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It's a hard place to be -- in public and with a toddler who is having a complete meltdown. You want to hide. You want it to stop but nothing works. Soothing is conditional at best. No one wants to be the monster caught on videotape screaming at their willful child to "Shut the f*ck Up!"
Well, now you don't have to be. Here are a few ways to stop those nasty tantrums dead in their tracks.
Copy The Tantrum: Lie on the floor next to your thrashing child and mimic their behavior. If that means stomping your feet, screaming until you are red-faced or actng like a complete loon, do it. This behavior shocks them and, if you're in public, it will embarrass them as well.
More from The Stir: Your Toddler's Temper Tantrum Can Be Decoded
Ignore It: Tell your child that you can't hear him when he is being whiny. It may even help if you speak to him in a Donald Duck voice. The voice will throw him off balance and then you can swoop in for a little distraction.
Distract (Bait & Switch): Begin singing, Baby got back as loudly as possible while shaking your butt. If your kid does not immediately start laughing, sing louder. She will stop what she's doing and start laughing. Tantrum over.
Stay Calm: I won't lie, I am NOT the Mom who gets down on my knees with an unlimited supply of patience and understanding. I am not. But if you can just count to 10 before you react, you may be surprised how much that few seconds can help your child realize that you aren't going to respond to irrational behavior. Plus, if you stand completely still and silent or lie on the couch with your eyes closed, she will be more concerned with your well being. Tantrum averted.
Walk Away: If your child starts to throw a tantrum in a public place, tell them you are leaving. I don't care if you're there to pick up that kid's birthday cake on the way to the party ... walk away. He needs to know that you mean business. You've got to follow through so that he knows that you are not going to let this behavior go unpunished. I won't lie. Once I waited in line for a ride for an hour and at the point of entry, my child decided to talk back. We left the line. I was punished too but sometimes, you have to take one for the team.
More from The Stir: Dog's Trick Magically Stops Toddler's Tantrum (VIDEO)
Talk it to death: That's right. Talk about every single emotion that little guy is having and then talk about it again. Your kid will get so bored hearing about his own tantrum and all of your empathy that he will stop the tantrum and walk away from you, out of sheer boredom.
Shock & Awe: If all else fails, sometimes insanity needs to be met with equal insanity. I call this the "shock and awe" tactic. Your child has thrown herself on the floor because you asked her to pick up a toy. Or you are on the phone and junior decides to throw himself on the floor and scream bloody murder. With every plea, he gets louder. Promptly take your faucet hose sprayer and spray junior in the face. Shock! And when hegets startled and starts to cry, "Why did you do that?" Spray him again. Awe! Tantrum diffused.
How do you diffuse a toddler tantrum?
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My grandma used to take s glass of ice cold water and throw it in my brother's face when he had a tantrum. Worked like a charm every time.
The best thing that diffuses our toddler's tantrums at home is ignoring it. We just don't respond to that kind of behavior (the exception being when he's cranky due to illness, like tonight - oy!). We just tell him we're not interested in talking until he can use his words, toss his Blanky in his direction, and walk away.
Out in public, a stern warning usually averts tantrums. That was something we had to get him used to at home, of course - following through when we said we were going to do something. That took time. But by now, 9 times out of 10, when he starts acting up in public we give him a stern talking-to in a low voice and that ends the problem. If a tantrum does start, we remove him to a quieter place, get past the tantrum, and then have the talk. Then we can return to what we were doing - shopping, eating at a restaurant, etc.
I usually mimick him at home, which works 99% of the time. He usually laughs at me for acting so silly. In public still needs some work. Sometimes a stern talking to works, but he still likes to be loud and brodcast very loudly his issue. Leaving quickly doesnt work because there is also a baby, we dont move quickly.
I would calmly take her to her room and shut the door,with her in it and me off doing whatever I needed to do. With the door shut she would get quite pretty quick and learn that I didn't want to hear it or see it and it was unacceptable. She never had a melt down in public, she knew better I guess as we didn't get out often anyway.
I'm pretty sure we are going to be having lots of discussions like this one after the incident on Jet Blue. I must admit this is the first time I have heard the spraying him with water trick. Kinda like a cat:)
"The child psychologist who thought she had all the answers to parenting until she became one herself."
We have designated areas for tantrum throwing. At our old house we made her sit on the stairs until it was over and she was ready to say "sorry for throwing a fit" and at our new house we make her go to her room until she's ready to say sorry. Her dad and I don't put up with fits too well, and she's learned from her friend how to throw the good ones (oh joy). But I've flicked her mouth; put her in her room; asked her why she's throwing a fit; among many many different things. But the removal of her presense usually works the best since she's a social bee.


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"Thank you."
It's funny to think that after these two years I still have that exacto knife she gave me. It is tucked away in my underwear drawer to be returned when I think she is fit to have it. Now is not the time.
Our lives continue on. I still have work and band practice and Amber still has classes and her job at Starbucks. We keep ourselves busy on purpose. It gives us less time to think and also Mikey would have wanted it that way.
Amber goes to visit Gerard every Friday after classes. He's dropped out of art school and spends most of his time lying about doing nothing. He hardly showers and if it wasn't for take out her probably wouldn't eat. Mikey's death has affected him the most. Amber worries about his mental health. I worry about hers. Life goes on.
On day in mid-October something changes. We had just finished eating a quiet dinner. Setting my container of Chinese food down on the counter next to my girlfriend I run my hands up her bare legs. Without a word Amber takes my face in her hands and kisses me. That's when the change takes place. I feel that she still wants me and that she still loves me. Amber will be okay. I will be okay. This is our way of saying it.
So I lift Amber from the counter and carry her to the bed in the alcove. I lay her down and slowly peel off her clothes. Ambers helps remove mine. Once we are both naked I kiss her lips and make love to her.
In some ways Amber never fully heals from her cousin's death. She still cries occasionally, spending long hours staring into space. There isn't a single Friday that goes by that Amber doesn't go see Gerard. I just let her go. Pretty much after the night in mid-October she healed. She smiles and talks and we laugh and joke around with each other.
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How does tigase handle PEP messages to an offline user? Do we have something like an PEP history?
How does one implement something like this in tigase?
Please advice,
Stevenson Lee
How does tigase handle PEP messages to an offline user? Do we have something like an PEP history?
How does one implement something like this in tigase?
Please advice,
Stevenson Lee
Tigase does not do PEP archivization for offline users. I do not know if anybody (any other server does this), however, I do not think this is feasible.
If the server is under a high load, mostly from presence packets it would be nearly impossible to write all PEP messages to database or I should say it would be insanely expensive.
There are Tigase installation which process 500k XMPP packets per second (half million). Of course most of them are presence packets. I do not know what is percentage of PEP packets within all presence packets but even 10% gives us 50k PEP packets per second. A very optimistic assumption is that half of your buddies from the roster is online, the rest is offline.
This gives us 25k PEP packets per second to write to the database. Quite heavy task I would say, even for hyper optimized implementation and database configuration.
And, the last point is the question how much sense has the PEP notification which is 1 day old and after which there were 10 or maybe 100 more recent PEP messages. Do I really care what songs have you listened for the whole day or just what you are listening to right now? Do I really care in what location you have been for the last day (unless I spy on you) or just the current location when I am online?
That said, I have to admit implementation for this can be quite simple, almost trivial. At least unoptimized. If you need such functionality for a small service where you do not expect any performance issues I suggest to look at the plugin storing messages for offline users. Storing PEP can be done in exactly the same way. In fact the existing pug in for messages does store some presence packets already - subscription packets. So adding more (PEP) packets is really simple modification to the plugin.
I might be wrong because I have not tested this per se, but the Ejabberd configuration has this option ignore_pep_from_offline which when set to false will archive all PEP packets and deliver to offline listeners when the come online.
Unfortunately I do not know anything about EJabberd, and specifically I have no idea what this particular option mean.
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Students have a wide variety of activities to choose from including being a part of our school musical, chess club, running club, choir, orchestra, and storytelling, just to name a few. We love our students and greatly appreciate the excellent support of our parents and patrons!
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These tests are aligned to the Utah Core Standards according to their individual grade span and represent both the variety in difficulty and item format that students may see on the SAGE Summative assessments. Some students may have difficulty with some of the content aligned to higher grades within the grade span of each training test. If an item is appears to be too difficult, encourage your students to experiment with the tools, choose the best answer, and move on to the next item.
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On the "Student Grade Level" drop-down menu, select the desired grade level and click "Yes."
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Upcoming Events of Note for PTA & Community Council members:
Help is always needed in the Library, for Spanish translation of fliers and newsletters, for creating and copying invitations and fliers for events, the Great Artist Program and if you have any connections to local businesses that would be willing to donate to the Provost PTA. Check the PTA bulletin board across from the office for who to contact to help and sign up if you are willing to help whenever it is needed.
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Provost students are showing how much good character they have!
A different "Character Counts" theme is chosen each month as we recognize students from every class for having a character trait that is helpful in achieving success both academically and in the real world.
The last Character Counts assembly was September 5th. September's Character Counts theme was "Respectful". Students were recognized in the assembly and received a certificate and vouchers from local businesses.
Be sure to check out the display of our Character Counts students up on the wall across from the office from month to month throughout the school year!
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MDT 2012 Suspend Task Sequence Problem
Hi ,
I have been using LTISuspens.wsf without problem in my MDT 2010 and MDT 2010 U1 for a long time. Recently I have create my test MDT 2012 and I have problem with this task.
I have created the new Run Command line cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\LTISuspend.wsf" in State Restore section. The build and capture TS is stopping correctly and I have the LTISuspend icon on the desktop. After resuming the TS, it going correctly through, running sysprep, pop in again Set Network Location window, I can see it is running "Apply Windows PE (BCD)" step and then stops. There is message "suspended" and "The task sequence has been suspended true Use the….."
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
My customsettings.ini is from MDT 2010 and there they are fine.
I am capturing Windows 7.
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Yes, I have seen that too... Clearly a bug, I hope it will be fixed for RC1.
I have filed the bug on Connect to make sure it's not missed.
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I upgraded from 2010 to 2012 and now I get this error message.
the task sequence has been suspended.
LIteTouch is trying to perform NIC configuration.
This cannot be performed in Windows PE.
If booting from a USB Flash Disk, please remove all drives before restarting.
Otherwise, ensure the hard disk is selected first in the boot order of the BIOS.
Reboot WinPE (close all windows) to resure.
Any help please regarding this error.
Have you confirmed that you're not in Windows PE as the message suggests?
Press F8 and if you see an X: drive then you're in the wrong environment. As suggested, make sure that USB isnt the first boot device in the BIOS or that you havent run an Apply PE action in the TS then a reboot then more actions (other than a capture).
I see an X: drive after pressing F8. There is no USB attached. I try it on another PC and this time i see the deployment wizard but I don't see the option anymore to select what OS I want to install. All I can do is select Next and right after that the PC restarts into Windows.
Would it be better if I reinstal MDT2012 instead doing just the upgrade?
I did not have this problem in 2010.
thank you for trying to help out.
Thats the reason for the failure then. Reinstalling MDT won't help.
Without knowing the specifics of your tasksequence its hard to pin down where its failing but its going to be one of 2 things
1 - you booted into Windows PE and started the TS and it's gone straight to the Windows config actions without cleaning the hard drive > applying your new OS > rebooting
2 - you have done all of the above and then done an additional step to apply windows PE, which you have then booted into at which stage you're trying to do windows config.
It sounds to me like there are some phase variables messed up somewhere. Take a look through LiteTough.log and SMSTS.log to work out what actions are being run/not being run and why.
A few suggestions below for each of your issues.
Issue 1 is that you don't see any task sequences in the wizard
- Have you updated your deployment point after upgrading to 2012? if not then do this now
- Have you updated your boot media with the newly generated Litetouch_x86.wim (meaning your boot CD, boot USB or WDS)
The thinking behind this is that if you are using MDT 2010 boot media to try and speak to an MDT 2012 DS then you will have the same problem.
Issue 2 is that you've had the TS running in the past but it's broken for one reason or another.- Have you recreated your Task sequence using the MDT 2012 client template? There are (minor but critical) differences in the logic between the versions of MDT and the new task sequence template has been updated as such. Using an MDT 2010 template with MDT 2012 scripts can cause this.
These are 3 things that cause similar issues to you following an upgrade.
I used to get the same issue post upgrade to MDT 2012 however I required a different fix I would no longer see a task sequence get the suspended message. It was because I was trying to deploy over the top of an old deployment.
the fix is to check c drive for a miniNT folder and delete it
Happy installing
- Edited by robert choudhury Monday, July 29, 2013 2:53 PM Updated
I upgraded from 2010 to 2012 and now I get this error message.
the task sequence has been suspended.
LIteTouch is trying to perform NIC configuration.
This cannot be performed in Windows PE.
If booting from a USB Flash Disk, please remove all drives before restarting.
Otherwise, ensure the hard disk is selected first in the boot order of the BIOS.
Reboot WinPE (close all windows) to resure.
Any help please regarding this error.
Simply delete all partitions in your hard disk and leave it unallocated.
This will Fix the problem
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Pat Metheny brings brilliant technique, versatility, innovation, and overall musicality to his playing and his compositions, making him one of the most accomplished jazz guitarists out there. Up to this point, he has received an astounding twenty Grammy awards, most recently 2013′s Best Jazz Instrumental Album award for the album United Band, which also features the talents of Chris Potter (saxophone), Ben Williams (bass), and Antonio Sanchez (drums). Just a few weeks ago, the Pat Metheny Unity Group (the United Band members plus multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi) released the album Kin (←→), which debuted at Number One on the Billboard Jazz Chart.
Metheny has also collaborated with a diverse set of artists, including Jim Hall, Chick Corea, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Joni Mitchell, and Derek Bailey.
The following was for a preview article for the Pat Metheny Unity Group concert at the Lobero Theatre on 2/26/14. It was done by email, with answered received on 1/23/14.
Fanny has a distinguished place in rock and roll history as the first all-female rock band to record a full-length album (the self-titled Fanny in 1970) for a major label. In this pioneering band, June Millington sang and played guitar, and her sister Jean Millington played bass guitar. Fanny released a total of five stellar albums in the 1970′s (the last without June), and toured with many of the era's biggest artists. Both June and Jean played on albums by Ringo Starr and Barbra Streisand. June also played guitar on Cris Williamson's classic Women's Music album Changer And The Changed, and co-founded the Institute for the Musical Arts. Jean also performed on albums by David Bowie and Keith Moon. The sisters recently released the album Play Like A Girl.
This interview with June and Jean was conducted by phone on 8/19/11.
Tony Kaye was the keyboard player in the original line-up of Yes, and played on the albums Yes, Time And A Word, and The Yes Album. After touring with the band in support of the latter, he left Yes and played in Badger, which released two albums. He rejoined Yes for the 90125 and Big Generator albums. He also toured with David Bowie for the Station To Station tour. Kaye is currently playing keyboards in CIRCA:, which recently released the album And So On. This interview was done by phone on 8/15/11.


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The Robert Burns Grove
Join us in planting a Grove of native trees in honour of Robert Burns - acknowledging his love of and connection to the land he celebrated through poetry and song.
He was a great patriot and his love for Scotland has kept alive the belief that we are a Nation of Worth and Honour:
"The Cotter's Saturday Night."
"From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs,
That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad…"
"O Scotia, my dear, my native soil!
For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent,
Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil,
Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content."
He was a lover of Nature, feeling compassion for all forms of life.
The trees will encourage a return of wildlife to a natural habitat.
Robert Burns among other things wrote about the mouse, the wounded hare and the deer:
"My Heart's In The Highlands"
"My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer,
A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!"
The violet's for modesty, which weel she fa's to wear."
He was a lover of Nature, and could easily identify Scotland's wild flowers.
The trees will encourage a carpet of flowers to thrive under their shelter.
He wrote, mentioning only a few, of bluebells, the daisy, hawthorn, woodbine, lilies, and the primrose:
"The Posie"
"The woodbine I will pu' when the e'ening star is near,
And the diamond draps o' dew shall be her een sae clear!
The violet's for modesty, which weel she fa's to wear -
And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May! "
"The hawthorn I will pu', wi' its locks o' siller gray,
Where like an aged man, it stands at break o' day;
But the songster's nest within the bush I winna tak away -
And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May! "
Ah, the songster's nest.
He was a lover of Nature, and mentioned many birds.
The trees will encourage a return of birds both large and small to their natural habitat.
Some of the birds which Robert Burns mentions are the linnet,
blackbird, the lapwing, the thrush:
"The Birks Of Aberfeldie"
"The little birdies blythely sing,
While o'er their heads the hazels hing,
Or lightly flit on wanton wing
In the birks of Aberfeldie! "
He was a lover of Nature, and what is more apt for this project than
his love of trees.
Without tree the landscape has little life.
Without trees the landscape is bare.
Without trees the landscape is silent.
One of his enduring legacies was to write a poem titled,
"The Humble Petition of Bruar Water to the Noble Duke of Athole."
This poem is written from the point of view of the river which argues
that its banks need decorative and protective foliage. Burns called the river
"exceedingly picturesque and beautiful" but it needed trees and shrubs.
This suggestion was later acted upon by the Duke.
He encouraged the Duke of Athole to do what "Trees for Life" is doing,
"Would, then, my noble master please
To grant my highest wishes,
He'll shade my banks wi' tow'ring trees
And bonie spreading bushes.
The sober laverock, warbling wild,
Shall to the skies aspire;
The gowdspink, Music's gayest child,
Shall sweetly join the choir;
The blackbird strong, the lintwhite clear,
The mavis mild and mellow,
The robin, pensive Autumn cheer
In all her locks of yellow.
Here shall the shepherd make his seat
To weave his crown of flow'rs;
Or find a shelt'ring, safe retreat
From prone-descending show'rs.
Let lofty firs and ashes cool
My lowly banks o'erspread,
And view, deep-bending in the pool,
Their shadows' wat'ry bed:
Let fragrant birks, in woodbines drest,
My craggy cliffs adorn,
And, for the little songster's nest,
The close embow'ring thorn! "
We know, for certain, that Robert Burns would be behind Trees for Life's important work.
Let us make the Robert Burns Grove worthy of Scotland, worthy of the man himself and worthy of his love of Nature.
David Sibbald
Our grove
The donations total of £1,855 will plant a grove of 369 trees!.
Please click here to make a donation and write a dedication for this grove via our secure server:
We can also take your donation by phone: tel. 0845 458 3505. Thank you.
A big thank you to . . .
Laura Murdoch, Jacqueline Collier, Rosemary Rounce, Rosemary Rounce-Rigou, Deborah Ann Barnum, Susan Payette, George Montalbano, S Byrom, Yvonne D. Zumalt, Deborah Barnum, Margaret D. Edwards, George Montalbano, Rosemary L Rounce, Karen Richmond, Marie T King, Mr Harold MacFadyen, Deborah Barnum, Mr S Byrom, Peggy Edwards, RT Robert Burns and The Ladies Of The Lair, Rose and Alexandria and members of RT Robert Burns, Rose, RT Robert Burns, Rose and Alexandria, all her friends at RT Burns, Alexandria & Nicholas Horyski, Suzie Weller, Diane, Alexandria, Nicholas and Michael, Sandra (Alexandria) Horyski and Nicholas in Canada, Rosemarie and Sandra Horyski and ALL of RT BURNS, the Findhorn Community, Deborah Ann, Deborah Barnum, Nan and the Girls, Deborah Ann, Anonymous, Sandra (Alexandria) Rosemarie Rounce and all the members of RT Burns Group.
In memory of my dear dad, David Murdoch, who instilled a love of poetry,Scotland and its flora and fauna.Also to offset my recent travel footprint Much loved and missed dad x These Trees, in celebration of Robert Burns Birthday are for the We dedicate this tree in the year 2013, in honour of Robert Burns birthday on the 25th January. In Memory of 'The Greatest Scot' Robert Burns. We dedicate this tree on the 21st July 2012, in remembrance of his far too early death, on the 21st July, 1796. Dedicated to the talent and efforts of Rose Marie Rounce, Dedicated to Allan Scott-Douglas, who sang beautiful Robert Burns songs at the Gerard Butler Fan Convention in Las Vegas last weekend. Allan played Burns in a show last summer and I'm sure he did a fabulous job of it.
Beautiful, Rose Marie Rounce,
always Gracious Teresa King,
Exquisite Kathleen Proctor-Moore,
Brilliant Gari Glaysher
and a true son of Scotland, Gerard Butler.
Love and Hugs, Deb
RT Burns Club
RT Burns Club
David Sibbald, Teresa and Keith King, Peigi Edwards and the one in a million, Gari Glaysher.
Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Healthy 2012
Love & Hugs
To the good folk who are striving so hard to Save Gillies Hill.
"Now's the day, and now's the hour ... "
Best wishes for Gerry Butler and his Family from George and Donna Jean Montalbano and family.
the writer and producer of the production
- Robert Burns, Scotland's Radically Enlighted Poet -
which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in the year of "Homecoming" 2009.
"Robert Burns – Scotland's Radically Enlightened Poet"
Taking our inspiration from the four words inscribed on the mace of the Scottish Parliament:
Wisdom - Justice - Compassion – Integrity
May the efforts of Trees For Life in the regeneration of the Caledonian Forest help to reconcile Man's dominion over Nature… aye, it's comin' yet for a' that…
"Wi' plenty o' sic (such) trees, I trow (trust),
The World would live in peace, man;
The sword would help to make a plough,
The din o' war would cease, man;
Like brethren in a common cause,
We'd on each other smile, man;
And equal rights and equal laws,
Would gladden every isle, man."
From "The Tree of Liberty" by Robert Burns
In gratitude and fond memory of Wallace Allen Shaw (31.1.34 – 19.12.10)
I dedicate this to all the wonderful people of Scotland for allowing me to visit their breathtaking country and for being so wonderful while I was there, to Robert Burns for his beautiful poetry and also to Mr. Gerry Butler for inspiring me to visit his home.
Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year to all!
A very Merry & Blessed Christmas to the Phabulous
RT BURNS CLUB - ALL THINGS ROBERT BURNS AND SCOTLAND. Most especially Rose, Alexandria, Janice, Teresa, Keith, The Incomprable Gari Glaysher,and all the members.
Deborah Ann
For my mom.
These trees are dedicated to the memory of Phyllis and Tom Wright from Essex. Phyllis was an accomplished poet who had much in common with Burns, writing about everyday life and observations. Tom was an accomplished painter and Calligrapher. They shall be greatly missed and are together at last.
With Love
Arthur,Theresa,Rosemarie and Michael Rounce and Teresa and Keith King.
These trees are dedicated to all those who kindly donated raffle prizes for our RT Burns Club, Burns Cottage Event on the 24th July 2010.
Teresa and Keith King,Reg Tait, Anne Gomez, Kathleen Procter-Moore, Sarah Crome, Anne Caluwaert, Kirsten Easdale, Michael and Janice Rounce,
Margaret and Tom Morrall, Donald Kay, Dave Elliot, Gari Glaysher, Jose Maria Porto Fayos, David Sibbald, Peigi McCann and artists From Our Hearts For The World charity album. Also Alan Grier of ProMUGS, Scottish Gemini, Robert Burns Gifts.
With much thanks.
RT Burns Club
These trees are dedicated to my friends and officials at RT Burns Club:
Alexandria Horyski - Reg Tait - Teresa King Anne Macpherson - Geoff Crolley.
With Love And Thanks
This tree is dedicated to all those who attended our RT Burns Club, Burns Cottage Event, 24th July 2010. You all made it a very special night to remember.
Thank you.
RT Burns Club
To Gerry Butler and Family.
Dear Gerry Butler and Family,
From George and Donna Jean Montalbano and Clan. May you always enjoy the Caldonian Forest with all its wonderful trees, etc. etc.
This tree is dedicated to
Deborah Ann Barnum in thanks for all her wonderful support and kindness. Thank you Deb.
Love Rose and Alexandria
This tree is dedicated to Karen Richmond for all her wonderful support and kindness. Thank you
Love Rose and Alexandria
In conjunction with the RT Burns Cottage Event, 24th July
This tree is dedicated to Alexandria, Nicholas and Michael Horyski, to commemorate their visit to Burns Cottage and Scotland 2010.
This tree is dedicated to Reg Tait, CEO of RT Burns Club, in thanks for all his hard work and support for RT Burns Club, Burns and Scotland.
This tree is dedicated to Geoff Crolley and his tireless campaigns for a Burns Corridor and The Robert Burns International Airport and in thanks for all his work for RT Burns Club.
This tree is dedicated to all the wonderful members of The RT Burns Club in thanks for their great support.
Love Rose and Alexandria
These trees are part of the 37 trees donated to The Robert Burns Grove by RT Burns Club for their RT Burns Cottage Charity Event, 24th July 2010.
We dedicate this tree, to the Lovely Lassies kindly performing at our RT Burns Cottage, Charity Event, 24th July, 2010.
Anne Gomez - Irene Rice - Peigi
McCann and Sarah Crome.
And Another tree is dedicated to the Lovely Laddies Performing too.
Callum Cooper - Robert Mac -
Donald Kay - Keith James King -
Jamie Rogers.
A Big Thank You.
With Love
RT Burns Club
I dedicate this tree to a very special sister and lady, Marie Teresa King. Thank you for all your generosity and support and for all you do for others.
Love Rose
I dedicate this tree to a dear friend and lady, Deborah Ann Barnum.
Thank you for all your generous and wonderful support.
Love Rose
These dedications are in conjunction with the RT Burns Club Cottage Event, 24th July.
Raising funds for The Grove.
For Rose Marie who works so hard for a cause she loves.
These trees are dedicated with sincere gratitude to Rosemarie Rounce, Alexandria. Peigi McCann, David Sibbald and all members of the RT BURNS CLUB - ALL THINGS ROBERT BURNS AND SCOTLAND. Wishing you much success with the 'RT Burns Cottage Event 24th July'. Love & hugs Deb Ann
We dedicate these trees to Lin Glaysher, wishing her a very Happy Birthday. Also to husband Gari Glaysher, for all they both do for charity.
Thank You.
With Love
From the Rounce/King family.
In conjunction with the RT Burns Club Cottage Event, 24th July 2010, Raising Money For The Robert Burns Grove.
This is dedicated to my father and mother, Harry & Hilda MacFadyen who were a great inspiration and whose work ethic drove me on to better my lowly start in life.
To Rose Marie and Lady Alexandria founders and creators of
And all the members who love and revere dear ?Rabbie?
??Amang the trees, where humming bees
At buds and flowers were hinging, O,
Auld Caledon drew out he drone,
And to her pipe was singing, O.
These trees are dedicated to Robert Burns with heartfelt gratitude For a that and to whom it led me.
We donate and dedicate these trees to the Robert Burns Grove
in honour of the patriotic and talented Scottish actor
Gerard Butler, whose deep wish is to portray Robert Burns on film, may this soon be realized.
With Love
RT Robert Burns and
The Ladies Of The Lair.
We donate and dedicate this tree to our talented friend and member screenwriter Janet Thompson Deaver, who has written an amazing screenplay on the life of Robert Burns. May Janet be in Scotland soon and realize her dream, as she so deserves.
Love Rose and Alexandria
and members of RT Robert Burns
I donate and dedicate this tree in the Robert Burns Grove in thanks to my wonderful friend Alexandria Horyski, Canadian Ambassador For The Homecoming and RT Robert Burns co. founder. Thank you for all your support and hard work.
I also dedicate a tree to her wonderful son Nicholas Horyski in thanks for all he does for the environment and for being an amazing young man.
May you both be in Scotland soon.
Love Rose
We donate and dedicate this tree in the Robert Burns Grove to eminent Burnsian, Dr.Gerard Carruthers from the Centre For Robert Burns Studies, Glasgow University in thanks for a wonderful interview.
RT Robert Burns
We dedicate these trees in the Robert Burns Grove to all the amazing members and Honorary Members of RT Robert Burns for all their wonderful support. Thank you.
Roll on 2009
Love Rose and Alexandria
Angels lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly
Rosemarie you've been an angel
Such support, an aide, a crutch
A friend, not just in fair weather but foul
And I'm grateful ever so much
Dedicated to Rosemarie Rounce from all her friends at RT Burns, Alexandria & Nicholas Horyski
I donate and dedicate these trees to the Robert Burns Grove
in honour of the patriotic and talented Scottish actor
Gerard Butler, whose deep wish is to portray Robert Burns on film, may this soon be realized.
With Love,
Suzie Weller, Texas Gramma
For my father, Donald Walter White, to take root in Scotland in honor of our family's "roots." From Diane.
I dedicate this tree in honor of my wonderful friend Rosemarie Rounce for her birthday. Happy Birthday dear Rose!!!
A friend gives hope
When life is low
A friend's a place
Where you can go
A friend is honest
A friend is true
A friend is precious
My friend is You
When it comes to friends
There's lots of them about
But you're the very very best
Of that, there is no doubt
Happy Birthday Rosemarie
Have a most wonderful Birthday Rose
Hugs and love always
Alexandria, Nicholas and Michael
We dedicate this tree in the Robert Burn's Grove in honor of DEREK ACORAH'S BIRTHDAY - JANUARY 27TH!!!
Through the brightness of his kind soul and kind heart Derek has touched so many people's lives here and in the spirit world. He has given so much of himself to others and never turns away a cry for help.
With this key in sight
many doors are opened,
many dimensions.
An angel comes with
a silver platter and a crown,
with food for the journey.
"Go in Peace" he says
the journey is long
but the Light is Bright.
and the Might is on you
and the river is calming
Derek is the angel for us all. He truly holds the key and opens the door to the Spiritual World to the many lost souls.
Warm regards from
Sandra (Alexandria) Horyski and Nicholas in Canada
Rosemarie and I and ALL of RT BURNS dedicate this tree to SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER ALEX SALMOND in honor of the recent announcement for the ROBERT BURNS film staring Scot GERARD BUTLER.
There Once Was A Dream, A Dream That Was Burns
Once there was a dream that was Burns and you could only say it in a whisper
To hope and pray that one day a dream could come true and could be realized
The distant Ancient Highlands would say his name in a whisper and send it along on the north wind, Burns, Burns, Burns
Can you hear the name from within the distant fog and spread about the moors
It is a name that history has written within her book with tears of forbidden love that is for sure
Love and hate we are told indeed go hand in hand, throughout the ages of time they both indeed span
Burns is indeed a legend, a myth and is truly more than a mortal man
His words of love, passion have tested time itself, more than he could have ever planned
He takes his rightful place as a romantic and can be said he was a realist, far beyond his given time
His words of passion make you dig down within your heart and soul, you say with a gentle whisper, I wish him to be mine
Many a fair maiden have fallen under his spell, how many through the years, it is hard to tell
The promise of true love and devotion pulls at your very soul and is part of the very magic of the spell
Without his words and touch your body feels like a distant empty shell
So as you drift through the years remember as it nears your time to pass, there once was a dream, a dream that was Burns and it has been realized
Now that Dream of Burns has indeed been realized and at long last the legend that is Robert Burns shall be brought to the big screen for all to enjoy.
Given with much respect and honor from ALEXANDRIA HORYSKI
(OFFICIAL HOMECOMING SCOTLAND AMBASSADOR), ROSEMARIE ROUNCE and all the members of RT BURNS
From the Findhorn Community
These trees are dedicated to the ever elegant Rose, the lovely Alexandria, the perceptive and precocious Nicholas, the determined Peigi, the delightful David and the princely Gari. These dedicated and gracious advocates of the immortal Robert Burns truly inspire us to embrace all things Burns, and everything Scottish. I am fortunate and proud to call each of you Friend, I love you all, always.
Deborah Ann
These trees in Robert Burns Grove are dedicated to the brilliant Spinto Tenor Gari Glaysher and the success of his first CD
We dedicate these trees to David Cochran Murdoch 1922-2008, who had a love of trees, The Highlands and poetry.
With happy memories and all our love, Nan and the Girls.
O chi,chi mi mor-bheana
O chi,chi mi na coireacham
Na sgoran fo cheo
Chi mi na coilltean, na doireachan
Na maghan bana as toraiche
Na feidh air lar nan cocireachan
Falaicht'an trusgan de cheo
O I will see, see the great mountains
O I will see, see the corries
And misty peaks.
I will see the woods, the glades
The fair and lovely plains
The deer at the foor of the corries
Enfolded in a mantle of mist
Gaelic song by John Cameron
These trees are dedicated to the brilliant British Spinto Tenor, Gari Glaysher in honor of the release of his first CD 'Seranata', may many more follow. My wish is that Mr. Glaysher's career and these trees will flourish together.
Love - Deborah Ann
To honor Robert Burns:
"So may, old Scotia's darling hope,
Your little angel band
Spring, like their fathers, up to prop
Their honour'd native land!"
I dedicate this in honor of Kari and Warren from Sconestone and all the awesome work they are doing with this gesture of paying it forward. I awoke early, as I often did, just before sunrise, to walk by the ocean's edge and greet the new day. As I moved through the morning dawn, I focused on a faint, far away motion. I saw a youth, bending and reaching and flailing arms, dancing on the beach, no doubt in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin. As I approached, I realized that the youth was not dancing to the bay, but rather bending to sift through the debris left by the night's tide, stopping now and then to pick up starfish and then standing, to heave it back into the sea. I asked the youth the purpose of the effort. "The tide has washed the starfish onto the beach and they cannot return to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun rises, they will die, unless I throw them back into the sea." As the youth explained, I surveyed the vast expanse of beach, stretching in both directions beyond eyesight. Starfish littered the shore in numbers beyond calculation. The hopelessness of the youth's plan became clear to me and I countered, "But there are more starfish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is up. Surely you cannot expect to make a difference." The youth paused briefly to consider my words, bent to pick up a starfish and threw it as far as possible. Turning to me he simply said, "I made a difference to that ONE." We keep throwing back the starfish, time and again, realizing that some may wash up to the shore and need to be tossed back into the ocean again. The rewards are realized by recognizing the individual accomplishments. Every so often, we really do make a difference, a life is turned around and that starfish becomes a star Kari and Warren thank you both for making a difference in starting Sconestone From : Sandra (Alexandria) Rosemarie Rounce and all the members of RT Burns Group
In memory of my dear dad, David Murdoch, who instilled a love of poetry,Scotland and its flora and fauna.Also to offset my recent travel footprint
Much loved and missed dad x
These Trees, in celebration of Robert Burns Birthday are for the
We dedicate this tree in the year 2013, in honour of Robert Burns birthday on the 25th January.
In Memory of 'The Greatest Scot' Robert Burns. We dedicate this tree on the 21st July 2012, in remembrance of his far too early death, on the 21st July, 1796.
Dedicated to the talent and efforts of Rose Marie Rounce,
Dedicated to Allan Scott-Douglas, who sang beautiful Robert Burns songs at the Gerard Butler Fan Convention in Las Vegas last weekend. Allan played Burns in a show last summer and I'm sure he did a fabulous job of it.


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[Ed note: Lori and Courtney don't like to take on pop-psychology by themselves. It gives them the heeby jeebies, and runs a high risk of inducing anger and/or exasperation. So they decided to team up to debunk this faulty logic. The result is the below post. Enjoy.]
Courtney: While blatantly hocking his new book, Dr. Ogi Ogas (ah, yes, also famed game show contestant and Homeland Security consultant), offers a highly original and nuanced argument: feminism is ruining our love lives. We've never heard that before.
In any case, Ogi (I have to use his first name because it's just too much fun), is arguing that women and men are both turned on by inequality based on the internet search data he has mined for insights into human sexuality, plus some neuroscience that–surprise, surprise–he interprets as directly correlating with his pre-cooked theory about how people get turned on.
Lori: Ogi kind of boggles my mind with this. He truly believes that "feminism is the anti-viagra." He likes to quote erotic romance novelists as saying that "one of the problems we're having in romance in general right now…[is that]we're portraying men the way feminist ideals say they should be-respectful and consensus-building." He also thinks the term "rapey bodice-rippers" is a totally scientific way to describe What Women Want, and devoted an entire section of his Psychology Today article trying to prove that "gender equality inhibits arousal."
Courtney: Isn't it nice when all of your biases and, perhaps even your own personal preferences, are perfectly proven by the evidence you selectively include and interpret? Makes life really simple and sells books really effectively. Ogi writes:
So what's a loving couple committed to equality, consensus, and mutual compromise to do? Negotiating sexual politics has always been difficult, but paradoxically the laudable and necessary victories of gender equality activism might make it even more challenging. We're all figuring out how to live in the first society in human history where women have such power, independence, and clout. But just as democracy has no effect on our basic taste preferences for sugar and fat, democracy doesn't affect our basic sexual preferences for domination and submission.
There are a few things I find especially problematic about this little assertion. First and foremost, how does Ogi, and other corroborating scientists (of which there are many), get from some people are turned on by being dominant or submissive to equality writ large ruins sexual desire? Seems like a pretty preposterous leap to me. After all, one could be in a truly egalitarian relationship, that consensually and joyfully plays around with power dynamics in the bedroom. I would argue that the foundational equality of their relationship would actually make role play even more available to them.
Lori: I agree. I recently wrote an article on TheGrio about race play in the BDSM community, and researching that topic really opened my eyes to the ways that power play can be fun, sexy, and empowering- for those who choose to participate consensually. But Ogi fails to make this crucial distinction, dismissing power play and sexual desire as something that can only exist on a subconscious (and therefore, consent-and control-free) plane. I appreciate that he's attempting to speak publicly about women's desire, and validating this as a subject, but his analysis lacks nuance and shames those women, and men for that matter, that dare to have fantasies about control with an immature scientific argument that amounts to little more than a feminist "gotcha" attempt. Toying with power, perceptions, attitudes, and history as part of one's sexual experience is more fun when done consensually, as Nancy Schwartzman and the "Where Is Your Line" campaign, Ben Privot and The Consensual Project, and many, many others have pointed out. Plus, dear Ogi ignores basic scientific studies that have demonstrated that feminism is damn sexy.
A Rutgers University study found that feminism boosts sexual satisfaction for both men and women, and that having a feminist partner is linked with healthier, more romantic relationships, at least for heterosexual couples. A study published in the journal Sex Roles found that:
-College-age women who reported having feminist male partners also reported higher quality relationships that were more stable than couples involving non-feminist male partners.
-College guys who were themselves feminists and had feminist partners reported more equality in their relationships.
-Older women who perceived their male partners as feminists reported greater relationship health and sexual satisfaction.
-Older men with feminist partners said they had more stable relationships and greater sexual satisfaction.
Courtney: But really the kicker for me is the notion that democracy has no effect on our relationship to power and/or sexuality. Our culture–whether political, pop, or otherwise–directly shapes our most personal ideas about family, love, and sex. People far wiser than I have made that assertion over and over again. Maybe Ogi should step away from the data sets for a bit and read up on interconnections and socialization. While we wait for Sami's new book to come out (yayayayaya!), I'll give him this, from Terry Tempest Williams, to start:
The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions. Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather than our opinions? And do we have enough resolve in our hearts to act courageously, relentlessly, without giving up—ever—trusting our fellow citizens to join with us in our determined pursuit of a living democracy?


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A heated argument broke out in my house this afternoon.
I live in a rental situation, renting a large room (with my own bathroom and workspace, real nice setup) in a Filipino household. Love my landlord, get along great with the other housemates, but to emphasize the 'Filipino' aspect of the living situation, there's a lot of family taking residence here. And with family, with teenage offspring, with high standards and expectations from the older immigrant generation speaking upon the younger American-born kin, tension is inevitable.
The daughter of one of the housemates is looking for colleges to apply to, and is hellbent on going to an art school. However, when her grades dropped, her SAT scores came back unsatisfactory, and she showed symptoms of not taking her education seriously, she pulled the relevancy card. These stupid classes aren't relevant to me, because I am going to art school and that's that.
As the argument churned onward, my landlord (this girl's aunt, again, Filipino family and me in this house) stated very bluntly 'I don't want you going to art school, I want you going to a REAL school, with REAL classes, that get you a REAL job.'
As an art major, I could feel my heart sobbing in inky blackness to hear those words. Art school isn't a real education. Art school doesn't get you a real job. The whole argument, I just felt this sensation of wanting to jump in and assure each of them they were wrong. But it's a family argument. I'm merely a tenant. I have no jurisdiction getting involved in telling this family how to raise their daughter. I just took my laptop and Slurpee into my bedroom, and let the shouting diminish before hearing the telltale door slam to queue the all clear.
I'm certain my landlord didn't intend to strike a chord with me, but she did. It's a very harsh reality and crippling epiphany that's been plaguing me for the last eight years. It's the abundance of misconceptions around the value of the Art Major, and the sincere difficulty in getting one.
Do not shirk your High School education.
The relevancy card.
A ploy by young students, thinking they understand how the world works, that any education beyond that which they already know will not be relevant to their field, and therefore, does not need to be taken 'seriously.' Who needs to know history when we can call up any event at our fingertips, when Wikipedia is just a flash of the iPhone away? Who needs calculus when computers are doing all these calculations for us? What's the point in taking chemistry when a specific field has no correlation to it?
Throughout high school, we believe the stuff we're learning will not come into play later. While that's a true fact, the training we're intended to pick up has nothing to do with the content of the course work, but our ability to absorb information. We are training our minds (which like every muscle needs fitness to be healthy and strong) to pick up these lessons and more effectively commit them into practice. It's what we do with all our muscles. Why do football players run through tires, when tires don't even appear on the field during a game? Why do swimmers lift weights when there isn't an ounce of iron in a pool, or army recruits do squats when we're yet to have weaponry controlled by our buttcheeks?
They're training their muscles to keep them fit.
When you go into art school, your brain needs to be fit as a ground infantry's ass is toned. You have to keep your mind fully in the game, because unlike high school, art school requires you to pick up on tenets you have probably never practiced before. In high school, ever taken a class in cinematography? Photomanipulation? How about simple design and composition? Animation? Unlike other universities, art schools are giving you information that has never echoed off the walls of a high school classroom. And thanks to continuing cuts to the arts in the United States, that ain't gonna change.
Shirk your high school education, go into art with a dull brain unreceptive to learning new techniques and principles, and you are dead in the water. I learned this far too late in life, and struggled tremendously in art school from it. I had a hell of a tough time starting out, which only become an ongoing nightmare when the beginner classes ascended to intermediate level. I didn't take my high school education seriously, and ended up undergoing a tremendous psychological shift in 2004 where I got serious with my work and started adopting some sort of a work ethic.
Many others did not. They survived by pulling the relevancy card over and over again in high school, thinking they finally hit their true calling at an art school, and then terrible terrible reality crashed down upon them with supernova force. Maybe the information itself was irrelevant, granted, but their untrained minds, just flabby unstimulated mush, hadn't learned...to learn.
The Drop-Out Rate in Art School is Monstrous.
Being unable to learn, these people are always the first to go. If they couldn't grasp geometry, no way in hell will they get texturing. Can't understand trigonometry, then you're screwed to be forever incapable of 3d modeling. They went into Art School assuming art would be that forever escape away from math.
But it doesn't end there. While half of applicants eventually drop out within the first year, it's one of those experiences where there is no home stretch. There is no downhill run at the end, no assumption of 'if I can survive this class, everything from here on out will be a breeze.' There is no such thing. It only gets harder as it goes along.
I had to adopt a work schedule of 60 hours a week just to stay afloat at art school in my second year. My dad would tell you of the dozens of late nights and sleepless weekends I spent, because the loud cantankerous family printer was next to his bedroom. Oh, the late nights we would spend as I print off a concept design book for a class at 4 in the morning, each of us a coffee in hand, he's getting up for an early start to the day, I'm simply re-energizing to push Wednesday evening's project through to 1pm Thursday. And that was just the second year.
Year 3, I simply did not exist. I hardly remember anything from 2006.
By the time it was all said and done, and I finally drove home from my very last class on Friday afternoon, fueled only by a 6 hour binge nap I took on Wednesday, I collapsed onto my bed, my last conscious thought being 'I started art school in a class of 130. I'm one of 3 who made it.' I could only muster a couple euphoric chuckles before clicking off into a dreamless blink of unconsciousness, awaking seemingly in an instant on Sunday evening with a note taped to my bedroom door from my parents offering me congratulations.
It takes a lot out of you. In my class, the drop out rate was 98%. You have greater chances going to medical school or law school than you do getting that diploma.
The job market is there, but highly competitive.
Even then, the odds are still against you. Finding a professional art-related job is extremely difficult. However, I have to correct my landlord in saying that you can get a job in the field, and with art under your belt, it is pretty versatile. Chemistry majors usually have to work chemistry. Physics majors have to do aeronautics or engineering. Art majors can find a spot in just about every company imaginable, whether it's visual effects for the next Avatar, or designing an online menu for a mom and pop Chinese restaurant.
But artists are in constant competition with one another.
Here on deviantArt, I'm very open and encouraging of other artists. Especially my fellow color artists; I want to help them out as best I can, and give them their due praises and encouragement. Outside of deviantArt, though, until we are actually hired on a team together, you are my enemy. You are trying to keep me from making my living, and I am keeping you from your's. Survival of the fittest, baby. When you bring your A game, I too will bring mine, and we will duke it out with every neuron in our mind, every fiber in our fingertips. With a dignified silence, without words or blows exchanged, we will fight. Fight dirty. Fight unfair. Fight ferociously. Because if we don't battle to stay on top every day, we will be surpassed by the others.
So it's important to keep your options open, and pursue an art major that opens up a lot of doors to improve your demand. Graphic design is the obvious choice for best pick, because every publication and piece of media requires it. It is the foundation of all things art, all things visual, and until humanity evolves beyond the necessity of eyeballs, graphic designers will be needed no matter how bad the economy, how trite the script, how awful the design doc.
Animation is the second obvious choice. They don't come along easily, and finding a truly good animator is even more difficult. Oh, sure, companies are trying more and more nowadays to bypass the necessity of good animation. Just a cursory glance at 'Problem Solverz' shows cartoons trying oh so cutely to overcome its importance. But the truth is, animators can get jobs way beyond their own field, and get hired to work for science and architecture.
Go back to the first point. Do not shirk your high school education. With that animation degree, you will need to know the content you're animating. Want to make a simulated visual aid for a chemistry project to win a multi-million dollar grant? Bet you wish you paid more attention in chemistry class. How about a projected step by step construction process for that billion dollar high rise? Sure would've helped to take math more seriously.
Artists always need a fall-back skill, too. Math is mine. I was always good at math naturally, but didn't do well in school because I kept pulling the relevancy card on my own parents. Who needs stupid trigonometry? What kind of idiot goes around measuring shadows at flagpoles? Sheesh!
Fast forward five years, and I'm in a Flash class, working on a game where a cannon shoots a ball towards the cursor.
'How do I make it follow the mouse, then shoot when I click?'
'Follow the mouse?' my teacher looks over my shoulder. 'Oh, you need a Math, Tangent operator in the code.'
'Tangent? Wait, as in-'
'Yeah, trigonometry.'
'Umm...' My face sinks to a scowl. 'Oookay, so, tangent. That for, err...'
'You do know trigonometry, right?'
'Uhh...I, umm.' I look down in shame. 'Damn.'
'Relevancy card, huh.' The teacher smacks the back of my head. 'Shoulda kept it in the deck there, skippy.'
There are several other great majors that focus in art that open many doors in the professional world. Website design. Advertising design. Even video game art and design. Believe it, video game majors can easily get jobs outside of the game industry, as the industry itself is one of the most fast-paced quality demanding fields out there. After developing the skills necessary to work on video games, they are easily qualified to apply their skills in countless fields.
For example, in El Segundo, Maba Media is a company created by former game design graduates who make simulated car crashes in 3d software for court cases. Zoic Studios in Marina Del Rey, who does the CGI sequences for CSI: Miami and American advertisements for luxury cars, hires visual effects artists from Electronic Arts.
Almost all art related majors overlap in several ways, and are interchangeable between multiple industries.
In summary...
Art school is, in many ways, a lot more difficult than a regular university. While the work there may not be as tedious as solving parabolas or measuring the atomic weights of molecules, the time and energy required can sum up to a much greater quantity than its academic counterparts. Many things can go wrong with art, too. Paint can run. Markers smudge. Renders can cancel, files corrupt, animation rigs break, textures reset, and sculptures drop. The stress art students go through is insurmountable in comparison.
Regular students just have to worry their thesis is spelled correctly, their numbers are aligned, their handwriting is legible, they go into the class properly studied and knowing the course material enough to survive the midterm test.
Art students? We have to make sure we don't leave our drawings in the sun. We can't put too much water on paints, or too little. Every speed bump in the campus garage is a traumatizing endeavor of crippling worry as we pray to God, Odin, Jupiter, Zeus, and Patrick Swayzee that our external hard drive doesn't chip with each thud against pavement. On top of knowing the course material and doing all the homework, the commute to campus is as psychologically draining as awaiting the results of a pregnancy test.
It's easy to get in to art school, I'll give that. Yet they don't make it easy to stay. It's like a frying pan, any dope can place their palm flat against its hot surface. However, it takes a special breed of calloused masochist to not pull away. In my class, I'm amongst the 2% of psychotic socially inept drones who managed to get through. And it was all because of a strong work ethic I only wish I had in high school. It was because of a solid staff of teachers who had faith in me. And above all else, it was because my dad cracked the whip, kept my ass in gear, and never once cashed in my relevancy card. I was a perfect candidate for just another case of year-one dropouts going in, but drastically adapted into a completely new animal that actually clenched that diploma without the luxury of a home stretch.
And I wouldn't have done anything else differently.


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"Wow Kurt your making my day so much better, I was in a funk at first until now" He said as they were still on the dirty floor but he didn't care and it seemed maybe his boyfriend didn't care either. "I love you Kurt Hummel, and I hope it will be forever someday" Blaine said kissing him back.
Kurt brightly smiled "i am really happy i can help you" he said kissing Blaine once again "i hope so too, i can't picture myself in the future with anyone but you" he said as the kissed for a while…"H-Hey…" Kurt said pulling away gently "w-we should clean this mess so we can snuggle…would you like that?"
I had fun yesterday :)
I'm glad you did sweetie :D i had a great time too
and what are you up to?
Hi honey!
Blaine was in hysterics at the reaction he had just gotten from Kurt, oh how adorable was he. Just let say he was cute as a button right there and then, but the next moment he felt the flour thrown over his head and he had to laugh and kept the food fight together. The kitchen was a mess but he felt Kurt take him down as they slipped on the milk. "Your adorable" he said still in hysterics as he kissed Kurt on the nose not wanting to move from this moment. Kurt had been the best thing that came into his life.
They kept in the floor for a while staring at each other and Kurt smiled when Blaine told him that he was adorable "so are you, besides…i'm not the one who looks like the cutest puppy ever" Kurt said and grabbed him by the neck and kissed him softly "I love you Blaine Anderson" he said against the other boy's lips
How was your day, Kurt? Anything exciting I should know about.
I had a great day, thank you
hmmm exciting as in what kind of exciting
i mean i saw Blaine and that's always exciting
but other than that…
what about you and certain blond, lady?
Blaine laughed as he felt the flour hit , ok that wasn't fair at all "Hey" he said as he wiped his face. That was it he was going to get his boyfriend back for it and saw a bowl of eggs and knew he might pay later for doing this, but he had to have fun with his boyfriend. He took the egg and splashed it into Kurt's hair. Blaine laughed and it was really that moment he was feeling better just having fun with Kurt , when he might miurder him later.
Kurt gasped in surprise as he felt Blaine splashing the egg in his hair "do you have any idea about how long this is going to take to make it dissapear from my hair?" he asking with a fake anger "Blaine Anderson you are SO dead" he said as he throwed even more flour at him and to his hair too, they kept fighting for a while, everything was laughing and giggling, the floor was a little wet since they throwed some milk at it too so suddenly Kurt slipped and fell, taking Blaine with him and Kurt couldn't stop laughing
"Of course I want to have chocalete cookies, those are the best Kurt" Blaine answered him as he was sitting at the table in the Kitchen. He was never the best cooker himself, he tried and well it didn't go as plan. Just Like Finn and the pudding incidet. He just stared kindly at the boy in front of him.
Kurt started to mix the ingredients that included milk, flour and chocolate…he spotted Blaine looking at him and he smiled as he took some of the flour and throwed it to Blaine who ended up with the face white and Kurt just laughed "you are the cuttest thing EVER" he said as he cleaned Blaine a little bit and Kissed him gently


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Perth Western Australia 6000
(08) 6468 7100
Mon-Thu - 7:30 - 15:00
Fri - 7:30 - 21:30
Sat-Sun - 8:30 - 16:00
Source foods is a nice simple café located at the corner between Brisbane and Beaufort St, which offers burgers, salads and simple dishes made using fresh produce. They have an emphasis on vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, organic, and free range food, and affordability.
They have a small cabinet with sweets, but they do not bake on weekends, so you are going to find what is left over from the week (or so I am been told by the waitress), which is sometimes a poor meagre selection of sweets. I tried the brown rum balls, and they tasted really nice, but were very dry.
+ Guys, do not over-grill the chicken because it rests juiciness and tenderness to the salads.
+ They would make a favour to themselves if they baked some desserts in advance for the weekend. Otherwise, it would be great having some easy-to-make-in-the-morning sweets that you serve during the day. Like cream caramel, rice pudding or whatever you want.
+ They cater for private functions.
+ They have regular food and coffee specials and offers. Check their website and facebook site to get them.
Location: 6/10
Layout: 6.5/10
Ambience 6.5/10
Food: 7/10
Coffee: 6.5/10
Service: 9/10
Pricing: 8/10
2 comments:
- Ben Morris said...
Hi there everyone.
Cheers for the honest and humbling review. We sincerely appreciate all of the feedback and aim to constantly improve our cafe.
Just a note that we do in fact offer freshly baked sweets on the weekend.
Our organic baker Abhi delivers fresh breads, croissants, escargots and friends each Saturday and Sunday morning at 6am. Also, if our chef's are under the pump with busy weekend trade and simply cannot bake sweets, we tend to utilise our local baker Lawleys to fill the cabinet with fresh muffins, bagels and caramel slice.
All in all, you will definitely find fresh baked goods on the weekend.
Cheers and and I hope you don't mind the update via your comments feed.
(Owner, Source Foods).
- 23 October 2012 10:35
- Teo Degas said...
Hi Ben
One of your waitresses told me that, so I am not making it up. In fact, you are confirming that explicitly, i.e. that you do not bake or cook sweets during the weekends if you are busy. Your words.
You say that in those cases you have Lawley's things instead. Well, I can go to Lawleys or any supermarket selling Lawleys stuff and buy that stuff myself. Do you know what I am saying?
I expect a cafe, like yours, with your food philosophy, to provide customers with organic, gluten free vegan and normal staff cooked/prepared in the premises. Otherwise, you are doing the same as other cafes without any food philosophy are doing.
What is more, the times I have visited during the weekends, at around lunch, the cabinet is almost empty of any sweets. My experience.
It would be worth it trying a menu of a few desserts that you bake in advance for the weekend. I am convinced that is something that you can easily improve :).
- 23 October 2012 17:57


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Try This: Paint the Wall Behind a Shelf to Make Vignettes Pop
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I love when people display trinkets in their home; vignettes of beloved objects tell stories about their owners' history, passions and personalities. An array of objets on a shelf is enough to start a conversation or create a focal point, but if you want to really drive attention to your collection, consider giving it a creative paint job. It's like a real-life highlighter for your stuff.
These photos come from Justina Blakeney, a stylist and designer who has used this colorful trick more than once, first as part of a client's living room makeover, and then in her own 'jungalow' home.
I was recently introduced to Justina's blog thanks to a post on At Home in Love, although her home (and pre-painted shelf) is featured in the Big Book of Small Cool Spaces, and she and her sister have been featured on Apartment Therapy before.
The how-to for this creative color job? Paint your shelf, then paint the wall behind it with the same color. Go for modern geometric shapes or get a little abstract and paint outside the lines — it's all up to you!
(Image credits: Justina Blakeney; Justina Blakeney; Justina Blakeney; Justina Blakely)
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I love the idea of using the same color for the shelf and painted area behind the shelf, but like carolineemma, I'd need my "shapes" neat and tidy. I like nichos, too, and they would really pop with a painted background. What great way to add just a touch of contrasting color.
I like nichos, too,
Are "nichos" like nachos but for the design crowd? ;-)
The imperfection of those shapes is what draws me to them, personally. I think Justina is fabulous. If they were perfectly symmetrical shapes, they'd look like decals (which isn't bad either, but I'd be much less interested in them if so).
Well, well, well--my comment about learning how to draw/paint circles and straight lines magically disappeared. I still believe that, as discerning noted, use of a compass, straightedge, and protractor would have made the above examples much more appealing (at least in my opinion).
I could never look at these without seeing the hand-drawn shapes as flawed, crooked, out of round, etc. I'm not a perfectionist, so that's not it; but I'm sure this must mean there is something wrong with me.
I love this! The 'imperfect' shapes is just a matter of opinion and taste, but the idea of doing this is so fun, and I think they look adorable!!
Ah! No, I didn't create a new word, but I didn't realize nichos were not well known. A nicho can hang on the wall or sit on a table or shelf, and is a form of Mexican folk art, whose origins lie in honoring a deceased loved one, or a saint. More than just a picture frame, although it maybe a picture frame, it is designed to evoke a memory, and may also hold tiny objects of affection---like a diminutive tableau or whatnot shelf. It might just have flowers in it.
Nichos are usually handmade by the relative (and as different as snow flakes), but the attached link shows metal nichos you can buy. http://shop.mexicanfolkart.com/categories/Metal/Nichos/
Certainly you can create a nicho for someone still living, but the tradition comes from honoring and remembering someone who has died. I am neither Mexican or Catholic, but you don't have to be to love nichos :)
From Wikipedia: Nicho art originated as a popular adaptation of the Roman Catholic retablo tradition of painting patron saints on wood or tin. Unlike the large, flat panels of retablo, nichos are small and built in shadow box style. Common structural conventions include hinged doors, carved borders, and multiple panels.


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A number of powerful earthquakes jolted cities around the
world in recent weeks. The latest happened Friday morning in Mexico. What's
behind all these destructive quakes?
"You go through quiet periods and active periods," said
Paige Colburn with the Madison County EMA. "A month ago, we were in a 4-month
quiet period where we didn't have anything over 6.9."
While earthquakes are more likely to strike around the
Pacific Rim, we wanted to know the likelihood of a major one happening in North
"There is no history of large earthquakes over magnitude
5.0, there is no plate boundaries, so it is extremely unlikely that would
happen," said Colburn.
Alabama lies between two seismic zones, and the closer
one runes right through our area. While a powerful quake is unlikely, earthquakes
themselves are not out of the question.
There was one that struck Fort Payne on April 29, 2003, a
4.9 quake. It didn't do any serious damage, but it certainly scared some
people. It also wasn't something most were prepared for.
"The thing to know is to drop, cover, and hold on," said
Colburn. "If you are outdoors, stay outside. If you are indoors, stay inside
when you feel the ground shaking because the most likely way to get hurt is things
Since earthquakes come with very little warning, it's a
good idea to secure heavy items to the walls of your home and have a disaster
supply kit ready.
"Always remember that text messages are easier to send
after any kind of disaster, than a cell phone call because they require less
bandwidth," said Colburn.
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