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This is my 8th year of analyzing and guiding on tech marketing budgets and allocations and it will be the most dynamic that I have witnessed.
Here are the facts and factors, and some guidance thoughts.
First, the Macro-Economics of revenues and marketing budgets:
Based on IDC's annual Tech Marketing Benchmarks Survey (completed 9/10), marketing budgets for the very largest tech vendors will increase by 3.7% in 2010. (I estimated that it would be 3.5% back in 3/10; and so our forecast was very good.)
For the first half of 2010, revenues for tech vendors grew faster than IDC had expected when we began the year. Today, our current forecast is for 5.8% WW IT revenue growth. My sense is that this better-than-expected sales volume in the first half of 2010 took the marketing-planners and budgeters a bit by surprise; and so the marketing investment level for the year will be somewhat behind the revenue growth. Unless of course revenue growth slows in the last quarter. These types of changes are what keeps us analysts in business :--)
Bear in mind that this "snap-back" in budgets for 2010 follows on the 8.3% decline in budgets during 2009. This means that the average large tech vendor is operating with a budget that is still below the 2008 level.
Guidance thoughts on these macro numbers: I don't see that marketers are investing fast enough into this recovery. Marketing leaders tend to keep investment at or higher than revenue growth and so many are behind the curve. Yes, I am seeing some big new campaigns and launches but where is the pent-up spend from 2008 and 2009?
Second, the Micro-Economics of marketing budgets and mix allocations:
What's happening within the whole cost envelope of Marketing in 2010? This envelope that has increased in size by a whopping 3.7%?? Here, we are looking at all discretionary spend (programs) and all fixed spend (marketing staff + overhead).
Advertising spending for traditional (print and broadcast) media has declined by 43% in 2010.
Digital program execution has grown by 53% in 2010.
Can we pause for just a moment and think about those numbers? These are very large changes. The 2008-2010 recession just threw huge quantities of fuel on the fire of the on-going marketing media shift.
On the "People" side of the ledger: not much change in 2010 with one exception. Marketing Operations staff grew by 35% from its 2009 basis. This is great news in our opinion: the "M.O." function that we have called for since 2004 continues to gather great momentum and it is now the fourth largest job-role category in tech marketing.
Guidance thoughts on these Micro-numbers. Are the "within-mix" shifts that we are observing finally impacting the macro view? Or in other words, is the "less expensive" digital and social media finally putting a dent in the top line marketing budget number? I think the answer is YES and this is a big shift in trend.
We have seen it coming... but the 2010 numbers have, in my opinion, made a permanent dent in the shape of the marketing mix.
What's the plan now for tech marketers? How do you execute within this accelerating transformation ? More on that in my next post.
Rich Vancil


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This jewelry box got a little out of hand. It started out as a simple doll dresser for my granddaughter that she could use as a jewelry box when she got older. It wasn't even going to have a nice back. But then the jewelry box concept took over. Decided on nice back. Then decided to dress up top. Liked that so much I decided to do the same with the drawer fronts. Then I decided I had to dress up the drawer fronts with the hexagon brass drawer pulls. These I made from inherited 3/8" hex bar on my metal lathe. Polished to look like gold with felt wheel impregnated with grinding compound. And then of course we had to line all the drawers with red velvet—time consuming project in itself neatly done by my wife Linda.
Wood is nearly all cherry from some inherited grubby old shelving that I didn't even know was cherry. 1/8" thick inlay of birch really aren't inlays—goes all the way through the full thickness. So the birch strips for the drawer fronts end up 1/8" x 1/8". You start with a wide piece 1/8" thick, glue that to next piece to provide stiffness then start planing. For example the birch in the top started about 1/8" x 5/8". This was glued to the outer border cherry and then that was planed to thickness and added to the top interior piece like a mitered picture frame. The dividers in the drawers are individually covered pieces that are just a friction fit so user can configure drawer to suit their needs. The only improvement I would make would be to use nearly touching magnets for door closures.
Last picture shows cantilever spring drawer stops.
Finish is what I cal my pseudo french polish which requires many coats of urethane applied by my wife. I remove all brush strokes with set/dry 400 grit and water. It feels really smooth but you can still see brush stroke valleys if you look closely at the right angle. I skip the pumas stone and rotten stone steps and just wax with Simonize floor wax. Gives you a finish that is so smooth it makes it hard to pick up the box.
-- It's easy when you know how - but that's the hard part. Ontario, Canada
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#1 posted 04-08-2015 07:04 PM
I hope that you and your wife signed and dated this. It will make it much easier to value when it shows up on the Antique Roadshow in a few decades. This will be a family heirloom.
-- John, British Columbia, Canada
#2 posted 04-08-2015 07:22 PM
Thank you. Appreciate the comment.
-- It's easy when you know how - but that's the hard part. Ontario, Canada
#3 posted 04-08-2015 11:34 PM
Out of hand? no way! Seems it just got better and better! I like all of it right down to the lining. I must try that 400 grit with water trick. Great Job.
-- We all make mistakes, the trick is to fix it in a way that says "I meant to do that".
#4 posted 04-09-2015 01:25 AM
Very nice job. Great story how it evolved! Wonderful finish.
#5 posted 04-09-2015 03:41 AM
Excellent!!! True craftsmanship.
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Maybe it was the whip that cut into the elephant's skin.
Or the chains that shackled its neck and feet.
But the painful story of captivity and exploitation, a narrative Nathan Coleman says he saw in the tears welling up in an elephant's eyes, also hurt him in a way that would one day inspire a business and an uprising that would make a difference in the lives of elephants worldwide.
"These were sad elephants, and you could see that through the tears in their eyes," Coleman recalls.
It was 2013, and Coleman was on vacation in Thailand doing many of the things tourists are told they ought to do. One of those activities led Coleman to a so-called elephant sanctuary that offered tourists cheap rides atop elephants.
"Elephants are very much like humans, they're emotional and will cry when they're upset," Coleman says.
The tears were abundant.
The seats on which people rode, according to Coleman, dug into the elephants' backs. And the sticks with which the elephants were whipped not only left marks on their skin, but also on Coleman's heart.
"I left feeling horrible," he says. "This was no way for them to live. Elephants are nice creatures, and I couldn't bear to let them live like this."
But getting people to care just as deeply as Coleman about animals that are thousands of miles away and may never be seen in person would prove to be difficult.
Could ecommerce be used as a life-saving link?
The Missing Link: Pants
Besides the horrible memories of elephants being mistreated, Coleman returned home with a collection of flamboyant harem pants that caught his eye in Thailand. The pants were stylish but more importantly, Coleman suggests, they were printed with unique elephant designs he figured would make great gifts for friends and family.
"People loved them," he recalls.
When Coleman searched the web to find more, he came up empty handed. A gap had been identified and a business idea was born. "What if I could source these pants and sell them online in a way that also helps the elephants I saw in Thailand," Coleman wondered.
The concept would be proven in dramatic fashion via a Kickstarter campaign that attracted 278 backers who pledged more than $8,400 and was overfunded by several thousand dollars. Suddenly, Coleman had the missing link necessary to connect people with elephants they may never touch or even see in person.
The Elephant Pants, an ecommerce company that offers stylish elephant-printed harem pants and donates ten percent of the profits to save elephants, was born. "We knew it would be a challenge because 99-percent of people will never get to see an elephant in person," Coleman says.
The pants were the tangible link that forged a connection between human and beast. In fact, Coleman suggests 70-percent of consumer decisions, when buying elephant pants, are based on the donation the company makes to the African Wildlife Foundation.
"People want to do good things with their disposable income," Coleman says. "We help people feel better about spending their money because they become a part of something bigger when they purchase elephant pants."
Unfortunately, though, The Elephant Pants would soon make a decision that would impair its effort to save the elephants.
And endanger the company's future in business.
Saying Goodbye to Shopify
The pants were hitting the mark commercially and emotionally.
Not only were they trendy and popular with the yoga crowd, and ultimately a broader market of 18-24 year-old women, but The Elephant Pants had hit a nerve in the way it positioned its brand as an advocate for elephants -- innocent creatures can't speak for themselves and deserve better than to be hunted and killed for their ivory tusks by the tens of thousands.
"We were with Shopify from day one," Coleman says about the company's ecommerce platform. "But we wanted to scale quickly, so we started looking around."
The Elephant Pants left Shopify for another ecommerce platform in November of 2015 and quickly realized its mistake. "They told a great story, promised us the world, and delivered a bag of shit," Coleman says. "Even during the initial integration the relationship wasn't good, but we kept telling ourselves it would get better."
It never did, though.
With a monthly fee of 8% of The Elephant Pants' sales, Coleman says his company would have owed more than $300,000 to the platform had it stayed an entire year. The Elephant Pants endured what it calls months of underperformance and an inability to scale efficiently and without hidden costs.
"There was absolutely no transparency," Coleman says.
With total monthly expenses at least five times that of Shopify Plus, an enterprise ecommerce solution for high volume merchants, Coleman says the company would have to wait weeks for simple integrations that can be done in minutes with Shopify:
- Facebook retargeting pixel implementation
- Customer returns that took three extra days to process
"It created more work for us and slowed us down," Coleman says.
Despite all of that, Coleman says The Elephant Pants thought it was having a terrific holiday selling season in 2015. That is until he says he got a surprise bill in early 2016 for more than $100,000 for additional shipping costs.
It turns out, the platform's shipping calculator was broken and The Elephant Pants owed much more than it thought to ship each of those holiday orders. "We thought we were going to be up 7-percent during the holidays," Coleman says. "Instead, we were actually down 7-percent because of all the costs that came out of nowhere."
Not only did The Elephant Pants lose a lot of money.
But it wasn't generating any profits which meant it wasn't able to donate a portion to save the elephants with which Coleman had fallen in love. "We were already in such a hole," Coleman says of the company's financial situation. "Not being able to fulfill our mission of saving the elephants was devastating."
To save the elephants, the company would first have to save itself.
Coming Home
Even when The Elephant Pants decided to leave Shopify, Coleman was impressed with his account manager's performance and willingness to assist with the transition. "Richard Estabrooks was really helpful," Coleman says. "We actually kept in contact with him because he's someone we trust."
It's often said that character is revealed during difficult times.
Not only was that the case when Shopify lost a valued customer, but also when The Elephant Pants made the difficult decision to cut bait, despite the massive investments it had made replatforming away from Shopify.
Rather than make the same mistake many ecommerce merchants make - sticking with an ineffective platform just because you've already spent a lot of time and treasure on it - Coleman ended the relationship and came back home to Shopify Plus.
"Richard was right there to welcome us back with open arms," Coleman says. "Our old platform acted like a scorned ex-girlfriend when we left and caused us some problems.
Thankfully, Richard was right there to quickly answer our questions and help us in ways that would've taken our old platform weeks."
Besides saving hundreds of thousands of dollars, The Elephant Pants' switch to Shopify Plus meant it would not longer be spending half its time fixing a broken platform which prevented it from marketing and creating a better user experience.
"Shopify alleviates all the time we used to waste on development," Coleman says. "For example, Shopify has allowed us to focus on reducing shopping cart abandonment which is improving our top line."
As a result, the company expects to once again begin donating a cut of the profits to saving the elephants by the end of the quarter. "That means a lot to us," Coleman says. "Shopify is helping us fulfill our mission."
Coleman jokes Shopify Plus is so easy to use even a terrible coder like him can easily integrate third party applications. With a focus on the future rather than technology, The Elephant Pants is positioned to achieve efficiencies of scale it couldn't imagine on its old platform.
We've accomplished more with Shopify Plus in two weeks than we did in six months with our old platform.
Inspiring an Uprising
You'll never see it.
But Shopify's detailed analytics reports Coleman is using to turn The Elephant Pants' site into a place where users enjoy the ecommerce experience as much as the charitable cause underpinning it, is one you can expect the company to exponentially magnify in the coming years:
- Product line extensions
- The development of branded products
- Increased brand awareness that leads to social change
"The grass isn't always greener," Coleman says about other platforms. "Don't just listen to the sales pitches. Check out the reviews and case studies with actual customers like me. And be sure to pay attention to the exit clauses in the contracts. The fees just to leave other platforms can be egregious."
Ultimately, the goal for The Elephant Pants is to slow the elephant population decline. The company sees its role in doing so as educating young people who'll ultimately help bring about change with their pocketbooks. "We want to inspire an uprising," Coleman says. "Brands like ours attract a younger demographic that is both viral and passionate about doing good. We want to give them the tools to champion a cause and make a difference."
As the company grows, so too do the odds that elephants like the one with that tear in its eye that so deeply impacted Coleman, will no longer be targeted by those with profits in their sites and guns in their hands.
"You don't need ivory," Coleman says. "No one needs ivory but elephants."
About The Author
Nick Winkler is a contributor to the Shopify Plus blog. He helps individuals & organizations generate new leads, make more money, and ignite growth with story. Get more from Nick here.
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No Apologies, Please: Michael Bird, is a country boy with intelligence and determination. He's the
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Michael Bird thinks equity traders have taken enough abuse from the securities industry. Bird, a smart country boy now working as a director of Nasdaq trading at Merrill Lynch & Co. in the Big Apple, thinks equity traders do not need to apologize. He blames their tendency to do so on the reverberation from the investigations of alleged price collusion in the trading industry by the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The memory of those events, although fading, is not easily erased.
It cast a long, dark shadow and made traders look untrustworthy as a group.
On the contrary, Bird pointed out, traders play a vital, underappreciated role in raising capital in domestic and foreign markets. And most of them are decent, hardworking folk like himself.
"We should take pride in our role in the capital formation process," Bird said. "We don't take enough credit for how important we are to the success of the free-enterprise system. The U.S. markets are great because of the liquidity we provide. Our oral agreements can reach into the billions of dollars."
Bird quoted the motto of the STA - Dictum Menum Pactum (Our Word Is Our Bond) - to illustrate the credibility of traders. "We need to promote our integrity and honesty, internally and externally," he said.
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The new STA chairman hails from the heartland of America. He was born in the small town of Morrison, Ill., and was raised in Watseka, Ill., a rural community located about 100 miles south of Chicago. Bird, who is 40, and one of the younger chairmen in STA history, earned a B.S. degree in investment finance from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Bird understood trading before he landed his first job on the Street. While in college he traded options. Bird managed to make enough money to pay off his student loans. "I was fortunate and I made some money," he recalled. "And I've been hooked on trading ever since."
Bird started out as an assistant trader and quickly climbed to the top. He joined the Milwaukee-based firm Robert W. Baird upon graduating from college in 1986. In 1992 he was tapped as head of the firm's Nasdaq trading desk. Four years later, he moved to Minneapolis and joined Dain Bosworth, now Dain Rauscher Wessels, as a managing director of equity trading. Last year he headed East and joined Merrill Lynch as a market maker.
Bird has been active in the STA for about a decade. He was elected to the board of governors in 1993 and is currently chairman of the trading issues committee. Bird is also a member of the STA's executive committee and once served two terms as president of the STA's Wisconsin affiliate.
Bird believes it is important that the industry is overseen by its practitioners as well as by the regulators.
"Traders have not spent enough time studying the market structure issues and being proactive," he said. "I think a more active role by the industry's practitioners will help shape the market and benefit all types of clients."
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Monday, April 30, 2007
Weebles Wobble But They Don't Jump Down
Now you may be saying, "Come on, Therese! Are you really equating the dean of one of the most prestigious colleges in the U S of A to a low-level supervisor at an amusement park remembered more for its injury rate than its rides and attractions?" Yes. Yes, I am.
Anyhoo, one of the former bungee supervisors had moved to Colorado and his position needed to be filled. Enter the Weeble. According to his resume, he had been a bungee supervisor someplace in upstate New York. Or maybe it was the Jersey shore. The point is, no one checked his references. He got the job. At first, we just thought he was a dick. But a dick you kind of felt sorry for, because he was the kind of dick who desperately wanted to be popular.
Then we started noticing that, though he would frequently climb the tower to offer the jumpmasters his opinion, he never jumped. He would always walk back down the stairs. Weird. And he was frequently out of his area. He'd be spotted in down in Motorworld, or up at Surf Hill. Once, he even came to check on me at the summit of the Alpine Slide. Which, despite what has been said about Water World, really was the easiest position in the entire Park. You literally just sat there all day because, legally, someone had to be there. There was no contact with patrons, since they got off at a mid-station. You might possibly have to maybe take a cart off, if they missed it at the top of the slide. And someone might call you to ask about the weather, since the spot was at the top of a mountain and thus offered a pretty sweet, and long, view. It was a great place to get a tan, read, smoke the smoke... But I digress.
He would show up for the interdepartmental water polo games (held afterhours in the Wave Pool) not to compete or to cheer on our team, but to leer at his female subordinates in bathing suits. The day after one match, he came up to me at the tower and said, "Therese, I saw another side of you last night. Of your top half, that is." Ew! Inappropriate, and worse, not even funny!
Management caught on to his duty-shirking, sexual-harassing ways pretty quickly. Upon a belated check of his references, it was found that he exaggerated his qualifications. He had worked at another bungee facility, but briefly and not in any sort of supervisory capacity. The Weeble was shown the door.
Several months later, as I was buying a ridiculous pair of white vinyl go-go boots at the Joyce Leslie in the Rockaway Mall, my friend Stacey came tearing up to me with a look of horror-spiked delight on her face. She had spotted Bill and his lady friend at the back of the store shopping for racy underthings. You stay classy, Weeble!
Friday, April 27, 2007
Debunking the Steve Albini Connection
Too bad, really.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Orange Soda
One day, my friend Mark* and I were pulling doubles at the top of the Bungee Tower. It was well into the afternoon and neither of us had had a break. Mark got on the radio and tried to get someone to relieve us, but we were short on jump masters that day and it was going to be awhile before anybody would be able to come up. A few minutes later my sister Anne Marie came back from her break. Mark called down for her to come up because he needed an orange soda. Anne Marie put on a harness and made her way up the tower. Mark jumped down and took off towards the Lodge. A few minutes later, we saw him out in the parking lot, walking toward his car. Confused, I yelled out to ask him where he was going. Mark made a vague gesture, got into his VW and drove away. All the way to his mom's house in Florida. For the rest of the season, the orange soda was our rallying cry anytime we felt exploited or unappreciated.
Fast forward 10-plus years. Mark and Jen, his girlfriend, showed up at my last birthday party, said hello and promptly disappeared. I later found out that they left after waiting at the bar for 20 minutes without so much as a nod from the bartender. Jen's all, "We can't leave! We just got here! It's Therese's birthday!" Mark's response, "She knows about the orange soda. She'll understand."
*Mark T, not to be confused with Opposite Song-singing Mark B.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
The Ride That Spawned A Thousand Legends
Yes, it is a looping water slide. Crazy, I know. Rumors that someone got stuck at the top of the loop or that a dummy was dismembered during testing were just that- rumors. I think...
This was an enjoyable ride to attend, because most people were completely afraid of it, so you didn't have much to do but sit around and talk with your co-workers. Though if your co-workers were creepy, as they sometimes were, then it wasn't so much fun. Anyway, on the infrequent days that we had enough staff on hand and enough patrons in the Park to justify opening the Loop, the protocol went like this:
- Manager and maintenance inspect the ride for proper water pressure, cracks in lining that could snag a rider, etc.
- Employee volunteers are sought to test the ride. When no one volunteers, incentives (bribes) are offered, lunch, cash, a date with a Jungle Chick...
- Eventually some poor fella agrees to be the tester. He (it was always a he) strips down to his shorts, removes any jewelry, is hosed down (for maximum slippery-ness) and off he goes into the tube, to emerge seconds later looking shaky and pale.
Once the ride was cleared for operation, the waiting began. Like I said, most patrons were too afraid (0r too sensible) to attempt the Loop. And a good portion of those who wanted to were nixed because of inappropriate attire- anyone wearing anything with zippers or grommets or anything that could possibly cause a snag was turned away. Too big? Sorry, you could get stuck. Too small? Ooh, you probably won't get up enough speed to clear the top, why don't you try the Bumper Boats instead?
If the rider got to the top, he (Again, the riders were mostly dudes. Read into that what you will.) suffered the final indignity of being sprayed with a garden hose. The top attendant then instructed the rider on the only acceptable ride position (on your back, feet first, arms folded across chest, ankles crossed), waited for the hatch attendant to check inside for any weirdness (cracks, water not flowing, etc), and then WHOOSH! Off they went. They made a godawful racket in there, with the bumping around and the screaming, but they always made it out alive, though no one was foolish enough to ride it a second time.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
All Right, Get on the Bus!
This guy here? This is Jamie. He's one of my absolute faves. I stopped by to see him one day and we found this bus in a storage room. It was originally used as a display in one of the retail shops. I don't know who came up with the idea of getting into the display, but Jamie seized on it. It took some wriggling, but he managed to get in relatively easily. Getting him out was more difficult, but I'm pleased to say that both he and the bus survived.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Fruit as Projectile.
Watching Michael & Dwight throw a watermelon off the roof of Dunder-Mifflin on the Office last night reminded me of one of those times. For a few seasons in the mid-90s, the Park featured a ride called the Sling Shot. It was billed as "Reverse Bungee Jumping." Two people were strapped into a pod, which was suspended by thick rubber cords between two metal poles. Increase the tension on the cords and boom! The pod goes flying upward. And then downward. And then upward again. (See this similar, but somehow safer-looking, ride in Reno, NV.) It was fantastically scary-- not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach.
One night, just after the Park closed, the attendants decided to see what would happen if they launched a watermelon. Pretty much exactly what you'd expect. (As long as what you expected was a watermelon-sized crater at the base of the ride and an impressive pattern of fruit splatter. Oh, and MOD Al's apoplectic episode when he discovered the damage the next morning.)
Water World Wars
Every summer we had Water World Wars. All of the employees in water world came to the park one hour before it opened, broke into 2 teams divided by the rides we worked on and competed in the most absurd events you can imagine. We essentially rode every single ride in water world in a way the ride was not intended to be used and in ways that we would have kicked people out of the park for. Of course I don't actually recall there being a prize for the winning team. Maybe there was, but more likely not.
So in my first year as a ride attendant I competed in Water World Wars. In the midst of a tough race we came to the 21-man chain. Here every member of the team sat behind one another on the Green Water Slides, grabbed the person in front of them by the shoulders and the entire team raced down the water slide. There were 2 slides so it was a race to the bottom. The first team down and out of the pool at the bottom won. In true Jersey style, I had absurdly long nails (not elegantly long and manicured--long like talons). As my team got to the bottom of the slide and hit the small pool, the impact made me jump a little and I grabbed the shoulders of the guy in front of me harder. My nails dug into him and he jumped. His shoulder hit my nose and it broke-I immediately passed out. As everyone in my team ran out of the pool to win the race, I lay face down, passed out, with a broken and bleeding nose--someone actually had to come in and get me out. My team lost the race.
Truly a shining moment--I had 2 black eyes for weeks--my nose has never recovered.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Now I'm really stretching.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
A tale that is tangentially related to the Park
One summer night, some of my Park friends and I decided to go to the Warwick Drive-in.* On the way, we stopped for provisions at Gary's, a popular bar and and packaged goods establishment. After paying for my six-pack, I stopped to say hello to a Park acquaintance named Charlie, who was seated in his usual spot. Charlie was my favorite drunk. It was rumored that he lived above the bar. At an All-Night Ski Party, I saw him slide headfirst down Surf Hill, through a fetid puddle of muck and leaves, and into a wall.
As we were chatting, a small man came out of the kitchen. He was sporting a Yosemite Sam moustache and in his hand were several sticks of dynamite- taped together, fuses braided, the works. Instead of cowering in terror, or trying to disarm Yosemite Sam, the majority of the bar's patrons started chasing him with their cigarette lighters.
I turned to Charlie, "Do you think that's real dynamite?"
"Probably," he replied. With that, I took my leave. The bar is still standing, so either Yosemite Sam was faster than all the drunks, or someone came to their senses and stopped the madness.
*Which is still in operation and currently showing Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse. You should go. For reals.


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Girls' volleyball: Katy Daly is new coach at Santa Margarita
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Santa Margarita has hired Katy Daly to be the girls' volleyball coach. She has been coaching the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club for the last eight years and is a former Pepperdine player.
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I am however feeling a bit better! So there will be some drawing done this weekend and back to my day job on monday:)
On sunday, I managed to draw a little something. I had just finished a commission and wanted to make something simple.
Must say, working the way I do with colours now, it's a lot more enjoyable and easy to make something. So yey!
(I love small fat owls...)
(close up... because of reasons...)
Later today, I'm going to hook up with a few lady friends and have an awesome google hangout!
I'll share the youtube channel once we've had our first little session:3
I'm wondering if I should try to do a time laps of a drawing, just for my own sake, to see the progress...
Well, that was a lot simpler than my last post...
Next time folks.
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This possibility has led to suggestions to Election Commission to change those states with even number of seats, and I have just counted there are 9!
They are: Kedah 36, Terengganu 32, Penang 40, Pahang 42, Selangor 56, N. Sembilan 36, Melaka 28, Johor 56 and Sabah 60! This fact shows it did not occur to the ruling government nor the EC that such a possibility could happen and they never thought about this until now.
On a lighter note, if Pakatan wins the by-election in Kuala Besut, the scale which is used as BN's logo, would achieve a perfect balance! How ironic that when this happens, it creates problems in administration. It actually reminds me of the Cantonese saying, 'Pun kan part liong' or 'Half kati (equals) eight tahils', which is quite close to the English saying, 'Pot calling the kettle black'.
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If two men, traveling together and chatting amicably, enter an EMPTY train-carriage, in which ONE girl is sitting quietly, reading, in a 4-person-section, they have a few options...
a) Sit in an unoccupied 4-seat section on the other side of the compartment, and talk easily and quietly among themselves (most considerate).
b) Sit in an unoccupied 4-seat section across the aisle from Girl, whereupon Girl would be only mildly annoyed at overhearing their conversation. (considerate)
c) Sit in two of the three unoccupied seats in Girl's section, which would be intrusive, given that the rest of the compartment was empty, and speak quietly. (a bit inconsiderate, but forgiveable)
But NO! This is ITALY! Therefore, the only conceivable option MUST be
d) have one man sit in Girl's section, have the OTHER man sit ACROSS THE AISLE in a COMPLETELY EMPTY SECTION, and thus SPEND THE ENTIRE JOURNEY SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER ACROSS THE BLOODY AISLE!
I was Girl, in case you were wondering.
|Don't mind me! I'm just trying to enjoy the scenery.
Every time I go back to Italy (twice a year, more or less), I have a rather uniform set of reactions. I begin by feeling that at last I have come, returned to my ancestral home, immersed myself in the beauty and poetry of Classical Rome, orange groves, olive trees, and the unparalleled perfection of cicoria in padella. I learn to appreciate my feminine beauty. I let my hair grow long and curly and turn my face up to the sun in piazettas. This lasts about two days.
This is shortly thereafter followed by the realization that I CANNOT STAND ITALIANS, and that in NO WAY am I suited to Italian culture, and that I can NEVER COME TO ITALY AGAIN. I've worked for six weeks in Liguria; I've lived for years in Rome; I've spent many summers in Ischia. And the result is always the same uncanny disconnect - this place, in which I was raised, into which I was born, is entirely antithetical to several fundamental aspects of my existence. (Even as various Italianate qualities make me completely incapable of living outside Italy, alas!)
|The Horror! The Horror!
It was only during this latest excurse to Sicily that I put my finger on it:
The culture of "la bella figura" - the Italian idea that every action and every moment and every turn of the head must be beautiful and graceful (to which I subscribe), leads collectively into a culture in which everybody is simultaneously actor and objet d'art.
Marvelous as this sounds in theory, in practice it means that I am always visible - as an objet d'art, I exist explicitly for public consumption. Therefore, it is perfectly acceptable for Italian girls to publicly point, stare, and laugh at me for my "foreign" dress sense, old women to loudly comment on the unsuitablity of my shoes, and young men to follow me in their cars, insisting that I speak to them.
I am not a self-for-myself, in Italy. I am a self-for-others, condemned to playing out my Art-Muse-Virgin-Whore-Mother role by being beautiful, graceful, and charming, whether or not I particularly feel like it.
This plays itself out, too, in drastically difficult understanding of privacy (an old boss of mine in Liguria couldn't understand why I didn't WANT to "befriend" my pupils outside of lessons, even as I felt that she was expecting me to "work" well beyond the agreed-upon hours. Likewise, I've had to hide from flatmates in Rome in order to avoid being forced to eat with them because they had decided I didn't eat enough that day - my body, their business!).
I - well and beyond even my Very English Gentleman - like clearly delineated social situations. Public/private. My time/your time. Alone/with others. My space/your space.
This dichotomy does not exist in Italy. All time is public time. All space is public space. At no point am I allowed to be invisible or for-myself; I am expected to, by virtue of being female, young, and reasonably attractive, share myself with others. My body is your property - feel free to comment on my footwear, fashion, or fitness as appropriate! My room is your property - come in uninvited and refuse to let me read in peace! My time is your property - be as late as you like upon making an appointment with me, especially if I've inconvenienced myself in order to be on time!
|This is me, in Italy. Except
sans penis.
When I was growing up in Ischia in the summers, my Italian friends and I used to wander the town together, like a pack of feral dogs, aimlessly drifting from one street to the next in an endless passiagata. I always hated the "aimless wandering" form of social intercourse - still find it hard when expected to do so with Italian friends - and yet it's so tied into Italian notions of space and time. What could be more Italian than avoiding the pub/work, home/bar dichotomy by turning a public street into "social space," time into indefinite "social time," such that everyone in it - whether an innocent passerby or a tagalong half-breed like me - gets dragged into the unbearably, endless process existing-for-others?
That's not me. I love beauty and piazzas and sun and ruins. I love existing as an objet d'art. I find the lack of immediate sensuality and un-examined selfhood (as opposed to Anglo neuroses), to be lacking outside of Italy. But the difference is that, outside of Italy, it is my choice to behave in a "visible, artistic" matter (blogging, for example, or indeed any form of writing). In Italy, I feel as if that choice, that sense of autonomy and self-hood has been taken away from me.
|Up Side: Exhibit A
But is it worth the cost of losing myself in the process? In good news, it looks like I'll be at Oxford another year for a master's, so my brief flirtation with the idea of doing graduate work at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome is out, so I'll won't have to contend with my Italian shadow-self.
(I suppose this explains why, unlike many TLGers/expats here, I haven't found Georgia to be difficult/a culture shock at all! Compared with Italy, it's practically Scandinavian! Except for heavily-Austrian-influenced Trieste, which is wonderful, in part because people leave me alone there!)
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Justice by Rhiannon Paille
(Book #2 in The Ferryman and the Flame)
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Available January 22, 2013!
How far would you go to destroy yourself?
Krishani always knew he would have to go to the Lands of Men, but he never thought it would be like this. Enemies everywhere, an ancestor he can't respect, elders he can't trust, a curse he can't stop and friends he can't help but hate. Desperate to end the pain, he sets out on a quest to find the other Flames and face the enemy that took everything from him.
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This is JUSTICE from the villain's POV.
The Daed are pawns to one of the most powerful members of the Valtanyana. Crestaos is insane, his hunger for the Flames insatiable. The closer the Daed get to achieving his goal, the more expendable they become.
|Rhiannon Paille
She studied at U of Sedona and MIMT, obtaining a PhD in Metaphysical Science and Parapsychology. She's married to a chef/comic book shop owner and has a fondness for architecture. She frequents twitter and facebook, but if you really want to get to know her you should visit her site.
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Have you ever felt like you were ready to begin the next phase of your life, but that God hadn't opened the door yet?
Perhaps you've been trying to get into colleges, but you didn't get accepted into any of the ones you wanted. Maybe you're job hunting, but nothing is turning up. Maybe you're waiting for Prince Charming, but he's not being very obliging about ringing your doorbell. Some of my readers might even be trying for a child, but having no success. Maybe it's something completely different.
Have you felt like telling God that you were ready and that you wished He'd hurry up and open the door?
Sometimes we're not as ready as we think we are.
For the past 5-8 years, I have felt like God has had to push me out of my comfort zone to move me forward. Usually He used my mother to jump start something new, because I really didn't like change. Which meant that my mother had to encourage me to go ahead and volunteer different places, to go on and really hunt for a job, to start singing with the church worship team. Each time, I've been a little apprehensive about the new activity, but each time, I have also very much enjoyed the time I have spent doing it.
About six months ago or so, I told my mother that I finally felt "ready" to move on to the next phase of my life. This was a new feeling for me, and I recognized that I probably wasn't really ready, even though I felt like it. We allowed that my success with my job, which I had been very nervous about in the beginning, was helping me to feel that I was ready for a new challenge in another realm – relationships.
So, I was ready. Or was I?
Another three months went by. Nothing much had changed. I should mention here that I have a very good friend that I met about the time that 3G went off to college. Sir K had helped to fill the void left by 3G not being around all the time. Over the three years I'd known him, Sir K had become very close. So when I felt like I was "ready," although I tried not to assume anything, I did have a pretty good idea who God might have in mind.
So three months ago, I was praying about things, and I began asking "when?" It was becoming increasingly difficult to be just friends with Sir K. I had refrained from asking God if this was "the one," but the cry of my heart was for a deeper relationship, and I felt like I needed to know something now. Well, apparently God agreed with me, because that night He gave me an answer. Only one word, but it brought such peace that I knew it was from Him.
No, it didn't give me any idea when exactly things would change. No, I still couldn't have told you who. But yes, I was satisfied. And I was at peace.
Where before I had been "ready," now I was at peace with the situation. And in that peace I could be patient. God would bring it to pass in His perfect timing. And so He has.
A couple of weeks ago, Sir K and I embarked on something we have termed an Intentional Relationship. I've not been thrilled with the concept of dating as a means to get to know your potential spouse, and on the other side, courtship as defined by the ultra conservatives seemed a little restrictive, besides requiring a lot of parental involvement. My parents have been helping me transition from child to adult, so the last thing they wanted to do was drive or limit my decision making in terms of a spouse. So Sir K and I have been finding our own way, through lots of discussions and spending more time with each other and our families.
What point am I trying to make in all this? I just wanted to encourage all those of you, no matter what door you're waiting on, no matter whether you think you're ready or not, all those of you who are contemplating entering a new phase in your life, to wait for God's timing and His peace before moving forward. Although I felt like I was ready, I tried very hard not to give any such indication, as I felt that could cloud the issue if my friend was either waiting for God's okay, or deciding that this was not the direction that God wanted him to go in. Instead, I lived in the peaceful hope that God would indeed work everything out in His own perfect way, which He has proceeded and is proceeding to do. He makes all things beautiful in His time.
So what are you "ready" to embark on? College, a new career, marriage, children? Whatever door you are waiting for God to open, know that He will open it in His timing, and that it will be well worth the wait. In retrospect, Sir K and I have each seen things God was teaching us in the last 6 months to a year. We've lost nothing in waiting, and instead have been able to build our foundation of friendship that much stronger. No matter what you're waiting for, God will bless you for waiting on His timing.
Sir K and I are excited to see where God will take us in the coming months, we are thankful to Him for His perfect timing, and above all, we desire that He always remain the center of our relationship.
May He bless you as much as He is blessing us.


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Gambler's Ruin
By Conor Rowan | March 7, 2013
Gambler's Ruin: A gambler with finite wealth, playing a fair game, will eventually go broke against an opponent with infinite wealth. Or in simpler terms: the bookie always wins. In this radio documentary, Conor Rowan explores online gambling and attempts to exploit the increased availability of gambling… Read more »
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By Griff FM | November 8, 2012
The latest edition of The Barracks current affairs series highlights issues arising from Dublin city council meetings and features Mannix Flynn and Dermot Lacey discussing the fate of the laundry chimney in Donnybrook. Should the chimney be preserved, and if so, should it form part of… Read more »
The Long Room
By Marie Sakellariou | June 2, 2011
Marie Sakellariou takes us on a visit to Trinity College Dublin's famous library This piece, with a sense of awe and fascination, explores the history, design, contents and upkeep of Trinity College's old library, built in 1592, The Long Room. [wpaudio url="https://digital.griffith.ie/wp-content/audio/marie_sakellariou.mp3" text="Listen to The Long Room"]… Read more »
The Real Mountjoy
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Wayne Doyle explores life inside Dublin's notorious prison This documentary is a first hand insight into the conditions of one of Ireland's most notorious prisons. It provides an insight into the everyday life of a prisoner within the walls of 'The Joy'. "Initially I wanted to provide listeners with a first hand account of… Read more »
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Hello and welcome! Snoopy here with some Fabulous Freebies to get your creative weekend going. As always, if you download the digi ... thank the artist in the comment section of their blog/site. Thanks.
* Birds Cards has a Special Day Bendy Card
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* Hudson's Holidays has Friendship
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* Snoopy's Homemade Fun has Happy 29th Birthday!
Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend everyone!
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We're currently going to take a quick survey here on DHN. Very easy.
If you had a chance to ask a Voice Actor, Animator or basically anyone from Studio B a question about the show, or their career, what would you ask.
Leave your question in the comments.
Inb4 whose your favorite pony….
PS: If you haven't figured it out, you don't have to put a name with the comment section. Leaving it blank will post you as anonymous.


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Obese senior horses may suffer from Equine Metabolic Syndrome (sometimes improperly referred to as hypothyroidism or peripheral Cushing's disease). These horses tend to store excess fat, especially along the crest of the neck, over the shoulders, on the rump, and in the sheath (geldings), and often exhibit chronic laminitis. Horses affected with Equine Metabolic Syndrome may also exhibit insulin resistance, in which blood glucose (sugar) is not adequately removed from the blood via the hormone insulin.
At this time, Equine Metabolic Syndrome is not completely understood, but it is believed by researchers that obesity, as well as a genetic susceptibility, are important predisposing conditions. If Equine Metabolic Syndrome has been diagnosed, it may be helpful to reduce the amount of starch and sugars in the horse's diet to help decrease the amount of blood glucose. Purina® Equine Senior® horse feed is formulated to contain reduced levels of starch and sugars, and has been fed successfully to many horses with this condition. Purina® WellSolve L/S® horse feed is also an appropriate option for insulin-resistant older horses. Additionally, it is important to consider hay- and/or pasture-fed horses in these situations, since grasses can contain high levels of soluble carbohydrates (starches and sugars).


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Pete Seeger didn't write this song – we'll never know exactly who did – but he taught it to generations since taking it up in 1947, and it became the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. It's a song about outlasting the likes of the Majority Whip and his ilk. It is therefore a song of almost unlimited optimism. I like to think that every time someone sings it, Rep. Steve Scalise (R – of course, Louisiana – ditto) feels a sharp pain he can't quite locate. Click on the video again and again.
Seeger's the tall skinny fellow standing to your left.


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The Washington Examiner is reporting new polling data that indicates that the Youth Vote will increase by 50% in 2012 over the 2008 figure. While the poll did not ask for whom the respondents intended to vote, it did ask what was motivating them. Anger over the economy, severely curtailed disposable income, piss poor job prospects seem to be the drivers in 2012.
Barack, I suggest you start making those moving quote calls and look into nice all girl private schools for your wonderful daughters.
Poll: Angry with economy, youth vote to jump 50%


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Imagin8 Press is a book publishing company dedicated to promoting a peaceful world by bridging the divide between different cultures. Our sole focus is on publishing high quality, enjoyable fiction books for English speaking people who want to read and understand Simplified Chinese.
Here are the most recent books in our Journey to the West series, based on one of the most famous stories in Chinese literature. All books in the series are written using the 600-word HSK 3 vocabulary. All words not in HSK 3 are defined in footnotes on the page where they first appear. Each page of Chinese characters is paired with a page showing the same words written in pinyin (phonetic spelling). A complete English version and glossary are included at the end.
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TIME STEREO and DITTODITTO teamed up to release these 4 new books by 4 Detroit artists!!! Ivan Gamboa, Warren Defever, Derek Reitzel and me!!! You can buy them at TIMESTEREO!!!
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- High Productivity 1100 watt motor.
- No corrosion means less maintenance.
- All controls on the handle. Minimum training required.
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Founded on a century of discovering inventive solutions for water issues, The Water Council was established as a 501(c)(3) organization in 2009 by Milwaukee-area businesses, education and government leaders. With a mission of aligning the regional freshwater research community with water-related industries, we take great pride in having coalesced the leading water technology cluster in the United States and one of the most powerful in the world.
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From Maryland, USA:
Our 9 year old daughter is heavily involved in gymnastics. She works out 16 hours a week and we are having a hard time regulating her sugars. We lower her insulin before she goes and she eats while she is there, but every once in a while she still is coming out very low. Please respond with any suggestions.
First of all, you left out some pertinent information. You did not mention blood glucose monitoring before, during and after your daughter's gymnastic sessions. Blood glucose monitoring before, during and after her gymnastic sessions is the key to preventing hypoglycemia. In addition, you did not mention your daughter's insulin regimen as well as the time of day she engages in gymnastics or the length of time of each session.
Hypoglycemia is frequently brought on by physical exertion and is a result of increased insulin sensitivity and depletion of glycogen stores. Hypoglycemia can be prevented by supplementing snacking before, during and after activity depending on the nature of the activity (i.e., short duration and low to moderate intensity or one hour of moderate intensity) and its timing relative to the individuals meal and insulin schedule and knowing what their pre-exercise blood glucose reading is.
Ideally, exercise (gymnastics) should be performed at the time of day that is most convenient for your daughter. However, because exercise can potentiate the effects of insulin, hypoglycemia during or after exercise is a definite risk. It is important that your daughter's gymnastic session does not coincide with periods of peak insulin absorption. If this is the case, there may need to be an insulin adjustment made. It is important that you speak with your daughter's physician about these hypoglycemic episodes with regard to gymnastics. He will be the appropriate individual to make any changes in your daughter's insulin regimen. It seems that there may need to be some fine tuning done with her insulin, food and exercise regimen. Documentation of pre, during and post exercise blood glucose readings can be of benefit to your daughter when making these changes. This will enable you to see actual patterns that will help you and your physician make appropriate changes for avoiding hypoglycemic episodes.
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CNN updates the coal story of the year:
Estimates for the amount of thick sludge that gushed from a Tennessee coal plant last week have tripled to more than a billion gallons, as cleanup crews try to remove the goop from homes and railroads and halt its oozing into an adjacent river.
That would be "enough to fill 1,660 Olympic-size swimming pools" assuming you wanted to fill your pool with "concentrated levels of mercury and arsenic." And that is, as Richard Graves puts it, "more than 100 times larger than the Exxon Valdez disaster and, in fact, more than every drop of petroleum used in the United States that day."
The next time someone says "clean coal," be sure to do that bit where you cough and say "B.S." Or maybe skip the couging part.
Related Posts:
- The day 'clean coal' died
- Clean coal, meet harsh reality
- Clean coal: Claptrap or crap trap?
- Is coal with carbon capture and storage a core climate solution?


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Drawing on a fine art inspiration, the work by the artist Baptiste Debombourg, designer Atsushi Nakashima created works of wearable art of his own for the Spring 2015 season. Kaleidoscope patterns in a variety of silhouettes that ran the gamut between baggy, sporty styles, and sleek streamline shapes were topped with fantastic plastic accessories that echoed the form of cut diamonds. The end result was a dazzling collection of knock out looks for men and women.
All images: C. Hope for Style Wylde.
For a look behind the scenes at the hair and beauty for the Atsushi Nakashima Spring 2015 show check out our feature in Beauty.
Looking for more Tokyo fashion? Go here for complete coverage of the Spring 2015 season.


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Click the picture to include this on your Goodreads To-Read List.
Within these pages you'll encounter a guy who finds humor in:
•Searching for a cozy, old-school barber in a gentrifying neighborhood, but landing at a frantic corporate salon that smells like a meth lab.
•Running late for a flight, only to find himself on The Terrorist Watch List.
•Watching The Peoples Court with a stranger in the world's gloomiest bar.
•Surviving condemnation from the hard-working folks at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
•Fixing up a house when he knows nothing about home improvement.
•And much, much more wonderful absurdity.


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Tours of the Hubbell Home
Tours are offered throughout each day and limited to 15 people for your personal enjoyment. Check at the visitor center for availability. As of January 1, 2017, Hubbell Home Tours: $5.00 per person, user fee. Visitors 15 years old and younger are free.
User Fees collected will support a variety of resource management, visitor services and historic preservation projects at the park. These projects will enhance your experience and increase your understanding of the significance of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. We appreciate your continued support for the National Park Service and hope your visit here will be a memorable one.


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Hidden Gem: Wildcat! Wildcat! *electronic R&B/indie popJuly 15th, 2012 by Siegz | Alternative/Indie, Electropop, Hidden Gem, Music Video, Pop, R&B |
Wildcat! Wildcat! has a sound that is really different from other acts out there, I can'tquite think of an act to compare them with as they have this real alternative sound that can be best described as indie electronic pop R&B.
However, I'd prefer to let the music speak for itself and Buzzbands.LA does a pretty good review on them., so stream and download their three releases, "The Chief", "End Of The World Everyday" and "Mr. Quiche".
If you dig the music above, watch the official video to "Mr. Quiche" and some links to keep up with Wildcat! Wildcat!
Wildcat! Wildcat! is playing a FREE show with Haim this Thursday in Santa Monica. I will be there to watch the two up-and-coming indie acts and if you want to attend, find more details here.
For more on Wildcat! Wildcat! follow them on facebook and twitter.


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The Kodiaks Cubs Club has just finished its first season an initiative allowing the Camrose Kodiaks junior hockey team to get involved and give back to the community. A season is in the books in the literal sense as the goal for the Cubs Club is for the players to be active in the schools weekly promoting physical activity and literacy outside school hours. Students worked toward reaching a goal of 12 hours of reading and 12 hours of physical activity with a reward on completion. Each successful student received a prize package including a program T-shirt, string bag, free Wok Box meal, CrossFit Camrose pass, free game of bowling at Tabbs, and Kodiak tickets. The prizes were made possible by participating local sponsors! Kodiaks Associate Coach Nigel Dube says, "Being the first year it was an overwhelming success, students worked very hard toward their goals and we even had some students who challenged themselves to get multiple hour logs done." Success was proven by students reaching over 2900 hours of physical activity and reading! Players contributed to the school and community by being positive role models to the students, building relationships and having a consistent presence in the school. "Without community support junior hockey does not exist, it is our responsibility to get out and be active in the community. We want to teach life lessons to our players setting them up for life outside the game; what they learn visiting these students on a weekly basis goes well beyond any game played on the ice" explained Dube.
During the visits the players would work with the students on a variety of subjects, projects, and activities. In the first year the program focused at Sparling and Chester Ronning Elementary schools with Grade 3-5 students. The program created win-win situation as the players learned much from the students as well. Cale Chalifoux, a veteran defenseman who was acquired heading into the 2017-18 season enjoyed his time each week in the schools, "the Introduction of the Kodiaks Cubs Club this year was a huge success for the students and the players. It was enjoyable going to the elementary schools every Wednesday and learning something new from the kids, while encouraging them and emphasizing the importance of reading and being physically active. We built a relationship with these youth over the course of the year that was both positive and impactful. The first few interactions with the students quickly taught everyone a lot about how influential we are on the young people in the community. We also learned how important it is to approach everything we do with a positive attitude and to be a good role model to create a lasting impression on these kids who admire us and hope to be in our shoes someday."
We would like to thank our Cubs Club sponsors: D&D Auto Sales, Midas, CrossFit Camrose, WokBox, ID Apparel, Business IQ, Rotary Club – Day Break, Zetsen Master Builders. Outside of the Kodiaks Cubs Club the players continued to be involved in as many community events as possible. These events included playing basketball against the special Olympic team, visiting rural schools, Kid Sport, adding six new little free libraries to town, Skills Day, and Teddy Bear Toss, to name a few! The Kodiaks organization is proud to be involved in the community throughout the entire year as we look to give back to the community that gives us so much!
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I've been on a path of using up what I have and I have lots of fabric to use. I pulled out some fabric scraps around Christmas and started piecing them together and ended up with three quilt tops, this weekend I quilted them. They will be used as donation quilts, last year I donated fifteen quilts, so I've got a good start on this year. This is what they look like.
The Weekly Leaf
This week I used paintstiks brushed off of a mask onto hand dyed red fabric.
Week #5
Sari Ribbon #319-#325
Gelli Prints #26-#32
Linked to "Off the Wall Friday"
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Using up scraps
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Your scrap quilts are so much fun, great colors and design. This week's leaf is fabulous. I also liked your SAQA auction piece. I have not started mine. Since I am going again this year, I should make one.ReplyDelete
Your weekly Leaf stitches are mesmerizing and the negative space delicious.ReplyDelete
Love following your themes. Happy stitching!ReplyDelete
I ALWAYS love seeing your gorgeous hand stitches....those last two this week are delicious!ReplyDelete
Your weekly leaf is so inspiring. Hope it will inspire me sometime soon to start a weekly project.ReplyDelete
Weekly leaf is my favorite this week! Stunning!!!ReplyDelete
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- 1 Step By Step How to Format Wiko Ridge 4g Hard Reset and Soft Reset
- 2 Cautions Before The Hard Reset ::
- 3 Soft Format Wiko Ridge 4g Soft reset By Menu Setting Options
- 4 Soft Reset :: Format Wiko Ridge 4g
- 5 How to Format Wiko Ridge 4g hard reset ::
- 7 Warning! for Format & Reset Wiko Ridge 4g ::
Step By Step How to Format Wiko Ridge 4g Hard Reset and Soft Reset
Cautions Before The Hard Reset ::
- For Completing the Format Wiko Ridge 4g hard reset Code Process it took some time to complete so First charge your battery,
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- Go to the Main Menu find and select Settings
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How to Format Wiko Ridge 4g hard reset ::
Hard Reset WIKO Ridge 4G First method:
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- Success! The hard reset is done!
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1. I'm on the left coast, supporting the semi-annual software load. I'm three hours away from my final shift.
2. Last week (since Monday thru last night) I logged 63 hours of work and I have five days to go before a day off. Thankfully this is just twice a year. I will have some downtime on my flight home and hopefully I can sleep a little.
3. I ran to Starbucks to get some sinkage so I could leave a tip for housekeeping. I do this when on business travel and on personal travel. I left something each day (because leaving it at the end benefits one person and it may be their first day on for the week).
4. Yesterday was a very lazy day – stayed in bed until 1PM, got up and showered and then had In and Out for lunch – off to work and back at midnight.
5. Trying to pack up a little before work today. Need to fill the gas tank before work today so I can head straight to the airport at 6AM (ugh). Time to get some fresh air and sun before I head inside until midnight.
It's good to be here to see colleagues but I'll be very happy to get home tomorrow night.