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In the build up to the 2018 World Post & Parcel Awards, we take a look back at some of our previous winners and examine what winning at the Awards means to them and their businesses. In this first article we talk to Singapore Post, winners of the Retail Customer Access Award in 2017.
This article was originally published in the Winter 2017 edition of the Mail & Express Review Magazine. Subscribe to MER for free today at https://digital.mailandexpressreview.com.
At the World Post & Parcel Awards Singapore Post (SingPost) won the Retail Customer Access Category for the second year running. Dr Bernard Leong, Head of Post Office Network and Digital Services at SingPost, told MER how catering for the next generation of digitally savvy customers has helped improve the company's customer experience:
"In an age of exponential technological transformation, consumer expectations are changing rapidly, with an ever increasing desire for greater control and efficiency.
SingPost recognised that the post office needed to be augmented from a brick-and-mortar entity to a pervasive, digital network that caters to the digital generation, while enabling older customers to enjoy the improved customer experience that the digital post office brings.
The SAM platform and the digital post office is the result of SingPost's significant investments in technology with the aim of improving the overall customer experience and shortening queues at physical post offices.
SAM is an omni-channel platform that offers consumers access to postal and other consumer services anytime and anywhere, through a network of self-serve kiosks, web portal and mobile app. SAM forms the foundation for SingPost's vision of the digital post office, where the post office is no further than your pocket. SAM provides digital channels through which customers may buy stamps, weigh parcels, track mail, pay bills, make donations, and conduct other transactions. Through the SAM self-serve kiosks, SingPost, in partnership with Western Union, is among the first national posts to facilitate remittances 24/7, on top of providing the service over the counter. Additionally, a pilot is being conducted to automate the sending of registered articles through the SAM self-serve kiosks. The SAM platform also integrates SingPost's Digital Postal Mail (DPM) as a value added service. This enables trusted communication between verified senders and verified recipients via the SAM platform.
One important consideration in realising our digital post office vision was the broad spectrum of customers we serve. While Singapore is a tech-savvy nation, we recognise that some of our older customers may be less familiar with web and mobile channels. The SAM self-service kiosks are a key channel in easing the transition, providing a hybrid channel that presents a digital interface similar to those of the web and mobile channels in a more familiar context of a physical station. We have re-designed and re-engineered our new kiosks from the ground up to offer an enhanced experience through a modern, user-friendly interface on high resolution, responsive touch-screens powered by Apple iPads. The interface is based on the same design language as the web and mobile interfaces to ensure a unified user experience across all SAM channels.
Our staff from the Post Office Network and Digital Services departments have been involved right from the conceptualisation stage. Pilot and beta launches were conducted to gather customer feedback. SingPost staff are also able to provide first-hand insights as they receive their payslips via digital postal mail and have convenient access to the new SAM kiosk at the staff lounge. This enables direct feedback to the SAM team at the earliest opportunity. Additionally, regular leadership communications and use of internal social media tools such as Yammer provide visibility to all staff into the developments of SAM. For our frontline post office staff, we conduct regular and detailed training sessions on SAM. Employees have been thrilled to take part in the trials and are pro-active in providing feedback.
We have seen significant improvement in customer satisfaction. Our post office net promoter score survey shows an increase of about 11.5% from the first quarter of 2016 to the third quarter of 2016. During this period, the number of verified SAM users on web and mobile was growing on average at 26% month on month. Compared with a year ago, we have seen SAM users on web and mobile increase 35%.
I was so surprised that we managed to win in the same category for the second time in a row. We are humbled by the experience and energised to continue the work towards our vision of the future post office. The award is attributed to several teams, Digital Services, Post Office Network and Group Technology, working hard together over the last three-and-a-half years to transform our post office.
The award comes as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the SAM kiosk, and endorses SAM's transformation into an omni-channel post office of the digital age."
Katie Colbran
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"In all this, the relationships and the collaboration are more important than the technologies." Hargeaves (2012)
I've been thinking around personal learning environments for a while, here and in other places, and also around extending the community of enquiry model to include the idea of agency – the extended network of resources and tools that exists for the learner outside, and their capacity to use it to engage more effectively.
A really interesting series of blog posts by Dom Norrish around how he sees MOOCs impacting on learning at another academy Trust has helped me crystallise things and I hope set out something here that pulls it all together.
This text started life as a course assignment on designing an e-CPD strategy, but I've edited and extended it quite significantly – for anyone interested the references at the end are all ones I've got a lot out of reading.
A whole plethora of terms exists for software and systems to manage courses. Watson and Watson (2007) present a range of types of LMS but define them in general as as a necessary technology to effectively implement the new approaches to instruction suitable for the Information age. The LMS doesn't have a happy track record with the schools I work with, although a few still cling on in niches here and there, and we've been developing something quite different which I'm describing here.
An alternative to the LMS is the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) which Downes (2006) describes as connecting the learner to a range of services, not all educational. In Downes' view, the PLE allows the learner not only to consume learning resources, but to produce them as well, on their own terms and with their own tools. Milligan (2006) defines them as the alternative to monolithic systems providing content and services geared to institutional needs rather than that of their learners.
Couros (2010) includes openness in the definition of a PLE concluding that they grow from the spirit and working practices of the open source movement and reflect a move away from the closed single provider culture of traditional education systems.
In defining the PLE Couros (2010) and Downes (2006) align them with a much wider debate around the very nature of education systems and the ownership of software (including the open source movement). Pragmatically, from our organisation's perspective of seeking to improve provision within the system, those arguments are irrelevant. Our agenda is to give maximum benefit to our staff and students in the best value and safest way possible.
The technological approach of a PLE is however attractive, if we are seeking longevity of interest (through a more situative approach), engagement outside working hours and locations and the agility to rapidly adopt and develop a compelling offer that transitions well from a PC and LAN environment to one that is almost entirely web and mobile based.
Anderson (2006) sets out a range of arguments for and against both PLEs and the institutionally operated LMS. Key to the advantages of the PLE is the ownership of the tools by the learner and their existence outside the context of their course of study, speed of innovation and adaptability. He describes a LMS as being more stable and secure and purposefully designed for course delivery concluding:
"Although there is something quite compelling about the vision of a lifelong learning environment that is centred upon and perpetually belongs to the learner, I think we are some distance from being able to operationalize that vision." Anderson (2006)
Whilst I may be persuaded by many of the arguments for PLEs, I share Anderson's concerns about adopting them in their purest form.
· Whilst we might subscribe to a lot of the thinking of the Open Educational Resources 'movement' we can't always put that into practice (for example when using materials we have licensed) – so we need to control who can access what. Identity, and managing it, is essential for us, for safety above all else. The fluid and open model of the PLE, where identity and control sits outside the management of our organisation is an abdication on our part of responsibility.
Recognising the tension between meeting student expectations to exert control and institutional needs to secure quality delivery, Mobbs and Dence (2008) describe the challenges for course designers and tutors in adapting to situations where course content may not be where learners want to interact with it. They recognise that in reality this is not an either/or debate but one in which learners may choose to selectively use their own tools, and institutions and course designers will adopt strategies in response.
Wheeler (2010) attempts to define a middle ground where the institutional provision and the learner's personal tools inter-operate, inviting the learner to continue to use their personal tools within a PLE approach, but allowing the course provider to retain control of their content and how it is presented. I agree and would argue that in a web environment, combining content and ensuring inter-operability is already commonplace in retail, news reporting and leisure and this should be the same for education.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are by their very nature open in a way that is not relevant to our relatively small, closed audience. Norrish (2014) describes the SPOC (small, private online course) making use of a lot of a PLE toolset, but with a managed "enterprise social network" at its heart.
Highly collaborative "cMOOCs" exemplify an effort to offer open opportunities to learn that allow high levels of autonomy, but their scale and nature has potential for students to become disengaged. Mackness et al (2010) highlight student disengagement from feeling abandoned ("autonomy does not mean casting learners adrift but it does require learners to embrace independent learning"). They found students choosing to use a subset of the tools available to avoid trolling behaviour by their peers in the open forums and retreating to comfortable sub-groups where they may not in fact experience the kinds of diversity necessary to reflect and co-construct effectively.
Mobile learning is probably the only e-learning approach to truly support spontaneous reflection and self-evaluation, both vital components of situative and cognitive approaches (Traxler, 2009). To develop our own LMS type apps, or buy them is a costly process but most of the tools we use and our learners use already have good mobile apps of their own.
The description given by Wheeler (2010) of a 'cloud learning environment' in which the student is able to deploy a mixture of their own and institutionally provided tools alongside courses is a very close match our vision for our schools – which I'll share here as a "managed Personal Learning Environment (mPLE)."
The heart of our mPLE is identity management.
For all access to our systems we need to know who the person is and what they are entitled to see and do. Happily we have been able to develop a system that talks to several of the biggest ID systems externally (eg Google ID, Office 365) so an account created on our system can carry over to give access to a very large range of other tools and services.
Essentially such a system is an uncoupled, de-constructed LMS that allows the learner to incorporate additional tools of their own as required and as they become available
One of the key tools within the mPLE is the environment where collaboration takes place – that online hub for the community of enquiry. Like what Norrish (2014) describes as an enterprise social network, it needs to be managed, auditable but offer the same affordances that users will have come to expect on public systems.
We've used the term "professional intranet" internally for some time to describe the online space for staff to publish and share resources. As our thinking has evolved the term intranet doesn't seem adequate, as it conjures up an image of something highly curated and more a publishing platform than a place of collaboration – I think "professional social network" may be a better term.
Although Traxler (2009) described mobile learning as a separate strand of development, almost defined by the limitations of the technology at the time rather than the affordances, development in recent years now makes it a possible to deploy the same, or better access to mPLE tools on mobile devices that our community can use anywhere, indeed, many of them are being provided with mobile devices as their primary computing resource.
Anderson, T. (2006) PLE's versus LMS: Are PLEs ready for Prime time? Virtual Canuck. Available at: http://terrya.edublogs.org/2006/01/09/ples-versus-lms-are-ples-ready-for-prime-time/ (Accessed on 2nd February 2016)
Anderson, T. (2016) A Fourth Presence for the Community of Inquiry Model? Virtual Canuck. Available at: http://virtualcanuck.ca/2016/01/04/a-fourth-presence-for-the-community-of-inquiry-model/ (Accessed on 13th February 2016)
Caulfield, M. (2013). xMOOC Communities Should Learn From cMOOCs, EduCause. Available at: http://www.educause.edu/blogs/mcaulfield/xmooc-communities-should-learn-cmoocs (Accessed on 2nd February 2016)
Couros, A (2010). Developing Personal Learning Networks for Open and Social Learning, Emerging Technologies in Distance Education, Ed. Veletsianos. Available at: http://www.aupress.ca/books/120177/ebook/99Z_Veletsianos_2010-Emerging_Technologies_in_Distance_Education.pdf (Accessed on 7th February 2016)
Downes, S (2006). Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge, IT Forum 17/10/06, Available at: http://itforum.coe.uga.edu/paper92/paper92.html (Accessed on 7th February 2016)
Hargreaves, A and Fullan, M. (2013),The Power of Professional Capital, Learning Forward Volume 34, Number 3. Available at: http://www.michaelfullan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/JSD-Power-of-Professional-Capital.pdf (Accessed 10th February 2016)
Hargreaves, D. (2012) A self-improving school system: towards maturity, National College of School Leadership Available at: http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/15804/1/a-self-improving-school-system-towards-maturity.pdf (Accessed 10th February 2016)
Lam, J. (2015) Autonomy presence in the extended community of inquiry [online]. International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, Vol. 8, No. 1, Dec 2015: 39-61. Available at: http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=705821081676347;res=IELHSS
(Accessed on 13th February 2016)
Mackness, J, Mak, S, and Williams, R. (2010) The ideals and reality of participating in a MOOC. Networked Learning Conference (pp. 266-275). University of Lancaster. Available at: http://eprints.port.ac.uk/5605/1/The_Ideals_and_Realilty_of_Participating_in_a_MOOC.pdf (Accessed on 10th February 2016)
Milligan, C. (2006) What is a PLE? The future or just another buzz word? JISC e-Learning Focus. Available at: http://www.elearning.ac.uk/news_folder/ple%20event/view.html (Accessed on 7th February 2016)
Mobbs, R, and Dence, R. (2008) Putting more PLE into the VLE - personalisation features to enhance student flexibility, choice and engagement, ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, 14th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training 3rd to 5th December 2008 Available at: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance/dissemination-activities/conferences/2008/uol-onlineeduca2008/uol-onlineeduca2008-papers/onlineeduca2008-mobbsdence-vle2ple-paper/OEB%202008%20MobbsDence%20VLE2PLE%20Long%20Abstract%20Final.pdf (Accessed on 2nd February 2016)
Norrish, D. (2014) SPOC It's a MOOC Jim, But Not As We Know It, A Learning Technologist's Thoughts. Available at: http://domnorrish.com/?p=84 (Accessed on 20th March 2016)
Reich, J. (2014) MOOC Completion and Retention in the Context of Student Intent, Educause Review, 8/12/14. Available at: http://er.educause.edu/articles/2014/12/mooc-completion-and-retention-in-the-context-of-student-intent (Accessed on 2nd February 2016)
Rientes, B, Rivers, R. (2014) Measuring and Understanding Learner Emotions: Evidence and Prospects, Learning Analytics Review 1ISSN:2057-7494 Available at: http://www.laceproject.eu/publications/learning-analytics-and-emotions.pdf (Accessed on 13th February 2016)
Salmon, G. (2005) Flying not flapping: a strategic framework for e-learning and pedagogical innovation in higher education institutions, ALT-J, 13: 3, 201 — 218 Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687760500376439 (Accessed: 5th December 2015)
Salmon, G. (2003) E-moderating: the key to teaching and learning online. London, Kogan Press. Available at: http://www.gillysalmon.com/five-stage-model.html (Accessed on 7th February 2016)
Traxler, J. (2009) Current State of Mobile Learning. (M. Ally, Ed.) Mobile Learning Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training, 5(2), 9–24. Available at: http://www.aupress.ca/books/120155/ebook/01_Mohamed_Ally_2009-Article1.pdf (Accessed on 1st February 2016)
Watson, W, Watson, S. (2007) An argument for clarity: what are learning management systems, what are they not, and what should they become? TechTrends, Springer Verlag, 2007, 51(2), pp.28-34. Available at: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/692067/filename/Watson-2007.pdf (Accessed 12th Febuary 2016)
Wheeler, S. (2010) Anatomy of a PLE, Learning with 'e's. Available at: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.html (Accessed on 7th February 2016)


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As members since 2013, the HoP crew have been active collaborators. From working with Community Foundations of Canada to activate their events with arts and being a 2015 recipient of an Ottawa Wave Makers microgrant.
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Hi, Pat. I have tried many different brands/kinds of thread. Thanks!Originally Posted by quilterpat
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Hi, Pat. I have tried many different brands/kinds of thread. Thanks!Originally Posted by quilterpat
Miranda...I was reading the manual that came with my new brother I just got for Christmas, and it said that if the bobbin case is scratched it can cause this very problem. It suggest ordering a new bobbin case and replacing it. Not sure if this is the problem with your or not...but maybe (and I know you had problems with them before but...) if you called them they could give you more info if this is the problem or not.
I have a Brother and this happened to me. I took it apart and there was thread pieces and dust from the thread down in the bobbin case. I used the little brush and a vaccum to clean it out. It worked great. Hopefully that is all it is. Maybe it is just in far enough you can't see it with the naked eye. Good luck!
hey Judith thats what I was going to suggest...I have the same brother as she does without the probs but if I have been sewing fast or for long periods if I move it back and forth I dont have the problem :)
It could be. I haven't tried anything else since I got the "new" one back, but the new one messed up a bunch yesterday. I guess family should not look for handmade gifts from me this year. :(Originally Posted by jbsstrawberry
I will try it...I've not had good luck with Brother's service dept. being helpful! Sometimes you can talk to someone that is helpful.Originally Posted by Loretta
Thanks. It just aggravates me that I cannot get gifts made that I wanted. :( Oh, well. IOU's sounding better all the time! LOL!!!Originally Posted by Loretta
I have problems like you're describing when I use Guitterman thread. My Viking 1+ throws up every time I use that thread. My other machines use it without problem. Picky picky picky. It's not just mine. My sister's Designer 1 also will not sew with that thread. Hope you figure it out soon.
Hi Miranda,
Your timing is out of whack. But rather than picking up another cheap-o, I would go to my local thrift shop or check craigs list and pick up a working older singer / brother / white sewing machine. I mean the old 19 - 00 pound work horses. I keep one threaded with black, all the time. Whip it out when I have a quick job using dark thread. Before going home with the machine, (I always carry a ziplock bag with thread & needles in it with 4 different kinds of bobbins... just in case I find a nice used machine to test) make sure that the needle goes up and down and the feed dogs are working, open up the lower machine and check to see the bobbin case (if it has one) is spinning. What this does is make sure there arent any broken gears. But if there are it wont be terribly expensive to repair the machine. Singers from the 70's & 80's are notorious for having nylon gears and the teeth chipping from them. What I would do is pick up even a non working one of them for next to nothing, drop about $125 into it at the repair shop, and then keep it as a good old stand-by. They form excellent stitches, handle heavier fabrics and you can use a mechanical ruffler on them without worrying. I have a 30 or so year old White sewing machine (all metal gears inside) that is a real champ, sews through leather, is pretty to look at, is respectable for free motion sewing, quilted beautifully, has adjustable presser foot pressure control like the new Janome's. A beautiful machine... and I only use my griest ruffler on that machine because everything else I have is electronic and more sensitive and I am afraid I would damage the machines using it. (call me a worry wort) LOL
I hope this is some help to you.
Good luck.
(I know it is easier to drop another $57 into a cheap machine, but in the long run, you will be happier with a vintage singer or white... and I am not talking about the old old 50 - 60 year old black behemouths either!)
That is basically my theory with my Elnas. I have an old Super that is always threaded, there are three older Supermatics in storage waiting to be needed, if the Super ever breaks down. My main machine is a Bernina 830. I am not going to hold my breath waiting for it to die.Originally Posted by Paula
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Thanks, LInda.
Paula, I'm definately going to pick up the next used one I find if it is cheap. (and if it "works" and all). I know how all the gears and guts of things are made out of plastic (or nylon as you said). It's the same way with Kitchen Aid mixers, and I have one that is just a couple years old. I'm scared it will die. Everything else I get tears up! My DH told me I was going to have to stop being so "hard" on appliances and such! (jokingly)
Have you tried unscrewing things in the bobbin area yet to find thread?
When the Kitchen Aid does stop working, it is going to be a fiber gear, and yes it can be replaced for far less than a new mixer. Mine is going on 20 years and I get the feeling it is just a batch of bread dough away from needing fixing.Originally Posted by ButtercreamCakeArtist
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Linda: OMG! :!: the new Kitchen Aid Mixers have plastic gears in them now? Are you talkng about the big stand-up mixers? :? I have the 1974 Kitchen Aid, the first model of the current style Hobart Released. It is all metal gears inside. Here I was hoping for a new to me 6 quart sometime in the next 20 years... hmmm maybe not! :roll: Thanks for the heads up!I'm definately going to pick up the next used one I find if it is cheap. (and if it "works" and all). I know how all the gears and guts of things are made out of plastic (or nylon as you said). It's the same way with Kitchen Aid mixers, and I have one that is just a couple years old. I'm scared it will die. Everything else I get tears up!


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Earlier in the year, we explored the concept of having a TV in the palm of your hand. Sure, there have been micro TVs before that pick up a terrestrial signal. There have even been phones that pick up free-to-air broadcast TV via a built-in antenna. But if you've had experiences with these devices you know two things, your choice is limited and your reception is worse.
Utilising new technology that allows them to stream live broadcast TV to your phone, LIME introduced LIME TV mobile TV for your mobile phone.
Yes, you will need a special phone. Let's get that out of the way first. LIME is offering two handsets that I am aware of which can receive the DigitalVideo Broadcast -- Handheld (DVB-H) signal, a Nokia and a ZTE. I tested the Nokia 5330; it looks fairly modern looking and can play up to six hours of subscription or broadcast TV on a single full charge. Like other smartphone, you can watch videos, listen to music, shoot pictures or enjoy live FM radio on a handset that is both compact and powerful.


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If you've attended a conference or read articles or, well, done anything, really, in the past few years you've likely heard of something called "design thinking." And if you're anything like me, you've turned your nose up at what seems to be the latest fad out of Silicon Valley.
But design thinking is not business-school jargon. It isn't pretentious, or fake, or overhyped. It's actually useful—yes, even to higher ed, with all its quirks.
Here's why.
Great question, imaginary interlocutor!
At its core, "design thinking" just means "thinking like a designer." That's it! Thinking like a designer to solve problems.
We can summarize design thinking with a few adjectives: It is empathic, in that through it we seek to listen to and understand constituents and stakeholders; it is iterative, in that it involves imagining and testing different versions of multiple ideas; and it is self-examining, in that it requires us to examine the results of our work to determine what we can do to improve going forward.
Design thinking is commonly broken down into five steps.
Empathize—talk to people
Define—state the problem(s) facing those people based on your conversations and observations
Ideate—come up with ideas to solve those problems
Prototype—sketch and develop a small, workable version of your proposed solution(s)
Test—try out your solution(s), gather feedback, and make it better
Typical problem solving
Problem solving with design thinking
You "know" what the problem is and start thinking of solutions
Assume your understanding is limited and talk to stakeholders and constituents to define the problem
Develop ideas in isolation from those whom the ideas will serve
Develop ideas in consultation or collaboration with those whom the ideas will serve
Decide on one idea from among many and run with it
Create prototypes of different ideas and try iterations of those that work
"That's it! We're done!"
"How is this working? Can we make it better? Do we need to go back to the drawing board?"
Watch this video from the Wikipedia page on design thinking. It's a good intro.
Did you watch it yet? Seriously, watch it. It's great.
Let's lay out an example.
You and your team want to develop new programming to serve alumni you are not currently reaching with existing programs. You have some ideas but remember the design thinking principle that your constituents know what they need better than you do. So you survey your alumni community in several ways to gather their input:
Empathize: Share a short online survey with open ended questions asking what alumni need. Include a link in your next alumni newsletter. Post the survey in the most active alumni Facebook group(s), especially those representing underserved alumni populations. (e.g. cities/regions without chapters, young alumni, first-gen alumni, alumni of color, etc.)
Define and ideate: Collate survey responses and identify the areas of greatest need and imagine programs that can serve your constituents in those ways. As part of the ideation process, consult with the alumni concerned. That can be as simple as having some of the more interested survey respondents phone in during the discussion. Involving alumni in this process will keep you on the right track.
Prototype and test: Sketch what the "minimum viable product" for the programs you envision would look like, the smallest possible version of each idea that you could implement for the purpose of testing. Imagining a nationwide event series? Start with one. Hundreds or thousands of networking conversations? Start with a dozen. This process will help you iron out the wrinkles in each idea and figure out whether they are scaleable and ready for primetime. Not every idea is meant to see the light of day, so don't feel bad about moving on from those that don't work out. For those that do, figure out how you can improve them.
This example is just one variation on a theme. The first step—listening, empathy—might consist of in-depth in-person interviews rather than an online survey. Or it might mean constantly collecting feedback from your constituents over time. You might try one prototype at a time or try half a dozen. There are many ways to make it happen.
We can summarize design thinking with two maxims:
"Nothing about us without us."
"Try, try, and try again."
As you can tell from the examples above, the individual steps of the process involved in design thinking is not set in stone. Though we commonly label the first step as "empathize," that doesn't mean we give up empathy in all steps that follow. Definition and ideation bleed into one another, and where do we draw the line between ideation and prototyping?
What's most important is that we prioritize the needs of our constituents and directly involve them in the design process and that we not be afraid to test new things.
Some more reading, specifically not from the tech industry, which is awash in jargon:
What is design thinking? | Seton Health Care
Design thinking: A powerful tool for your nonprofit | NTEN


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Booking Details
Generally, we do not accept bookings over the phone. If it is your first time visiting Wildfire Tattoo, it is a good idea to come into the shop and consult with our artists. For smaller bookings minimum deposit of $50 is required to secure your booking, for larger bookings, the deposit amount will be at the artists discretion. If you can't make it to your booked appointment, you must call at least 48 hrs before to reschedule otherwise you will lose your deposit.
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A Slideshow & a Track, 'My little Red Top' from Cd here, see below this post for detail
Extracts from The Singers Tale ©
A suicide and the first singing in Hastings singing on Cranes and Roof-tops in Germany on The River Necker Stugartte, Germany, with The Shout.
On the 9th of January, the first weekend in my new home, and the day before his sixtieth birthday, my first LOVE Larry, the father of our child Sam, hung himself from the banisters with a scarf, in a flat in Wood Green. He left his angry and confused son to pick up the pieces and I felt that I could not reach him; could not help him, he was so hurt. I felt as if my heart would break. The phone was on the floor of the soon to be decorated front room.
The echo of my voice in the empty space as I talked to my distraught son was deafening, ricocheting off the walls and up from the floor of this suddenly more lonely than a lonely place. I needed to sit down; there was only the floor. Sitting with my back against the wall, next to a pot of chalky blue paint and a paintbrush in a pot of water. I tried to calm my son, his sobs sliced through the thin flesh attached to my bones. I felt red raw. In the months that followed I didn't sleep for more than an hour or so at a time, and when I did it was bad sleep, bad dreams.
Who teaches you how to be a Mother? 'Larry, oh Larry what the fuck have you done?' I remembered the day in a pub in Blackheath when I met the young man who had just finished Art School. Blue eyes, a cute arse and a 'Come on over here, I like you ' smile. And then we were a couple in Chelsea and then a three in 'The Grove.' On that day in 2005, Sam was so hurt he went into raging madness. He had no one else to blame. He blamed me.
… Back from heat wave in Germany to heat wave in London and my own secret garden in the sky, the Catholic School beside the railway station, Deptford Market Square, and the green dome of the Planetarium, the trees and churches of Greenwich beyond the car park and the swimming pool, Deptford Creek and St. Paul's Church, known as the jewel of Deptford, it's stately spire illuminated after dark until the clock strikes at noon or Midnight, bong. …
…. The Boss 'Come on girl, get a move on.'
I was flapping like a pale butterfly, a Cabbage White at the end of a life, looking for an opening, for a way out. I'm often afraid of the unknown, not yet lived hours to come. I want to stay at home, eat hot buttered toast and jam, drink wine, read a book, paint my toenails, play music, stare out of the window, or do nothing. Changing my mind about what I should wear. Can't make my mind up.
Procrastinating Patsy
'Check re check, travel card, money, make-up, mobile, keys, mustn't forget the keys! Which coat or jacket? Which shoes to sing in, the high heeled black boots or the red wedges? If I wear the red, I need to change my earrings and make sure I have the Red Lipstick, red for the Mouths. Or should I go pale Pink?' ….
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|Now The Hour
|News To Me
|Never Say Never
|Got My Modem Working
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Alto Saxophone – Diane McLoughlin
Baritone Saxophone – Issie Barratt
Double Bass – Alison Rayner
Drums – Josefina Cupido
Electric Bass – Alison Rayner
Electric Guitar – Deirdre Cartwright
Flugelhorn – Barbara Snow, Kay Charlton
Keyboards – Andrea Vicari
Percussion – Josefina Cupido
Piano – Andrea Vicari
Soprano Saxophone – Diane McLoughlin
Tenor Saxophone – Angele Veltmeijer
Trombone – Annie Whitehead, Gail Brand
Trumpet – Barbara Snow, Kay Charlton
Vocals – Carol Grimes
Recorded live at The Vortex, Stoke Newington, 19th-20th March 2003 This is a recording of the all-female big band, specially formed for the 2002 London Jazz Festival. The band is led by Annie Whitehead and features some of the very best jazz musicians.


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19072 a.k.a. It Could Be You was a television game show produced by Ralph Edwards Productions in the late 1950s in the United States, broadcast daily in the weekday daytime schedule for five years 1956-61, and weekly in the evening on-and-off over three years 1958-61. Bill Leyden was the host, and Wendell Niles was the announcer.
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How to Know a Good Bowel Movement-Constipation Demystified
Good morning. I want to talk to you about digestion. Not a very popular topic, least of all constipation.
But what could be more important than good digestion in your stomach and good elimination from your intestines. That's the best way to feel fabulous. Why don't people want to talk about it? It's kind of personal, but I'm going to get over it and talk to you about it today, because I think it's one of the most important topics that we can talk about.
What is a good bowel movement? How do you know a good bowel movement when you have one?
Basically, the most important thing is to have a regular bowel movement every day. Good bowel movements are one of the things we take for granted. If you have good digestion, you never think about it. I think it's really important to talk about digestion, elimination, constipation, loose stools, and all those other taboo subjects, because they're critical for good health. You can't really feel great unless you have good elimination.
Good bowel movements are one of the things we take for granted. If you have good digestion, you never think about it.
One formed, normal bowel movement a day is what you want to look for. You also could have two if you have a very high plant based diet, if you still find that it's formed and normal. You also want it to pass comfortably. It should never be uncomfortable, difficult, or incomplete-it will be sticky as well. That's also not a healthy bowel movement. It should never be hard and dry. It should be of similar color and texture throughout and it should be not too thin like a pencil or not pebbles like rabbit turds.Also, there shouldn't be undigested food in your stool. Yes, everyone sees corn in their stool, but other than the really difficult to digest foods you shouldn't see any recognizable food particles in your stools.
One of the things people don't know about constipation is the relationship between fiber and water. It's great to increase your fiber, but if you don't increase the water too you can actually compound the issues with constipation. No joke. If you take any kind of fiber, especially as a supplement you need to take those water recommendations seriously or you can really stop yourself up. So, take heed and balance your water with your grains, and with all of your other foods. Hydration is one of the most important things in battling constipation, so drink water but also eat foods that contain a lot of water, and congee is a great way to start out your day with a lot of hydrating foods right inside your meal.
Hydration is one of the most important things in battling constipation, so drink water but also eat foods that contain a lot of water, and congee is a great way to start out your day with a lot of hydrating foods right inside your meal.
Whole grains absorb water in your system and they also will regulate the fluids in your intestines. If you have water weight, bloating, or you tend to hold fluids in your tissue, like swelling in your ankles, legs, arms, hands, face. Eating a good balance of whole grains can really help that. And when I'm talking about whole grains, I'm talking about grains that haven't been processed at all, not made into flour, where you start with the most whole form of the grain and you slow cook it overnight into congee. It's an amazing solution for digestive distress.
That leads me of course to my favorite topic, which is congee. We're going to talk about how congee can help with constipation. Congee really does eliminate constipation. It helps with elimination unbelievably. It softens the fiber so that it's really actually very soothing and moves through your whole digestive system really easily.
People who start eating congee regularly are reporting to me all the time how much more elimination they have, how they feel like their intestines are very much more highly functional. And that it seems like there's been a gentle cleanse. That's the best kind of cleanse. You really don't want to do anything so dramatic. You want to soothe any damage that's happened to your intestines from hard foods, things that get stuck, nuts and seeds and things like that can be challenging for the system, because they're eaten hard and raw. So, as long as we break things down and soften them it soothes our digestive system.
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Raleigh, NC, Sept. 25, 2013 — WISER Systems, Inc., an Internet of Things (IoT) startup located on NC State University's Centennial Campus, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The $450,000 two-year grant will support the continued development and pre-commercialization of the company's novel Redundant Radio Localization Tracking (RRLT) technology, and will investigate its feasibility as a supply chain and logistics application in support of improved food safety.
"We are grateful for the USDA's support and excited about the amazing potential of our RRLT Internet of Things technology. The Phase I experiments came out better than expected and we can't wait to get started on moving from prototype to product," stated Elaine Rideout, WISER co-founder and chief executive officer. "The fact that real-time tracking and locating can save lives when it comes to the food industry just adds to our commitment and excitement about this project. I'm particularly proud of our team, led by Dr. Seth Hollar, for the brilliant Phase I work that allowed us to secure this award," she added.
The RRLT development effort is currently supported by a Phase I Award from the USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The Phase II research builds and expands upon the company's Phase I investigation of current food supply chain operations from farm-field to fork, and tests the feasibility of RRLT system prototypes in farming, logistics, and distribution center operations.
The unique properties of our technology provide the basis for more accurate and easy-to-use localization indoors, where GPS doesn't work. In addition, the platform technology has broad applications across a number of commercial markets. Following the successful completion of research and development, and market validation, WISER will obtain FCC regulatory approvals and begin manufacturing and selling the RRLT Real Time Locating System in the US and abroad.
WISER Systems, Inc. delivers inexpensive, real time location of material and personnel with one-meter accuracy within a defined perimeter — indoors or outdoors. Our patented Redundant Radio Localization & Tracking (RRLT™) provides autonomous, real time granular location and "on-the-move" tracking that can be monitored through a web-based interface on any computer or mobile device.
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Mindful Yoga for All Levels and All Bodies
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
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Mindful Yoga for All Levels and All Bodies with Sita Davis, Wednesdays from 7:30-8:45
This class provides a safe, complete and balanced practice for deepening awareness and breath, building strength and flexibility, improving balance, and integrating the mind and body. Through classical yoga postures and breath practice, as well as connection to the cycles and elements of Nature, you will leave class feeling connected, open, aligned, nurtured and aware.
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American dishes often take bland chicken and keep it bland. This doesn't seem promising. Milk Street has the solutions for better chicken dinners, and you'll learn all of them all in this class. As we make Orange-Guajillo Chili Chicken Tacos, we'll introduce the Milk Street cooking theory, a transformative approach to thinking about all of your cooking. Next, we'll make Za'atar Chicken Cutlets with Parsley Lemon Salad to learn how to pair bold, contrasting flavors to change bland chicken breast into a dinner fit for entertaining or Tuesday night. Third, as we make Chicken Stir Fry with Basil and Snap Peas, we'll discuss cooking in a wok to keep chicken juicy and vegetables snappy, how to layer ingredients to create high impact flavor, and why at Milk Street herbs are our new leafy greens.
You'll learn a transformative cooking principle, practice new techniques, and learn to use equipment properly. When you're done, you'll have all the skills you need to make bright, bold and fresh chicken dinners.
Orange-Guajillo Chili Chicken Tacos
Za'atar Chicken Cutlets with Parsley Lemon Salad
Chicken Stir Fry with Basil and Snap Peas
Includes ample tastings of each recipe and a complimentary glass of wine.
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(No, that Kikki.)
On a consulting assignment recently, I was introduced to Kikki.
This is just a little list of life lessons that one of the part-timers at a jewellery store stuck on to the wall in the office – and updated with little lessons learned; or 'key learnings' as she called it.
It felt like peering into someone's soul, but I thought it was worth repeating and I got her permission to do so. So here (including typos) we go:
- Dreams are the blueprint of reality.
- Expect the unexpected.
- Play your own game.
- DiN/ DiP (Do it Now, Do it Properly).
- Face failure, learn from it and move on.
- When searching for partners, search for companies with like minded values.
- Set high standards for your self, it will drive you to achieve.
- Seek the advice from others.
- Apply information from others, work on what works, discard what doesn't work.
- Separate yourself from the crowd.
- Work on your weaknesses rather than focussing on your strengths.
- Don't stand idly by when the rights of others are right.
- Control your emotions.
- Get your anger out of your system asap.
- You are judged by the company you keep.
- You have to be willing to change in order to succeed.
- Find a better way. Don't take shortcuts.
- Always tell the truth.
- Don't what happened to #4.
- I don't understand 13 either
I found it really interesting. It is easy to be patronising or dismissive; but it provided a timely reminder that:
a) we all live in the same world
b) we all live in a different world
Which one is your favourite? Can you learn something – or at least be reminded of something – by Kikki?


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2. Cadets are to use chain of command. Contact your Sergeants or Flight Sergeants for your flight FIRST. If unsuccessful, the cadet may contact their Warrant Officer.
3. Cadets are responsible for their own training. If information was missed, it is up to the CADET to find out (from their Sgt or F/Sgt) what it was and how to apply the information.
4. Signing up for events means you will be at that event. The reason for the signup is for nominations for extra things such as summer camps, promotions, awards, special trips. We also do signups to help us with budgeting. Point system is going live effective immediately. It will be weighed by signup vs actual attendance.
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6. Cadets are required to bring a water bottle with them to training nights & activities.
7. Cadets are required to please BRING their cadet boots and wear other outdoor footwear to and from cadets.
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Well Mulled Over 75 Minute Dairy Trade
News release
10 June, 2002
Dairy farmers and meat processors seize new internet trading option
Southland farmers Sandra and Graeme Deaker spent several days considering the idea of trying to sell their cull cows over the Internet - and just 75 minutes to make the sale.
The Deakers, of Merino Downs near Gore, had been trying to sell the 44 boner cows to local meat processors for more than a month when they registered them for sale through Prime.ex, the new internet tendering system for farmers and meat processors.
"We put them on at quarter past three and they sold to a North Island company by half past four and were off the farm within six days," says Graeme.
"It was our first experience of trading stock on the internet so we were very pleased."
The Deakers have joined a growing number of farmers throughout the country using Prime.ex, part of the Fencepost.com's Livestock Online service, to sell their dry stock and boner cows to meat processors.
"It was something new for us and we mulled it over for three or four days before deciding to give it a try," says Sandra Deaker.
"But we were really pleased with the result." Stu and Debbie Bland of Taieri Plains just south of Dunedin had a similar experience to the Deakers.
The Blands, who farm 335 dairy cows on 100 hectares, sold 19 boner cows almost instantly through Prime.ex - to North Island meat company Richmonds, which also purchased the Deakers' stock.
"They sold within three hours and were gone within four days," says Debbie Bland.
"I found the whole thing really easy and well organised. The carriers were great and the stock made the journey well and were well cared for."
Having the cows taken off the farm early is an excellent result for the Blands and the Deakers because it means valuable winter feed is saved for the best stock which will remain on the farm until next season.
"Last season we still had cull cows around end June," says Sandra Deaker.
"We'll definitely be going back to Prime.ex next year. We will continue to offer everything to the agents down here first but the local agents' hands are tied as much as ours when it comes to the space available at local plants. There are a lot more dairy farmers in the North Island and they're getting space and we're not. To get rid of 44 in one hit - it's an excellent result."
Debbie Bland says Prime.ex has clearly opened up new options for disposing of stock. "We'll definitely use Prime.ex again."
Richmond general manager livestock Scott Weir was equally pleased with the deals done with the South Island farmers. "
Prime.ex has made available lines of cattle in the South Island that we wouldn't have otherwise known about and we're pleased we were able to facilitate a transaction that worked well for both parties," he says.
"There was a bit more organising involved because the system is new and we had to factor extra freight but I think Prime.ex opens another option for meat processors and goes hand in hand with the increased use of electronic technology in the agricultural industry."
Fencepost.com's Livestock Online manager Dave McPherson says interest in Prime.ex has been growing steadily since its launch in February - especially as dairy farmers are now looking to get their cull cows off the farm. "Prime.ex is another example of Fencepost.com bringing the world to the farm gate." he says.
"We're opening up new trading opportunities both for farmers and meat processors which we hope will bring efficiencies to both sides of the business.
" For more information about Fencepost, visit http://www.fencepost.com.
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With Herculean effort, Lawrence reviews a very serious film about nuns without referencing 'Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit'.
If God exists, why does He allow suffering to exist? Is it acceptable in the eyes of God to commit a sin, if you think it helps others? If it helps them retain their faith? The Innocents (2016) or Les Innocentes, is a story about faith, the value of faith in the face of suffering, and particularly its value as a coping mechanism.
The year is 1945, the Second World War is over, and the Soviets are tightening their grip on Poland. Our protagonist is Mathilde Beaulieu (Lou de Laâge), a student of the French Red Cross; she's in Poland as part of a mission to aid survivors. A Benedictine nun speaking in broken French begs her to come out to her convent to help an ailing sister, while insisting on discretion. Quietly ushered inside, Mathilde finds herself performing a C-section by candlelight, and upon a subsequent follow-up discovers several other late-stage pregnancies among the sisters.
The nature of these pregnancies quickly becomes apparent; viewers familiar with the period will no doubt already have their suspicions. We are mercifully spared a demonstration, though there are a few unpleasantly close calls.
While this is a decidedly sombre film, there are some brief moments of levity, few and far between; and while there is an underlying bitterness, the ending is surprisingly optimistic, lest the movie slip into complete despair. Considering the supposed "based on real events" aspect of the story, one particular second-act revelation will likely leave the more suspicious viewers wishing that their hunch had been merely pessimism. However this is not a film that pulls punches.
The film's camerawork is performed with subtlety and understatement. This seems only appropriate, as great and impressive displays of directorial prowess would only serve as a distraction; and would even seem gaudy, considering the heavy subject matter at work. What does come across nicely is the sensation of cold, as the story is set in December. Not unlike The Revenant (though not to the same extent), natural lighting is frequently used during scenes in and around the convent. The reflective snow provides a lot of that distinctive crisp white-grey-blue light. This is especially prevalent during scenes in the Mother Superior (Agata Kulesza)'s office, a fitting ambience.
Ultimately; the dour nature, slow burn and dry presentation will dissuade some viewers, the need for subtitles will only compound this issue, but this is an excellently presented drama. Even though the language barrier, the strength of the writing and performances is evident, "Faith is twenty-four hours of doubt and one minute of hope" says Agata Buzek as Sister Maria, who scores high marks. If you or someone you know enjoys a good misery-wallow every once in a while, this is an easy recommendation.


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In line with the vision of His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode that every graduate from any Tertiary Institution in Lagos State is equipped and ready for the world of work, Lagos State Government has included a private institution, Caleb University, Imota as one of the 8 participating institution for the ReadySetWork programme this year.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh explained the rationale behind the inclusion of Caleb University in the programme when he paid a courtesy visit to the Institutions Vice Chancellor's office on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 for the ReadySetWork Sensitization.
Mr. Bank-Olemoh said the Governor is determined to run an all-inclusive Government. "Our vision is to ensure that every student who graduates from a tertiary institution situated in Lagos State participates in the training programme whether Government or private." He stated.
At the sensitization event, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Ayandiji Daniel Aina on behalf of the School's management expressed, sincere appreciation to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for inclusion of Caleb University, though a Private Institution to the State project and pledged their total support. In his word, "We are very excited about this project because it's an opportunity to impact our students with the necessary skills for the labour market and we thank the Governor for this thoughtful display of his large heart, he has always delivered on his promises".
In a similar event, the ReadySetWork Sensitization tour stopped at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED), Ijanikin on Monday April 16, 2017 to raise the awareness among students and enjoin them to register for the RSW Online Academy in order to participate in the campus training programme scheduled to start in July.
The Provost of AOCEOD, Dr. (Mrs) Ladele Aina Omolola speaking during the sensitization event pointed out that the Teacher Track of the programme which was included in the 2017 edititon of the programme was a prove of the State Government's commitment to teacher training. In 2016, I appealed to the Special Adviser, and he graciously included it in the programme. She encourage students to register for the programme.
Mr. Bank-Olemoh has made it clear that every final year student must complete the RSW online academy to stand a chance of partaking in the campus classes in July, 2018. "This programme is very competitive, we expect over 7000 registrants and only 5000 will be admitted into the programme. It is truly the survival of the fittest. So register now and complete the process to secure your slot." He added.
Student registration is still ongoing at www.readsetwork.com.ng/online-academy/.


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YOU CAN CALL US FOR TICKETS ALSO!! (609) 213-2528 or EMAIL [email protected] 2018 Taekwondo Festival Battle at the Capital is an annual celebration of the year's hard work in the field of Taekwondo. We have obtained a comfortable space for parents, referees, instructors and competitors to enjoy a competitive Taekwondo action on Saturday, December 1st. We are working with The Unified Fellowship of Taekwondo (UFTKD) - Masters Joseph Lupo Jr., Jefferson Ventura, and Sandy Arias. All have given their time to make this event enjoyable one for all participating parties. We hope you join us to have a great family day!!
- Start:December 01, 2018 Time: 8:00 AM
- End:December 01, 2018 Time: 11:59 PM
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Orange, Lavender & Honey Cake
Citrus in baking seems to some people like a ludicrous proposition; my other half for instance avoids the combination like death. I myself find it quite wonderful though and as someone without much of a sweet tooth I love that it cuts through the sickly. This recipe was one I developed before leaving Australia - amidst the southern wintertime and a gluttony of navals. Down there, there's no such thing as an orangery; the climate is kind to citrus and it literally grows by the street side. Of course here in London we're not fortunate of local citrus, indeed I'm yet to find a locally grown orange - if such a thing exists.
I have mixed feelings about imported produce, though I'm beginning to understand why trade is so prolific in some regions. It's important in my opinion to support local growers though I'm also not one to abstain either. I suppose this is the fine line we walk now that our world is so interconnected - traditionally you had to seek out the foreign and exotic ingredients; nowadays you have to do so for the local. I wonder at times if we'll come to regret that reality. Anyhow this monologue is hardly an accompaniment for cake. Wherever you find your oranges you can be rest assured this is a good final destination for them.
Orange Lavender & Honey Cake
150g of butter
4 tbsp of honey
1/4 cup of coconut sugar
An orange, zest and sliced into rounds, removing the skin
4 eggs
150g of brown rice flour
150g of almond flour
2 tsp of baking powder
2 tbsp of arrowroot flour
For the syrup:
The juice of 2 oranges
1/2 cup of honey
2 tsp of vanilla extract
1/2 tbsp of ground lavender
To begin preheat the oven to 170°C and grease an 18cm springform cake tin. In a large mixing bowl combine the baking powder, brown rice, almond and arrowroot flour and then set aside. In a separate bowl, beat the butter until creamy before adding the honey, coconut sugar and orange zest and beating the mixture until it's well combined. Fold through the eggs one at a time along with a spoonful of the flour mixture. Fold through the last of the flour and then transfer the mixture to the prepared cake tin. Smooth out the batter with the back of a spoon and then gently press the slices of orange into the top. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the cake is golden and cooked through. Meanwhile to prepare the syrup combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan over low heat and gently warm until the honey is melted; reserve the syrup in a small pouring jug. After removing the cake from the oven pierce it several times with a cake skewer and then pour over half of the lavender honey syrup so that it seeps into the crumb. I like to serve the cake warm with the leftover syrup but it can also be stored for a couple of days in an airtight container.
SEASONAL GUIDE / temperate CLIMATE
Oranges; mid winter through mid autumn.
Chopped almonds, pistachios, crème fraîche, dark chocolate.
Lemon / poppyseed / natural yoghurt / honey
Lime / desiccated coconut / fresh passionfruit
Fresh blueberries / cardamom / ripe banana / maple syrup


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Fans of This American Life rejoice! Ira Glass is speaking at the Ohio Union this Sunday March 2, 2014. Tickets are free; one per BuckID from the Ohio Union. The OUAB website indicates this is a student event, but my colleague just confirmed that staff can now get tickets too!
New to the show? Dive in and listen now! This live stream option plays through the 18-year archive of episodes.


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Court Circular: September 25
Balmoral Castle
24th September, 2012
The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, this afternoon opened the new Library at the University of Aberdeen, Bedford Road, Aberdeen, and was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Aberdeen (Councillor George Adam, the Lord Provost) and the Chancellor (the Lord Wilson of Tillyorn KT).
Her Majesty, escorted by the Principal (Professor Ian Diamond) and His Royal Highness, escorted by Mr Ciaran Monaghan (Head of Service, Office of the Chief Executive), toured the Library, meeting students and members of staff, conservationists and donors, and attended a Reception.
The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, afterwards re-opened Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen, and was received with a Guard of Honour found by Sea, Air and Army…


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We shot this video on the fly on a family trip to Taiwan in June 2010 on a Flip Ultra HD and a Canon 7D. We went all over the country, constantly on the move. Can't wait to go back!
Audio: Abandoned (拋棄) by Taiwanese artist Wu Bai (伍佰)
I chose this song because Wu Bai's image was EVERYWHERE in Taiwan – he is the face right now of Taiwan Beer. He also has a very Taiwanese manner of singing that reminds me of our trip.


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Crête is part of a series exploring the interior and exterior, amalgamating patterns traditionally found on wallpaper, furniture and other domestic furnishings with mountain ranges from the natural landscape of China. In doing so, they present desire, adventure, and nostalgia side by side.
Crête is created with pyrography (hand burning on wood) and the patterns are hand painted.


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The last three weeks have crystalised a regulatory and accountability crisis for financial services: AMP lying to the regulator, that regulator admitting to enfeeblement, chairs and CEOs forced out, the CBA's culture damned by another regulator, its board and remuneration policies savaged, financial planning regulation exposed as a joke, speculation about the end of vertical integration. The dreaded phrase "burning platform" has been used about Australian banking.
For investors -- especially AMP investors, who've seen shares fall by around a fifth since the start of the year -- it's a deeply uncertain time. For citizens and consumers, it's frustrating that the loathing of the banks they've felt for so long has been justified. For politicians caught on the wrong side of the issue, it's required backflips, apologies, demands for corporate scalps and threats of further regulation. And for borrowers, it's likely to be the start of a period of significantly tighter lending standards that may well flow into the broader economy, which is heavily reliant on housing construction.


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Committee on Climate Change report response
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A beech tree created to woo a sweetheart 100 years ago, which is still a meeting place for lovers today and a popular place to pop the question, has been crowned England's Tree of the Year.Read more
The Woodland Trust's annual competition, backed by TV gardener David Domoney, throws the spotlight on the nation's best trees. The process is simple – the tree with the most votes wins.Read more
The hunt for 2018's Tree of the Year is on! The Woodland Trust is calling for the public's nominations to find the nation's favourite tree.Read more
Felling has paused after the Woodland Trust and Trees for Cities presented evidence to Sheffield City Council questioning its tree felling assessment.Read more
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The beautiful thing about Yoga is that it gives us many different gems to choose from to understand this world we live in as well as ourselves and others. One of those gems I remember finding is the Gunas, the 3 Energies. These Gunas are constantly circulating the environment and are held in every person, place, and thing. From the roommate who never gets off the couch to the seasons changing, these energies are everywhere and in all things. When we are disconnected to their existence we misunderstand how these energies are beneficial and they work in our favor. Nature is an incredibly genius entity and it teaches us constantly, if we are willing to learn. When it comes to the Yoga lifestyle, it is essential we are aware of how these energies effect us and shape our reality.
Every time we feel lethargic, excited, passionate, lazy, peaceful, balanced, ungrounded- they are all the 3 energies doing their work on us! Here is an overview of them.
- Tamas- Dull and Low energy
- Rajas- Fiery and Vibrant energy
- Sattva- Balanced and High Energy
The first two energies have both dark and light aspects to them, meaning they can be viewed or experienced as negative or positive energy. Sattva is a neutral energy, it has no dark side. This is the energy we are trying to attain as much as possible. Many people misinterpret this particular energy as passive or for passivity. In fact Sattva holds both the first 2 Gunas in their highest and they balance each other out, only expressing themselves in their fullest when the situation calls for it.
Tamas in nature looks like fall weather, overcast or foggy skies, and rain. Tamas in humans looks and feels like depression, sadness, grief, dullness, laziness, and immobility. Tamasic foods are junk food, oily and fried foods, processed and gmo foods, dense and heavy foods, fermenting foods like meat and cheese, and highly preserved foods. To a lot of people this can translate as things to avoid, and in a sense yes it is! However, there are times when Tamasic energy is necessary, such as fall and winter being a season where you want to stay indoors and reflect on things, take some time to catch up on good sleep and meditate, or eat a hardy and warm soup to get grounded and comfortable. Tamas is only an energy to avoid if it harms you or another living being, lowers your vibrational frequency, or makes you negative about anything.
Rajas in nature looks like a hot and sunny summer day, tornadoes and thunderstorms, or high winds and strong ocean waves crashing on the shores. Rajas in humans looks like over excitement, hyper activity, strong language, and loud tone. It can also look like addictions such as alcoholism, partying, extreme and competitive sports, and the over consumption of materialistic things. Rajas in food would be spicy, with intense flavors, steaming and boiling or freezing, stimulants like caffeine or drugs. There are instances when this energy is necessary, such as political uprisings or celebrations. Rajas can be very useful if you are trying to get out of a Tamasic mindset that has held you in a negative way.
Sattva in the yogic tradition is enlightenment, balance, and peace. This is the highest vibrational frequency that one hopes to attain. This is the very basis for practicing meditation and Yoga postures, to attain the highest state of awareness and consciousness. To be in total equanimity and pure love with all things. As such this is the most difficult to attain! However we can get glimpses of it, like being in connection to the earth during a hike, loving a person or child deeply, being at peace with a situation or person, or being fully in the present moment. In food sattva is anything in its most pure form like raw veggies and fruits, nuts and seeds. Sattvic energy can be cultivated during meditation and yoga practices, listening to light hearted and intelligently composed music, a dharma talk, or activities that do not strengthen the ego.
The ultimate wisdom of the Gunas is so you can come to state of awareness and release the things that do not serve your highest purpose. When choosing a style of Yoga to practice it is important that you become aware of the energy in the practice, not just yours but that of what is being taught. Understanding when its ok to practice in a heated room and when its ok to do more restorative poses. When you are engaging with other people, can you read their energy as sattvic or are they more fiery or dull? Knowing when its ok to act and when its time to reflect on a situation or feeling is a deeply intuitive practice that we are all cultivating at any given moment. We can learn how to use these energies as a way toward the self, to see life in its reality and not become attached to the ego's clever ways of personalizing this life and its outcomes.
Now that you are aware of these energies, can you spot them in your own life? How have you learned to vibrate higher? Leave a comment and let us know!


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As some of you may know, I recently joined Twitter. I cannot say enough about how much I love this platform! Just yesterday, a Tweep shared this article, written by Aaron Renn of Urbanophile. Focusing primarily on the Metropolitan Opera, he writes of how they and the opera industry as a whole are sorely behind in audience development. What does this mean for opera in the present? That the audience is literally dying. Without a younger generation taking an interest, companies are mounting costly productions for smaller audiences, taking in less revenue from ticket sales, and are having to heavily rely on donations from a dwindling pool of people able to give substantial gifts. We are looking at an unsustainable future for opera unless companies can start investing in their audiences.
As several colleagues and I discussed this topic on Twitter, we all agreed that the responsibility to invest in audience development does not lie solely with the companies themselves, but also with us as artists. We all have many personal connections with people who are not only interested in the arts, but interested in us as artists. How can we build on these connections and gain new audience members? Use these eight strategies for developing your network.
1. Build a mailing list
Social media platforms are fantastic for keeping people informed about your career in real time, but there are limitations. Due to the algorithms used, not all posts on your pages will be placed into the newsfeed of every one of your followers. This means that many of them may not be getting news about your career! Having followers is still important but the true fans are the people who sign up for your mailing list. These are the fans who are the most invested in your career and don't want to miss any news. Above all, they want to come along with you on your journey and are the most likely of your followers to get tickets to your performances. Help them feel like they are a part of it. Place a call to action button on your Facebook page to enable people to sign up for your mailing list. Have a mailing list sign up form available on your website and send out a sign up link through your Twitter and Facebook pages. Create your mailing list through free services like MailChimp and set up a schedule for sending out your updates. Send your subscribers exclusive content which you don't share on your social media pages to help keep them invested in you and your work.
2. Send out a personal invitation
This is such an easy way of reaching out but sometimes gets lost in the wake of mass-Facebook inviting. Do you know somebody who has been dying to see you perform? Is there somebody that likes the arts but loves the subject matter of the new opera you're in? Invite them. Send them a personal message explaining why you thought of them and that you would love to not only have them in the audience, but chat with them after the performance. Personal communications are always more meaningful and are likely to elicit a positive response.
3. Send your followers details before the show
Your friend/fan/follower/opera newbie has taken you up on your offer and is going to see your performance! How can you enhance their experience before they even get to the venue? Give them relevant pre-show details.
- Let them know that there are supertitles. Many people think that since most opera isn't in English, they won't be able to understand what is happening. They don't always realize that the supertitles are there to translate for them so they'll be able to understand the plot.
- Send them a link to a Wikipedia article about the opera. Now that they know there are supertitles, give them the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the plot. Some people may not want to read the supertitles because they feel like they're missing the action onstage. Give them the choice so they will enjoy the performance in a way they would prefer.
- Share a link from Youtube of an aria that they may already recognize from the show (ex. Carmen's "Habanera"). Many people don't realize how much classical music they actually know! I remember hearing loud whispers and clapping during my first Rigoletto once "La donna è mobile" began because the audience knew and loved the melody. They'll look forward to hearing this part of the performance if they know to expect it.
- Share a teaser photo of your hair, makeup, and/or costume so they'll recognize you onstage. Sometimes we look nothing like ourselves in a production. Make sure they'll be able to spot you!
- Send a link to the opera company's website so they can read about the company itself and the production. Many company websites have a "first time at the opera" section so specifically point that out to your opera newbie.
Above all, tell them how much you're looking forward to seeing them at the show. Let them know to get there early for a drink and socializing before the performance starts.
4. Respond to all interaction on social media
This is huge! Social media is an extension of how people interact in person. If somebody tried to start a conversation with you, you wouldn't ignore them in person, so don't on social media! You'll be promoting your show from the time you announce the gig to the curtain closing at the final performance. Throughout all of your marketing efforts, make it a habit to interact with everyone who reaches out to you; respond to all comments and questions, or even give a simple "like" or "thank you" to acknowledge their comment. People are more likely to support an artist that appreciates them and engages with them.
5. Remember to include the kids!
So many opera companies offer programming for adults and children. Reach out to the parents in your network and let them know about performances that are family friendly; both ones you may or may not be in. Audience development not only encompasses engaging adults, but in giving children exposure to the arts. This creates our next generation of audiences and arts supporters.
6. Show up to meet and greets
Many gigs include appearances at donor events, or greeting members of the audience after a performance. Make an effort to be a part of these opportunities. Most of these audience members have never seen you perform until now and not only loved your performance, but want to tell you personally! It means a lot to them to meet the person behind the onstage persona and fantastic voice. Humbly receive their compliments and express your thanks that they chose to spend their night with you and your art.
7. Follow up after the performance
Your friend/fan/follower/opera newbie went to see you in your performance and they had such a great time! Send them a thank you for purchasing tickets and coming to see the show. Engage them in a dialogue; ask them what they thought of the performance and answer questions if they have them. Reiterate how much you appreciated them coming, and, if they're not already on your mailing list, ask them to sign up so you can let them know about your next show.
8. Become a member of the audience
As musicians, we are constantly looking for our next performance opportunity, but when was the last time we actively looked for a performance to go see? We can become so busy promoting ourselves to our network that we forget that some people in our network are other artists! Go to their performances. Promote them on your own social media pages. Better yet, support artists and organizations that you don't (yet) have connections with. Try a performance that is out of your comfort zone, whether that be a night at the symphony, seeing a dance performance, or getting tickets to a straight theater show. Not only does this help the organization you choose, but it broadens our artistic horizons. You also never know who you'll meet when you try new experiences!
What strategies are you using to develop your network? How have you been able to bring in new audience members to your performances? I would love to hear from you in the comments!


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Want to know why financial strength matters in an insurance fund? Look no farther than a May 8 Jefferson County Circuit Court ruling.
A Jefferson County judge ruled two provisions (the $220 weekly compensation cap for Permanent Partial Disability and the 15% cap on attorney fees) of Alabama's Workers' Compensation Act unconstitutional. Because these provisions of the Act cannot be severed from the rest of the workers' comp legislation, the judge determined that the entire Act is unconstitutional.
The judge initially issued a stay of 120 days for his order. However, the judge amended the stay until further order of the court. So, there is no immediate impact on the existing workers' compensation system.
If the order remains in place unchanged, the Alabama Legislature must address the nullified statute. Due to the limited number of days remaining in the current legislative session, such a task is improbable, and an appeal will likely be filed.
This ruling, if not addressed, could have a tremendous impact and present many challenges for employers, workers' compensation insurance companies and self-insured funds.
Insurance markets can be – and often are – volatile, as this latest circuit court ruling has shown. But you can always rely on CompTrustAGC to be there for you and your business.
CompTrustAGC was formed more than 30 years ago to smooth the peaks and valleys in workers' compensation and to provide a reliable partner for contractors. AGC and CompTrust were there when major carriers would not write workers' compensation in Alabama. CompTrust and AGC also have been steadfast partners in helping contractors handle regulatory changes and withstand unexpected financial markets.
Through it all, CompTrustAGC has grown in financial strength to become the most trusted fund in the market. It is the only fund in Alabama that maintains an AM Best rating (A-, the best rating available in our category). With $90 million in assets and $42 million in Members' Equity, CompTrustAGC is the most trusted partner in the industry for a reason.
Our members don't have to rely on each other's financial strength. They can, and do, rely on ours.


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Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in book format in June 1906 by Harper and Brothers publishing house. It is written in the style of a diary kept by the first woman in the biblical creation story, Eve, and is claimed to be "translated from the original MS." The book may have been written as a posthumous love-letter to Mark Twain's wife Olivia Langdon Clemens, or Livy, who died in June 1904, just before the story was written. Mark Twain is quoted as saying, "Eve's Diary is finished — I've been waiting for her to speak, but she doesn't say anything more." The story ends with Adam's speaking at Eve's grave, "Wherever she was, there was Eden."
The "plot" of this novel is the first-person account of Eve (modeled after his wife Livy) from her creation up to her burial by, her mate, Adam (based on Twain himself), including meeting and getting to know Adam, and exploring the world around her, Eden. The story then jumps 40 years into the future after the Fall and expulsion from Eden. It is one of a series of books Twain wrote concerning the story of Adam and Eve, including Extracts from Adam's Diary, That Day In Eden, Eve Speaks, Adam's Soliloquy, and the Autobiography of Eve. Eve's Diary has a lighter tone than the others in the series, as Eve has a strong appreciation for beauty and love.
The book version of the story was published with 55 illustrations by Lester Ralph, on each left hand page. The illustrations depicted Eve and Adam in their natural settings. The depiction of an unclothed woman was considered pornographic when the book was first released in the United States, and created a controversy around the book. One library in Charlton, Massachusetts banned the book for the depictions of Eve in "summer costume."
Mark Twain wrote Adam's Diary at the Villa Viviani, near Florence, Italy, where the family had moved in late September 1892, after a summer at Bad Nauheim, Germany. There he wrote several works, including Those Extraordinary Twins which would later be rewritten as The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson. He began work on Adam's Diary during December of 1892 as early in January 1893 he noted that both Pudd'nhead Wilson and Adam's Diary had gone to the typist.
When the copy of Adam's Diary was finished, Mark Twain sent it to Webster and Company manager Fred Hall on 13 March 1893, along with another recently completed story, Is He Living or Is He Dead?, suggesting that Hall try to place them with the Cosmopolitan or Century magazine. The diary he declared "a gem, if I do say it myself that shouldn't". Although turned down by both Cosmopolitan and Century, the diary finally found a place in The Niagara Book, a volume that Irving S. Underhill, the son of an old friend from Buffalo, was preparing in the hope of promoting Niagara Falls as a tourist attraction.
While the revisions of Adam's Diary were made to include references to Niagara Falls, Mark Twain apparently never really liked the Niagara Falls portions of the story. In August 1895, near the beginning of his world lecture tour, he revised a copy of the Niagara Book piece, marking out the Niagara Falls passages and localized allusions and making a few additional changes.
He made further revisions as he was writing Eve's Diary in order to publish both diaries as companion pieces. On 16 July he wrote to his daughter Clara: "This morning I gutted old Adam's Diary & removed every blemish from it." "Matters did not allow the publication until 1931, when Harper's [sic] finally published them together as The Private Lives of Adam and Eve."
Twain had long been fascinated with the story of our First Parents. Examples of literary works involving Adam include: Chapter 53 of The Innocents Abroad, where the narrator revels in "tumultuous emotions" at finding himself beside Adam's tomb, and bewails that fact that neither of them had had the opportunity to know the other. And in 1877 Adam's Expulsion, though not published until [The Bible According to Mark Twain], marked his first attempt to present Adam as an actual character and to delve into his motivations and reactions. Adam is based on Twain himself.
Many of Twain's joking references to Adam are among his most outrageous remarks. When he thinks of a plight of his own, like unjust copyright laws, he is reminded of Adam: "Adam was the author of sin, and I wish he had taken out an international copyright on it. For international copyright could have won, then. But when there came to be two men, it was too late, because there was one to oppose it, and experience shows that that fellow would have had the most influence."
Mark Twain wrote Eve's Diary in Dublin, New Hampshire, in July 1905, following a visit from Harper editor Frederick Duneka, who suggested he write the story for the magazine's Christmas issue. From the beginning he thought of the story as a companion piece to Adam's Diary, with Eve using Adam's record as her "unwitting and unconscious" text. That desire led to the revision of Adam's Diary, as described earlier. Although Twain wanted both pieces to appear in Harper's, Duneka rejected the idea, saying that they would be issued together in a single volume as soon as "matters" allowed doing the book properly, and that Eve's Diary itself would go into the Christmas magazine.