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Bloody Bill Longley
William Preston "Bill" Longley (1851-1878), though born into a strong Christian family, turned bad during Reconstruction in Texas, much like other young boys of that time, including the deadly John Wesley Hardin. He went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life, shotgunning Wilson Anderson in retribution for Anderson's killing of a relative; killing George Thomas in McLennan County; and shooting William "Lou" Shroyer in a running gunfight. Longley even killed the Reverend William R. Lay while Lay was milking a cow. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to hang, his name became known statewide as an outlaw and a murderer. Through a series of "autobiographical" letters written from jail while awaiting the hangman, Longley created and reveled in his self-centered image as a fearsome, deadly gunfighter--the equal, if not the superior, of the vaunted Hardin. Declaring himself the "worst outlaw" in Texas, the story that he created became the basis for his historical legacy, unfortunately relied on and repeated over and over by previous biographers, but all wrong. In truth, Bill Longley was not the daring figure that he attempted to paint. Rick Miller's thorough research shows that he was, instead, a braggart who exaggerated greatly his feats as a gunman. The murders that could be credited to him were generally nothing more than cowardly assassinations. Bloody Bill Longley was first published in a limited edition in 1996. Miller separates fact from fancy, attempting to prove or disprove Longley's many claims of bloodshed. Since the time of the first edition, diligent research has located and identified the outlaw's body, the absence of which was a longstanding myth in itself. This revised edition includes that part of the Longley story, as well as several new items of information that have since come to light.
20 Chapters
Chapter 1 A Good-Hearted Boy
Chapter 1
A Good-Hearted Boy
he menacing clouds and threat of rain did not deter the hundreds of people flocking to the small Texas town of Giddings to see Bill Longley die. The newly constructed wooden gallows waited silently some six hundred yards northwest of the railroad depot, where passengers alit by the score from incoming trains.
Although the execution was not scheduled until later in the afternoon of this dark, ominous October day, the main street of Giddings and the surrounding prairie teemed with the growing crowd from an early hour. They came by train, by carriage, by wagon and horseback, and on foot, black and white mingling single-mindedly as they awaited the carrying out of the court's order and the end of the self-proclaimed mankiller's odyssey. Stories circulated about a last-minute escape attempt and there were rumors that Longley had already survived one hanging.
Bill Longley had been confined now for not quite a year and a half, fighting this day as vigorously as he had willingly defied the conventions of his time. When captured, he had boasted of killing thirty-two men, even penning his memoirs in a Giddings newspaper and relishing the sensation he created throughout the state. He adopted for himself
Chapter 2 These Desperate Scoundrels and Out Laws
These Desperate
Scoundrels and
Out Laws
he Civil War ended in 1865, and Texas struggled to restore some equilibrium throughout its many communities. Young Bill Long ley reportedly dropped out of his schooling and acquired a six-shooter and a horse, like many other young men in those unsettled times. And thus began the confusing mixture of fact and fiction that complicates a straightforward telling of Longley's short criminal career.
Some have written that in 1866, fifteen-year-old Longley jumped a train in order to go to Houston, where he could get his hands on a pistol. This seems a little contrived, given the ready availability of firearms. However, as the story goes, in the teeming streets of Houston, he saw firsthand how "the newly-freed Negroes had taken over the new State Police and created clashes with the white man."
Longley supposedly took up with another young white man, and having nowhere to stay, they decided to bed down in an alley.
According to the story, they were confronted by a blue-uniformed black policeman swinging a lead ball on a leather thong, commonly called a mace. The officer demanded to know what they were doing and, instead of searching them, ordered them to undress. Longley's
Chapter 3 Murdering, Robbing, and Ravishing
Murdering, Robbing, and Ravishing
y Longley's scenario, he left Washington County in the spring of 1869 and headed for Arkansas. At some point, as he reached the Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana border area, he said that he fell in with a Tom Johnson, whose family lived in Lafayette County, Arkansas, just east of the Texas state line where Texarkana is located. Johnson was allegedly a "noted horse thief" and a member of the gang of terrorists led by the notorious Cullen Baker. When Longley asked where he might find accommodations that night for himself and his horse,
Johnson invited him to his father's farm.1
Cullen Montgomery Baker was known as the "Swamp Fox of the
Sulphur," leading a band of cutthroats all over northeastern Texas, western Arkansas, and northwestern Louisiana. Repeated raids on blacks, on white supporters of the Union, and on Union troops themselves, dealing death and terror, led Union army troops in the area to focus on his gang, in addition to other marauding groups. Allegedly,
Chapter 4 I Kept on Pumping Lead
I Kept on Pumping Lead
ongley said that he decided that the most practical way to get to Utah was by joining one of the many cattle drives headed north through the Indian Territory and terminating at the railhead at
Abilene, Kansas. According to him, he rode north to near Gainesville, in Cooke County not far from the Red River, and ran upon a large herd. The boss of the herd, a man named Rector, who Longley said came from Bee County in southwest Texas, hired Longley to go along on the drive, offering him pay of a dollar a day. Rector also furnished
Longley with an extra horse so that the horse Longley was riding could be turned out with the other extra horses on the drive in order to rest and gain a few pounds. Longley said that he picked out a horse and joined the trail drive as it headed into the Indian Territory.
Fuller quoted a letter from Longley that described his days with the trail drive as tedious, "following a big herd of cattle, seeing that none drop out by the wayside or are stolen and in the days of which
Chapter 5 We Set Out in Fine Spirit
We Set Out in
Fine Spirit
hatever happened in Kansas, Longley continued northward, first to Omaha, Nebraska, then on to Cheyenne in Wyoming
Territory, where he said that he joined a party of miners preparing for an "exploring expedition" into the Big Horn range of mountains.1 He was welcomed by the leaders forming the group, including a Captain
Kuykendall, and on their instructions obtained necessary supplies and readied to leave immediately.2
The record backs up Longley's account at this point. Judge W. L.
Kuykendall, late in 1869, had pondered the feasibility of organizing a semi-military group of prospectors to venture into the country above the North Platte River to displace the Sioux Indians there and look for gold. Discussing the idea with others, Kuykendall placed an advertisement in the Cheyenne newspaper for a meeting at McDaniel's Theater. Elected president of the Black Hills and Big Horn Association at the meeting by eager prospectors, Kuykendall began recruiting an expedition, and ultimately, according to him, two thousand men volunteered, each agreeing to bring with him a "repeating gun," one thousand rounds of ammunition, and rations for six months.3 According to
Chapter 6 A Man of Low Instinct and Habits
A Man of Low
Instinct and Habits
comparison of Longley's version of his adventures in the Northwest with the official record concerning Camp Stambaugh truly reveals his artful ability to mix fact with fiction in order to project the desperado image he sought. The truth does not do much for that image.
When Longley was captured in 1877, according to the account given by Fuller, he claimed that after the Kuykendall expedition broke up, he was broke and stranded, so he applied to the army quartermaster for a job as a teamster. He said that his job was to drive a sixmule team between Camp Brown and Fort Bridger hauling supplies and equipment. Because of the Indian threat, he said that there were usually four or five wagons in each caravan, guarded by a detachment of cavalrymen. Longley alleged that on September 15 (probably 1870, although no year is given), a caravan was attacked by some 130 Indians between South Pass City and the Green River on a creek that he called the Dry Sandy, which lies to the southeast of South Pass. Long ley said that after much shooting and yelling and the loss of one of their men, the Indians were driven off. As will be seen, Longley could
Chapter 7 The Worst Indian
The Worst Indian
s a matter of record, Bill Longley deserted from the army on
June 8, 1872, but he does not turn up for the record again until
July 1, 1873, in Texas. As before, his version of events in his life during this interim period can be only repeated, not corroborated, and, unfortunately, the sole accounts are lengthy versions of prose colored by Fuller's poetic flourishes.
To begin with, Longley claimed that after his feet recovered from his experience in the snowstorm, he went to Camp Brown. There, according to him, he was hired by the army quartermaster, a man named "Captain Gregory,"1 and placed in charge of the animal corral.
As Longley told it:
I had been there about one month when I discovered that the quartermaster was tricky, and as he had great confidence in me he told me we could make a lot of money if we could handle the business as he directed. We had several hundred mules inside the corral. He was getting one hundred and fifty dollars per month, and I was getting seventy-five. He would issue full
Chapter 8 Who in the Hell Are You?
Who in the Hell
Are You?
fter his 1877 arrest, Longley claimed that "after leaving the
Indians, he went to Iowa and 'knocked around' for a month or two, and then revisited the state of Kansas."1 There was no mention by Longley of the beautiful Dolores Gomez or any injuries received while trying to outdistance pursuing Mexican bandits, as Fuller later wrote. Very likely, Longley leisurely began his way back to Texas without intending much in the way of adventure.
Longley said that he ultimately arrived in Morris County in the east central part of Kansas, stopping at the village of Parkersville (now
Parkerville) "to take stock and form his plans for the future."2 Parkersville, some ten miles northwest of the county seat, Council Grove, was on a branch line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway that ran from Junction City, north of there, to Parsons in the far southeastern part of the state.3 The main street of the town paralleled the railroad line, and it was likely that Longley arrived there by train.
Chapter 9 Desperate-Looking Character
lthough Fuller did not mention it in his account, Longley claimed that after he left Bell County, he went southwest to Mason
County, where he moved about under the alias of "William Henry." He said that he attended a horse race at old Fort Mason, which had been abandoned by the army in 1869, and met James J. Finney, the sheriff of Mason County.1 A former blacksmith,2 Finney was first appointed county sheriff in October 1869 under the military government of
Reconstruction, then elected in his own right in November 1872.3
Longley said that Finney suspected his true identity because of descriptions that the lawman had received, but the two talked, drank, and gambled for four or five days. Longley claimed that he was suspicious of the sheriff. By mere chance, according to Longley, when
Finney was ready to spring his trap, Longley happened to ride up to
Fredericksburg in Gillespie County. He had not been there but a few hours when Finney and another man arrived in town, talked with
Chapter 10 Shot Him Dead
Shot Him Dead
etween July 1873 and Christmas 1874, there is no real record of
Longley's whereabouts. We only have his story that, after being released in Austin, he killed a man in Frio County and then worked for Dr. McIver in Madison County. The 1877 account of his adventures found in the Galveston Daily News had him leaving Madison
County, which is in East Texas northeast of Bryan, visiting his parents again briefly in Bell County, then riding on to old Fort Ewell on the
Nueces River in LaSalle County, at the junction of the San Antonio and Laredo roads. The fort had been established in 1852, but abandoned in October 1854 when army troops there were transferred to
Fort McIntosh on the Rio Grande above Laredo.1 Fort Ewell and Dog
Town, forty miles northeast on the Frio River, became two principal stage stands between San Antonio and the Rio Grande. Fort Ewell was not much of a town, being principally occupied by Mexicans and a storekeeper known as Peg Leg Stuart.2
Longley said that he was at Fort Ewell only a short time when he got into a fight with "a noted gambler named Dave Clark." He said that he shot Clark "a couple of times" but did not kill him.3
Chapter 11 Bill Was Still Fighting
Bill Was Still Fighting
he Lee County sheriff mounting the search for the Longley brothers was James McKeown, the father of Bill's early criminal companion, Johnson. Sheriff McKeown was elected as Lee County's first sheriff on June 2, 1874.1 But the posse led by James McKeown never came close to the fleeing brothers, who headed north after leaving Burleson County.
Jim later recalled2 that they initially steered clear of settlements where they might be recognized. Camping out in the open each night,
Jim hunted and killed swamp rabbits to eat with the bacon and bread they had brought with them. They approached the Brazos River, heading toward Bryan, and encountered a black man with three yokes of steers that he was taking to Caldwell. The two outlaws, apparently feeling their oats, made the man "dance," riding on after rewarding him with a half-quart of whiskey. One can only suspect what happened to the other half-quart.
Riding into Bryan, Bill stopped at a saloon to get more whiskey.
Chapter 12 I Will Not Be Captured
I Will Not Be Captured
Jim Brow[n] if I ever kill any man in that country it will be eather for killing some of my kinfolks or els it wil be in resisting being captured for if the court knowes its self I will not be captured in that country alive tho I wil come there just when I pleas. I wrode by your house the first Monday night in August 1875. I stoped near the old yard fence and stood for an hour and my mind run back over my whole life and I thought of my childhood and the hapy hours that I had passed in the old cabin home.
Oh what dreadful thoughts pierced my hearts intermost core for a little while but I cursed my weekminded soul and treated myself to a drink of good old brandy and wrode on with a bold heart. It hurt me very bad when I heard that Johnson McKeown had bin hunting me with the intention of betraying me and geting me in to a snair to be killed for I loved him like a brother. Oh the hapy hours that I have passed with Johnson but now they are oer.
Two nights before I passed your house I was at home and my own Dear Father told me never to put my foot in his house again. and Brother Jim quit me and said I was too bad for him and my kinfolks is all so D___D cowardly. they don't want me to come about them so I stil alone tread the living land destitute of friends but G___d the world and every son of a bitch that don't like me for I am a wolf and it is my night to howl. I expect to get killed sometime but you may bet your sweet life that I will keep the flys off of the son of a bitch that does it while he is at it.
Chapter 13 The Last of "Pea Time"
The Last of "Pea Time"
he murder case against Jim Longley, arrested in August 1875, was severed from that of his brother. His lawyer asked for a change of venue, likely because of hard feelings in Lee County about the murder of Wilson Anderson, and the court agreeably transferred venue of the case to the district court in Fayette County at La Grange.
Jim was released on a high $5,000 bond, his father, Uncle Cale, and
H. C. Jones acting as sureties.1
Still on the move, Bill said that he left Uvalde County about January 20, 1876, ten days after Shroyer was killed. Riding with three unidentified men, he rode east. Approaching Castroville, in Medina
County west of San Antonio, the three men revealed that one of them had a brother in the jail there for killing a Mexican. Concluding that
Longley was "a pretty solid sort of fellow, one who would do to tie to," they asked him if he would help them get him out. Longley said that they offered him $250 and that he reluctantly agreed, provided that he was in charge of the operation.
Chapter 14 Plenty of Ammunition
Plenty of Ammunition
fter killing the Reverend Lay, Bill Longley left Delta County, but there is only his fanciful account of where he was for the next year, as provided in Fuller's heavily edited Adventures of Bill
According to Longley, on June 13, 1876, he rode north from Delta
County and camped near the Red River as it grew dark. He hid off the main road, ate a cold meal that he had gotten at Mr. Lane's place, then slept on his saddle blanket. The next morning he took a ferry across the river and said that the ferryman told him of several parties who had crossed the night before into the Indian Territory looking for a man who had killed a preacher. Longley said that the ferryman looked at him with suspicion as Longley asked him questions, but Longley said that he learned that most members of the posse believed that the fugitive was still in Texas and that they planned to set up on roads leading into the Indian Territory and waylay Longley when he headed north.
Chapter 15 We Want Him
We Want Him
ill Longley likely visited his parents in Bell County in the late fall and perhaps early winter of 1876, during which time Dick
Sanders may have left him and returned home. It is also possible that in March 1877 Longley and Sanders might have been in Kerr County.
From March 10 to March 20, a detachment of Texas Rangers from
Company C, responding to some source of information, was sent into the county to look for them.1 The Rangers returned empty-handed.
No doubt concerned that the authorities would get wind of his whereabouts in his old haunts, Longley said that he went to East Texas, and he ultimately made his way into Nacogdoches County, across the
Angelina River. An educated guess would place this trip in the spring of 1877.
For whatever reason, Longley decided that he would detour around the town of Nacogdoches, rather than ride through it. Fuller, who himself was a resident of Nacogdoches, and speaking again in third person, said that the outlaw had "heard something" about Nacogdoches Sheriff Milt Mast and his deputy, Bill Burrows, and did not want to get into "fresh trouble."2 About four or five miles west of the
Chapter 16 The Most Successful Outlaw
The Most Successful
hile he sat in the Lee County jail awaiting trial, Longley continued his letter writing. Ink, pen, and paper were provided by Sheriff Brown, and he was allowed to write to anyone he wished, provided that Brown saw the letters. He wrote his father, Campbell, telling him not to employ any counsel for him, that the state would be bound to appoint one for him because it was a death penalty case.
According to Brown, Longley wrote his father that he only wanted a lawyer to postpone his case for six months, and that if he could not escape in that time, he deserved to be hanged.1
Longley's murder trial was initially set for August 24, 1877, and
Samuel R. Kenada was his attorney, perhaps appointed by the court because this was a capital case that could result in the death penalty upon conviction, although Longley later claimed that he was hired for fifty dollars. Kenada, born in Alabama around 1839, came to Texas and settled in the Evergreen community where he was both a merchant and a farmer.2 He and his family moved to Burton, about halfway between Giddings and Brenham, where he studied for the law.
Chapter 17 I Have Killed A Many Man
I Have Killed
A Many Man
fter Longley was sentenced on Tuesday, September 11, 1877,
Jim Brown discussed with Judge Turner his concerns about the security of the Lee County jail while Longley was awaiting the outcome of his appeal. Turner agreed that it was "not a safe jail for the confinement" of Longley, and ordered that he be conveyed to the Travis County jail in Austin "for safekeeping during his appeal."1 Turner initially ordered Longley sent to Galveston, but crossed it out in favor of Austin.
Apparently there was no room for Longley in Austin where John
Wesley Hardin was currently being detained. Brown sent a telegram that evening to Sheriff Christian Jordan in Galveston: "I want to imprison Bill Longley with you. Answer instanter. Can you take him?"2 Jordan promptly responded that the county commissioners of
Galveston County had prohibited him from receiving prisoners from other counties until the county jail could "be placed in a more secure condition." On the 13th, Brown again telegraphed him: "By request of many citizens I telegraph you again to take Wm. Longley for safekeeping. He is convicted of murder and is threatened by mob."3
Chapter 18 Same Old Rattling Bill
Same Old Rattling Bill
ongley now languished in the well-guarded Galveston County jail until Judge Turner returned to Giddings in August to open the term of the district court. Although constrained by an iron bar connecting his ankles and affixed to chains,1 he kept himself occupied with a prolific frenzy of interviews, as well as writing letters when he could obtain writing materials and postage. Much of what he was reported as saying and wrote during this period gives insight into Longley's mindset as he sought to both justify himself and rationalize his selfcreated reputation, at the same time beginning to reconcile himself to his pending fate. But throughout his writings can be detected a continuing glimmer of hope that he might yet avoid the hangman.
In one interview with a Chicago reporter, Longley boasted of yet another killing that he had not previously mentioned. This involved an alleged duel with a man named Grady in Mexico, supposedly in revenge for the killing of a friend of Longley in Texas. Longley also claimed that he was at this time invited, but declined, to participate with Mexican bandits on a raid into Texas.2 As with his other claims,
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Cat S41 Rugged Smartphone Launched: Features, Specs & Price
Caterpillar_Inc. – The American construction machinery manufacturing company has just announced its latest smartphone at the IFA 2017 event in Berlin, touted as the Cat S41 Rugged Smartphone. The main highlight of the newly arrived smartphone is that it comes with a seventh generation Nougat operating system as well as dust and water resistant.
Cat S41 Rugged Smartphone Features
The Cat S41 smartphone features a 5.0 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen display, which carries the support for 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution at a 441 ppi pixel density. There is also a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 layer that prevents phone's screen from being damaged. The Cat S41 also has IP68 water resistance, so you don't need to worry about dropping it in a puddle or getting it wet at the beach.
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This time is the handle name, Mr. Jackie Universe's introduction!
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As with many people, I started to love children's literature as a child. I was a horse-crazy little girl reading every book about horses I could find. Because I was never given the little brown pony I begged for every Christmas, I had to settle for literature horses like The Black Stallion, Misty of Chincoteague, Black Beauty and others. Clutching my library card carefully, I stepped quietly into to the children's section of the big old stone library in the center square of our town to pick out just the right book. I loved dreaming that one day I would be the proud owner of such a beautiful animal.
Unfortunately I missed out on reading many great books with this very narrow focus.
After becoming a teacher I read daily to the children in my little school. We did many projects and had good discussions surrounding the current book. I realized there were numerous incredible stories to be read so I always had a book ready to read aloud every day. I'll never forget reading aloud , Where the Red Fern Grows, with a group of kids and crying my way through the sad parts while the kids sat wide-eyed. I'm sure a few had tears of their own as they listened to this amazingly well written tale.
I was eager to continue my love of books for kids when our first son was born. As soon as he could sit on my lap, reading became our first delight together. Passing on my deep appreciation of reading to this dear son made our time even more meaningful. I hoped his love of reading would continue long after he could no longer sit on my lap.
Starting with board books we then graduated to Dr Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat. Other greats that come to mind are: Are you My Mother?, The Berenstain Bears, Winnie the Pooh, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Little House on the Prairie, The Chronicle of Narnia, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, Treasure Island, and The Lloyd Alexander. We couldn't get enough.
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." ~Emilie Buchwald
I must add....and their grandparents.
Now my interest is being renewed with a new generation with which to enjoy reading. Lucy's parents share my love of children's literature and from an early age they have opened books to her big inquisitive eyes. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox seems to be one of her favorites at this time.
"There was one little baby / who was born far away. / And another who was born / on the very next day. / And both of these babies, / as everyone knows, / had ten little fingers / and ten little toes."
Thank you little Lucy, for your love of words, of rhythm, of story and especially of learning. I look forward to many hours behind a book with you on my lap or by my side. I promise to not limit you to just horse books, although I'm sure I'll throw in a few for memory's sake.


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Baked Studios Teams with the Wildness on Devour campaign featuring Deadpool
The Assignment
In mid February, The Wildness approached Baked Studios with a hilarious script for a commercial starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and KraftHines line of frozen foods, Devour. The concept follows Deadpool, riding a unicorn, through a fever-dream inspired grocery store to a frozen foods case complete with a miniature casino filled with Devour food products anthropomorphized into strange, wonderful characters!
The time frame on this project was aggressive, a mere 6 weeks from initial scripts to final delivery of 6sec, 15 sec, and 30sec versions along with a number of print deliverables.
Character Design
The biggest conceptual hurdle facing the artists at Baked Studios were the characters themselves. Each of the fourteen final characters were to be designed around specific Devour food products.
Design of the characters began with a number sketches. The sketches were given to the modeling team to serve as the basis for the builds in Zbrush.
Painting and Shading
The models where painted in Mari before being sent to Maya for shader design. Because of the quick turn around, massive poly count, high-resolution textures and in camera effects, an extremely efficient, high quality renderer was required. Baked Studios chose Redshift. Redshift utilizes the massive computing power of todays cutting edge GPU's and offers unheard of performance and scalability while maintaining exceptional quality.
Rigging, Skinning, Animation
As the models were being textured and shaded, rigging and skinning was underway. Several different techniques were used to animate the characters including traditional key frame animation for the hero moments as well as motion capture for background and ambient movement. Forward and inverse kinematic rigs were build and blended onto each character to accommodate each approach.
Casino Design
With the character pipeline well underway, the casino build was progressing as well. A number of possible directions were explored before settling on the final design which was based on Devour boxes for the walls, stacks of illuminated ice cube pillars and a takeout box stage.
Live Action Shoot
With CGI assets well underway, focus shifted to the one day live action shoot with Deadpool. An extensive set was built to accommodate shooting needs. Baked Studios supervisors were on hand to provide guidance for vfx plate capture and onset reference for integration of the CGI assets. Additionally, every shot of the piece was touched by Baked Studios artists as it was decided there would be a starry sky over the top of the set, a horn blink for the unicorn and finally a giant microwave, complete with interactive ground fog for Deadpool to ride into at the end of the commercial.
Tracked cameras with undistorted backplates (plates were captured anamorphic) were delivered to layout. Utilizing HDRI spherical Theta imagery, photogrammetry was used to construct rough environments in Maya to ensure a precise match between live action and CGI assets. With character and camera animation locked in, each shot was lit to ensure a match with the practical backplates and to highlight the characters and their actions to best effect.
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Are you thinking about visiting Greece? You should! Greece is an incredible country with plenty of history worth discovering, delicious food to taste, a beautiful language and amazing weather. Many people visit Athens, Corfu and Santorini. But this article will share some other great places to visit, some you may never have heard of, as they are Greece's hidden gems.
Santorini, Mykonos or Crete are the most popular holiday islands in Greece. But Skyros, is also worth a visit. This lesser known island is the largest of the Sporades. It became popular for a few years after the release of Mamma Mia (2008). The film starring Meryl Streep was filmed on Skyros but has since left the minds of the budding tourist.
Menalon Trail
If you want to add an outdoor adventure to your vacation hike the Menalon Trail, Greece's first certified trail. It was completed in 2005, and still remains somewhat of a secret. The 75km trail starts in Stemnitsa and continues to Lagkadia via dramatic mountainous scenery. Notable stops along the way include Lousios Gorge, Mylaon River Valley and the Gortynian Mountains.
Nafplio, Peloponnese
This city was the capital of modern Greece, prior to King Otto relocating to Athens. This quaint place has charisma and untouched beauty. Its sweet smelling narrow streets are filled with glorious foliage and flowers, like jasmine. You can explore the old town, two forts and a castle. It is a great place to get a taste of local life, and it is only a 2-hour drive away from Athens.
Paxi and Antipaxi
For a relaxing holiday head to the island of Paxi. Here you can relax on golden sandy beaches, explore underwater caves and small bays. Plus, walk around lavish green hills. This small island is a place to escape your busy and stressful life. If you need more activities visit the nearby island, called AntiPaxi. Here you can swim in striking turquoise seawaters and drink some of Greece's finest wine. The local wines include the delicious and famous Mavrodafni, a black wine grape. Have you heard of it?
When is the best time to visit Greece?
When to visit depends on what experience you want to have, your budget and your preferred weather conditions.
Peak Season:
Greece's peak season is from late June to early October. The temperature is ideal for the beach lovers, as each day is a consistent 96 °F (36 °C); The sun is strong, and rainfall is at a minimum. Most visitors travel to Greece for the lovely beaches and warm ocean water. If this is what you are looking for, visit during the summer months. But be warned, it is crowded, and hotel prices are on the increase. If you have the budget for it and don't mind queuing, book your flights for the peak season.
Off Peak Season:
Alternatively, if you prefer cooler temperatures, with fewer people and cheaper hotel rates, book your trip in April, May or October. But avoid Easter! Temperatures range from 60-70 °F (16-23 °C), with a few rainy days. You'll probably want to wear jeans and a comfy t-shirt, with a light sweater at night.
What did the Greeks ever do for us?
Greece has had a huge impact on the World of science, technology and sport. Their intellect and creativity has played a part in your life. Many of us live in a democratic society, whereby criminals are put on trial and are judged by a jury. Both concepts began in ancient Greece. Have you ever been to an Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996 or London 2012? Maybe, you have your heart set on being a spectator at the games in Los Angeles 2028; It was the Greeks who created the Olympic Games and is now perhaps the biggest and best sporting event in the World. If you love sport, take a trip to the town of Olympia. Here you can walk or race amongst the ruins of the first ever Olympic Games. You can explore the changing rooms, recovery spas and the main stadium, where all the races took place.


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I like a bargain. I mean – who doesn't? And I don't like spending more money than I need to on whatever I think of as non-essentials.
When it comes to travel, I draw a distinction between luxury holiday travel (like the Australian trip), where you know it is going to hurt the cash balance but be bloomin good fun and worth it, and utility travel, where you have to spend the night somewhere, for work purposes or to visit people, but you only really need a decent bed and a shower.
In the latter case, my main concerns are the Three S's – Security -( neighbourhood, stout door with decent lock); Sounds – (not having walls made of Kleenex, being in a night club or next to a dual carriageway); and Spend (the cheaper the better).
So, when travelling for non lux purposes (as I have this week to do a spot of pressure washing and fence painting in Kent), I often use a website that specialises in cheap hotel room deals. The theory is that hotels cannot fill all their rooms, so rather than leave them empty and not earning, they allocate excess rooms to this website and sell off room nights dirt cheap. For obvious reasons, they do not want to advertise that these rooms are available at knock down rates, so the hotels are anonymous.
When booking, the punter only knows the rough location, hotel facilities and price. If you book, you only find out where you are staying once you sign on the electronic line and hand over your credit card details.
We have used this site for a number of years now, and it is quite exciting not knowing where you will be spending the night until the last minute. It is like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates – "you never know what you're gonna get". The savings can be very dramatic. We have stayed very cheaply in decent hotels as far apart as Ipswich and Orlando. But there can be downsides.
Once, when booking a stay up in Edinburgh for a whole gang of family members, I made a shrewd guess that a very fine hotel, where Lorna and I had once stayed paying full rate, was using this site and I booked several rooms for the tribe. The savings on standard rate were great and it was, indeed the very same hotel. You can imagine, I was feeling pretty smug when I guessed the identity before booking. Smug, that is, until we saw the rooms allocated to us.
Only then did it occur to me that there was a reason why these rooms might remain hard to shift. It may be because they are in the rafters, with pigeons as near neighbours, on the floor not reached by the lift, with rattling windows that do not shut properly and with plumbing that is as reliable as broadband in the Sahara. And forget about fancy toiletries!
Proper guests, get the nice rooms. Cheap hicks like me do not. That is the way it can go sometimes.
Still, the savings make it worthwhile and I still use the site. I used it to book a room near the ferry terminal for my journey home to Guernsey.
I have to say my expectations in this case were not great. The price paid was ridicuolusly cheap, and the hotel was not part of a chain or otherwise known to me, but I was only going to be there a few hours.
Anyway, things did not start well when I could not even find the hotel. Turns out, it changed its name to something slightly more upmarket. It was a pity that the paintwork or fittings had not changed in several decades. When I found it, I was immediately concerned I would be parking right next to a rowdy pub. The police were there as I arrived, which is not generally a good sign. Having foreign number plates in the UK attracts attention, and the thought of leaving my car outside, alongside a public road, unattended at chucking out time filled me with dread.
I was still relatively unperturbed, having located and parked under cctv cameras, but then I saw my room…….. I have only seen rooms like this before on TV, on programmes like America's hardest Prisons. Even the room size was a standard 6 by 8 feet with a narrow single bed and a view of scaffolding covering a derelict building. My ground floor room was at the foot of a stairwell, subject to constant noise from guests clumping up and down.
I am afraid to say I could not stay there. The misery factor was too great. I checked out and headed off down the coast to a recognisable chain hotel. It cost me more, but my car was safe, and I had a decent night's kip and a lesson learnt – you get what you pay for.


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Zelda was our first farm dog. Good girl Zellie Belle! The keeper of all the secrets, protector of the grounds, and intimate companion, Zellie Belle keeps you centered and balanced with soothing oatmeal and lavender tones.
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Timeline of Leighton Meester
|Born in United States OF America.
|Television Debut
|Cast in Gossip Girl
|Cast in Movie Country Strong
|Meester Music Career
|Engaged with Adam Brody
|Current Net Worth and Updates
|Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Drama
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At the age of 11, Leighton Meester along with her mom moved to New York where she attended the Professional Children's School. During her high school, she began working as a model with Wilhemina. Soon after she booked for a commercial for Tamagotchi and Clearsil, and also modeled alongside Amanda Seyfried.
When Meester was 14 years old, she moved to Los Angeles where she attended Hollywood High School and Beverly Hills High School. Soon after her graduation, Leighton made her television debut in an episode of Law & Order as Alyssa Turner.
Moreover, she appeared in other two series' before her debut on the big screen in 2003 through the movie, "Hangman's Curse". She then made her appearance as a guest in the series such as Entourage, 8 Simple Rules, 7th Heaven, Crossing Jordan and Veronica Mars 24 etc.
In 2007, Meester featured as Blair Waldorf in The CW's teen drama series "Gossip Girl". Through Gossip Girl, Meester grabbed more attention and popularity from the public. From 2003 to 2017, Meester has starred in 19 movies and cast in 24 TV series.
Besides her acting career, Meester is well known in the music industry. In 2011, she came out with her debut album named "Love is a drug". Furthermore, in 2014, Leighton released her second album, Heartstring.
Heading towards Meester personal life, previously she was in an affair with boyfriend Sebastian Stan; an actor, for a couple of months.
Meester is a married woman, her husband Adam Brody is an actor with whom she met while filming The Oranges. The beautiful couple is blessed with a daughter, Arlo Day Brody. Until now, the couple is spending a quality time together and there is no any sign of their divorce.
31 years of age, gorgeous actress Leighton Meester holds an American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. As of 2017, she has a net worth of $5 million. Her main source of incomes are movies, TV series and endorsements.
She is an active star on social media as well, to find about her latest updates, you can follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Leighton Meester facts on timeline
Born in United States OF America.1986
Popular actress, Leighton Marissa Meester was born on 9th of April, 1986 in Fort Worth, Texas to Constance Lynn and Douglas Jay Meester. In her professional life, she is famous as Leighton Meester.
Television Debut1999
in this year, Meester made her debut in the movie from Law & Order in the role of Alyssa Turner. Since then, she has starred in Shark, House, Numbers, Monster, Crossing Jordan and so on.
Cast in Gossip Girl2007
Actress Leighton Meester was cast in the TV series named Gossip Girl as Blair Waldorf. The Gossip Girl achieved a huge popularity through that series and established herself as a professional actress.
Cast in Movie Country Strong2010
Meester featured in the movie, Country Strong. And on next year was appeared in the movie The Roommate, Monte Carlo, and The Judge. Till now, actress Meester has starred in nineteen films.
Meester Music Career2014
In the year 2014, Meester released couple of songs such as Heartstrings, Blue Afternoon, Good for One Thing, Entitled, On My Side, Dreaming, Run Way and so on. Her big hits include Your Love's a Drug and Christmas.
Engaged with Adam Brody2013
In November 2013, Leighton engaged to actor Adam Brody. The couple married in a private ceremony on 15th of February, 2014. In the same year, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester blessed with a beautiful daughter, Arlo Day Brody; she was born in Whittier, California on August 4, 2015.
Current Net Worth and Updates2017
As of 2017, Meester as a net worth of $5 million. Her source of income is movies and movies. Currently, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and a baby daughter.
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Drama2008
Leighton received Teen Choice Awards for TV Actress: Drama, for her work on Gossip Girl as well as received a teen choice award. In addition to her awards, she achieved Hollywood Film Awards; in the category Spotlight Awards for the Roommate.


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HE'S more comfortable in his well-worn trainers than slippers and despite turning 90 Ernie Warwick is determined to keep on running.
Nicknamed the Flying Ferret by students at Aston University where he used to work, Ernie, of Ashville Avenue, in Castle Bromwich, has completed 100 marathons and has filled 14 volumes with cuttings and treasured photos.
These have inspired a book by friend Chris Groom who wanted to record Ernie's achievements for posterity.
Chris, aged 58, of Alum Rock Road, Alum Rock, said: "Occasionally in life, if you are lucky, you come across someone who is unique. Ernie Warwick is such a person.
"I didn't appreciate how good he was until I started getting older. I've spent many a fascinating morning sitting in Ernie's kitchen, mug of tea and whisky nearby, roaring with laughter at his reminisces of life as a printer.
"I've listened open mouthed to tales of his time as a fitter in the RAF during the war. Still, it is to Ernie the athlete that this book pays tribute."Related content
The grandfather, married to 71-year-old Margaret, still gets out twice a day, covering a distance of five or six miles.
There is no secret formula he relies on to keep fit and he confessed: "I eat anything, any old rubbish and I used to smoke 50 cigarettes a day when I was in the services.
"I love running so much because let's say, you've been arguing with the wife, you can go out training and it frees your mind. You've got the whole world to yourself."
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It seems the work just keeps rolling in! This is good though, summer is usually our busiest time of year. It affords us to be able to escape for a week in the winter months.
The Sleeping Giant beer taps seem to keep flowing. There are more of these things to do. Machining them out of wood is no longer an option, so we're going to move towards resin cast versions. This is for 2 reasons, 1 is that the wood doesn't consistently hold the resolution at this small size, and 2 is the run times are too long for this to make any sense.
This morning I headed into the shop to cut one more tap handle. This one is a little different in the fact that we're milling it from 70lb tooling board. This will definitely hold the detail of the text portion.
Friday evening we got a call from our favourite producer Tom to fabricate a kids sized crash test dummy head. It's deadline is Thursday. I don't know if it shoots on Thursday, or pre-light is on Thursday. I'll find out on Monday.
The reason I started 3D modeling in the first place was to give clients a render of the actual geometry we would fabricate. I have worked in shops over the years that didn't do it this way, and the final piece was always different than the concept. This way, everyone wins!
It should go painlessly with our Techno cnc doing all the hard work!
A behind the scenes look at film and television Prop making peppered with everything else creative we do!
When I lent my services to a collegue who was working on a film about 12 years ago, I was introduced to the world of cnc. I remember watching this huge machining centre milling out a slab of mdf and turning it into a fantastic set of gears. I knew that it would have taken me hours to achieve the same thing with traditional power tools. I decided then that I would invest in a cnc router for my own business Oxenham Design. At that time I could turn on a computer, but even to check email seemed like a crazy set of operations. I persevered and learned every piece of relevant software I could get my hands on. I am now fortunate enough to be using Vectric's ASPIRE software, and Techno cnc routers, which has helped us to create some amazing projects, both in part, or in full. I thought that this blog would be a great place to share "behind the scenes" adventures with the software, materials and equipment we use, as well as the projects we build.
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Workin for the weekend
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Digital Nomad Cat Coquillette on Scaling a Side Hustle into a Business // Interview with Skillshare
Interview with Skillshare:
Digital Nomad Cat Coquillette on Scaling a Side Hustle into a Business
Skillshare periodically features their top teachers in one-on-one interviews, which helps to demonstrate the broad depth of creatives and professionals who have have found success on their platform. After both of my classes made it into the Best Classes of 2017 List, they reached out to me to understand more about my journey as a creative and educator.
Between teaching on Skillshare, partnering with brands such as Urban Outfitters, earning her motorcycle license, and traveling the world, it's safe to say that Cat Coquillette keeps pretty busy! We caught up with Cat to learn how she decided to take the plunge and become a digital nomad, where she finds inspiration, and how teaching on Skillshare has contributed to her professional success.
What is the best part about being a permanent "nomad"?
I just completed my first year of full-time traveling, which has taken me to some uniquely gorgeous places and introduced me to an incredible group of nomadic/entrepreneurial friends. The past twelve months have been adventurous, hectic, and constantly shifting in trajectory. I wouldn't change a thing.
Staying in motion and flow is key to fueling inspiration. When I'm comfortable, I'm bored. I've found that my personal fulfillment is synonymous with being on-the-move, feeling inspired, and quenching my curiosity. This translates over perfectly to a nomadic lifestyle.
My best artwork comes from the experiences I've had exploring the world firsthand, not sitting at home behind a computer screen. I strive to find moments in life that make me take a deep breath and think to myself, "I can't believe I'm here right now." These are the moments that help propel myself, my artwork, and my business to the next level.


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"Ubiquitous Computing is a concept in software engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear anytime and everywhere."
Current Developments
- Soon virtually everyone on earth will own a smartphone
- Smartphones have tremendously more benefits than other computing devices (e.g. PC's) and are therefore leading to vastly bigger opportunities
- But not only smartphones but most other objects will soon be connected to the Internet
- Brace yourself for a world of ambient intelligence. Increasingly our devices will be able to reap the benefits of cloud computing, internet of things, big data analytics and artificial intelligence all at the same time, leading to completely new service and experience solutions
Read this to shift your mind
Mobile is eating our world by Benedict Evans
Comprehensive analysis with lots of stats of how mobile is "eating" or already ate our world.
In the New Era of Computing Imagination Rules by Kerrie Holley
Brief look at the new era of computing and its implications for businesses.
Things That Make Your Life Smart by Producthunt
Curated list of internet of things products that will make your life smarter.
The Silicon Valley's fastest growing companies succeed because they aren't focused on selling by Vivek Wadhwa
How top Silicon Valley firms are already focused on building platforms instead of selling products.
Associated Trends and Topics
# InternetofThings: all sorts of objects connected to the internet [read more]
# Smartphones: the increasing dissemination of smartphones [read more]
# Wearables: miniature electronic devices that are worn under, with or on top of clothing [read more]
# AmbientIntelligence: bringing intelligence to our everyday environments [read more]
# Networks: increasing bandwidth, speed and coverage worldwide [read more]


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In-depth data and analysis on extreme weather and flood risks on www.cityfloodmap.com share engineering insight on complex topics of infrastructure design and performance, urban hydrology, flood risk assessment, and cost-effective risk management. Our goal is to promote critical, evidence-based "Thinking Slow on Floods and Flow" to improve flood and stormwater management policies and achieve effective environmental outcomes. R.J. Muir, Toronto, ON.
Flood Insurance in Canada
On the topic of flooding. Steve Smith President & Chief Executive Officer Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan noted: "Recognizing that Canada is the only G8 country that does not currently provide some form of flood insurance response, it would appear that the Canadian insurance industry is on the cusp of developing and providing an overland flood cover. If the industry is going to pay the claims anyway, let's develop a workable flood model, clean up the wordings, provide the cover and charge for it."
By overland flooding he means flooding from rivers or overland drainage systems whereby water enters a property through windows, doors and other openings - not basement flooding from a floor drain, which can have flood insurance, sometimes as an option on a homeowner policy.
It is relatively strait-forward to identify if a property was affected by "riverine" flooding (that is the uninsured kind of flooding). This map shows flood vulnerable areas in the Toronto area. There are numerous locations along major watercourses in Mississauga, Toronto, Markham, Pickering and Ajax.
As an example, lands surrounding Cookville Creek in Mississauga are flood-vulnerable. The flood risk areas are already defined on floodplain maps - these are estimated based engineering simulations of extreme storm runoff and the resulting flow and flood depth through the valley systems.
This includes Rhonda Valley properties along the east bank of Cookville Creek shown on the left. The top image is the Google Streetview in sunny weather while the bottom image shows the floodplain extending up onto neighbouring streets on July 8, 2013.
Properties in a floodplain may not be eligible for insurance coverage today because overland flood coverage is not available. It is possible, however, that overland flooding in one neighbourhood contributes to sewer backups in another downstream that does have coverage. This can occur when overland flood water enters homes through windows or walkouts and then enters the wastewater system through basement floor drains. These types of inflows can quickly overwhelm the downstream sanitary sewer causing a mix of diluted sewage and flood water to back up in neighbouring basements.
It is more challenging to identify the overland flood risk beyond valleys where floodplain maps are available. As the following image will show, during the July 8, 2013 extreme rainfall in the Toronto area, flooding was not concentrated along valleys - it was reported on "table land" where runoff overwhelmed the major drainage system (roadways and ditches) and sewers.
Similarly, on August 19, 2005, and on May 20, 2000, flooding in Toronto was also widespread beyond the valley systems (see below). While estimated floodlines are available for some urban areas beyond the valleys, typically a detailed engineering study is required to identify overland flow risks, and these are often evaluated jointly with the sewer system capacity. The Toronto map identifies several of these Environmental Assessment ("EA") project areas.
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NEC announced the provision of a LoRaWAN-compliant network server in trials of remote liquefied petroleum (LP) gas meter reading performed in Tochigi City, Japan.
During the trials, LP gas meters installed in homes in Tochigi City will be connected by a LoRaWAN network that achieves wide-area communications with low power consumption, and meter reading information will be accumulated in a LoRaWAN network server through a backhaul CATV network. The accumulated meter reading information is visualized on an application that enables performance to be evaluated and verified, such as assessing the quality of LoRa communications and the effectiveness of remote control functions for LP gas meters.
It is expected that the use of LoRaWAN will expand as an IoT communications network suitable for wide-area data collection with low power consumption. NEC is also promoting the creation and spread of services utilizing IoT, such as starting a partner program together with LoRaWAN related companies through the provision of a LoRaWAN network server.


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The Pumpkin
John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807 - 1892
"Then thanks for thy present! none sweeter or better E'er smoked from an oven or circled a platter! Fairer hands never wrought at a pastry more fine, Brighter eyes never watched o'er its baking, than thine! And the prayer, which my mouth is too full to express, Swells my heart that thy shadow may never be less, That the days of thy lot may be lengthened below, And the fame of thy worth like a pumpkin-vine grow, And thy life be as sweet, and its last sunset sky Golden-tinted and fair as thy own Pumpkin pie!"
Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins!
October screams PUMPKINS! I love them! My baking takes on a very Pumpkin theme until after Thanksgiving and then I move on to Christmas with other ingredients. Check below for my Pumpkin recipe!
Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake
1 box Spice cake mix
1 stick butter -- softened
1 whole egg
8 ounces cream cheese -- softened
1 stick butter -- softened
2 cups sugar
2 whole eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla1 can pumpkin puree (15 oz.)2 teaspoons ground cinnamon1 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/2 teaspoon ground gingerFor the Crust: In large mixer bowl blend the cake mix and butter to combine. Add the egg and mix until it forms a soft dough. Spray a 9 x 13 glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Press the dough evenly into the dish. Set aside and make the filling.
For the Filling: In large mixer bowl cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar, eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined. Add the pumpkin and spices, mix well. Pour over the crust.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40-45 minutes. Center of dessert will be gooey but not runny.
Cool at least 20 minutes, cut or spoon onto serving dish and top with whipped cream. Serves about 12.
The Harvest MoonHenry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807 - 1882
It is the Harvest Moon! On gilded vanes
And roofs of villages, on woodland crests
And their aerial neighborhoods of nests
Deserted, on the curtained window-panes
Of rooms where children sleep, on country lanes
And harvest-fields, its mystic splendor rests!
Gone are the birds that were our summer guests,
With the last sheaves return the laboring wains!
All things are symbols: the external shows
Of Nature have their image in the mind,
As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves;
The song-birds leave us at the summer's close,
Only the empty nests are left behind,
And pipings of the quail among the sheaves.


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Belgium is a small country but with a surprisingly large car industry. It relies on overseas firms as it has no industry of its own. This can make it vulnerable to sudden closures of factories. It's 2010 production was:
Volvo 225,000
Ford 185,000
Audi 70,000
GM Opel 50,000
Total 530,000 +1%
One of those sudden departures was GM Europe closing its factory in 2010. It has now gone for good but otherwise Belgian production looks settled.
The Netherlands has a smaller car making industry than neighbour Belgium. The NedCar factory which makes the Mitsubishi Colt and Outlander models, is the only facility. Production is listed below for 2010:
Mitsubishi 50,000 -5%
NedCar has a capacity of 200,000, but only used a quarter of it in 2010. Mitsubishi plan to pull out in the next few years and Chinese firm Landwing may be interested in car production at the same factory in due course. The Netherlands does have two large truck making brands in DAF and Scania, but as for car making Landwind may be its only hope.


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Why collaboratio exists
"Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care" - Margaret J. Wheatley
collaboratio helvetica was born out of one such conversation in 2016, followed by many more, involving a growing number of people into a co-creative process. In today's world we grow up with a sense of urgency. The Arctic ice is melting faster than ever. We lost over half of our biodiversity already. As we've seen, Switzerland's SDG performance is still lacking on a number of indicators.
There is no shortage of challenges, no shortage of work to be done. Whilst the Agenda 2030 can give us a collective vision, goals that light the way, the reality seems sometimes overwhelmingly challenging… This space between the current reality and where we want to go is what we call the creative tension.
collaboratio helvetica is the initiative we shaped while engaging with this creative tension between the Switzerland of today, and the Switzerland we want to live in. We believe that all the seeds needed to grow a brighter future are already here: So many people and organisations are doing outstanding work to shape the future of this country and change our impact on the planet. Our realisation is that if we want to reach our goals, we need to come together to address the issues we are facing, and most importantly, we need to do so in a different way.
We know that we need multistakeholder and participatory approaches to address systemic challenges such as climate change and gender equality. Further, to really solve a problem, we need to understand the underlying causes, instead of just grappling with the symptoms. This requires a deeper process, one that allows us to see how we individually and collectively keep contributing and reproducing the status quo we are trying to change and transform the mental models we act from.
"The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy… actually it is the source of creative energy. We call this gap creative tension" - Peter Senge, System Scientist & Professor at the MIT
So what we want to ask ourselves is: What is causing our (sustainability) problems on a deeper level? How can we become differently equipped to solve them?
This question can only be answered by coming together in a different way, one where we listen with attention, where we speak with intention, and where we can engage meaningfully beyond our differences through dialogue. Once we connect with each other and our shared vision on this level, we give ourselves the possibility to collaborate and co-create the future we really want, bridging status quo and vision.
"I am learning everyday to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be, to inspire me and not terrify me." - Tracee Ellis Ross
We believe in the potential of Switzerland to make an important contribution to the implementation of the Agenda 2030, because our history is one of working together across religious divides and language barriers, and continuously finding creative ways to address our challenges as a diverse society. In that sense, we are in a unique position to build on our cultural heritage of dialogue and collaboration to move beyond what is keeping us to stuck and to create the future we want to see, together.
"You can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein
What we are
collaboratio helvetica is at once platform, community, organisation, laboratory and movement. Today, we are a growing community of co-creators of various backgrounds, united by a common mission to work towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), regenerating the Swiss culture of collaboration. We explore and cultivate the internal, organisational and systemic conditions for collaboration. This spirit of cooperation allows us to unleash untapped potential in the spaces "between" different actors, ways of working, organisations and institutions.
Our beginning
collaboratio helvetica was established in December 2016 by a group of dedicated individuals from foraus, euforia, Coworking Switzerland, GreenBuzz and the Impact Hubs for Bern, Geneva and Zürich, with the support of the Engagement Migros development fund, to catalyse collaborative innovation towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
collaboratio and the sustainable development goals
The Agenda 2030 and its 17 SDGs
The 193 member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on 25 September 2015, containing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Agenda represents the synthesis of a number of UN conferences on sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which lapsed at the end of 2015, and the process included a large-scale public consultation.
"The agenda clearly shows that all objectives are interrelated. You can't reach the targets individually. Gender equality cannot be achieved without education or as another example climate change, health and urban development are closely linked." - Till Berger, co-project lead Agenda 2030 (ARE)
The 2030 Agenda is a major milestone in sustainable development. Beginning in 2016, it sets the globally applicable framework for national and international efforts to find shared solutions to the world's greatest challenges, such as extreme poverty, climate change, environmental degradation and health-related crises. The 2030 Agenda applies to all states, whether north or south of the equator, and determines international guidelines and priorities for sustainable development up to 2030.
"You've got to think about big things while doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction." - Alvin Toffle, Writer and Futurist
Check out the video to the SDGs in Switzerland!
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