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For the Kiddo - Wishlist
I think I might actually enjoy finding kids clothes for these Wish Lists much more than my grown up ones! I would wear ALL of these if I could!
Dungerees & Spring Vibe jumper -
Paradise Sweatshirt
Rainbow Leggings
Floral Coat
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A House Tour!
I've been meaning for ages to share a house tour over here, these pictures were taken almost a year ago now (whoops!) although we couldn't use them for a while anyway as they were being used for a magazine. Quite a few things have changed actually since then but I thought I should at least post them for now as it may be some time until our home is this tidy again ;)
(We actually have a different sofa in here now and got rid of having a second sofa - you can see a more updated version of our living room
The kids shared bedroom
The landing outside the kids room where we put a few more of their toys and bits and bobs
The kids share a room so Mabli is on the bottom and Wilf is on the top. Its an arrangement that goes OK-ish most of the time but they do tend to wake each other up a fair bit in the morning!
Some more details from the living room
Our kitchen is the part of our home that is kind of my least favourite, its SO tiny (these pictures might even make it look a little bigger than it is) and dark and hard to clean. We did plan to rip it out and have something designed that might be a better use of space but as it's not our 'forever home' we scrapped that idea.
Some little details, from the dinning room and our bedroom
My shoe collection
Our walk-in-wardrobe and a bit of the bathroom.
Tom built me this 'walk-in-wardobe' a while back by sectioning off our bedroom. It's been brilliant for keeping clothes off the floor or bulging from wardrobes although I have to admit it doesn't always look this tidy ;)
The wallpaper in our bedroom is from Farrow and Ball and the tiles in the bathroom are Arabesque from Tons of Tiles. I get asked that question a lot over on Instagram so I wanted to preempt that. If you have any other questions about where anything is from just ask in the comments below and I'll get right back to you!
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Me Myself and IKEA - Why its such a part of our lives - A post from Tom!
Tom surprised me with this post today!
'With the passing of Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad this week I have been thinking about my own relationship with the big blue furniture store and how it differs from most.
I mentioned recently in an
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that the trick to enjoying Ikea is to live close enough to go there with out 'needing' to buy anything. Living so close to Ikea has meant it has very much been part of mine and Fritha's life for the past few (quite a few actually) years since we bought our first house together. Buying our first pieces of furniture (mostly from the bargain corner) and dragging them home on a trolley as we didn't have a car. Eating our meals there when me and Rog ripped out and installed a new kitchen when Fritha was 8 months pregnant. Buying a cot for Wilf, and then him never sleeping in it. Playing games and treasure hunts with Wilf and now Mabli on days when it's just too rainy for the park. Lying about Wilfs age so that he could go in to Smalland with his cousin at two and a half and him loving it.
I do get why all the people dragging children around through the dense crowds of a rainy bank holiday hate it. But for me, despite a great dislike of crowds, knowing the layout in my head and all the little shortcuts, Ikea is my safe place. Where I go when I need space in my head to think. The hubbub, white noise to my worries. The reassuring auto pilot of following the arrows.
When we suffered a miscarriage before Wilf existed I did my best to comfort a distraught Fritha. I'm not sure why, but I was determined not to let her see me cry. Not out of some sort of macho ideal, but I thought that I needed to be strong for her and show that life could carry on. So I went to Ikea on my own, got my free coffee, then sat in the cafe and cried more than I had ever cried before. To the people eating their dog balls* whilst picking up a billy bookcase this must have seemed very strange. But this was my safe place.
So to Ingvar Kamprad I say, thank you for giving us affordable Scandinavian design and for all the great charity work done by the Ikea Foundation.'
*Back when I was a meat eater, my sister repeatedly said dog balls to me in the queue, so that when I got to the front I asked for dog balls instead of meat balls.
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Wish List - Pink and Reds
I have all the things for pinks and reds right now so thought I would share some of my faves!
Faux Fur Jacket -
Crocodile Jumper -
Red Boots -
Peace Jumper -
(take 15% off with code TLQ15)
Corduroy Trousers -
La Femme Jumper -
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Anxiety and Me
Lauren Jayne Hall
A couple of days before the start of the year we were having a big 'ol clean out. We aren't they tidiest of people and with Christmas over we were all feeling like we needed to be a bit more minimalist (ha!). I started to feel a little short of breath a couple of hours into the clean and joked to Tom it was all the dust. Then shortly after I was walking along the landing and suddenly felt myself blacking out. Mabli was with me and Tom was downstairs and I shouted to him that I was fainting, I managed to get to the bedroom and lay down and the room was spinning and my hands and feet were tinging. I'd never felt faint like that before and was so so scared.
As I was trying to grasp back consciousness I felt like I was floating out of my body, I was panicking and couldn't breath. My arms and legs went dead so I couldn't move and I felt like any moment I would just see black and it would be the end of me. It sounds SO dramatic I know but I honestly thought I was taking my last breaths. The kids were on the bed with me and Tom was saying 'you're not dying' as I was grasping for air and begging him to call 999.
I've had panic attacks before but never been so sure that it wasn't a panic attack, never been so sure I was literally dying, like 100% sure that was the last time I'd look at my kids sure. After about 20 minute I could breath better, feeling came back into the limbs but I still felt like I was on the verge of passing out almost constantly. I was sobbing and shaking and eventually fell asleep (after being fed chocolate and tea). I spent the whole afternoon calming myself down mentally and after a night of normal sleep felt like tomorrow was another day. Apart from as soon as I walked downstairs there was the tingle in my hands, I couldn't hold the toy Mabli had passed me as my hands stopped working, I was losing breath again..little occurrences like this happened for the next two days although they didn't develop into a panic attack. I spoke to 111 on the phone and cried through the lovely lady assuring me it was anxiety and promised to get blood tests at the Dr's as soon as I could.
I held on to the option of blood tests because I was certain that this wasn't anxiety, it wasn't in my head I must be deficient in something. I wasn't even feeling stressed before it happened.
I downloaded the Mindfullness app and clung on to it as a lifesaver, running to the bedroom to slow my breath down when I felt it was approaching again. The day before my appointment I felt like my tongue was swelling in my mouth, that I had to think so so carefully to imagine it not swelling it was the only thing from it blocking my airways. I was certain they would find something wrong that they could fix with a supplement.
So when they didn't I was crushed. I don't want this to be in my head. I spent a whole week exhausted from mentally trying to stop myself fainting and hyperventilating and the idea of that being my life was too much. Thankfully I've found a few things that have really helped and since then I'm only finding myself feeling anxious about 20% of the week. I'm hoping to cut that number down a lot!
So here's a list of the things I think helped in an emergency. Obviously with anxiety you're going to need to work on those long term goals and if I'm honest with you I feel frustrated about that because I just want my brain to be chilled without me putting the work in, ha! When I really think about it my worklife last year was a bit intense, I basically gave myself very little downtime and let things overwhelm me a lot. Anyway I'll get to that..
Mindfulness app - I've got to admit I keep missing days but the three days in a row I used it during the worst times were literally a life line.
CBT oil - I'm using this daily and do think it's helping
Reading - I know I need to switch my brain off and even if I think I don't have time for it I know I need it.
Supplements - Although my bloods came back fine I'm making sure I'm also taking supplements just incase (especially on a plant based diet).
Decluttering - This one takes sometimes and we've not perfected it but we have really stepped up creating spaces in our home that are more calm and clutter free that definitely helps me.
Longterm -
One of my long term things I started this year is getting a life coach. I'm not recommending everyone should (or is able) to do that same but what I've learnt already is that I have values that make me me and if I don't meet them then I'm thrown off kilter. So for me I am a homebody, I need to not be socialising or traveling too much or if I do I need a day or two afterwards to recharge. I need to feel safe and secure and I need to feel like I'm doing something creative. When I think of those core values I know if I'm feeling anxious then I rethink what I'm doing and maybe change up a few things.
I'm also thinking about seeing someone about my anxiety in general to learn coping techniques and also to get down the root of why I'm feeling this way I guess.
Taking a yoga class. Genuinely think this will help just need the motivation to get myself there!
Less caffeine / Eating better - I drank no caffeine for three days after my most anxious but then developed the worst headaches ah! I think a balance is key so I'm down to one coffee..
Think that's it for now! Thanks for indulging me in this slightly different type of post. I had SO much help over on my Instagram when I posted about this so if you are in the same situation then do check out some of the comments here.
Likewise if you have any experiences you'd like to share I'd love to hear them! Thanks again xx
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Forever a Parent - My Three important life lessons
My parents have taught me many brilliant life lessons, ones that I have carried with me to adulthood and ones that have helped me in parenthood myself.
(thats me at three-ish in the grey overalls, unfortunately I didn't inherit my mum and brothers curly hair!)
I can't imagine a time when my children won't feel like my babies, even when they are adults and parents themselves. I know that there are times when I still need advice from my mum (especially when I first became a mum) I hope that Wilf and Mabli will always feel able to come to me and ask for help and advice. I'm working with
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in this post to share the advice I was given and the advice I want to instil in my children as part of their #foreveraparent campaign. Let's face it you never stop being a parent do you?
According to research, 90% of parents still feel responsible for their adult child's wellbeing, with 76% also feeling responsible for their adult child's financial security. I know my parents have done what they can when I've been in a tight spot, moving to a new city and struggling to pay the deposit for my first flat I was so grateful for their help. Whilst I want my kids to be able to look after themselves in th
e adult world I know if they needed our help we'd do what we could to support them. Its not surprising then that almost half (47%) of parents who said they felt responsible had taken out a life insurance policy.
When it comes to the pieces of advice I want to pass down to my kids, here are the things that I think are the most important :
To be kind always. The most important thing my parents ever taught me was that being kind is the most important thing you can be. To help others less fortunate than us and be thankful for all we have.
Have an opinion. A lesson I was so thankful for as a young girl especially. I want both my children to know that they have a right to an opinion and each will be valued as much as the other.
That we can get it wrong and we can learn from it. I want my kids to know that we are not perfect, we can make mistakes and learn from others too. I hope my children know we are all flawed at times and all learning just as much as anyone else.
Legal & General's research has found that the adult children across the UK continue to seek advice from their parents on a range of matters, from financial planning to childcare and careers. Financial advice remains the most popular topic with more than a quarter of parents to adult children having given financial advice in the past two weeks.
I'd love to know what lessons your parents passed down to you or what lessons you feel are most important to pass down to your own children. I think we can probably all agree we'll never stop worrying about them or caring about their wellbeing. I really hope that the lessons I want to pass down to my kids are ones they will carry with them into their adult life.
Do you think you'd want to be able to help your children in adulthood too?
This post in written in collaboration with
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Life Lately
Is it just me or has anyone else totally lacked all motivation? I feel like I'm walking through glue sometimes! I just can't get it together to get anything done and then sometimes I'll have bursts of feeling creative or wanting to take photographs and once I've edited them I feel like the act of just uploading them and scattering some words around is far more than my brain can manage, ha!
Anyway, I have a burst of energy (thank you once daily cup of coffee caffeine buzz) so I'm sitting down to catch you all up on some 'life lately'. These pictures were actually taken a couple of weeks ago, thats how behind I am!
So whats new? As a family we've been doing 'Veganuary' and we are 95% sticking to it. I decided to not be super strict about it and if I'm traveling or at a restaurant where there either isn't a vegan option or the vegan option is really boring I'll go veggie. The kids are perfectly happy being plant based at home (they are actually eating there dinner much more than usual!) but at school Wilf is still having the veggie option for lunch.
This was me and this kids making Vegan chocolate cake, a recipe I've actually made a lot before but I totally burnt it this time whoops! We cut off the top and sort of crushed it up a bit, added some Oatly cream and it came out perfect haha
The past couple of weeks have all been about taking it slow, I'm relishing this time with my two together as I can see Wilf losing his 'baby-ness' and turning more and more into being a little boy. Phases in their life that I enjoy equally but at the same time my favourite time is definitely now... wait don't I say that every few months? ;)
Lately I've been working really hard on my values, I know that I'm a homebody. I love travel but I need downtime and if I go to a work event I need a day out afterwards to not talk to anyone. So I'm trying to make sure that I'm balancing working away with plenty of time after to recharge and regather. I know that my home and being with my family as much as I can is what I need to recharge.
Slow home-days baking and painting and eating and generally staying cosy is literally my dream life. I don't mind the grey skies and cold as long as I know there is a family movie waiting for us to watch under the blanket just as soon as we get in. January isn't all bad!
Hope you are all finding a way to enjoy the start of the year despite the rain, promise it won't be too long before I check in again this time! x
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HÀ NỘI — An exhibition that opened this week at Hà Nội's Fine Arts Museum depicts lacquer paintings depicting the Vietnamese practices related to belief in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, which was recognised a few months ago by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The 26 works were painted by Artist Trần Tuấn Long over nearly 20 years. He tried to exhibit some of them at the National Fine Arts Exhibition in 2000, but the paintings were rejected. "I was a little sad because my work was not recognised. The national exhibition organisers told me that I drew superstitious things," said Long.
However, he was not discouraged from pursuing the theme to which he had been exposed by chance. "One time my foreign friend and I were hanging out and we saw a hầu đồng (spirit medium) at Vua Bà Temple in my home province of Quảng Ninh in the north. It was the first time I encountered the Vietnamese ritual and I became fascinated by it. The bustling sounds, the illusory artistic space in the middle of the night are so strange and so unprecedented that they touched me deeply."
Long painted his first depiction of the practice in 1998 and his latest early this year. He has attended numerous such rituals in an effort to understand them and the spirit mediums, which he depicts on his canvases in great detail.
"Tens of artworks by Long depict the tranquil, mysterious and at the same time glamourous aura of the practice, embracing the spirit of lacquer in both its classic and modern forms," said veteran lacquer painting artist Lý Trực Sơn. "His paintings are classic, modern, serious, simple, lovely — all at the same time. I greatly appreciate Long's labour and his works will no doubt stand the test of time."
Long graduated from the Việt Nam Accademy of Fine Arts. He is a member of the Việt Nam Fine Arts Association and a group of Vietnamese lacquer artists. Khánh has had solo and group exhibitions in Việt Nam and Taiwan; South Korea and Germany. He has also gained awards such as the Việt Nam-ASEAN Fine Arts Prize in 2004 and first prize of the Việt Nam Fine Arts Association in 2015.
"Mother Goddesses through the unique lacquer paintings by artist Long opens the 21st century genre of Vietnamese rituals painting," art critic Lương Xuân Đoàn wrote in introduction words.
The exhibition will run until March 15 at 66 Nguyễn Thái Học Street, Hà Nội. — VNS


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Brilliant Brunch: Crumb Cake Muffins
I'm really lucky that I have two wonderful sisters who turned into amazing women. I'm even more thankful that they became my friends. K&E are one of our favorite couples to hang out with. They are funny and fun and up for anything. So when E said he'd join us after the event, we got to go out to dinner and hang out with them. Just another memory in a long string the 4 of us have together because we're lucky enough to make each other a priority in our lives. I was thinking about that yesterday when we were giving thanks.
This year, I'm really thankful for the usual things - health, happiness, John, our family and friends. More than ever, I'm thankful for a job I love and, even though it's hard work, it's rewarding work at the same time. But none of that would mean anything if it wasn't for my sisters. The girls who were my constant playmates growing up, my annoying pests as a teen, my partners in crime as a young woman in Boston, and above all else, my true friends. Just because Thanksgiving is over doesn't mean the giving thanks has to be. I've extended it to this morning with this sweet brunch.
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Serves: 12 (12 muffins)
Crumb Topping:
8 tablespoons (1 stick) salted butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 3/4 cups cake flour
1 1/4 cups cake flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, room temperature
1 egg
3 tablespoons sour cream
1/3 cup milk
Crumb Topping: Place the butter in a large microwave safe bowl and heat until melted in the microwave. Add sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour. Mix until a dough forms. Set aside.
Cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 12-muffin cup tin with cooking spray. Set aside. In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, and baking soda until combined. Add butter in one tablespoon at a time and beat in until the butter is fully incorporated.
Add egg, sour cream, vanilla extract, and milk. Beat for about a minute until the dough becomes light and fluffy. Pour cake batter into the prepared muffin tins, pouring each cup about halfway full. Take small teaspoon scoops of crumb topping and drop them evenly over the batter. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Serve warm or let cool and store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Until the next time my oven is on...
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Dev (name changed) is a 45-year-old hard driving Silicon Valley executive who was referred to me for a consult after experiencing a heart attack. I reviewed his chart before seeing him in the exam room and expected to see the typical overweight, insulin resistant, inactive patient but was surprised to see that Dev looked remarkably fit. He actually had a company physical with labs a year before that showed normal lipids, normal blood pressure, and normal blood glucose. He was an exercise fanatic who ran 5 days a week and attended spin classes on weekends. He had no family history of heart disease and ate a healthy diet. The only thing that stood out on his lab report was an elevated hsCRP, a marker for inflammation. What was going on? Dev's case was not unique. Although the majority of patients I see have identifiable, mostly reversible risk factors for heart disease like diabetes, obesity, and abnormal cholesterol, I'm seeing a growing number of occult heart disease in remarkably fit and healthy appearing patients. They may have most of the usual items checked off their healthy lifestyle list, like nutrition and exercise, but they continue to push one key factor aside….STRESS! Even after Dev's heart attack, his hsCRP levels remained elevated and he had a hard time accepting the fact that his intense workout regimen layered upon a high stress lifestyle may have been the culprit. There is growing evidence that endurance athletes like marathon runners may have a higher risk of developing heart disease as discussed here. Most of my patients are not training at this level, but many are leading highly stressful lives followed by intense workouts with very little rest periods in between.


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For my four year old, the most engaging sensory bin ideas for him have always been ones with kinetic sand or ones with water. So when I picked up a package of foam bunny shapes from the dollar store, it was a no-brainer for me to pair them with some water.
This super simple Easter bunny sensory bin for kids is a great way to explore the colors and shapes of Easter while working on fine motor skills and exploring patterning.
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Sticking the shapes to the mirror is great for fine motor development, but it also allows for the exploration of mathematical concepts such as patterning. I created a pattern with the bunnies on the mirror and then K repeated it like you can see below. Then as he removed the bunnies, he counted them.


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Voluntourism is becoming increasingly popular in Africa, with many travel companies advertizing short-term volunteer opportunities that give visitors the chance to turn their vacation into something more meaningful. Usually lasting anywhere from a week to two months, these volunteer programs offer an unparalleled opportunity to experience a more "authentic" Africa, and to better understand the social, medical or conservation issues that affect its people and wildlife. In this article, we take a closer look at why everyone should consider voluntourism as part of their next African adventure.
Why Volunteer in Africa?
There are many different ways to volunteer in Africa, each with its own set of unique benefits. Volunteering with a human interest project, for example, is one of the best ways to bridge the cultural divide that inevitably exists between wealthy tourists and the local people in many of the poorer parts of Africa. You will get the chance to interact with and learn from people you might otherwise only have glimpsed through the windows of your tourist transfer vehicle, and to contribute to their lives in a way that makes a real difference.
Conservation projects give a behind-the-scenes look at the tireless work being done in reserves and conservancies all over the continent to protect Africa's iconic wildlife. It's your chance to understand more about the difficulties faced by rangers, vets, researchers and conservationists; and to help out in a hands-on way that goes far beyond a standard safari. For some people, volunteering is also about personal growth and enrichment; while others (especially young people on the brink of their career) find that volunteering experience is an invaluable addition to their resumé.
What to Expect
First of all, remember that by definition, volunteer positions are not paid. In fact, most projects charge their volunteers a fee for the privilege of working with them. This isn't greed - it's a way of covering the costs that you incur during your stay (for food, accommodation, transport and supplies), and of generating income for charities that typically have no formal financial support. Make sure to research the fees your chosen organization charges, and what they do (and don't) include.
You'll also need to be prepared for basic living conditions. Most projects, whether they're focused on human or conservation issues, will be located in rural areas, often with limited infrastructure and unreliable first-world "essentials" including electricity, internet, cell phone reception and potable water. Food is likely to be basic as well, and largely based on local staples. If you have any dietary requirements (including vegetarianism), make sure to alert your project host well in advance.
Ultimately, though, the cost and lack of creature comforts involved in volunteering are more than made up for by the rewards of stepping out of your comfort zone. You can expect to meet new people, learn new skills and experience new things on a daily basis.
Practical Advice
The best way to ensure that your volunteer experience is a positive one is to be well prepared. Your first step should be to find out what visa you will need. This will depend on your nationality, your destination and the amount of time you plan on spending in the country. Often, you can volunteer for a short period of time on a general tourist visa, but in some cases, you may need to arrange a special volunteer visa. If so, you'll need to factor the time it takes to get one into your planning.
Your next consideration should be your health. Many volunteer projects are based in areas of Africa that are prone to mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and yellow fever. Make sure to visit your doctor a few weeks in advance to ask about vaccinations, and to order your malaria prophylactics if necessary. Mosquito repellent and even a portable mosquito net should also be top of your packing list.
In terms of general packing, choose a soft-sided, easily transportable bag or backpack and keep it as light as possible. Pack inexpensive clothes that you don't mind getting dirty, and consider asking ahead to find out whether there are any supplies or donations you can bring out with you for the project.
Recommended Volunteer Agencies
There are literally thousands of projects throughout Africa that offer short-term volunteer opportunities. Some focus on education, others on agriculture and farming, some on providing medical aid, others on conservation. Some are run by international charities, while others are grassroots projects set up by local residents. The agencies listed below are all geared towards short-term voluntourism and offer a range of well-organized and rewarding projects to choose from.
UK-based volunteer organization Projects Abroad offers year-round placements in 10 African countries for volunteers aged 16 and older. Opportunities range from teaching roles in Ethiopia and Morocco, to school building projects in Ghana and Tanzania. Nature lovers can opt to work alongside elephant conservationists in the game reserves of South Africa and Botswana. Projects vary in terms of requirements and minimum placement lengths, ensuring that there's something to suit everyone.
Volunteer 4 Africa is a non-profit organization that provides an advertising platform for smaller projects in search of volunteers. These projects are vetted to make sure that they are legitimate, rewarding and above all, affordable. This is one of the best agencies to go through if you're interested in volunteering but don't have a large budget to do so. You can filter the opportunities by country, duration and project type, with possible focuses ranging from environmental projects to arts and culture initiatives.
Geared largely towards Gap Year students and backpackers, All Out Africa offers a range of short-term projects, mostly in Southern Africa. Options include building projects in Swaziland, rehabilitation and therapy work in Botswana, childcare projects in South Africa and marine conservation initiatives in Mozambique. Voluntourism is a particular specialty, too. Choose from a variety of itineraries that combine volunteer experience with exhilarating adventure tours.
Voted the World's Top Volunteer Abroad Organization, African Impact offers short and long-term placements in 11 African countries. Project types are divided into four categories: community volunteering, conservation volunteering, internships and group volunteering. In terms of specific focuses, you're spoiled for choice, with examples including Animal Care & Veterinary, Gender Equality and Sports Coaching. Prices vary significantly, so make sure to check before booking.


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Today we went to a visit a good friend of Catharine's who owns one of her Mother's (Edrica Huws) patchwork pictures. It is of two cats lounging on a set of steps and is just beautiful. We had a marvelous time having tea, eating blueberry cheesecake and enjoying each other's company. The view from her home was incredible, as she lives on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. She has lived there her entire life.
We spent most of our afternoon there, but eventually we had to say goodbye and we made our way back to Miyako's garden house for the evening.
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'Persona 5: Dancing Star Night' Announced Alongside 'Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night' and 'Persona Q2'
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As part of the recent Persona Super Live P-Sound Bomb 2017 concert, ATLUS has announced the release of dancing games based on Persona 3 and Persona 5. These both follow Persona 4: Dancing All Night, which launched for the PS Vita back in June of 2015, and featured the characters of Persona 4 solving mysteries and defeating shadows using the power of dance. Now, it's turn for the casts of Persona 3 and Persona 5 to do the same, and they'll get their shots in spring of 2018 on both the PS4 and the Vita. Specific release plans and features are not yet known, but each announcement came alongside a short teaser video that features original music and four cast members strutting their stuff.
Also at the event, a sequel to 2014's Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth was announced for the 3DS, although not much else is known about the game aside from its website. The original game brought together the casts from Persona 3 and Persona 4, and set them on an Etrian Odyssey-style adventure to return themselves back home.


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The road to becoming a Certified Professional Photographer can sometimes get a little bumpy. When that happens, it sure does help to have expert advice.
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A CPP Liaison is a subject-matter expert who has committed to helping CPP candidates like you during their journey. They're someone you can reach out to when you need something clarified, some guidance or just someone to offer perspective.
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It's the job of CPP Liaisons to maintain the integrity of the program and to promote certification. It's also the job of CPP Liaisons to administer the certification program under the credentialing standards set by the Institute for Credentialing Excellence ICE.
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Australian Hosting Market Is Heating Up - Expect Consolidation Soon! Says IDC
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NORTH SYDNEY, 10th August 2005 - IDC research into the Australian hosting market has revealed a competitive but fragmented market, particularly within shared hosting and the "mid-market" sectors. In the longer term, market consolidation is a strong probability. The telecommunications carriers and IT outsourcing firms dominate the high-end, "enterprise" segment of the Web hosting market, touting value propositions that position hosting as one element of broader end-to-end networking and computing solutions. The threat to such providers is that the control of the Web site will be taken from IT by the marketing department.

Collectively, the top 10 Web hosting service providers accounted for three quarters of the hosting market, led by WebCentral, Telstra and Hostworks.

"Web hosting market players would be increasingly aware of the many influences currently at play across their market space. As a discrete and still evolving market, the Web hosting sector is typified both by its relative immaturity as well as its inherent diversity and fragmentation. All facets of market activity will therefore continue to be subject to further change and development. At the same time, activities across a wider market spectrum are beginning to have a greater impact on the Web Hosting sector," said Phillip Allen, IDC Research Manager for Vertical Markets

Mr Allen also noted that "End user pursuit of business effectiveness, guaranteed system performance, and optimum risk management, will see many opt for a trusted partner to manage their hosting need, this demand should offer healthy opportunity across the Web Hosting community."

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What was played at the BBC shows
In 1970 and 1971 Pink Floyd played at John Peels BBC show. The exacts dates and performance details for these shows have been shrouded in confusion for years, and has been given wrongly in numerous publications (including the BBC – In Session Tonight and earlier versions of this document.).
These shows include some of the best and most popular "live" performances of early Floyd material. Recently some Floyd fans have done a lot of effort resulting in 2 CD-R RoIOs (Mooed music, and Meddled) which contain the best and most complete recordings of these shows
16 July, 1970. BBC's Paris Theatre, London UK.
Sounds of the Seventies: John Peel Show, BBC 1 Radio.
Recorded on the 16th
Broadcasted on 19july70 at 4:00 PM and
rebroadcasted on 22jul70 at 6:00 PM
"The Embryo" – 10:30
"Fat Old Sun" – 5:00
"Green Is The Colour"/"Careful with that Axe, Eugene" – 11:30
"If" – 4:30
"Atom Heart Mother" – 26:00
Total time: 60:00
This is the only live performance of "If" by Pink Floyd, with Roger on acoustic guitar and Rick on bass and organ simultaneously (Roger did perform it numerous times on his solo tours). "Atom Heart Mother" was performed with the accompaniment of The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
The Fat Old Sun is missing from the BBC transcription discs, and is only available because Floyd fans recorded the radio show all those years ago. The quality of this track is therefore less on the Mooed music ROIO. Most common RoIOs omit this song altogether.
30 September, 1971. BBC's Paris Theatre, London UK.
Recording for the John Peel Show, BBC 1 Radio
Recorded on the 12th of October
Broadcast at 10:00 pm
"Embryo" – 10:30
"Blues" – 5:00
"Fat Old Sun" – 15:00
"One of These Days" – 8:00
"Echoes" – 28:00
Total time: 68:00
Note: "The John Peel Show" was only 55 minutes long. "Embryo" and "Blues" were never broadcast in the UK. (see the Note manpage) They were only aired on WNEW-FM, New York City, USA sometime in 1971. This WNEW portion was broadcast only once, unfortunately, and features the station's call sign ("This is WNEW…") in the middle of Embryo. As a result of this all versions of Embryo in circulation either have a rough (or very smooth) edit, or contain the call sign. The 1971 and 1970 shows are rebroadcast nearly every year in the USA on the "King Biscuit Flour Hour." However, it is a combination version of the two shows and is incomplete.
Although rumor has it that a special broadcast was made on the AM (Medium Wave), which featured One Of These Days, Fat Old Sun, The Embryo and Echoes. If this is true, I'd like to receive a tape of this show ;)
With the exception of the aforementioned Mooed and Meddled RoIOs, all RoIOs I've come across of these shows are incomplete to varying degrees, some are audibly mastered from vinyl and/or are a combination of both shows.
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- November 5th, 2011 at 9:59 am
ian roy millington
i have a bbc transcription disc from 1983, which compiles 4 tracks from the JP paris theatre gigs.
it was presented by Richard Skinner [2nd show of the series]
a1 – 1970 – embryo @ 10`02″
a2 – 1970 – green is…careful… @ 10`46″ with transition at 3`32″
a3 – 1971 – one of these…@6`46″
b – 1971 – atom….@25`56″
ps. the vinyl is a green coloured label unofficial pressing from the plant, secreted out the back door.
- November 5th, 2011 at 10:03 am
ian roy millington
sorry, quick amendment.
ps. should read 'black' label colour. instead of 'green'
- November 5th, 2011 at 10:04 am
ian roy millington
radio show 'entitled' Classic Concerts
- March 17th, 2013 at 2:04 pm
I have a tape of embryo from a John Peel broadcast made in 191/1972, will be am at that time. There are no baby voices in it and rather than conclude, it seems to drift into a sort of
a 'blues/meddle' arrangement. I'd like to know more about it as I'm missing the last minute or so. If the person who wrote faq/q38 can contact me, I can send him a copy of the tape or mp3 if there's no copyright problem. I have already got about six different versions of this track, including the 'Paris theatre' version and it is not any of these versions, so it may well have
been a one-off am broadcast. I did have the John Peel commentary at the beginning about it being a 'demo' but unfortunately that got overwritten.
- May 27th, 2014 at 10:35 pm
i have an old white label vinyl bootleg , titled "floyds of london' that i bought from kensington Market on kensington high street in around 1975. The front features old Letraset typo and the back has the track listing written by hand. From what i can tell its the 1971 john peel show but i'm checking the tracking again in light of what's written above. I transferred the contents to MP3 and its brilliant. I think this is the closest Floyd ever got to an 'unplugged' show.
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Coalition announces review of the demand driven system
- Minister for Education
- Leader of the House
The Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, announced today that he had commissioned a review of the demand driven funding system for higher education.
The Hon. Dr David Kemp and Mr Andrew Norton will undertake the review and report to the Government in mid-February 2014.
"I believe as a matter of good practice, governments should monitor policies to ensure they are working as intended and this is what I am doing with the demand driven funding system," Mr Pyne said.
"The Government is committed to supporting innovation, competition and diversity in higher education and ensuring that quality is maintained and enhanced under the demand driven system."
Under the demand driven funding system that was introduced in 2012, the Government funds Commonwealth supported places for all domestic undergraduate students accepted into a bachelor degree course (excluding medicine) at a public university.
This system has seen the number of Commonwealth supported places expand from around 469,000 places in 2009 to an estimated 577,000 places in 2013.
"Dr Kemp and Mr Norton bring considerable experience and expertise in higher education policy. I have asked them to recommend possible areas for improvement to ensure the system better meets its objectives, is efficient, is fiscally sustainable, and supports innovation and competition in education delivery," Mr Pyne said.
Dr Kemp is a former Minister for Education and before entering Parliament was Professor of Politics at Monash University. Mr Norton is the Higher Education Program Director at the Grattan Institute and a former higher education adviser. Short biographies of each follow.
Dr Kemp and Mr Norton will be inviting submissions from stakeholders responding to the below terms of reference.
Submissions can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com until midday (Australian Eastern Summer Time) on 16 December 2013. Information on the submissions process should be obtained from www.education.gov.au/review-demand-driven-funding-system .
The Hon. Dr David Kemp
The Hon. Dr David Kemp is a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government and a Board Member of the Grattan Institute. He was Professor and Vice Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Melbourne 2005-2010. He was Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Melbourne 1975-1979, and Professor of Politics at Monash University (1979-1990).
He graduated with Law and Arts degrees from the University of Melbourne, winning the Hearn Exhibition in Jurisprudence and the Gyles Turner Prize in Australian History. He was a Fulbright Scholar 1968-71, attending Yale University, where he completed a Ph.D. (with distinction). He is best-known in the academic world for his work on voting behaviour, and for his studies showing the decline of class-based voting and the rise of values-based politics. Publications include Society and Electoral Behaviour in Australia (St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1978); Foundations for Australian Political Analysis: Politics and Authority (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988), and numerous articles on policy and politics. He recently edited Robert Menzies, The Forgotten People and Other Studies in Democracy.
Dr Kemp was a Member of the House of Representatives, representing the Victorian seat of Goldstein, from 1990 to 2004. He was a Minister in the Howard Government 1996-2004, and held a number of portfolios in the areas of Education, Employment, Training, Youth Affairs, Environment and Heritage. In these portfolios he was responsible inter alia for Australia's first national literacy and numeracy standards and benchmarks, the National Indigenous Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, the New Apprenticeship System, and new choice funding policies for independent and systemic schools.
In higher education he was responsible for the White Paper Knowledge and Innovation, encouraged the strengthening of regional universities, initiated the doubling of funding to the Australian Research Council (and other measures) in Backing Australia's Ability, improved access to postgraduate education through extending the income-contingent loan scheme for fee-paying courses, and put in place an improved quality framework for international education. He was Minister responsible for establishing Work for the Dole, the Job Network, the National Youth Roundtable, and was responsible for the legislative establishment of the new National Heritage regime and the rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef.
He was Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service from 1997-2001, in which capacity he was responsible for the new Public Service Act 1999. He was Vice President of the Executive Council from 1998-2004, and a member of the Expenditure Review Committee in the third Howard Government.
Dr Kemp was President of the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) 2007-2011.
He has consulted with the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group on the establishment of a national training framework in China.
Mr Andrew Norton
Andrew Norton is the Higher Education Program Director at the Grattan Institute, a position he has held since 2011. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne.
Before joining Grattan, he was a higher education policy adviser to three University of Melbourne vice-chancellors between 2000 and 2011. In the late 1990s he was higher education adviser to the then Minister for Education, the Hon. Dr David Kemp. In his career as a higher education policy analyst and adviser, he has been involved in all the major higher education funding reviews of the last 15 years.
Mr Norton is the author of many articles, reports and other publications on higher education issues. These include a widely-used reference report on higher education trends and policies, Mapping Australian higher education; and reports on a range of other issues including Graduate winners on the public and private benefits of higher education; The online evolution on how technology will affect higher education; Taking university teaching seriously on the need to improve higher education teaching; and Keep the caps off, an initial analysis of the demand-driven system. Most recently, he was a co-editor of and a contributor to The Dawkins Revolution 25 Years On, an evaluation of the long-term impact of higher education reforms announced in the late 1980s.
Terms of Reference for Review of the Demand Driven System
In 2012, the demand driven funding system was introduced for public universities. Under this system, the Government funds Commonwealth supported places for all domestic undergraduate students accepted into a bachelor degree course (excluding medicine) at a public university.
These reforms have seen the number of Commonwealth supported places increase from around 469,000 in 2009 to an estimated 577,000 in 2013. It is critical that this expansion in Australian higher education:
• enhances the knowledge and capabilities of Australians; and
• delivers quality graduates who are able to contribute to their society and thrive in the global economy.
Scope of the review
The review will examine the following aspects of the demand driven system:
1. the effectiveness of its implementation, including policies regarding the allocation of sub bachelor and postgraduate places;
2. early evidence on the extent to which it is:
a. increasing participation;
b. improving access for students from low socio-economic status backgrounds and rural and regional communities;
c. meeting the skill needs in the economy;
3. extent to which the reforms have encouraged innovation, competition, diversity and greater responsiveness to student demand including development of new modes of delivery such as online learning;
4. whether there is evidence of any potential adverse impacts on the quality of teaching and of future graduates;
5. measures being taken by universities to ensure quality teaching is maintained and enhanced in the demand-driven system; and
6. whether less academically prepared students are receiving the support they need to complete the course of study to which they have been admitted.
The review will recommend possible areas for improvement to ensure that the system better meets its objectives, is efficient, is fiscally sustainable, and supports innovation and competition in education delivery.
Conduct and Timing of review
The review will seek the views of major stakeholders and draw on available information and data.
The Review will report to the Minister for Education by mid-February 2014.


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Last One Home take to the stage for a huge headline show at Bridgwater Arts Centre on the 6th July 2018!
Following their past few years of playing shows all across the South West of the UK, the band have really made a name for themselves. From the success of their first single release 'Bring Down The Storm' to the release of their self titled EP, Last One Home have taken the music scene by storm supporting internationally famous bands such as Crazy Town, Courage My Love, and Halflives.
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Band of Survivors Small Groups | John 17
Prayer is an integral part of the Christian walk. In many churches, early morning prayer services are opportunities to start the day focused on God. We pray at meals. We pray in times of need. We should remember to pray in times of joy. In today's passage, Jesus spends time praying for very particular things prior to the coming of "His hour". As you read, try to imagine the emotional state of mind of Jesus as He is balancing between His physical departure from earth and His spiritual arrival in Heaven.
Read John 17:1-5
This chapter focuses on prayer. Jesus' prayer reveals the depth of emotional and spiritual peace Jesus had with what was to come. However, the actual physical posture of Jesus is different than what we normally associate with prayer. Instead of bowing His head, He looks toward heaven. Why do you think Jesus did this? Also, Jesus is asking to be glorified. This is not a selfish request. But rather He is asking to be glorified so that, ultimately, it reflects God in the end as people must go through Jesus to gain eternal life in Heaven.
Read John 17:6-19
Notice that Jesus prays that He not only talked about God but He showed God to the disciples. "I have revealed you to those whom you gave Me out of this world." In verse 9, why do you think Jesus explicitly says that He is not praying for the world, but for His disciples? His intent is to focus on the disciples as instruments of faith in Christ. Does Jesus want His disciples to live in community sheltered from the world around them, including Satan? Why wouldn't God want His followers to be sheltered from the world around them so that they could solely focus on living lives that love God and keep their faith in their own community?
Read John 17:20-26
The Jewish people are often referred to as God's chosen people in the Old Testament. Looking at what Jesus is saying here, is Heaven a realistic possibility for everyone? Or is this only reserved for the Jews? What proof from Jesus' own words can reveal who God will allow to receive the gift of eternal life through Jesus?
Did you notice that, through every part of the prayer that Jesus prayed, He mentions the work performed with it? He has revealed God to the world. He has given the word of God to the disciples. He has finished the work of God on Earth. Prayer is never something that is isolated from our lives. It must be intertwined with every aspect of our being. Look at 1 Corinthians 10:31. Then, look at 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. If both of these verses are commands from God, we need to live both of these out in our daily lives. Spend time today thinking about where are you needing to focus on today? Is today a day where you need to stop talking about the work God has called you to do and actually start doing it? Or, is today a day where you need to pray, give thanks, and ask for guidance from God?


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The contest will be open from Dec 15 to Dec 21, 2015 on social sites, the company said in a statement.
The participants can upload their entries on where they would like to see Meizu logo and can upload on to company's official Meizu India page on Facebook.
The winners can get Meizu m2 for free.
Meizu m2 is a dual-SIM and dual 4G with 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front camera capabilities.


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I've had various people asking about stickers, so I guess I should post again. I was planning to wait until the cafepress ones arrived, but they were sent without a tracking # so I guess they're going to take a few weeks. :( they were sent on sep 2 via UPS, apparently. I wouldn't recommend buying them until I've checked the quality, but if you really want to find my cafepress store, I used the name 'chanika'.
also, there are some other resources available for europeans:
case badges, konqui stickers and kubuntu stickers.
I did finally email vanlug, but there hasn't been time for any replies there. I've been very busy lately :) SFU is fun!


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This weekend the era of White Room officially comes to a close, and in its place we're getting EVE, which is put together by the same two nightlife ops and promises to be another helluva club. Nightside got with co-owner Rene Rigau for the details.
First off, why the name EVE? We wanted to go with a name that has multiple meanings. The take on EVE and the Original Sin. Everything that is beautiful of the feminine. The EVE of an event, which is what we do. Equally as important, it's a one syllable word that people can remember easily and take on their own interpretation of the name.
You've done some rather extensive renovations on the space -- wanna tell us about them? Yes, we have done a tremendous amount of changes. We have addressed a lot of the issues we have had in the past. We have brought in a Dynacord Cobra 2 sound system, which is so clear yet rich in sound. Although our old EAW sound system was good, there is just is no point in attempting to compare the two. Our main stage can be seen from anywhere in the venue now. We have covered a good 80 percent of the outside area to prevent our customers from getting wet when it rains and also to help keep the sound within the venue. Really John I can tell you that even after our launch we will be doing more with the space, but what has been accomplished is staggering.
What's on tap for Saturday night's official opening? We have Grammy Award-winning Alex Cuba performing. Then we have an A-list performance with some of South Florida's top bands including: What Glorious Things, Rebel, Radio Boxer, Young Circles and White Noise, plus DJ sets by DJ Run Sevim Run, DJ George Young, DJ Chris Halo, The Skandals and special guests
Don't you have something planned for tonight as well? It's is going to be off the chain my friend! We have something very special hitting the Miami scene as a weekly Friday night event "Veni Vidi Vici" That's correct: we came, we saw, we conquered! It's being spearheaded by Erica Fickling previously of the Standard Hotel and Ernesto Reyes previously of Poplife. These two very dynamic and talented individuals vision for this night is going to give Miami something to talk about and look forward to again. Veni Vidi Vici, plus EVE presents BLONDES with JESP alongside residents Desiree, plus Ruen tomorrow night!
What else is coming up at EVE that we need to know about? We have programmed Wednesday- Saturday nights now, but I don't want to give away too much until we have all our ducks in a row. If you go to our site miamieve.com, which is still under construction you will see some of our upcoming events. The venue will be photographed tomorrow, so for those of you that aren't in town, you will still get to see what we have done with the joint.
When you cats aren't holed up at EVE, where in town do you dig hanging out? Well I have a friend that tends bar in the Grove at a cool little restaurant named Lulu's and if you're lucky you might catch her ... it's just a great escape for me. Clubs are a very different story. I do love going to Purdy Lounge on Sundays! Great vibe there on that night.
NiteTalk: Club Kings Rene Rigau and Luis Fonseca Bring Us EVE
This weekend the era of White Room officially comes to a close, and in its place we're getting EVE, which is put together by the same two nightlife ops and promises to be another helluva club. Nightside got with co-owner Rene Rigau for the details.


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If someone sentenced me to teaching 4th grade for the rest of my life, I have to admit, I wouldn't hate it. I'm really enjoying this grade level. And it comes as a surprise to me, actually, because when I started out my degree, I didn't picture myself in a general education classroom, leave alone 4th grade. I mean, 4th grade is so, well, middle, and un-glamorous. But I love it here!
One of my favorite things we taught this past week was purple words. Students were taught to look for descriptive words in menus. After they collected a descriptive vocabulary, they either created their own imaginary food to describe, or a real food. They wrote great descriptors. And I thoroughly enjoy teaching language skills.
I was given a few more responsibilities in the classroom including reading groups and daily math. Next week I'll be given a few more. On Monday I'll be evaluated for the fourth time for my degree.
|Chief Little Turtle, Miami Indian of Indiana
I know I won the lottery landing this student teaching gig with this classroom and teacher. First, the students are much more cooperative than I expected. Even though there are the random ornery ones, they aren't mean-spirited. They are just kids being kids. One little boy is such a stinker but he has the cutest freckles, sparkling eyes and grin. I can't get mad at him! Or any of them, for that matter. But my classroom management skills are improving.
Another thing I'm doing is reading all the students' blogs and helping them with grammar. I made each student a checklist to follow to help them with the simple things: capitals, periods, etc. I'm not sure they even get that they are to refer to it to check over their work. And when I do comment on their blogs, some actually correct their blogs (I comment privately). Others ignore it. I'm still looking for a better way to help them and also to keep track of corrected blogs. 24 students times ten blogs? That's a lot of checking and keeping track!
Probably my favorite time of the week was when I read the BFG chapter: "Frobscottle and Whizzpoppers." Oh mylanta. We all laughed so hard. I wish I'd written that chapter!
Frobscottle is a drink the giant drinks that makes him pass gass. He calls these emissions Whizzpoppers. Here's my favorite quote from the main character, Sophie:
Kings and Queens are whizzpopping. Presidents are whizzpopping. Glamorous film stars are whizzpopping. Little babies are whizzpopping. But where I come from, it is not polite to talk about it.And what the giant says:
Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music to our ears!Makes me wish I'd written the book. So clever, engaging and fun. I love it when school is fun, don't you?
Speaking of which, on Friday the students and teachers were allowed to dress up as book characters.They held a contest and I was embarrassed to have to stand in front of the entire school. I didn't win, of course, because students don't know who I am and couldn't figure out who I was because I dressed as one of my own book characters. That is, a character whose books I'm currently writing. Funny, eh?
I dressed as Grandma Betty Biddle from my Airship Chronicles trilogy. Can you see me? I'm in the back on the left.


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I manage to go 41yrs with an almost 6 pack, my SCI changed it to a sack of potatoes within short order.
I get that I will not be admiring my profile in any storefront windows anytime soon, But was just wondering if anybody has had any luck trying those slimming abdominal garments I see advertised for the postpartum types? struggling through middle-age I sure could use a non-surgical kind of ?tummy tuck? As dieting only yields skin breakdown


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eBay is set to officially launch its collaborative community site WorldofGood.com this summer to the public.
The idea behind WorldofGood.com is to offer individuals the choice of buying products that help to change things for the better, such as alleviating poverty, benefiting the environment and generally having a positive social impact.
The site itself is a collaboration between eBay and World of Good Inc. and brings together the strengths of both companies. On eBay's side there is the community and sales aspect where as World of Good offer information on the products as well as the fair trade links with retail and online partners to provide these alternative products for the socially conscious shopper.
Robert Chatwani, general manager of the project for eBay, classifies the people who want fair trade shopping online as "social change consumers" and that they already spend US$45 billion a year in this area. He said:
Those people aren't on eBay. We believe only between 7 and 12 percent of these social change consumers are eBay users now … so this could be accretive to the business … Our challenge is not so much about getting people to spend more. It's about introducing all forms of consumption.
Read more at CNET
Matthew's Opinion
If people have an opportunity to purchase fair trade products that have a positive impact then they will choose to do so in my opinion. Economics still come into the equation, however, and prices need to be comparable to alternatives.
I personally would much rather buy a fair trade product knowing the money goes directly to a poverty stricken area of the world. If it costs a few extra dollars to buy then that is usually acceptable, but WorldofGood.com needs to be totally transparent on where the money is going and how or who it helps.


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Operator UKRD Group says it is looking forward to "thoroughly testing" how effective this new initiative is, which is part of a trial administered by Ofcom in 10 locations across the UK.
The Cambridge multiplex launches with five services being broadcast including UKRD's local station, Star Radio. It is found on VHF Block 7D and broadcast from two transmission sites within Cambridge to trial a small-scale single frequency network using the new technology.
UKRD Chief Executive William Rogers said:
"We're delighted to have been given the opportunity to test this new type of DAB multiplex and it'll be interesting to see how everything functions and operates.
"Clearly it's far too early to get any sense as to whether this represents a solution to the many serious issues facing smaller local commercial stations resulting from this whole DAB project but we hope this initiative may start to address some of them and potentially assist in gaining an insight into the options open to operators such as ourselves," said Rogers.
Small-scale DAB provides a potential cheaper option to distribute local stations on the terrestrial digital radio platform, using a software based solution and smaller coverage area, saving the need to buy slots on existing county-wide DAB multiplexes.


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Group Name: Spot
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Design Proposal Presentation – Spot
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Design Proposal Presentation – Spot
1) What kinds of information and insights did it give you about the usability of the prototype?
As a user, I was able to gain valuable insights and information based on my own experience by performing the task of booking tickets on Sydney Opera House's website personally. The feedback gathered from this perspective was first-hand without any redundancies or need for interpretation of the responses as I felt my reactions and emotions directly. However, it should be noted that evaluation from this role can be rather restrictive as it only provides insights based on a sole individual's perspectives and preferences about the prototype.
On the other hand, as an observer, the information obtained and recorded was observed and interpreted from a third-party perspective. I could record the surface reactions and emotions of the user accurately but I might interpret the meaning behind the responses wrongly if I have extremely different preferences as compared to the user. Despite so, this increases the amount of feedback gathered during the evaluation and also helps to uncover any underlying needs that the user is possibly unaware of.
2) What aspects of the technique worked well or were frustrating?
One important learning that I took away from this exercise is the videoing of users while they were performing their tasks. Not only was this beneficial to aid me in ensuring I recorded all necessary data from the evaluation, I could also playback the video to users to analyse their behavior and uncover more insights. As such, the act of videoing and playback became the bridge that connected users' personal experiences to observers' interpretations, which helped to facilitate greater discovery of underlying needs.
Nonetheless, it is noted that video recording needs to be dictated to someone else as a separate role from the observer or with the assistance of a well-placed videoing system. This is because it can be rather frustrating and in fact, counter-productive if one needs to multi-task between observing every reaction, taking down notes of the process, and holding the video camera, all at the same time.
1) How did taking the position of an Extreme User influence your thinking in relation to the design challenge? Was it different to how you usually generate ideas and empathy?
Taking up the position of "The Trekkies", it was relatively easy to imagine the characteristics of this Extreme User. Due to how straightforward and predictable this user personality is, my perspective and thinking in relation to the design concept was easily sci-fi and highly focused to that genre. However, at the same time, the level of extremeness also resulted in one-dimensional concepts that were foreseeable in many ways. Having said that, there were no technological or realistic restrictions to what we could design, so the ideas I created were only limited by my imagination.
Using this method, it was different because what we understand about the user is based on what we imagine in our minds; there were neither user data to reference to nor any interviews to extract information from. This creates sort of an instant empathy, as I could completely connect with what I perceived in my head and how it works without much difficulties. Thus, with such a setup, the design ideas generated were highly personalized to a "Trekkie" with room for lots of sci-fi creativity.
2) Did any of the other design thinking techniques (design provocation cards, stories, storyboards, etc.) help you to work through ideas and collaborate with your group members?
I personally found the story writing and storyboard highly effective in helping me work through my ideas. These techniques personified the "Trekkie" user and allowed me to communicate my concept to my group members efficiently. It also generated empathy for my user with the rest of the class, thus making everything seem real despite being completely frictional. Having a storyboard also helped translate my fantasy teleportation device into a believable idea and gave it an actual scenario to portray its usability. All in all, I had an enjoyable time using all the design thinking techniques to create a concept that was extremely fun to imagine.
Here is the summary poster for my research report;
And the feedbacks I received from my discussion group;
1) How do you cater for people with disability?
Depending on the type of disability in question, different types of solutions can be designed to cater for various groups of people ranging from recyclables collection service using tracking systems to automated trash separation when trash is thrown into the bins. In general, disability recycling solutions will revolve around helping individuals recycle with ease despite their disabilities.
2) How you thought about social ways to encourage users to recycle?
In both initial concepts, social connection has been incorporated as one of the key features, which motivates users to recycle. Advancing beyond the typical social media functions like likes, shares, and comments, the concept seeks to link users and their friends in a cooperative recycling system to inject a sense of fun and encourage eco-friendly habits.
3) Have you thought about of some ways to motivate children to do recycling?
This is another category of individuals that require its own catered solutions and designs. For children, the solutions designed will be more playful and educational rather than being incentives-focused. Furthermore, the content and usage should be reflective of the age group and made easier to understand.
4) What about green waste? How can that be awarded?
Similar to some recyclable items that awards incentives based on volume and weight, green waste is measured and awarded as such too. This allows a greater variety of recyclable options and also caters to more individuals of different circumstances.
1) Describe your experience of creating personas from different users' perspectives gathered in the interview data. Was there enough commonality between the 4 people interviewed to form a coherent persona? Or did it make more sense to create a second different persona?
Working on the topic of "Going to the Supermarket", it was relatively easy for us to create a coherent persona due to the many commonalities we share in our interview data. Although, I attribute this mainly to the fact that our group consists of only 4 males with 3 of us in our 20s, thus making the chances of similarities naturally higher with such a convenient setup. As a direct inference of these circumstances, I would say that a crafted grouping of target audience helps to streamline a persona if the number of users interviewed is possibly limited.
On the other hand, it was also interesting to note how age group might be a non-determining factor when trying to create personas. This was portrayed by how our 4th member, who is in his early 40s, had similar interests and behavioural patterns like the rest of us. Therefore, despite the fact that it is logical to create personas based on users with similar demographics, there lies some useful data outside of these parameters as well. Having said that, personally, I feel that this is a highly effective method to personify behaviour similarities among users. And since there was enough data to generate a solid persona for our group, it was for the purpose of contrast and comparison that we created a second different one for this topic.
2) Do you think your final persona(s) was successful in generating empathy with users? What would you change to make it better?
I would say that our final persona was successful to certain extents as it effectively portrays distinctly strong characteristics based on the users' similarities. However, it was afterall a sample size of only 4 males and might lack some depth and accuracy. If possible, as an experiment and for future references, I would increase the sample size and compare across a greater quantity of user data to determine the relationship between number of users interviewed and effectiveness of personas. And depending on the result, I would ensure the optimal number of users interviewed to improve my persona. In addition, more in-depth questions should be asked in order to better the quality of the data as well.
1) How did this exercise help you build empathy with prospective users?
From the onset, the exercise allowed me to connect with the users on a more personal level when I was examining their interview questions. After we sorted out all the information, I was able to relate to them better as the users seemed more human when their interests, needs, and problems were described in categories using first person narrative, as compared to being represented by a bunch of data and unorganized information. Overall, I felt that the technique used was an effective method to build empathy with the users.
2) How did the clustering of information help you to understand user needs?
By grouping up the information in clusters, we could identify the various similarities and differences between users. It helped to filter out all the unnecessary details and allowed us to see beyond the superficial. As a result, key concerns were immediately brought to light when we translated them into categories. This helped me greatly to understand the users' needs and ensured that we could pinpoint their problems accurately.
3) What was difficult or challenging with the technique? How would you do it better next time?
As we did this exercise as a group, one of the key issues that hinder progress was how each of us extracted and described the users' interests, needs, and problems. This caused quite a bit of confusion when we tried to put our information together. After sorting out all the details, it also took some time for us to translate each cluster into categories using first person narrative too.
In my opinion, if this method was to be employed in a group setting, all members should come to an agreement and standard of how the details should be highlighted from the interview. It will help facilitate efficiency, which will snowball positively across the entire process. I also believe that now that I have gone through the exercise once, future usage of this technique should be more effortless since I understand what kind of data and information would be more beneficial.