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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan road-tested the administration's general election arguments on education Monday, in a speech before the "Mom Congress."
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan road-tested the administration's general election arguments on education Monday, in a speech before the "Mom Congress."
It's official! Deborah Delisle, who served as Ohio's state school chief, has been confirmed as the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education.
The House of Representatives voted today, 215-195, to approve a bill that would keep rates on some student loans, but there is disagreement over how to pay for the measure.
Welcome back to the Friday reading list. If you haven't already, check out these good reads.
So now that it's a presidential election issue just about everyone has put out a bill to temporarily stop the rate-hike, for at least a year, well after the election. The big question? Exactly how to pay for the change.
Education "reform" and civil rights groups, including Democrats for Education Reform, Students First, and the National Coucil of La Raza, like teh administration's focus on competitive grants.
Is right here in this must-read Education Week special report....
Mitt Romney, the presumed GOP presidential nominee, is on board with the president's proposal to temporarily freeze interest rates on student loans. That could put him at odds with some congressional Republicans worried about the cost of the proposal.
A bipartisan group of senators wants to make sure the Obama administration doesn't leave rural schools out in the cold when it crafts the next generation of the Race to the Top competition, which is aimed at districts.
President Barack Obama today endorsed a pair of bills that would protect students who are bullied at school and in some cases, provide for students or their families to collect damages from school districts that don't act swiftly or strongly enough in students' defense.
The U.S. Department of Education will provide $60 million in grant money to new and existing recipients under the Promise Neighborhoods program to help projects aimed at promoting education, health and safety for children.
South Carolina Superintendent Mick Zais said he walked into a meeting he wasn't invited to where U.S. Rep. James Clyburn and former South Carolina Governor Richard Riley were at work convincing Education Secretary Arne Duncan not to approved the state's waiver.
The poll results released today Pew Charitable Trusts' Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project find that 80 percent of American voters are in favor national standards that would limit calories, fat, and sodium in snack and à la carte foods sold in schools and encourage the consumption of fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy items.
The largest federal program for high schools, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education program, would get a major makeover under a proposal that advocates expect the Obama administration to unveil Thursday.
Most of the dozen states that have already gotten waivers don't have very good plans in place when it comes to a key piece of the U.S. Department of Education's requirements for turning around low-performing schools: extending learning time.
So presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is taking a bunch of flak for telling a room full of campaign donors that he'd slim down the U.S. Department of Education if he were elected president. In fact, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat and backer of President Barack Obama, called the statement "a raw moment of candor" according to this news account. The thing is ... Romney has already said something incredibly similar about the department's future. On national television, in fact. You can check out this transcript of an interview he did with Fox News, which ...
As the fate of Hawaii's $75 million Race to the Top grant hanging in the balance, the state legislature rejects a measure to require teacher performance evaluations.
ED needs to do a better job of making sure that the performance of contractors hired through the School Improvement Grant program is reviewed, and of making sure states have the information they need to make grant renewal decisions.
Santorum provided the biggest moment on education so far in the presidential campaign, when he called President Barack Obama a "snob" for pushing policies to ensure every student is prepared for college.
The five states that just narrowly missed winning a slice of the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Fund will get a chance to compete for $133 million in new money, the U.S. Department of Education announced today.
Memo to Gov. Mitt Romney's team of education advisers: We've heard you have a little problem winning over the ladies (by which we mean attracting female voters.)
If Congress doesn't stop the big, giant across the board cuts to set to hit (almost) every education under the sun next January, what would that mean for you?
Alyson will be flying solo on the blog starting later this month while Michele is on maternity leave.
Voters want to hear the candidates' talk more how they plan to address issues like school funding and college affordability, according to a College Board survey.
On the heels of a report rising student loan debt has become a direct threat to the nation's economic stability, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Vice President Joe Biden held an event in the swing state of Virginia on college affordability.
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In 1988, Fred MacAulay made his stand up debut at Mayfest's "So you think you're funny" competition in Glasgow with five minutes of his own comedy material. Much of what Fred talked about that night was about his family, coupled with wry observations about society and politics - themes which Fred's fans will be familiar with. His observations have led him to success on television and radio, on the live circuit and comedy festivals worldwide.
You'll know Fred from QI, Have I Got News For You, and Mock The Week, from Radio 4's comedy programmes....not forgetting the legendary "McCoist and MacAulay".
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Most of my contributions to this garage sale were clothes. Tons of it. Bags upon bags were unfolded. My clothes: buy-bye. So many Banana Republic shirts, pants, and skirts. Nordstrom tops and sweaters. Shoes from Nordy's. All stuff. All stuff that isn't part of my life for the moment. I like the saying "we are what we surround ourselves with." Its true. So much of my closet used be stuffed to the brim with nice clothes. Really nice clothes. But its just not me right now. And stuff, is something I don't like to hang on to. When I enter the workforce again, I will definitely help the American economy with my share of a new wardrobe. For now its last years Citizens and this years Target Tee.
It was a bit heart wrenching to let go of baby clothes. Itty bitty 0-3 months sleepers and pajamas. Adorable 3-6 months onesie outfits. Navy stripes. Baby collared shirts. Embroidered monkeys and crocodiles. I loved em. I loved my boys in them. Last week I asked Mr. Dunbar "Should I get rid of ALL of Bogie's baby clothes?" His response "How loaded is that question?" Again, we are what we surround ourselves with. Am I going to be trapped in my longing for another baby, saving bins of clothes, clogging up my garage for a baby that may never come? Or am I willing to let things be the way they are and just get rid of it, the stuff?
My solution: Compromise.
I kept one bins worth of baby clothes. Not the 22 that I had saved from Monkey for my Bogie. We are what we surround ourselves with. Is another baby part of my future? I don't know. Maybe not. Probably not. But if so, that little guy will know that his mom thought he should share in some of his big brothers' things.
I was glad to see my SIL take a bunch of clothes home for her little guy. I will get great pleasure in seeing those clothes on him. My G-Man nephew is worth so much more than a quarter here and a quarter there.


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March 15, 2017
Two witnesses appeared before the Senate Special Select Committee at its 14th Public Hearing held in the National Assembly Chambers in Belmopan on Wednesday, 15th March 2017. They were Mr. Rodolfo Bol Jr. who is the IT Manager at the Immigration Department and Mr. Francisco Gonzalez who is the Acting Director of the Central Information Technology Office (CITO), Ministry of Finance, Belmopan.
The Committee asked the witnesses a series of questions pertaining to the Auditor General's Reports on Visa, Passport and Nationality. Mr. Bol was asked to clarify to the Committee the information found on paragraph 17.4 of the Passport Report whereby the Auditor General mentioned that "the IT personnel or BPIS users had the ability to remove the history of applicants". Mr. Bol however confirmed to the Committee that information that had been stored on the system could not be deleted. Mr. Bol further explained to the Committee the different types of users on the system for Passport and at the end of his interview he submitted a number of documents to the Committee for perusal.
On the other hand, Mr. Gonzalez was asked to explain to the Committee why he left the audit investigation and team, as claimed by the Auditor General in her report. Mr. Gonzalez testified that the necessary arrangements were made for someone to replace him in the audit team.
Absent at the public hearing which started at 10:28 AM and concluded at 3:30 PM was the Senator the Honourable Eamon Courtenay. The Senate Special Select Committee is scheduled to meet again next Wednesday, 22nd March 2017, to continue its public hearing.


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You are the Star of Trade Town, Davey!
Me at nine years old:
"Look! It's a brand new 1975 AMC Pacer! Isn't it groovy? I got the keys. Wanna take it for a ride?"
"Who are you? Did you steal those keys? You're just a kid."
Me at nine years old:
"I live here! And I'm the World's Youngest Car Salesman!"
Instead of growing up in a typical suburban neighborhood with white picket fences, lush green lawns, and tree-lined sidewalks, my neighborhood consisted of barbed-wire fences, endless blacktop, and dozens of parked cars. Yes, my tender and impressionable formative years were influenced by living in an upstairs apartment above my grandfather's American Motors dealership – Auto Trade Town, USA. The luster of brand-new cars, the allure of the stage-like showroom, and the compelling personalities of three charismatic salesmen easily became my steadfast, reliable rock during my chaotic childhood.
In fact, Auto Trade Town, USA filled nearly every emotional void and convinced me that I wasn't a disadvantaged kid, but a rising star.
Growing up poor, it was exciting to loiter among the new cars in the parking lot. Often, car doors would be unlocked. I'd scrutinize the sticker prices to find the most expensive vehicle, sneak inside, lean the seat back, and breath in the new-car smell. Ah, my safe place, I thought.
"I don't need a tree house. I'm sitting in a brand-new car!"
I was especially excited when the AMC Pacer was introduced in 1975. Due to its cutting-edge styling and unique look, the Pacer immediately gained much attention. Today, it's still a head-turner. When the very first Pacer arrived at Trade Town, the Sales Manager picked me up from school in the new-fangled ride.
"Look everyone! It's a Pacer! Isn't it cool?"
My classmates didn't care. But in my mind, I was the star of a one-car parade.
As I grew up, the parking lot of new cars became my playground of adventure. Among browsing customers, I rode my bike between the cars, played cops and robbers with my friends, and drew chalk-colored bicycle roads directly on the blacktop.
When I was ten, I "founded" Trade Town Fire Department and promoted my red Schwinn Stingray to the chief firefighting vehicle – complete with a garden hose wrapped around the banana seat. The outside boiler room became my firehouse, and I ornamented it with banners and flags to the attention of all. In the case of an emergency, a button was installed near the showroom door that led directly to a buzzer inside my room – my idea of a fire alarm.
Surprisingly, I never got in trouble for my mischievous antics. Instead, I was an untouchable superstar.
By the time I was in fifth grade, I had spent countless hours hanging out in the showroom with the sales guys. The showroom was a magical place – complete with shiny, hardwood floors, bright spotlights, and a stage-like feel. The salesmen – Joe, Rich, and Rick – grew to be my step-dads, mentors, and cronies. Because I was regularly bullied at school, the guys were my army of allies. When customer traffic was slow, we would pass the time by playing games – card games, board games, and hide and seek – in the middle of the showroom.
When I told the guys about my interest in girls, they wasted no time to learn every detail. It was no secret that I was madly-in-like with Cindy Spengler, a pretty girl who lived down the hill from my friend's house. The neighbors often heard me singing at the top of my lungs down to Cindy's backyard:
"Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree……
It's been three long [hours, days, weeks], do you still want me?"
When they guys learned of my wanna-be-rock-star ambitions, they organized an after-school concert right away.
"We want to hear you sing, Davey! The showroom is your stage!"
Under the showroom lights, they celebrated my courage while I entertained them with my best renditions of Tony Orlando and Glen Campbell.
You're the star of Trade Town, Davey!
The new girl in town, Barbara Hook, also had my attention. As an after-school date, the guys encouraged me to ask her out for ice cream.
"It's polite to ask her mother first, Davey," they said encouragingly.
After much reassurance, I finally agreed. I can do this, I thought. After all, I'm a rock star! There I was on the business phone, in the showroom of new cars, standing in front of random customers as the guys applauded and cheered me on.
When I was 13, my grandfather dissolved the business and sold the property. Trade Town was gone.
Today, the sanctity of nostalgia runs deep. If I'm in a moment of crisis, it only takes a minute to go back to the tranquility of my brand-new car. It only takes a minute to relive my showroom concert with legions of cheering fans. It only takes an instant to recall the shelter of Joe, Rich, and Rick while they venerated me to stardom.
I don't hesitate to say that Trade Town saved my childhood.
Today, while I continue to grasp at my youth, my wife is befuddled as to why I want a 1975 AMC Pacer in the garage.
"That fugly POS will never be in the garage!" she claims.
Baby, you can ride shotgun while we parade around town with the windows down. Heads will turn while I blast "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole' Oak Tree" from the 8-track. You're welcome to sing along too.
As we cruise down the highway, I'm confident I'll hear those reassuring words from the back of my mind:
"You're the star of Trade Town, Davey!"
Photo Credit: © Dave Pasquel All Rights Reserved
Dave Pasquel
After living under a rock for nearly 25 years, Dave had his eyes opened wide to the world in 2010 after marrying his crazy cat lady wife. Intrigued by controversy, culture, lifestyle, current events and history, Dave has traveled to 41 states and a handful of foreign countries. Defined as 'metro' by his three kids, you will often find him cleaning the house instead of working out in the yard. In his spare time, Dave likes to write sappy love songs but will be the first to admit that he can't carry a tune.


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Eating and Drinking in Chartres, the Breadbasket of France
Kentucky is far from Chartres, but not so far as one might think. Biscuits and cornbread were the bond that held us together in Kentucky; wheatfields and bread do the same in Chartres. We like white gravy; the Chartrains, as they're called, like sauce. Isn't white gravy a sauce, after all?
Growing up in Kentucky, I embraced the Slow Food concepts without ever knowing it. Wendell Berry was my breakfast, lunch and supper, after all. The French have never fully embraced the official Slow Food concept of Good, Clean and Fair, since they consider that French cuisine and agriculture already embrace these values and do not need an organization – especially an Italian association with an English name – to teach them about their own time-honored traditions. One might say that the French are arrogant and chauvinist, which I would never totally deny, but it is this very pride that has maintained a high level of quality in the world of artisanal food and agriculture.
I have lived in the Beauce region, the bread basket of France, for over 15 years. The hill of Chartres is surrounded by wheat and grain fields and when you go to the bakers, they actually mark the name of the millers who provided the grain for particular breads. It's all rather magical for those who have a holistic view of the world. The Beauce is all about farming, in particular, wheat, grain and sugar beets, but also goat cheese, pork products, rabbits, beer, apples and apple cider products, pears, chickens, rapeseed, etc. My goal has been to find all the best producers and growers and support them in every way possible.


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No Dragon Age 2 for Suspended BioWare Forumite - UPDATED
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No Dragon Age 2 for Suspended BioWare Forumite - UPDATED
A BioWare fan received a nasty surprise when he learned that his suspension from its forums means he can't install his newly-purchased copy of Dragon Age 2.
The BioWare Social Network user known as "v_ware" received notification yesterday that he'd been suspended from the service for 72 hours. He claims the reason is that he asked, presumably in a forum post, if BioWare had "sold your souls to the EA devil?" It's a pretty thin reason to suspend someone, although we have nothing but his word to go on in that regard, but he acknowledges his transgression and appears willing to accept the punishment.
His more serious problem is that his forum suspension means he can't activate and play the shiny new Dragon Age 2 Signature Edition he purchased from the EA Store. "I already knew I was going play it without the extra content since I can't activate my extra codes," he wrote with an alternate account. "What I did not know was that I needed to activate the game before being able to play it. So now I've got a dead game for 50 euros."
The whole thing had the appearance of an "oops" on BioWare's part until community rep Stanley Woo weighed in. He explained that while BioWare community bans are "forum only," EA community bans are a different beast and can affect access to games and DLC, even when the games in question, like Dragon Age 2, are single-player.
"Because the BioWare community now operates under the same umbrella as all EA Communities, community members here have all explicitly agreed to abide by and be governed by both sets of rules," he wrote. "Consider it an added incentive to follow the rules you say you're going to follow."
As Kotaku pointed out, the situation isn't something that's likely to happen very often because v_ware bought it online from the EA Store and hadn't installed it prior to the suspension. But it did happen; by BioWare's own admission, a customer is being refused access to a game he dropped 60 bucks on because he said something he shouldn't have on a forum. And if it happened once, it can happen again, more or less at EA's discretion. Calling that an "incentive to follow the rules" is one way of looking at it, I suppose, but I'm inclined to frame it in somewhat less polite terms.
UPDATE: BioWare Community Coordinator Chris Priestly issued a statement on the situation indicating that the whole thing was a mistake.
"EA strictly enforces the code of conduct at Social.BioWare.com. If a player violates the rules by using profanity, they will be temporarily banned," he wrote. "Unfortunately, there was an error in the system that accidentally suspended a user's entire account. Immediately upon learning of the glitch, EA restored the user's macro account and apologized for the inconvenience."
It's not clear how this jibes with Stanley Woo's explanation that the loss of game access was a valid part of the suspension, except possibly that some forum transgressions do warrant it but v_ware's in particular did not. Whatever the reason, he's apparently back in action and in this case, at least, all is well.
Thanks to Knight Templar for the tip.
Sheesh, suspend or ban someone from a forum if they're misbehaving but don't remove their games.
Welcome to the new age of gaming folks. THE FYOOOOOCHER IS NOOOOOW!
Whoa, note to self: do not buy from EA Store. That's outrageous.
I commented on the earlier thread, but just so it's here as well, I was shocked with this and the action they took. This is absolutely ridiculous, I should be able to buy any goddamn game I want regardless of my opinions on the company that publishes it. You got their sale, doesn't mean you have to be worshipped.
This is absolute shit and should never have even been on the table as worthy of punishment, at least not in this way.
he did break the rules i guess... I wouldn't think they would stop you from playing their games though, isn't that how they make business?
Funny how the comment that got him suspended is given credence by Bioware's response.
As much as they've probably had the rights to do it, it's still a really fucking shady thing to do to your customers, BioWare.
This is terrible. He paid his money. Your rules are bullshit.
This happened with BC2 accounts all over the place. People think EA are these awesome, wonderful publishers that rise above the standard lately.... how wonderful ignorance must be.
Wow. The guy paid 60 (hopefully) hard-earned bucks to get a brand new copy of the game and he can't even play it because he wanted to dicuss a topic in a forum and show his opinion on a subject. True, he might have gone too far, and was even willing to recieve the punishment, but this is another discussion for another time.
Also, funnily enough, this does means that his point (BioWare sold it'a soul to EA.) is kinda of valid.
I doubt there are people who think EA is awesome :p
Honestly though, I don't think anybody at Bioware is responsible.
Who the hell thinks that? I have an Extra Credits episode, some commercials, and a whole backlog of shady deals and shitty games to show them!
So it is pretty much the next step for DRM? If you aren't nice to the publisher you can't play the game. Next you will have to send them an Xmas card every year otherwise you have a perma-ban.
Meh, lucky i dont asscociate with EA communities.
Really the guy should have known that Bioware is owned by EA as of 2007, so its employees are working with this 'EA devil' whether they like it or not.
And im sure they do like it, or they would have left by now.
Heh, for real.
Okay, I'm completely against pirating, but I'm inclined to say that this fellow should pirate the fuck out of it. He bought the damn game, and he should get to play it. Pirates wouldn't have to deal with this problem, why do those who steal the game get punished less than those who purchase it?
They essentially stole 60 dollars from him. Seriously. Return the favor, guy.
While an over reaction the guy did overstep the line.
There is a difference between critisism and abuse, and what he did, did step over the line, albet only minorly
He will be able to play the game when the ban expires, and once he's activated fuuture bans will disable DLC, and achievements not the entire game. Hell he could play now if he registered a second account.....
simple moral of the story is if you cantt trust yourself to remain civil while critising, then don't post on an account linked to your game. simples
This seems to be the latest trend, huh?
lol, aye. Might as well have simply posted "yes, yes we have."
I guess it's a good thing it wasn't a permaban, eh? :p
But yep - sucks big time I s'pose. Might not happen to many people, since it was a combination of poor timing along with poor policy, but still stories such as this will help fuel piracy in these instances. And in this case, I honestly don't know if I could blame them. Conceptually, it isn't much different from the OtherOS thing with PS3s. If you paid for a product and its advertised functionality, you should be able to play it - good forum manners or no.
Just wanted to point out a little error in the post.
O.T. That's just absurd. Though I'm sure Activision will see this and try to one up them.
Depends on the kind. You can't lose games for voicing an oppion on the steam forums as the account is sperate form your game acc. A VAC Ban only stops other games that are VAC secured from launching online but the games can still be played offline(no mutiplayer allowed basically). And the last ban i know of is a account lock one. They lock your acc cause you bought a game, They gave you access then you don't pay them. This one locks all your games and you are suspended.
Just curious, but does a similar thing happen on Steam?
Lol, he asked if Bioware had sold his soul to the EA devil and then bought the Signature Edition? Oh I forgot... Bought the SE knowing that wasn't going to play the extra content? Wow...
That's bloody brilliant...
As for the story, I guess is more an EAs policy than Bioware's... Still that's harsh.
I used to play an mmo that would issue game bans based on forum conduct.
Anyone defending EA/BioWare here is completely in the wrong.
How butthurt do you have to be to say "he made fun of us, how about some financial retribution?"
Huh. So they can arbitrarily deny you to play your game.
Fuck and Dragon Age 2 looked good as well. Pity.
EA this may be a concept you may not know, but there are other such things as lost sales other then the so called lost sale of piracy.
It's called the lost sale of, the store keep is a royal cunt.
Steam forum is not tied to your steam account, so the answer is no.
its funny how you can lump forum trolls into the same group as cheaters / crackers / exploiters if i were this guy i'd be contacting a lawyer about this and seek damages for denial of use or something similar.
Also i see many people say "its in the ToS, its in the EULA" you can write and force people to agree with anything but that agreement can still be in violation of the law, its simiar to many apartment complexes having their tenants sign a statement that they will pay all legal fees if there is a disagreement, no matter what they have you agree to its still not always legally binding.
This is like insulting microsoft then having them disable your windows OS for 3 days.
Thanks for making that clear. Steam at least seems to be fair. The guy should have been given a forumban if they really wanted to punish him for voicing his opinion.
Oh well, if anything, this will create again more hatred towards EA. Funny how their retarded PR keeps turning on themselves.
I am surprised that EA have this setup at all. Blizzard's forum and game setup isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than this one. Forum bans are separate from game bans, and even game bans don't translate to bans of your battle.net account, so you can be banned in Starcraft or Warcraft without it affecting any other games on the account.
No they can't they have to be able to prove you broke the ToS of the license. If the ToS is deamed reasonable by the court then they can uphold the ban. Not all of the clasuses will pass that test I'd recon, but this one may well.
Would those less polite terms include Stupid, idiotic, hateful bullshit?
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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal
For their first duty as Minnesota Corn Growers Association "Agvocates," Michaela Bengtson, Nick Peterson and Kevin Welter found themselves at a pig farm and at a tannery–they were with 40 other young people for the annual Minnesota Agriculture Ambassadors Institute, held this year in Red Wing, enjoying field trips to area farms and other points of interest.
"It was so much fun," said Michaela Bengtson, 20, who will be a junior at the U of M this fall. "The wonderful thing about the Ambassador Institute is that I come to it with my dairy background and then I get to meet so many people from different agricultural backgrounds. We toured the Shafer Farms, which is an amazing pork operation, and then we toured the tannery for Red Wing shoes–there are so many facets, not only in farm production, but in all the ways our products get processed into things people need and use every day."
Kevin Welter, 19, became interested in working as an MCGA Agvocate when he heard a 2011 Agvocate, Greg Tusa, talking about it. He learned from Greg one of the main responsibilities for Agvocates is reaching out to the general public with positive messages about farming, using social media.
"I have both Twitter and Facebook experience, and I'm looking forward to using these to help promote agriculture," said Welter. "At the Ambassador Institute and with other experiences MCGA provides for us three Agvocates, we'll have reliable information to share with the consumers. Another key piece of the story is knowing that agriculture is all related–as we meet people involved in all these different areas like pork or dairy or corn, we learn that we can all work together to accomplish our goals and that makes the voice for agriculture stronger."
Welter grew up on a hog and crop farm in Stewartville. His parents have been active in corn and pork organizations and were recognized by U of M Extension as farm family of the year in Olmsted County for 2008. Welter is impressed by the range of activities MCGA supports, including a personal favorite, the SuperMileage Challenge.
"I participated in the SuperMileage Challenge when I was in high school–I was on Stewartville's team the first few years they participated, starting in 2009," said Welter. "I'm looking forward to working with corn growers when they help out with SMC, and I'm also looking forward to being at FarmFest with MCGA–I've been there every year for the past four years."
Welter will be a sophomore this fall at South Dakota State University, Brookings. His area of study is ag business with an accounting minor, with an eye to becoming a banker at an agricultural lending institution. Bengtson is an agricultural education major and will be a junior this fall at U of M. She hopes to teach high school agriculture classes. Nick Peterson, 20, will also be a junior at the U of M, and majors in applied plant science with a minor in soil science.
Peterson is spending the summer as an intern for Winfield Solutions in Alexandria. The firm is a branch of Land O'Lakes, and provides seed and crop protection products, as well as technical expertise, through affiliated coops. Peterson's experience there will dovetail nicely with being an Agvocate. His main responsibility will be helping organize events and communicate with attendees at the Land O'Lakes 'Answer Plot' locations near Alexandria. The Answer Plot program collects data on agricultural products and practices at a wide variety of plots across the Midwest.
Peterson found the Ambassadors Institute keynote speaker, a representative of the Minnesota Pork Board, to be very informative.
"He told us that the best way to interact with consumers is to connect with them on values," said Peterson, who grew up on a crop farm near Clear Lake. "When talking about farming, for instance, we can talk about how it's a family business, and people connect to that idea immediately in a positive way."


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A SMETHWICK teacher who lost his job to make way for improvements dealing with "problem" children has been awarded £330 in compensation.
The improvements were introduced at St Edmunds RC Primary School in Ladywood following an Ofsted inspection, a Birmingham employment tribunal was told.
The school faced a financial deficit at the time, it was said.
Al Thompson, of Green Street, Smethwick, who was a learner mentor at the school on a fixed contract from 2003 to 2006, made a claim for unfair dismissal against the school.
He accused the school governors of failing to carry out the correct disciplinary and dismissal procedure in dismissing him.
Mr Thompson said he had not been properly consulted about the loss of his job prior to dismissal. The school admitted breaching the disciplinary and dismissal procedure, but said Mr Thompson lost his job through redundancy.
The tribunal was told the school faced a financial deficit at the time and special measures were introduced to deal with children with "challenging behaviour" after an Ofsted inspection.
An action plan was drawn up which involved each pupil benefiting from a one-to-one relationship, so the governors decided that resources should be used to engage specialist teachers.
As a result Mr Thompson was told his position was being made redundant and that his contract would not be renewed.
Tribunal chairman John Tayler said Mr Thompson would have lost his job even if the disciplinary and dismissal procedure had been carried out in the correct manner.
But he said he had been unfairly dismissed and awarded him £1,160, reduced to £330 following the payment of £829 redundancy money.


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On Monday, we shared that the city had officially decided it was time to give Lodo patrons and residents a break by extending metered parking to cover overnight stays. This is great, considering the prior hassle of trying to move a car off the street by 2 a.m., especially if you've ever made the typical human mistake of drinking too much. We decided to go downtown yesterday and check out the new meter regulations -- and as sober as we were at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon, it was still kind of confusing to figure out what and how to pay.
On this particular strip of meters (between 15th and 16th on Wyncoop) parking is a dollar an hour from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m., fifty cents an hour from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. and free from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. This seems fair, and the old rules of having to move your car 100 feet from the space every two hours until 10 p.m. still apply
Our question is: Could a drunk person really read and understand this? And, what kind of person, who has maybe had a few drinks the night before, plans on being awake prior to 8 a.m. to pick up his car? We guess the fact that we like to get drunk isn't the city's problem, and furthermore, by sticking to Saturday nights and holidays, you're in the clear. Just don't get drunk and leave your car here overnight on Sunday or Tuesday nights: Street sweeping rules will get you a ticket.
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This is BAWC's first field project. We are working with experienced raptor workers to tag birds of prey in the north of England.
The aim will be to study birds of prey and to gain evidence of raptor persecution in known persecution hot-spots. Technical field testing has already been carried out and we expect the first birds to be tagged by licensed raptor workers this season. We hope that you will understand that we need to be rather tight-lipped about exactly what we are planning to do, where we are planning to do it and especially who is involved. Even those who kill raptors can use the internet!
The crowdfunding for this project raised in excess of £20,000, more than double our original target. Keep on the BAWC website for updates.


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Director Steven Soderbergh won an Academy Award for Best Director for his 2000 ensemble drama Traffic, while also being nominated in the same category that year for Erin Brockovich. Since then, he has juggled box office successes, like Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, with more experimental films, such as Bubble and his latest, The Girlfriend Experience, which are part of his six-picture deal at 2929 Entertainment.
Hiring non-actors and having their dialogue largely improvised, Soderbergh chose to cast popular, award-winning adult film star Sasha Grey in the lead role of Chelsea, a young woman who makes a living as a high-end prostitute, selling a "girlfriend experience" to her clientele. Throughout the low-budget indie, which explores the value we place on money and how we define pleasure, the filmmaker makes intriguing, unusual choices in his camera angles, lighting and scenery.
At the film's press day, Soderbergh spoke about what compelled him to make The Girlfriend Experience, as well as yet another unusual filmmaking choice to animate a character in his next project, Moneyball (the story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players), which he starts filming in June.
Here's what he had to say:
Question: What compelled you to make The Girlfriend Experience?
Steven: I should learn how to answer this better, in general, because it's a question that everybody wants to know, about every film. It really is akin to asking, "Why do you like this person?" Mostly because I don't have any rules about what I'll make or what I won't make, and I try to be open to anything that will engage me. There must be some through-line to these things, but fortunately I don't have to figure out what it is. In this case, I think it was just an opportunity to explore some ideas about how we define pleasure. That's always interesting.
And, the idea of money is really interesting to me, when you begin to think about how that started. Who was the first person to figure out that you could ascribe a value to something like a piece of zinc or gold or a diamond? Who was the first person to look at something and decide, "That has a value, and the way I'm going to ascribe value to it is to get somebody to do something for me, and then I'm going to give them that thing, and then they can use that thing to get somebody else to do something for them, or to purchase something"? That is a very weird idea to me, and I'm fascinated that somebody came up with it. The whole thing is very odd to me.
This was an opportunity to play with those ideas about value. How do we ascribe value to certain things? And, in this case, why does kissing require an incredible surcharge, in the sex industry? What is that about? That's the thing that GFE's do that prostitutes don't. You're not allowed to kiss. That's a whole different thing. Here, you're paying top-dollar to be able to make-out, and I think that's interesting.
Why did you choose to cast Sasha Grey in this film?
Steven: I saw the article in Los Angeles Magazine about her, which was published in the summer of '06. And, the way she talked about herself, her reasons for getting into the adult industry, and the way that she planned to navigate the adult industry didn't seem typical to me. I'd never really heard anybody like her talk about the business that way. She said, "Here are my reasons for going into it, and this is how I want to work within it." She had a plan, and I'd never heard anybody in that business talk about having a plan.
There are similarities to escorts who work at this level. The ones that we interviewed are similar, in the sense that they all had plans. They all either had another business that they were working in, at the same time, or they had real good jobs that they were working, at the same time. They all talked about how much money they'd put away and what they planned to do with that money and how much longer they planned to do this. Again, it's not typical in the sex work industry for somebody to take a macro view of the business and use it very deliberately as a means to get somewhere else. I guess, in my mind, those two things connected.
And, obviously, I also wanted someone who, in sexual situations, was going to feel in control and in command and comfortable. I think that's hard to fake. Honestly, that just comes from being in a lot of situations in which you feel you're in control. She's obviously fearless. I didn't ask her to do anything that was very extreme, but at least I knew, in the back of my mind, that there probably wasn't anything I could think of where she would go, "No, I'm not doing that."
When did you first meet Sasha?
Steven: I read about Sasha, and then contacted her and asked if she would come in to talk. I wanted to talk to her to see if she would be up for this. The good news is that she watches a lot of movies. In the first meeting, I said, "I really want you to watch this Goddard film, My Life to Live," and she said, "Oh, I love that movie. It's one of my favorite movies." So, I thought, "Okay, that saves me a couple of hours." She has a lot of different interests and she's ambitious, and she's had a lot of unusual experiences, so it's going to be interesting to see what she ends up making with all of these influences and experiences. It could be something unlike anything you've seen. She's only 21. She'll be making features before I was making features.
Because of the nudity involved in this movie, was it easier to have an adult performer in this role, instead of a mainstream actress?
Steven: Oh, yeah, no question.
Did you deliberately decide not to include a sex scene in the film?
Steven: I didn't care which way it went. If you want to compare the lives of a high-end escort in the GFE strata and the person who's working the street, the first thing you have to do is eliminate what's common to them. Then, what is left are the things that are not common. My attitude was that the sex act itself was irrelevant to me because that's something that's common to the GFE, the mid-level person who works through an agency, and the person that's working the street. The actual sex act, however long that takes, is identical in all those situations. What's not identical is everything else. So, I decided to pull out the thing that's common to all of them and just focus on what's left, and what's left is this fantasy that you are in an actual relationship for those two hours, or for that night. What's interesting about that is that it pushes you back on yourself and makes you analyze, "What does that mean, exactly?"
Did you have any technical advisors for this?
Steven: We interviewed a lot of escorts. When we first wrote the outline, in the Spring of 2006, we interviewed eight escorts. And then, just before we started shooting, we did one more round of interviews, and the character of the hobbyist is something that came up in that last round of interviews. That wasn't in the original outline. Even in the two and a half years since we'd worked on the story, that issue had become bigger for them. They felt like these people that run these sites and run these reviews were becoming a problem. They were being blackmailed, in a way, because if they didn't cooperate, then these guys would figure out a way to get their reviews to skew in a certain direction. So, that turned out to be an interesting thing to use, to puncture her armor a little bit. And, the johns in the film work in the industries that they work in, within the world of the film. Most of the men that use these kinds of escorts are in the financial business because they have that kind of money to spare.
Is $2,000 an hour an accurate figure?
Steven: Yep.
And, is that the top?
Steven: Yeah. It was last October. I don't know what it is now.
Has that been affected by the recession?
Steven: My understanding is that the very, very high-end people, in this area, haven't been hurt, but the middle is getting slammed, so it has moved down. The mid-level agency girls are getting hit because the guys are moving down and going back to the street.
Why did you choose to work with non-actors, and what were some of the challenges of that?
Steven: I'm really interested in it. I've been playing around with it for awhile. All of the six films that I'm supposed to do for 2929 Entertainment, under this deal, are planned to be done in this way, where you write a story and detail the outline, and then cast real people and use these controlled improvisations. It's interesting because they don't act like actors. And, that's not a slam on actors, but they're not trying to do anything. They don't have goals, the way actors have goals. You need to give them a goal. You need to tell them what the scene is about.
How much of this film was actually structured? And, was the non-linear narrative something that was preconceived?
Steven: The structure is very, very detailed. You not only had the scenes, but also what the scenes were about. It was bullet points to give the performers. I'd say to them, "At some point, you've got to cover these three subjects. I don't care how you do it, but you've gotta do it." It's best, in this situation, to shoot chronologically because it's helpful for the actors, but I knew, when we were shooting it, that I was going to play it out in a non-linear way. I was very conscious, every time I was doing a scene, to cull abstract footage that I could use as markers and keystones, that would be cycled and then pay off later. I would just make sure I'd gathered enough material to build a mosaic, even though I didn't tell anybody that.
What are you hoping that audiences will take from this type of film?
Steven: This is not new. This is something that Robert Bresson did, his entire career. It's very similar. He set up these stories and he cast non-professionals, to great effect. I'm trying to take that idea and push it even further, and use even more complex stories and ask more of them, and push them and have them have do things that are even more demanding. A lot of the performances in the Bresson films are very passive, and they're not very big. You don't see people monologue-ing the way we have people doing it, in this film. And so, I guess I'm just trying to get at something that's entertaining, but that feels a little more lifelike. But, that really depends on the movie.
We're trying to get this Liberace movie off the ground, and we've got Michael Douglas playing Liberace and Matt Damon playing this young man that he gets involved with. And, Richard LaGravenese wrote the script. That's not a situation where I'm going to be sitting around improvising. It's already there. But, the goal of that movie is very different because of what it's about and the period that it's set in. It's set in the entertainment business and it needs to have a different vibe. And so, a more obvious construct is fine, in that world, but in the world of Bubble or GFE, I felt like it has to feel more organic.
Is there something fundamentally different about the whoring that Sasha's character does versus the whoring that everybody else in the film does, or does capitalism make whores of everyone?
Steven: It depends on how you define whore and how you define capitalism. Do I personally see any difference between what she does and what I do for Warner Bros.? No, I don't. But, that gets to this issue of money, and the fact that the world cannot function unless something like the idea of money exists. We cannot all live on a farm and generate enough food to feed everyone we know. It's not physically possible. So, this idea has to exist, and what we're continually arguing about is how it should work. What it ultimately comes down to is, what is fair? And, a lot of that fairness has to do with what we attribute value to.
What's fascinating about economics is how clean it is and how clear an expression it is of any culture's values. What's great about economics is that it isn't an expression of the way we want things to be or the way we wish things to be or the way we would choose for them to be. It is an expression of the way things are, period.
Personally, I'm not someone who thinks that how somebody pleasures themself should be legislated by me. That's just the way I feel. I don't want somebody telling me that, and I don't want to tell somebody else that. That's why nobody is encouraging me to run for office. I think there's such a thing as theft, and I think there's such a thing as assault. And then, after that, it's wide open, to me. What you want to do is what you want to do. I think the typical definition of whore is doing something that you would not ordinarily do for money. The problem is that 95% of the people in this world are not doing something that they want to do to make money. That's just a fact.
Is there anything that you would change about the film, or are you 100% happy with the final product?
Steven: It doesn't matter to me, in the sense that, if you look at the way that I've worked and the number of films that I've made, my rule is to work quickly and not to agonize over things. I have a certain amount of money and a certain amount of time. I've never gone over budget and I've never gone over schedule. And so, when the films are done, they're done. I'll do anything that I can to improve them until I'm supposed to deliver them, and then I deliver them and I don't look at them again. So, my judgement of it really doesn't have a lot to do with the piece itself. It has to do with the experience of making it 'cause that was months or years out of my life. I look back on this fondly because I had a lot of fun making it. Ten or 15 years from now, maybe I'll look at it and determine if I did the best job possible of making it. You can contrast that with something like Che, which was not fun to make. It will take me a long time to be able to look at that objectively 'cause it was just not fun. I like to have fun, if I can.
Is your film King of the Hill ever going to come out on DVD?
Steven: They've been waiting on me to do a commentary, and my rule is that I won't do them alone, and I haven't been able to find anybody to do it with me. To be fair, I haven't tried. But, it will come out, eventually. Everything does.
What are you going to be working on next?
Steven: Moneyball. We start filming that on June 9th, which is soon. And, The Informant is coming out in September.
What's behind your decision to use an animated character in Moneyball?
Steven: Well, I may be. There's one character that I'm gonna try to animate. That's either a really good idea or a really bad idea, but I'm gonna try.


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In today's competitive business environment, timing is everything. The ability to bring a new product line on the market in a matter of weeks rather than months can significantly benefit a company's bottom line. However, conventional computer design technology still has limitations in this area. The mouse/Windows interface, which works well for two-dimensional tasks like word processing, is poorly suited to three-dimensional applications such as clay and glass modeling. Even with some of the more advanced computer modeling programs, a new design often takes more than a month to develop and must go through the entire production process to ensure that the finished piece will turn out as planned—a labor-intensive trial-and-error process that wastes a great deal of time and materials.
Over the past several years, a new 3D computer modeling system* has begun to change the way new glass and ceramic tableware and decorative products are taken from concept to reality. Rather than using just the visual medium of the computer monitor, the new system employs innovative hardware that enables modelers and designers to also use their sense of touch while creating a new design. The more realistic approach provides users with the ability to create new designs more efficiently while also capturing design intent in a natural, direct and intuitive manner, often eliminating the need to produce an actual sample product.
For model maker Antonius Koster, the new system has enabled him to significantly streamline the design process and solve difficult technical challenges for his customers. His company, Antonius Koster Modellbau located in Meschede, Germany, has designed molds for such well-known glass and ceramic manufacturers as Lenox and its Gorham subsidiary, both based in Lawrenceville, N.J. "We've gone from using handmade models to computer-aided design (CAD) packages. Now, by using this new modeling system in combination with our existing design programs, we can create molds much faster than we could with any CAD program alone. This enables us to provide a valuable service to companies who want to introduce new products in the shortest possible amount of time," Koster says.
Streamlined WorkflowKoster's design process begins with a physical model of the new product—usually handcrafted—which he obtains from a German toolmaker who interfaces with the client. Using either a microscribe tool (a device that captures the physical properties of three-dimensional objects and translates them into electronic models) or an optical scanner, Koster digitizes the physical model and brings the electronic image into one of several computer modeling systems, depending on the design and complexity of the project. More complex designs are imported directly into the new 3D modeling system, while simpler pieces are first imported into CAD programs such as Rhino or Cimatron, where a rough surface model is created. Those pieces are then optimized in the new modeling system.
"Our CAD programs are generally faster at creating the basic shape of a product, while the 3D modeling system is much faster at optimizing the design and adding decoration. We typically jump between all of our different programs, using the best program for each task," Koster explains.
In the 3D modeling system, Koster manipulates the captured data from the original model and makes the necessary modifications—such as adding the parting lines (the separations on the product where the pieces of the mold will meet) and smoothing the surface—to make the product moldable. Before implementing the new modeling system, creating the parting lines took Koster anywhere from one to three days; now the process is finished in a matter of hours. "It is much easier to create parting lines and smooth surfaces in this new modeling system than with any CAD package," he says.
Once he's happy with both the parting lines and surface characteristics, Koster saves the data as an IGES file and brings it back into one of his CAD programs to generate the final numerical data required to make the mold. The new modeling software has also significantly streamlined this part of the process. "I can create such precise parting lines and such smooth surfaces in the 3D modeling program that I don't have to do any trimming when the model is in Cimatron or Rhino," Koster explains.
According to Koster, one of the more user-friendly aspects of the new system is its haptic (tactile) interface hardware, in the form of a pen-like stylus, which enables him to actually "feel" the model as he is working on it. Using familiar physical metaphors, such as sculpting and wire cutting, the system gives him an unprecedented connection to his models. The combination of a touch-based system and sophisticated modeling techniques enables Koster to spend less time setting parameters and more time working.
"The whole workflow used to take four to five weeks for some of our more complex projects," says Koster. "Now it takes less than two weeks to finalize a mold design."
Once the mold is finished, Koster sends the digital data to the toolmaker over an ISDN line. From there, the mold is milled and sent to the customer, where it is used to manufacture the final glass or ceramic product.
Enhanced Design CapabilitiesKoster has used the new 3D modeling system to create a number of new product molds for the glass and ceramic industry since he first began using the system in December 2000. His portfolio includes Gorham's Emily's Attic crystal collection, which comprises pieces ranging from relish platters, serving bowls and goblets to compotes, dessert plates and footed cake plates; as well as a variety of figurines and other collectible items.
Using such a sophisticated modeling system enables Koster to create molds for even the most complicated products in a short timeframe. "With just CAD/CAM software, we were limited to simpler designs, such as tableware. Now we can easily make molds for collectibles and other complex products—and the design process generally takes less than two weeks," he says. "The program also allows us to easily troubleshoot problems. We can quickly determine whether a given design is moldable, suggest modifications, play with the geometry of a design to create 'new' designs and use the system's rapid prototyping function to ensure that a new design is feasible."
For ceramic and glass manufacturers, this means the ability to quickly and cost-effectively introduce new products to the market—as well as the flexibility to manufacture even extremely complex products on a production scale.
"To remain competitive, companies will need to continue to find ways to introduce high-quality products in the shortest possible amount of time. Combining the new 3D modeling system with conventional CAD/CAM tools makes it possible to achieve these goals," Koster says.
References:*The FreeForm modeling system, supplied by SensAble Technologies, Woburn, Mass.
For more information:For more information about the new 3D computer modeling system, contact SensAble Technologies, Inc., 15 Constitution Way, Woburn, MA 01801; (781) 937-8315; fax (781) 937-8325; or visit http://www.sensable.com.
For more information about Antonius Koster Modellbau, contact the company at Huenenburgstrasse 6, D-59872 Meschede, Germany; (49) 291-56465; fax (49) 291-56466; or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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To the Teacher Who {TRIES} To Do Everything! What's Your Super Power!?27 September 2015
Your morning starts at 5:00am If you want to try to get a workout in, then your alarm has to go off by 4:15am. You've got to get yourself ready as fast as you can before you wake up your kids. Then, it's time to get your kids up and dressed and out the door by 6:15am, because you really can't be late for work again. Oh how nice it would be to be able to fly! Your baby just really wants to spend some time with her mommy, and the mommy guilt is high when you have to leave her with the babysitter and hear her calling your name as you turn around and walk out the door. Enter teary eyes and a makeup refresher. You'd give anything to be able to be in two places at once today.
As soon as you walk into school your teacher cape is back on and it's reading conferences, and guided math, and lesson plans. You've got to make sure your lessons are differentiated and your students stay engaged. And then there is the calendar that you completely forgot to send home yesterday. And the teacher guilt sets in when you know you need to pull your student to work on RTI data, but you just need a minute to sit down- alone. And then there is the little girl that you just can't get out of your mind. Sometimes you wish you could just take her home.
You can't believe it, but it's already 4:00 and you've got to go pick up your own babies. They've had a great day, but they've really missed you. On the way home make sure to call your mom and your best friend to catch up. Then, it's time to cook dinner, but make sure it's healthy and clean. A boxed dinner just won't do.
When you finally kiss your kids good night and read them a bedtime story, it's time to clean up the house, do the dishes, and make lunches for the next day. Don't you wish you had a magic wand and could get it all done with the turn of your hand!?
Then, you better catch up on the blog post that's been in the back of your mind and finish that measurment unit you started weeks ago to use in your classroom and post on Teachers Pay Teachers. That little cha-ching is really needed right now, especially since it's almost the end of the month and your childcare bill is pretty much another mortgage payment.
Then it's finally time to crawl in bed and you finally get to have a conversation with your husband. The one that stands by your side, no matter what. He's your biggest cheerleader and you wish you could give him more of your time-he really deserves it. Time to plan a date night!
All these capes we wear can really wear us out. And while we try our best to be super heroes, the fact is, we aren't. We're humans that are just trying to do the best we can.
Sometimes it's important to take a step back. And relax. Really relax. Not just take a few hours off for yourself. But, really relax and enjoy what is important in life.
This past week I was lucky enough to go on a fabulous vacation with my family. I'll admit, I did bring my computer but I only opened it once- to order my daughter a dress for Halloween.
No school work. No blog posts. No creating math units or cute crafts with matching writing prompts. No lesson plans. Nothing. I wasn't trying to be in two places at once, or read someone's mind, or fly. I was able to just be myself with the people I love the most!
I focused on myself and my family. Those sweet smiles and cute cuddles were just what I needed to recharge all my capes. I made memories that will last a lifetime. I got to experience Disney with my children. I watched my son go down a water slide for the first time. I went to the spa with my sister. I woke up to my daughter calling my name and not an annoying alarm clock. I got to play card games with my dad. I went shopping with my mom in the nation's oldest city. I really enjoyed life.
I dare you to to take some time to yourself and enjoy the people around you that you love the most. Soak up the smiles and live in the laughter. Even if it's just a weekend spent at home. Don't open your computer and just relax!
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Vintage June Bride Digital Art
The challenge theme this week at the Three Muses blog is June Bride, so I created this Digital Art inspired by that theme, using a vintage photo of Maude Fealy.
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I used some matte medium to adhere some patterned tissue paper to my 12x12 canvas. That gave it some pattern, design, and texture. I had already sketched the fairy's face so then I just painted her on the canvas. The wing shape was something I saw in the pattern of the paper, so I just outlined it with some paint--sort of like finding images in clouds. I love when that happens! I added some stenciled design, some rubber stamped images and rolled on some paint here and there, and added some detail and embellishments in spots as well.
The Hubs said this is his favorite painting of my recent journey into mixed media. That made me feel good. :) I have another painting in progress, but I'm thinking that one will involve flowers instead of fairies. Stay tuned!
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Two Fae Moonplay
I was in the studio all day today creating a new mixed media fairy painting, which I will be posting tomorrow. But I've also been having some digital fairy fun on my computer, so I wanted to share my Two Fae Moonplay digital art as well. (Fairies by Lorie Davison of scrapbookgraphics.com)
I know, I know...I'm a fairy addict. :) But we all need a little magic in our lives, don'tcha think?
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Building Her Wings
Monday, June 3, 2013
I finally got the finishing touches put on last week's Mixed Media painting, so thought I'd share it today.
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