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Screwing Up The Clay.
A week or so into the workshop we all lined up to be handed a slab of clay from Sue.
Sue literally had these towers of heavy gray clay which she divvied up by taking the kind of lace they attach to balloons and wrapping it around the top two or three inches. She'd then pull on it in opposite directions, easily slicing off a thick, moist, flattened cube. We took this and then chose a square of particle board to work on and found a place to sit. Then we took the clay and smoothed it around a plastic bag that was full of crumpled newspaper. It was clear why were doing this - to create the foundation of the eventual mask - to create a clean slate to build upon. The reason(s) behind the rest of the stuff we were about to do, that was still up for grabs.
Sue was then going to guide us through an exercise that included elements of others we had been working on the week before involving letting our bodies interpret different colors.
After everyone finished smoothing our their clay, most of them looking like the top of these eerily featureless three-dimensional ovals. Like a mannequin must look like before it gets its face printed on in the factory. Done, we all stood up and gathered in a circle. The mask that we were about to make was called One North. This was mask one of six. To face all directions of yourself at once, to see yourself from every angle, we had learned that this was the goal of clown.
Now we had to get our bodies to embody One North before we actually touched the clay. The mask was already inside us, already existed, now all we had had to was bring it out. To let our hands uncover its features. Or something like that. All I know is that we weren't supposed to have pre-conceived notions of what our masks would look like. We couldn't come to class that morning, for example, thinking today I'm going to make a happy mask and for my next one I'm going to make a sad mask. Or an angry one. We weren't even supposed to think about making a mask at all. All we had to do was follow our impulses. To assist with this, after we embodied the mask's sound in our bodies, from the moment we laid our hands on the clay to actually sculpt it, we would have to have our eyes shut for the entire process.
All of us standing in a circle, dried clay flaking off our fingers from all the smoothing we had just done, Sue guided us with something very similar to this:
"Put your feet on the floor. One North. The breath for One North is you breathe in through your mouth and out through your asshole. Yes. Let's do that. Breathe in your mouth and out through your asshole. Now choose a place somewhere in your body to make an opening to invite your Clown Gods in. To give yourself permission to take this direction. To be in One North. And it's happening. It's already happening now. Breathe. Good. Breathe. In through your mouth and out through your asshole. No associations with anything literal in One North. It's just a direction. It's just some words...."
Then Sue would walk around the outside of the circle, and would rub each student's back. More of a circular wipe than a rub, it was as if your back was being cleared of whatever image was there previously. Then she'd use her finger to spell first the number "1" and then the letter "N." She then blew a wisp of air between your shoulder blades. You felt this and then you were free to walk away, to move through the space with the breath of One North running through your body.
"One North in your feet and in your ankles. One North in your calves and in your knees. Breathe in through your mouth and out through your asshole. Everything is in One Movement. You don't have to push. You don't have to work harder, you have to work softer. One North. Breath. One North. You need to get out of the way so One North can fill the body up. Good. In our feet and ankles. Calves and knees. One North. Small of the back. Between the shoulder blades. Explore all possibilities. Whatever you come upon, you do it. Indulge yourself with whatever that is! Good! Beautiful! Beautiful everybody!
"In your hips, in your breath, in your chest. In your crotch, in your bum, in your genitals. Exactly! Good! Let it happen!"
By this point, everyone was moving through the space in very different, unique ways. To give an idea, for all these exercises, there's usually one person who cowers and is completely out of it, another who runs across the floor with life or death zeal, another who dances with abandon, and then someone who walks really really slow. It changes up. But at no time does anyone's movements ever look anywhere near exactly the same as someone else's. For this one, my arms were stretching into the air, pointed, the way gymnasts do when they warm-up. The way I saw it the air was coming through my mouth and bursting out my ass, pushing me higher and higher. Jumping between breaths to reach the ceiling, I had no idea if I was doing this exercise right but having really messed up Creator & Masterpiece, the least I could do was give it a chance.
"Now drop into a crouch and add the sound."
We had been told how to make the sound to this mask in advance - it was the same as its name - "One North." When it came time to say it out loud, though, we had to follow it with "Feh. Feh." Sue explained that we used one "Feh" to match each syllable of "One North." To make sure our abdomen was bound up in the exclamation. To get more of our body devoted to being one with the sound. So that however you said it, the words would always come out in this order, "One North. Feh. Feh."
"One-North. Feh. Feh. That's it! One-North. Feh Feh. Perfect! One-North. Feh. Feh. Yes! Thank you! Thank you!"
Once you thought your body was more or less aligned with "One North" you were supposed to wander up to Sue to have her check out what you were doing. If she told you you were good or gave you a super compliment like "Excellent!", you could go mold your mask.
After Sue had checked my movements, (I was good) I quickly made my way back to my clay and shutting my eyes as instructed, went to work. My hands on the cool moist clay the first thought that came to my head was to elongate the top of the oval outline I had made previously. That felt like it symbolized how I felt stretching in the air. North-like. Except it came out like a cute little top-hat. From there I started to build this ridge along the entire edge of the mask. When I got to the upper left and right side it just felt natural to pull outwards on the ridge, creating what felt like these cartoon character ears. Then I went in the middle and mushed together a nose. It was at this point I envisioned the mask looking like a standard clown face. Then it dawned on me that this was the exact thing that we were not suppossed to do. I suddenly felt really guilty because I realized I was building my vision of a mask and not letting my hands just do their thing. I kept at it, though, trying to reconcile the smile that I had irrevocably built into the clay because of the upturned curve on both the top and the bottom. Already, I really didn't like this mask but if I was going to make a cliche clown mask, at the very least I didn't want it to be a happy one. The thing was, though, that there was no way to make this guy frown! Even when I added a gentle upside down "U" it just made him look like he had this big gaping mouth. My eyes still closed, my fingers struggled to find a way to undo the clown face. To start over without really starting over. Finally, I settled on making the mask assymetrical and split his big mouth in two with another wavy ridge. He still seemed to scream happiness although it did make me feel a little better.
I was one of the last ones to finish. Getting up, my eyes now open, I went over to Sue who was finishing a lesson on what to do next. This included slathering the clay with vaseline and after that tearing and applying small pieces of newspaper alternating with brown paper lunch bags to build the layers of paper-mache.
I was a bit intimidated by the designs of other peoples' masks:
Walking around, I was immediately awestruck by Christina's mask in particular. She had studied at the School of Dell Arte and was a professional mask maker from San Francisco. The contour of her mask was flawless and its sole feature, a serpent that slithered up its center and whose triangular head exceeded past the top, was extremely powerful.
I told her how I thought hers was really awesome and she said thank you. I then told her how all I could think of was a silly clown face. Nose and all.
And she said something like, "That's totally fine - that's where you are and wherever you are is perfect."
And I said, "I don't know, I don't think I really listened to the instructions."
The other mask that really caught my eye was Gabriel's, who was sitting on Christina's left. His final product looked like all he had done was mush his fingers around in the clay until they had had enough and then called it quits.
His mask was completely non-descript and at the same time still full of so much potential. I felt like his was one of the only masks that was made with the instructions in mind. As if he just let his hands be the representatives of his body, free to do what they wanted without any thoughts or vision in mind. Not a mask as much as a free-associated creation of his hands that would eventually be worn.
The Paint Job.
A few days later, the paper-mache had dried and with various degrees of difficulty we pulled the clay out. With the hollow that the absent clay created, for the first time we could start to get a feel for where our faces would fit and how this really was going to become a mask we could wear. We then painted our masks with a foundation of acrylic white paint. Once the white paint had dried, it was time to add the colors.
To do this, we all had to find a spot in the space to lie down on. On thick gymnastics mats, on the carpeted stage, or on old couch cushions. It didn't matter. Next to each of us was our mask, a water color tray, a cup of water, and at least one paintbrush. We also had a piece of drawing paper with an outline of our mask with all its curves and ridges and some kind of writing utensil.
Similar to the process we had to go through before we could mold the clay, we had to be put under again before we could add any colors. I say "put under" because that's what it sounds like. But really, it doesn't feel like that at all. It doesn't even feel like day-dreaming. It just feels like relaxing for a few minutes before trying to relate to whatever Sue was about to ask to imagine. All of us lying down in the space, our eyes naturally closing due to the bright stage lights overhead, it was easy to forget where we were. To maybe leave our bodies or find another way to drift away. That, however, was not the point.
"Take a moment to feel yourself arrive here in this space. We want your body on the floor and in the space...You feel the total unconditional support of this floor under your body... You don't have to hold anywhere because the floor will hold you...Your skin will hold you...This skin thing holds you all together -- It's very nice and well-designed...
"Now make a space between your bones and feel that space loosen. Every place where your bones meet, feel that space loosen just a little bit. Feel yourself stretch. And make a little opening somewhere in your body. Let your clown gods in. Give yourself permission to experience this thing...
"Now take your colors through your body. You want there to be like a sun over your body. A very hot, warm sun. And there's going to be a beam of red light that's going to come down from the sun. It's going to touch your body. Connect to your body somewhere. Perfect red light. Your own perfect shade of red. However you see it, feel it, think it. Red. Bones, breath. Good. Inhale. Exhale. We receive the red, we exhale the red. Belly. Transforms itself to orange. Orange bones, breath. Vibration. Orange - inside, outside. Tongue, bones, feet...Transforms itself to yellow. Yellow. Yellow. Yellow ears, cheeks, bum. Yellow knees...
This would go on through four more colors: blue, green, indigo, & purple. Until finally we were awash in white. Whenever we were ready we could sit up and with our eyes closed move our hands over the mask. When we felt a color in our fingertips, we were supposed to write it down on our mask's outline. Then go back to the mask and search for more. Until we thought we were done.
What Sue had said was:
"We don't look at it like, 'Oh, It would be nice if this was a nice sky blue with a hint of rose.' It's what this is going to feel like..."
The thought passed through my head that I might not be able to pull this off. I wondered what would happen if when I touched the mask, I wouldn't be able to feel any colors at all. But that's actually the opposite of what happened. When I first touched the mask, I felt a color right away. It just happened to be the one color in the one place I didn't want to have anything to do with.
The first part of the mask I touched just happened to be the center - where the nose was. And the first color that came to my mind was red.
I already had a really bad relationship with my mask. While making the six layers of paper mache over the past day or two, I still couldn't reconcile that I had made a happy clown face. I was here to take a workshop on theatre clowning, not circus clowning. And a perfectly positioned unmistakably globular red nose would definitely get in the way of that! If only I had focused a little bit harder on the original instructions...When I touched the mask again, I placed my fingers back on the nose and told myself to focus. Maybe red was just me messing with myself. Or maybe just because it's the natural first thought and I should have been more prepared to let it go. It didn't take long before I swore I felt another color. Indigo. I immediately imagined what the nose would look like with that color and this felt like a dark, dreary, depressed clown. Too postmodern. Wait, but I'm not supposed to imagine what the colors would like. To let go off any vision of the final product. Ok, ok. What about a compromise? Violet. Sure.
The nose wasn't the end of my problems. Figuring out the rest of the mask, I spent so much second-guessing myself that people were already starting to paint when I was still stuck deciding on if my fingers were sensing green or blue. Was the ridge really all one color or was that just me looking for order? I think the eye-shield is yellow but that feels like something that would've gone with a red nose, not really a violet. Shoot. I kept snapping my eyes open to write colors down on the paper outline of the mask, only to write other colors right over them when I'd feel a different one on a separate run. Eventually I just opened my eyes and started painting. I looked at my map of the mask to guide me but it was completely useless.
I knew to paint the nose violet but when it came to the rest of the mask the only thing I could do was imagine what those colors should be without thinking about them aesthetically. I actually made an attempt at doing this before I realized that that was impossible.
After painting the eye-shield so many different colors that no matter what I did I couldn't get rid of the resulting brown, I gave up.
This is as far as I got:
Staring at my mask, I knew that giving up in the long-term wasn't an option I could take. I had already come so far - geographically speaking at the very least. I needed to give myself a second chance.
One of the girls in our class came up to me and saw me staring at my mask. It might have been Christina again but I can't remember. She told me she thought my mask was wild, and seeing all the white, asked if I was finished with it.
I said, "Not really. I'm just going to do it again."
She said, "You mean finish it later?"
"No, just put on another layer of white and start over."
"But you can't do that."
"You don't understand, I wasn't paying attention. I did a lot of things wrong. A lot of my colors were off-topic. My thoughts were all over the place!"
"But those were your thoughts so it's fine."
Maybe her mind wasn't so muddled that she couldn't relate. So I took my argument in a different direction: "My eyes, they were open for a good chunk."
She smiled, perhaps embarrassed for me. "Oh..."
I waited for the water colors to dry and then when class was over took what I now equated with a large bottle of white-out and began to undo my mistakes.
Mart was sitting at a table that was close by and feeling guilty, I went out of my way to explain to her what I was doing.
After I was finished, she asked, "Are you going to tell Sue?"
Not having really though about this, I instinctually said, "No."
She then she said, "Why? Because you're pretty sure she'd say don't?"
"Well, yeah."
Once the entire mask was covered in white, I took it and a clean piece of drawing paper to the back of the theatre. I also brought all the necessary water color stuff. I went up the stairs on the right and then went behind the huge black curtain which was draped over the stage. Behind the curtain, I was shrouded in darkness and all alone. All of which was perfect for what I was about to do. I laid down on the floor and shut my eyes. Then I ran all the colors through my head. Sue's meditation in an express version. Red in my bones. Transforms to orange. Yellow in my entire body. Blue belly. Green teeth. Flooded in indigo. Cells shining in violet light. I could do this. I wanted to feel colors. I was fine with my sense of touch giving way to sight. Or not. However this worked logistically, I was open and ready to just experience it. And the thing was, I was able to do this before. Now I just had to be less critical of myself. To let the colors come as they would and just write them down. And then move on.
I got up and sat cross-legged. I searched the floor with my hands until I found the mask and then picked it up, running my hands over it. The first thing I noticed was that the center around the nose was like this huge dark cavernous cave devoid of any light. I wrote down indigo.
I sent my fingers on a careful search of the inside of the mask for some light that might have escaped through until I found a small pocket of yellow leaking out from the crater on the bottom right. I wrote it down.
I traced the outside of the mask for colors, finding blue on the top and bottom of the left and red on the top and bottom of the right. Since my mask was kind of large, I was hoping for more variety of color along the edge. Perhaps two different colors on one side and another two different colors on the other. Like quadrants. But I wrote down the two I found, anyway.
I went back in the center and one of the last things I felt was the nose. At first, I felt indigo. Then, not letting go and perhaps still out of stubbornness, I felt a hint of something else. But it was just a hint. An orange which was strong and definite but didn't overpower the indigo. As if it just wanted to make it's presence known, to reach the tip with roots still in the base. I figured that meant the nose might have a few vertical stripes of orange overlapping. To double check, I sent my ring finger on a lone downward spiral of the nose. As my finger spiraled down the paper-mache, I felt orange the whole way. Confused, I did it again. And again I felt orange. So that was it then. An indigo nose sprouting out of an indigo face topped with an orange spiral. Whatever. I wrote it down.
I opened my eyes for good and painted the mask.
I was much happier with this version. More because I had done more to follow the directions than because of how it looked. For me, it still looked like the archetype of a happy clown face and I was still upset about that. But having finally finished with the painting, I finally felt a sense of relief. The kind you feel when you catch up with everyone else. This relief was only momentary, though, because it came with the realization that I had committed a significant sin. This clowning thing was getting a bit religious, with the mention of Clown Gods and with being guided through exercises, which once repeated, started to feel a lot more like sacred rituals than simple theatre warm-ups. Maybe my original mask, the one with the violet nose, was perfect as it was. I knew that's what Sue would have said. Maybe Christina was right, that the older violet-nose version was where I was and since you can only be where you are, you might as well be comfortable being there. By making an attempt to paint the mask alone, I had cheated myself of seeing myself. Moreover, I had broken Sue's trust. I hadn't shown her the older version nor did I tell her that I was going to paint it again. It was becoming clear that I was adding extra drama to this workshop that didn't need to be there. Even though I was now warming up to the mask I'd soon wear, this was at the cost of endangering my relationship with the guide that would show me how to wear it. The only thing I could do at this point was put these thoughts to rest and vow to focus on whatever it was that Sue would ask us to do next.
To get out of my own way and let the experience take over.


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IMPORTANT: This registration DOES NOT guarantee your entry at the City Hall.
Only the first 500 students to arrive will get in, and get a welcome kit. Be there early!
Come and meet the Lisbon City Mayor! We have a welcome kit to give you (for the first 500 students only).
The official welcoming event will take place at the City Hall and the students will be received by the Lisbon City Mayor. The Reception is an opportunity to celebrate your arrival at the City, to meet other international students and we have gifts to welcome you all!

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This was the first vehicle i ever owned. When i bought it, it was stock but no more. On the weekends i show the truck.
1964 chevy on 40 in Gumbo monster mudders
Faster through the mud then you....LOL
small block 350 with torque monster cam. full time 205 t-case with a 350 turbo tranny. 411 gears. and a ramsey winch for the hard times.
Fully loaded.
not many in 64 not even the rear bumper.
Engine Mods
* Vortech SuperCharger
* Gibson Headers
* Flowmaster 40 series mufflers
Suspension and Wheel Mods
* 12" Whiplash Lift
* 3" Body Lift
* Bilstein Nitrogen Gas Shocks with Resovoirs
* 39.5" Super Swampers
* 20" Weld Wheels
* AC Delco upgraded 4 wheel disc brakes
Interior Mods
* Leather and Suede Seats
* High End Looped Carpet
* Suede Headliner
Exterior Mods
* Candy Cobalt Blue Paint
* Ram Air Hood
* Toneau Cover
* Chrome Door Handles
* Chrome Taillight Cover
* Chrome 3rd Brake Light Cover
* Chrome Differential Cover
* Polished Driveshaft
* Clear headlights and running lights
* Billet Grille
* Denali Air Dam
* Piaa Fog Lights
* Welded In Roll Pan
Audio Mods
* 50 Elemental Designs EU700's
* 2 Sets of Elemental Designs eDi 6500's
* 4 Elemental Designs NINe.1's
* 2 Elemental Designs NINe.4's
Miscellaneous Mods
* Tinted Windows
* Chrome Differential Cover
* AMP Electric Steps
* Everything's painted under the hood
Its lifted a wee bit and makes alot of loud noise.
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Miley Cyrus confirmed that she is dating underwear model stud Justin Gaston. She spilled to TWIST:
'Right now everything is, like, really good. I haven't been answering the question because we're just really happy with everything and the way everything has worked out!
More than anything, he's helped me move on from a lot of things. He's a really great guy. He's gone through stuff, and I've gone through stuff and everyone goes though that. I think it's really awesome that we have the in common, that we can talk about it and we understand each other, he gets it.
I'm totally gushing now!'
The only thing that's hard about dating him is that if anything ever happens, who am, I going to go to after him?!' Photo Credit: INF.


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Babies just love to jump around and bounce their little legs. The Fisher Price Jumperoo is designed to allow your baby to do just that.
Your baby will love to be in this little bouncer because they will have the freedom to bounce as they please. It is made with a stand alone frame so it does not attach to the door way like the original jumpers that were causing injuries to the babies either falling from the attachment or hitting themselves on the door's frame.
It is suited for babies from the age of four months and the weight limit is 25lbs. As long as your child fits into this requirement, this bouncer is just right for them.
It comes with different designs as well. The Fisher Price Jumperoo Rainforest is one of the most sought after of the Fisher Price brand of jumpers. It has little animals and trees on the seat cover giving baby a feel as if they are in the jungle.
It has dangling animals that are attached to little leaves that hang over the baby's head giving them eye entertainment as well as sounds and lights. This baby jumper features a bobbing elephant, swinging monkey, spinning lizard and more that baby will just "go wild" for!
The Fisher Price Jumperoo folds for mobility. You press on two very large buttons on both front legs and that folds these two legs and allows them to be "tucked in" so that the width of this toy is reduced and it can be more easily passed through doorways and around furniture. But note that this folded position is only for ease of moving the toy around, not for storage. The legs don't really lock in folded position and it is very difficult to prop this toy up and out of the way.


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Well for us it is until we can do it and get the results we want and make habits form. We have now been going for over a week and I can say I am more committed than ever. You ask why? Well first of all we are getting up at 6 am and Virginia is meeting us. We get the kiddos out of bed and head for out for our jog.
We have decided to run a 5k in Sept or Oct...maybe both. Her is what we are doing for anyone who may still check this site and want to join in:
Couch Potato to 5k
Of course we hope to loose weight but I decided I just wanted to feel better and need to have energy. It is crazy if we burn tons of energy we get more....Not quite sure how it works but I feel great.
Monday, July 26, 2010
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HERE I AM by Jonathan Safran Foer (Hamish Hamilton, 2016)
Wilkie Collins once asserted that "the primary object of a work of fiction should be to tell a story."
Tell that to the post-modernists!
Jonathan Safran Foer says that "I have yet to write a novel from a plan" and says of his third major fictional work that "there wasn't any one 'idea' but a number of disparate starting points".
Unfortunately it shows!
The joins of this 'cut and paste' opus are all to evident and simply do not gel together.
The novel is called 'Here I Am' but would be more accurately entitled 'Who Am I?'
Self doubt and the existential torment are focused primarily on the doubts of Jacob's Jewish identity.
Foer tries to draw a parallel between a collapsing marriage and a massive earthquake in Israel as though this family saga and global tragedy were somehow intertwined.
The author's cynical, but accurate, assessment of long-term relationships is that they are "based on willful blindness and forgetting" and suggests that this also applies to how we view the past.
There's a threat of a world war until he loses interest in this idea and returns to the domestic crisis. An ailing dog thereafter becomes more important than the state of the nation!
It would be a stronger work if the main character generated more sympathy but Jacob is a slippery customer. His marriage lies in tatters when his wife discovers sextexts on his mobile phone. These are so explicit that they seem to prove he is having an affair. But the details of this other woman remain irritatingly sketchy. Did he or didn't he fuck her?
Leaving the reader guessing whether the dirty talk was a precursor to dirty deeds leaves a gaping plot hole that is never filled. The couple is drifting apart anyway because they are bored with each other so why even introduce this mystery.
Foer's strength lies in the dialogues and enough of these have a fizz and fire to make the book worth reading but it saddens me to say that this is easily his weakest novel to date.


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Monday, March 30, 2009
Well, not a whole ton to report these days... Pia finally made it to the Bahamas on Saturday, so I've just been enjoying pretending that I live alone again for a few days! I cleaned the apartment yesterday (except my bedroom, which really needs to get tackled) which may actually stand a chance of staying clean - at least until Peeps gets back. ;) I also said goodbye to my friend Chase, who was my boss out at Camp Cross and is moving back to Japan on Wednesday - a great party, complete with rain/snow, barbecue, beer pong with some of Spokane's finest lawyers and incredibly stout beer (not fun at all, cuz it is way too filling), and lots of inappropriate jokes and music. A fitting send-off! ;)
This next week promises to be fairly uneventful... laundry and room cleaning today, a baby shower for a work friend tomorrow, and on Friday Pia and I will head over to Pullman to watch cousin Caris' senior project fashion show!
6 comments:
- Laurie said...
yay a new post, we thought you were dead in Browne's Addition. And I can attest that the apt. looks magnificent. Altho I didn't dare go in the bedroom.
- March 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Lis said...
it's so funny to me that Pia is messy. She seems like she would be a neat freak.
- March 31, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- Pia said...
I go in spurts Lis. I think it's because I'm an apartment dweller, so I don't really care that much. I think I'll be much more picky when I actually own my home... Way to clean Katie. I can't wait to see our spotless apartment.
- April 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Meg said...
First of all...Pia is a big liar (sorry to throw you under the bus Peeps, but once a Miss Mess, always a Miss Mess)and second of all...have you and Lis EVER met (meaning, why on earth would she think you are a neat freak?). Lis, my dear, you have so much to learn. Oh boy, am I going to get the wrath from Pia.
- April 7, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- Meg said...
P.S. Kate, you looks abs adorable in this pic!
- April 7, 2009 at 8:36 PM
- -trau said...
please increase your bloggin frequency. this is getting painful.
- April 13, 2009 at 6:57 PM


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the only last issue is the product filter is not working at all, stopped filtering I am not sure what is the problem, other than that the plugin is great, you do have a diamond plugin, I guess not that many users know about it
please I need your help is your plugin conflicting with ajax filtering? is there anyway to solve the problem
should I create custom shop page to make the filtering to work, or is there any solution to do some redirect , when i use the site.com/category/ the filtering is working, if using category.site.com the filter stops working if you need i can provide you with the filtering plugin
it is same as cross domain requests permission, it should have fixed that issue as well.. can you inbox me the URL so i can take a look?
ok i will
I do believe you got a unique idea of having such plugin to be sold here! all you need is to make it to work perfectly with no conflict with other plugins, if you are able to do that you should generate thousands of sales, right now it conflicts with ajax filtering, and quick view,you should have something tested with other plugins!!! anyway i will keep this plugin hoping you can find a fix for conflicting with other plugins
Hey! I'd like to say thanks for this awesome plugin. My client is using it and finds it amazing. There is a problem though. Are you planning to make sub-domains available in url, while using the parent category? What I have in mind is using this plugin for child-categories too and getting an url like following: parent.domain.com/sub-category/. If no, can you give any advice on how to achieve such results?
If i will do it, it would be a separate plugin so that it doesn't effect current url structure this plugin provide to buyers. Whenever my current projects are over i will consider this.
can i use for post category ?
Use this plugin for post category, http://codecanyon.net/item/category-subdomain-pro/6567807
can I make the plugin to work over secure site? enabling https will disable the ssl connection
the plugin won't work with ssl
do you have ssl for unlimited subdomains?
Hi, i need this to work with LATEST wp version and Flatsome template, will this work? Please answer because i need to buy if it does. regards (i have ssl wildcard enabled.
Yes it does work, perfectly fine. if you have trouble using it let me know.
Hi, has any one got this plugin to work with a XML sitemap generator?
No, XML sitemap generator will not work with this, You reminded of some major update, i added this feature in Category as Subdomain Plugin, it needs to be added to this plugin as well.
Great I'll wait for the update. Thanks.
Tried support without response. Firefox does not like this plugin and pulls up cross domain errors not matter what you add to the .htaccess file. Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource. Gutted as I really wanted this to work!
Hi, Sir i did send a response to your email. Kindly keep me in contact it works fine with firefox, kindly reply to my email and copy/paste your htaccess file.
We are using what you prescribed: <IfModule mod_headers.c> <FilesMatch "\.(eot|font.css|otf|ttc|ttf|woff)$"> Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" </FilesMatch> </IfModule> This is outside the wordpress tags so that it doesn't get overwritten.
Can you try by removing quotes from it.
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin *
I would like to have, the whole store in a certain subdomain including the main page of the store and the institutional pages in the main domain.
Example: Subdomain.domain.com / shop – store page Subdomain.domain.com/shop/category-product – product category page Domain.com.br/ for institutional pages
Is it possible to do this with this plugin?
Thank you
Hi, No this is not possible with this plugin, the examples are provided in description.
Woo Category Permalink:
Single Product Permalink:
This is the only thing this plugin will achieve.
I saw that you have made the link for a package on offer available.
My question is with the additional plugins, can I get the result I want?
Another thing is: Buying the package do I have the right to update the plugins?
Thank you.
Hi, These comments are for WooCommerce Category Subdomain Pro, Kindly comment on relevant product for queries.
Thanks Alisaleem252
Allow user/vendor subdomain for multivendor sites ?
Yes, Unless you have different URL structure for Vendor Products.
Hi – using this for Woocommerce and is a great product but my product pages aren't showing in my sitemaps which is critical for SEO. What do I need to do to make this happen? thanks
Hi, I already know about this issue, the sitemap generation is not the part of core wordpress, you must be using external plugins which must support our plugin to make correct sitemaps, therefore i have a plugin in production which will help all the users to generate sitemaps for subdomain url, it will be deployed in few days and available. I will let you know once it is.
Thanks Alisaleem252
Hi – where did you get to with this? We've had to turn your plugin off as it breaks SEO and would like to be able to use what we paid for. thanks
Still chasing as I really want to use this plugin but not if it stops my website being found on Google
First let me thank you very much for the great idea. Today I installed my Woocommerce and then installed your plugin (Fresh WP and WOO installation) .. But I faced a very strange issue… When I search something using Product Search widget, it redirects me to wp-admin.php !!!
Do you have any ideas about this issue ?
Thank you very much.
Can you inbox me your website link?
I sent you an email using Envato's interface.
thank you
I bought this plugin for one of my customer websites and this issue happened again. Would you please help me to solve this issue ?
Inbox me dashboard access.
I send you a message from your profile .. please reply back so I can share the login details with you.
Still looking forward to your reply. Sorry for commenting again, but this is a serious issue and needs to be resolved asap. Thank you
Hi, I used the wp_safe_redirect to define your subdomain as safe. Kindly reply to my email, i need little more info.
Thank you very much for you help. My problem is solved thanks to the developer of this plugin. I would really recommend this plugin.
i have same questions :
1- can i make custom main bar for each subdomain ???? 2- can i use diff options of theme for each subdomain???? 2- if ssl work now? ??
1. No. 2.NO 3. SSL WORKS
Hi, Can I use this plugin to show my Woocommerce pages as shop.website.com, news/blog pages as news.website.com and the rest of my site as website.com?
To do that, you can try this free version or upgrade to pro… https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-as-subdomain-lite/
good day, can I use the plugin even for Dokan plugin to make the store name a subdomain? Thanks for the reply.
Not with this plugin, To do that, you can try this free version or upgrade to pro… https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-as-subdomain-lite/


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Veterans Day marked with reverence
by Terri Hill
Last week's Veterans Day tribute at the Wrightwood Veterans Memorial Park was attended by 250 residents of Wrightwood and beyond. Since the Memorial's 2009 unveiling and Memorial Day observance, traditions continue to develop from ideas born of the Veterans Memorial Committee members.
Wrightwood Elementary students sang patriotic songs as guests settled in; John Garner was their self-proclaimed amateur conductor. Carl "Smitty" Smith emceed the event, as is tradition, introducing various presentations and acknowledging those who gave their time and talent to the ceremony. He pointed out the desire for additional committee members, and a new chairperson, as his health limits his energy for such events. Smitty recalled, in an email, the first Veterans Day event, "Our Veterans Day Ceremony grows bigger every year. I remember the first one was a cold windy day, with about 30 in attendance. We didn't have a sound system, which made for and interesting program. Thanks to Matt and Renee Merline, his year we have the sound system from the Chamber."
Pastor Dave Conrad gave the invocation, and Claudia Campbell sang the National Anthem after the Boy Scouts of Troop 351 presented the Nation's Colors.
Also following tradition, a guest speaker was asked to enlighten the crowd on in matters of military service. Michele Kraenkel, veteran Army MP, gave a brief history and timeline of women's service in the United States military.
Harlan Lassiter introduced a new tradition to the annual event; the MIA/POW, or Missing man Table. Set to honor the Missing in Action and Prisoners of War, the table is a solemn reminder of those who have not returned, and cannot join family, friends, and comrades at the ceremony/meal. Lassiter read the formal script that explains the symbolism of each item on the table:
The table before you is a place of honor. It is set for one. This table is our way of symbolizing the fact that members of our profession of arms are missing from our midst. They are commonly called POWs or MIAs, we call them "Brothers." They are unable to be with us this evening and so we remember them.
This Table set for one is small — Symbolizing the frailty of one prisoner alone against his oppressors.
The Tablecloth is white — Symbolizing the purity of their intentions to respond to their country's call to arms.
The single Red Rose displayed in a vase reminds us of the families and loved ones of our comrades-in-arms who keep the faith awaiting their return.
The Red Ribbon tied so prominently on the vase is reminiscent of the red ribbon worn upon the lapel and breasts of thousands who bear witness to their unyielding determination to demand a proper accounting of our missing.
The Candle, the candle is lit — Symbolizing the upward reach of their unconquerable spirit.
A Slice of Lemon is on the bread plate to remind us of their bitter fate.
There is Salt upon the bread plate — Symbolic of the families tears as they wait.
The Glass is inverted — They cannot toast with us this night.
The Chair — The chair is empty. They are not here.
Remember! — All of you who served with them and called them comrades, who depended upon their might and aid, and relied upon them, for surely, they have not forsaken you. Remember!
Remember! — Until the day they come home, Remember!
Before Taps was played by bugler Jonathan Spray, and Girl Scout Troop 249 laid a spray of flowers on the Memorial, another new tradition was a highlight of the event. Local members of Quilts of Valor presented ten veterans with comfort quilts in patriotic patterns and colors. Wally Anderson, Kent Armstrong, Larry Boyes, Mike Gurley, Rudy Mendoza, Ernie Mogg, Gary Murawski, Carl Puels, and John Sanchez were the recipients of the handmade quilts. As Joanne Tschantre introduced each veteran, Lynn Crawford, Sandy Brass, Gail Keenan, and Alice Smith draped a one-of-kind quilt over the recipient's shoulders.
Smitty (Carl) Smith was truly surprised and touched, when after the first nine men received their quilts, Joanne announced that he too, was being honored with a quilt.
After the close of the event, Boy Scouts from Troop 351 performed a formal flag folding on behalf of Wrightwood resident. Janet Archer asked that the flag which had graced the coffin of her father, Jeryl Andrew Archer, be properly folded and presented back to her.
Jeryl Archer's duration of Enlistment was 1956-1966 in the US Navy. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal twice 1939-1966 (27 years old), Viet Nam Service Medal, and National Defense Service Medal. The ceremony was a fitting close to the day's honorarium.
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On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at approximately 11:24 am deputies from the Victor Valley Sheriff's Station responded to a residence in the 8800 block of Aster Road in Oak Hills. Neighbors reported hearing a loud boom and then saw flames coming from the property.
Once deputies arrived on scene to assist County Fire, they located numerous roosters housed in separate cages. Deputies asked for assistance from the Rural Crimes Task Force and Deputy Rob Oakleaf and Deputy Randy Stanley, responded to the location. Deputies Oakleaf and Stanley conducted an investigation, which provided evidence of bird fighting.
Felix Sapalicio and Raul Sapalicio, both of Oak Hills, were issued citations for animal cruelty with a date to appear in court.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact Deputy Rob Oakleaf or Deputy Randy Stanley at the Lucerne Valley Sheriff's Substation at (760) 248-7655. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.
22nd Annual Veterans Dinner celebrated a long overdue Graduating Class
By Vicky Rinek
With a crowd of nearly 600 people this year, director of the event Todd Anton was beaming with joy. Serrano High School Gymnasium and the PAC were the perfect venues to properly honor the High Desert Veterans for the annual Veterans dinner.
The PAC was standing-room only as the San Bernardino Board of Education arranged for a special High School Graduation ceremony for Veterans, of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, who served their county before completing their high school education.
The Serrano Jazz Band performed inspiring music and the Serrano Choral Department performed various patriotic songs in honor of the military veterans and guests.
The 22 veterans receiving their graduation honors were joined by special guests included dignitaries from many branches of government. The Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project awarded the following Veterans:
Louis Avilez of San Bernardino, World War II, Marines (posthumous)
James Bezenah of Phelan, Vietnam War, Navy
Shelvere Black of Colton, Vietnam War, Marines
Edward Cervantes of Victorville, Vietnam War, Army
George Cervantes of Loma Linda, Vietnam War, Marines (posthumous)
Leonardo Contreras of Hinkley, Vietnam War, Marines
Allen Cronk of Apple Valley, Vietnam War, Marines
Lewis E. Gayle, Korean War, Air Force
Jacob Hall of Landers, Vietnam War, Army
Carlos Holguin, of Rancho Cucamonga, World War II, Army
Stephen Jacobs of Hesperia, Vietnam War, Navy
Melvin Larsen of Phelan, Korean War, Navy
Jerry Martin of Phelan, Vietnam War, Marines and Navy
Allen Miller of Apple Valley, Vietnam, Marines
John Miller of Yucca Valley, Vietnam, Marines
Wilburn Milligan of Fontana, World War II, Marines
Stephen Morrow of Hesperia, Vietnam War, Marines
Ricky Reyes of Yucca Valley, Vietnam War, Army
John Rivera of Wrightwood, Vietnam War, Army
Fred Romero of Hesperia, Korean War, Navy
Roy Rubio Jr. of Upland, Vietnam War, Marines
David Villafana of Barstow, Korean War, Army
Approximately 150 volunteers from the Heritage Builders Club, and Key Club from Serrano High School, and Quail Valley Middle School and Pinon Mesa Middle School were also there to serve and thank these heroes.
Everyone was delighted with the repast provided, (steak and chicken, provided by Outback Steak House).
Veterans also enjoyed signing autographs and explaining to many young volunteers, who were seeking additional signatures from as many veterans as possible, what the United States Marine Corps motto "Semper Fidelis" means, "always faithful."
Constantly searching for new ways to serve our veterans, Todd Anton believes he's not finished for this year, explaining, "We are currently working on next year's function for the Veterans."
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Coffee with a Cop returns to Wrightwood
By Terri Hill
On Veterans Day residents of Wrightwood gathered at the Village Grind to have a cup of coffee, a doughnut, and a conversation with members of law enforcement.
The Coffee with a Cop program was launched in 2011 by the Hawthorne Police Department, as an avenue for better communication and relationships with the community they serve. CHP officer Matt Hunt organized the first such event in Wrightwood in July of this year.
L.A. County Sheriffs in Palmdale have had great success with the program in their city. Deputy Andrew Cronin, assigned to the part of L.A. County that includes a portion of Wrightwood, arranged the Veterans Day social gathering as a step toward introducing more officers from the Palmdale Station with the community they've assisted, most recently during the Blue Cut Fire evacuations. Officers from CHP and San Bernardino County Sheriff, and firefighters from Station 14 in Wrightwood also attended.
While topics such as vandalism and break-ins were certainly broached, much of the interaction was simply residents desiring to shake hands with and thank officers for their dedicated service. Officers, most of whom are still wearing black bands across their badges, appreciated the words of gratitude and support. Captain Kneer, of L.A. County's Palmdale Sheriff Station commented, "In 20 years, I've never felt so much support from the stakeholders in the communities we serve." He continued, "People no longer just nod when they pass me on the street, they come over and offer a hug and a 'thank you'."
L.A. Sheriff Sgt. Andrew Nagel asked that the newspaper reprint the notice regarding Michael Flynn, a 63-year old man who went missing in May of this year. Flynn's vehicle was found in Llano, and he may have gone hiking in Wrightwood, or to Devil's Punchbowl. He is described as a 5 feet 4 inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes.
Nagel explained that the leads have gone dry, and the official investigation has ended. Still, he and other deputies and search teams have spent volunteer hours on weekends searching the locations that were of interest to Flynn, an avid hiker. "There's a human aspect," Nagel said, "You just want to find answers for the family."
To report information on Michael Flynn's whereabouts, call Sgt. Nagel at the Palmdale Station (661) 272-2400.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Weekend Update
Thursday, my sister and I took the day off to ride in the morning and wait for the farrier in the evening. The river was a little high, so she rode Dante in the arena while I led Cruiser. We then took Ranger and Cole and a very lovely ride. We waited and waited for the farrier. Turns out—he forgot about us. This is the first in 26 years, so I guess we will forgive him. He may be getting senile, but we will keep him—he's a great guy and a great farrier.
On Saturday, since my sister hadn't ridden Dante across the river because it was too high in a couple of weeks, it was cold and windy, and it made her nervous, she said I could ride him! Yes! I was happy to take him out on a ride. She rode Ranger—and it turned out that I had the easier horse. Ranger bounced out of the barn, kitten bucked on the trail and was just full of energy. Dante was feeling good, too, but all he did was try to trot a few times when we wanted to walk. We had a nice ride to the second river with a lot of trotting. Ellen got to watch him, too, so she could see how pretty he is.
This left me free to ride Cole with Starry. That meant I could go fast! Starry and Cole like to travel quickly together, and Cole was really feeling his oats. We had speed, some bucks and a very exciting ride. Starry behaved—he just had to keep up with Cole
On Sunday, Ellen rode Dante with me on Cole. This time, we crossed Dante's difficult river. He walked very slowly down the bank, but he made it. Crossing went well. We did a lot of trotting and then turned around and came home. We crossed the river and did a bunch more trotting. It was fun. Cole was more himself and not the crazy horse of the day before.
Ellen then took Ranger on a ride and Kevin and I hiked along.
Cruiser keeps improving. He is trotting in hand faster and with longer strides. Things are looking bright.
1 comment:
- achieve1dream said...
Yay Cruiser!! Sounds like a good weekend!
- October 30, 2013 at 8:38 PM
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Creative Classroom Grants
Every year since 2008, MEF has awarded Creative Classroom Grants to public school teachers who inspire students to learn in creative ways. Grant awards ranging $850 to $2,500 support innovative teaching ideas not funded in the school budget.
MEF recognizes that big changes can be made in student experiences through a relatively small contribution. Last year Kasey Dirnberger created a media lab at Meadow Hill Middle School for under $850. Through a Creative Classroom Grant Ms. Dirnberger purchased cameras, a lighting kit and microphone packs to allow all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students to engage in audio production. The purpose of the media lab was to provide a large number of students with the opportunity to integrate technology into learning. This year all middle school students at Meadow Hill are using the lab to create audio and video commercials, based on content from other classes. The media lab is mobile and students not only learn how to use the equipment but how to set it up and take it down when they are finished. The media class is so popular that it has been used as a work incentive; students who have completed homework for the week are allowed to work on a media project during study hall.
Classroom grants, like those described above, have initiated exciting and innovative changes in many classrooms in Missoula and have engaged community members in the expansion of educational opportunities for our students. Every year the MEF receives a larger number of applications for creative projects than our funding can support.
We hope you will make it possible for the MEF to fund the increasing number of exciting ideas from our teachers.
Creative Classroom Grants 2016-2017
Tom Andres – Let's Lead the Local Good Initiative – Big Sky High School Agriculture Program
MCPS Ag Center can lead Missoula's local food initiative by producing safe, healthy food products grown, processed, and sold off the school farm. The new Food Science Lab will allow students to participate in every aspect of food production – right from the ground to the table. Students will truly know and appreciate where their food comes from.
Matt Bell – Beats, Rhymes and life – Willard High School Alternative Program
The purpose of this project is to provide a creative outlet for students to demonstrate proficient understanding of class materials. Students will create music then draft lyrics that are influenced by material from other classes as well as from self-reflection.
Robyn Edington & Theresa McGeary – Teaching Emotional Regulation with Zones of Regulation – Hawthorne Elementary School
Using the Zones of Regulation Curriculum, we will teach students to recognize their emotional states, which the Curriculum refers to as Zones. Students will learn to use sensory tools and strategies to regulate their actions according to the Zone that they are in and improve their ability to control their behavior and solve problems.
Rhonda Krause – Learning to Read/Reading to Learn – Hawthorne Elementary School
This project will provide students with the materials necessary to listen to stories and record themselves reading. This will offer my students another way to access and share quality literature, which will help to enhance and enrich their language, reading fluency, and comprehension skills.
Allie McFarland – Enrichment Clubs – CS Porter Middle School
A menu of clubs will be available for CS Porter Middle School eighth graders to choose from during a 45-minute Enrichment Class Period. Self-selected groups will provide support and enhanced engagement during the school day. Clubs include: Logic & Strategies, Authors & Artists, Recreation & Fitness, and Homework Zone.
Kimberly Olson & Aderley Murphy – Cuentame Mas (Tell Me More) – Meadow Hill & Washington Middle School
'Cuentame Mas', or 'Tell Me More', is a collaborative project for 6th – 8th grade Spanish classes at Meadow Hill and Washington Middle School to dramatically improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Spanish through the TPRS methodology (Total Physical Response Storytelling).
Erin Eastlick-Rohde, Mary Beth Jourdonnais, Pat Lubke, Yer Thao, Melissa Meng – NGSS/Trees and Weather Science Unit – Hawthorne Elementary School
The FOSS Trees and Weather curriculum would be utilized each year as an integrated unit connecting students to the world we live in through engaging in scientific practices, writing, reading, math, and the arts. Students will have the opportunity to investigate through hands-one experiences, helping us to teach to Kindergarten learning standards.
Brett Taylor – WEN's Gloating Island Sustainable H2O (FISH) Project – Sentinel High School
In this Floating Island Sustainable H2O program, the Watershed Education Network will lead student in monitoring Pattee Creek's water quality. Students will then cultivate and install a Biohaven Floating Island at the storm water retention pond – thereby giving students the unique opportunity for future biological, physical and chemical monitoring.
Brandy Thrasher – Technology Integration for Hands on Learning in Chemistry & Physics – Washington Middle School
The integration of digital data collection probes into science classes will support various aspects of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) learning. By being able to use electronic data probes, students will be able to collect accurate data so they can better engage in an inquiry learning process for both physics and chemistry.
Creative Classroom Grants 2015-2016
Lan Ann Bryant – Eagle's Nest Thrift Store; Taking it on the Road – Big Sky High School
The Eagle's Nest Thrift Store opened at Big Sky High School on October 25, 2011 with the purpose of giving students hands-on, real-world experiences in the world of business. We would like to move to the next level and begin making our own merchandise by re-purposing donations and having a mobile business to travel to local craft shows and markets.
Bryan Whitney – Free Voluntary Reading Program ion the French Classroom – Sentinel High School
By creating a free voluntary reading program in the French classroom, student will have a print-rich environment with materials that are both engaging and comprehensive. This program will improve their fluency, vocabulary, and grammar in French as well as encourage lifelong reading and learning.
Ellen Parchen – Milltown Dam site field trip – Hellgate High School
During the spring, the Earth and Science curriculum includes a unit on Place Based educaiton connecting to our 'Erosion on the Landscape' classroom work. This field trip is a multi-dimensional trip where we work with WEN and other community experts to gain field experience.
Allison Boone & Kathleen Devlin – Life Cycles Unit – Franklin Elementary
Students will identify and sequence the life cycle stages of all living things through careful research. They will engage in the close reading of stimulating nonfiction texts and record detailed observations about changes in organisms living right in their own classroom.
Tom Andres – Life on the Farm – Big Sky High School Agriculture Program
The MCPS VoAg Center and the Washington and CS Porter Flagship students will partner in the summer to run a two-week long camp called 'Life on the Farm'. Flagship students will work with teachers and high school students at the VoAg Center daily, learning farm operations.
Angela Opitz – Oh, The Places You'll Know: Creating Opportunities to Foster Global Competency – Rattlesnake Elementary School
This project will advance global awareness by merging traditional academic content with global competency skills in the curriculum. Global perspectives will be integrated throughout the year through thoughtful execution of global education resources, themes, and technology to build a foundation of awareness that can transform school culture and increase understanding of people and place.
Molly Kast – Hands-On STEM Learning – Rattlesnake Elementary School
In Kindergarten, play is the most important form of learning. We would like to enhance our science and math curriculum with engaging, hands-on activities that are connected to STEM. Common Core State Standards, and our themed yearly units. Our grade level team would share STEM kits and curriculum boxes to serve the maximum number of students.
Creative Classroom Grants 2014-2015
Mary Beth Jourdonnais, Pat Lubke, Yer Thao – The Pillow Case Project – Hawthorne Elementary School
The purpose of the 'Pillow Case' project is to give each Kindergarten student a pillow case sewn with custom made fabric that includes all of our high frequency words. This will allow students to practice the high frequency words introduced in the Kindergarten curriculum. This project will impact student learning by 1) building a foundation for reading, 2) promoting at-home reading, and 3) reinforcing the connection between home and school.
Jennifer Malloy – Healthy Movement for Healthy Minds – Russell Elementary School
The project's goal is to transform my classroom into a learning lab that promotes healthy movement. The first step in this transition is to incorporate creative seating and work spaces for learners. Dynamic seating options can help increase focus, engagement and collaboration; all important things for 21st Century learners.
Kimberly Olson – Kids Teaching Kids – Meadow Hill Middle School
'Kids Teaching Kids' is a pilot project that incorporates online blended learning methodologies with face-to-face teaching experiences between 8th grade Spanish students at Meadow Hill and their first grade buddies at Paxson Elementary.
Angela Schowenger – Ceramic Tile Mural – Washington Middle School
The purpose of the ceramic mural project is to create a piece of artwork that will be hung in Washington Middle School for many years and allow the students that participated in the creation of the piece to feel a sense of accomplishment and pride for their school.
Britt Sonsalla, Autumn Johnstone, Heather Roos, Claudia Sonsalla – Science Explorers – Paxson Elementary School
We intend to design a program to offer our students experiential learning opportunities to meet Montana Science Standards. By building their background knowledge, students will develop the skills necessary to become lifelong science learners. This project will utilize community resources to increase student engagement and offer opportunities for inquiry-based learning.
Brendan Work – Arabic Mystery Investigation – Sentinel High School
For second-year Arabic foreign language students, I have written and tested along-term interactive murder mystery taking place across the Arab world for students to solve by eliciting, sharing, and interpreting information from spoken interviews and written texts. Grant funds would be used to purchase materials that will support the authentic immersion experience of the mystery and deepen the students' appreciate of Arabic language and culture.


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Tax preparation shouldn't be a choice between paying a "professional" or losing a couple of days of your life every April.
Most people grouse about the high cost of taxes (and how the government spends the taxpayer's hard-earned dollars). Another big gripe, though, is how complicated they are.
"Just use some software," was the helpful advice. Except that the software costs money, and didn't even cover one of the little tax oddities we had one year recently: one of Hubby's stock companies had merged, and he was paid partly in dividends and partly in stocks. You can bet the IRS had regulations and forms to cover this, easily found on their website. The software – not so much! Unless, of course, you wanted to pay twice as much to buy yet another program, the super-duper-got-it-all-for-the-professionals version.
"Just take it to a professional," came some more helpful advice. Oh, sure, for even more money than the super-duper software program. After all, now a "professional" is using the just-for-professionals program on your behalf.
Well, Lila and math don't get along, but Lila is cheap, so… let the wild-goose-chase scavenger hunt begin! Over the course of two or three days of deciphering what we needed in the first place, and then obtaining the right forms and publications, and then filling them all out several different ways, Lila got to know the IRS web site very well. Was it really better to go joint, or file separately? Figure the taxes both ways. Was it better to itemize, or to take the standard deduction? Figure the taxes both ways. In the end, Lila had the answers and was actually starting to grasp how the numbers were working (a truly frightening phenomenon, if you ever saw Lila in grade-school math class).
So, every year, Lila is the Tax Person in this house. "You're better at it," says Hubby, though I suspect he is just suckering me into another two days of wrestling with math and government forms, two of my least favorite things in the world.
But you know what? I do them on paper, and I mail them in via snail-mail. It is my little protest, you see, for a couple of reasons.
First, there's something wrong when a country's tax code is so complicated and painful that most of its citizens throw up their hands in exasperation and pay someone else to figure it all out. If you are going to require citizens to pay money to the government, it should at least be simple. We pay enough in taxes, don't we? We shouldn't have to pay again to figure out how much to pay! On that principle alone, I will muscle through this every year.
Second, check out the IRS web page on e-filing options. Free File can do all the hard work for free, but only if you make less than $57,000 per year. If you make more than that, you can use free fillable forms which are really not much different from using the paper ones, but not all forms are included, so you might have to use paper anyway. And not only that, your tax filing goes through a third-party contractor and I'm not comfortable with that. So much for the "free" options. The other two options are: pay to use commercial software, or pay to use a professional tax preparer.
Doesn't this just seem like a racket? Basically the IRS is telling us that if you make $57,000 per year, you should pay for tax preparation. If they ever actually simplified the tax code, whole empires of tax-software producers and tax preparers would fall.
The only option that offers all the forms and publications you need for free – well, almost – is to just download them from the IRS website, reference the publications on your computer screen, print the forms you need, and then do the stubby-pencil exercise and mail it all off.
Well, at least if I am ever audited, I'll know how I got my numbers.


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(Neb.)-**Breaking News**Power Out In Parts Of Chadron Saturday Morning (Updated)
By: Dennis Brown Posted at: 04/15/2017 08:28 AM(Chadron,Neb.)-Chadron has been hit by another power outage on Saturday morning.
This outage is affecting mostly the southwest side of the city from just west of Chadron State College to Highway 385, according to NPPD's Mark Becker.
Becker says 388 homes and businesses are without power and crews were just starting to look for the problem at about 8:15.
Updated at 10:25AM
NPPD says all power has been restored in Chadron. Power was back on shortly after 10:00 Saturday, with the outage lasting a little over 2 hours.
The outage was caused by a component failure in a breaker.


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X~ Sophia's baptism dress and accessories....kind of top priority around here since I've finally gotten around to scheduling her baptism in May.
~ Curtains for Sophia's room...that project has been sitting around for months. Does anyone else hate sewing curtains? Why are 4 hems that daunting?
X~ Recover red chair cushions...the current covering is popping open, and the fabric for the job is just sitting around waiting for me...has been for 2 years now.
~ Pillows for the living room.
~ Sophia's quilt...well, we know how quilts go around here.
X~ Legging's for Sophia...there's a whole pile of knee high socks waiting next to the sewing machine.
~ Dress for Sophia's bunny
~ There's a largish pile of miscellaneous stuff needing it's ends tucked in.
X Diaper cover...a cute pink one that's halfway done.
~ Scarves...there's more than one...they seem to be ongoing around here.
~ Pillow cover for Sophia's room....it matches a runner that I finished forever ago and forgot to blog about.
X A hat for Sophia
X~ A shrug for Sophia.
X~ A sweater for Sophia....I'm really finished knitting the shrug and sweater. I'm down to the tucking in of loose ends and stitching up of sleeves...There's a chance she might be grown before I finish.
~ I'm fairly certain there's more, I just can't find them right now...same goes for the crocheting category.
~ Yarn wreath...I finished one awhile back but have another one in the works.
~ Matching game for Levi
And, then there's the ongoing stuff:
~ Like the pile of wool sweaters waiting to be turned into soakers (as needed)
~ And, the pile of old shirts, etc waiting to be turned into diapers (as needed)
I'm not even counting all of the half done house projects. That would just be a little much don't you think?
So, has anyone noticed the amount of crafty goodness headed Sophia's way. Yeah, I think my little man is getting jiped. That's reason enough to start a new project, buuuuuut I'm holding back.....sticking to my guns.....for now.


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Obit: Reyer, Emma
(1860 - 1943)
Contact: Stan
Surnames: Reyer, Reich, Distelhorst, Rein, Oncken, Brehm, Schmidt, Moenning, Jessler, Gartmann
----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 11/04/1943
Reyer, Emma (7 Mar. 1860 - 2 Nov. 1943)
Adam Reyer, age 91, and his wife, Mrs. Emma Reyer, age 83, both residents of the city of Colby since 1920, died within 15 hours of each other at their home, the former at 9:00 o'clock Monday night and the latter Tuesday noon. The bodies are at the Lueloff Funeral Home where services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.
Mr. Reyer was born in Germany on June 5, 1852, and came to the United States with his parents when he was three years old, settling in Sheboygan county. At the age of 21, he went to Illinois where he worked for four years and then went to Upper Michigan where he worked another four years. He was married to Emma Reich on Sept. 10, 18?1, in the town of Wilson, Sheboygan county, after which they came to this community and purchased a farm near Cherokee where they lived for 39 years. Since 1920, they lived in Colby, Wis.
Mrs. Reyer was born in the town of Wilson, Sheboygan county, on March 7th, 1860.
Surviving are six sons and three daughters - Hugo Reyer of Chevy Chase, Md., Otis Reyer of Barrington, Ill., Harold Reyer of Wauwatosa, Richard Reyer of Two Rivers, Carl and Edward Reyer of Colby, Mrs. F. M. (Emma) Distelhorst of Madison, Mrs. Morris (Madeline) Rein and Mrs. Rose Oncken of Colby, Wis. Two children, Olive and William, preceded them in death. Also surviving are 13 grand children and one great grand child. Mrs. Reyer also leaves one brother, August Reich of Sheboygan, and two sisters, Mrs. Carl Brehm and Mrs. Jennie Schmidt, both of Sheboygan.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Reyer are pioneers of this community, coming here when this was still mostly woodland. By hard and diligent work, they built a splendid farm. They always walked in the well-beaten path of righteousness, were honest in all their dealings, were kind and indulgent parents, and congenial neighbors and friends. Their life work was done and well done.
----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 11/11/1943
Double funeral services were held for Mr. and Mrs. Adam Reyer at the Lulloff Funeral Home Friday afternoon, Rev. S. Paul Nulton, former pastor of the Methodist church in Colby, now residing at Pepin, officiating. Internment was made in the Colby cemetery. Pall bearers were six sons - Edward, Carl, Otis, Harold, Hugo and Richard Reyer.
Out of town relatives here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reyer and children, Danny and Karla, of Two Rivers, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Fred M. Distelhorst and son, Fred, of Madison, Otis H. Reyer of Barrington, Ill., Hugo Reyer of Chevy Chase, Md., Harold B. Reyer of Wauwatosa, Gustave Moenning, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jessler and Arthur Gartmann, all of Sheboygan, Wis.
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A few days ago, some old friends were chatting at my place and we
talked about Facebook.
Hau:" gnnbbqmaozhetong !! i really don't understand why people put
baby face at their profile photo, how am I suppose to recognize them ?"
Me:" You don't know meh ? it is no more called facebook already ! "
Hau:" really meh ? "
Me:" Yeap ! It is called babyfacebookdotcom !! "
Hau -______-"
Me:" Some people even put dog photos at their profile photo woh ! "
Hau:" Well, not unusual, cause nowadays dog also knows how to use
facebook already mah, sometimes cats also, biawak also..... "
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FBI declared that it took into its custody 16 people across the US who apparently participated in an online assault against PayPal and is suspected to be a part of the Anonymous hackers' gang. The announcement followed merely some days after a gang comprising Anonymous hackers was detained inside Spain because it was allegedly involved during the hack of PlayStation, reported ITBusinessEdge on July 20, 2011.
Notably, due to the arrests, it was possible to peer through the lives of hacker-activists seeking to infiltrate or crash computers with various motifs like gaining political benefits, or capturing credit card details.
Even on being arrested, the hackers' were not frightened as ideas cannot be arrested. They revealed that in future, they seek to concentrate on organizations and collaborate with governments in return of which, they would charge heavy ransom.
Two security companies on being aware of one spear phishing scam by the hackers said that the criminals sent e-mails to contractors after corrupting the messages with malware. Actually, a certain contractor's executive had dispatched one sample of the phishing e-mail to the security companies.
Incidentally, spear phishing assaults involve computer hackers who send e-mails to selected targets providing elaborate information about their lives with the idea that the targets could be convinced towards slackening the security on their PCs followed with hitting on the contaminated web-links.
However, law enforcement officers remarked that the arrest represented a crucial incidence, which effectively stopped several individuals in becoming involved in the problem as also would definitely generate information suitable for locating other targets.
Meanwhile, assaults by Anonymous as also associated 'hacker-activist' gangs that have attracted widespread interest but, for FBI, other online offences focusing on espionage call for greater priority. The agency has included in its list of priorities, intrusions at the IMF, Lockheed Martin and Google.
Moreover, Anonymous along with LulzSec has further asserted that they were behind striking websites within Egypt, Syria, India and Tunisia to fulfill political interests, while also attacked the US Senate's and CIA's public websites.
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GTK+ Programming Help: Last Resort!
I have a combo box in which there are a few words. I am trying to build a menu option that will generate a LaTeX file with those words, that can then be compiled to produce PDF output. For that, I need to first obtain the list of words that already in the combo box.
I checked the DevHelp documentation thoroughly; in particular, I looked at the sample programmes in the section on GtkTreeModel. The sample given there is almost exactly what I am doing here. (The only difference is that in the sample programme a new tree model is built explicitly, whereas in my code below, I am obtaining the tree model from the combo box known as WordListComboBox.) Note: The code below shows only the relevant portion.
I am at a total loss as to why the following code will not work:
void on_generate_tex_activate (GtkMenuItem *menuitem, gpointer user_data) { GtkTreeModel *TreeModel; GtkTreeIter Iter; gboolean Valid; TreeModel = gtk_combo_box_get_model(GTK_COMBO_BOX(lookup_widget(GTK_WIDGET(menuitem), "WordListComboBox"))); Valid = gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first(GTK_TREE_MODEL(TreeModel), &Iter); while(Valid) { gchar Word[65]; gint i; for(i = 0; i < 65; i++) { Word[i] = '\0'; } /* End for(i) */ gtk_tree_model_get(GTK_TREE_MODEL(TreeModel), &Iter, 0, &Word[0], -1); g_print("%s\n", &Word[0]); Valid = gtk_tree_model_iter_next(GTK_TREE_MODEL(TreeModel), &Iter); } /* End while() */ }
Can someone please tell me what I am doing incorrectly? Instead of output like:
why do I see:
Thanks in advance for your help.