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Final Major Project- Final OutcomePosted: May 12, 2017 Filed under: Field | Tags: Cardiff Metropolitan University, Connection, Graphic Communication Leave a comment
My exhibition space is finally complete and I am so happy with it! I decided to print my typographic wall on vinyl and don't think it could have looked any better! I also printed two vinyl circles, one that explained what I wanted the experience to be like for the audience, encouraging them to take a label and stick up their thoughts on the wall, and also another to encourage the audience taking a conversation card.
The only thing I would say is that I think my book could have been printed better. I don't think it did my designs any justice. The printers I went to just didn't do the job I was looking for. After printing my book I had to ask to get it done again as it just wasn't at the standard I was looking for. I sat down with one of the workers to ask what would be the best way to print but she didn't seem to have any idea, just giving me examples of different paper weights. I wanted the book to look as professional as possible but in the end I was handed a second print that had been ripped slightly and just not the way I wanted it, but there was no time to get it printed again. This is something that I'm going to have to deal with in the future but now I know I'm going to have to think about exactly how I want my work printed before, so there are no issues. But I'm also never going to go back to that printers again…
Apart from that I am really pleased with the work I have produced and I'm looking forward to seeing how the audience will interact with my space but also with each other!
Final Major Project- Final Wall DesignPosted: May 10, 2017 Filed under: Field | Tags: Cardiff Metropolitan University, Connection, Graphic Communication Leave a comment
So I had to change the layout of my wall from horizontal to vertical. As we had limited in our exhibition I had to rethink my design but in the end I think it worked out for the better. It shows a clear path as you read from top to bottom. I also liked the idea of it being a path to a broader connection. I wanted to make sure the message would flow so I had to use specific important points from the book in order for each sentence to link together. But I also wanted each point to stand out on it's own so I used the black and white alternatively as well as bringing the opacity down on the white to break it up otherwise it would have looked too much for the eyes.
Here is my development where I changed the sizing of some words as they were overpowering the most important words which are 'WE BELIEVE' 'WE ARE' WE NEED'. I also mocked up what the wall could look like once the audience had stuck their labels up. I think the end outcome will look really interesting and even more engaging as people will start to read what other people have to say.
My final design flows a lot more now as the words carry on from each other and have more of a story after I changed some of the messages towards the bottom. I'm really happy with the final outcome and I can't wait to see what it will look like on vinyl. I think vinyl will really compliment the design as it will be part of the wall.
Final Major Project- DotsPosted: May 9, 2017 Filed under: Field | Tags: Cardiff Metropolitan University, Connection, Graphic Communication Leave a comment
Dots represent connections. To get people to interact with my space I thought it would be a nice idea for them to have their say, but I had to think about how I would actually get them to do this! I wanted them to be able to write their thoughts and opinion on the topic and it finally came to me to use stickers, DOT STICKERS! I wanted all my work to tie together and relate to my concept and through the use of dots I could do this!
-A dot that gets bigger as you read on through the book acting as a visual metaphor.
– Dot labels that can be written on that represent a connection when the audience puts their say on the wall.
– The pattern on the conversation cards is a polka dot pattern that represents the audience coming together and connecting.
Final Major Project- Expressive TypePosted: April 26, 2017 Filed under: Field | Tags: Cardiff Metropolitan University, Connection, Graphic Communication Leave a comment
I really liked the idea of using expressive type throughout my project. The story of my book has been put together as if someone is really trying to send a message with loads of key words and phrases to go alongside it. I thought it would look really eye catching if I used brush fonts so slather and overlay the body text showing passion for the message trying to get put across.
Here is two examples of what I was going for and I think they really emphasise each key section within the book.
Final Major Project- Wall DevelopmentPosted: April 18, 2017 Filed under: Field | Tags: Cardiff Metropolitan University, Connection, Graphic Communication Leave a comment
Before I decided that I wanted to use expressive typography, I put together this first draft where I just took all the research I had conducted and created this sort of infographic typography design. I liked where the idea was going but I knew it needed a lot of work as it didn't have much of a aesthetic look to it, it didn't have enough life to it.
After finding my inspiration from expressive typography I then redesigned the wall and made it more fluent and lively. It has a much more interesting style.
Final Major Project- Concept DevelopmentPosted: March 21, 2017 Filed under: Field | Tags: Cardiff Metropolitan University, Connection, Graphic Communication Leave a comment
The point of my project is to get people to start interacting with each other so I thought I had to create a space where people could interact! I came up with the idea of creating conversation cards with questions that would spark a proper conversation. I needed to make sure the questions would allow for further conversation and not just a one word response.
Also for my book I thought it would be an interesting idea to have a dot that represents the reader as a connection. As they then read through, the dot would get larger and larger acting like a visual metaphor. I realised that this could be an ongoing theme throughout my project and was open to even more ideas to use this concept. I thought it would be a nice idea to get people to have their say and what better way to use dots for people to write on stick up. I found white dot sticker labels online so the plan was coming together! When the audience put their dot up on the wall they are adding another connection to the wall, as people come together to give their opinion on what they about the topic.
I started to think about the style I wanted to go for, and with colours already in mind, I started to explore the idea of expressive type. I liked the idea of maybe having slashings of a brush overlapping my body text to express the message I will try to communicate. This would also look great for my wall as if someone had graffitied all over it.
I did a lot of research into different ways of expressing type and these are a few of my favourite examples that I hope inspire me when creating my own. I think using a brush font is a must as it really stands out but can also run perfectly through my body text. I already have the look I want in my head and I really think it's going to work well with my concept! I want my project to have a particular style and identity which I think could really drive a piece of design that informs a really strong message.
Final Major Project- StoryPosted: March 18, 2017 Filed under: Field | Tags: Cardiff Metropolitan University, Connection, Graphic Communication Leave a comment
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"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will be full of idiots."- Albert Einstein
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What we think we are-
"Connection is why we're here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives us purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it it there is suffering."- Brené Brown
Is it real?
We live in a world where we believe we're the most connected society that has ever been. We are a generation that cannot go two minutes without checking our mobile phones and god forbid we leave home without them. As humans we want to be connected, we are hardwired to connect, our bodies need human connection to prosper. Social media allows us to feel this connection, but the question is, is it real? We live in the age of distraction with our multiple technological devices which in a way gives us the sense that we are connected to the world, to our friends, to our loved ones and to the people that we share our lives with, but we're not. Social media is an easy way to 'connect' without really connecting. Although we might have more connections through hundreds and thousands of Facebook friends and Twitter followers, these connections don't have real meaning.
Have we become too immersed in the digital world and not present enough in the real world?
"Social media sites creates illusion of connectivity." – Malay Shan
Social media sites can give us both a false sense of connection and cause overload and put increased stress in our psyche and inevitably our bodies. They can make it hard to distinguish between forming meaningful versus casual relationships. They don't really work for learning about each other, for really coming to know and understand each other. We use conversations with each other to learn how to have conversations with ourselves. We are becoming a generation of 'touch and go' through superficial connections as opposed to authentic and vulnerable inside out connections. The question then becomes whether e-connections truly stands for e as in 'electronic' or rather e for 'empty?'
We have become obsessed with cultivating horizontal relationships, with vast networks of shallow relationships with people who are not present. The compulsion to check our phones and the need to stay tied into the horizontal network can make people withdraw from the present. We see groups of friends together, but not 'together.' No matter where we are we have our phones in the palms of our hands, staring at the words on our screens instead of the face of the person sitting across from us. These little devices, the little devices in our pockets, are so psychologically powerful that they don't only change what we do, they change who we are. We choose to devote large portions of our time to connecting online and are becoming more isolated than ever in our non virtual lives. We want to be connected 24/7 out of fear that we might miss something, but in fact what we're really missing is the world around us.
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"We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness."- Albert Schweitzer
What we really are-
"Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email."- Ryan Holmes
Technology can create elaborate social networks online, but these can unexpectedly lead to social isolation. In some cases, communicating online replaces face to face interaction for users, reducing the amount of time they actually spend in the company of other human beings. In addition, these social networks sometimes replace a small number of strong social connections with a larger number of much shallower connections, leading to situations where a user may have large numbers of 'friends' but few actual real world companions. This can lead to depression and feelings of loneliness as spending more time online with social networks can actually have an adverse effect on a user's happiness level. A lot of advocates of social media will say that they actually increase connectedness between people and while this is true on a far reaching but basic level, it is actually providing an automatic distancing factor when it comes to taking our relationships with others out of the shallow end. Social media doesn't give us the nuanced understanding and relationship building we get when we are present with our friends. For sharing intimacies, for sharing difficult news, for saying we are sorry, for really getting to know someone. It gives us that sense of connection without the demands of intimacy and the responsibilities of intimacy.
"As connected as we are with technology, it's also removed us from having to have human connection, made it more convenient to not be intimate." -Sandra Bullock
Technology appeals to us most where we are most vulnerable. And we are vulnerable. We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. We're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. We turn to technology to help us feel connected in ways we can comfortably control. But we're not so comfortable. We are not so much in control. Instead of relying on the people around us we are relying on our phones and in turn are becoming lonelier than ever. Loneliness is an increasing problem in modern life. Growing reliance on social technology rather than face to face interaction is thought to be making us feel more isolated. It means we feel less connected to others and our relationships are becoming more superficial and less rewarding. Loneliness is typically associated with being alone, but it also effects people when they are surrounded by others and well connected socially. This is because loneliness is about the quality rather than the quantity of relationships that we have.
"We expect more from technology and less from each other." -Sherry Turkle
We have become so good at isolating ourselves with social media that we don't even realise that we're lonely. We don't want to admit that if someone took away our phones, we would feel uncomfortable making small talk with a stranger or filling an awkward silence with a friend. We don't like thinking about sitting by ourselves and feeling disconnected. But at the same time, how much closer do you really feel to someone just because you saw their Instagram? We know exactly what our friends are doing every day, not because they told us about it, but because we saw it on their Snapchat story. If someone asked us if we feel connected, our answer would be a resounding "yes." But how many times have we sat with someone without checking our phones? Taken a group picture and not instantly thought of how to filter it? Actually enjoyed being out on a Friday night without Snapchatting it to our entire address books? We might feel like we're deeply connected to all our Facebook friends, but in reality, we've mastered the art of being lonely.
Why does this matter? (Being 'elsewhere')
We can ask ourselves, why does this matter? But the way in which we relate to each other is in jeopardy, but also in how we relate to ourselves and our capacity for self reflection. We're getting used to a new way of being alone together. People want to be with each other, but also elsewhere, connected to all the different places they want to be. People want to customise their lives. They want to go in and out of all the places they are because the thing that matters most to them is control over where they put their attention. We've ended up hiding from each other, even as we're all constantly connected to each other.
Being in the 'moment.'
"The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments."- Thich Nhat Hanh
One of the primary teachings of Buddhism is that happiness and contentment can only truly be achieved by living in the now, by appreciating each moment as it is occurring. We put our conversations with friends "on pause" to disappear into our phones, when what we're really doing is putting our lives on pause. We have gotten to the stage where we can't be having a great moment with our friends without stopping and posting it all over social media. We are tweeting and posting away our awareness of the present moment and trading it for recognition in our social circle. We are more concerned with letting everyone know just what we're doing than we are with experiencing it for ourselves.
We believe the connections we have over social media are true friendships when in fact, if you have a crisis in your life, you'll notice something. It won't be your Twitter followers who come to sit with you. It won't be your Facebook friends who help you turn it round. It'll be your flesh and blood and friends who you have deep and nuanced and textured, face to face relationships with, the connections you have but take no notice of.
"The quality of your communication is the quality of your life."- Anthony Robbins
Life, he told them, is not lived in the glow of a monitor. "It's not about your friend count. It's about the friends you count on."- Eric Schmidt
Technology and social media has completely transformed the way we communicate, and it turns out not for the better. We are dehumanising ourselves, we are losing our human qualities. The quality of our communication. The quality of face to face communication.
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"Electronic communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true."- Charles Dickens
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What we are missing-
We need to start talking. Really talking.
"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."- Bryant H. McGill
"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."- Richard Moss
"Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard and valued."- Brené Brown
People believe that face to face communication is overrated. How we trick ourselves into thinking that we can truly know someone and experience real communication through text alone. Communication is about more than just exchanging information. It's about understanding the emotion and intentions behind the information. Effective communication is also a two way street. It's not only how we convey a message so that it is received and understood by someone in exactly the way we intended, it's also how we listen to gain the full meaning of what's being said and to make the other person feel heard and understood. We are a society that hears, but doesn't listen. We need to learn to empathise. We need to put ourselves in the place of another person and imagine what they are going through. We suppress this capacity by putting ourselves in environments where we're not looking at each other in the eye, not sticking with the other person long enough or hard enough to follow what they're feeling. The mere presence of mobile phones in face to face conversations inhibits the development of closeness and trust, and reduces the amount of empathy we feel from our partners. This, if you dig deep, is why there's a shadow growing, a prevailing sense of loneliness and isolation in an increasingly populated world. What's the point in having a conversation if you don't care about what's being said? In order to feel we need to understand and in order to understand we need to listen. Are we getting to the point of not feeling?
"The art of conversation lies in listening."- Malcolm Forbes
"Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words."- Leonard Mlodinow
Effective communication is the glue that helps us deepen our connections to others and improve teamwork, decision making, and problem solving. It creates a bond. It enables us to communicate even negative or difficult messages without creating conflict or destroying trust. More than just the words we use, face to face communication involves the integration of multimodal sensory information, such as nonverbal cues. The way we listen, look, move, and react tells the other person whether or not we care, if we're being truthful, and how well we're listening. When our nonverbal signals match up with the words we're saying, they increase trust, clarity, and rapport. When they don't, they generate tension, mistrust, and confusion. These factors are critical to effective communication and play a huge role in helping to synchronise the brain with others within the conversation. In fact, research has shown a significant increase in the neural synchronisation between the brains of two partners during face to face communication, but not during any other type of communication. We need social contact and we do better physically and mentally when we have human contact.
"The spoken word belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens."- French Proverb
Nonverbal communication adds repetition. It repeats the message we are making. It can substitute a verbal message as our body language conveys a far more vivid message than our words. It compliments and emphasises our message as we use facial expressions to increase the impact of the words we use. They allow us to express ourselves. These nonverbal cues are what prevent miscommunication. Without any information other than words, the meaning we make out of the cryptic electronic messages we receive is necessarily shaped by our own feelings and expectations. Consequently, what we believe is being said may have very little to do with what the the other person wishes to communicate.
In the absence of nonverbal cues we have very little to help us discern what the other person is trying to tell us. Without these clarifying cues, we frequently 'fill in the blanks' with our customary worries and assumptions. So, if we are given to feeling criticised, we will read criticism into the words. If we are nervous about being rejected, 'evidence' confirming this will be easily discovered and if we are anxious about demands being made on us, many messages will read as imperatives. To complicate matters further, our relationship with the specific person who has sent the message and our particular thoughts and feelings about them also informs the way in which we fill in the unknown or unclear parts of the communication. If you want to become a better communicator, it's important to become more sensitive not only to the body language and nonverbal cues of others, but also to your own.
"People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude."- John C. Maxwell
Face to face communication boost efficiency, it gets things done quicker. Why beat around the bush? If you want to say something, say it. If you want something to get done, get it done. Face to face communication has real time responsiveness. It allows you to say what you want when you want. It gives us instant feedback and though nonverbal cues we don't have to worry about miscommunication. It makes things simpler. Why wouldn't you want that?
"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said."- Peter F. Drucker
Unlike any other type of communication, face to face communication has all the cues available to us. Words, facial expression, body language, tone of voice, room temperature, room noise, and other people in the room that might be present. If there is something missing in the person's words, there are other cues that will complement the message, if they are congruent with the words. The message will be more complete and clear when all cues are present. Words just aren't enough. We never had to learn to process body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice. We evolved this capability, it's innate. But we had to spend years learning to read and write with any level of sophistication. The brain needs and expects these other, more significant channels of information, and when they don't come, the brain suffers and so does the communication. The problem then goes way beyond just an increased chance for misinterpretation.
The words that are spoken or written are to convey a message, but they don't get the complete message across. Visuals might be used to aid and help understand the message but it doesn't capture the true essence of what is being communicated. We need more than this.
Facial Expressions-
When communicating nonverbally with others, we often use facial expressions, which are subtle signals of the larger communication process. We smile, frown, eye roll, pout, scowl, and appear bored or interested. Other facial expressions might indicate excitement or even shock, like opening our eyes or mouth widely. Winking could signal that we're joking about a remark we made, or even flirting with the person to whom we are speaking. Raising our eyebrows might communicate that we're surprised or that we don't understand. The face as a whole indicates much about human moods, our specific, emotional states, such as happiness or sadness. Facial expressions, more than anything, serve as a practical means of communication. Using all the various muscles that precisely control mouth, lips, eyes, nose, forehead and jaw, the human face is estimated to be capable of more than ten thousand different expressions. This versatility makes nonverbal facial expressions extremely efficient and honest. Understanding facial expressions and their meaning is an important part of communication. Facial expressions reflect what a person is thinking or feeling inside. It shows if we are interested, it shows if we care. We need to start caring again.
The expressions we see in the faces of others engage a number of different cognitive processes. Emotional expressions elicit rapid responses, which often imitate the emotion in the observed face. These effects can even occur for faces presented in such a way that the observer is not aware of them. We are also very good at explicitly recognising and describing the emotion being expressed. The emotional expressions presented by faces are not simply reflexive, but also have a communicative component. For example, empathic expressions of pain are not simply a reflexive response to the sight of pain in another, since they are exaggerated when the empathiser knows he or she is being observed. It seems that we want people to know that we are empathic. Of especial importance among facial expressions are ostensive gestures such as an eyebrow flash, which indicates the intention to communicate. These gestures indicate, first, that the sender is to be trusted and, second, that any following signals are of importance to the receiver.
A facial expression can state a lot. A nod indicates understanding, a frown may say: "Please explain that again!" We are able to classify an expression much better when it moves naturally rather than when it is 'frozen' in a photograph. In order to gain the advantage of dynamic information, we need to see the expression moving for at least one hundred milliseconds. Visuals just aren't enough, we need real time expressions, we need more than just an emoji.
"The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as it's interpreter."- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Body Language-
It's easy to underestimate just how important body language is for communication. It's something we tend to pick up on unconsciously, so we tend to pass over it without taking much notice. But what we see really can change what we hear. So body language contributes an enormous amount to what we pick up in communication and in particular, communication of our emotional states. But such communication is necessary for a sense of community and emotional connection with others as it takes the emotional intelligence to pick up on others' subtle emotional states to feel genuinely intimate with them. Social media makes it impossible to pick up on body language, it doesn't just make it harder to communicate, it actually makes it impossible to create a genuine community at all.
Body language can alter or reinforce a person's message. Confident gestures using the arms and hands, for example, can help to convey an assertiveness which might persuade the listener to comply with a person's orders, whilst disinterested body language may dissuade one party from continuing a conversation with the other. We use our hands to demonstrate the words we speak. We can shrug our shoulders and, without a word, we've just said, "I don't know." We can turn our hands over palms up in front of us to say, "I don't know what else to say. That's all I've got." Leaning forward into the conversation indicates that this person is interested in hearing what the other person is saying. Leaning back would indicate that we are disinterested or feel too superior. We illustrate through hand movements, it makes the conversation more engaging. We are painting a picture of what we are saying.
"Body language is more powerful than words."- Ricky Gervais
"Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in conversation is read through the body, not the words."- Deborah Bull
"I can read your body language like a conversation."- Dom Kennedy
Eye contact-
Because your eyes said you were feeling it too.
Face to face communication allows for increased eye contact, which builds increased trust and encourages group members to confide in and co create with their group. It increases creativity. The eyes can indicate interest, attention, and involvement with audience members, while failure to make eye contact can be interpreted as disinterest. Gaze includes looking while talking and listening. The length of a gaze, the frequency of glances, patterns of fixation, pupil dilation, and blink rate are all important cues in nonverbal communication. Eye contact is a sign that we are good listeners. Now what has the eye got to do with listening? When we keep eye contact with the person we are talking to it indicates that we are focused and paying attention. It means that we are actually listening to what the person has to say. That is where the saying "Don't just listen with your ears" comes from.
Our eyes are a way of building a connection with the other person. This could mean we like that person. We feel comfortable talking and communicating with the person or we are just plain falling in love with the person! Either way, the eyes say it all. A big part of eye contact is building trust. A person with whom we are talking to will be more likely to trust and respect us as eye contact indicates an openness in communication. It shows that they have our attention. The eyes serve as the focal points of the body; they are the first thing we look for in the face. Combined with the fact that we look at things that interest us and away from things that don't, we show that the other person is at the centre of our attention and interest. All we really want is attention.
The eyes are the messengers of the soul.
We keep our eyes open (or peeled)," we "see eye-to-eye" with some but "turn a blind eye" to others. Some people are "more than meets the eye," some are "the apple of your eye," and some "a sight for sore eyes." You may prefer "not to bat an eye" but be sure that no one can "pull the wool over your eyes."
"Eye contact: How souls catch fire."- Yahia Lababidi
"Never, never, never let words come out of your mouth when your eyes are looking down."- William Bourke Cochrane
"Eye contact is way more intimate than words will ever be."- Faraaz Kazi
Your voice-
Conversing online or through text messages has led to the loss of important elements in human communication. A face to face conversation involves verbal communication, whose meaning can be affected by a person's tone of voice. Intonation, volume and the stress placed on particular words can change the recipient's interpretation of a statement completely. Our tone tells the truth even when our words don't, even when we're unaware of that truth ourselves. And it's our tone to which others respond. Communicating passionately, quietly or angrily can completely impact how people interpret us.
"We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us."- Friedrich Nietzsche
Communicating face to face allows us to show our true emotions. We hide behind our screens and pretend that we're happy, when we're not. We're lonely but choose to seek happiness over our mobile phones instead of the people around us. We need to realise that happiness comes from living. We're not actually living, we are looking for something more and in return receiving something less. Texting allows us to mask our true emotions. We might text someone saying we're fine when in fact we are not. Emotions create connection.
"The value of emotions comes from sharing them, not just having them."- Simon Sinek
The ultimate emotion
Many researchers believe that the purpose of laughter is related to establishing and strengthening human connections. Laughter creates attention and occurs when people are feeling comfortable with one another. Consequently, laughter creates a contagious reaction and the more laughter there is, the more bonding occurs within a group of people. When we laugh the brain emits powerful hormones known as endorphins into the blood stream, and these endorphins are responsible for that 'feel good' feeling, that afterglow that we experience after a good old laugh. They are responsible for the feelings of happiness and joy we feel when we laugh. And these very same endorphins are responsible for feeling connected with someone, which is why laughter and laughing together fosters and deepens the emotional connection in our relationships and provides an avenue to true intimacy.
Laughter unleashes a sense of joy and overall happiness. And when we share or bring laughter into our relationships it brings with it a sense of belonging, a sense of feeling truly loved and accepted. It creates a bond and sense of specialness. Laughter is not false.
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."- Victor Borge
"There is little success where there is little laughter."- Andrew Carnegie
"Laughter is the fireworks of the soul."- John Billings
When face to face communication is not possible, we try to compensate by giving added weight to whatever cues are available to us at the moment. We settle. We also compensate by using symbols as nonverbal cues. We try to replace our facial expression by adding emotions to our texts and emails. We try to add tone of voice to emails by capitalising when we want to yell, or we try using colour, bold and italics so we can emphasise our words. We even create avatars to represent us. Why can't it just be us?
Emojis are fake emotions.There is no way to replace face to face communication. No smiley face can replace the warmth conveyed by the smiling eyes of a loved one. No cartoon red face can show the genuine embarrassment we show when we blush, no amount of LOLs can tell us when someone is having a belly laughter with tears in his eyes.
Why settle?
We need to be present. We need to actually 'be in the room.' We need to share all the conditions within the space we are in. It's what's called being 'in the moment,' being present. Noise, temperature, smells, everything else that is going on while the communication is taking place. All these little things that surround us is what we call life. And at the moment, we are not living…
We need to take time away from the pings, beeps and chimes to evaluate our and our families' changing relationship with technology. We need to stop letting technology and social media take over the way we communicate and connect. Really connect.
We need to start living in the 'NOW.'
"Take a deep breath. Get present in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second."- Greg McKeown
"Communication- the human connection- is the key to personal and career success."- Paul J. Meyer
"The most important things in life are the connections you make with others."- Tom Ford
"The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection."- Robin Sharma
"Cherish your human connections- your relationships with friends and family."- Barbara Bush
"Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life."- John A. Piece
I don't want to reveal everything because i want people to come up with their own ideas, their own experiences.
There is so much more I could say but what I have found is that when people have read the content inside my book they have come up with their own ideas and experiences, sparking conversations that go on and on. After my mum and dad read the story we ended up having a discussion about the topic for over half an hour!
This is exactly what I wanted!! I want to get people talking! Really talking!


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I look through the darkness,
I look at the world.
It's events come to me in deep, murky swirls.
I remember the sadness,
I remember the joy.
My thoughts bring him back to one little boy.
He grew up too fast,
He grew up too quick.
He can't remember the times when a sword was a stick.
His childhood came,
His childhood went.
He can't remember if the time was well spent.
He cries in the darkness,
He cries for the past.
He wishes he hadn't tried to grow up so fast.
The darkness surrounds him,
The darkness holds tight.
He fights at it's grip with all of his might.
I look back on time,
I look back and see.
I remember him now, this boy is me.
Is my whole life an act? Do I just dress this way to cover up what I'm like on the inside? I know this is how I want to look, but why do I want to look this way? With the leather, chains, spikes, and studs I look like I'd be one of the meanest people around, but on the inside I'm weak and shy. I can hardly talk on the phone I'm so reticent.
I keep my feelings to myself and don't tell people what I experience on the inside. I avoid people, events, movies, and social functions because I don't like to be around groups of people. It takes me a long time to get to know others because I keep to myself so much. If I like a girl it takes weeks, even months, for me to tell her because I fear rejection so much. I can flirt with girls and have fun hanging out with them but when it comes to telling one how I feel I hit a brick wall. nine times out of ten the girl ends up making the first move because I have such a low amount of confidence. By looking at me and seeing how I dress you'd think I have a lot of confidence, but on the inside I'm just a shy, teen with low self-esteem. So, for this reason, I have to ask, 'Is it all an act?'
I feel so alone. I only have one good friend here, and the rest live at least an hours drive away. I can't make friends or get a girlfriend, and I have to wonder if it's my fault. . .
I try so hard to be me. . . to be myself that I push others away, I don't go to social functions, I don't participate in activities, and I'm naturally anti-social. And I wonder why I'm so alone? No, those can't be the reasons because if that were the answer why can't I find very many friends online? I tell people the internet is my life, but my life there isn't any better than here.
All I want is a girl I can cuddle with and talk to, is that too much to ask? All I've ever wanted is some one who understands me, some one I can confide in.
I spent all that time in "Peer Helpers" and "The Student Support Team" learning to help others and, in truth, I can't even help myself.
There is such an emptiness inside of me that it hurts, I have to do something, but I don't know what. Hopefully I'll figure it out soon because being the Wayward Soul is tearing me apart. . I feel so alone it hurts.
Too many thoughts, too many problems, too much of everything and yet not enough. My life feels like an empty void. I am one, lone person surrounded endlessly by nothing.
Few friends, no job, no activities, all love is to me right now is a cruel joke. I don't know what to do, I don't know where I am in life.
So many plans but not enough time to do anything, yet I have so much spare time I spend it doing nothing.
My life is an enigma that I can't figure out. How can one's life be so much and so little at once?
I try to reach out of the void for the comfort of another but all I pull back is more of the darkness that surrounds me. If anyone hears these pleas help me.
My time in the darkness is taking its toll, my search for myself has left my life empty, all I have are my thoughts and the riddles that come with them. . .
At last I feel as if I have found my inner-self, with the start of the Camist Bible I have set my beliefs, and I feel comfortable with how I look. Yet, I must continue to be the Wayward Soul.
Though I have found myself I have left life behind, while wandering I took to total anti-social behavior so I have few friends. Now, I must wander in search of the life I lost, but I do not believe I will find it here.
Now as the Wayward Soul I must venture into the real world rather than into myself. I must, once again, discover the joy of life, if it exists. Hopefully I will be able to obtain that which I seek and still keep a firm grip on inner-self.
So, now I still wander as the Wayward Soul, but this time I have a different goal I must acquire.
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Fontaine, a new design firm and home furnishing studio is opening on Saturday, September 22. I'm eagerly awaiting what this store will look like as the concept sounds interesting. According to the press release, the store will carry home décor accessories, like vintage Christmas ornaments up to a new chandelier. Ooh la la! The store will also do fresh floral arrangements. The store's owner Barry Avery says the store was named after his maternal grandmother, Ione Fontaine Wiltgen.
Speaking of stores named after a grandmother (what a weird coincidence!), Dottie Rose, a vintage furniture and clothing store, is also named after owner Melissa Ernst's grandmother(s). Ernst, a whippersnapper at nineteen years old, is a Middleton resident and opened the store recently.
Just down the street from previously mentioned Fontaine is Forza Gallery, a gallery dedicated to "servicing the needs of the local creative talent." Forza was opened in early September by FoRCE, or the Foundation of Retaining Creative Energy. This local arts group puts on fun events like Arts Crawls, which happen the first Friday of each month.
Artists interested in displaying work at Forza need to go through an application process; twelve artists will be chosen every year by the FoRCE's board of directors.
Say 'bonjour' to L'Occitane en Provence, opened September 20 at Hilldale Shopping Center. This upscale French bath and body brand has an air of luxury with its elegant store layouts and beautiful orange and brown packaging (it doesn't sound pretty but it is ☺). Scents will remind shoppers of European countries, like a lavender face moisturizer and olive scented face scrub.
Fontaine, 811 E. Johnson St. 310-8004.
Dottie Rose, 1835 Parmenter St., Middleton. 831-9099.
Forza Gallery, 825 E. Johnson St. madisonforce.org
L'Occitane, 638 N. Midvale Blvd. 233-1646.loccitane.com
Friday, September 21, 2007
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Andrea Bocelli's September 15 Central Park Concert to Be Taped for PBS Broadcast
The concert, conducted by Joe Miller and featuring music direction by Alan Glibert, will also feature the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Addditonal guest performers will be announced shortly.
Bocelli has performed classical recitals and opera on the stage of the Vienna State Opera, the New York Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Washington Opera, the San Antonio Opera, the Berlin's Deutsche Oper, and Florence's Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, among others, and he has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Europe currently offers a better investing environment for corporate bonds compared with the US as companies are more conservatively managed on this side of the Atlantic, according to fund manager Sander Bus.
Investors should be careful not to get carried away with the superior growth prospects in America, as it also has a flipside with risk-taking, says Bus, portfolio manager at Robeco.
He also believes the perceived threat to bond values from rising interest rates as tapering gets underway in the US is misunderstood because the Federal Reserve (Fed) is still pumping billions of dollars into the economy, albeit it at a declining rate. Rising rates mean bond yields also rise, and their prices, which move inversely to yields, fall.
"The European economy is currently lagging the US, as growth is only just starting to pick up on this side of the Atlantic whereas the American economy is relatively roaring," says Bus. "This bodes well for European corporations."
"The lack of growth makes the management of European companies a bit more conservative than their counterparts in the US, where risk-taking is conducted at a slightly higher level and faster pace. That makes Europe a better environment for bondholders to invest in, and so we have a slight preference right now for European high yield bonds."
Bus says the austerity campaigns in Europe can hurt economic growth, but as there is no need for incremental austerity this year, the fiscal drag will ease. Peripheral markets for sovereign bonds have been recovering strongly, and this also helps the credits in these countries, particularly in the larger bond markets of Spain and Italy.
"Going forward, we think that Europe will continue to recover slowly, which in itself is good for credit quality, and the US will remain as healthy as it has been so far," says Bus.
"Happily, we are in this low-growth environment at the moment where companies can fund themselves at attractive levels. And if companies have access to the bond market when the economy is not doing too badly (rather than roaring), it does at least ensure that the default rate stays low. It's a nice environment for companies to operate in, while bondholders still get decent-enough returns."
European corporate bonds in the past have enjoyed a massive outperformance versus the US, but spreads – the difference between yields on corporates and sovereigns - have since compressed. "The relative performance differences between Europe and the US are likely to be quite minimal this year," says Bus, whose global fund is able to play relative value trades between the two regions according to who is doing better at any one time. The quality of the companies and bonds however clearly is in favor of European high yield. "Credit quality is on average one notch higher for European high yield in comparison with US high yield," says Bus.
Meanwhile, investors should not worry too much about the end of quantitative easing in the US from the Fed's program of tapering, which cuts the amount money that is created each month to buy back bonds in order to stimulate the economy. Tapering is viewed as the end of easy money, leading to higher rates and lower returns for bondholders.
"All that tapering is doing is reducing the additional levels of money that are being put into the system, but billions of dollars still get printed each month" says Bus. "The liquidity that the Fed throws into the market is still increasing, but at a declining rate – it was an extra $75 billion in December rather than $85 billion, falling to an extra $65 billion in January, and so on. Every month the Fed is still creating billions of dollars to buy back bonds, and the end of monetary easing is still a long way away."
"Europe will not hike interest rates and might even increase liquidity into the system. Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, is still talking about easing interest rates. He still has his foot on the pedal of easing because the economic recovery in Europe is still very fragile, and inflation is completely absent."
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newest release from Kangaroo Fashions -Raglan is a Tiny Diva delight.called Shocktober 2012 in honor of the Raglan festivities this month. The dressd is also availabale at the Kangaroo Fashion - Main Store - Tiny Outpost
model is Wynx Avatar - red bunny WynkWorks
This wabbit is a natural for the fall season, her colours are a deep rust lending themselves to many of the Fall colours that we will see in the Tiny Outpost shops, or in the Raglan commercial centres.
The rabbit does come in other colours, check them out.
If you require animations for your Wynx Tiny avatar - Abranimations for Tinies
is located to the left of Wynxworks if you are standing in front of the shop. If you have friends that are human, there are wonderful animations there for the interaction of human andTiny. Dance, there is a wall of dances.
The texture on the shocktober dress is original work by Qyhat Harbour, it was created with YOU in mind. There are lot of fun and entertaining gatherings in October, both in Raglan and Tiny Outpost. Qyhat has priced the dress so it is very affordable. Accessorize in your own Diva style to make it your very own look. note that vendor box on the floor is sale priced, (under 50L) in the vendor on the wall you will pay full price $120
Hair is from CIC - Calico Ingmann Creations -Romeo - bleached Rose
Calico has a number of wonderful styles, not all will fit a Tiny, try the demos
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Earring is a Qyhat Harbour design -not currently for sale. Other merchants have jewelry, check them out, Tinies love bling.
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Tiny - we are ONE....
remember to support Jazz Paws, stop in the the Jazz Paws kiosk - if you have not already joined, please consider doing so. Jazz Paws is for and about us.
You will find all the information you need at the kiosk, if there is something you can't find, contact information is there for you to speak with someone.
Remember that there is Flickr group for Tinies to post in, Tiny Lifestyle, fashion and creativity http://www.flickr.com/groups/tiny_vogue/


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IN RE VICTORIA HICKS, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,v.NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
Respondent appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Donna Mills, J.), entered April 5, 2007, which granted the petition challenging the determination of respondent New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, dated July 5, 2006, establishing petitioner's maximum collectible rent.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Tom, J.P.
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In this article 78 proceeding, Supreme Court determined that the four-year statute of limitations under CPLR 213-a applies to a rent overcharge proceeding brought by a rent-controlled tenant, and held that respondent DHCR impermissibly examined the rental history of the premises covering more than four years prior to the filing of tenant's rent overcharge complaint. We conclude that CPLR 213--a does not apply to rent-controlled apartments or to administrative proceedings before DHCR. Furthermore, DHCR's determination had a rational basis, was not arbitrary or capricious or an abuse of discretion, and did not include an error of law. The agency ruling should have been confirmed.
On September 13, 2004, petitioner, a rent-controlled tenant, filed a rent overcharge complaint with DHCR asserting that her $739.15 monthly rent exceeded the maximum collectible rent for the apartment. In support of her complaint, she argued that the landlord's failure to serve her with notice of increased heating fuel costs for the years 2002 through 2005 precluded the owners from adjusting her rent to reflect fuel cost increases for those years. The owners responded that they had not collected a fuel surcharge since 1992, rendering notice of heating fuel costs immaterial. They further submitted a rent calculation chart to justify the amount tenant was being charged. Petitioner, in reply, urged DHCR to "review all fuel cost adjustment increases and the RA-33.10 [Fuel Cost Adjustment] Reports after 1980 to ensure a current rent amount that is accurate under the law."
Based on the documentary evidence, the Rent Administrator determined that there was no merit to petitioner's assertions concerning the lack of notice of fuel cost adjustments. However, from an examination of the rental history of the premises, he concluded that the monthly rent for the apartment should be reduced to $688.34. The owners then filed a timely Petition for Administrative Review (PAR) asserting that the rent reduction was based on an incorrect calculation. In support of their application, the owners submitted copies of various DHCR rent records, including orders setting the maximum base rent (MBR).
In April 2006, respondent issued an order that granted, in part, the owners' PAR. The order noted that several final rent orders had been overlooked in calculating the MBR. When the orders affecting the biennial periods commencing with 1988 through 1993 and 1998-1999 were included in the calculation, the monthly rent was determined to be $852.97.
Petitioner in this article 78 proceeding argued that the administrative determination was in violation of lawful procedure, erroneous on the law, arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion (CPLR 7803[3]) because DHCR had examined the rental history of the premises dating back to April 1, 1978, transgressing the limitations contained in the Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997 (RRRA, L 1997, ch 116). That legislation, petitioner maintained, bars "examination of the rental history of a housing accommodation for more than four years prior to the filing of an overcharge complaint." She further argued that the proceedings before DHCR were subject to the limitations of CPLR 213-a which, she contended, were amended by the RRRA to include a "four-year restriction for examination of the rental history of a housing accommodation."
Supreme Court agreed and granted the petition, vacating DHCR's determination and remanding the matter for further administrative proceedings. While acknowledging that "a two year statute of limitations applies to recovery of overcharges," the court construed this petition as "not seeking to recover an overcharge. Rather, she is seeking a review in the nature of declaratory relief." The court concluded that the four-year statute of limitations in CPLR 213-a applies to proceedings before the DHCR pertaining to rent controlled housing accommodations and that respondent's failure to limit its review of the rental history of the subject apartment to the period of four years prior to the filing of the overcharge complaint was arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion.
DHCR contends on appeal that no statute, regulation or policy prohibits the agency from examining the rental history of rent-controlled apartments without regard to limitations as to time. In addition, it argues that its calculation of the MBR is rationally based on both the law and the record.
It is well recognized that DHCR has a broad mandate to administer the rent regulatory system (see Rent Stabilization Assn. of N.Y. City v Higgins, 83 NY2d 156, 165 [1993]), and courts regularly defer to its interpretation and application of the laws it is responsible for administering, so long as its interpretation is not irrational (Matter of Gaines v New York State Div. Of Hous. & Community Renewal, 90 NY2d 545, 548-549 [1997]). We agree with DHCR's interpretation of CPLR 213-a that it does not apply to housing accommodations subject to the rent control law. The statute provides: An action on a residential rent overcharge shall be commenced within four years of the first overcharge alleged and no determination of an overcharge and no award or calculation of an award of the amount of any overcharge may be based upon an overcharge having occurred more than four years before the action is commenced. This section shall preclude examination of the rental history of the housing accommodation prior to the four-year period immediately preceding the commencement of the action.
While CPLR 213-a applies to "residential rent overcharge" and does not make a distinction between rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments, the legislative history makes clear that it applies only to rent-stabilized dwellings. The four-year statute of limitations was introduced in 1984, in the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA) amendments,*fn1 with the simultaneous enactment of CPLR 213-a (L 1983, ch 403, § 35) and the predecessor to what is now Rent Stabilization Law (N.Y. City Admin Code) § 26-516(a)(2) (former Code § YY51-6.0.5[a][2], L 1983, ch 403, § 14). Significantly, none of the ...
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Thank you for your question. My name is ***** ***** I will try to help with this.What problems has this caused?What problems would it cause if you did the same?
Alleyways like this between two terraced properties are rarely jointly owned. There are potentially several ways that they can be owned.
One property can own alleyway and the other one can have access over it..
Each property on either side and owns to the centreline and each property then has the right to go the other persons side.
The division can be the other way round whereby one property owns the front part of the alleyway and the other property owns the back part of the alleyway and each has the right to go over the other persons part.
It would be necessary to look at your deeds to see which is the case.
If he has built on your land with these blocks than it is trespass and you can take action to get trespass removed although the court may not do that if these have been in place for some considerable time and you have ignored them or you did not raise the issue with him while he was doing it. In the latter case the court would award you compensation rather than asking to remove the blocks this access severely restricted which I will now tell you about.
If he has narrowed the width of the alleyway to make it so tight that you could not (for example) get a wheelbarrow in and out then he also obstructs your right-of-way. The legal test for pedestrian access is, surprising though it may seem, whether you can take a wheelbarrow in and out. Before right-of-way is said to be obstructed the obstruction must be substantial. There is however no definition of substantial and each case would be looked at on its own facts.
It would come down to whether you could still freely walk up and down the alleyway this narrowed it substantially.
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Based upon what you are told me, you could get an injunction to making remove these blocks to reinstate the access. This is a substantial obstruction. Before taking him to court, you have to giving the option to remove them himself. If you send a solicitors letter he may think the you are serious about this whereas he could well ignore any letter that you send personally.
If you have house insurance it's worthwhile looking to see if you have any legal expenses cover attached to it which would pay for the cost of any litigation. If this went to court, because the alleyway was so narrow in the first place I think it is more probable that the court would order the blocks removed than not.
You can also ask the court to award court costs against him for making you take the trouble to go to court.
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I am sad, I don't have a camera. Thanks for all of your pleas to my husband, it has not worked yet, but I have hope!
I read my "sister", Laura's, blog today and she did this little ditty, so I thought I would do it, too. I don't want to lose any fans.
I also wanted to tell you that Lilly turns 2 on Friday! I can't believe it. She is 2...and what a pistol she is. You can be sure to check out the blog one day next week for a birthday update. Between Sam and Laura I am sure to have some pictures to post!
I hope you enjoy the "ABC's" of Me.....
A. Age: 33 (almost 34) I don't feel it
B. Bed size: Queen and I have a sealy posturepedic mattress and I LOVE it....best money we have EVER spent
C. Chore you hate: MOPPING...Brian usually does it, because I whine so much about it.
D. Dogs: If I had my choice I would not have any, but I have 2.
E. Essential start to your day: A Diet Coke and a conversation with my Lord!
F. Favorite color: Pink
G. Gold or silver: hmmmm...toughy. I like both A LOT!
H. Height: 5'6"
I. Instruments you play: Piano. Well, not really. I can only play chop sticks and 'Heart and Soul.' I took piano lessons for like 5 years growing up and that's pretty much all I've retained. (I ditto my sister-in-law on this one)
J. Job title: 5th Grade Teacher at Horn Lake Intermediate School
K. Kids: A healthy and happy little girl, Lilly Whitten
L. Live: Senatobia, MS (from Tunica, MS)
M. Mom's name: Lilibeth
N. Nicknames: Sara Whit, Whit, Whitty, Aunt Whitty, SW
O. Overnight hospital stays: When I had Lilly
P. Pet peeve: people smacking or slurping their food
Q. Quote from a movie: "Dear Lord, make me a bird; so I can fly far, far far away. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (I say it often at work)
R. Righty or Lefty: Lefty (and I always feel backwards)
S. Siblings: 2, Tom and Myra
T. Time you wake up: Monday - Friday 5:30 Weekends whenever Lilly does and that's usually about 7:30
U. Underwear: Yes, please.
V. Vegetables you dislike: beets.
W. What makes you run late: Sleeping in, trying to clean as I get ready, chasing Lilly
X. X-rays you've had: At the dentist...my mouth, my lungs when I had pneumonia, and my foot when I had surgery
Y. Yummy food you make: chicken roll ups
Z. Zoo animal favorite: the monkeys and the polar bears
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Random and an Update
Posted by Sara Whitten, Brian, Lilly and Walt at 11:51 AM
2 comments:
- Laura said...
Chicken Roll Ups!!! You should change the name to Sara Whitten Withers Atwood Roll Ups because they are your specialty. Love it!
- February 25, 2011 at 9:19 AM
- Libby said...
Sara Whitten, Forrest did not say that, Ginny did. Come on girl, you know better. Love you muchly.
- March 1, 2011 at 4:10 PM
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"If you see it you know it. What other excuse could there be for men and women dressed suggestively stopping vehicles," said Sedrick Gilbert, Bryan Resident.
Gilbert is concerned about the prostitution in his neighborhood.
"It's all during the day, where it's like a race track around here. You can see them going from corner to corner, back and forth," said Gilbert.
Residents say the prostitution problem is rampant often happening in broad daylight. In fact many residents, most of whom wouldn't go on camera, pointed a tree saying prostitution happens right there almost everyday.
"The prostitutes and the drug addicts, they actually sit under that tree. You can see the lighters lighting up from them smoking crack under the tree," said Gilbert.
Al Hauke with the Bryan Police Department says they're aware of the problem. This year they have conducted three undercover sting operations in the area. One of the operations took place this past weekend and led to 20 arrests
"Prostitution is related to our drug trade. Our drug addicts need drugs all the time and they're not afraid to put themselves out there," said Al Hauke, Bryan Police Department.
Many arrested have been arrested for prostitution before. Gilbert says he's happy the police are conducting stings, but they aren't going to solve the problem long term.
"More of a deterrent to it in this area would be to see boots on the ground. If the police patrol this street every night, you wouldn't see prostitutes and you wouldn't see drug addicts," said Gilbert.
Nevertheless, BPD feels they are sending the message that prostitution will not be tolerated. While Gilbert might not see more patrol cars, he can expect to see more sting operations in the area.


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The Choiceworks app is an essential learning tool for helping children complete daily routines (morning, day, & night), understand & control their feelings and improve their waiting skills (taking turns and not interrupting). Created with the support of leading hospitals and child development specialists, this app is designed for caregivers to provide clear and consistent support to foster a child's independence, positive behavior, and emotional regulation at home and in the community. It can also be customized for teachers in a school setting.
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Description i Get... My Daily Schedule, Recall My Day and Learn Calendar Concepts is an application providing a photo story for individuals that need support in understanding the steps that will occur/have occurred during their day. Fifty-seven icons with real picture images are used to illustrate the events of a day. Text statements can be individualized for each picture allowing app to be used for a variety of purposes, including receptive identification and expressive labeling. Personal photos can be added by the user with a camera ready Apple device or imported from the user's camera roll.
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ConnectABILITY.ca. This site is designed for individuals with a developmental disability and their support network. The visuals engine can be accessed here. Funded by a grant from Ronald McDonald Charities, this tool allows you to create, save and print choice boards, rule cards, schedules, first/then cards and more. The picture symbols used are from Boardmaker and are property of Mayer-Johnson. They can be used for non-commercial, personal and educational purposes. This is a wonderful resources for schools and families!


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Hi Girls
I have been very busy this weekend with clients from West Australian regional areas and when you think about it, access to certain services makes it very hard for brides who want to look perfect on their wedding day to organise their wedding. Unfortunately there is not much choice in WA's regional areas.
I just wanted to tell you about my experiences with 3 clients over the last 10 days who came from Darwin, Kalgoorlie and Karratha (for those not familiar with WA: Darwin is over 4,000km away, Kalgoorlie 500km and Karratha 1,500km) .
When brides come to Perth from regional areas they normally try to make the most of the trip to visit the Perth wedding dress shops and organise as much as they can while in Perth.
Normally flights are not cheap and taking off time from work costs money (and leave allowance they will need for the Honeymoon!), therefore if after an hour or more consultation with me they decide to go ahead I will start designing their wedding gown on the same day while they are here in Perth.
I understand how important the time frame can be so try not to waste their time while they are here.
So how can this be done so quickly while still keeping the care and quality I pride myself on?
After the consultation I first take their measurements and while they are having a cup of coffee or head off for more shopping I will create a proper calico fitting so the sizes and proportions can accurately be measured on the day.
Then I will order the fabric and start to work on their gown ready for next time they come back to Perth for any other reason or just good old shopping. They just have to let me know when they will be back to Perth so we can get the timing right.
All will be prepared for next time they are back to Perth at which point I normally ask them to stay for the weekend to do couple of more fittings. That day I will just dedicate to this client and their gown will be ready and fitted perfectly by end of the weekend. It works out even better sometimes when Brides get married in Perth and they will be back in town very close to their wedding so a good time to finalise the gown close to their wedding day.
So if you are worried about the range of gowns available to you in your area and also have restrictions on the traveling back and forth let me know and I will do my best to look after you as I understand how difficult this can be.
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The NBA All-Star Weekend has always been known to bring in some big names on and off court and this year is no different. To perform this year in New Orleans will be an ironclad lineup of stars including Pharrell, Janelle Monae, Gary Clark Jr., Kendrick Lamar, Dr. John, and Earth, Wind & Fire.
Before performing at the Academy Awards, Pharrell will be playing his Oscar-nominated song "Happy," on February 16 at the New Orleans Arena. Along with that performance, he will be featured alongside with some special guests.
In a New Orleans-inspired extravaganza, Trombone Shorty and his band Orleans Avenue will be taking the stage as blues' crooner Gary Clark Jr. will be singing the National Anthem. To kick things off however, Kendrick Lamar will headline All-Star Saturday night the eve of the game.


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since there are two of my store in the mall, everyone ALWAYS asks, whats the difference? or why are there two of you? and sometimes both. while i understand why people asks, it doesn't make it any less annoying. really, getting asked the same question atleast 10 times a day, gets very annoying. so i decided i'd ask everyone to tell me how many times they were asked, and to come up to me and tell me, i was keeping a tally with everyone's names and the amount of times they were asked, pretty self explanatory. well it kind of failed because it wasn't all day, just for a few hours and in that time, i didn't even get asked once, which is very unusual. so i decided to scrap that data and start it again, in two weeks (this weekend is my birthday celebration). i'm going to try and start it in the morning and do it all day (well as long as we are open).
i might do a mini trial today because i'm working from 3-close, which is a pretty good chunk of time to take data down. i'm hoping to get everyone working with me today to be involved in this mini sample. when i actually get all the data, i'll post my results on here, i'm guessing the average is going to be around 10.
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- Scientific name: Gobioides broussonnetii
- Synonyms: Amblyopus brasiliensis, Amblyopus broussonetii, Amblyopus mexicanus, Cayennia guichenoti, Cepola striata, Cepola unicolor, Gobioides barreto, Gobius brasiliensis, Gobius oblongus
- Common name: Violet Goby, Dragon Fish, Dragon Goby
- Group: Brackish fishes
- Habitat: Central America; Widely distributed from the southern United States to north eastern South America, on the Atlantic coastline.
- Size: 55-60 cm, but usually smaller in aquarium (often 25 cm)
- Biotope: Inhabits in river estaurines, over the muddy substrates.
- Social behavior: Very territorial with conspecifics, and would need a huge tank to keep more than one fish, although they will not eat other smaller fish. It can be kept with other peaceful brackish species.
- Diet: Omnivorous; mainly eats filamentous algae and organic detritus in nature, thus feeding of the wild caught fish can be problematic. In aquarium it feeds on live and frozen foods, but will need some vegetable matter such as spirulina.
- Breeding: It has not been bred in aquarium
- Tank: Minimum 450 litres
- Population: 1 fish for 450 litres
- Decoration: The substrate should be soft sand, as the fish likes to bury itself. Also provide hiding places with roots and smooth rocks.
- Temperature: 22-26 °C
- pH: 7.5-9
- Hardness: 10-25 NK°
- Salinity: 10g salt/10 litres
- Lifespan: 10-12 years
Description: The Violet Goby has a slender, elongated, eel-like body with a large head. The spiny dorsal fin runs nearly the length of the body, while the anal fin runs along the rear half of the body. The flanks are silvery with a violet iridescence and marked with brown markings. The fins are greyish-brown. They have sharp teeth, however these are used for scraping algae off rocks, not fighting. Violet gobies have very small eyes, and very poor vision. While often sold as a freshwater fish, it doesn't do well under such conditions for long time. Instead it needs to be kept in fairly brackish conditions. Incidentally, a second species, Gobioides peruanus, is traded under the violet goby name as well. It comes from the Pacific rather than the Atlantic coastline and has fewer purple bands on its flanks.
It is hard to tell the differences between sexes, but the male's genital papillae is pointed and long, while the female has short, blunt and yellow genital papillae. There are not much information about their breeding habits, but it is possible in a large aquarium. They typically spawn in a small group of one male and three or more females. The tank should be furnished with many hiding places for the females and a site for the male to build his nest. The fish should not be fed for a week, and then condition the fish well with large amounts of high quality live foods. Spawning can be triggered by lowering the salinity from the regular, then rising it to almost marine conditions. The male will spawn with several females over a day. After the spawning, the females should be removed. The male guards the eggs. After 36-48 hours, the fry hatch and the male should be also removed. After the egg sacs are consumed, the fry can be fed with algae ("green water"). After a month the fry can be fed with brine shrimp nauplii.
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23 January, 2010
I am a genius
I was fixing my nativity set before packing it away and I superglued my fingers together.
I am not going to type anymore because typing is really really hard.
Posted by Elisa at 17:48
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3 comments:
- Rachel S said...
Don't feel bad. I once glued my finger to my face. Pathetic... I know.
- January 25, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- Sterling and Cori Anne said...
Ha ha! I love it! I've done that too. Darn super glue. It's just so gluey.
- January 26, 2010 at 12:33 AM
- Vern said...
Anyone who glues their fingers together and then blogs about it is a friend of mine!
- January 26, 2010 at 1:42 PM
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text: Chinese New Year is always a great spectacle in Melbourne, full of colour and movement. The sight of the red and gold always gets me going! The parade of the lions up Little Bourke Street is something to see and enjoy, and I'm looking forward to this weekend's shoot. But what gear to take with me? Last year it was a combination of the Ricoh GXR-M and Fuji X10. Honestly, not the best cameras to capture fast moving action. Even though I got some decent photos, I really feel that I could have got a lot more if my cameras were more responsive. I saw a multitude of people with DSLR's of all sizes and levels, but few with m43 cameras and none with Leica or other rangefinders. This year I'll rock out with the M9 and the OM-D, and keep the Fujis and Ricoh at home. As much as I love the image quality of the Ricoh, especially, it just doesn't respond fast enough when the lions are jumping and swirling. I'm hoping that the OM-D with the 45/1.8 and 75/1.8 will deliver the goods along with the M9 and the Summarit 75/2.5, and perhaps the Summicron 50. Photos will follow, assuming I get something decent enough to post.


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"I think about people in my past a lot. I think we all have someone in our past who you think maybe I didn't give them, or maybe I didn't give myself much of a chance." Actor Bill Murray contemplates the unsettling nature of playing a man who attempts to seek out old flames on the off chance they may have had his son. The film, BrokenFlowers, is up for the Palme d'Or prize at Cannes, where it first screened Tuesday. Jim Jarmusch directed the film, and of course, wrote the part of the protagonist with Murray in mind (I mean, who isn't writing with Bill Murray in mind these days?)
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