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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Episode 25- Woman with a Gun
I stepped back and jerked my good hand up to protect my eyes. But before the bright light clocked my pupils, I'd seen the rifle pointing my way.
"Nice and slow, Homer," said the woman.
My eyes adjusted to the brighter light after a few painful blinks. I couldn't see much except the gun barrel. She was standing in front of a bank of lights, so it was difficult to see much except her silhouette and the rifle. She kept the gun steady.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Brandy says you're good to go, but I like to see things for myself."
"The AI."
"The computer system that runs this place," she said.
She had a young voice. As my eyes became still more adjusted to the light, I could see that she wore a wide brimmed floppy hunter's hat. Caramel colored hair stuck out from beneath it. She seemed pretty, but the steel circle at the end of the rifle seemed more important at that moment.
"I've got to sit down before I fall," I said.
"Yeah, you look like shit. Come on, follow me."
She jerked her rifle to tell me to get walking.
"Who are you?" I asked again. "Do you know Mark?"
I could see her more clearly by then. She couldn't have been more than eighteen or nineteen.
"He's my dad. He said to wait for you here and if you didn't show up to go looking for you. You being from the city and all we figured you'd find some way to get lost."
"Everything's on fire out there," I said. "Government helicopters circling. A ship crashed."
There are moments of clarity, even in total exhaustion. I had one at that moment and realized I was on the edge of babbling. I was in an underground bunker with a teen-aged girl still pointing a rifle at me. The world outside was burning. The government was on the scene, no doubt looking for the crashed UFO and would be more than happy to lock me up and weld the cell door shut during the process.
"I know I sound crazy," I said, "but I'm not. And could you point that rifle somewhere else? I'm not dangerous."
"Mister, you don't look like you can stand up long enough to be dangerous. And you might need a change of clothes before you go on TV."
She lowered the rifle.
"Come on," she said. "Follow me and stay close. We got a place you can bunk til this is over. We don't get a lot of visitors down here."
"What's your name?" I asked as I followed her down a long tunnel that twisted and turned like an underground Mobius strip.
"Sissy," she said.
"Garret. I know. Daddy already told me and I don't forget names. Not too much farther to go."
"I don't think I can make it much farther, Sissy. I'm not used to all this activity. I'm a writer. Usually I sit down a lot."
The air was cool and the tunnel dimly lit by overhead bulbs housed in thick glad domes. I'd lost track of whether we were going upward or downward. I just wanted to go to sleep.
"For a writer," she said, "you sure know how to stir things up. I've been watching things from the control room. Not too often we see UFOs, monsters, forest fires and the Feds coming down on this mountain all in one night."
We came to a metal door inset into rock. She waved her hand in front of something I couldn't see and the metal door pulled back to reveal what looked like a combination high school chemistry lab and an armory.
"Wow," I said.
"This ain't nothing," she said. "Wait til you see the rest."
"Wait a minute. Did you say something back there about me going on television?"
She smiled and I knew things were about to get a lot worse.
Labels: alien, alien diaries series, UFO
5 comments:
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
He'll definitely need a change of clothes, especially his pants.
- Rick said...
That's a seriously good call, Alex!
- Charles Gramlich said...
Amazing how a gun barrel changes sizes depending on which side of it you are on.
- Rick said...
Here in Detroit, Charles, it is an established scientific fact. The police are so busy that last week a murderer had to turn himself into the Fire Department because no one in homicide was available.
- Bernard Lee DeLeo said...
Well, if he survives, Garret may want to get himself into shape after all this. How dare he pull the 'writer card' as an excuse. :) Good episode.
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Educating Youth to Meet National Problems
By JOHN W. STUDEBAKER, U. S. Commissioner of Education
Delivered at the 78th Annual Convention of the National Education Association, July 3, 1940, Milwaukee, Wis.
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. VI, pp. 655-659.
ONE hundred sixty-four years ago tomorrow thirteen small colonies along the eastern seaboard of a new continent, facing a critical situation, engulfed by pressing problems, issued their bold Declaration of Independence challenging the despotisms of the Old World. The signers of that Declaration proclaimed that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights: To life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed; that the people have a right to alter or abolish any form of government which becomes destructive of humane ends. With courage and resolution, they set their feet upon the long, hard way of war—a War for Independence; through years of hardship, their purpose never wavered—to established justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity.
Today, as then, democracy the world around is engaged in a fateful struggle—a struggle with the forces of despotism and reaction. All the fruits of more than a century and a half of effort to develop the democratic way of life are at this moment in deadly jeopardy. Once again the autocrats, the tyrants, and the dictators seek to ride roughshod over the liberties of hundreds of millions of people. They proclaim an ancient doctrine in modern terms—men are but means to ends, not ends in themselves; citizens are but slaves of the State, minions of the dictator, pawns in a national power game. These proponents of totalitarianism arraign democracy as decadent: Inefficient, muddle-headed, and soft. Theyprofane the ancient virtues, scorn our ethical and humanitarian traditions.
Mindful of the perils without, and of the problems within our land, we reaffirm as a nation our faith in democracy, pledge ourselves anew to lift high its banner, if need be to man its ramparts, convinced as were our fathers of old that democracy is worth defending with our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
If we propose to defend democracy it behooves us to envision clearly what it is that we are defending. What is this "democracy" which we would guard, sustain, improve, and pass on to our children? Is it "government of, by, and for the people?" Equality before the law? Free elections? Local autonomy as contrasted with centralized authority? Liberty, equality, fraternity? Does our conception of democracy run beyond political forms to something broader, more inclusive—a philosophy and a way of life in which the shared aspirations of many men and women are given collective expression and individual fulfillment? And if we do conceive of democracy as such a way of life, can this conception be so clearly understood by all citizens as to become for each an incentive and a goal of vigorous, personal endeavor?
Especially, can we give our youth such a vision of the meaning and possibilities of this democratic way of life as to capture their loyalties and channel their enthusiasms? To communicate that understanding, and to inspire that exalted vision of democracy is the primary task of public education today.
The conception of public education as the instrument ofnational integration is no novel notion. Nor is the idea that universal public education has the responsibility of making men ready to function as citizens in a self-governing society a new one. Washington, Jefferson, Madison and many others believed that knowledge and power must not be separated— that in a Republic public opinion, the controlling influence, must be enlightened.
But take note, during the first century of American development the area of action through government was very limited. Hence, citizenship was relatively simple. The individual was expected to find and make his place in the scheme of things. When problems such as unemployment and poverty began to emerge they were evaded by opening up new tracts of land on the frontier. With the beginning of the twentieth century this method of dodging basic problems could no longer be employed because most of the space for expansion had been taken up. During the twentieth century, citizenship has taken on new meaning; the area of governmental action has been vastly increased; public education has been clothed with a national interest as a means of making youth ready to deal intelligently with complex national problems.
We may as well admit that public education has not adequately educated youth to meet the new national problems. The system has been extended and elaborated largely in response to the pressure of ambitious parents anxious to have their offspring enter the professions and white-collar jobs. In the last decade it has been borne in upon us that there aren't enough white-collar jobs—professional or business opportunities—for all aspiring high school and college graduates. Indeed it is estimated that at the present time some three or four million young people find themselves shut out of any opportunity to work and make a living.
This problem can no longer be evaded by opening new roads to a frontier. It must be faced and solved where young people live, and through sound national policies. It is related to a dozen so-called national problems—farm surpluses, unused plant capacity, foreign trade, banking and finance, homemaking and birth control, bureaucracy and paternalism, social security and monopoly. All these problems are part of the central issue which may be put as briefly as this: Education for what?
In the most primitive society the youth are taught the things they need to know in order to function as hunters, planters, garment makers, home builders and members of the group organization. But this education would be a meaningless hodgepodge if the chief of the tribe should say that one of its purposes is to postpone the active participation of youth in the life of the society—to prevent them from engaging in hunting, planting and home-building lest they contribute to a surplus of the good things of life. Of course no primitive society would fall into such a fallacy. Primitive men know that hunting and planting, building and constructing are the realities and that there can never be too many people trained and skilled in the arts of creation; that the real needs of a society for goods and services always outrun the supply.
The dictators know this and herein lies much of their success in appealing to youth. They say there is a job to do— more jobs than there are hands trained to do them. Youth ikes that kind of talk because it assures them that they are needed, that they count in the scheme of things; that they must hurry up to be prepared to take the places awaiting them. If the democratic idea is to survive it must assert the realities—the realities that men and materials are the basis of the good life and that it is the business of democratic leadership and organization to help all the men to keep in contact with the creative job of transforming materials and of serving one another.
We cannot educate youth to meet national problems except in this philosophical frame of reference. The terminus or goal of the educative process is active participation in the life and work of the community. The curriculum if not determined in relation to this goal becomes a meaningless abstraction.
In recent years there has been a sort of war on between education and the society of which it is a part. Education on the one side has been trying to maintain its traditional purposes of making youth productive, creative, ready to make things, build things, organize, serve. Society on the other hand has been building fences to somehow keep youth out of the arena of creative work, to prevent them from flooding the country with the products of their trained energies. This warfare cannot go on without depriving education of its most meaningful role in the life of the Nation. It is my firm conviction that our traditional American liberties need not be sacrificed as we push forward toward the solution of this crucial problem.
Suddenly within the past few months the picture has changed. In the name of national defense, opportunities are opened up. Factory manufacturers vie with one another in a mad scramble to secure skilled workmen, trained people. They find that there are not enough to go around. They say to the schools: Train them, and quickly. This is the kind of message that gives sense and order to an educational system; it answers in part the question—education for what?
But let us not forget that it is a temporary emergency answer. The point, however, is that it offers an integrating purpose around which to reunite education and society. During the next year millions of people in schools will know that they must hurry their preparation because there is a place for them. Society is depending on them to fill that place competently. The pity of it is that so many have certificates asserting that they are educated and yet they are not prepared to do anything definite that our society is willing to pay for.
While we hurriedly train youth and adults to meet the primary problem of national defense it is also the task of education to enlighten the minds of millions and prepare them for a citizenship capable of making democracy work in solving the complex problems related to the central issue of organizing men and materials efficiently. This does not depreciate the part of education which is concerned with the appreciation of culture, music and beauty. We must recognize, however, that culture dries up in a community where the people are forced into idleness. Culture is related to work and creation and a society which shuts millions out of the business of creation cannot build a vigorous culture. Culture attempts to read meanings into men's actions and creations. It cannot be taught apart from work and struggle, effort and construction.
One of our central problems is to adjust modern public education to a technological society. The prime requisite here is that society shall say to its educational system: There is a place for everyone you train. Given this assurance, educational administrators can plan the educative process to fit more effectively the requirements of the new world.
Some of the problems to which modern educators must address themselves are these:
1. The complex issues of citizenship cannot any longer be assigned merely to high school and college courses in political science, civics and history. The school system must cease to be merely for children and young people. It must be organized for adults as well. Its plan facilities must be kept open and operating in the interest of preparing men and women as well as children and young people to function efficiently vocationally, avocationally and civicly. As I see it we will move on a graduated scale from full-time learning to part-time learning—the degree of time spent in organized education being different at different age levels with different groups of people. But the end objective is that all people may make use of organized methods of study and training throughout life.
2. The educational systems must be organized and reorganized in relation to the changing nature of the community in the technological civilization. No high school serving 50 or 100 students can possibly afford to offer diversified training facilities. A certain amount of consolidation of school units can help materially to provide efficient organizations of secondary education. Our rapid transportation makes such consolidation practical. But we must go further. Even large high schools cannot afford to develop training facilities for all of the specializations.
For example, we need perhaps two or three completely up-to-date, first-class, thoroughly-equipped, specialized schools in a given State where young people may be efficiently trained in all of the printing and allied occupations. To try to teach printing and its complicated allied arts in every community would require a wasteful expenditure on buildings, equipment and instructors. The dilemma is usually solved by giving an inadequate training which does not fit the learner for real competence. But as soon as we suggest that specialized schools be placed in a relatively few places in an area of the country or in a State we face the third problem in educational statesmanship to which I would like to draw your attention.
3. Some practical means must be found to enable students to pursue specialized education in schools located away from their homes. The National Youth Administration, through its student aid plan, has applied rather widely the idea which in a measure has long since been practiced by schools and colleges, namely, that students might be assisted to earn while learning. This idea has been developed largely as a means of relieving families of the financial strain of maintaining sons and daughters in a state of idleness. The part-time job created is intended to assist the student in being self-supporting and at the same time to keep him in school. Usually, however, the National Youth Administration high-school student is kept in his community and attends the local high school. But this procedure suggests only one of three methods of enabling learners to study away from home. The three methods are:
(1) A public works program to provide part-time jobs which will enable the student to take care of his board, room and clothing while he spends the major part of his time in the educational plant.
(2) The scholarship method may be used to enable the student to concentrate full-time in the school program. Scholarships could be paid for by the students themselves out of future earnings or they could be paid for by taxes. In a society that needs trained people a tax-supported scholarship system makes sense. But if we are to visualize a society in which a great number of those who are trained graduate into idleness and engage in a vicious competition for a limited number of jobs, we cannot very well justify taxing the people generally to educate a surplus.
(3) Individual self-support through part-time private work. Thousands of young people have studied away from home in special schools and colleges at their own expense, finding part-time private employment to cover the basic necessities. In a society where no unemployment is tolerated—where the demand for willing workers is always greater than the supply—any 15-year old could get himself a part-time job and earn while learning. But we do not as yet have that kind of society. Therefore, if we are to get young people from their homes to the consolidatedspecialized schools away from their homes and enable them to maintain themselves, we may have to adopt, on a wider scale than ever before, one or both of the first two methods, i.e., public work projects and scholarships, while at the same time preparing for a more general application of the third, i.e., part-time work with private employers. The question will arise in this connection whether it is better to subsidize the learner so that he can concentrate full-time on the business of rapidly gaining competence or to require him to divide his time between the work of learning and the work of earning. This raises a further problem confronting educational statesmanship—the problem of offering the youth generally definite work opportunities as a part of schooling.
4. The fourth problem I submit then is this: To recapture the balanced educational scheme which began to develop in our agrarian democracy and which provided for both study and work in proper correlation. In the agricultural community the young person was taught certain things in the schoolhouse; other things he learned from his father in the process of helping in the operation of the farm. The daughter likewise learned some things from her mother as she helped with the manufacturing side of the farm home. Youth at a very early age undertook responsibilities and began to count in the scheme of things. The work had three major characteristics: First, it was vitally needed by those who did it; it was not made work; second, it gave compensation— not in wages in this case but in the direct utilization of the product; and, third, it was diversified, so that the learners moved from the simple tasks to the more complex in a natural progression. It might be added that the work provided a basis for applying many thought processes and testing knowledge. It should also be said that vocational agriculture and homemaking as taught in the secondary schools today are splendid examples of programs in which work outside the school is directly related to school work, thus securing a closely integrated total program of learning.
The urban community has unfortunately suggested to many growing young people that there isn't anything for them to do until they reach the advanced age of 19 or 20, possibly even 25 or 30. During the years from the kindergarten to high school or college graduation the youth is too often expected merely to study books and play. We have noticed that this process results in postponing the maturing of personality—in prolonging infantilism. Some people even feel that the lack of responsible work for young people deprives them of specific measuring rods of experience with which to test ideas and knowledge coming to them through academic study. But worst of all, the young person finds himself in a hostile environment. Society seems to be saying to him that life must be all preparation, abstract study and play during his first 20 years, and after that all work and struggle. When most high school graduates apply for a job they are stumped by the question, "What can you do?" or, "What have you done?". A great many of them properly reply: "I can do research."
Now in defense of the innumerable, effective educational programs now in operation throughout the country I want to emphasize the fact that many of the activities of youth in school are work. Such activities develop work habits, and they encourage effort and initiative. But sometimes one element of major importance is lacking in this type of work —the feeling on the part of young people that they count— that they are actually living and taking responsibilities—that they are a part of the scheme of things and not merely preparing to be. Educational statesmanship must now consider the problem of developing more ways and means of relating significant work to an academic program, or of
creating many more educative experiences in which responsible work habits are closely and continuously integrated with study. This means opening the windows of the school and saying, in effect, to many youth: "Out there are millions of tasks that need to be done, services to be performed. You can go out there part-time and do your share. What you do out there will be a definite part of your education; that is, it will be a part of a well-balanced program of experiences designed to help you to grow as rapidly as possible in your technical abilities, your understanding of life, and in your feeling of responsibility for community welfare."
If we could say this to youth we would have answered much of the problem of integrating the school and the community. We would thus avoid the danger of operating an educational process in a vacuum. What youth would learn in a program of creation and construction would illuminate the meanings of the related academic study. But more than anything else youth at work doing things that are needed, being compensated by money or products or the satisfaction of tangible achievement and experiencing a diversity of work operations, would have that sense of belonging which is so necessary to the future stability of democracy.
What I have been saying up to this point is that a vital and comprehensive educational program must stress these two complementary elements—education for work, and education by and through work. I am fully aware of the difficulties of terminology involved in the use of such expressions. The term "work" is subject to various interpretations depending on the context in which it is used. Exactly what is work? Must work involve overt physical activity? What then of mental work? Or is it toil, drudgery, and fatigue which we have in mind when we speak of work? Or is it employment for wage, salary, or some other material reward? What is "work experience?" And what are "work habits?" What is "school work?" Is study, work? Attempts to present exact definitions of these terms would require another paper. Suffice it to say now that such expressions should be used with care. We all know that education in schools necessarily aims to secure good "work habits." Beginning with housebuilding with blocks in the nursery school and extending up to secondary schools and colleges where carpentry, architecture, and surgery are taught, good work habits constitute a primary objective.
In any case, what I am trying to say is that employment at tasks freely accepted because of their intrinsic or extrinsic rewards is a vital part of education, and that we must gauge the educational value of work experience on a scale which recognizes various kinds of motives and types of activity, both mental and physical.
5. A fifth point to which I would direct the attention of educational engineers is the problem of making America ready for a fruitful use of leisure. This calls for the adaptation of the school system to the needs of both young people and older people. It means in my judgment the operation of school facilities full-time as centers of leisure activity and learning.
Our machine age has gloriously displaced labor at points where work is laborious. This ought not to be considered a catastrophe. The fact is that in the next decade we can, if we will, practically eliminate mechanical, repetitive operations for men and women. Because we have a vast reservoir of labor we have been wasteful with it. We have set thousands of people to tasks with low wages which our engineers could have performed with gadgets. In the coming years the electric eye is going to supervise the operation of most of the mechanical operations. As a result, a peacetime democracy ought to be able to diversify human activity by cutting down the hours of labor on the mechanical side of production.
This raises a tremendous problem for education. What are people to do with the freedom they get in this way? Immature people will undoubtedly assume that they will enjoy the leisure by going to the movies, being entertained, doing nothing in particular and aping the idle rich. A mature judgment tells us that the idle rich are not happy—not because they are rich but because they are idle and uncreative. Mature judgment will tell us that recreation is only significant when it supplements creative exertion—that lazy relaxation is only satisfying when it follows a period of dynamic activity—that entertainment is fun only in small doses. The new leisure, therefore, must include the opportunity for creative work. In a machine civilization we may visualize the development of skills and handicrafts capable of matching the achievements of the ancients. Our homes, while basically supplied with machine-made furnishings, may well be decorated with priceless creations of handicraft art. The home may again be the center of productive enterprise and the shops at the school may become centers of a leisure program of creation.
There are other important points requiring the concern of our profession if we are to contribute to the solution of national problems. Such problems are education for health, for intelligent home-building, consumer education, conservation education, safety education, etc. These problems all fall into a pattern if once we get straight on the fundamental purpose of the educative process in a democratic society.
We have been following the will-o'-the-wisp notion that humankind wants to retire, be entertained, enjoy life, be served, avoid dangers and difficulty and let the rest of the world go by. This false Valhalla of the prolonged vacation has been rudely challenged by the dictators. They have gone back to the primitive reality that man wants to create, organize, work, risk, struggle, build, plant, grow, and harvest. The fact that they have harnessed this fundamental notion to a diabolical war machine in the interest of a regimented ant-hill system of society should not blind us to the fact that their followers respond to the call to create something. Their people like the idea that there is more work to be done than there are hands available to do it. They like the sense of assurance which comes from the certainty that they have a place in the scheme of things. Their education, bad as it is from many points of view, has this one great merit—everybody knows that at the terminus there is a job to do.
Now in my judgment the ideal of democracy, of self-government, of fair play, of personal liberty can be preserved only if we organize ourselves to give practical expression to the fundamental human urge to work and create. We educators can do remarkable things with the educational machinery we have built up if we can set clearly before the community the ideal of creation; if we can release people in general from the stultifying fear of surpluses. If democratic leadership cannot say to youth under peacetime conditions as well as in wartime crisis—you are needed, prepare well, the way to the top is open—democracy cannot in my judgment survive the challenge of modern dictatorship. Genuine loyalty to the democratic ideal cannot ultimately be induced merely by indoctrinating youth with academic arguments in favor of the free society.
In summary, the proposals I have made add up to three conclusions:
1. In view of the need for a broader and more thorough civic education for youth and of the demands of the workaday world for more maturity on the part of the young people entering upon employment for the first time, we must plan for an upward extension of secondary education to include the thirteenth and fourteenth grades with a strongemphasis on vocational courses which will terminate not later than the age of approximately 20 years. Secondary schools should also become the centers for a vital program of adult education.
2. An adequate program of education for youth requires the provision of means by which all young people up to 20 years of age may be enabled to maintain themselves in situations where modern and complete training opportunities are available for all of the kinds of work which our society needs done.
3. Above all, we must help young people to catch the vision of a democratic society in which the contribution of each of its members in service and in sacrifice is needed in helping to build for that fairer tomorrow in which the ideals of the fathers and the faith of multitudes of toiling, freedom-loving men and women will be vindicated and fullfilled.


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I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's celebration! 3 out of the 4 members of my family were sick, so we've been having a ball around here! Since I haven't had a chance to do a lot of creating or writing, I thought I'd share a round-up of what you loved in 2014….
year in review
Top Posts of 2012
I can't believe it's almost 2013 already! This year has flown by so quickly! One of my biggest accomplishments of this year has been this blog. I am extremely proud of it, and can't wait to share my top posts of 2012 with you. 2013 looks to be a great year, and I hope you…


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2016 creative team call
Hey there! Molly here. I'm newer to the Becky Higgins team but diving in with all my heart and loving it! Part of my new role is to oversee the Creative Team – something that Kari has been doing so awesomely for the past few years. I'm thrilled to be doing this and can't wait to share all about this today.
It's that time of year again when we begin the search for our next Creative Team. It's hard to be too excited about it because we completely adore our 2015 team (as we do our 2014, 2013, and 2012 Creative Team members) … they are talented storytellers, brilliant photographers, and have the biggest hearts. We love them and we love what they share with us and with you throughout the months + year.
And yet there's something exhilarating about the idea of starting fresh, finding new and inspiring talent, and introducing you, our customers, to a whole new batch of documenters who are sharing their stories and their talents through their scrapbooks. We know there are many who are using Project Life to document your stories – past and present. You are helping your children learn to document as you allow them to contribute to your family album or help them create albums of their own. You are sharing Project Life® with your family + friends and encouraging them to print their photos and write down their stories. You are talented photographers using images to leave a legacy for future generations. There are many who are currently sharing Project Life pages and ideas online and via social media. We are beyond grateful for all you are doing to inspire others in your own ways and avenues.
We know that our Creative Team is a great source of inspiration to many of you … they help fuel your creativity and motivate you to work on your Project Life albums as you see what they have to share. We can't blame you … they're fantastic! And yet we realize that there are many more talented "Project Lifers" out there. It is because of this that we want to invite YOU to submit your work to be considered for our 2016 Creative Team!
{ how we are building the new Creative Team }
Our Creative Team opportunity is open to all – well-known scrapbookers who have been published and have large followings to everyday scrapbookers who may only share their work with family + friends. Men, women, and teens. Single, married, no kids, lots of kids, and empty nesters. Those using our physical products, those who choose to design digitally, and even those who are using the Project Life App to document the everyday! Everyone has a fair chance as long as you meet the requirements listed below.
Some of you may remember that we did a call for Stampin' Up! Creative Team members earlier this year. Due to some internal issues, we decided to hold off on making those selections. We still have your submissions and will go through those at this time as well! Please let us know if you would like to also be considered as a physical Creative Team member!
If being on a Creative Team is not of interest to you but you know of someone else who really inspires you with their Project Life pages, please encourage them to check out this opportunity! Or feel free to drop us a note and send us a link to someone you think we should know about.
{ what it means to be on the Project Life Creative Team }
Creative Team members are asked to do what they normally do with Project Life, true to their own personal style. They submit four layouts or projects each month using our products (which they're likely already doing for themselves or their family anyway) so we can share their awesome work on our website and social media outlets. Once in a while there is a "special assignment," but really, we don't ask much. We even reward you with monthly emails from me. *wink* Expectations will be more clearly defined with the final Creative Team when they are chosen.
Of course we hook you up with lots of Project Life goodies during the year while you are a part of the Creative Team, too. ; )
{ what are we looking for? }
We would love for our Project Life Creative Team to represent a variety of life scenarios. We know most scrapbookers/Project Lifers happen to be in their 20s to 40s with kids, so naturally we'll see lots of submissions from people in this boat. But we want to see teenagers, grandparents, young adults, married or not married, kids or no kids, living in the city or in the middle of nowhere, or on the other side of the world. We'd love to see a guy on our Creative Team, too!
Here's what will get you noticed … no matter your life circumstances or where you live. We are looking for:
1. Fantastic photography. You could be a fascinating person with a super-interesting life, but if your pictures aren't great, it's not really the perfect fit for our Creative Team. We are looking for pictures that are clear, crisp, and interesting and that have good lighting and excellent quality. You don't have to be a professional photographer, but you need to have some skill behind the lens. And we know many of you do.
2. Great storytelling. You don't necessarily have to be a stellar writer … the little Journaling Cards are only so big, right? No – we are talking about the storytelling that happens with the way you document your life, primarily through your photographs. So not only do we want fantastic photography, but we would love to be inspired by how you photograph, what you take pictures of, and how well you illustrate experiences in your life through your lens. This doesn't mean that your life itself needs to be perceived as anything but what it is. You could be a world traveler or a stay-at-home mom and that doesn't matter. What matters is that you capture our attention through how you document life.
3. Use of product. Naturally, we are looking for folks who make Project Life products look good. We are also looking for SIMPLICITY. The goal with our team is to inspire people with the simplicity of our products because that's the whole nature of Project Life. Slip photos and cards into pockets and you're done. Sticking with Project Life Cards (Core Kits, Mini Kits, and/or Themed Cards) along with our Photo Pocket Pages or Mini Albums is all you need to get onto our Creative Team. It will really be your photography and storytelling that will capture our attention the most. Our product line has grown tremendously in the past few years, so we feel it is possible to stick with the basics of our product line and achieve fantastic results. Please don't feel like if you do a little embellishing here & there, your chances will be slim. That's not the case. We'd just like to see our products paired with your photos.
4. Layout photography. The actual photos of your Project Life layouts need to be excellent. Good lighting, very clean & clear, no flash, no distracting background. You see, we don't require our Creative Team to part with their pages so we can scan or photograph them. Instead, we ask that they photograph the layouts and projects themselves – and that's why it's imperative that your layout photos are awesome. If you want to see how our current Creative Team photographs their layouts, check them out by clicking around on their various blogs or by searching our website for "creative team inspiration."
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Email submissions to email@example.com and include the following with your email:
– in the subject line, please include which team you are applying for: physical, digital, or app
– name
– location (city, state, country)
– links to all things YOU (website, blog, shop, gallery, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, whatever)
– a little about you (single, married, kids, no kids, empty nester, teenager … whatever) – short + sweet, please
– 3 to 5 images of layouts you have completed (remember – see #4 above as this will have a big impact on your first impression with us)
The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, November 4th.
Specifically, our cut-off will be at midnight Pacific time that day. If you are chosen to be on our Creative Team, we will personally contact you via email before November 25th. The 2016 Creative Team will be announced mid-December.
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Hello Becky, just wondering if you are still working with Shutterfly and might be offering any new updated Project Life kits to the current editions there. I have used almost every one and would love the option for newer kits. Thank you.
Is this more of a part time or full time position?
How often would we work in the office?
And what does it pay?
Sorry for the 20 questions. :)
Just super excited and curious!
Part of me wants to sign up but a bigger part says I don't deserve it! Haha :)
Hi Molly-
Is the app creative team new? I use both a combo of physical and app depending on what album I'm working on. Is it better to submit the digital image from the app or photo of it printed in real life?
Well, I did it. I submitted. I have a chance to be the "guy on the Creative Team". :)
I think it would be awesome to see a guy on the team! Good Luck Sean!
Is it possible to apply for both the digital and the app team? Would you submit samples of both layouts? How many of each? Thank you!
Should our layouts only include Project Life cards? I also use Studio Calico Project Life kits and also have other PL- type cards in my stash that I sometimes use. Thanks.
Is one 12×12 page concidered a layout, or is it a spread (2 pages together I mean)?
If I apply for the digital team, can I submit jpegs of the digital layout itself? Or do I need to print them first and take pictures? When I went over to the creative team posts for examples, I noticed that lately they have been just the digital file ifself. Hopefully my question makes sense, thanks!
What are the requirements for the SU! Team member? Are they basically the same?
Well I did it. It would be such an honor to be chosen, however I'm not sure my "style" of 1-page layouts is what you are looking for since you only ever share 2-page. Time will tell. Regardless, this app is life-changing for a mom of 6 who just wants to tell her kids/families stories.
Thanks for the opportunity!
awwwww so sad I missed the call this year :( criiiies
ohhh…. I missed it this year… :'(


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Their Mount Rainier erupted, now Colombians sharing lessons
A contingent from Colombia is visiting Pierce County this week to discuss how to best handle the possibility of Mount Rainier or Mount St. Helens erupting.
The group of scientists, emergency managers and first responders have checked out both Washington volcanoes and will hold a community meeting in Orting Thursday night (May 4).
Both countries have experienced deadly volcano eruptions in the past.
Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980, killing 57 people and destroying hundreds of homes.
In the Andes Mountains of Colombia, Nevado del Ruiz erupted in 1985 and caused lahars that killed more than 23,000 people, injured more than 5,000 and destroyed 5,000 homes.
Nevado del Ruiz is an ice-clad volcano similar to Mount Rainier, which the U.S. Geological Survey dubbed one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because volcanic mudflows would bury numerous communities in the foothills.
The experts are focusing on emergency preparedness, sharing what they've learned from their respective disasters and how to minimize risk for those living near volcanoes, according to KIRO.
Pierce County officials have been working on expanding the warning system near Mount Rainier to quicker notify residents to evacuate if the volcano ever erupts.
The weeklong visit comes during Volcano Preparedness Month and follows a trip to Colombia last month by 10 U.S. officials.
The exchange is sponsored by the USGS and the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.
They formed the Vancouver-based Volcano Disaster Assistance Program after Nevado del Ruiz erupted. The group has responded to 30 volcano crises, strengthened response capacity in 12 countries and provided assistance with hundreds of volcanic events, according to its website.
The community meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday ay Orting High School's Performing Arts Center, 320 Washington Ave. N.
There will be volcano-related exhibits and presentations by both Colombian and Pierce County officials.
Stacia Glenn: 253-597-8653


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Manchester City misfit Jack Rodwell a transfer target for West Brom boss Alan Irvine. (Daily Mirror)
Premier League clubs on transfer alert as Chile's World Cup star Eduardo Vargas is put up for grabs by Napoli. (Daily Mirror)
Arsenal and Liverpool are set to duke it out for Juventus' Chilean World Cup star Mauricio Isla. (Daily Star)
AC Milan may lower the asking price for Mario Balotelli, should Arsenal be up for sending Costa Rica World Cup striker Joel Campbell the other direction. (Metro)
If Arsenal are unable to snag £27m-rated Balotelli, they may move for Bayern Munich's Mario Mandzukic. (Daily Express)
Crystal Palace are also interested in signing Joel Campbell, who impressed as Costa Rica won their World Cup opener against Uruguay. (Daily Mirror)
Fernando Torres, Romelu Lukakau and Marko Marin are among those who are set to leave Chelsea this summer. (Daily Star)
Monaco are winning the race to land out-of-contract Ashley Cole. (Daily Express)
Liverpool believe Southampton's Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren will be their players when they begin the new Premier League season against the Saints. (Daily Mirror)
New Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is ready to offer Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall a Premier League lifeline. (Daily Mirror)
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce wants another four signings after making £7million Anderlecht star Cheikhou Kouyate his second capture of the summer. (Daily Mirror)
Alexander Buttner is leaving Manchester United – because incoming manager Louis van Gaal doesn't rate him. Van Gaal's arrival at Old Trafford has convinced left-back Buttner to leave – with Dinamo Moscow his likely destination. (Daily Mirror)
Manchester United are reportedly preparing a cash-plus-player offer that would potentially see them swapping striker Bebe for Benfica's Nicolas Gaitan. (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool and Everton are monitoring Stephane Mbia, who is a free agent after his contract ran out at QPR. (Daily Mail)
West Brom hope to snatch Joleon Lescott from under the noses of Hull and Stoke. (Daily Star)
Samir Nasri will pocket around £180k a week when he signs his new five-year deal at Manchester City. (Daily Star)
Crystal Palace hope Spartak Moscow winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov will join for £1.5 million. (Daily Star)
Goalkeeper Vito Mannone could be on the way out of Sunderland following the arrival of Costel Pantilimon from Manchester City. (Daily Star)
West Brom are also considering a move to bring Fulham winger Kieran Richardson, 29, back to the Hawthorns. ( Birmingham Mail)
Liverpool are considering making a bid for Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia this summer. The 28-year-old has just one year left to run on his current deal. (Metro)
Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o, 33, has set his sights on moving to Italian side Roma, but only if they can meet his pay demands of £60,000-a-week. (Daily Express)
AC Milan midfielder Kaka, 32, is set to become a high-profile signing for new Major League Soccer franchise Orlando City. (Daily Mail)
Real Sociedad are in negotiations with Arsenal to keep Carlos Vela in San Sebastian until 2018. The Gunners were earlier planning to bring the 25-year-old forward back to the Emirates by activating his £3m buy-back clause. (Marca)
Atletico Madrid are unlikely to let 29-year-old Brazilian defender Miranda leave despite strong interest from Barcelona and Manchester United. (Marca)
Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 26, wants to stay at Manchester United and fight for his place. (Daily Star)
Chelsea will not let Eden Hazard, 23, join Paris St-Germain and the French champions have all but given up hope of signing the Belgian international, says coach Laurent Blanc. (RMC)
Arsenal's and Liverpool's pursuit of Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa has taken a hit after his agent told Radio Belgrano that the 28-year-old is already in talks with Barcelona. (Talksport)
Everton have made an offer for Valencia midfielder Ever Banega, 25, who is also being pursued by AC Milan and Marseille. (L'Equipe)
Tottenham are lining up a £3m bid for Sunderland's 33-year-old defender John O'Shea. (Daily Telegraph)
Hamburg have hijacked Newcastle's bid to sign Pierre-Michel Lasogga, 22, from Hertha Berlin with the striker keen to stay in the Bundesliga. (Talksport)
West Ham United have joined the race to sign Parma midfielder Marco Parolo, 29, who is currently on World Cup duty with Italy. (Sport Mediaset)
Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal, 27, says he wants to concentrate on the World Cup with Chile and not worry about the transfer rumours linking him with Manchester United and Real Madrid. (Tuttosport)
Liverpool have started preliminary discussions with Bayern Munich over a proposed £16m deal for 22 year-old Swiss midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri. (Bild)
Real Madrid are in the market for a central defender and could make a move for Real Sociedad's 23-year-old Spanish footballer Inigo Martinez. (L'Equipe)
Napoli are reluctant to sell striker Gonzalo Higuan, 26, to Barcelona and are likely to demand a £55m transfer fee. (As.com)
Juventus are currently negotiating a fee for 21 year-old Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata. (Tuttosport)


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Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch.org
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FamilySearch.org is the largest FREE genealogical website in the world. With over 5 billion original records, online books and research helps, there are many ways and reasons FamilySearch.org can help with finding ancestors.
Cherie Bush
Cherie Bush is a Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch International. She currently serves as a board member with the Federation of Genealogical Society. Cherie became interested in genealogy as a child when her grandmother told her family stories. She has been hooked ever since.


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If you're still not ready to change the landscape of your work or career after reading Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series, I think you just might be after hearing Paul's story.
Paul Colaianni has too many vowels in his last name. Why is this important? Well, it's really not. I'm just a quirky writer and that's what you get when you read me. What is important is that Paul left his job and is now helping thousands of people like me and you get through challenges in our lives that keep us from growing. He is an empowerment coach and the ever-loving host of The Overwhelmed Brain Podcast.
Paul has one of those stories that resonates with so many of us: He was dedicated to his job, efficient with his time, showed up every day, and was led to believe because he was so amazing, that he would receive rainbows and butterflies from his employer because he was such a damn good worker.
Not so much.
Here's what happened:
"I was in IT for most of my life, 27 years," Paul said. "I did computer work, worked on telephone systems, and wrangled big projects building technology systems for hospitals. Toward the end of my time in IT, I was a sub-contractor.
I happened to be working on a big project in a hospital where the project manager was really impressed with me. He kept making promises that they wanted to hire me full-time. That thrilled me, because it meant a steady income with vacation time and insurance."
(I bet you already know where this is going…)
"When it came to the end of the project's completion, I approached the project manager to talk more about bringing me on full-time. Instead of giving me details and specifics to bring me on board, he said, 'Just keep an eye on the job boards. It's possible.' My heart just sank. Here I was, putting all of my energy into getting this job, believing it was going to happen, and it never did."
It was a wake-up call. A big one.
"I went home and for a few days I just moped around, unsure of what I was going to do," Paul said. "For the first time I realized that no one was going to create the path I needed to walk. I had to create it myself. And that was so powerful for me to realize. No job is forever and promises don't mean anything. People can say something all they want, but it's never true until it's true."
And so he set off to create his own, deliberate life. Paul was always fascinated by human behavior, so it was no surprise when he reignited his expertise in hypnosis, coaching techniques, and brain science to become an empowerment coach. Even when he was still in IT, he snuck away to become a certified hypnotist and study the emotions of people. If it had to do with the human mind and changing it for the better, Paul was all in.
"Learning about the brain is so fascinating because a lot of it is very similar to the digital logic of computer circuitry. We are emotional beings, and for us it always comes down to the decisions we make. Our decisions will either take us in one direction or another. Computers work the same way. They're decision-making machines and so are we."
So what shifted in his own brain that caused him to make the very bold decision to leave his job and start his own creative entrepreneurial journey? And what can he offer others to help them do the same? Here are three tips Paul shared to get us up and out of the job we don't love:
1) How much time do you spend doing what you don't like?
"Take a pen and paper and figure out what percentage of your day you're doing something you don't like. Now figure out the same thing, but for a whole year. If you've spent 60-80% of your time doing something you don't like, you need to really think about that. Is this what your life is all about? Doing something you don't like 60-80% of the time?"
2) List what you value most about work and career.
"Create a list of things you want to have or experience with your work. For example, I want to be respected. If my boss disrespects me, that violates my values. Yours could be: not working weekends, making lots of money, having more fun, even working from home. Now put those values in a hierarchy. Whatever the most important value is, stay in alignment with that value so you enjoy what you do always. The more you enjoy what you do, the more you'll want to do it and the better you'll be at it."
3) If you feel something call to you, do it.
"If there is something you love doing, like drawing or knitting, you've got to start doing it. Once a day, at least. Start doing something towards it. See your lighthouse at the shore and keep going in that direction. If you say you don't have time, find the time. If you really want it, you'll find the time. Even if that means taking your notebook into the bathroom and writing ideas down while everyone is asleep."
No seed will blossom unless you plant it. By doing these three things, Pauls says you start planting, even in your unconscious mind. Before you know it, ideas will come out of the blue. You'll know what to do. And then you'll take the steps to start doing them.
Finally, if you're unsure of what you want, Paul further encourages the idea of writing things down. (Karen Kalis told us the same thing in
Part 1, So there is definitely some weight to this idea.)
He also said, "Think about something you can talk about for hours. Something that gets you excited. That 'thing' is a place to start. This is where your passion comes alive. And people love following people with passion."
I have to say that he is right. I talk about designing your own life and taking your voice back all the time. I write about it all the time. And now it's my life's work. Find your idea and your passion and make it your life's work. We'll always be right here with you.
Wanna learn more about this courageous coach? Visit Paul at his site and listen to his killer Podcast, The Overwhelmed Brain.
Or, find him on Twitter.
(Catch up with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.)
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Joleene Moody is a former television reporter and anchor turned freelance writer, blogger, and speaker, based in Central New York.
(No, not New York City. Not even close. 🙂 )
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Guilty as Charged
I thought our liberal friends, the DC Liberals, were only after us. Apparently not. Based on what they did, I can assume that many conservative sites, or owners of sites, have fallen victim to the crusade of the DC Liberals. To state a recent example, a few days ago, they hijacked a site similar to ours, http://www.republicanvoices.com. The resulting site was this.
Still not convinced of liberal indoctrination? That site is all you need. Even if the superintendent and teacher signatures were bogus, the creation of the site itself tells us that the DC Liberals have come clean. They are indeed indoctrinating the kids. They never stated it would be liberal political indoctrination, but they said that everything they're teaching goes against conservative values. Essentially, not only are they imposing liberal political opinions, but they're imposing liberal morals and the liberal way of life as well. Essentially, the DC Liberals have committed what the American Bar Association calls admittance against interest. Thank you for fessing up.


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If Sen. Barack Obama loses the presidency or wins by far narrower margins than the double-digit lead some mainstream media polls predict, his weak performance will not be the result of the so-called "Bradley Effect," which holds that black candidates underperform at the polls due to latent racism. Rather, the true culprit will be something public opinion scholars call the "Spiral of Silence Theory."
In the 1970s, German political scientist Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann introduced a provocative and startling theory of mass communication she called the "Spiral of Silence." Noelle-Neumann argued that when mass media create an impression that the majority of society holds one view on a topic, those who hold minority opinions are cowed into a "spiral of silence" for fear of reprisal or isolation from those in the majority.
Since Noelle-Neumann introduced the Spiral of Silence, many studies have confirmed her theory. In fact, some scholars have discovered that her theory seems even more accurate when applied to the Internet than television alone.
Whether Mr. Obama's chief political strategist, David Axelrod, has knowingly leveraged the Spiral of Silence phenomenon is unclear. However, with more than willing accomplices in the liberal mainstream media, Mr. Obama has ridden a mediated tidal wave of support through the jaw-dropping imbalance of positive news coverage his campaign has received. If the Spiral of Silence thesis is accurate, this means that the lopsided liberal coverage—not Mr. Obama's race—will have been responsible for silencing support for Senator McCain in national polls.
Yet regardless of these facts, should Mr. Obama lose the election or win it with narrower than expected margins, we can be sure that those in the mainstream media and Mr. Obama's supporters (one in the same, really) will ignore the Spiral of Silence in favor of the so-called "Bradley Effect."
As with so much else in this presidential election, liberals will not allow "facts" to get in the way Mr. Obama's messianic message.


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Merry early Christmas to us! With L.A. having a wintery cold snap, Kylie Jenner has hit up tropical Miami and is taking advantage of the warm bikini weather. Keep reading for the racy snaps she shared Dec. 2.
If you've got it, flaunt it! Kylie Jenner, 19, is doing just that with her absolutely ridiculous body while hitting Miami for Art Basel. The reality star decided to work on her tan and gave her Instagram fans an eyeful of her incredible bikini body. She seemed to be a little bit shy about showing off her face, turning away from the camera and hiding behind her long dark mane. But when it came to the rest of her figure, she was totally proud to flaunt it in an incredible black cutout top that showed off her sexy cleavage. She paired it with tiny black bikini bottoms that gave maximum exposure to her toned tummy and thighs.
Kylizzle's fans absolutely loved what they saw, as the Instagram pics garnered over a million likes in the few hours after she posted them. She looked totally relaxed and at home perched on a chaise lounge nestled on a tropical rooftop patio. Kylie chose the perfect time to hit Miami and the glorious bikini weather there as back at her home in Calabasas, the LA area is undergoing a super chilly winter spell.
Pics: Kylie's sexiest bikini photos
It's a good thing the cosmetics queen is getting away for a little rest and relaxation as she's about to launch her latest business venture, her first online store which opens for business Dec. 10. She's going to be selling everything from sexy bras and undies to hoodies and t-shirts that show the stunner in racy lingerie. So get that bikini time in now Kylizzle!
Check this..
Iggy Azalea flaunts VERY ample cleavage and womanly curves in velvet jumpsuit


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Voice Mail (Centrex) - Recording Your Personal Greeting from Your Phone
The Centrex voicemail system will be retired on May 31, 2019. Voicemail accounts will be moved to Cisco Unity voicemail. Watch your email for more information about your transition to the new system.
Note: You may want to write your greeting down on paper before recording it.
Your personal greeting is the message callers hear before they are offered the opportunity to leave a message.
The following is an example of a typical personal greeting:
"You have reached the voice mailbox for <name>There are two ways to record your greetings:
. I am not available to take your call. Please leave your name, number, and a message after the tone. I will return your call as soon as possible."
- Directly from your phone (instructions below)
- Through the Web PhoneManager
To record your personal greeting:
- Call into the voice mail system (see Voice Mail (Centrex) - Log on to your Mailbox )
- At the main menu, press 4 for PhoneManager.
- For Personal Options, press 1.
- To record a personal greeting, press 3.
- To record a standard greeting for all other conditions, press 2. The current greeting is played.
- To begin recording, press 2 and speak your greeting. Then press 2 to stop recording.
- Optionally, do the following:
Press ... If you want to ... 4 Delete your greeting and start over * Cancel and exit without saving or recording
- To save the recording, press 5.
To use the rapid recording commands:
- Log on if necessary.
- At the main menu, press 4 for PhoneManager.
- Press 4 to record your personal greeting.


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To commemorate the new Green Lantern movie, I'm holding a contest with some great prizes. The winner will receive a Green Lantern Movie Prize Pack that includes:
- Green Lantern Action Figure – Blade Attack Hal Jordan
- Green Lantern Power Ring
- DVD – Green Lantern First Flight
- Graphic Novel – Green Lantern: Secret Origin
Enter the contest by answering the following question in the comments section:
If you had a Green Lantern power ring, how would you use it?
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Mocha Dad's "Green Lantern Movie Contest" starts on Thursday, June 2, 2011 and ends Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. (CST), and is open to all Mocha Dad readers, subscribers, and/or fans in the continental U.S. No purchase required. Relatives and employees of Mocha Dad Media are not eligible to win. You are also ineligible if you've won a prize from this blog within the past 60 days. One winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced on Friday, June 10, 2011. You must leave your contact information to collect your prize. If a winner does not respond within 5-days, a new winner will be chosen.


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Misleading Customers
Electronics recycling is still somewhat of a new industry in some areas. Many people I speak to are still unfamiliar with recycling their old electronics. Because of this, some recycling businesses take advantage of their customers' lack of knowledge and mislead them. This is unfortunate because this reflects poorly on all of us that run electronics recycling businesses.
There exist a few certifications that are available to the electronics recycling industry. These certifications are meant to help control our practices and ensure we are handling the material in an appropriate manner. Some large businesses require the companies they use to have these certifications. They are costly, and in my opinion, really have no teeth to them. Nevertheless, they are good for some companies.
What is not good are companies that misrepresent themselves by saying they have these certifications, when they don't. The use of the logo is prohibited and to say you are in process of getting a certification, that is prohibited also. We have another local company in town that is falsely using the R2 logo in order to mislead their customers and misrepresent their business. On all accounts, this is wrong. Companies like this leave a bad reputation for all of us that run an electronics recycling business.
If you are looking into having your electronics recycled and these certifications mean something to you, do your research. Make sure the company is really who they say they are. If you find a company that is lying to their customers about their certifications, you can bet they are lying to you when it comes to your data and how they handle the electronics.


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In the wake of the US stock market drop and a sudden realization of the size of the national debt, people are starting to look carefully at numbers. As in: What numbers might be important, and what do we need to watch out for?
While it can be nerve-wracking thinking about the dark side of things, it can also be very informative. Today let's try to view things as informative, and look at one opinion on silver. I know, it's not our usual gold news, but the principles carry over to the gold market rather well.
Gold sector writer Bill Holter says he's done the math and believes the silver market is very highly over-leveraged. As in, there's no way it can end well. And he believes what could come next would be very, very bad. As in taking down large chunks of the world economy. That would indeed be bad. Your Gold Enthusiast has an opinion too, which we'll discuss at a later date.
Today you can get the basics of Bill Holter's view in today's featured article. Then let us know in the comments below what you think – Is the world economy heading for a train wreck?


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Biology professor publishes friction research
November 13, 2012
Professor and Chair of Biology Kellar Autumn—a preeminent scholar in the field of gecko adhesion—has gained further distinction with a BBC News feature and the publication of a recent study.
Appearing in the prestigious Journal of the Royal Society, Autumn's study "challenge[s] the conventional assumption that surface energy alone determines adhesion."
"By using gecko foot hairs as a probe, we discovered something new about friction," Autumn explained in a recent interview with the Portland City Science Club. "What lies below the surface can be as or even more important than the topmost layer of atoms."
Along with colleagues in Germany, Autumn coauthored the study with Postdoctoral Research Associate Jonathan Puthoff and Research Technician Matt Wilkinson.
In a BBC News feature titled "The Real Spider-Man," Autumn discusses the future of synthetic adhesives based on his research, which focuses on the mechanisms and evolution of animal locomotion and on developing biologically inspired materials and machines. His research has appeared in hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and programs worldwide, including NOVA on PBS.
The Gecko Lab website provides more detail about Autumn's research and its applications in the design of climbing robots and novel adhesives.
Blue Lassiter '15 contributed to this story.
Read the BBC feature Department of Biology


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Saturday, May 17, 2014
ROYGBIV quilt - a Blogger's Quilt Festival entry
I made this quilt for my dear friend, Benta, a few months ago. The pattern is NY Beauty Circle of Flying Geese by Better Off Thread. (you can get it in various places including HERE at Craftsy). I added pockets, a thread catching bag, a loop for scissors (per request) and some loops at the top for hanging.
As you can see, I quilted the daylights out of it, but it was so much fun!
I also added a little message to Benta in the center using some Rainbow variegated thread. Friends and quilts really do make life more colorful!
Here are the Quilt Stats:
Size: approximately 22 inches x 28 inches
Pattern: NY Beauty Circle of Geese by Better off Thread, plus a little pocket of my own design
Quilted by: ME! I used white So Fine thread by Superior Threads, and a Rainbow variegated thread also by Superior Threads
I hope you will consider my entry.
Thank you for stopping by!
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good choice. rainbow is my fav category :)ReplyDelete
Amazing!! I need one for my sewing room! Thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
Beauty & function. My favorites.ReplyDelete
This pattern is on my "someday" list--so pretty.
I'm in awe of the beautiful work you did on this!ReplyDelete
Guess what I'm voting for!!!!!!ReplyDelete
This is one of my favourite quilts ever!ReplyDelete
Cute and practical!! You did a gorgeous job, especially the thin little compass points!ReplyDelete
Wow, I love this...stunning!ReplyDelete
This is beautiful, and as I study the colors, I appreciate all you put into it picking just the right shade and tone of each color. It works so well, and I love the quilting. This is so nice, good luck.ReplyDelete
I just love this quilt! Your friend is very lucky to receive such a beauty!ReplyDelete
beautiful quilting!ReplyDelete
This quilt is really cool!! I love the quilting too! Awesome!ReplyDelete
This will be getting my vote.ReplyDelete
This quilt is beautiful! Love the added functionality of it.ReplyDelete
this is fabulous! I love the addition of the pockets at the bottom. I don't really get the "ROYGBIV" thing myself, I know what it stands for but, huh? It's a rainbow! Thanks for the pattern link, I wanted to make one of these myself!ReplyDelete
This is stunning! I love the colors and the quirking is unreal. Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
just beautiful!ReplyDelete
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Hollywood Adventure Movies, Divinely Inspired, Leave Latter Days Remnant Significant Clues to Discover the Key to Knowledge
I worked for 30 years in Hollywood, before I was called out of this completely. I learned a lot, just by working in tandem with all the various departments who work on movies and television programming.
Like many others, I grew up watching Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments, usually every spring. After I grew up and began to feel a special and intimate calling from the Father, I still loved watching this movie. And, it's still a favorite way to spend part of our Passover every year with our children.
Raiders of the Lost Ark was also a favorite movie of mine. And, once I began learning Paleo Hebrew from Eric Bissell ('Eriktology on youtube'), I realized that I could translate what I had seen in the movie on the golden medallion that was of great significance in the movie. In fact… you could say it was the KEY to hidden treasure!!
Our Creator has left us some amazing hints and touchstones, items with which we are familiar that gives us encouragement to walk in His Name and to learn tHebrew. This image in from Cecil B. DeMille's movie, The Ten Commandments, was recorded well over 50 years ago. Though the script was written with the word 'GoD,' the property master had done his homework. He chose Paleo Hebrew lettering with for the tablets that Charleton Heston carried. This tablet starts with the words ANoKiY YaHuWaH ELoHeYKa: I am YaHuWaH your ELoHeY.
In this video from a movie from 1986, the chief speaker for these cherokee indians reveals the Name of YaHuWaH to Sam Houston, played by Sam Elliott:
In this movie, Actor Peter O'Toole declares the name of YaHuWaH:
In this movie, again, the Property Master did his research on this piece, and had this 'prop' declare the Name of YaHuWaH in Paleo Hebrew, the same font found in use in many of the Dead Sea Scrolls. By the way, I have decoded the message on this headpiece of the staff of [not] Ra [but YaHuWaH, because RA is not on this headpiece… only YaHuWaH's name is]…
Learning Hebrew is fun, exciting, and we learn what has been hidden for centuries and millennia away from us. The hidden, inaccessible things.
If you have a love for the land of Israel and a love for the Creator and if you seek after Him, He is certainly leading His people back to the pure language.
In January, we will be starting a one-year training program for beginners. The program is called Discover the Wonder and the Power of the Hebrew Language.
Some of our Codesearcher Apprentices are just completing their first quarter of their pure Hebrew training. A new Apprentice, there, commented how advanced they were.
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Have much to learn & share. Now looking to research Yahweh deeper and the difference w elshida names of God.
Just learning constellations. Seeing a red star in our telescope Holy Spirit showed to me. Im a prophecy student for over 50 years. A sinner of no belief in religion saved by His Blood, LOVE & Grace.
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Fast Girls by Rachel Kramer Bussel is an anthology of erotica that focuses on women who have to have it when they want it or who go after exactly what they want. It features great story lines and erotic scenes that are very hot! If you are looking for a new collection of erotica that you can pick up and read anytime, give this one a try.
Do you happen to judge a book by its cover? Does the picture or its title conjure up deep-seated sexual fantasies, triggering your brain to reach for the book and place it in your shopping cart? This book reveals a side of women determined to fulfill their sexual desires. I wanted to explore those erotic and fantasy-driven stories found in [italic|Fast Girls].
This collection of erotica has some good stories, but stumbles and falls on too many of them. Although some selections are well written and sexy, there are too many amateurish writings in the book and the collection simply doesn't hold together with a unified theme.
It has some bright spots, but Bussel needs to choose the selections more carefully. An attempt to bring erotica into the mainstream which doesn't work out for either mainstream or erotic as a whole.
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Lilleprinzen Par Haga (Little Prince of Sweden)Future H.V. King of SwedenCarl Gustaf XVIBorn April 30, 1946Now On 80# Archival CARDSTOCK!
This little curly blonde cutie is the present king of Sweden. Some years ago, I acquired a little Swedish book about him as a tot, and used the photos of him and his toys and clothes to make this paper doll. The first presentation of the paper doll was in black and white line art, back in 1992. I was intrigued that he was born the same year that I was...though a few months earlier.
Now I have added color, making it generally more appealing to my customers (though a few of you love the black and whites to color.)
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Having a group of friends that share the same passion that I do for fishing and the outdoors is a blessing. Most of these same friends would also say that I take it to a whole different level. Like they say about the postal service: snow, sleet, driving rain and other challenging conditions will not keep me away. These situations create unique stories and experiences that define me. Having someone else there to share in that experience is also part of the fun. We still talk fondly about the epic fishing during a hurricane on the Roach River. The rain was coming down in sheets and the river was rising before our very eyes, but the salmon were active and on the move providing us with phenomenal fishing. I was also really sick that whole week, but managed to be there and would not have traded that experience for anything. Even with those adverse conditions I still hold those memories of time spent with friends very close.
There was a time when I would rather strike out on my own rather than wait for others to join me. I still spend a lot of time in the outdoors by myself, but I find it more rewarding to share those experiences with someone else. That is why being a guide comes naturally as I am looking to share my love of nature and all it has to offer. The sense of pride in helping a client, friend or family member catch a fish is intoxicating. Dan, who is also a guide, jokes with me often that when he is in my boat he feels that I am guiding him. Jeff learned on our first overnight camping excursion that I love cooking for people and take control of the kitchen area. It is not that I think I can do better, it is simply my way of showing that I care. My wife has had gatherings at our house and I cooked my heart out for her guests. It would be a shame to not share what you love with others.
Before any trip with my friends I would have to say that the preparation and anticipation is what gets me the most excited. There is always a flurry a phone calls, texts, messages and emails sent back and forth between us until we come up with an idea of who is bringing what. Inevitably we always forget one thing and that remains a topic for some good natured joking for weeks and years to come. Chili cheese dogs have been a talked about meal idea for a few years and we somehow forgot the chili two years in a row. With friends, the attention to detail is not as important as the overall intent of the thought. Maybe we will remember the chili next year.
Time with friends has also created moments that I hold dear due to the thought behind an action. On our first overnight camping trip together Jeff did something that I still remember. We were sitting by the fire looking at the stars when Jeff told me to grab the tip of a small balsam fir branch and he did as well. He said to put it in the fire and in the morning when the fire had cooled to take a piece of charcoal from it. That piece of charcoal would represent our trip and the memories attached to it. That really resonated with me and I still look at that saved piece of charcoal periodically and immediately those memories come back like the trip was yesterday.
There have also been recent times that I needed my friends to just be there for me. When I lost my mother back in September 2015 I was unsure if I wanted to get back onto the water for a while. We had planned a trip up north around that time and I was hesitant to go. My friends let me know that they would support me either way, but it was the thought of my mother chastising me for not moving on with my life and doing what I love that was the final deciding factor. Before heading up north on our trip Jeff and I headed out onto a local river to try for some larger spawning salmon. I was just looking to get back to some sense of normalcy and an easy morning on the river was what I needed. As the discussion moved toward getting ready to leave the river for lunch we spotted a large pod of salmon. Never one to pass up a willing fish I threw everything I had at one large salmon that only moved to refuse my offerings, but never moved away in fear or seeking shelter. When he finally grabbed one of the numerous flies that I drifted by his face I knew I had made the right decision. Jeff was there to share in the experience of landing and releasing one of my best fish I have ever caught on that river and it was an emotional moment for me. Even while I write this the emotions are coming back and the memory is one of great warmth and sorrow. I realized I would be able to get through my grief as long as I made sure to do what I love and share those moments with those that are near and dear to me. These will not be the last moments that resonate with me and I look forward to many more times spent with friends in the future.


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Years ago, I recorded what's called a "voice-over" in the trade, for a television commercial for margarine. A fellow radio presenter, the late, lamented Ray Moore, would refer to me on-air as "polyunsaturated fat-face". How my dear friend would have gloried in the recent "research shows" that saturated fat, otherwise known as "best butter", not only has little impact on the risk of heart disease or a stroke, but may even protect against them. So, in the words of one advertisement, "a better bit of butter on your knife" may well, in the telling phrase of yet another, "prolong active life".
Someone break it gently to Gwyneth Paltrow, and all those to whom dairy foods are anathema. Oh, those wasted years of low-fat diets, in the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle, that is but a mirage on the shifting sands of scientific knowledge.
There has been an erosion of faith lately in the fondly held beliefs in the efficacy of health foods and extra vitamins. However, the more science investigates the claims of fish oils, green-lipped mussels and tiny tinctures of homoeopathic herbs, and the greater the advances in medical knowledge, the more some want to revert to the cures of Druids and faith healers.
Nobody wants to be caught shouting, "The king has no clothes!" not just because the heir apparent himself appears to be a believer in "alternative" medicine. It's easier to avoid argument by smiling in a superior manner, with the words, "Oh well, I suppose if you feel it's doing you good".
And now, as if to give credence to these beliefs, comes further "research" that appears to vindicate the homespun medical remedies that our grannies practised. Forget that podiatrist for your painful verruca! Nip down to your local ironmongers for a roll of duct tape, wrap it tightly around the offending toe, and Bob's your uncle. Worried about a skin condition? Leap smartly into a bath of porridge. Travel sickness? Try a little ginger.
A listener once wrote to me that her granny was convinced that a cold, or any chest complaint, could be easily cleared up by a brisk rubbing with a brick. Another's father would blow sulphur powder down his children's throats as a deterrent to infection or any soreness. A stiff neck was treated by ironing with a flat iron, over brown paper. A length of old rope, first soaked in tar, was draped around the neck of the child suffering from whooping cough.
A sovereign remedy for earache was an onion, warmed in hot ashes until soft, and the kernel then placed in the ear. I myself have known the agony of the hot bread poultice on a sore knee.
What a boon this return to self-help medical treatment will be to the beleaguered NHS!
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Narrator: If your goal is a drug-free childbirth or you want to ease labor pain naturally before getting numbed with an epidural, moving and trying different birthing positions can help you come closer to having the birth experience you want.
Midwife Julia Rasch: I like to move moms around a lot. It opens up different parts of their pelvis.
We'll just try different things and see how's the baby responding…
Narrator: In many countries, mothers labor and birth standing and squatting, more often than lying down.
Midwife: The position of being in the semi-fallers, the lying down with the legs sort've sprawled out, is a position that really works great for the doctor -- or even for the midwife. You have really good visibility. But I think that very often it's not like the ideal way to birth. Or it's not like the way women would naturally birth.
Narrator: Many hospitals like to constantly monitor your contractions and your baby's heartbeat, which often keeps you near a bed.
Also, once you receive an epidural, which prevents pain by numbing you from the waist down, you typically can't leave your bed, so early labor is the best time to be active.
If you're delivering naturally, chances are you'll have plenty of opportunities to try different labor positions.
Try any position that gives you relief, as long as your healthcare provider feels it's safe.
Ask whether it's okay to:
Take short breaks off the monitor to walk around with your birth partner.
Sit or roll your hips on a birthing ball, which can take the pressure off your perineum.
Sit through a series of contractions on a toilet or use a birthing stool, usually available in birth centers, to help open your hips.
Lean on a wall, sway in the birth dance position, or take a warm shower or soak in a tub.
There's no one magic position. Every woman and every labor is different. Experiment throughout your labor to find out which positions work best for you.
Take breaks between contractions to rejuvenate.
If you're experiencing painful back labor, spend time on your hands and knees to take pressure off the spine.
Midwife: It's a wonderful position -- it gives the babies a lot of space, both for the head, for the shoulders, to come out and to rotate.
Narrator: Though you may feel exhausted, keep moving. Movement enhances comfort while speeding the course of labor. Soon you can celebrate the new joy in your life.
Lamaze International. 2016. Labor positions. http://www.lamaze.org/laborpositions [Accessed October 2016]
Lawrence A, et al. 2013. Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (8):CD003934. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23959763 [Accessed October 2016]
Mayo Clinic. 2016. Labor and delivery, postpartum care: Slide show on labor positions. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/labor/PR00141 [Accessed October 2016]


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In this blog you will see a journey being taken by students and teacher to build up our minds, muscles and imaginations together through inquiry, exploration, investigation, problem solving and teamwork!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Noticing Learning Opportunities During Play
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Thank you for the pictures! I am placed into a ELKP classroom as a teacher candidate and if you have any suggestions of ideas that you would like sharing that would be great....keep up the good work!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Darla Myers
I love how they are creating plans for their learning. Can you tell me how you introduced the "plan making" with your class. Also, how long do you have them work on their planning? Finally, do you have them verbally tell you their plans first so that if more than one child wants to work in certain areas you could encourage a "team" plan? Also, do you limit the number of students that can work on the same plan? (What do you do when too many children want to work with the blocks, for example? I would love to try this with my students, but I am struggling with these questions.
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I am so sorry it has taken so long to reply! I modeled how to make a plan for quite a while. We started out just making pictures and labeling them. Now they have a form that has a place for what their project is, what materials they need, and their design. Having them start out verbally is a good idea. Usually they congregate in a space and start talking and then they plan together. I have been modeling whole group how to make a plan as we have planned projects together. For example, they wanted to create a bakery in our home living area, so we created a plan whole group using the same form they use. I used their input to draw the design. We all came up with a list of materials to gather. It really makes them organize their thoughts. If you see my post about their masquerade masks, you will see how closely they followed their plans. I am convinced that if they had not made a plan first, they would have just thrown glitter and feathers all over their masks. I have had to limit the number of kids in each area. I only have enough blocks for two structures so only two kids or teams can be in that area. Same with legos, K'nex, and 3-D shapes. Before we start, I tell them to think of a plan and a back up plan in case the area they want to go to is full. The plans are just sketches, labels and lists of materials so they do not take too much time. I do have a few kids who fight me on making plans. And a few places only need a verbal or mental plan. This is the first time I have tried this so I am still figuring it all out myself. Do I make the kids all make plans? Can some just tell me their plan? Still not sure! Let me know how it goes for you! You may be able to help me out!
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Dr Gary will facilitate this unique presentation, awakening refreshing new ways for us to mobilise self-talk that is empowering, nurturing and healing – both with ourselves and in our interactions with others. Through his scenario based, Monty-Python flavoured approach to generating swift breakthroughs in communication, by the end of this presentation you will come away with tangible tools to revitalise your thinking, speaking and actions ~ on all stages of your life.
This is for both beginning speakers and seasoned professionals who wish to refine their skills on stage, be more assertive and feel more confident in communicating clearly with others, and anyone who has a message to share (a story to tell, a poem to recite, a song to sing).
The session will be scenario-based, which means that you will have an opportunity to stage a personal challenge you may be facing in delivering your messages with greater effectiveness and impact. Utilising a combination of the latest findings in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Whole Brain research, and improvisational theatre techniques, you will find that, even in this short session, swift shifts will emerge that you'll find are easy to sustain and grow.


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