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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Confirmation Card
We had a weekend filled with family activities. Our niece's Confirmation was on Saturday and there was a big family get together. This week is Spring Break for public schools - tomorrow is Patriot's Day and the Boston Marathon.
I designed this card using the Wedding and Beyond Birthdays cartridges.
The cross is from the Wedding Cartridge. I also used the square place card (last key, second row from bottom) to create the A2 card shape, hiding the two score marks.
Here is the preview of the full card. I used "Hide Selected Contour" to eliminate the outer line of the cross and create an inset cut in the front of the card.
One of the "quirks" of the Design Studio software is that you can not hide a single line and have it stay hidden when you close and reopen the file. In order for the outer line to stay hidden, you need to use two crosses and hide the outline and at least one more line on one and then hide the rest of the lines and the outline on the other. Then you position them directly on top of each other, using the "x" and "y" values. There is a step by step explanation of the process at THIS POST.
For the inside of the card, I used a guideline rectangle in the correct A2 size to help plan the size and placement of the image and words.
The dove is sized at 2 inches and is located as shown in the screen shot above.
The sentiment is also from Beyond Birthdays and can be found on the key shown on the keypad screenshot above.
Once I had everything planned, I cut the images for the inside of the card from another mat where I had placed them to conserve on the amount of paper I used. I cut them from glitter cardstock, using multi cut 2 and the glitter cardstock cut very easily.
Here are the pieces of the card that I cut with the cricut. The card itself is cut from a piece of cardstock from the DCWV "Luxury" stack. I also cut a piece of plain pink cardstock at 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 to create a liner for the card. I did this with a paper trimmer.
The liner is attached to the back side of the card with a line of adhesive tape from my ATG gun.
Here you can see the taped liner inserted into the card.
This view shows the card opened. The extra layer is very effective in making the card interesting and hiding any writing you want to add inside.
The sentiment is very tiny and I did manage to misplace the dot for the "i" - so I improvised and added a tiny pearl.
Here is one more view of the card. I like the way the light shines through the cross.
I think I have given you enough information to make the file on your own. If you need help or would like to use my file, please leave a comment. I can add a link if enough people are interested in this card.
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Confirmation Card
I hope to be attending a parade tomorrow morning. The prediction is for the rain to stop and a cool and overcast day. Please cross your fingers - it was in the 40s and hailing today!
If you'd like a little more information about Patriot's Day you can read THIS POST from last year. Our cousin who ran in last year's marathon is not running this year - she just had a baby so she will be sitting this one out!
19 comments:
This is so ellegant!! Thanks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 19, 2010 at 7:17 AM
Hi Diane,ReplyDelete
I like this card....I have a few confirmation to go to....and had no idea what I was going to make....this card would be great!. May I please have the cut file?
Beautiful, beautiful card.Love it!!! Thanks for the inspiration! Martha C.ReplyDelete
I love the card, it is an inspiration just looking at everything you create.ReplyDelete
What a perfect card! Thanks Sheila CourtsReplyDelete
Simply beautiful! You make the style I love come alive!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card!ReplyDelete
Isn't it amazing what images we have and don't even know it. I've had this AMAZING cross hidden!!! It's time to break out my Weddings cart. This card is SO inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing it!ReplyDelete
Your card is breathtaking. I'm sure your niece will make it a keeper and look at it over and over through the years. I'd love to have the file. Thank you so much for sharing your talent.ReplyDelete
Your card is gorgeous!!!! I love the outside & inside, so elegant!!!! Thanks for the great instructions and all you do Diane!ReplyDelete
Thank you,
Lisa :)
This card is fabulous! Wish they had more crosses. =)ReplyDelete
I would love to get this cut file! Thanks!
A beautiful card for such a special occasion.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 19, 2010 at 10:31 PM
Your confirmation card is absolutely lovely and elegant. I too would like the cut file. I do have a silly question, however. For my future reference what are the numbers/dimensions for an A2 size card for DS. Thanks.ReplyDelete
This card really caught my eye. I was able to create the file with your very clear(and generous)instructions. Thank you.ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous card. Beautiful paper and I love the cutout. I definitely need to get design studio so that I can create cards such as this!ReplyDelete
That is a beautiful card! Thank you for sharing - love your work!!ReplyDelete
how beautiful. I love it. I want to thank you for taking the time to explain everything. I only have DS and I love it more with everything you teach me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Oh such lovely designs! You are so talented. Thanks bunches for the cut files. Susan~ firstname.lastname@example.com
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text: April 13, 2018 Cost Estimate As introduced on April 12, 2018 View Document210.65 KB Summary For this estimate, CBO assumes that the bill will be enacted by the end of fiscal year 2018. Most of the current authorizations for agriculture and nutrition programs that are reauthorized by H.R. 2 will expire at the end of fiscal year 2018. However, consistent with the rules governing baseline projections that are specified in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), CBO's baseline incorporates the assumption that those programs will continue to operate after their authorizations expire in the same manner as they did before such expiration. Thus, the costs of extending those authorizations through 2023 are not included in the costs attributable to this bill. CBO estimates that those costs would total $387 billion over the 2019-2023 period. Relative to spending projected under CBO's April 2018 baseline, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2 would increase direct spending by $3.2 billion over the 2019-2023 period. Following the rules specified in BBEDCA, CBO has incorporated the assumption that the changes made to those programs would continue after 2023, the final year of authorization under the bill. On that basis, CBO estimates that direct spending would decrease by $2.7 billion over the 2024-2028 period, for a net increase in direct spending of $0.5 billion over the 2019-2028 period. CBO also estimates that enacting the bill would increase revenues by $0.5 billion over the 2019-2028 period. Because enacting H.R. 2 would affect direct spending and revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Further details about the changes in direct spending and revenues are displayed in the enclosed tables. Table 1 shows CBO's estimate of the budgetary effects by title; Table 2 shows estimates for specific provisions within the various titles of the bill; and Table 3 provides estimates pertaining to specific agricultural commodities under title I of the legislation. CBO estimates that enacting the bill would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2029. CBO has not estimated the additional discretionary spending that would result from implementing H.R. 2; such spending would be subject to future appropriation actions. CBO also has not reviewed the bill for intergovernmental or private-sector mandates. Legislative Information Available From Congress.gov Related Publications H.R. 2, as passed by the House of Representatives and as passed by the SenateJuly 24, 2018 S. 3042, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018June 21, 2018 H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018May 2, 2018

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Vicki Herrell Show Notes
Vicki Herrell gave birth to her middle child and there were some issues that told them something was wrong with the child physically. After years of testing and varying diagnosis the whole process changed Vicki beyond measure. Listen to her story of how she was able to get over the hump and move onward and upward.
Vicki was born and raised in in Chattanooga, Tennessee as the youngest of three children and by a lot. Her brother was 20 years older than her, and her sister was 13 years older. As the only child at home after the age of 5, Vicki spent her childhood watching and listening to sports with her father.
His influence led her wanting her dream job to be a sportswriter for Sport Illustrated. She kept the books for the baseball and wrestling teams all through high school, and became a sportswriter at her hometown newspaper as a sophomore in college.
As the only female on a sports desk with 20 men, Vicki learned quickly to not be offended by "colorful" language and that she had to earn her way to become "one of the guys."
At that time, there were very few women in sports writing at all, and she was thrilled to be a "trailblazer" for the women who do this job today.
But the lure of politics and the huge time commitment of sports writing led her to a internship at the Tennessee state legislature where she met a fellow intern and her soon to be husband Charlie.
3 kids later and a few moves led her to a job with TCS and launched her into the contact center industry.
Vicki is currently the Executive Director of the Quality Assurance & Training Connection (QATC) and the Society of Workforce Planning Professionals (SWPP). She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with Charlie, her husband of 33 years. And she is blessed to have her with three adult children nearby: Katie, Laura, and Michael.
Tweetable Quotes and Mentions
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"You can do anything you want to do as long as you never give up." -Vicki Herrell Click to Tweet
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"I need to have personal goals that will stretch me." -Vicki Herrell Click to Tweet
Hump to Get Over
Vicki Herrell gave birth to her middle child and there were some issues that told them something was wrong with the child physically. After years of testing and varying diagnosis the whole process changed Vicki beyond measure. Listen to her story of how she was able to get over the hump and move onward and upward.
Advice for others
You can do anything that you want to do as long as you never give up.
Holding her back from being an even better leader
Best Leadership Advice Received
"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things." – Ronald Reagan
Secret to Success
I'm a really great writer, listener and talker.
Best tools that helps in business or Life
My smile and my friendly personality.
Recommended Reading
Knock 'Em Dead 2016: The Ultimate Job Search Guide
Contacting Vicki
Email: vicki.herrell [at] @swpp.org
Website: http://www.swpp.org or http://www.qatc.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicki-herrell-ba385a8
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vbherrell
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Intro: Welcome to the Fast Leader Podcast, where we explore convenient yet effective shortcuts that will help you get ahead and move forward faster by becoming a better leader. And now here's your host, customer and employee engagement expert and certified emotional intelligence practitioner, Jim Rembach.
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Jim Rembach: Okay Fast Leader Legion, today, I'm so excited because I have somebody on the show who I've known for a longtime and here recently I've got to know even better and now you get to meet her too. Vicki Herell was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee as the youngest of 3 children and by a lot. Her brother was 20 years older than her and her sister was 13 years older. As the only child at home after the age of 5, Vicki spent her childhood watching and listening to sports with her father. His influence led her to wanting to have dream job with sports illustrator. She kept the books for the baseball team, wrestling team, all through high school and became a sports writer at her hometown newspaper as a sophomore and college. As the only female on a sports desk with 20 men, Vicki learn quickly not to be offended by colorful language and that she had to earn her way to become one of the guys.
Vicki Herrell: At that time there were very few women in sports writing at all and she was thrilled to be a trailblazer for the women who do this job today. But the lure of politics and the huge time commitment in sports writing led her to an internship at the state of Tennessee legislature where she met her soon to be husband Charlie. Three kids later and a few moves led her to a job with TCS and it launched her into the contact center industry. Vicki is currently the executive director of the Quality Assurance and Training Connection and the society of work per planning professionals. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with Charlie and her 3 kids are nearby and she's blessed to have them close, Katie, Laura, and Michael. Vicki Herell are you ready to help us get over the hump?
Vicki Herrell: Yes I am Jim. It's great to be here.
Jim Rembach: I'm glad you're here. I've given our listeners a little bit about you but can you tell us what your current passion is so that we can get to know you even better.
Vicki Herrell: I love being the executive director of QATC and SWPP. That takes up most of my time these days. I do have lots of other passions that I'm involved with as well and I'm very involved with my church here in Nashville. And also love travelling, another one of my passions and try to do that as much as possible as well. Also very passionate about reading and I belong to a book club and try to read as much as I can as well. So lots of other things that I'm interested in.
Jim Rembach: I know for me, I've seen you at several contact center industry events and I know you kind of get that travel thing in there when you're also doing those particular events, how many about do you do a year?
Vicki Herrell: I do a lot of traveling a year. I usually travel probably I would say 30-35 trips a year, so it's quite a bit and go all over the world, telling everybody about call centers and having a little fun travel as well.
Jim Rembach: So I know you actually started the SWPP prior to starting the QATC and TCS for those that aren't familiar was a software company that is now part of Aspec but they had a really strong presence in workforce management, scheduling and planning and those things, so when you start looking at that transition from being in a particular organization that has a product per se, maybe even doing some consulting and training around, but flipping into an association, how difficult was that transition to make?
Vicki Herrell: It was really easy for me and the reason was that my position at TCS was a little bit different. I was the person who coordinated their User's Forums and so I knew all the people who used our software they came to the user's forums also with the person who coordinated site visits and references for our product, in that way I also knew all of our customers. And I had a personal relationship with many of those customers. I also had people that would spoke at the annual conferences, they use these forums that I had really good relationships with people we would travel around and do roadshows and I would meet our customers there as well. So, my job at TCS was really not selling at all and it really wasn't products specific, it was more about relationships with the customers and that was an easy transition to SWPP and QATC.
Jim Rembach: You bring up a really good point, thank you for sharing that. And we talk about a lot on the Fast Leader show and I'd say it's our core value type of message and that is the whole relationship piece. You took this whole relationship element that you already had as part of your job and when you say it became an easy transition and you use that word relationships a few times it seems like really that's what makes our life easy overall.
Vicki Herrell: I think that that's the most important thing to me is in my job and in my personal life is the relationships. I don't really feel like in my job that I could do anything if I didn't have relationships with the people that I work with. And even if they're people in our associations that I don't really know well, maybe can't come to our annual conference or regional meeting or whatever, even if I have a relationship with them via e-mail I have a relationship with them and when I run in to people at this trade shows and they come up to me and they go, "I feel like I know you?" And I said the same thing back to them even though we've never met. We've had a relationship just through e-mail and our communication.
Jim Rembach: And I know what relationships mean. We can have some one's that bring us a lot of joy and we can have ones that bring us a lot of frustration, there's power in all of that. One of the things that we also look at for power on the show is quotes because again they can do just that, they cause us to stop, think, make us more mindful and go in the right direction. Is there a quote that you can share with us that influences you?
Vicki Herrell: I had a lot of discussion about this with myself as to what I really wanted to share here but the one quote that I use on a daily basis is Philippians 4:13 from the Bible. And it's, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." And one of my favorite series of books is the Mitford Series by Jan Karon. It's about a small town appeasable priest in the mountains of North Carolina, that's one of his favorite things too and when they're faced with some situation that they aren't able to handle he and his wife look at each other and say, "Philippians 4:13 for Pete's sake" that's how I feel about it. When I'm faced with something that I don't know what to do, I don't know who I'm going to get through it that's my quote right there, that's my verse, so I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Jim Rembach: Talking about strengthened oftentimes we have humps that he helped us get over others that help us and the relationships that we have to get over. Is there a time where you've had to get over the hump and it kind of changed your life's direction that you share with us?
Vicki Herrell: You and I have discussed this Jim and talked about a little bit. In some people have met my daughter Lora, she's 28 years old and she was born with the form of spina bifida, it's called tethered spinal cord. When she was born there some issues that tell us some kind of little bit wrong physically. She has an MRI the next day and we started to get information about what was going on with her and it was a really scary time it was a time of not knowing what the future's going to hold and it started at several years of a lot of doctor's visits and a lot of diagnosis and re-diagnosis and all sorts of things. The whole process of dealing with all these I think changed me beyond measure because you have to learn to let go, you have to learn that you can't control everything, you have to have faith in the doctors and the nurses and the other medical people, you have to trust your instincts, you have to know when you're right and they're wrong and you need a second opinion there's so many pieces of something like that that all come together.
The biggest thing that came out of it was that out daughter was an amazing, young, adult women now I guess 28 I don't know if that means she's still young adult, but we learn not to tell her ever that she couldn't do anything, even though she did have some physical limitations. I will tell you the story of one time I didn't think she could do something. I told her I didn't think she could roller skate. We were at school party and it was a roller skating party and I told her I just didn't think that she could do this, at that time she was using little arm crutches, well, she roller skated. After that I said no more I'm not going to tell you any other Tom that I don't think you can do anything and if you can't do anything, you're going to find out on your own but I'm not going to tell you that. She's very independent. She has a Master degree Baylor University. She works with underprivileged children now in a local high school helping them get access to college. She's an amazing woman. But this whole experience of a child born with disabilities has changed everything about me and I think for the good, all of this for the good.
Jim Rembach: Thanks for sharing that story. I think you had even mentioned me I asked you a question about—I don't know the exact context but you had mentioned something about—I don't know Charlie takes care of that—but it was in regards to some of the things that you were referring to in with developing and helping the kids move forward. So, really it is helpful from a relationship perspective to work with others in there. So what was this Charlie meant to you and the things that you've had to go through?
Vicki Herrell: My husband is just my rock, he really he. I'm more passionate person and a more—when things happen I kind of go off the deep sometimes thinking of everything that could happen, I'm always worst-case scenario, what going to happen? All that kind of thing. And he's more a big picture kind of guy and he's a calm guy. He always tells a story, he says, "So if you're car gets on the railroad tracks and stalls and there's a train coming, there's three kinds of people and one is the kind of person who jumps out of the car runs away and second kind of person freezes and don't do anything and third kind of person jumps out of the car but takes their keys because they know they're going to get in the house with those keys, and he always says he's the third kind of person.
So that just tells you a little bit about him I know I'm at least the first kind of person who's going to get out. I'm not going to freeze but I'm don't know I can promise you that I'm going to take my keys with me. But he is just great in a situation that you need to be calm. He's an attorney, so I think that helps in his profession as well. But he was always the one with Lora to say I'm not going to do it for you, you're going to have to do it yourself. We're going to make this girl as independent as we possibly can. And while sometimes it's a mothers feeling that we want to help our kids whether they're disable or not, he was always the one to say we're not going to do this for her she's going to do it for herself. We treated her just like any of the other two and I think that has a lot to do with where she is today.
Jim Rembach: I think you also shared with me, talking about Charlie and what you just shared in regards to helping them to build resilience, you got that same reinforcement from your father I think you said.
Vicki Herrell: Yeah. My dad was a pretty amazing guy. He was 46 when I was born, so I guess he pretty much raised his kids and thought he was done and he's got this other child he's going to deal with. I hang out with him all the time and we had so much fun. He was just the kind of guy which when I was growing up this wasn't true but he always tell me, didn't matter that you're female you can do anything that you put your mind to you can do anything that you want to do as long as you never give up, and that's just the way he was. A lot of other girls that grew up when I did in the 70's didn't get that kind of encouragement, so I think that has a lot to do with how I am today as well, I did have person behind me saying you can do it, you can do it.
Jim Rembach: Sounds like Charlie's reinforcing that as well.
Vicki Herrell: Yes. Definitely.
Jim Rembach: When you start thinking about Katie and Michael, what would they be thinking as you're telling a story about Lora?
Vicki Herrell: Both of them I think were participants in the whole process. One of the things that Katie remembers that so funny, Lora had quite a few hospital visits and surgeries and things when she was younger. Katie was 22 months older than she was and one of the things that she remembers more than anything is that when Lora were in the hospital she would get lots of presents, a lot of her friends from church and other friends would bring presents for Lora they also bring presents for Katie too and she remembers that. Michael didn't remember a lot of the history years younger than Lora and by the time he has a lot of recollection she was probably not getting quite as much in the hospital and that kind of things. They are really close and always have been and have a kind of funny relationship now as adults, they insult each other but they're all three are really close and I don't know that at that point Michael had much of an impact on him it was kind of the norm, the way things were the way Lora were, they are all great friends now.
Jim Rembach: Thanks for sharing that. Listening to you I started thinking about several things. First of all, you know my kids now being girl-boy-boy being 12-10 and 7 they say things to each other too so I guess maybe there's some comfort in knowing that it never ends.
Vicki Herrell: No it does not ever end. I could have told you that from a being at dinner with Lora and Michael last night for his birthday.
Jim Rembach: And the other thing is that talking about normal—you know my wife was in a car accident when she was 8 years old, she's been in a wheelchair ever since and that my kids she carried them had C section, all three of them, they don't see mom as being any different than any other mom. You're talking about normal, normal is whatever you make it to be.
Vicki Herrell: Exactly. Lora gets a little frustrated sometimes when people stare at her and a lot of times kids do that cause I guess I don't know what to think but she's become to people who know her they don't see a wheelchair at all they just see Lora. She has so many friends and so many kids that she's mentored in and things like that to them they don't see the wheelchair, they just see Lora. And so I think sometimes it's a process her when she sees people looking at her wheelchair because she doesn't even think about it like that anymore.
Jim Rembach: My wife, I'm not going to give away her age but I'm 47 but my kids notice other people looking at my wife and my wife doesn't even notice it anymore. She will notice that there's some kids—it seems like there's a kind of like an age when ** about 18-24 months right in that two year old range they want to play with her chair they want to come and touch the wheels, play with the brakes and that kind of stuff but other than that she really doesn't notice it anymore.
Vicki Herrell: We have my great nephew here at Christmas time and he's just turned five yesterday and the most thing he want to do while I was here was ride in Lora's wheelchair. So he would sit in the den in front of the TV and Lora will get out of her wheelchair and then Grant would sit in the wheelchair. So that was his most fun thing that he did while he was here.
Jim Rembach: I could relate to that too cause my kids, specially my daughter and she's 12, like to ride around the house with mom's chair when mom gets out, so they think that's funny. So in know we talked about the two association that you're running and all the things that you're doing with regards to church but when you start thinking about some of your goals, what are they?
Vicki Herrell: A lot of my goals don't have to do with business per se I have a lot of goals personally that I want to try to be a better person and I want to try to worry less and I want to try to be positive more and things like that but I feel like the personal goals that have all help me in business. So I don't feel like I have to have so many business goals as I need to have personal goals that will stretch me and that in turn will affect all areas of my life including my business is that make sense?
Jim Rembach: It does. And the Fast Leader legion wishes you the very best. Now before we move on let's get a quick word from our sponsor.
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Jim Rembach: Alright here we go Fast Leader listeners it's time for the Hump Day Hoedown. Okay Vicki the Hump Day Hoedown?
Vicki Herrell: I guess I am as great as I'm ever going to be.
Jim Rembach: What do you think is holding you back from being an even better leader today?
Vicki Herrell: Worrying.
Jim Rembach: What is the best leadership advice you have ever received.
Vicki Herrell: It's a quote again my husband gave it to me it's actually from Ronald Regan: "The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things he is the one who gets the people to do the greatest things."
Jim Rembach: What is one of your secrets that you believe contributes to your success?
Vicki Herrell: I'm a really good writer and a really good listener and a really good talker.
Jim Rembach: What do you feel is one of your best tools that helps you lead in business or life?
Vicki Herrell: My smile and my friendly personality.
Jim Rembach: What would be one book, it could be from any genre, that you'd recommend to our listeners?
Vicki Herrell: That's a hard one for me. I think it might be Knock 'Em Dead which is a book about how to look for a job.
Jim Rembach: Okay Fast Leader listeners you can find links to that and other bonus information from today show by going to fastleader. net/Vicki Harrell. Okay Vicki this is my last Hump Day Hoedown question: Imagine you were given the opportunity to go back to the age of 25 and you've been given the opportunity to take the knowledge and skills that you have now back with you but you can't take everything you can only choose one, what skill or piece of knowledge would you take back with you and why?
Vicki Herrell: I would take my public speaking skills that I did not have at 25 and use them at 25.
Jim Rembach: Vicki it was an honor to spend time with you today can you please share with the Fast Leader Legion how they can connect with you?
Vicki Herrell: You can reach me via email at email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com I'm on LinkedIn, we also have SWPP links on Facebook and on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Jim Rembach: Vicki Herrell thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom, the Fast Leader legion honors you and thanks you for helping us get over the hump.
Thank you for joining me on the Fast Leader show today. For recaps, links from every show, special offers and access to download and subscribe, if you haven't already, head on over the fastleader.net so we can help you move onward and upward faster.


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Dragons are big in our house these days! My boys love the Dragon Master books, Dragon City game, and all things dragon! So we were really happy to see that this months Bostik craft blogger theme was dragons. I decided to make a dragon themed shield with them, using cardboard and a few other recycled materials, so that they could play with it after we finished crafting. This was really easy to make, and I think it came out great!
- Large piece of strong cardboard (square)
- Silver card
- Red ribbon (thin) (and gold sequin ribbon if you have it)
- 1 Green cupcake liner
- Glittery gold card (or use green, red, or whichever colour you like for the dragon's body)
- Craft gems and / or gold coins
- Bostik white glue
- Double sided tape or Bostik glue dots, & single sided tape
- Scissors
Optional extra: you could also use Bostik glitter glue to decorate
First you need to cut your cardboard shield into shape by cutting a round point into the bottom half of the cardboard square. Then, use a strip from the part you cut off to make a simple handle, and tape it onto the back of the shield.
Next, turn the shield around and you're ready to start decorating the front.
We added textured silver cardboard to the top of the shield to make a border, and thin red ribbon around the bottom edge. We stuck these down with Bostik white glue. When using the white glue, use plenty and allow it some time to dry and then it will be stuck down firmly and securely.
Leave the borders of the shield to dry while you make the dragon to go in the middle. To make this, we used the cupcake liner for the wings and dragon head, and the gold card to make the body.
Drawing a dragon is not always easy! But this method makes it pretty simple. We drew the body in the shape of a long thin wiggly line with an arrow tail, and then just cut and stick on basic wings and head shape, and you will see the dragon shape start to become recognisable. The crinkly texture of the cupcake liner gives you a good effect for the dragon wings!
Again, we stuck this all together with white glue, and you'll need a few minutes for it to dry and stick firmly. Once the dragon is dried, stick it directly on to the front of the shield.
Finally, we decorated the shield a little more with jewels and gold coins, since dragons are known to sit on piles of treasure and gold in their dragon caves! To stick the gems down we used Bostik glue dots, or you can use double sided tape. Because they are quite heavy, the glue dots work best here rather than white glue.
And for one final touch, we added the flames coming out of the dragon's mouth. We used strips of sequinned ribbon in red and gold) and leave it all to dry.
Once it's dry, you're ready to play and use the shield. We added it to one of our own knight's costumes from the dressing up box. You can also make your own cardboard sword to go with it, or use a toy sword that you already have.
Ta da… your very own dragon shield! Perfect for kids who love dragons and knights, or want to be a "dragon master"
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Book Shelf: All the Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry
Unable to speak, Judith lives like a ghost in her own home, silently pouring out her thoughts to her childhood friend, Lucas. He is the boy who has owned her heart for as long as she can remember - even if he doesn′t know it.
But when Roswell Station is attacked, long-buried secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose - to continue living in silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the lives around her, forever.
Told in a voice that is achingly raw and intimate, this remarkably original novel will haunt and stay with you. It will fill you with Judith′s passion and longing, and its mysteries will keep you feverishly turning the pages until the very last one.
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As a reader, there are rare times in one's life when you come across a book that changes you. Often unexpected, it's story manages to reach down into a deep, inner part inside you and wretch your emotions apart with it's haunting depth and beauty....All The Truth That's In Me is one of those books.
Having recently finished Julie Berry's stunning novel All The Truth That's In Me, I'm not really sure what to think. Or to say. Or even where to begin. This book is so far out of my comfort zone it's beyond ridiculous and yet I don't think I have the words to ensure my review does it justice. Nothing I could write would even come close to describing the unexpected brilliance and beauty, I personally, found within it's pages. This story is on another level entirely.
Written in rare second person and told in short, brief chapters All The Truth That's In Me is in no way my normal read. Admittedly, I experienced a brief difficulty getting into it in the very beginning due to the brief flashes into past experiences that I found confusing, but after this initial confusion I honestly found myself swept up into our protagonist Judith's haunting story. Author Julie Berry has done a terrific job with this historical novel. I feel wrecked having read it. There were so many moments when I felt torn apart, broken, an emotional wreck and yet I feel better having read it.
Understandably there are going to be people out there hesitant to read this book due to it's themes and the strong issues it explores, but All The Truth That's In Me is so much more than it seems. It's dark subject matter leads to a really unexpected read. Judith's story is agonizing; agonizing to read, heart wrenching at times to experience. And so incredibly beautiful.
As this book progressed, I felt more for Judith at times than I think I've felt for a main character in a long, long time. Possibly ever. Her voice is so incredibly raw and her emotions bleed through the pages. You simply can't not feel her pain and agony. Her loneliness and heartbreak take on a life of it's own and the broken, damaged way she, and others, view herself will break you. Seeing her pine for the one she thinks she can never have but still ultimately loves is so incredibly emotional.
The journey Judith goes on throughout this story is inspiring. Watching her find the strength to overcome what was taken from her and for her to want to better herself really does touch something in you. Seeing small acts of kindness for her from people in a village where the majority scorn and ridicule her; often seeing her as stupid and nothing is amazing to witness.
So, in saying how emotionally torn apart this book left me at times, it also stitched me back together. I was glued to this novel, frantically turning pages and amazed by the beauty I found in this story. Our protagonist goes though so much and as you see what it has done to her and the impact it's had on her, seeing the happy, fitting things she experiences towards the end of the novel just gives it so much more meaning.
Julie Berry takes you right into Judith's head with All The Truth That's In Me. Her voice is haunting and pain filled and as the story progresses and truths come to light, All The Truth That's In Me proves to be one of those stories that stays with you always. Despite having turned the final page, I find that Judy's story still lingers with me and I'm still lost in it's painful beauty.
Without a doubt a MUST read of 2013, All The Truth That's In Me is haunting, tragic and completely unforgettable!
Source: Sent for review by Harper Collins Australia (Thank you SO much!)
Format: Paperback ARC
Buy it: Bookworld | The Nile | The Book Depository | Amazon
My Recommendation: Haunting, beautiful and unexpected, this book is a MUST READ!
Cover: I actually really like it. It's fitting for the time and period of the story.
Will I read sequel/continue with series: This is a stand alone, but I look forward reading more of Julie Berry's writing!
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Monday, November 25, 2013
Breathtaking Book Cover: Ignite Me
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That is one stunning cover! Will have to check it out on Amazong, because I'm not sure what it's about. But the cover alone will grab reader's attention.ReplyDelete
Hi Amanda! <3 I think I haven't been around for forever. I'm SO glad to stop by your blog and read your awesome posts! Missed you! x)ReplyDelete
Anyway, wonderful pick! I like Tahereh Mafi's book covers - so stunning! The eye is just umistakable, and definitely eye catching! The flowers surrounding the eye is so gorgeous. <3
I'm happy that I can always count on you to feature the most beautiful covers! ;) Thank you for sharing, Amanda! :)
Love the covers of these books! I really need to get to catching up on this series.ReplyDelete
I never noticed the pink roses coming out of her eye. I've never been a huge fan of this series covers but I have to admit it doesn't look as bad as I thought (:ReplyDelete
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With the merger, multi-millionaire pharmaceutical CEO and Odyssey owner Martin "Cerebral" Shkreli will become chairman for the company, while Imagine owners Gerard "BM" Kelly and Michael "Devilian" Roschenwimmer will move to chief executive officer and managing director respectively.
Team coach Rohit "Curryshot" Nathani now assumes the role of general manager for all of the organization's endeavors, both in and out of League of Legends. As a result, the team is actively searching for an League Championship Series caliber coach to fill the role Nathani has left vacant.
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A mother who lost her infant son to whooping cough schools Australian politician Pauline Hanson about vaccines.
Since the publishing of a now debunked fraudulent study from more than 20 years ago, a debate over the safety of vaccines has swirled in parenting communities around the world. However, you don't normally expect to see lawmakers wading into the anti-vaxxer waters. Australian politician Pauline Hanson caught a ton of social media flak when she publicly questioned the effectiveness of vaccinations, shocking many medical experts all over the country.
It's scary to think that there are still a significant number of people who are anti-vaccination, as there is no clear cut evidence that suggests vaccinations cause autism or contribute to any long-term health issues. In fact, it's the opposite.
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Whooping Cough is a debilitating disease that is life-threatening for infants. Vaccinations against whooping cough save countless children's lives every year. Though Riley was too young to have been vaccinated yet, herd immunity used to protect vulnerable children—such as infants and immune-compromised individuals who can't tolerate vaccines—from contracting the illness.
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Hughes' son was only 32 days old when he succumbed to the illness. Ever since his death, she's been an supporter of vaccinations.
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Gutting our Guest Bathroom
Well, a few weeks back, I showed you the picture of our {future} guest bathroom shower. It was after my second son, Luke, decided to stand on the tiled soap dish holder in the shower tearing down the soap holder and half of the tiled wall.
Shortly after that, Cy "went to town" on that bathroom.
I was sitting in my room when I heard an awful racket. I ran across the house to see what was going on, and I found Cy ripping out the vanity of the boys' bathroom. He had already removed the toilet without me knowing.
Doesn't he know I need "before" pictures?!!!
So I don't have a picture of the bathroom before he took the toilet out.
I had to grab my cell phone real quick to take some pictures because the battery on my Nikon was dead.
{He had already put up some green board around the tub a few days earlier.}
There was an ugly light above the mirrored medicine cabinet that Cy had to remove.
Then we got rid of the sink top.
Now, I know y'all are wondering why in the heck I would get rid of such a beautiful vanity! Well, ladies…I just have a hankerin' for something new.
Cy unscrewed the vanity from the wall and yanked it out with a crow bar.
After he removed the toilet and vanity, he used a shovel to get up the several layers of linoleum.
It smelled horrible!
But the bathroom was completely gutted and ready for a re-do! Woohoo!
Lastly, he installed some water resistant hardi backer board around the shower. This will help prevent mold and mildew behind the tile that we install soon.
So that is where we are at! The bathroom has been like this for several weeks because Cy has been so busy trying to finish our staircase and the upstairs of the addition. We really hope to get the boys in their new rooms before Christmas.
I am very excited about getting this bathroom finished. For now, I am planning on installing white subway tile in the shower and creating a plank wood wall. Cy will be making us a custom vanity using some left over butcher block from our kitchen.
Can't wait to share the process with you.
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Back in August I submitted a proposal for the Holiday Science Lectures at the University of Ottawa. I blogged about it at the time here. I'm really excited, because it's been accepted and I will be presenting it this December!
50 word (50 words! How am I supposed to sum it up in 50 words? Oh well, I had a go) synopsis is below:
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Code is like a paintbrush, and the Internet is the world's biggest art gallery. Invented just 20 years ago the Internet has changed everything. Less than 24% of humanity has access to the Internet; there is more change to come. What can we expect technology to change in the future?
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Digging into SOIL Library for OpenGL
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When I was (re)implementing PhotoAlbum sample application I got stuck in one place. Program was about to load a list of textures (like 16 maybe) and suddenly I noticed that the whole process takes quite long time. More disappointing thing was that I got memory access errors for some images and configurations. This stopped the "development" for a time and I decided that I need to dig inside my image loading library: dig into SOIL.
SOIL library is a well known, public domain, very easy to use and small library for loading images. It is designed to work with OpenGL, usually as a static library. Simple case:
tex_ID = SOIL_load_OGL_texture("test.jpg",
I like the library because of it simplicity. There is almost no need to
learn new API. For example SOIL returns raw
GLuint for texture objects
so it can be easily embedded into your existing wrapper for Texture
objects. It is multiplatform as well so it aligns well with
freeGLUT for instance.
What was wrong?
The First
Let's go to the mentioned memory access violation errors. It occurred
when I tried to load RGB image of size
725x544. The problem was very
simple to fix, but I took me some time to solve.
I started debugging:
- To be able to go inside
SOIL_load_OGL_textureit had to be recompiled with DEBUG flag. SOIL comes with the source code by default so I quickly setup solution under VS 2012 and press recompile.
- Soil.c is the main file for the library. It is quite large - around 2000 lines - and it is written in C style. Unfortunately the C style means, in this case, large functions (for instance 400 lines in once example!) and usually no or "little" SRP. Fortunately after a while the code seems to be readable.
SOIL_load_OGL_textureis a simple function that loads data from a file and then redirects all the work to
SOIL_internal_create_OGL_texture. Alternatively for DDS files
SOIL_direct_load_DDSis used. When loading the data Soil can force additional channels (from RGB to RGBA for instance)
SOIL_internal_create_OGL_textureis this long 400-line function. It does almost everything :). Its main purpose is to create OpenGL texture object and push the previously loaded data into OpenGL. To do that it needs to support various SOIL flags like INVERT_Y, NTSC_SAFE_RGB, MULTIPLY_ALPHA…
- For some flags GL extension are loaded - like for NPOT textures or
texture rectangles. The work is done by
query_**_capability()functions. Basically GL extensions are loaded "manually", no separate library is used for that.
- After the pixel transformations are done GL texture object is created.
- Then data is uploaded to OpenGL. In most cases
glTexImageis called.
- When compression is selected then SOIL can compress loaded pixel
using DXT1 or DXT5 custom implementations and then use
glCompressedTexImageto push the data.
- Another step is to create mipmaps. This step is done using custom "rescaling" algorithms and mipmaps are generated for POT textures only.
- The last step involves setting proper texture parameters and a memory cleanup.
- If everything goes as expected then the function returns valid ID
GLuint) to OpenGL Texture Object.
Below there is a simple diagram of the described path
In the end I got one idea regarding my memory errors: use proper data
alignment! Simply, I had to setup
glPixelStore properly because data
from my image was not aligned to 4 bytes. I wrongly assumed that SOIL
can deduce the alignment. Silly thing, but it motivated me to debug the
code and learn library internals.
The second
It was related to the performance. One image loaded quite fast, but when
I needed to upload 16 images it was not. I tried to change flags in the
loader. Usually I pass
SOIL_FLAG_MIPMAPS | SOIL_FLAG_INVERT_Y. When,
for instance, I removed mipmap generation it worked faster! My images
was not that big: around
540x700, so I thought they should be read
But while debugging those memory errors several ideas came to my mind about the SOIL and its performance:
- When MIPMAP flag is passed SOIL does not only create mipmaps but
before that rescales the texture to be POT. Simply: it cannot make
mipmaps out of NPOT texture directly. In my case for an image
540x700it was upscaled to
1024x1024! This could take some time!
- Algorithms for scaling, mipmapping, etc are all in software, no hardware acceleration is used.
Proposed changes
The debugging and learning a bit of SOIL internals made me to think about the following upgrades that could be done to the library:
- Add ability to use
glGenerateMipmap. This requires only single line in code to call, works for NPOT textures and should be hardware accelerated. Moreover nowadays it should be supported almost everywhere. Basically
GL_EXT_framebuffer_objectis only needed.
- Use modern style of loading extensions. Use
glGetStringi. This should make SOIL to work in Core GL profile. Additionally GL_CLAMP needs to be changed into GL_CLAMP_TO_BORDER.
- Add ability to use immutable texture storage.
- Add some more examples and tests.
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Ten key projects by Indian architect Anupama Kundoo
Here's a look at 10 pivotal projects by Indian architect Anupama Kundoo, whose work is currently on show in a retrospective at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark.
Kundoo's architecture centres around traditional craft traditions and construction techniques. Her buildings features handmade materials assembled by local craftsmen, which she favours over mass-produced production methods.
Many of her buildings can be found in Auroville, southeastern India. Kundoo moved to this experimental city after graduating from the University of Mumbai in 1989, and it has had a strong influence on her work.
It was in Auroville where she met modernist architect Roger Anger, who became a long-time collaborator. It was also here that she built her first house, Hut Petite Ferme, experimenting with materials including granite, clay and coconut fibre.
Although she now lives in Berlin, Kundoo is still heavily involved in the planning of this city. She has designed many of its institutional buildings, including the town hall.
She has also designed a range of other influential projects for India, including her affordable housing concept Full Fill Homes, which allows new homes to be erected in a matter of days.
Here's a look at 10 of her key projects, captured by photographer Javier Callejas:
Wall House, 2000, Auroville, India
The second house that Kundoo built for herself became a prototype for many of her subsequent projects.
Working with local craftsman, she opted to use preindustrial "achakal" mud bricks, which are less energy-intensive to produce than factory bricks. She also developed vaulted terracotta roofing systems, to utilise the skills of Auroville's potters.
Residence Kranti Kanade, 2003, Pune, India
This family villa consists of various indoor and outdoor spaces, all sheltered beneath a single large roof.
Rooms are interspersed with verandas and terraces that provide plenty of cross ventilation, but that also create natural separation between the domains of the house's various occupants.
Shah Houses, 2003, Brahmangarh, India
This pair of houses is built from natural basalt stone – a readily available material in the area – and locally crafted terracotta tubes.
Glass-fronted social spaces are located beneath the vaulted roofs, while more private spaces are embedded within the solid masonry walls.
Creativity, An Urban Eco-Community, 2003, Auroville, India
Designed as a prototype for a co-housing community, this complex provides diverse facilities for between 50 and 60 residents.
Raised walkways create space for interaction without compromising the privacy of the individual homes, and also allow the buildings to incorporate natural ventilation techniques.
Multipurpose Hall SAWCHU, 2000, Auroville, India
The Sri Aurobindo World Centre for Human Unity is a concrete pavilion, designed as a community space for the residents of Auroville.
The structure is supported by eight leaning pillars and is surrounded on three of its four quadrants by amphitheatre seating. At its centre is a circular skylight, which is mirrored by the patterns in the flooring below.
Town Hall Complex, 2005, Auroville, India
Kundoo collaborated with Roger Anger, who was Auroville's chief architect, to create a group of three buildings to house the town hall.
The complex intersperses offices with public facilities and service areas, allowing spaces to take on an urban character. Shaded walkways connect the buildings, which are primarily built from concrete and brick.
Mitra Youth Hostel, 2005, Auroville, India
Located very close to the town hall, this three-storey building accommodates young people arriving in Auroville for short- and medium-term stays.
The building is organised around open-air corridors that follow its kinked form. Rooms have balconies, plus there are various communal terraces, to encourage interaction between residents.
Voluntariat Homes for Homeless Children, 2008, Pondicherry, India
These dome-shaped housing units were designed to accommodate children from challenged backgrounds.
Here, Kundoo explores an innovative form of construction that is both low-cost and environmentally friendly. The structures are built from mud bricks made on site, which are then fired in-situ to make them more durable and water resistant.
Full Fill Homes, 2015, Auroville, India
Kundoo uses ferrocement – a low-tech form of reinforced concrete – to create the modules of these affordable housing units, which are designed to combat the homelessness problem in India.
The box-shaped modules can be assembled in a matter of days, and incorporate niches that become highly functional for storage.
Sharana Daycare Facility, 2019, Pondicherry, India
Reinforced concrete slabs were paired with modular terracotta screens to create the structure of this daycare centre.
The building was designed for a charitable organisation that aims to provide education to disadvantaged communities and children. It centres around a garden courtyard used for a variety of different activities.


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The CAME-OPTIMUS is the successor to the very successful CAME-SINGLE gimbal. The Optimus also features encoders and allows for one hand operation, but with all of the controls and battery now relocated outside of the handle. The single handle can be changed to dual handles depending on the camera operator's requirements.
The new frame design also allows for the Optimus Gimbal to be operated completely inverted or underslung. All motors rotate a full 360 degrees without limitation for greater range and flexibility during operation. The battery life can run up to 10 hours on a single charge. The single handle has a built in joystick, but the Optimus also includes a wireless Joystick Remote. The CAME-OPTIMUS has a quick release camera plate along with tool-less adjustments for easy and fast camera balancing.
The Optimus now includes 2 batteries so you have a backup for long shoots, and the convenience of charging one while using the other.
Payload capacity is 2.6 lb / (1.2 kg)
Included parts:
- Main Body
- Single handle
- 2 x lithium batteries
- Battery charger
- Quick release plate
- Wireless joystick remote
- USB cable for wireless joystick
- 2 x ¼-20 screw
- Hard case
- Dual handle
- Mini foldable stand
- Magic arm with clamp
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A Useful Accessory for the Optimus – The Optimus Adapter Plate -- $88
The Optimus adapter plate replaces the single or dual grip handle with a plate with 1/4-20 and 3/8-16 tapped holes for mounting to tripods, cranes, vehicle mounts, sliders, etc.


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|ترجمه تخصصی - سرعت عادی
|هر کلمه 90 تومان
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Procedia Engineering, Volume 41, 2012, Pages 1660–1666
چکیده انگلیسی
Ballistic helmet is a standard infantry equipment that provides ballistic protection from fragmenting to the head, temples, ear and neck of the wearer. This paper presents the study of the design of a locally used ballistic helmet, i.e. Personnel Armor System for Ground Troop (PASGT) type helmet, from ergonomic perspectives and the identification of potential risk areas of injury based on the current ballistic helmet design. Two quantitative assessment techniques are employed in the investigation. First, a set of questionnaires were distributed to the current users of the PASGT helmet. The result showed that the 54.8% of respondents experienced pain on the parietal (top) area of their head, which is a potential risk area of head injury. Second, an experiment with 10-mm thick sponge layer added to the interior part of the helmet was conducted to test its effect on the contact pressure between the head of the wearer and the medium size PASGT helmet while jogging on a treadmill at 8 km/h for 180 seconds. Mean of peak contact pressure with and without wearing the sponge of 2.5 kPa and 2.6 kPa, respectively, are obtained from the practical test. The maximum of peak contact pressure is found to be 3.6 kPa with the sponge and 4.2 kPa without the sponge. The results obtained in this study indicate that there are areas of discomfort interior to the PASGT helmet in contact with the wearer and that the discomfort can be minimized by appending a sponge layer to the frontal of the helmet.
مقدمه انگلیسی
Ballistic military helmets are intended to protect the head of the wearer whilst providing 'sufficient amount' of comfort. Head and neck represent just 12% of the body area that is typically exposed in a battle field. However, they receive up to 25% of all hits and almost half of all combat deaths are caused by head injuries [1]. Among others, the reason might arise from the fact that the helmet is not being worn as often as it should be by the troops. This paper presents two quantitative methods to measure the level of comfort as experienced by wearers of a locally used ballistic helmet, i.e. Personnel Armor System for Ground Troop (PASGT) type helmet, from ergonomic perspectives and the identification of potential risk areas of injury based on the current ballistic helmet design.
نتیجه گیری انگلیسی
The study on ergonomic factor for conventional ballistic helmet which is a PASGT helmet is being investigated in this study in order to study and investigate the design of locally used ballistic helmet from ergonomic perspective, both in questionnaire survey and experimental method. Starting with performing the first assessment which is by implementing a sheet of questionnaire survey to 73 sample size of Malaysian army in Wardieburn Camp, the outcome obtained are encouraging. The result of questionnaire is indicated that there are a lot of problems experienced by the helmet user in ergonomic viewpoint such as weight, maintainability and heat retention. From the questionnaire also, the parietal area of head is found as the potential risk areas of injury. In order to further investigate the comfort effect on PASGT helmet user, an experiment regarding pressure mapping system is performed on 30 subjects of ROTU on a treadmill at a gymnasium of UiTM Shah Alam. The experiment is done with velocity of 8 km/h (2.2 m/s) within 180 seconds time duration. This time duration is being determined by performing a preliminary experiment and it is found that time does not radically change with pressure as being discussed previously. By this, two important findings are found from the main experiment on those 30 subjects. The result obtained for mean of peak pressure without wearing the sponge is 2.6 kPa and 2.5 kPa with wearing the sponge. Meanwhile, the maximum of peak pressure without and with wearing the sponge are 4.2 kPa and 3.6 kPa respectively. Generally, the contact pressure between the helmet and the head wearer can be decreased by placing a sponge or any other absorption materials that will absorb the vibration occur while wearing the helmet. As the Kevlar material is having a hard surface, it is a good suggestion to have some sort of sponge material inside the helmet. Simultaneously, this will increase the comfort feeling among the users especially for the Malaysian army.


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About Us
About Thomson Lawn Care
Thomson Lawn Care is a locally owned and operated company by John and Cherie Thomson. Specializing in an array of services, our goal is to provide our customers with the highest level of service consistency and satisfaction in the greater Central Kentucky region. We do this by creating specialized plans for each client and employing the right people for the right job. Every technician has training and education so that their expertise will be utilized in reaching our goal. Give your home the Thomson Lawn Care it deserves and call us for a free service estimate.
Our Staff
The Thomson Family
Owners and Operators
John resides in Georgetown, KY with his wife, Cherie, and his two children. John's experience as a Facilities and Grounds Director at a University prepared him to own and operate his own lawn care company…
In his free time, John enjoys golf, running, and watching his kids' play golf, soccer, piano, and tennis.
Shannon Smith
Office Manager
Shannon Smith is the first impression when anyone new calls or walks into our office. As a native Lexingtonian, Shannon has spent her entire life in the Bluegrass. She has utilized her horticulture degree from Eastern Kentucky University to good use putting in over 15 years in the industry. She has a love for all things green with a special place in her heart for gardening and collecting PEZ candy dispensers. Give us a call and tell Shannon what we can help you with today.
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Born in the mountains of North Georgia, Joey found his way to the Bluegrass State by way of Berea College. During his tenure there he met his wife and has made Kentucky his new home. When you call our company, Joey will usually be the first person you meet at a site to discuss what is your current issue and to give him the tour. Joey is our sales manager but more importantly, his role is to develop plans of action that will yield the greatest benefit. When Joey isn't working, he is an avid boat and motorcycle enthusiast.
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Born in California but grew up in here in Lexington Chad provides a benefit to our clients by having the most experience out of any member of our service team. His two decades of working in Central KY lawns means that he has seen it all which translates to making your home the envy of the neighborhood. When Chad is not creating the best looking lawns in the state, he is an avid cook and movie goer.
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Anthony has been in the doing lawn care services for over 14 years and unlike most of our staff, has always been a resident of Central Kentucky. Anthony came to us in Spring of 2021 bringing with him his own unique expertise from his years of experience. Anthony has a knack for buidling relationships with his regular clients and when he isnt working he is likely on his Harley riding these curvy Kentucky roads.
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There are 8,633.77 miles between Frankfort, KY and Jim's hometown off the coast of South Africa. That distance did not stop Jim from making his way to us. He has been working for John and Cherie for over 2 years now and has become an essential part of the team as our residential service technician. Jim loves coming in everyday knowing that he isn't going to be sitting behind a desk. A modern day renaissance man, Jim spends his off hours BBQ-ing, remodeling his Ol' Kentucky home, and exercising.
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In giving his excellent team-building sessions, my friend and fellow author Gary Pritchard always says that there are three things you can control: your effort, your attitude and your response to failure. He calls it EAR.
Now billionaire sports owner Mark Cuban is echoing Pritchard. In this article from Business Insider, Cuban, owner of the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks, discusses controlling your own effort.
What really caught my eye was the reference to fooling yourself. We can always fool ourselves about how hard we are working. I'm going to use Cuban's article to push and motivate me in the New Year.
Here are three things that coaches can do to make sure they are working as hard as they can.
Plan practices. It's often not easy. Tired after practice, you're in no condition to plan the next one. Then, when you get home, you get bogged down by a variety of tasks and distractions. It's best to get into a habit.
Measure. If your don't measure it, you can't manage it. The best coaches keep stats so they can learn more about their athletes and how the practice went. If you don't like the normal stats in your sport, invent your own. Penn State volleyball coach Russ Rose, for example, doesn't measure things that happen. He measures things that should have happened but didn't.
Feedback. More and more athletes are telling me they can't feel themselves doing the things I'm telling them they do. They don't have body awareness. So you've got to give consistent, meaningful feedback. It can get boring saying the same things over and over, but your team needs it.
So if you plan your practices, measure what's going on, and provide strong feedback, you will be working harder than ever, and your teams will improve. You'll be working smart as well as hard.
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Xandros Presto: A Quick-Booting Linux Partition for Your Windows
By Martin Kaba • May 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Linux Distros, Open-Source, Windows
Windows-Only: Presenting Xandros Presto – – in Five Screenshots. How long does it take you to boot your Windows Vista? Being such a resource hog, a 1Gb RAM Vista laptop can take you up to several minutes to boot up. That's why Xandros thought of "Instant-On" Presto.


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I sew, I machine knit, I cook, and I make cards. My mother says I'm the Black Martha Stewart!
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Roof replacement tends to be a vital home improvement component. It is a kind of investment that will end up with an increased value to your property. While the market has many roofing contractors offering their services, not every professional has the same ethics or follows the standards.
Choosing a roofing company tends to be a daunting task. Look for those services that guarantee a clean and quality job with a labor warranty. With these three key aspects, you can find a reliable and experienced roofing contractor to ensure the best job done.
Let's look at the services that you can expect from a roofing contractor.
Roof Replacement Service
If you have cracked, curling, missing, or loosen shingles, it means your house needs a roof replacement. Experienced roofing contractors can perform this job meeting your expectations and budget requirements
Assistance with the Right Material
Most roofing contractors have a range of relevant products, giving you the convenience of finding the right material for your roof. It means you can choose the roofing materials that will suit your preference and taste as well as let your roof look in the way you want.
Attic Air Sealing & Inspection
Attic air sealing is another thing that you can expect from every roofing contractor in the market. Air sealing or weatherizing restricts the flow of air from inside your house into the upper floor and prevents the future. Roofing specialists inspect electrical wires in-filtration, leaks or plumbing stacks, cathedral ceiling attached to the attic.
Attic Ventilation & Insulation
Proper attic ventilation is handy in saving energy costs and maintaining your house's temperature. Likewise, proper attic insulation helps prevent the formation of mold and ice dams. It also does not allow hot air to get trapped inside the attic. Attic ventilation and attic insulation are some services that you can expect from all roofing contractors out there.


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Showtime has cancelled Masters of Sex after four seasons, the period drama will not return for Season 5, RenewCancelTV has confirmed.
In a statement, Showtime said of the decision to axe Masters of Sex Season 5:
"Masters of Sex was a beautifully written and acted exploration of America's changing sexual mores. We are incredibly proud to have shared the story of Masters and Johnson for four critically acclaimed seasons. The series will remain available across our platforms where new viewers can discover it for years to come."