perform this function, such as the chimney flue gas heat recuperator, the radiant tube recuperator and regenerative burners. Table 1 illustrates the percentage energy savings according to the temperature of the furnace and the combustion air.
Table 1. Performance data according to North American Manufacturing Company
|Furnace temperature
|Combustion air temperature
|Combustion products temperature
natural gas saving
|1 470
|1 220
|1 830
|1 560
|2 190
|1 900
|2 640
|2 280
Chimney flue gas heat recuperator
Some industrial processes require an indirect energy flow, such as molten lead or zinc tanks. For heating, burners are installed in a double wall around the tank containing the molten metal. The hot flue gases are exhausted through a common chimney (see Figure 1). For this type of application, installation of a flue gas heat recuperator to preheat the combustion air proves to be an effective energy efficiency measure (EEM).
One Qu├®bec industry has implemented this EEM. Its process involves boiling zinc ingots in a pot at 1672┬░F and flue gases arriving in the flue at 1750┬░F.
The ceramic plate cross-flow exchanger recuperator has three combustion air passes and one flue gas pass. It extracts energy from the flue gases and transfers it to the combustion air. With the temperatures involved, the heat is transferred by radiation from the hot flue gases and by convection from the combustion air. This allows preheating of the combustion air to 912┬░F, for a 26.7% energy saving. The payback period was 1.8 year.
In addition, because the combustion air is preheated, the flame reaches a higher temperature. The heat transfer in the pot is thus higher because there is more radiation. This leads to a 7% increase in productivity.
Radiant tube recuperator
In controlled atmosphere continuous furnaces, combustion is performed in a U-tube. The tube is heated from within and transmits heat to the furnace by radiation. A furnace can be equipped with several U-tubes to attain the power and temperature required for heat treatment. Each tube is equipped with a burner at one end and the combustion products are exhausted through the other end of the tube to the outdoors. It is possible to integrate a recuperator into the end of the tube that exhausts the hot gases (see Figure 2). This recuperatorŌĆÖs role is to extract the energy contained in combustion products and transfer it to the combustion air.
One Qu├®bec company has implemented this EEM on its hydrogen-rich controlled atmosphere furnaces required for steel reduction. This heat treatment is performed at a high temperature of 1800┬░F.
Natural gas provides the required energy intake, and the combustion products, before being exhausted, pass through an indirect recuperator to extract the energy content. The combustion air is thus preheated to 1000┬░F and the energy saving reaches 31%. The payback period was 3.6 years and includes new tubes and burners, recuperators and improvement of the controls.
This EEM results in other positive aspects for this company. Since the combustion air is preheated, the flame reaches a higher temperature and the heat transfer by radiation within the furnace is higher, allowing a higher temperature to be reached in the furnace. Thus, new products could be processed, expanding the com-panyŌĆÖs clientele.
Regenerative burners
These burners are installed in glass melting furnaces, aluminium recasting furnaces and steel forging furnaces. These burners operate in pairs and the objective of preheating the combustion air is achieved inside the burners.
The two burners are equipped with a porous ceramic battery for heat recovery from the combustion products and operate in cyclical mode. First, as shown on the left side of the Figure 3, burner 2 is energized, the flame heats the furnace and the combustion products circulate inside the furnace. Before leaving the furnace, the combustion products pass into burner 1, where they release their heat by reheating a porous ceramic bed.
In the second part of the cycle, on the right side of Figure 3, burner 2 is shut down, putting it into recovery mode, and burner 1 is energized. The combustion air in burner 1 is then preheated by passing into the porous ceramic bed. Then the cycle is reversed again. The typical length of a cycle is 20 seconds, varying according to different design parameters.
One Qu├®bec industry replaced four furnaces, which had become less efficient. One of them was dismantled to make room for a new high production capacity furnace equipped with regenerative burners.
The furnace operating temperature is 2300┬░F and, with recovery, the combustion air reaches 2000┬░F. The energy savings from this EEM is 55% and the payback period was 2.2 years.
Other advantages result from this new furnace, such as reduction of the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the ultra-low NOx class burners reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. The new furnace is better insulated and more airtight, allowing maintenance of internal positive pressure. This reduces infiltrations and makes the furnaceŌĆÖs internal temperature more uniform, while having less burners than the former furnaces.
Different technologies improve energy efficiency and help Quebec industries be more productive.
Since natural gas combustion generates clean fumes, unless the industrial process contaminates them, energy recovery to preheat combustion air can obtain very substantial energy savings.
Guy Desrosiers, Eng.
Technical Advisor, Major Corporations
DATECH Group


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There are more than 60 art galleries in Wynwood along with restaurants, bars, and shops for uncommon goods. The streets of the arts district, a fairly condensed area, come alive during Basel as each business presents special programming to honor Art Basel.
There's an incubator of creativity in a quiet part of Wynwood called the Bakehouse Art Complex. It's home to about 70 working artist studios. Roam through the halls of the 30,000-square-foot facility to see incredible yet affordable art by local artists. The BAC's special Basel exhibition Together We Fly, by curator Ananda DeMello, inspired the artists to go beyond their usual medium as they transformed utilitarian objects into works of art.
Artist to Watch: BAC resident artist Ernesto Kunde takes an abstract approach to painting iconic Miami scenes and mangroves with cues from the street. He typically paints striking scenes on found wood and corrugated aluminum in black and white with streaks of bright neon colors.
Rubell Family Collection
The Rubell Family Collection is one of the world's largest, privately owned contemporary art collections. Its founders, Mera and Don Rubell, are pioneers and their Basel exhibitions never disappoint. This year, they unveil 28 Chinese. It's a culmination of their five research trips to China in which they visited 100 hundred artists' studios in Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, and Shanghai from 2001 – 2012. They acquired work from 28 artists and this exhibition marks the first U.S. showing for many of them.


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My wife and I were heading out to an evening of salsa dancing and thought we'd take our two young girls with us to introduce them to something more culturally significant than Netflix TV shows.
One child was eager to go and learn some Latin dancing, while the other threw a fit and declared, with a sly grin, that she would indeed be staying home.
My keys were on a table near the front door, and when the time came to grab them, they were missing. There was no sign of them. My wife and I searched everywhere—in coat pockets, pants pockets, inside the car… all to no avail. The keys were gone.
Lucky for us we have a second set and left, albeit a few minutes late, to enjoy a night of dancing.
The next day came the twist in this tale.
The first, and most important, lesson here is to always make sure you have two sets of keys for your car. New cars typically come with two sets, but used cars are sometimes sold with only one. If you find the used car of your dreams, and the owner has only one key, negotiate with the seller to either provide a second key or decrease the price so you can have one made.
This lesson hit home when I thought I'd have to spend $400-$500 to replace my key, and another $400-$500 to replace my wife's key, which was attached to the same ring. Needless to say I spent many hours searching, even going so far as having my mother-in-law retrace steps from a 3-mile walk where I thought maybe they fell out of my pocket.
Coincidently, I saw the above billboard on a drive yesterday and was reminded once again of the importance of having two sets of keys.
Thankfully, my story ended without needing to drop a thousand dollars to replace my keys. Remember the daughter who didn't want to go salsa dancing? Turns out she had hidden the keys in the closet, under a bag of laundry, so we wouldn't be able to leave. Resourceful little thing.
If we had had only one set of keys, her little plan would have worked. Thankfully, I thought to ask for a second set of keys when I bought my used car, and our night of dancing carried on uninterrupted.
Would you buy a car that came with only one set of keys?


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Things have been crap!
I'm struggling to get my head around stuff.
I want to train, everyday if I could, but I can't. Things get in the way. Life, family, other commitments. And that's fine. But the gaps between sessions are hard! My body still isn't used to it all. I'm having to rebuild my strength and stamina.
But worse than that – my biggest obstacle - I'm really struggling to regain my confidence.
Normally, I don't care what people think about me. I look and dress how I want. I have a strong opinion on how I should hold myself. But when it comes to training it's like someone has flicked the biggest self-consciousness switch in the history of the world, ever!
I'm fine with the person I'm rolling with. It's the thought of other people watching that gets me. The idea that they're going to see me mess up and make stupid mistakes. And the 'mistakes' themselves don't bother me - I know I'm going to learn from them - but for whatever reason my mind makes a bigger deal of them!
Knowing people are watching makes me freeze up. I don't push myself. The competitive part of me hides. I lose my fire and feistiness. I feel like I did when I first started training, which really gets to me as I'd gotten myself to a good place both physically and mentally before the pregnancy.
Not to mention that I'm one of just a few girls at our gym. It's not easy. I'm not there to look good or get attention, but I feel added pressure to give 110% the whole time, and not let the ladies down! And all of this pressure isn't from my teammates – I love everyone I train with, they're all amazingly supportive and would never want me to feel this way – it's from me and my insecurities. From having so much time off. From my body shape completely changing after having a second baby. From holding back, and asking my training partners to hold back too, due to having a C-section. It's all affected my training more than I wanted to admit.
However…all of this has given me even more determination to improve. I will not let my insecurities win. I will not let my stupid overthinking kick my ass!
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Irvine Valley's women's badminton team continued to roll in Pacific Coast Athletic Conference action on Friday.
The Lasers won their sixth straight contest, beating San Diego City, 19-2, on the road, and stayed in first place in the conference standings over Grossmont by two matches.
IVC is one win away from clinching a conference title.
Irvine Valley didn't drop any matches in singles play, going 12-0. IVC picked up default wins at the No. 5 and No. 6 singles positions.
Freshman Emily Yang, who played No. 1 for Irvine Valley on the day, won her two matches, 21-15, 21-7, and then 19-21, 21-19, 21-11.
Irvine Valley's No. 2 player, freshman Chien Tu, won 20-22, 21-19, 21-14, and then, 21-11, 21-10.
Sophomore Anne Olsen and sophomore Jessie Mei each won both of their singles matches in straight sets.
Olsen came out on top, 21-5, 21-4, and 21-8, 21-7, and me won, 21-6, 21-10, and 21-8, 21-7.
Irvine Valley's No. 2 doubles team of Tu and Mei swept its two matches, winning, 24-22, 21-15, and then, 21-6, 21-4.
Irvine Valley is back in action on Wednesday at San Diego Mesa at 2 p.m.


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http://www.carlkwan.com Whenever you have a number of products that your customers have to choose between, it's always a good idea to create a video to demonstrate the differences. There are a number of very good reasons for doing so, such as:
People hate buying the wrong thing, and often have a hard time finding accurate or relevant information. A comparison video educates them to make the right purchase.
Gives a good experience to your customers, which builds trust in your company. This can help you stand out amongst your competitors and provides a story for your customers to tell others.
Reduces the number of questions and time spent answering questions. Videos that inform your customers empowers them. They can now ask intelligent questions, or be able to make a buying decision in less time.
So think about how you can create some simple product comparison videos to help your customers become better customers.
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http://www.edutige.net The Canon EOS M is an awesome camera. Don't let people tell you it's not, especially for video. I have had one for a couple of years and I love it. It made it easy to replace my Canon DSLR. One great thing is that the EOS M has an external microphone jack, so in this video, you'll see three options for microphones and what each is good for.
Hope that helps with your decision making. Let me know if you have any questions or experience with our mics or others.


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The Strad Issue: January 2009
Musicians: Ébène Quartet, Akiko Yamamoto (piano)
Composer: Brahms
The Ébène Quartet offers the most highly energised and powerful opening movement to Brahms's first quartet that I have yet encountered. The players bring turbulence to the climatic moments and a tangy quality in the upper strings that rivet one's attention afresh to a familiar score. Dynamics are often taken to the limit, with the leader, Pierre Colombet, digging deep into his strings. As contrast comes a soft-grained 'Romanza' and a spacious reading of the third movement that underlines the 'molto moderato' indication in its title. I would have preferred the first movement's high temperature to reappear earlier in the final Allegro, but the players choose to hold it back for a fiery conclusion.
The Piano Quintet is approached with much the same degree of polarity. It is an account distinguished by the level of interplay between instruments, with inner voices always afforded due regard. Akiko Yamamoto is a nimble pianist who avoids the controlling presence that spoils many recordings – her second movement is played with tenderness and a touch of melancholy. Fluidity of tempo and an impetuosity appear in the Scherzo and Finale, but they are also full of drama and excitement.
Throughout, the technical quality of the Ébène players is impressive, and they are treated to a very vivid recording.
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I think the sign of a great dessert is when you have to tape the container shut to stop eating it. I admit it. I lived this last night, and I loved every second of it.
My closest friends and family know that I love everything "cake batter". Coldstone Creamery's "birthday cake remix", Blue Bunny birthday cake ice-cream sandwiches, my Mom's white cake (recipe soon!), and Funfetti cupcake mix straight from the box are a few of my favorites.
I saw this recipe on a few other blogs, and I knew I had to recreate it immediately. The timing was perfect…one of my best friends turned 26 yesterday, and since she enjoys cake batter as much as I do, this recipe was a fit.
In five easy steps, you'll have a decadent, delicious, delightful dessert. You've been warned: they're addicting!
12 ounces dark chocolate (I used Hershey's)
12 ounces white chocolate (I used Nestle)
1 teaspoon yellow cake mix
Sprinkles ( the more the better!)
1)Melt dark chocolate either in the microwave or a use a double boiler on the stove.
2)Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and pour the chocolate on it. Smooth with a spatula. Stick in the freezer for 20 minutes.
3) Melt white chocolate. Whisk in cake mix, stirring well until the batter is smooth. Let it set for 3 full minutes (or at least until it slightly thickens).
4) Remove baking sheet with chocolate from the freezer and immediately pour the white chocolate on top. Sprinkle on sprinkles. Freeze for another 20 minutes.
5) Once set, break into chunks. Keep refrigerated.
love you Julia, happy birthday!


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2011: A Year for Success, Peace and Fulfilment
What's Stopping You?
What keeps us from living our dream life? Why do we sometimes give up on resolutions? What does it take to live in peace and absolute passion with ourselves, our family, friends, co-workers? How do we reach the goals that we set in our careers and businesses? How do we increase our energy and productivity? Continue reading