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The UK producer Felix Manuel aka DjRUM is back, after 2011′s Mountains EP, with his debut full length work inspired by "the rawness of urban London" and the likes of Portishead, DJ Shadow and The Cinematic Orchestra. Jungle, dub techno, broken beat, dubstep are combined to sum up a Ninja Tune inspired story started in 90s and which will last forever in all of us, suburban zombies. Memories, widescreen atmospheres, dub chords, dusty and melancholic strings and obscure film samples for an album out on April 21 via 2nd Drop. DjRUM also appears with track Blue On Blue (Voodoo) in the English label's first compilation titled Future Foundations (out now). - www.eclecticollective.com/
Debut album of crisp dub-tech emissions from Djrum, new on 2nd Drop. It's easy to see why people like Gilles Peterson and Francois K are fans of this British producer: though the reverbs are canyon-sized and the drums hit hard, the atmospheres evoked are slick, soulful, sophisticated. Check the jazzwise 'Comos Los Cerdos' or the Nina-Simone-goes-DMZ swellings of 'Honey', all served up with melancholy strings, obscure soul and film samples and a generous blowback of hash smoke. The guest turns from female vocalist Shadowbox, a vocal dead ringer for Nicolette, only add to that sense of introspective 90s beatscaping updated for a contemporary sensibility. Best cut on the album for us is 'Arcana (Do I Need You)' a glossy but brukked-out steppa later reprised as Deepchord-meets-Burial cold-world ambient. - bomkat
As evidenced by his fine debut album Seven Lies, DjRum (real name Felix Manuel) is part of a new wave of electronic producers pushing the music to its next level. Their music is informed by multiple genres such as dubstep, house, two-step, and garage, which they're adept at integrating into personalized hybrids. Often deployed as loops that ground a track and give it colour and richness, samples are incorporated, not for novelty effect but as integral parts of a track's textural and compositional design. These are producers, in other words, whose skills are so well-honed their gear becomes a fluid extension of their creative and production processes.
On the fifty-four minute recording, myriad vocal and instrumental elements swim organically through the music in a way that suggests DjRum's approach is reminiscent of Portishead's in the dedication to texture and atmosphere shared by both acts. Blunted hip-hop is also part of the DjRum sound, and one hears echoes of DJ Shadow in a few of the cuts, too. "DAM," for example, oozes a bit of a trip-hop vibe in its downtempo opening section, and there's no lessening of atmospheric haze in the more energized parts that follow in the nine-minute opus.
DjRum's polished sound is well-represented by "Obsession," an infectious body-shaker informed by garage and house and whose serpentine funk groove is nicely peppered by keyboard stabs. Earworm voice samples and sirens intermingle during "Como Los Cerdos" while a dubby bass line and smoky, head-nodding beat lay out a smooth bottom end. During "Arcana (Do I Need You)," a female singer's soulful refrain imbues the driving pulse, as indebted to Detroit techno as Chicago house, with humanity, while a cello's vocal-like cry adds to the track's expansive character. It's a move repeated later in "Thankyou" when the tune's jittery jungle-inflected pulse is augmented by a violin's sweetly singing lines.
As one would expect, much of the album's material is rhythm-focused, with the tracks' clubby snap drawing from techno, house, jungle, broken beat, garage, and drum'n'bass. On sonic terms, Seven Lies can be transfixing, such as when "Anchors" overlays its frothy deep house with soaring vocal ululations (by ShadowBox) that seem to dissolve like smoke into Manuel's billowing atmospheres. Dense it might be, but his music, filled as it is with strings, female murmurs, harps, and other sounds, never collapses into incoherence. - textura.org
On the surface, Felix Manuel's output as Djrum seems to capture the zeitgeist of 'post-dubstep' or whatever other tag gets applied to that particular spin-off from the original bassweight sound. The melancholic chords, displaced vocal snippets and crisp beats are certainly not on their own in these times, and previous singles for On The Edge and Smokin' Sessions tapped into this idea with aplomb. Now settled nicely into 2nd Drop Records with two EPs behind him, Manuel delivers his debut album and in turn gets to expand on the more unique facets in his sound.
The same trick appears in "Honey" where a distant sample of reggae horns drifts in and out of the mix along with crafty drops of Indian strings, while all around mechanical bass and hyper-detailed beats fit and start in a drawn-out dubstep groove. It speaks volumes for the skill Manuel has in terms of production, blending such disparate elements into a flawlessly smooth finish, while keeping the track dynamic and engaging throughout. There's also a pleasing willingness to mix up the tempos within tracks, as on the deft switch-up that takes place in "DAM". Starting off on a tweaked hip hop beat, Manuel gently teases the track towards a bass-rich breakdown which then starts up again in a snappy new suit at 140 bpm, sending the track pirouetting off on a wholly other tangent.One element which has always stood out in Manuel's music is his use of instrumentation, and on tracks such as album opener "Obsession" you can find yourself revelling in the lingering power of the forlorn strings which sit on top of the breakdown without even realising what the sound is. Rather than some brazen slap-down of this cello or that clarinet, Manuel has a real gift for weaving these more organic elements into the crisp digitalisms of the rest of the track.
While these are all smart tricks that demonstrate the skill Manuel has been honing, they are merely vessels for the vibe that he brings. It's an immersive one from the off, perpetually tapped into that melancholic vein that can elicit emotive music at every turn. Were it not for his careful use of traditional instrumentation, Seven Lies might drift somewhat amidst the melee of producers doing similar things.
Certainly it would be interesting to see Manuel experiment with different temperaments in his music, and tracks such as Autonomic-powered album closer "Thankyou" hint towards other possibilities for his sound, but it seems clear that he has found a style that works for him, and he seeks to explore every possibility within it. While it may deliver the same feeling in many places throughout, in the end such an approach leaves Seven Lies as a thoroughly cohesive, immersive body of work. - Oli Warwick
Mountains EP (2011)
Strong and diverse single from DjRum, following a killer remix of LV and Message To Bears with a mixture of hi-Tech Rollers, Juke and emo Garage with detailed compositional flourishes. 'Undercoat' sets the tone with low-lit pads and vocals giving way to sleek stepping rhythms, finely balanced for club or home play. The centrepiece 'Mountains' shows a keener Technoid vocabulary, with Part 1 exhibiting flash, fluid Techno steppers programming with warm, jazz touches hitting the mark between Scuba and Shifted, while Parts 2 & 3 merge loping HipHop into quickstepping Juke momentum with swirling atmospheres, kinda like Blue Daisy jacked up on meth. 'Turiya' is sweeter cool-out 2-step joint with textured Burial-esque finish applied to crisp, classic-referencing 2-step Rave. - boomkat


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I took a pic of Octopus by itself and then a couple with the combo together :-) I really enjoyed wearing these polishes, the color shift is to die for!!
|octopus garden alone. Love that intense color shift! you can see the blurple around the edges of my nail. Burgundy on the top and on the very tip of my middle finger, you can see a hint of the gold color it also shifts too.
|Octopus garden. This one you see Blue on tips, purple on front of nails bed. Then gold on the back top, gorgeous!!
|Octopus, love this pic! Burgundy, blurple, AhMazing!!!
|Octopus with Boujour Paris on top. Blue on nail tips and edge of nails. That pinkish burgundy color on top of nails.
|another pic of the combo. my middle finger, closest to you had gold on the inner edge along with blue and a rdedish burgundy color
|Man, you can almost all the colors shifting in this pic. So sparkly, love it!!
|Another lovely pic. Color shift, color shift :-) :-)

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Books read in 2014
>> Monday, January 19, 2015
It's time for my annual review of all the books I read in the previous year! I've been recording the books I've read (not counting my own as I write them, which I read over and over and over again) since 2004, and I love going back to look at what I read in the past year! So here's my tenth anniversary list of what I've read in the last calendar year:
January (7 books read)
The Black Mountain - Rex Stout
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Tarantula - Matt Wagner and Guy Davis
In the Forest of Harm - Sallie Bissell
Century: 2009 - Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Death in the Clouds - Agatha Christie
Katelyn's Killer - John Gordon
Zatanna: Shades of the Past - Paul Dini
February (8 books read)
The Keeper of the Isis Light - Monica Hughes
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Vamp - Matt Wagner, Steven Seagle, and Guy Davis
The Other Woman - Hank Phillippi Ryan
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Scorpion - Matt Wagner, Steven Seagle, and Guy Davis
Speaking From Among the Bones - Alan Bradley
Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt (reread)
Sandman Mystery Theatre: Dr. Death and The Night of the Butcher - Matt Wagner, Steven Seagle, and Guy Davis
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
March (6 books read)
Lord Kelvin's Machine - James P. Blaylock
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Hourman and The Python - Matt Wagner, Steven Seagle, and Guy Davis
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
Manage Your Day-to-Day - Edited by Jocelyn K. Glei
A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
April (3 books read)
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Mist and The Phantom of the Fair
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
(I guess April was a busy month!)
May (2 books read)
Grasshopper Jungle - Andrew Smith
Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Blackhawk and The Return of the Scarlet Ghost - Matt Wagner, Steven Seagle, and Guy Davis
(May must have been busy too!)
June (4 books read)
Hark! A Vagrant. - Kate Beaton
Dogsong - Gary Paulsen
Andre the Giant - Box Brown
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein
July (6 books read)
Murder in Mesopotamia - Agatha Christie
Lobster Johnson: Satan Smells a Rat - Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
The Surgeon's Mate - Patrick O'Brian
The Marshal of the Borgo - Joe D'Agnese
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari - Dorothy Gilman
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station - Dorothy Gilman
August (6 books read)
Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase - Jonathan Stroud
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha - Dorothy Gilman
Japantown - Barry Lancet
The Coroner's Lunch - Colin Cotterill
Hellboy in Hell: The Descent - Mike Mignola
Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line - Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham
September (5 books read)
Promised Land - Robert Parker
The Judas Goat - Robert Parker
The Girl with All the Gifts - M. R. Carey
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish - Dorothy Gilman
Fringe: The Zodiac Paradox - Christina Faust
October (9 books read)
The Buck Passes Flynn - Gregory McDonald
The Fourteenth Goldfish - Jennifer L. Holm
B.P.R.D.: Vampire - Mike Mignola et al.
The Killing Floor - Lee Child
Tongues of Serpents - Naomi Novik
El Deafo - CeCe Bell
Cards on the Table - Agatha Christie
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief - Dorothy Gilman
Mrs. Pollifax Pursued - Dorothy Gilman
November (6 books read)
Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
Gottland - Mariusz Szcygiel
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer - Dorothy Gilman
Plot it Yourself - Rex Stout
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist - Dorothy Gilman
Choose Your Own Autobiography - Neil Patrick Harris
December (6 books read)
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled - Dorothy Gilman
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic - Allan Wolf
Hulk Visionaries 6 - Peter David et al.
Ms. Marvel: No Normal - G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
As You Wish - Cary Elwes
68 books read! And a hefty percentage of them were Mrs. Pollifax adventures by Dorothy Gilman. In fact, I read though the entire run of Mrs. Pollifax novels in one year! Or rather, I listened to them--each of those was listened to, rather than red. Mrs. Pollifax was my go-to audiobook of choice for car trips this year. I did a lot of driving this year!
I'm already five books into the new year. Here's looking forward to next year's list!


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I had the privilege today of spending a day at the award winning and fabulous John Croft Design office. Man, it was so good! Firstly I'd like to say what a lovely bunch of people that work in this office, but more than that some really skilled and talented interior designers. Everyone was so accommodating and helpful and forthcoming with sharing experiences and wisdom about the industry. The newest person there I think started 5 years ago, which is a testament to the type of workplace it is. I was really impressed. After hearing John speak at TAFE college, I was so keen to learn more about how things work at his business. I have great respect for someone who can run a successful business for so long, and he was very humble and honest about his experiences and love for creating beautiful homes for people to be happy in. So, I wanted to let him know all that, and today I helped out on a few bits and pieces which gave me a practical opportunity seeing the day to day of the design industry. Here are some of my insights.
I gleaned great knowledge in the process of a job, by helping out with putting together final specification documents. This part is SO important. If you can't correctly draft your drawings, and give the accurate information about what finish is going where, there is a high chance your design will not come out the way you are seeing it in your head. The specification documents are like the manual. You've got to write a good manual so that your creation comes to life.
Site visits
It was so great to get out into an apartment one of the designers is working on. Midway through cabinetry construction, finishes and tiling, I got to see how things are coming together and the tradies in action. I think it's so important to have that relationship with the tradespeople you are using. On this job there was a minor issue with the installation of the toilet cistern, and this could easily be worked through because the relationship was good. I think you've really just got to know your stuff when it comes to construction and installation. This will come with time, but in every experience there is always lots to learn, so being open and able to compromise with your builder is going to get you far.
Fabrics and stains
I had the pleasure of meeting a fabric rep too. She was fabulous. She knows the designers and what their work is like, so can bring products to suit, and introduced new ones. She has spent many years in the industry, and anecdotal conversations led to me having new knowledge about some fabrics. For example, did you know that viscose is actually made from wood pulp? And its not a good idea to scotch guard it, because it will show up with lines and drip marks.
Also, be aware of things like light fittings being rested on carpet. One of the designers had a nightmare issue, where the electrician had left a light fitting on the carpet while he did some work, and it made a stain. Then trying to clean the stain made worse stains, and by the time they got it cleaned, the other carpet was more downtrodden than the newly cleaned carpet and the whole lot had to all be done fresh. People pay good money to have their interiors well designed and immaculately presented, so it's got to be just right!
John Croft's signature is accessorising. I helped out putting together some flower arrangements for a big job they have to finish next week. The accessories are offered as part of the interior design service, some people take it up, some don't, but what fun it is looking around in the office at all the amazing objects! Lamps and vases, flowers and busts, fabrics and tiles, there is endless creativity in the dressing of a space and the designers at John Croft Design do it so well. Plenty of colour, pattern and bold choices!
There are so many things that cannot be learnt from the classroom. I love being in a busy and active office, hearing stories and experiences about the types of things that happen in the real interior design world. From the frustrations of not being able to find the right tile to match existing ones, to the pleasure and satisfaction of handing over the keys once a job is complete. I am itching to do more, learn more and start creating amazing spaces too.


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Real estate investing is always a bit special and tricky way of making money, but it is also a very good one if all of the things are considered and if the whole process is carried out with caution and care. Still, many people make several pretty costly mistakes when investing in the real estates and that can be pretty costly. So, what is to be done in order to avoid all of the possible negative consequences?
Usual Mistakes When Investing in Real Estates
First and most common mistake is to buy a perfectly tended piece of a real estate. Sure it looks great and as an investment that is complete so you do not need to invest anything else in it, but it is just a common deception. No matter how good it looks, it does need regular maintenance and that is increasing the costs of the overall investment. Additionally, if you buy a real estate in almost perfect state, be sure that it is going at almost the highest possible price it can get and that is not too comforting fact for the future. If the global trend of real estate value depreciation is considered, it means that in most of the cases you will be losing money if you enter this kind of the investment.
The other common mistake is investing in the real estate that is in a bad place. Namely, the place where your real estate investment is situated greatly determines its potential price, and if you buy one in the area near to the industry block, be sure that it won't be gaining on its worth.
There are a lot of other criteria that determine the cost of the investment and its potential to be profitable but most of them can be fixed, while the position of a real estate is permanent. So, what can be done to increase your chances of making money when making a move on the real estate market?
Best Ways of Investing in the Real Estate Market
One of the oldest and best possible ways to invest is to find a piece of the real estate which is on a good spot but is in a pretty bad condition. Of course, the completely ruined homes can be rather huge investment, but it is always pretty easy to find a place that is in reasonable good condition and which price is significantly lower than f those which are in perfect condition. This is the chance to make some serious money through rehabbing real estate. Namely, the starting investment is quite significantly lower than if it was in a good state, but it also requires some additional investments in order to make serious money. To be more specific, you will pay less in the very beginning but you will need to invest in to contractors and material for revitalising it. This of course takes also a certain period of time as well.
Now, this can be pretty much on your benefit. If you have made a really good investment, this means that the location of your not perfectly maintained real estate provides a constant appreciation of the value. Since carrying out of the construction works takes some time, it means only that the basic value of your investment will rise. So, even the basic investment will turn out to be good. Still, the real opportunity lies in bringing it in to perfect condition and then selling it. Here you can take two basic approaches.
The first one means that you try cutting all costs to the maximum. The contractors picked for the whole operation in this case are the ones which deliver the lowest bid. It doesn't provide the best selling value, but the investment is not too high. Also, the turnaround time is pretty quick in this way since most of the details are simply skipped.
The other way means tending to every single detail and taking the contractors which will provide the best possible service. It allows the rehabbing real estate to shine with a completely new look and it increases its price to the
maximum. Still, this also means pretty huge investments in terms of the work hours and the material.
No matter which approach you take, this will be a good investment and will give you a nice profit in the end.


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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Lets Get Sketchy April challenge
15 comments:
- Nidhi Shah said...
Wish you luck too for the DT:)
- March 27, 2015 at 8:39 PM
- Brenshevia Baker said...
Great take on the sketch, thanks so much for joining us here at LGS!
- April 15, 2015 at 9:37 AM
- Jessi Fogan said...
Such a gorgeous photo! And time...so fleeting with the little ones :)
- April 15, 2015 at 9:45 AM
- Joefil said...
Great take on the sketch, love the background paper and photo! Thanks for joining us at LGS!
- April 15, 2015 at 2:08 PM
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
Oh goodness, Pam. If I were a scrapbooker, I would want to be by your side, learning from you. Your work is ALWAYS magical. This is a nice mixed media piece.
Thanks for the visit. I appreciate it, and your lovely comment. Wish I had a bigger yard. I put ONE container of spent litter in my front garden, and the clay (which is clumping) turned hard, clumped into a massive ball, and never disintegrated or broke down. I'd give anything for a bigger yard, I guess (grin).
- April 15, 2015 at 7:24 PM
- Jacqui said...
Your embossed clock looks great. Thanks for playing along with us at LGS!
- April 16, 2015 at 6:16 PM
- Brenda Caldow said...
What an awesome take on the sketch. I love everything about your layout. Your photo is also very beautiful. Thanks for joining in at Let's Get Sketchy.
- April 16, 2015 at 8:29 PM
- sue said...
Gorgeous layout, gorgeous papers and gorgeous photo!! Thanks for joining our challenge at LGS :)
- April 18, 2015 at 10:57 PM
- Cherished said...
Wonderful pages. Thanks for playing at LGS.
- April 19, 2015 at 7:16 AM
- MichelleMc said...
Beautiful take on the sketch! Thanks for joining us @ LGS!
- April 19, 2015 at 11:48 AM
- SomethingAboutMarie said...
Great Page!!!! Thank you for playing with us @LGS!
- April 21, 2015 at 7:09 AM
- Lauren Tomecek said...
Lovely page, it's always good to be able to use up some packaging too. Thanks for playing at Let's Get Sketchy.
- April 22, 2015 at 5:38 AM
- Melinda Garner said...
Love your page and photo! Thank you for joining us at LGS!!
- April 27, 2015 at 9:28 AM
- jenessa said...
Great take on the sketch. Thanks for playing along with LGS!
- April 27, 2015 at 8:15 PM
- Nidhi Shah said...
Great take !Thanks for playing with us at LGS:)
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This little cutie
Monday, April 16, 2012
Scenes From The Weekend
This little cutie
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What a great weekend! Love Aimees booth. LOVE the mason jar light fixture. Love that your sweet daughter sews clothes for her dolls. My oldest does that too. Oh and yay for successful potty training! Happy Monday! xoReplyDelete
Yay Maggie! That mason jar light looks great! And I wish I could shop with you - so many cute things! Looks like a great weekend!ReplyDelete
oh for the love of all things cute and happy!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
the kitchen...SWOON!
the kiddos...SWOON!
the vintage treasures...SWOON!
the blooms...DOUBLE SWOON!{i got about a bazillion compliments on mine at church yesterday!}
everything...i think you get the picture!
your joy is contagious, you know that, right?
you always bring a SMILE to my face and i love that about you!
the joy of the LORD is your strength and i can TELL! :)))
I can't wait to have sleep overs for my girls, yours looked like so much fun!! I wish I was in the area for the Pickets, looks amazing!!!ReplyDelete
Have a great week!
I wanna come over and play! hee hee. Looks like a fun filled, blessed weekend. Hey I am late on getting my stuff out...long hectic week and ended up with a cold then a bad migraine over the weekend. It will be shipped today, please forgive me for leaving you hanging. Oh and I can't wait to see the whole kitchen...I love the light! Have a wonderful week...oh one more thing. Your older girl sure looks like you in mannerisms...so sweet!!! Okay...hugs, MicaReplyDelete
That's it. I am moving to Montana and following you around to all your fabulous shops. You have no choice. You have wooed me in with your cuteness. Prepare me a bed! :)ReplyDelete
ok, the mason jar light wins the prize. and what fun to get to have a girl's slumber patay! lovely flower creations, too!ReplyDelete
I am seriously excited to see the completed kitchen photos! The flooring...and those lights...oh my goodness!!! Glad you had such a great weekend & thanks for the kind words! :)ReplyDelete
Ok no fair you have the best shopping places around!! LOVE the mason jar light and the floor oh my. Can not wait to see more pictures!ReplyDelete
Looks like a fun sleepover. Hope you got some sleep.
What great fun you had this past weekend. Loved the pics of your sweet girlies. I thought of you yesterday when I pinned another style of these sweet vintage flower pins, check them out Amy if you want on my Pinterest "craft" board. :)ReplyDelete
love those sweet little flowers :) also so jealous of your junking hook-ups. got home late last night...we need to catch up. love ya!!ReplyDelete


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Change is happening faster than ever so HR needs to focus on developing talent and leaders to adapt and flex with an organization. What can HR leaders do to ensure they're enabling their company to be agile and prepared for the future?
Building Organizational Resilience
On the HR Director Magazine and HRM Online Round Table:
Laura Croucher
Partner and National Leader of People and Change Solutions, KPMG
Helena Gottschling
SVP Leadership & Organizational Development, RBC
David Heather
VP of Human Resources, Cisco Canada
Katrina Stevens
National Director of Human Resources, Miller Thomson LLP
For more from the HR executives see the HRD 2.1.
Video transcript below:
Laura Croucher, Partner & Leaderof People & Change Solutions, KPMG
Laura Croucher: +My name is Laura Croucher, I am a partner at KPMG, a national leader of a People & Change Solutions practice and we are here with HR Director Magazine today to have a round table about HR trends that are impacting our businesses right now.
To my right I have David Heather, who is the VP of HR at Cisco, Canada. Beside David I have Katrina Stevens, National Director of HR at Miller Thomson and to my left I have Helena Gottschling, the SVP of Leadership & Organisational Development at RBC.
Helana Gottschling, SVP, Leadership & Organisational Development, RBC
Helena Gottschling: We sometimes talk about change as a program or a one time event, but it's not, I mean the world just continues to evolve and we have to be adaptable and we have to figure out how to evolve with that and we are trying to position change more from that perspective versus event based. You know it's just building work force capability that is more adaptable and they understand, yes this is my job mandate and it's on the, you know, it's on a one page or, but that mandate could change 3 months from now, so how do we, how do we build skills and have employees recognise how those skills are transferable to new projects, to new work, because their mandate usually isn't static.
Laura Croucher: That has had such a huge impact on leadership, really because if you think about change and how a leader has to lead change, I mean irrespective of what they may need to do, you know it's not just one size fits all anymore. You know you've got little change, so that maybe we could that by a memo, but then you've got this big thing where they have to be out engaging with people all the time to sell it and getting leaders to understand that and to create time in their life, in their calendars particularly, to be able to be that change leader for those major programs, it can make a big difference I think.
Katrina Stevens, National Director of Human Resources, Miller Thomson LLP
Katrina Stevens: Yeah building that resilience in your employee population has to service your leadership because you know you touch on the mental health issues much earlier in a conversation and being able to you know have your leadership buy in to prioritise their time to make time, to make a change success is about building your employees resilience to this ongoing level of change. You know in the law firm industry, it's been atmospheric how quickly it's been coming, you know the days of a secretary sitting and typing are, you know that is not the focus of their life any longer, it's changed a lot. And so building resilience is really important for us.
David Heather, VP of Human Resources, CISCO, Canada
David Heather: I think this is one thing that would better from a change perspective is to communicate and treat our employees as part of the organisation, also that they are the heart of our organisation, quite rightly that's where you want them to be, but have that dialogue with them. Yes, it's coming, yes it's going to be challenging, yes it's going be an opportunity for us at the time, but this is what we are facing, we haven't got all the solutions ready, I think leaders tend to want to have all the solutions ready. So we say right, this is what we are going to do and this is how we are going to do it. Sometimes we don't hear the whole story. And that's what we try and push informally with our local leadership, is be authentic, be credible, articulate the opportunity, and actually a lot of great ideas will come from your employee base.


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All comments before me have
All comments before mine captured issues that are important. Knowledge, ledership and all others mentioned are pertinent. Corruption indeed has eroded our societies in Africa, and obviously affecting service delivery, and marginalising the poor even more. However, there has been endless discussion about the need for good governance, policies and all that is required for meaningful development. Personally I feel tired and drained to go over the same issues over and over, and over, and no progress. Could someone help me come up with an answer as to what should be done for us to move ahead? We have had all the policy discussions and policy prouncements in the right direction, knowledge and discussions, where do we go from here? Elections have not helped dislodge the poor leadership, eradicate poverty and improve livelihoods. Does anyone have an innovative idea? We seem to be stuck where we are with isolated cases of success.
What do you think about running countries along a business model? Would that work? At least there, the CEO knows that their tenure is dependent on performance, the board of directos demands results, and the customer is king. This is not applied in politics. In politics the CEO is also the king, at least in many African Countries, and the presumed board of directors is sub-servient to the King. I could be dreaming to think of such an approach, but I strongly believe it is time for alternative approaches.
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Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Date: July 4th 2017
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Swim. Eat. Shower. School. Snack. Swim. Swim. Swim. Dinner. Homework. Bed. Repeat. All of Maggie's focus and free time is spent swimming. She's not only striving to earn scholarships—she's training to qualify for the Olympics. It helps that her best friend, Levi, is also on the team and cheers her on. But Levi's already earned an Olympic tryout, so Maggie feels even more pressure to succeed. And it's not until Maggie's away on a college visit that she realizes how much of the "typical" high school experience she's missed by being in the pool. Not one to shy away from a challenge, Maggie decides to squeeze the most out of her senior year. First up? Making out with a guy. And Levi could be the perfect candidate. After all, they already spend a lot of time together. But as Maggie slowly starts to uncover new feelings for Levi, how much is she willing to sacrifice in the water to win at love?
The Hundred Oaks series holds so many great memories for me, the first book Catching Jordan came out when I'd first started blogging and making friends in the blogging community. The fact that I'm still a blogger today and have come to the end of The Hundred Oaks series brings about the end of a fantastic reading journey for me. I've become attached to every single character in this series, I've loved how I've been able to follow them all on their journeys and see them develop into even greater individuals. With so many great characters that Kenneally has given us, I can't really choose a favourite, but once again Kenneally has won me over with characters such as Maggie and Levi.
I have to admit I didn't know a lot about Coming up for Air before I started and I think this was the best decision I could have made as I ended up enjoying it so much. I enjoy how Kenneally gives us her sport romances, being the sports junkie that I am, I love following characters through their passion for sports and watching them grow and develop into successful stars. So I was thoroughly excited when I found out this book would feature on a MC who was a swimmer. I've always been a fan of swimming and watching all the heats or competitions when they come on. So I loved that Kenneally gave us an MC in Maggie who was continually trying to be the best, she had a rival in Roxy who was the absolute worst, she would always get into Maggie's head, when she was trying to get her mind set for any big race. But most of all Maggie was your typical girl who was trying to balance everything in life. Swimming was her number one priority, but she also wanted to enjoy her social life before she went away to college, she had great friends in Levi, Hunter and Georgia, but she just wanted that somebody special, she had no real experience and so thought that now would be the perfect time to. I don't know what I really was expecting, but I loved the way that things played out, I guess because I wasn't expecting them to, but Kenneally totally made their relationship believable and not just two people pretending to be with each and help the other to get experience. I also was totally rooting for their relationship to go to the next level. I knew that there could be several barriers in the way, with both Levi and Maggie having a focus on so many important upcoming competitions, but I just wanted and needed them to make it work. I especially enjoyed the time they spent together, the development of their relationship was absolutely swoon worthy! (Also who could resist a guy that reads all the YA books?) But like I mentioned earlier, their relationship wasn't smooth sailing, and despite the bumps that came along the way, I felt that those were necessary for our characters to develop and grow and to realise what they wanted, despite the hurt it caused along the way (I was a sobbing mess at one point!).
Coming up for Air was another brilliant read from Kenneally, I'm actually quite sad about having to say goodbye to such great characters, but I'm sure that these are books I will come back to time and time again in the future!


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This is (was) our caterpillar Wurmple.
The kids LOVED him. He ate, and ate, and ate...and became a big fat caterpillar. Then he did this:
It was so amazing to see this transformation! But not nearly as amazing as THIS transformation:
He came out in the evening, so we decided to keep him overnight. We made him a bigger "house" and wanted to get him some food. A quick check on Google told us that he liked flowers, fruit, and animal dung.
We were fresh out of animal dung, so we picked some flowers and found some mandarin oranges. Here is is new home:
The next morning we set him free. The kids were so excited! Now every time we see a butterfly, they say "maybe it's Butterfree?" (His name was changed when he "evolved"...just like a pokemon).
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This is (was) our caterpillar Wurmple.
Posted by Aubrey at 1:57 PM
2 comments:
- jaci said...
you are such fun parents! i am sure your kids will always remember this!
- September 26, 2008 at 2:43 PM
- Hooper Family said...
I was excited to see your pictures because your butterfly was a female! Everyone else's so far has been a male. The way you can tell is the male has more yellow on it's wings, and the female has more blue. Very cool!
- September 26, 2008 at 3:02 PM


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Well hello there :)
I hope you are all doing well. Looking forward to Santa coming. I know i am. Well today I am finally getting to tell you all about my experience going to the Irish Vloggers & Bloggers Meet up in Dublin. I was super super excited about this from the moment i heard it was happening. Like the excitement of meeting the people you love watching and visiting their blogs everyday. Wouldnt you???
Well with the excitement came the nerves believe me I was nervous!!!!!!
Even though I felt I already knew them by following them for so long (stalker much lol) You know what i mean but yes even though i felt like i knew them i was meeting them for the first time arriving on my own and was nervous about clothes, makeup etc. So anyways along with nerves and excitement I couldnt wait for the day to arrive.
Well of course with having 5 kiddies 3 of them was sick so of course i was late to meet them and ended up missing out on lunch at the Salamanca Tapas Bar and Restaurant on Dame Street :(, but i made sure to fill up before i arrived so at least i didnt miss out on food altogether eh?
When i Arrived i Knew where to go straight away it was hard to miss all the fabulous woman sitting together and as i sat it was like as if we were all the best of mates IT FELT SO RIGHT. I sat beside Leslie & Millie and we got chatting straight away. I asked them how they got on with lunch and they shared with me of how rude their waiter was but that the food was delish. Just as they were telling me this it was time for everyone to have their tea which came with the lunch. I was actually dying for a cuppa as i love my tea and Millie suggest i have hers as she wasnt going to have it, when she asked the waiter when was the tea coming around he answered with "sure you didnt order it" with a sarcastic tone on him. Eh its with the Lunch special HELLO!!!! Anyways here is some photos of us all in the Restraunt :)
So After about 10 minutes of arriving it was time to head to the Jervis Shopping Centre To Inglot in which i was oh so excited about as ive never tried their products before :) Where Sarah had arranged with them for us to receive a goody bag in which i want to say a huge thanks to Inglot and Sarah for making this happen :) :) I was delighted with what i got. I received a Complimentary Makeover voucher an pigment eyeshadow and a lovely compact mirror :) :)
I just want to show you some of the beautiful decorations around Jervis Shopping Centre before i move on Its just fantastic that was also one of the things i was looking forward to that day......Seeing all the Christmas lights and decorations especially at night :)
Beautiful eh? Anyways we decided to take a little trip to Forever 21 while we were there. I have not been in their in like Forever so i had a good little mozy but to be honest it was so crowded and warm we didnt spend too long there. I did grab a couple of items while i was there i just couldnt resist i got some costume jewellery :) Lovely
So from there we took a little walk over to the Famous Brown Thomas store on Grafton Street where again it was overly packed with crowds so some of us including myself stood outside while some stayed in to browse. Looking around Grafton street in the evening is beautiful and of course there was some lovely music playing on the street it was great. I couldnt help but take a couple of photos while i was waiting 2 are of the Window Display of The Brown Thomas Store
At 5 o clock the streets were still crazy packed with people. So we all decided to go somewhere to sit down and relax for a little while. Then julie and the girls suggested going for cocktails, well as soon as that was said everyone raced to out destination which as Dandelions beside St Stevens Green shopping centre a beautiful Bar/Bisto so warm and cosy from the moment you walk in the door. So while the girlies decided what cocktails to go for i was deciding between tea and coffee lol as i was driving (i know for a fact i will be taking the bus the next time lol) because when the cocktails arrived they looked amazing and they were cheap too at €5 each. It was lovely to sit with the girls and chat about the day and other bits and bobs.
So as we letf Dandelions the Group got quite small as everyone had to catch buses and trains. So all there was left was mise, Laura, Sarah and the lovely Paula. I was loving the scent of the Butlers coffee shop across the way so I just HAD to go over and grap a lovely Latte from there Laura decided she would have an Iced Frappe (bbrrrrrrrr) she put the chills on me even by ordering it lol. The funniest thing was her face when she came out as she was left standing at the counter for ages and the woman came back to her saying "Sorry we have no straws left" Like seriously how in the name of god were you suppose to drink an Iced Frappe without the straw lol Laura your cracked me up hahaha. Anyways we headed into St Stevens green shopping centre for a browse and Sarah decided she wanted an Ice-cream cone with sprinkles of course again it made me wriggle with a chill lol but she was so happy with her ice-cream hahahahahaha.
Im going on here i will have a book written if i dont stop. So anyways it was time for me to go as i didnt want the roads getting to icey and said my goodbyes and headed on my 20 minute walk to the car park until a FANTASTIC Scent hit my nose and i couldnt help but follow it. Yes i ended up walking into LUSH mmmmmmmmm. Hard as it might be for you to believe but this was my first ever time stepping foot into LUSH. So i had to buy something lol so IM NO LONGER A LUSH VIRGIN YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
They Smell sooooo goooood :) especially the Lip scrub mmmmmmmmmm. After saying goodbye to Sarah and Paula before that i ended up bumming into them again in Lush and Paula was in a high because she loves Lush lol she was so funny.
Do that ended the Day brilliantly with my first purchase from Lush. :)
Take a look at Leannes Vlog of our meet up
& Of course Leslie's Vlog :)
In all i had a fab day. I really enjoyed the break and meeting all the girls in person. I am actually looking forward to meeting them again. I want to say an extra special thank you to Sarah Kent and of course the lovely Sinead Cady for organising this great day only for them the day wouldnt have been such a hit but unfortunately Sinead nor her sister couldnt make the day as they fell sick :( but hopefully at our next meet up i will have the privilege along with everyone else who couldnt make it.
Here is a list of the Girls Blogs & Channels for you to enjoy as much as i do!!
Leanne: Her blog & Her Youtube
Sarah Kent: Her blog .
Vicki: Her Youtube
Elaine: Her blog
Sarah (May): Her blog & Her Youtube
Laura: Her blog
Julie: Her blog & her Youtube .
Sarah Kent: Her blog .
Vicki: Her Youtube
Elaine: Her blog
Sarah (May): Her blog & Her Youtube
Laura: Her blog
Julie: Her blog & her Youtube .
So finishing up with the last photos of the Day :) :) Hope you enjoyed reading this :) :) and i hope you are all well.
Until Next time
Lots of Love, Luck & Laughter
Nina C


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So this little gem is in the slightly less salubrious part of Kirkgate that is filled with knockdown bacon roll prices and sofas bought on credit. But in amongst that is a blue plaque to Ralph Thoresby – the historian of Leeds.
This is one of the few plaques I was already very familiar with as it was on my walk to and from the bus station every day for two years. It was one of those "I should really look him up" moments regularly but I never did. Now of course the point of this blog is not to just show you what you could see on Wikipedia so today I've been searching not for blue plaques but for more on Ralph Thoresby.
The Leeds City Museum provided me with a really strong starting point. They have tried to recreate what Thoresby's collection would look like if it had not been sold and given away after his death. It's a fascinating insight into the world of those Royal Society members whose interests were to study, learn and document all they could about the world around them. The Royal Society first came to my notice through the excellent Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson, which weaves adventures in amongst the interactions of Christopher Wren, Isaac Newton, Robert Hook and many of the other great minds of their time. It's an amazing fiction read but the reality of the lives of the fellows of the Royal Society were equally intriquing. Their commitment to true knowledge instead of assumptions based on accepted beliefs makes them extremely worthy of respect to me. They wanted to check the science underlying all our ideas. Leeds City Museum has a wonderful recreation of what the office of a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) would have looked like at the turn of the 17th to 18th century and it's filled with books and microscopes and all sorts of wonderful bits and bobs. The FRS of those days, like Thoresby, did not limit themselves to one pursuit over another. Everything was science and everything was worthy of further study. So it seems right to start by writing about Ralph Thoresby as althought I've written very little about him the process of writing this blog is helping me get back into research, fascinated by every little thing out there. I hope to learn more about Ralph Thoresby as time goes on and plan to come back to him. In the meantime if you want to do your own reading I highly recommend The Thoresby Society. But for now I think Ralph shall just be my inspiration to keep researching.


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(Photo by me; I didn't cook that)
The more I cook eggs, the more I see how complicated they are. Their simple nature allows versatility, too much at times. So much so, I can't help to think eggs are mocking me when I prepare them in a basic way. If eggs could talk, I am almost certain they would be saying something close to: "Why aren't you pushing your creative boundaries? You know you can do more with me."
After a lot of trial and error, I've found simple, can really be best. Especially because eggs are so versatile. And here are two of my favorite recipes.
First, I found at the bottom of this Mark Bittman piece on "Ma Gastronomie" and cooking with Thomas Keller. (It is a quick, delightful read.)
I was most impressed with Point's fried-egg "recipe": warm butter, don't let it sizzle, slip in the egg, keep the heat low, wait until the white is creamy and the yolk hot.
Point, is Fernand Point, author of "Ma Gastronomie". The recipe captures the essence of cooking, I think. Precise step by step instructions are fine, but that one basic "recipe" teaches technique cookbooks cannot: real life application.
Second, is from a charming story of accidental discovery by Chef Dan Patterson of Coi, in San Francisco. This dish came to be when his then fiancée threw out his teflon frying pan and…well, do please read his words. It truly is worth five minutes of your day.
Recipe: Poached Scrambled Eggs
Poached Scrambled Eggs
4 large eggs
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (optional)
Fine sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper.
1. Crack each egg into a medium-mesh sieve (or narrow-slotted spoon), letting the thin white drain away. Transfer the remaining yolk and white to a small bowl. Beat the eggs vigorously with a fork for 20 seconds.
2. Set a medium saucepan filled with 4 inches of water over moderate heat. Put a strainer in the sink. When the water is at a low boil, add a few large pinches of salt, then stir in a clockwise direction to create a whirlpool. Pour the eggs into the moving water, cover the pot and count to 20.
3. Turn off the heat and uncover the pot. The eggs should be floating on the surface in ribbons. While holding back the eggs with a spoon, pour off most of the water over the strainer. Gently slide the eggs into the strainer and press them lightly to expel any excess liquid.
4. Scoop the eggs into bowls, drizzle with olive oil if desired and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. (Variations: Serve with butter; smoked paprika; piment d'Espelette; or a spoonful of crème fraîche and a dollop of caviar.) Serves 2. Adapted from Daniel Patterson.
The stunning egg photo, is courtesy of La Tartine Gourmande.
While Googling for images, I stumbled upon a handy guide to cooking eggs. It's bookmark worthy, so I thought I'd share.


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fsync, fdatasync - synchronize a files in-core state with storage device
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Calling fsync() does not necessarily ensure
that the entry in the directory containing the file has also reached disk.
For that an explicit
fsync() on a file descriptor for the directory is also needed.
fdatasync() is similar to
fsync(), but does not flush modified metadata unless that metadata
is needed in order to allow a subsequent data retrieval to be
correctly handled. For example, changes to st_atime or
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Major advertisers, including Nike, Ford, and Microsoft, are using the marketing practice of video seeding to reach online users with brand videos longer than the 15 or 30-seconds required by pre-roll video ads. Marketers like that video seeding reaches online audiences in environments that are inherently more social (YouTube, Facebook, blogs, mobile) than commercial. This helps the brand video and its message get passed along by more users than a traditional display video ad.
Video Seeding – Give Your Video A Head Start
Yet as a marketer, how do you know if video seeding is the right tactic for your ad campaign? If you envision people wanting to talk about and share your brand video on YouTube and blogs then it may be the way to go. Do you have a hook? Is there a celebrity involved? Or is your creative just plain awesome and buzz-worthy? If the answer is yes to any of these, video seeding is a strong option to get brand related video in front of audiences where it can be shared and commented on.
User choice and share-ability are why video seeding is well considered by users and advertisers. Both help audiences connect more deeply with video that seems more fun than commercial. This is the Holy Grail for marketers trying to engage audiences bombarded at every turn by ad messages. Once you recognize user choice and share-ability, you'll be able to distinguish that not every video view is equal. This is important because all major video seeding companies including Feed Company, Sharethrough, and Viewable Media charge on a Cost Per View (CPV) basis for views they generate from video seeding.
Why Video Seeding Works
Consider Company A, who engages a website or video ad network to host their brand video. The views are delivered using a proprietary video player and tracked by the provider's own reporting system. The videos can be auto-play, with or without sound, and below the fold where a real view is less likely. The video can also be shown multiple times to the same viewer yet all count toward a view, and there's less opportunity for sharing.
Consider Company B, who engages a video seeding provider to place their video on websites, social networks, mobile devices, and gaming environments. The views are delivered using a shareable YouTube embed and tracked on YouTube's reporting system. Every play must be initiated by the user and verified by YouTube, which has stringent qualifications for counting views. There's also a sharing opportunity to help turn the right creative into a viral video for the brand.
Company A and B are both paying for video views but the audience, delivery, and engagement are different, as are the costs. Decide which approach best achieves the goals of your particular brand video campaign – reach vs. engagement – type of creative – commercial vs. social, and aspiration – display vs. viral – and plan accordingly.


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I have a customer that is experience some desconnection issues. I am wondering if this could indicate that the remote fcip peer is losing connection by some reason?
I am imagine that the fcip tunnel should be up in order to pass fiber channel traffic through it, Am i Correct?
An also I am wondering that the source and destination shold be up in order to form the FCIP tunnel, right?
Is there a way to test the fcip tunnel in order to figure it out what could be the issue or something to debug the events betwen the two switches?
such behavior that link got Up and Down can be caused by several reason, defect SFP, cable, fault beetwen the Site and much more.
If the Tunnel work fine in the past, I would suggest before you begin to investigate on the 7800, to check if the link between the TWO site router/wdm or what ever is established correct.


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Archive for September, 2010
UT Blackboard and "EduTech" Support GroupThursday, September 23rd, 2010
Blackboard got you down? Been staring at your screen for two hours hoping the solution to your problem will suddenly appear? Want to use new technologies to make life easier? Join LV's outstanding instructional designers for an informal lunchtime gathering for discussion of Blackboard and other technologies that can help promote learning.
When: Wednesday, September 29, 12-1:20
Where: Memorial Field House, Rm. 3070
Brown-bag lunch. Beverages provided. ALL faculty are welcome. Online faculty or faculty at a distance will be invited to join via web. Instructions will be posted on this site a day before the meeting. Search "support group" on this site to find instructions.
Blackboard 9.1 Tip: Rearrange the order and appearance of courses in "My Courses" in BlackboardWednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Unlike WebCT that had a separate server for each semester, courses on the Blackboard 9.1 server are all listed together in the same window regardless of the semester. Courses are now loaded into the Blackboard server for spring, which means that next semesters courses are now listed along with this semester's courses. If you do not wish to see your spring courses at this point you can customize your list and have only the fall 10 courses display in your course list. Here's how:
- Login to Bb 9.1
- On the My Institution tab, click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the My Courses module.
- Select the courses you want to display by checking the box to the left of the course names.
- Click the Submit button to secure your changes.
Only the selected courses will be listed on My Course tab. You can also drag and drop a course in the list to rearrange them. To see a screen capture of the "gear" icon and how to rearrange your list, click here: http://screencast.com/t/Yjc4NDU0
Blackboard 9.1 Update: Quiz FunctionThursday, September 9th, 2010
Students and faculty are reporting problems with the quiz function in Blackboard 9.1. We introduced a "patch" that we think will take care of many of the issues, so if you've had trouble with a quiz in the last few days, consider trying it again now. However, there are a number of rules that we strongly recommend you ask your students to follow. You can publicize these rules on your course site or send students to this post.
We recommend that all BB9.1 users use the Firefox browser 3.6 (free download) when taking tests rather than Internet Explorer, Safari or other browsers. Some browsers are only "compatible" but not "certified" for use with some operating systems. You can check the optimal combination of browser and operating system at Blackboard's help site. If a student has an operating system with no corresponding certified browser, the student should use a UT computer or the "Virtual Lab."
Before starting your quiz or test, it is important to follow a few guidelines to better ensure that you will not experience technical problems that might cause your assessment to "lock."
- Close all windows on the computer and then launch a new window to login to the learning management system.
- Close other applications before taking the quiz/test (including chat programs).
- If there is a specific start time for the test, login 10-15 minutes early to test the connection.
- After opening the test, scroll to the bottom of the page to be sure the save and submit buttons are available.
- Only click "Save and Submit" AFTER you have completed the exam.
- Do not use any of the browser navigation buttons (i.e. Back, Forward, Home, etc.) during the quiz/test. Only use the buttons in the quiz itself.
- Do not leave the assessment page without completing the assessment and clicking the "Save and Submit" button at the end (if it is a forced completion test).
- Do not click the Refresh or Reload buttons in your browser while taking the quiz/test.
- No other browser windows or applications should be running on your computer while taking a quiz/test. Shut everything else down before you start.
- Do not click on buttons in the Blackboard navigation while taking a quiz/test.
- If you are only able to answer one question at a time (questions present themselves on separate pages), make sure you only single-click the "Next" button to move forward.
It is recommended you take a practice test on your course site or the practice test available on LV's "Guide to UT Online Learning" or "A Web Assisted Guide to UT Online Learning." Be sure to use the computer that you will use to take tests.
Many of these rules apply to other kinds of "secure" web sites and are worth remembering in any event. Please contact UTLV if you have any questions or concerns about the assessment tool in BB9.1 or if you would like help with online exams.
(Tips reprinted with permission from Cape Fear CC).
(Updated 10/4/10)


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A Short Tale to Make a Point
by Paul Dale Anderson
There's a story that famous artists, musicians, and writers love to tell--each in their own way--which is, essentially, the same story. It goes something like this:
Once upon a time there was a young artist (or musician or writer) who thought he had talent and dreamed of pursuing a career as an artist (or musician or writer).
One day, this young artist (or musician or writer) met Michelangelo (or Beethoven or Shakespeare) and asked the Great Master if his painting (score or poem) showed talent. Michelangelo (or Beethoven or Shakespeare) looked at the painting (listened to the score, read the sonnet or story) and shook his head in despair. "Do you really want my advice?" asked the Great Master. "Of course," said the young man. "Then you should give up this silly notion of wanting to become a great artist (or musician or writer) and instead take up a valuable trade or become a merchant."
The young man was heartbroken. He thanked the Master for the good advice. Then he went off to pursue a career as a merchant.
Years later, the same man met Michelangelo (or Beethoven or Shakespeare) quite by accident at a civic function. "Maestro," said the no-longer-young man, "I want to thank you again for the excellent advice you once gave me. Thanks to you, I am now a successful merchant, and the richest man in Rome (Munich, London)."
"What advice did I give you?" asked the Master.
"Why, don't you remember? You told me to give up my thoughts of ever becoming a great artist (musician or writer). Obviously, you must have known I had no artistic talent. I took your advice and became a merchant. And now I am wealthy and very happy."
"I never said you had no talent," said the Master. "In fact, I seem to remember you had great talent."
"But, then, why on earth did you tell me to give up thoughts of becoming an artist (musician or writer) and become instead a merchant?"
"I say that to everyone who asks if they have talent. You see, my friend, many men have talent. But only those who know in their innermost hearts that they were meant to become artists (or musicians or writers) and therefore disregard my advice--only those--will ever become great. You see, it makes no difference what I tell them (or what I told you). If they (you) have what it takes to become great, then they (you) will do it despite (or in spite of) whatever I tell them. You, my friend, were not meant to be an artist (or musician or writer). If you had been, what I said would never have mattered at all."
© Copyright 1987 Paul Dale Anderson