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Six House Republican freshmen have written to Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor demanding they bring a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress to the House floor for a vote as soon as possible.
The members — Reps. Ben Quayle of Arizona, Tim Griffin of Arkansas, Sandy Adams of Florida, Tom Marino of Pennsylvania, Dennis Ross of Florida and Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, all freshmen on the House Judiciary Committee — asked Boehner and Cantor to move as quickly as possible on this and bring the resolution to the House floor for a vote soon.
"Eric Holder was the attorney general when U.S. border patrol agent Brian Terry was killed by criminals using guns linked to Operation Fast and Furious," they wrote to the GOP leaders. "As the heads of the Department of Justice, he is responsible for all activities within the department."
"However, instead of cooperating with a congressional investigation and accepting responsibility, he continues to thwart the investigation and protect high-level officials," they continued. "As the Supreme Court has established, it is within Congress's authority to investigate and engage in congressional hearings. The arrogance of evading a congressional investigation for self protection and the protection of cronies insults not only the Terry family but also all those whose lives are endangered by allowing guns to knowingly cross the U.S. border into the hands of dangerous criminals."
The GOP freshmen point out how 128 House members and three U.S. senators have demanded Holder's resignation because of Fast and Furious and his failure to comply with a subpoena House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa served him on Oct. 12, 2011.
"The House of Representatives has seen its proper oversight function thwarted and obstructed," the freshmen wrote to House GOP leadership. "It's time for the House to formally recognize the obvious — that Attorney General Holder has not and will not cooperate with the legitimate investigation launched by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and is therefore in contempt of Congress."
Holder has thus far failed to comply with all 22 categories of the subpoena that requires him to provide Congress with documents relating to Fast and Furious. On 13 of the categories, Holder has provided no documents. On the other nine subpoena categories, Holder is still far from compliant. (RELATED: Full coverage of Operation Fast and Furious)
House GOP leadership representatives haven't immediately returned The Daily Caller's request for comment on the freshmen letter, but Boehner has recently become more vocal about his support for Issa's investigation. Last week, he publicly threw his support behind Issa's efforts to enforce the subpoena.
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It's unclear what, if anything, Obama said in response to Boehner. White House representatives haven't answered that question when TheDC asked.


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Just one day after unleashing one of the most memorable rants in the history of Twitter, Alec Baldwin took some time out of his day today to apologize—not to the actual target of his venomous rage but to the gay community for using some insults that many considered homophobic. As a longtime fighter for gay rights, he apparently didn't mean any harm but was just seething with anger and interested in sticking the knife inside his opponent in anyway he could.
Here's a copy of the actual apology letter he fired off to GLAAD, as per Fox News…
"My ill-advised attack on George Stark...had absolutely nothing to do with issues of anyone's sexual orientation. My anger was directed at Mr. Stark for blatantly lying and disseminating libelous information about my wife and her conduct at our friend's funeral service. As someone who fights against homophobia, I apologize."
The drama in question began yesterday when Baldwin caught wind of an article in The Daily Mail that accused his wife of sending out tweets during James Gandolfini's funeral. He quickly responded with a torrent of Tweets referring to the writer as a "queen" and alleging he'd both fuck him up and make sure and tweet at his funeral. Almost immediately after they were sent, Baldwin apparently had a change of heart and deleted his Twitter account, which he's done before.
While many saw Baldwin's anger is yet another example of him flying off the handle without thinking of the public relations element, others have spotted far more nefarious intentions. TMZ, in particular, isn't buying his explanation for what happened at all. The outlet has lashed out at him several times since yesterday, straight up calling him a "homophobe" and a "liar".
On the one hand, it's easy for me to see why some people are so unwilling to forgive Baldwin. He is the one who decided to take his rant in that direction, particularly when he told the reporter he would stick his boot up his ass if he wasn't so sure the other man would like it. He could have said damn near anything else, but he went for that particular language. On the other hand, however, I personally think men are more defined by their actions than their words, and Baldwin has always been defined by the fact that he's sometimes a really angry guy. He rants and raves about reporters and photographers and occasionally, allegedly even swings at them, but during his calmer moments, he also fights for leftist causes and donates money to politicians who, in turn, fight for gay rights.
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January 2014
Following a smart turnaround in 2013 with an increase of over Rs 1 lakh crore in its asset base to nearly Rs 9 lakh crore, the mutual fund industry is looking forward to 2014 in the hope that it would be even better. Mutual fund industry
's AUM hit a record high of
Rs 9.58 lakh crore in August 2013 and was hovering around Rs 9 lakh crore as 2013
drew to a close. Fund houses are upbeat about an even better performance in
2014 on account of various measures initiated by market regulator SEBI as well
as plans of individual players to expand the distribution network across the
country, particularly to smaller cities. In 2013, the total assets under
management of all fund houses put together soared by 11% on strong inflows in
categories such as bonds and liquid funds. With inflows of a staggering Rs
1.4 lakh crore, AUM of liquid funds surged to Rs 2.46 lakh crore. A similar
trend was seen in income funds, where inflows rose to around Rs 23,000 crore
taking the assets managed by the fund to Rs 4.31 lakh crore. This was the
second consecutive yearly rise in the mutual fund industry AUM, after a drop in
the assets base for two preceding years.
The assets managed by mutual funds jumped by nearly Rs 85,000 crore or about 11% to Rs 8.78 lakh crore in 2013, with HDFC Mutual Fund retaining its top position. The country
44 fund houses together had an average AUM of Rs 7,93,331 crore at the end of
2012, which increased to Rs 8,77,973 crore in 2013, as per latest data available
with industry body Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). Of the 44 fund
houses, 26 saw their AUMs rise during the period, while 17 witnessed a decline.
During 2013, the performance of the mutual fund industry has, to an extent,
mirrored the performance of the Indian economy, the stock markets and the FII
investment flows. This year, not a single new licence was issued and the
sector has not witnessed any fresh foreign investment. On the contrary, 2013
was a year of consolidation for the industry. HDFC Mutual Fund, with assets of
over Rs 1 lakh crore, agreed to buy all eight schemes of Morgan Stanley with
combined assets of Rs 3,290 crore. Besides, Daiwa sold its assets to SBI Mutual
Fund for an undisclosed amount.
Among the large funds, ICICI Prudential MF was the biggest gainer followed by Reliance MF, while HDFC MF saw the smallest growth. In terms of total funds, HDFC MF managed to retain the top slot, followed by Reliance MF and ICICI Prudential. HDFC MF had an average AUM of about Rs 1.09 lakh crore at the end of 2013, a 7.5% rise from the preceding year. ICICI Prudential
's AUM rose by an
impressive over 19% to Rs 97,200 crore, while Reliance MF 's
AUM climbed by 13% to Rs 1.02 lakh crore. Besides, Reliance MF has surpassed Rs
1 lakh crore mark after a gap of two quarters. Mutual funds, which saw a gain
in AUM, included UTI, SBI, Axis, Baroda Pioneer, Birla Sun Life, and
Franklin Templeton. However, Canara Robeco, Goldman Sachs, Edelweiss,
IDBI, Indiabulls Mutual and Tata Mutual Fund, among others witnessed a
decline in their AUMs from the levels seen in 2012. Interestingly, 57% of
industry growth has been contributed by top five mutual fund houses, while
Reliance MF and ICICI Prudential together provided 31% of this increase.
Choppy markets and folio consolidation see the number of equity fund folios drop to 2.98 crore from 4.11 crore in 2009. The industry has seen a continuous exodus of investors since 2009 which is evident by the rapid dip in equity folios. The industry received a record net inflow of Rs. 46933 crore in FY 2007-08 when the industry launched 46 new equity funds. Despite distributors and AMCs efforts to educate investors to remain invested and continue their SIPs, the trend of equity fund closure continues, albeit at a slower pace. The BSE Sensex gained 379 points in December to reach 21171. From April to December 2013, equity funds have seen net outflows of Rs. 8341 crore. Investors poured in Rs. 30929 crore in equity funds and pulled out Rs. 39271 crore during the same period which resulted in a net outflow of Rs. 8341 crore. Many AMCs are launching close end funds to bring investors. AMCs have launched nine close end equity funds so far which have mopped up close to Rs. 1500 crore. More such funds are expected to be launched. Apart from equity funds, balanced funds and ETFs also saw a dip in folios. There was so much desperation among investors that no single month of the year saw any rise in folio numbers. The average monthly folio losses were close to 350,000. The most shocking period for the equity segment was the month of May 2013, which saw a record high number of folio closures at a massive 700,000 - an erosion never seen in the sector's history. The only category which has seen growth in folios is debt funds. Debt funds added 40,290 in December 2013 and from April till December 2013, the category has seen a growth of more than five lakh folios. Debt funds have received net inflows of Rs. 87391 crore during the same period.
Piquant Parade
Investors can check the value of their investments, access their account balances, know the current valuation and get a summary of all their investments via KTrack. Karvy Computershare has launched first of its kind smartphone app for mutual fund investors called KTrack. The application provides quick and simple access to investment information to investors. This free app is available on Android iOS and Blackberry platforms, providing investors with instant investment updates on their mobile devices. 60-70% of the calls received from investors are about information regarding their investment value. KTrack© is a pioneering innovation in this regard. Through this application, investors can check the value of their investments in an instant, access their account balances, know the current valuation, get a summary of all their investments, and access a host of other things. The idea is to render sheer convenience and cost effectiveness.
Gone are the days when SIP registration took almost a month. With the advent of National Automated Clearing House system (NACH) platform developed by National Payment Systems Corporation
(NPCI), transacting in mutual funds has become much more convenient and faster.
NACH is an online end-to-end electronic system which helps fund houses
register SIP mandates swiftly. The concept is new to India , having become operational in
December 2012. Currently registering a SIP ECS mandate takes 21 to 30 days and
there is no process to track if the ECS has been confirmed at the bank's end.
The new system helps fund houses to register SIP mandates in just five days. Earlier
distributors had to register multiple mandates if their clients wanted to
invest through SIP in say four different schemes. With the new system,
distributors can register four SIPs through one mandate. The process has become
simpler even in case of lump sum investments. NACH can be utilized to pay
utility bills, insurance premiums and mutual fund SIP ECS. Five fund houses –
DSP BlackRock, UTI, Pramerica, HSBC, and Reliance have joined NACH platform so
far. ICICI Prudential is
also evaluating the technology. Based on this technology, DSP Black Rock
recently launched a One Time Mandate (OTM) facility which virtually eliminates
any paperwork while investing. OTM allows an investor to authorize his/her bank
to debit up to a certain amount daily based on the instructions given to DSP
BlackRock Mutual Fund. Even if investors wish to transact physically (by
filling up a transaction slip) they need not cut a cheque. In case investors
are investing through DSPB's website they do not need to use internet banking
or debit cards and they can they instead can use the OTM facility. Even
internet banking facility is not required. Further, net banking has
restrictions on the number of transactions one can do which is not the case
with NACH. India
Pramerica has launched a facility called 'Anywhere Transact' based on the same platform which allows investors to invest in multiple ways. Investors can make a transaction through a phone call or through SMS. Investors need to register for this facility by authorizing a debt mandate. Investors get a SMS and email from fund houses after every transaction. Once registration is done, investors can invest through phone, SMS or through internet. With the new technology in place, even investors who do not have smart phones can transact by simply sending an SMS. It is not that investors did not have an option to invest through SMS or phone call earlier. However, the earlier methods of investing through SMS or phone call required investors to remember their folios and scheme codes. Many fund houses had launched mobile based applications which allowed investors to transact through their phones. However, one drawback of these mobile applications was that investors were required to have smart phones with internet connection. Moreover, there were certain restrictions on the number of folios and schemes one could transact in. With fund houses having fixed some of these flaws of 'anywhere transacting', the investment process is likely to become much smoother for investors and reduce paperwork for distributors.
Regulatory Rigmarole
Fund managers are finding it a challenge to comply with a SEBI diktat which requires them to reduce debt funds exposure to a single sector to 30%. Fund houses have complied with this rule in all open end debt schemes like dynamic, short term, and income funds. However, fund managers are finding it difficult to offload their holdings in older FMPs to bring portfolio exposure to one sector below 30%. Fund managers say that there is a possibility that they could end up buying securities which offer lower yields which in turn could hamper the performance of their funds. The regulator had given one year's time to AMCs to comply with this diktat. Due to the difficulties faced by fund managers in offloading their existing paper in FMPs, SEBI has given an extension to comply with its rule till March 2014.
Morgan Stanley
's exit from the Indian mutual fund industry has revived the debate
on the existence of smaller, loss-making asset management companies. The global
financial giant - the first foreign mutual fund in India, launched in 1994 -
sold its local schemes with assets worth around Rs 3,290 crore to HDFC Mutual Fund for approximately Rs 170 crore, about 5% of its AUM. Its corpus is less than 0.5% of the 44-member industry 's total AUM of over Rs 8 lakh crore. HDFC 's price was in line with earlier deals in the
industry, as more than 40% of Morgan Stanley 's
AUM was equity - usually retail money, considered "sticky". The step
raises a larger question: how long can many other funds with moderate assets
and small marketing networks stay in business? They may not be as lucky as
Morgan Stanley. Reportedly, many promoters of mutual funds outside the top 15 are entertaining prospective
buyers. Perhaps six or seven mutual funds, both foreign and domestic, are
actively looking for a buyer but are unable to find one. This is partly because
most of the smaller mutual funds predominantly manage debt - institutional
money, susceptible to sharp exits. This highlights the woes of the domestic
mutual fund industry, where the
share of the top 10 funds in the industry 's
total AUM has risen to almost 80%, and 70% of funds are still loss-making. Over
the last four years, the strong players in the business have become stronger,
while the weak got weaker. The ban on entry load - an upfront fee that funds charged investors to
pay distributors - by the regulator in August 2009 was a turning point. Weak
market conditions only hastened the slide. Without entry load, many mutual
funds could not convince distributors to sell their products. That may have
reduced mis-selling, but it meant large funds with deep pockets could market
their schemes better. The mutual funds that have lost out in the race are the
ones without strong products and a good investment team. Promoters of most
mutual fund houses are unwilling
to invest more in their ventures owing to uncertainty over growth.
US-headquartered Fidelity Mutual Fund 's sell-off of its Indian mutual fund business to L&T in
2012 may have triggered a panic among promoters. Fidelity 's
operations were reeling from losses, but its schemes were on the buy list of
most distributors because of their superior performance. Promoters of
loss-making mutual funds asked: if Fidelity could not survive, how will they?
That has aggravated the situation for foreign funds that do not see India as part
of their core business strategy, especially in challenging times such as these.
Some local fund houses - especially those that started after 2007 - are not in
a hurry to exit but have trimmed their operations to the minimum. Their logic
is that the business can be revived once market conditions improve. India has, however, seen several foreign entities entering as well.
T Rowe Price, Schroders, Invesco and India Nippon
are prominent ones. However, all these acquired a sizable chunk, 25-26 per
cent, in Indian entities; they did not start on a standalone basis.


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"There is a Black cloud hanging over America - the Debt..." was the quote, and those last two key words were left off so that the commentators could engage in the race-baiting. Those last two words, and even more clarifying ones that followed, make all the difference in the world and why they (again, with willful, purposeful, and malice of forethought) left them off the sound-bite clip they played.
Who said it? Does it matter? Who said it; and whether you personally like the person who did say it; is a distraction of/from the point. You should be reading this article with the notion of how you would react/feel if it is your favorite candidate that said it. You knew, and know going forward, they will NEVER do that to a Liberal/Progressive/Democrat and do that (every chance they get) to a Conservative or anyone that poses a threat to their controlling the Government! The constantly distort, and take out of context, anything and everything anyone they can identify as a TEApeater (Focusing on the protest and NOT the "Party") says (and showing those Left wing loon LaRouche supporters, that show up to Tea Party rallies with their Hitler moustache on Obama posters, as Tea Party Conservatives to LIE about who YOU are). Anyone who opposes the Liberal MSM slant and the Politicians they protect will receive this treatment. The Liberals/Progressives, of course, they build up (see too: MSNBCile Chrisy Matthews declares Obama 'last Kennedy brother') and cover for anything they say that can be even remotely perceived as negative/bad.
Notice too how there is no discussion in the MSM regarding Democratic operatives starting to refer to Mitt Romney as "weird," which is Liberal code for "Mormon." Again, regardless of what you think of Romney personally and/or his policies IS NOT THE POINT. It is about the double-standards in the way the Liberal MSM decides on and portrays (read: slants) coverage.
It is such a shame, but their are still plenty of Brain-Dead (ObamaZombies) folks out there that don't understand how this game is played time after time to manipulate them into voting for Liberals/Progressives. If you know any, point them here to learn how they are being bamboozled (see: MSM (Spin the Story) Challenge). As for you, never forget they are slandering YOU personally by continually trying to infer (guilt by association) YOU are also Racist every time they make these inferences.
As always, Regards from JLenardDetroit from NoMoTown (The MOTORless CITY)
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"Remember, Liberals - looking to do for America, what they've done to Detroit. Destroy it!"
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Yahoo: Is Sotomayor the 1st (or 2nd) Hispanic Pick for SCOTUS? A: 2nd (1st was a Republican appointment (Benjamin Cardozo))
RS: Joe Wilson is right "YOU LIE" Obama Don't fall for the ObaMAOcare "Illegals Excluded" half-truth
RS: summing up Van Jones Throwing Radicals at the Wall to see Who Sticks, those that don't fall under the Bus
RS: Bill Maher Race-baits the hook again
RS: Yo Jimmy [Carter], it's not that we think Blacks are "unfit to ... it's that LIBERALS can't Govern!
RS: Jesse Jackson calls Artur Davis (R-AL) UNCLE TOM
Warning: Children Will Die!!! accusations
Obama-bin-Biden & al-Democrats call us Terrorists?!?!
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RWU: Political Extortion and Psychological Projection, as usual!
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American online trade platform Etsy, mainly used to sell vintage and hand-made products, has filed an official request to head to the stock exchange. Its goal is to attract 100 million dollar.
If approved, Etsy's share will be listed on the Nasdaq technology stock exchange. The share's starting price has not been decided yet, but the company aims to attract 100 million dollar (90 million euro). If all goes well, Etsy's share should available mid-April.
Rob Kalin founded Etsy 10 years ago in New York and managed a 196 million dollar (180 million euro) turnover last year, surpassing 2013's result by 50 %. In total, 1.93 billion dollars (1.75 billion euro) worth of products were sold on Etsy.


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The Occupy Wall Street Moment: Broadening the Voice of a Longstanding Movement of Bank Accountability
I think at least some media figures have started to figure out the "meaning" of the Occupy Wall Street protests, and for me the idea that it took very long at all is absurd. They are protests on Wall Street. Do you need anything more?
If you're lived in this country for the next decade, the meaning underlying a sit-in on Wall Street would be fairly obvious to you. It would mean you've lived through the housing bubble, the financial crisis, the bailout, and the Great Recession, with millions of people desperate and out of work and the bailed out finance industry bouncing back almost immediately. Really, you need to figure out the "meaning" of a demonstration on Wall Street? Really?
The truth, which Stephen Lerner explained well at a panel here at the Take Back the American Dream conference, is that bank accountability campaigns have been happening throughout the country on a rolling basis over the last couple years. Bank branches have been occupied in Los Angeles by groups like Refund California. Ten thousand activists staged a "Showdown in America" at the American Bankers Association conference in Chicago in 2009. Protesters in Seattle went to jail for demonstrating in front of a JPMorgan Chase office. At the Chase campus in Ohio, one of the largest non-high rise buildings in the US, protesters put down a makeshift bridge and crossed the moat that surrounds the building to engage in protest.
On May 12 of this year, 20,000 protesters were on Wall Street as part of a week-long series of events called We Found the Money. At least a few of the May 12 protesters are "leaders" in the Occupy Wall Street movement. In Take Back Boston, protesters wrapped up bus shelters to make them look like foreclosed homes. Activists entered a BofA meeting dressed as waiters (Lerner said on the panel, "If you dress like servants, the elites let you into their meetings").
There have been organized protests at foreclosed homes, where homeowners refused to be evicted. Activists are moving families back into vacant homes. These things have been happening for a long time, just check out my archives; I wrote about almost all of them at the time. You can add in the protests in Wisconsin or even the 1999 Battle in Seattle. The same spirit is animating the Occupy Wall Street movement.
"The press reported [Take Back Boston, which occurred over the weekend] as growing spontaneously out of Occupy Wall Street," said Lerner, an SEIU organizer most well-known for the Justice for Janitors campaign. "And that's fine with us, that's what we want. We planned it, but it grew to 3,000 protesters as a result."
The point is that the groups who have organized direct actions and battled the elites who have impoverished the nation to enrich themselves have no designs to co-opt Occupy Wall Street; they want to connect with its energy to support the work they're doing, work with specific goals and agenda items. As Lerner told Ezra Klein, "We haven't had a shortage of demands and solutions. We've had a shortage of mass movements." He elaborated on this: "Occupy Wall Street speaks to what is in the air. A lot of people are talking about the same things."
The activists at Occupy Wall Street, along with the bank accountability activists working on a parallel track, believe that the only way to properly adjust the economy is to go toe to toe with the forces of the status quo, which includes the corporate sector, and particularly the finance sector. The goal is to shift the conversation in the country, to force a reckoning with the realities of an economy that only works for the privileged few. And it's one that is mutually reinforcing across different groups, said George Goehl of National People's Action. "[Progressive groups] got obsessed with credit, control and money," Goehl said. "We can put aside our differences for our common goal, capture the attention of the public and change the limits of what's possible."
And guess what, that's already been done! The foreclosure fraud movement stopped a bad deal from getting done, against the wishes of the powerful finance lobby AND the Obama Administration! And direct action played a major role in that. There's a model for success.
Further, this is resonating strongly with attendees at an energized Take Back America conference. At the bank accountability panel, which Zach Carter also talked about, attendees expressed their enthusiasm for direct action. Sharon from Phoenix related it to the energy that came from the Obama campaign in 2008, as did Guido Girgenti, a student organizer from Occidental College, who described it in a very interesting way. "Young people like me have felt politically powerless for most of their lives," he told the panel. "We came of age during the Obama campaign and we were fed the idea that the campaign represented the peak of progressive organizing. Now, my Facebook feed is full of 18 and 20 year-olds who all want to go to an occupation."
"How many people think it's important to risk arrest," asked Lerner to the attendees at the bank accountability panel. Everyone raised their hands. People are ready for action. Occupy Wall Street sparked a fire with kindling that has been laid down for years.


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Growing our savings can sometimes feel like an impossible mission!
However, it's good to remember, Rome wasn't built in one day 😉
So we have gathered some tips to help you get started and prepare for your future.
Happy saving!
The Latte Factor
The Latte Factor (David Bach's Automatic Millionaire book) is the concept that tiny amounts of money could add up to huge amounts of savings over time. True to the name, the classic example is a $US5 cup of coffee each morning.
As David explains, if that same $US5 was instead invested and earned the stock market's historical return of 7% per year, our luxury coffee drinker would have an extra $US1,953 after just one year.
And after 40 years?
Just from a few coffees!
The 30 for 30 Rule
Sean, who goes by "The Money Wizard," is a 28-year-old blogger and financial analyst. He grew his net worth by more than $US100,000 in two years and is on track for an early retirement.
Sean found that one of the best ways to start building wealth is to save small amounts of money every day – he started by saving $US5 a day and is now saving about $US100 a day.
His calculations reveal that if you save and invest $US30 a day, earning a 7% rate of return, you can be a millionaire in 30 years.
Read more: How to Start Growing and Managing Your Wealth
$US30 a day is as simple as passing on a dinner out, driving a cheaper car, or even working a couple extra hours at a low-paying job.
That's the great part about The Latte Factor and The 30 for 30 Rule: It's a starting point.
Once you open your eyes to the incredible compounding effect of your money, you'll find yourself looking to up your savings wherever you can.
Read more: How to Budget in Simple Steps
Money doesn't have to be complicated
The pyramids weren't built by Ancient Aliens, and millionaires don't have to get lucky.
A little bit of effort, over and over again, is all it takes to build serious wealth.
"You don't set out to build a wall. You don't say 'I'm going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that's ever been built.' You don't start there. You say, 'I'm going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.' You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall." – Will Smith
Inspiration from Business Insider, I grew my net worth by over $100,000 in 2 years — and I started by saving just $5 a day


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Hey all. This year I'm building a small jewellery box for our friend's little girls and my brother's little girl.
DW drafted up a set of plans and gave them to me.
The plans call for the box to be made out of ½ wood. I had this piece of 2×12 spruce in the garage that was relatively clear of knots.
Before I took it to the band saw to rip it into two ¾ inch boards I cut the board in half on the table saw to make it more manageable.
I then ripped the board on the BS. This was the first time that I had ever used the ripping blade for any large piece of board. It was much easier than anticipated. I made sure that I had a support for the board so it would not sag or bind the blade after it was cut. And I used a sacrificial piece of board to push it the last few inches. I am super careful around the BS after it bit me earlier this year.
I then used the planer to take the BS marks out of the boards and get them to a uniform 1/2 thickness.
I then cut all the pieces to width using the Mitre Saw.
And did the final cutting using the table saw
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Get your Beard in a Bunch - Beard Science Mix
The dudes over at Trackwerk have hosted a mix by the enigmatic Beard Science crew. So do yourself a favor and pick-up the soon to be released 'Razor Sharp Edits vol. 2' and also check out this mix.
To celebrate the imminent release of "Beard Science Razor Sharp Edits Vol 2", our hirsute friends have concocted a whole set of custom edits which has been lovingly mixed by Jaz. Entitled "Songs From The Cutting Room Floor" it is available to download online from a few of the blog sites and also at www.trackwerk.net
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Zecky - Nitch Pop
The fantastic Japanese DJ Zecky comes correct with some serious Balearic damage. This is a promotional cd released through digthedisco in Japan. Jetset set records has some in stock.
Go and get it
If you missed it the first time. Here is a previosu post on Zecky
Here are the first 5 tracks on Zecky's Nitch Pop
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Chasing the Dragon's Tail
I did this mix for the Secret Santa mix exchange on the DeepSpace NYC forum.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
She Talks in Stereo - Sonic Vagabonds (sTs #32)
1) YMO - Tong Poo (Orb remix)
2) Bonnie ' Prince' Billy - I am celebrating today. . .
3) Kate Bush - The Big Sky (meterological mix)
5) Dynamics - Whole lotta Love
6) Michael Rose - Lion Jungle Dub
7) Prince Jammy - Guidance
8) Discosessions - Mahmoods Moon
9) Kongas - Anikana (Tom Moulton Mix)
10) Mock & Toof - Digit 3
11) Beard Science - Hold me Longer (Jinichi Rework)
12) Criminal Element Orchestra
13) Grandadbob - Hide me (Al Usher 12' remix)
14) Straight Shooter - My Time Your Time (Cosmo Vitelli edit)
16) The Human League - Being Boiled (Peter Visti Edit)
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Monday, January 21, 2008
This Friday @ Modus (San Diego Readers)
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On a go forward basis most preview songs will not be availible past a month due to space limitations. Thanks
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
In the Light of Saturn by Pavel Plastikk
This is the first edition in a great new series of mixes from Ukrainian wonderboy Pavel Plastikk that I will be hosting. This is an ongoing mix series dedicated to the planets of the Solar System. First up is the the mix called "In the Light of Saturn," this mix is an all vinyl mix composed of spacey breaks and galactically inclined music all from Mr. Plastikk's record collection. Next up is Earth and Neptune.
This is a mystey mix so no tracklisting availible. Just sit back and let the stars and galaxies swirl. . . Enjoy
In the Light of Saturn by Pavel Platikk
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Get on your Groovebox
At Home with the Groovebox Compilation selections
The Groovebox combines three classic synthesizers from the 1980s (the 808 and 909 drum machines and the 303 bass machine) as well as a sampler of new and old sounds. Tannis Root developed the machine and has used Grand Royal's stable of artists (and then some) to compose a piece each, demonstrating the versatility of this retro instrument.
Sonic Youth - Campfire
Pavement - Robyn Turns 26
Sean Lennon - Winged Elephants
Buffalo Daughter - 303+606=Acid
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Today I am Celebrating
Beck - Boyz
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
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Direction – Copenhagen
So here I was on the road again! I felt sad to leave Prästabonnens Gård, but on the other hand I was very excited about beginning the last part of my cycling journey and reaching my final destination – Denmark. I had never been to Denmark either and I dreamt about visiting Copenhagen. I heard so many good things about this city and that together with Amsterdam it was the most bicycle friendly city in Europe (or the whole wide world?) After going to Amsterdam in May, which completely possessed my heart and is ranked by now as my second favorite visited city in the world, I was very curious about the famous Danish capital.
I was lucky again to find a place in Copenhagen, where eventually I was about to stay for almost a week. It was thanks to the bike polo/messenger community that I contacted few days before my arrival and asked if anyone could host me for a few nights. Trine, a messenger girl, replied to me and suggested that I should stay longer so that I could race with them in Alleycat, which they were organizing for Halloween. Of course I couldn't say no to such an invitation! Thrilled with a vision of staying within the bicycle community, riding in an alley and hopefully playing some polo and having lots of time to visit the city, I started peddling towards Denmark.
Last days in Sweden – Lund, Malmö, Helsingborg
Since I still had plenty of time and Suzanne offered that I could stay in her apartment in Lund, I divided my last part of journey into 5 days of cycling. This way I could peacefully enjoy my last kilometers through Swedish lands and do some sightseeing in the cities on the way.
I stayed for a night in Lund, which is the oldest city in present-day Sweden and well known for its University. Walking the streets of Lund I was imagining Suzanne living and teaching here. It's a very pleasant and quite small city; I think I would enjoy studying there.
The next day I cycled to Malmö. It seemed very different from what I had always imagined. It is the third biggest city in Sweden, and I have no bloody idea why I thought it would be smaller and maybe a more cozy, more fishery-town style… I was very wrong; my imagination sometimes misleads me big time 🙂 It is actually a pretty modern city, a cultural and economical center of the southern part of Sweden. From Malmö leads the longest bridge in Europe that connects Sweden with Denmark. However, it's not possible yet to cross it with bicycle and many people advised me that taking ferry in Helsingborg is better for the ride views, so I chose the later option. My very hospitable Couchsurfing host surprised me by taking me for a dinner to… his grandmother's home! He explained to me that he promised her he would fix something in her flat and that he usually ate meals with her every now and then. It was a super nice experience to have such an insight in a usual day routine of a Swedish family and their relationships. His grandma was absolutely lovely; she cooked a nice meal and showed me an album with newspaper clips about the history of Malmö that she's been collecting through years. All of a sudden it made me think of my grandparents and how I missed having them around.
I spent the afternoon and next morning walking around the city and in the early afternoon I took off to my next Couchsurfing stop. The route was very nice; from time to time I was cycling close to the coastline from where I could see shapes of Denmark's shores. I arrived after sundown at my host's place. She lived in a truly lovely house in the woods. I have to admit that for a moment I was worried that I wouldn't find it as there where many similar looking houses and that I would get stuck in the darkness of the wilderness but I managed as always. It turned out that she was a super nice fellow cyclist, so we shared our biking experiences over the dinner. In the morning shortly after sunrise we split and I cycled my last part of Swedish route.
Wow, I was almost done with my trip. From day one, almost two months ago when I arrived in Sweden, I managed to cycle over 800 km and pass through so many distinct places and meet so many interesting new people that I was feeling a bit sad that it was nearly the end of it. If only the weather was warmer I would definitely cycle further, maybe down south Denmark up to Hamburg in Germany where my friend from childhood was living. Well, it will have to be next time as I'm sure there will be next time, somewhere, somehow 🙂
Now being even closer to my destination I could see Denmark's coastlines clearer. How exciting!
My last stop in Sweden was Helsingborg, a town that is the country's closest point to Denmark with only 4 km dividing both borders. My Couchsurfer was not Swedish but Hungarian and it was interesting to hear about his experiences as a foreigner living in this country. He showed me around the town that has pretty views over Helsingør, the Danish city on the other side of the Øresund. We ate Thai food and watched a documentary about ancient civilizations that followed with curious discussion on that matter.
Farewell Sweden, welcome Denmark!
The next day before saying "See you around!" to Sweden I sat down in the harbor for a while. I thought of the fact that I've been super lucky all the way during my trip. All the people I met were very hospitable and open-minded; each and every one was interesting and very different from each other and for sure I won't forget them. I wish I could tell you in more detail about all of them, but that would take ages 🙂 Well, it was time for Denmark!
The ride in the ferry was super quick; in about 25 minutes I was already on the other side of the Øresund strait. Hello Denmark, so good to meet you finally! The day was very windy, but the route was amazing. All the way to Copenhagen I had a neat cycling lane and the path led mostly by the coast. Stopping by the beach for a snack and watching kite surfers I rested for the last time before reaching my final destination. I was totally astonished by the cycling indications throughout the road that kept me perfectly navigated. And the fact that all the cars I saw on the way were parked either on the street or on the pedestrian's sidewalk, but never on the bike lane, was truly impressive! Wow, I already felt instant love for Danish culture.
Cph – the capital of bicycles
I arrived in Copenhagen at last! Wow and wow again – so many bicycles and bike tracks everywhere that I almost got lost twice before reaching my host's place. Trine was a Danish bike messenger and lived with her best friend Boline and four foreign students – Italian, Norwegian, Romanian and Spanish. It was a nice flat and super nice people who right away made me feel comfortable at their home as if it was my own.
In the evening Trine gave me a quick bike tour through downtown's main sightseeing points and took me to a dinner with her friends and some Finnish students. On the way she told me a bit about the city's cycling rules, culture and infrastructure. We rode the busiest cycle street in the capital, Nørrebrogade, that is about 3 km long, which directly links a couple locations and the city center and in the rush hours the bicycle traffic is tremendous. Statistics say that daily it is used by around 36,000 cyclists. Nice. In the next few days I rode this street at least twice a day.
The next day before work Trine took me to The Little Mermaid, which turned out to be much smaller than the one we have in Warsaw and to Nyhavn Harbor that is colored with shore-side homes and tall ships docked along the quays. During that day and the following ones I cycled the streets of Copenhagen back and forward, learning my way through it, visiting key places on the map of the city: National Gallery of Denmark, famous Christiania, hippie zone, Ørestad district with its modern architecture, coffee places and messenger meeting points. But mostly I saw more streets, buildings and bicycles than anything else during my stay 🙂
Bike messengers community and alleycat
On Friday evening Trine took me to their usual bike messenger hang out in the city center. We had a few beers and great laughs. I quickly learnt that Danish people are very straightforward, funny, nice and easy-going, super cool actually.
Saturday was the Halloween and the Alleyween – the biggest alleycat (an informal bicycle race that usually always takes place in cities and normally is organized by bicycle messengers – loads of super fun!) in Denmark annually organized on that very occasion by members of Copenhagen messenger community. Last time I rode in an alley was back in Warsaw probably about 4 years ago, so I was very excited but also very afraid of it. It was organized at night and I didn't know the city at all. However, Trine found me an awesome teammate, Emma, an ex-messenger who turned out to be suuuuper fast and good at racing. Together with her super nice friend Jody we created a cool team of three. They knew the city very well and rode like crazy, so I had a tough time trying to keep up with their pace feeling a bit like a third wheel, but hell, it was so much fun! We raced for about 2 hours and 30+ km throughout Copenhagen; there were 44 teams, 90+ riders and 10 checkpoints. For me that was the biggest alley I ever raced. Even though we didn't arrive first (surprised, right?) Emma and me, dressed as Malificient, a beautiful evil mistress from Disney, we won a prize for our costumes. The next day I had also quite a hangover after the afterparty as you might imagine.
Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to play bike polo since the pick up games were very postponed but at least I met some of the players. A few years back I met in Warsaw on a tournament two Danish polo players and now I happily discovered that one of the guys is still in the game and remembers me. Reunions after many years are always a nice experience and so it was this time. I was impressed of how their polo/messenger community works well together organizing bicycle workshops for children and other events of that sort. Really nice and open people with good attitude and teamwork. I hope I will have a chance to visit them again one day.
A souvenir and a final countdown
I almost forgot about one more little detail. I got myself a present in Copenhagen – a new race bike tattooed on my right wrist. On the beginning of my journey I promised myself that I would get a bike tattoo if I manage to get all the way to Denmark on two wheels and I did! From Nynashamn in Sweden to Copenhagen in Denmark; almost 900 km, 13 couchsurfing hosts + Trine and 2 WWOOF farms. Quite an extraordinary experience. Now, this bike will always remind me of these two months in Scandinavia that were filled with lots of learning, thinking, reflecting and analyzing, but also enjoying, resting and relaxing. The route was filled with beautiful and happy moments, but also sometimes with difficult and stressful ones. I had been fighting with my thoughts many times, pushed myself to the limits and learnt to enjoy the best I can whatever comes on my way. It was a new and powerful lesson and now I was about to go back to Barcelona and face reality. Soon I would have to make a decision about what I want to next – look for a new job in Barcelona or hit the road again.
So I left Copenhagen profoundly touched by kindness of the people I met on my way and thankful for their help and hospitality. I loved the city. Even though it was cloudy for the most of my stay, I felt good in it. It is interesting and has a character. But I missed Barcelona too and was looking forward to see it again. See you hopefully soon Scandinavia, thank you for having me and hello again Barcelona!


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Source: Capturing the Moment
Capturing the Moment
There are two ways to capture a moment in the early childhood world: experience and documentation.
Experience is as simple as it states, just taking a moment to experience the world with a child/children. No strings tied, no assessing, all joy. Taking that moment and making a memory. Sometimes the most important thing we can give children is to be fully present. To turn off our teacher brains and just be human with them: no checklists, cameras, or analysis involved.
The education world these days is filled with many outcomes and standards. Children are very aware of when we have them on our radar. Often shifts in behavior happen when a child feels they are being observed for assessment – authentically or not. Once while recording a set of children during a conflict (that they were beautifully resolving), the child leaned into the direction of my recorder and said, "Right, Anna? We should just be friends". While I am sure he was sincere in his response, I am also sure that his response was shaped by the fact that he was highly aware that he was being "documented". So while, I thrive on taking note of what the children are doing – collecting authentic evidence, I also know that they deserve moments where I set the task of documenting aside. Moments where they can trust being their authentic self without judgement or the teacher paparazzi in their face.
However, documentation (from my experience) is the most authentic, meaningful, and developmentally appropriate method of capturing a moment and collecting evidence. One of my favorite sayings is "it is not what they know, but how they have come to know it" – meaning that the process of how a child learns is the most valuable part of the journey and not the collections of facts and rote skills they can ramble off or demonstrate on cue. A collected story or documentation shows that they have internalized a skill so deeply that they are able to use it in their life, play, and the real world. Which is much more relevant and important than being able to "test" correctly on a piece of information within one moment (e.g. find their friends name to put a letter in in by knowing it has an A first vs. one day in December pointing to an A on a pull out assessment, such as a DIBELS or Get it Got it Go).
Last year, I had a conversation with a parent about how her child was highly aware of having enough muffins in the package while grocery shopping for himself, his mom, his dad, and still enough for him to have one tomorrow. In his mind's eye he calculated that he needed at least 4 muffins and that there were more than that (6). She wondered what was more valuable, that he could do that or was he behind on his skills because his fellow playmate could count to 100 and he could not. I hands down feel it is the muffin quantity. He was able to apply his knowledge to a real life context. He utilized his knowledge just as I had seen him do in the past when fixing a Tonka truck, he was looking for one round circle to replace a missing tire on a set of four. Navigating through daily challenges using problem solving and real world knowledge is most valuable.
The challenge for a teacher is that this type of knowledge is difficult to assess and monitor. It has to be captured. Documentation is truly the only way to understand, record, and collect evidence of learning during these moments because it is the map to how the child shows they know what they know. I could mark on a checklist that Jonathan knows how to identify the number 8 but if I snap a photo of him playing office with a keyboard and scribe a story or anecdotal note about how he noticed his glasses when turned make the shape of a number 8 just like on the keyboard – that shows context to the information gathered. It also is likely that this information will stay with the child for a lifetime. Brain research shows that we store memories by meaningful moments. Which would be more meaningful to you – reviewing a set of flashcards or learning how to write Mom on you picture of a rainbow for her?
Have you ever crammed for a test, remembering all of the vocabulary words for the next day, ace-ing it and then not remembering it when it came to finals time? Did you use the information in between that time? So why do we assume that children are vessels to carry facts? Why do we assume they should be assessed as so? or learn by collecting data and not memories?
Each year my methods for documentation varies – but it remains my life line to showing evidence of learning and communicating with families and the community. I tweak and learn things that improve my methods. There are a few things that stay the same: note taking, photos, and collecting samples of language and work. These are always elements I include. The devices I use, the methods I use to share the documentations, and my style of writing documentations might change. This year there are two new elements to my documentation process: the use of a private education app Storypark and the style of sharing the information. I know tend to use a phone/tablet without access to personal information, work only when with the children (to take photos, videos, and notes). This makes my accessibility to a device easier, it fits in my apron pocket. My time is also saved by being able to link the stored photo or data to the app that is on the phone/tablet without using a lengthy download process by transferring them from a camera to another location or device for documenting. As for the style shift, a new style that I have been fascinated by is called Learning Stories. It is a way of writing a letter directly to a child – noting the observations and possibilities of a particular experience. I find it to be very open, detailed oriented, and child honoring. A link to a detailed explanation and example can be seen here:
Also, here is one of my own examples of a Learning Story:
(* Name and Photos edited and limited for privacy)
I marvel at the way you play family. You can often be spotted mixing something tasty in the kitchen or being the caregiver of a baby doll. Often when walking by the dramatic play area or playhouse I hear you negotiating your role in the family such as Brother, Daddy, or even pet dog. You are ready to take on your character with eager commitment. It is evident that as you play this nurturing role, you pour yourself into it- with lots of love and attention. An extra pinch or salt, a few more stirs, a tender hug – as you are practicing these roles, you are building your skills to be a kind and compassionate friend, a collaborative playmate, and a tender father (much later in you future, of course).
Here is your story of 'You and Your Baby Crumb' :
"There's a baby in my tummy.
I'm having a baby.
She is going to be born in one day.
She will be 6.
Her name is Crumb, like a cracker.
Here she comes. (Pulls her out and gently and snuggles her)."
Your smile as you look down at Crumb says it all.
Learning Tags: Social Emotional, Joy and Wonder, Dramatic Play
As an early childhood educator I feel taking the time to capture the moment deepens our relationships with the children and our abilities to be mindful and reflective educators. So with no further rambling I invite you to capture a moment: create a memory through experience or collect one by documenting the moment. Join the world of authentic assessment, document learning.
Sharing The Joy of Risk Taking
Source: Sharing The Joy of Risk Taking
Sharing The Joy of Risk Taking
As a progressive and play based educator, I spend much of my time (that is not with the children) documenting. This is important to me for many reasons. One is that it serves as communication with families, two is that it is an authentic and meaningful way of assessing children, and three is that it does something very important – it serves as a tool of advocacy. As an early childhood teacher and advocate, I know that it might take me more time to explain what I already know in my head, what I know is right for children, what is developmentally appropriate, how children learn through play, etc. I also know that my heart will scream – just honor childhood! Let them be children for the sake of childhood! And though I sometimes wish that all I would have to say is 'let childhood happen', I also know that many people won't do this unless they understand why. I am not sure I would if I didn't spend years learning why I do what I do. So if I expect families and the world (the systems, the government, the fund providers) to support play and the joys of childhood, then I have to spend time doing my due diligence advocating for it. Screaming from the roof tops! Defending play and all that comes with it. It is my responsibility. It may mean more work, more time, more everything. But, I signed up for this. Some weeks I might not have the minutes but I try my best to find them when I can. This weekend while documenting (on an amazing new documentation platform we use called storypark, check it out!!!!) I found myself writing about risk taking. We have many brave risk warriors in our group this year! The things they are learning! The things I am learning! Oh! I could gush on and on. After publishing it I realized it was worth sharing. So with out further rambling…
The Joy of Risk Taking: The Beams
The children never cease to amaze me! The multitude of things they learn during their play are invaluable life lessons. The Meadow children are brave and filled with curiosity – often taking risks that make our hearts flutter. Even though our "Mommy (or Daddy) Radars" go off, we know as educators that risk taking is critical to healthy child development. It is important that our environments reflect adventures and materials that provide opportunities that are "not as safe as possible, but safe as necessary", in the words of Bev Bos. By doing this we make sure that children develop a sense of empowerment, independence, and exercise their gross motor skills adequately. It also provides invitations that children see as approachable, rather than them waiting for watchful eyes to turn the other way and seeking out risks that may be unmanageable. We stay close and observe, providing support or caution when needed. Providing real manageable risks for young children allows them to accomplish great challenges. We have to evaluate the challenge with a risk assessment – If a child does this (e.g. climbs here) with me close by, what could happen? A scrape, a twist, a tumble? All things we can overcome together. All things that happen in childhood. All things that are rare and outweighed by the benefits. Our hearts still flutter BUT when they accomplish the risky challenges the celebration in our hearts and theirs is immeasurable. I wish I could capture the smiles in photo for you (but my hands are often hovering for support and not on the camera icon)! Photo or no photo, the pride that beams from the children sends off a powerful energy – that no words could capture.
Community Playthings shares, in one of their article excepts, why risk is important :
Real play means taking risks—physical, social, and even cognitive. Children are constantly trying out new things and learning a great deal in the process. They love to move from adventure to adventure. They face the risk of mistakes and even of injuries, but that does not deter children. They embrace life, play, and risk with gusto, and they are prepared for a certain amount of bumps and bruises while growing up.
Although no one wants to see a child injured, creating an environment that is overly safe creates a different kind of danger for them. Growing up in a risk-averse society, such as we currently have, means children are not able to practice risk-assessment which enables them to match their skills with the demands of the environment. As a result, many children have become very timid and are reluctant to take risks. At the opposite extreme, many have difficulty reading the situations they face and take foolhardy risks, repeatedly landing in trouble.
When children are given a chance to engage freely in adventurous play they quickly learn to assess their own skills and match them to the demands of the environment. Such children ask themselves—consciously or unconsciously—"how high can I climb", or "is this log across the creek strong enough to support me?" They become savvy about themselves and their environment. Children who are confident about taking chances rebound well when things don't work out at first. They are resilient and will try again and again until they master a situation that challenges them—or wisely avoid it, if that seems best.
This week I saw this happen in true action. Some of the children dragged the balance beams off of the tires to the hay, looking for a more challenging risk of big body play and balance. While this proved challenging for many it sprouted many great things. Some children mastered it with ease. While others asked for a hand to hold or the beam to be lowered. Some even decided to not take on the challenge or to do so in new ways, such as, only on the wide beams, only while sitting and scooting up, or not on the "slippery" one (the stained one was more smooth than the raw wood). Some of the children asked for help from a teacher or playmate. Some tilted the basketball hoop down and made a "portal" or doorway onto the hay that was to be crawled through before taking on the challenge. The most amazing thing happened during this moment because after a child would crawl through they would stop and look down and assess if they wanted to climb down by beam or jump of the stairs of hay. Some would look and say things such as, "no way", "This is so easy", "come closer", "I don't need you here" (in which I would take a step further back), or "I think I like the stairs better". Once I even saw a child put a pumpkin on the other side of the beam. When I inquired as to why, they said, "because it is heavy and it will keep it on there, then no one will fall" (what amazing risk calculating and consideration for community members!). All week I spent at least a few minutes at this location or smiling from a distance watching other teachers and children work there.
As I sit here, reflecting on this experience, I light up with joy and awe of the children. I can't help but think of the quote: "A ship is safe in the harbor but, that is not what ships are made for". The things children are made for, are greater than many people ever allow. It is such a blessing to see these young ones brave the many waves of life and play.
If There is One Thing You Will Do Tonight…
If There is One Thing You Will Do Tonight…
If there is one thing that you will do tonight, do this! Vote! Click the link below and vote:
I could write about the many reasons why you should support pop-up play and adventure play (risk taking, independence, self-worth, innovation, creativity, problem-solving, collaboration, etc.) but the truth is they (The Wonderful, Talented, and Fabulous Playworkers/Founders, Jeremiah and Erica Dockray) explain it best here:
So before you fall into your pile of pillows and shut your eyes for the evening click these links and vote. It takes just about as long as it will take you to watch those buzzfeed videos your like, shorter than a TED talk, as long as it will take you to brush your teeth or scroll through Hulu or your Facebook newsfeed, Come on you can do it! Make a difference and click VOTE. There is one more day to get the votes to the top and I for one think it is well worth it. I hope you do too. 🙂 Thank You, ahead of time, because I know if you took the time to read this – you will take the time to vote!
Literacy Development the Natural Way
As a progressive educator, I have the privilege of weaving in many philosophies in my teaching practices. One thing that I really love about Waldorf curriculum is the slow awakening to the instruction of literacy. The philosophy lends itself to inspiring creativity and imagination first, foundational components to literacy development that often are underestimated.
But the truth is that with the more opportunities to listen to and to create their own tales and stories using props and imagination, the more children find joy in literature and stories. Joy is the most important step in the early years of reading and writing. It is motivation. Motivation for knowing and wanting to learn more. A child is ready to learn the characters of the alphabet and enhance their comprehension skills when they ask for the information. When the ask for you to scribe their stories, how to write a letter from their name, to read a book… then they are ready.
Many Waldorf practitioners refer to storytelling play as "learning for the heart" and not learning by rote memory or practice. This is critical in preschool. Our most important job as a teacher is to create connections and relationships, to create moments for "learning for the heart". There are many ways to do this.
Providing invitations for children to connect to the world of stories and imaginary places is one way to support their natural journey to literacy based learning opportunities. Waldorf often does this with props for storytelling. Their characters are made of natural materials such as wood, wool, felt, fabric, and pieces from nature. I have often been enchanted by these little small world props. I have created some of my own in the past – fairy worlds, castle scenes, farm worlds, and forest scenes. But recently the children have been in love with a small autumn fairy and pumpkin village. It is a decorative one set up in the front of the school entryway. They check on it often and seem to be so connected to the idea that it is a real living village! So this weekend I spent a little time creating some props for their very own pumpkin gnome/fairy village. I quite like the way it has turned out. But, I think next time I will stick with keeping the props faceless. Although it looks eery at times, the intention behind the expressionless faces is to allow the children to imagine their own expressions and feelings of the characters – uninfluenced by the pre-created details of a doll/character. I actually am intrigued by this and would like to try it. I leaves the whole story in the hands of the child.
But, for now I have a little pile of gnome people with wood platforms and a real carved pumpkin house. I will stage the invitation on the light table. I can only wonder what stories and conversations that will happen here, a place designed for "learning for the heart".


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The artist with some of her most recent work, 2019.
"Know Not Thy Pending Fate"-Winner of the Knohl Award from the ARC International Salon Competition, and Merit Winner from the National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society International Competition, 2015
The Edge of the World, 2018 Finalist in the Outside the Box Category, Portrait Society of America's Member-Only Competition
Budding Beauties, 2018 Still Life Finalist, Portrait Society of America's Member-Only Competition
Recipient of the JoAnne Leister Award, Salmagundi Club, 2014.
Honorable Mention in the Oil Painters of America Online Showcase 2014
Second Place Winner in the Still Life Category, Portrait Society of America, 2013.
Winner of the President's Award from the Salmagundi Club, Scholarship Member Show 2012.
Second Place winner at the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 101st Exhibition 2012
Finalist in the Still Life Category, the Art Renewal Center International Competition 2010
Detail from a recent commission.
Detail of a recent commission.
Detail of a recent commission.


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Utskrift från Malmö universitet - mau.se
Utskrift från Malmö universitet - mau.se
|Conference other
|"He dearly loved foreign men" : Vassalage, friendship and other hierarchical ties in two medieval Swedish rhyme chronicles.
|English abstract
|My paper will analyze and discuss representations of service to the King or to pretenders to the throne in medieval Sweden. The source material used is two medieval rhyme chronicles, Erikskrönikan and Karlskrönikan from, respectively, the fourteenth and fifteenth century. These chronicles are two of only three major rhyme chronicles written in Sweden, and therefore can be considered very interesting source material to the mentality of the nobility and the royal families. I will focus the analysis on hierarchical ties and service to the king and pretenders to the throne from foreign nobles and the representation of this in the chronicles, specifically the ideal of service; what oaths are mentioned and what do they represent? What is service defined as in the chronicles, how are promises and betrayals portrayed? This focus on ethnicity means that the paper will discuss various identities, not only national identities, but also for instance aristocratic ones, since they might differ according to national identity. It is also interesting to discuss change and continuity in the ideal of service in Sweden in the course of the roughly 100 years between the two chronicles. Has the view on identity and service changed? The second chronicle, Karlskrönikan, was written during a period in medieval Nordic history when the three Nordic kingdoms were united in a political union, what does this mean for the representation of service?
|Oxford/Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium (OCICS) (2012 : Oxford)
|eng (iso)
service and vassalage
rhyme chronicles
Humanities/Social Sciences
Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION
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