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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Neglected Blog Giveaway featuring Pink Paislee **giveaway closed**
One of my most favorite companies for many years has been Pink Paislee. Rebecca, the heartbeat and creative spirit of PP, is one of the most talented designers I know. She never fails to bring a collection to market that makes me want to stop everything I'm doing and just scrap. Her "Merry & Bright" collection, just in time for the holidays, is yet another stellar hit in my book.
I'd love to give a collection of this gorgeous line to one of you! Just leave a comment and tell me what your holiday plans are. Are you going to grandma's? Staying home? Off to some exotic winter destination? Will you please take me? lol We'll draw a random lucky winner on Friday, December 5th. This giveaway is open to everyone, everywhere. Good luck!
Thanks for being such patience and supportive fans of PageMaps. <3 One of these days I promise I'll tell life to just chill out so that PageMaps and this blog can get the TLC it deserves.
139 comments:
I do understand that life just gallops off into the sunset and we just have to hang on and try to keep up somedays!! Love this collection, very festive.. We hope to spend some time at the beach.. so looking forward to it.. sand, sun and sleeping.. with eating too! Merry Christmas to you too!ReplyDelete
Very nice collection, I like this very much. For us is Christmas family . The priority is much coziness and family time with good food and many visits. We love it. Merry Christmas to you too.ReplyDelete
That´s life...ReplyDelete
Wow, the collection ist great, love the colors ...the grey and the touch of red.
Thanks for the chance to win this!
In my holiday we stay at home. I have to work in children´s home. Im going to enjoy the time.
all the best,
I totally understand how life can get in the way!ReplyDelete
This is a fantastic collection - such pretty colors. Thanks for the chance to win!
We are lucky that all of our family lives close by, so we will be spending our holidays with family.
Yup, life happens!!!! The holidays are always crazy busy time!!! We will be home for the holidays, family coming to us! Hope you finds little time to relax!! Thanks for the chance to win some fab PP!!!!!ReplyDelete
It will be a quiet holiday for my hubby and I. We lost both of his parents this year. His dad on March 23 and mom one month to the day later on April 23. It has been very hard on my hubby, losing both of his folks so quickly and he is still coming to terms with the fact that they are gone. We are taking comfort in knowing that they are together again, young and vibrant and will now forevermore be so. I have pics of Christmas' past that I would love to use this beautiful paper pack on. Thank you for the opportunity to win.ReplyDelete
Wonderful giveaway! We have family coming into town for Thanksgiving, so lots going on this week, and for Christmas we'll go to the in-laws for Christmas Eve and then be home for Christmas Day.ReplyDelete
Ahh...life!! Can be tricky to grasp a hold of it at times, especially these days! Love PP---everything you have said is so true about this fab company---been a fan of them for some time now---absolutely adore their products!!!ReplyDelete
For Christmas, it's usually quiet for us. We stay home, and have our own Xmas dinner (is it wrong to be thankful I can spend te whole day in my jammies??) New year's is usually spent with the family...
I thought I was the only one life sidetracks like that :-) I have five kids and the holidays usually involve at least one or two of each boys friends, or girlfriends so my house is full and I wouldn't have it any other way!ReplyDelete
Boy does life get busy! Totally understandable. As for Christmas, we're staying home. Our kids will bring their families over in the afternoon and we'll eat, play some games and just have a fun time.ReplyDelete
the whole familly is going to grammie and poppy's. Yay!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win this "candy" :)ReplyDelete
I am staying home with my family :) A little sad this year because our daughter can not stay with us. She lives on the other side of the country and has to work. And this year is the first time.
Very nice candy!! Thanks for that :DReplyDelete
Well, actually I have to work at christmas, but we will spend the first day with our parents (first my husbands and then mine) and the second with our sisters and brothers. And then I start work again ;0)
Really cheesy Christmas movies, Mom's stuffing, and a smokey house from our annual Christmas morning fire.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway! I love Pink Paislee's Christmas collection too. Its getting harder to get together for holidays now that my kids are older and working. My husband and daughter both have to work on most holidays. We like to have a nice fondue supper usually just after Christmas.ReplyDelete
Wow!!! Awesome collection!! Staying in warm Florida, of course, relaxing with the family!!!ReplyDelete
Blogs do end up being low on the list when life gets hairy. I think we all understand that. :-) I love this collection (and all PP collections), too! Thanks for this opportunity to win it. My husband and I don't live near either of our families, but we own a business and have pets, so traveling together at Christmas is pretty difficult to plan. We have a quiet but fun Christmas at home, and then my baby bro comes to visit us from North Carolina for the week between Christmas and New Year. It's become a nice little tradition for us. Have a lovely holiday season, Becky.ReplyDelete
This Christmas is going to be low key for us. While typically a time for family, my children are either on a big adventure to Australia or working at emergency care in the local hospital. However, I do have a two week break from my job (working in a school).ReplyDelete
This is a beautiful Christmas collection!! Our younger son married this year so as of today, I am not sure of our Christmas plans since we have thrown another family in the mix LOL!!ReplyDelete
your right"life getting in the way" is so true as is the long to do list LOL and now with the holidays upon us its ten times as bad! lets see holiday plans are real simple this year, since I am too sick to travel (just a bad cold) and all our family lives on the East coast we have decided its just Us this year...Yes a nice quiet Holiday!! it sounds too good to be true.....Hope you have a fabulous Holiday Becky and maybe things will slow down a bit for you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 25, 2014 at 8:29 AM
I'm cooking for myself on Thanksgiving. The kids have other families to go to that day. We'll get together over the weekend. Not sure what will happen for Christmas.ReplyDelete
The paper collection is so pretty. I'd love to give it a home.
We will be staying home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanks for the fun giveaway!ReplyDelete
We'll be sailing in the Caribbean this holiday season, so white Christmas will mean sandy beaches ;)ReplyDelete
I am still busy as a bee making Christmas gifts!!! My husband, son (3 years old) and myself are driving 1800km through the mountains (each way) to go home to spend Christmas with my family. I would love to win this collection to scrap all the memories we will make along the way and while we are there :)ReplyDelete
We travel to my brothers a couple of hours away to see my family. Merry and Bright is beautiful and I would love to win.ReplyDelete
My sons and I will be spending the Thanksgiving holiday with family in our kart club while my husband works offshore. It'll be different, but I'm sure fun!ReplyDelete
Every year we wake up have a wonderful morning with cinnamon rolls and gifts under the tree. Then we attend mass-the reason for the season, right!, and then head over to my mom's house for lunch and my husband's extended family for dinner. Busy day, but wouldn't feel like Christmas otherwise! Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
We are very excited because we are going to visit my dad in Nashville. It will be the first time I've been there for Christmas. I'm hoping the weather will be mild and I hear that the Opryland Hotel is amazing this time of year. We can't wait.ReplyDelete
My holiday plans.... working all three holidays this year. lucky I work nights so I can still enjoy a little family time between naps. But I will be with my "other" family taking care others. I don't mind, I still get the best of both worlds. Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
We will be going to my parents house along with 50+ other family members. Always great to get caught up on what has been happening. Thank you for the chance to win this great collection!ReplyDelete
I'll be hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family. I love it and can't wait.ReplyDelete
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I'll be staying home and celebrating with friends!ReplyDelete
We are flying cross-country to see family for Christmas!ReplyDelete
We will be staying home this holiday...ReplyDelete
We are staying close for Christmas. I have a lot of family nearby. I love the holidays and most of all, time with my loved ones.ReplyDelete
Awesome giveaway thanks for the chance to win. I will be spending time with the kids and grandkids this holiday season.ReplyDelete
We are lucky because my husband's family is Danish so we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve with them and then we go to my family's for Christmas Day. We are also lucky to live close to both sides of the family!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 25, 2014 at 11:09 AM
this year we'll be staying at home - can't waitReplyDelete
Such a true cliche!!! Love this collection. Going to my brother's for Thanksgiving. Christmas spent locally with family!!ReplyDelete
What a fabulous collection!! Love it!! Our holiday plans: enjoy our 3 kids in the morning then go visit extended family.ReplyDelete
Celebrating with my little family at home! Thankful not to be working! Thanks also for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
This collection is awesome! Great color combo. We will be having Christmas at my house this year. I can not wait to get the house all decked out! Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
Life sure does get in the way at times :) Christmas will be at home with all the family coming to me. I can't wait, it's so good to have us all together when we are scattered about the country. Great collection and giveaway..thank you x xReplyDelete
Things get crazy sometimes, don't they? This Christmas we are blessed to be able to make the rounds to my Grandma's house, parents house and our own! It's crazy busy but I wouldn't have it any other way!ReplyDelete
Looks like a veryReplyDelete
nice collection and
would be great to
make a Christmas
album with!
Carla from Utah
Great collection. This year, my entire in-law family is visiting us for the holidays! Thanks for the chance!ReplyDelete
Well that´s what´s called life I think, as my life is pretty much the same way LOL.ReplyDelete
We´re going to my daughters house this hristmas, and I must admit, I´ll really enjoy that for a change, not to be the one running around doing all, but just can come and nenter the table, that´s awesome.
Thanks sooo much for the chance to win these awesome papers here.
staying home and reading. I am a caregiver so i don;t usually travel around the holidays as i am working.ReplyDelete
Family get togethersReplyDelete
What a great collection! At the moment I am really into sparkling embellishments.ReplyDelete
This year my family and I will stay at my sisters and brother in law's home. We have a big family reunion.
Thank you for the chance to win.
I wish I was going some place fun but I'm hosting my husbands family for 10 days.ReplyDelete
Hmmm... Christams means family. I will stay at home and eat a great dinner with my husband, my parents, grandparents. Almost 11 people at the table. And then... Christams gifts of course;)ReplyDelete
And that is teh collection I just LOVE!
I love this collection :).ReplyDelete
My plans are to split the time between my parent's house and my in-law's place.
Firstly, hope things settle down for you:) secondly - this is an AWESOME collection. Thirdly.....I AM the grandma...so, I'm it! They're coming to my house. And staying. Already thinking up kid friendly, low cost activities to do... Like baking gingerbread!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 25, 2014 at 3:17 PM
We will celebrate first at home with our immediate family, and then travel to my parents' after that. But the festivities start this week as we celebrate with my in-laws visiting-- both Thanksgiving and Christmas, and also my daughter's birthday!ReplyDelete
~Natalie (QSOgirl)
Wonderful collection. We have a big family lunch at our house. Then off to the beach the next day.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 25, 2014 at 3:50 PM
What an awesome collection! We plan to spend Christmas day at home, playing with scrappy goodness (me), pc games that Santa brought (everyone else) and watching movies (all of us). Then I hope to go up to NH to see my son and his new family - and meet my new grand boys.ReplyDelete
No traveling. Christmas Eve is at our house. Christmas Day is divided; breakfast at my parents and dinner with my husbands family. Very busy 2 days. Plus I usually don't leave work until 6:00 on Christmas Eve. Love the collection!ReplyDelete
Every year I go back to mom's place during Christmas as my sister from overseas will take year end leaves to spend time with mom too. This year will probably be the same.ReplyDelete
I know exactly what you're talking about. Hapens to me too. What a beautiful collection. Just love everything about it! This Christmas will be a quiet, stay at home Christmas. Will have my sis over for Christmas dinner.ReplyDelete
Oh I can so relate about having way too little time. That's why I don't even try to have a blog.! We all appreciate what time you are able to put into it though, and are always glad to see you!! Christmas this year will be at my parent's house, only an hour away..yay! With a 4 year old and a 1 year old, the less travel the better!ReplyDelete
This looks like a fantastic collection.ReplyDelete
This holiday will be a little different for our family. My mom will be having back surgery 3 days before Christmas so I will be at her house taking care of her until she's able to take care of herself.
Staying at home again this year with the kids coming home last week of December/ early January. Does not matter when they come though as its still nice to be all together even if its a late christmas.Our christmas will be in the summer tome here so hopefully B.B.Q time!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful collection! My family is coming to my house for Christmas and the day after we will be traveling to Illinois to celebrate with my husband's family.ReplyDelete
Love this fantastic collection. My family will be enjoying the holiday at home.ReplyDelete
Stunning collection!ReplyDelete
Home for Christmas and my son is coming home from Alberta!!
Staying home! My family likes celebrating Christmas at home.ReplyDelete
I love the album especially, what a great collection! I am hosting an ugly sweater party at my house for my family this year.ReplyDelete
My in-laws are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this month, so over Christmas, my husband's side of the family will all go on a Caribbean cruise! So much fun!!ReplyDelete
I'll be singing with my husband & son in the church choir on Christmas Eve welcoming the birthday of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Then we go and sleep. We spend a quiet day together as a family.ReplyDelete
I will be hosting the family at home this yearReplyDelete
Love Pink Paislee too lately, thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
I will be staying home to scrap of course. We are having a big family dinner after the fact.
happy holidays!
I will be cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home and spending Christmas in Virginia with my in laws.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 26, 2014 at 12:17 PM
For the first time ever, my husband and I will have only one of the seven kids home for Christmas. It's going to be very quiet and definitely different.ReplyDelete
I love the Pink Paislee collection!
- AnonymousNovember 26, 2014 at 12:47 PM
We are going to my aunt's house about 80 miles away. Can't wait! Love my family!ReplyDelete
I'm planning on making thanksgiving dinner and then we are putting up our tree! Happy holidays!ReplyDelete
Sounds like my life, and blog lol.ReplyDelete
Seasonal chaos is ramping up and this year is looking to be a doozy with plenty of extra bodies to house and mouths to feed. I'm planning on keeping it simple and fun so there's no stress for anyone, especially me ��
I can imagine how things can easily slide! The collection looks lovely! I am really looking forward to this Christmas because my daughter will be 15 months old and we plan to take her to all the fun Christmas family activities around town. Also, my cousin and her family will be coming in from Malaysia so we will have a very big turkey dinner in addition to the immediate family we usually invite. I am super excited about Christmas this year!ReplyDelete
We have all been there done that! Thank you for being true to life! I will be staying home and roasting our Christmas turkey . . . homegrown on our property. Love the Christmas holiday as the reason for the season is Jesus birth!ReplyDelete
I totally understand I haven't gotten into my scrap room for weeks! My whole family will be going to my parents house for the holidays.ReplyDelete
Beautiful collection! My family always gets together, we're just not sure which house we'll be at!ReplyDelete
Not to worry Becky, everybody's life can be like that. We are content to wait. :) We will be celebrating the holidays at our house this year with most of the family coming and staying over for a few days. Now, where will they all sleep?ReplyDelete
Those word stickers are fantastic ... my Dad is here for a visit and we're enjoying lots of home cooked food and doing home repairs ... always great to have him here.ReplyDelete
For the holidays we are staying home. Thank you for a great prize package. Would love to have this under my Christmas tree!!!ReplyDelete
Lol! I can totally relate. Time really gets away sometimes. For Christmas, we have friends and family coming over, and then we're heading south for a bit. Beautiful collection... thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Yepp, I know it so well - so many ideas, so little time :-)ReplyDelete
This Christmas will be very different for us - both my step dad and FIL passed away this summer - and there will be empty chairs around the table at our house. But we'll have a "Salute" for them and enjoy the family time!
Just stopping in to say HI and have been thinking of you. :)ReplyDelete
That collection is gorgeous. Every last bit of it! I always spend holidays with my folks and my son.ReplyDelete
Shopping and chilling at home!ReplyDelete
What a great line! I adore Pink Paislee! We are planning to visit my husband's family to take care of his mom while his sister goes on vacation with her family.ReplyDelete
Love PP! We are going to be home with our family....perfect!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2014 at 6:59 AM
What a great giveaway!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!!! For the holidays we are so blessed that all of our family lives locally. Because of this we are able to stay in our home town & spend a lot of time together during the holiday season!!!ReplyDelete
I love PP Christmas xcollections. Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
I will be spending Christmas home with my family.
What a put together collection. We are just staying home. It is cold for us at Christmas for the first time in our married life.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2014 at 8:15 PM
Great collection! We're spending the day, somewhat quietly, with our 3yo grandson. Well, it will be quiet until he sees what Santa brings him.ReplyDelete
We stay home for the holidays, and I love it. Home is the best place to be. Have a Merry ChristmasReplyDelete
We will have lunch in our family restaurant all togetherReplyDelete
Seeing my Dad. Family is the best on the holidays.ReplyDelete
I'm staying at home for the holidays, and I'm sad because part of the family won't be there. that's the way life goes, right?! such a great collectionReplyDelete
I will be staying home this Christmas. I would love to use this package on my two year old grandson's pcitures this Christmas.ReplyDelete
I will be staying home this year. My brother will be coming up from Tampa for a visit. His son and his family will also come from St. Louis and spend some time here too. Taking off work the week after Christmas and plan to spend some quality time with relatives.ReplyDelete
I am sticking around my house for the holidays. I have family close by and I love it! We will drink egg nog, sing carols, open gifts and laugh alot for sure!ReplyDelete
Spending the Holidays with my family and trying to pack to move to our new home.ReplyDelete
I will be spending time at home this year. Hoping my brother and his family can make it out to BC for a visit.ReplyDelete
Oh we do quite a bit of traveling. Christmas eve we go to Indiana for a visit from Santa with all of the family. Then on Christmas day we do the morning here, then travel over to my moms for a brunch and presents, then up to Cleveland for a couple of days to visit the in laws, and finally back here for New Years! woot woot!ReplyDelete
mostly just staying at home and hoping the kids and grandkids come overReplyDelete
I'm glad I'm a subscriber and follow the updates. yes life gets in the way lol)) hope you get back on track and will treat uswith sketch challenges and giveaways!!ReplyDelete
This year I'll be hosting the Christmas dinner for my family. We will skate and slide in the afternoon, then stuff ourselves with good food, and then open gifts and play some games. Fun times ahead !ReplyDelete
We're heading north again this year. We'll go up to MD, then up to PA, back to MD, and home to NC.ReplyDelete
We always get together on Christmas Eve with a big pot of soup and then on Christmas Day and eat chocolate gravy and biscuits!!!ReplyDelete
Going to CT to pick up Mom and bring her to PA as soon as DD1 gets off the plane from CA! We are a spread-out family! Will be hosting both DDs and families at our house, which will be bittersweet because it will be our last one at this residence. We are moving in the new year!ReplyDelete
My plans for this Christmas Holiday are to bundle up, stay warm and do some crafting!ReplyDelete
Our holidays plans includes hosting a party for family, baking cookies with Grandma, playing board games, breaking out a puzzle or two, watching the Charlie Brown Christmas movie, spend time with the Griswald's, making some candy, building a gingerbread house, doing some Christmas crafts, reflect on our Faith and try to keep our little "Elf on the Shelf" out of trouble...lol! What a very, very special time of the year.Bring on the Holidays!!! And thanks for a great giveaway. Woo Hoo!ReplyDelete
Life truly does have a way of getting away from us. I can totally relate. This will be the first Christmas that both of my children will not be at home but I have a surprise for my family! this weekend I'm flying my son home to celebrate his Dad's birthday and to have a family Christmas before he whisks back to the sunny south. so our holiday plans will happen early but we will all be together and try to squeeze all the family time in a very short time. We'll fix the traditional ham dinner, decorate the tree, watch Christmas movies, and just laugh and talk a lot!ReplyDelete
Holiday plans: Christmas eve go to the in-laws. Christmas day kids open presents at home, than go to my parents house to show all the new toys.ReplyDelete
I understand! This is such a busy time of the year. Our only plans for this Christmas are to get together sometime with my in laws. My sons and grandchildren live out of town and unfortunately we will not be able to see them this year. Thank you for the chance to win this beautiful collection from Pink Paisley.ReplyDelete
Life is so so busy......I can relate! Staying cool is my plan this Christmas! Lots of family time at the beach and having fun with our new puppy :) Thank you for the chance to win this great collection!ReplyDelete
We always do the same thing every year.. Christmas Eve we spend with my husbands side of the family (grandparents aunts uncles cousins etc) and Christmas morning we spend having brunch with my husbands parents and (when in town) his brothers, and then we spend Christmas afternoon-evening with my family at my moms and then we always bring some cousins home for a few days. :) Love Christmas thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
We'll be celebrating on the 25th with my husband's side of the family, and the 27th with my family. Two Christmases...what fun!!ReplyDelete
It is going to be a different year for us! our daughter was married in Sept. and will be honeymooning over Christmas. We will NOT see her at all over the holidays! We are decorating the tree alone which just seems wrong! Our son is also engaged so we will be sharing him as well. Hate them growing up!ReplyDelete
We are flying to Vancouver and Banff in Canada early January. From mid summer in Perth to midwinter in the northern hemisphere! I'm getting cold just thinking about it!Brrr of course I will be taking some things from my scrapbooking room that I can while away any quiet time! Anybody know any scrapbook stores in banff?ReplyDelete
Nothing big this year, all grandparents are away so we will see my hubby's siblings and their little ones on Christmas Day but that's it. It will be nice to just relax, go see some shows, catch some movies, read our new books (we always get books) and I will get some scrap time!ReplyDelete
Our plans are pretty quiet this year, as we care for my Mother-In-Law who suffers from dementia, so it will be our same routine at home. I am hoping that my parents will be able to come visit us though. They live over 4 hours drive away, so it is a long drive for them. Keeping my fingers crossed very tightly :)ReplyDelete
THANK YOU for the chance to win!!!
This year is a good year, all our grown children with their families will make it home for Christmas! My plans are time with the grand kids.ReplyDelete
Staying home in Australia with the kids and hubbie wishing we weren't 12,000 miles away from my parents and 95 year old Gran.ReplyDelete
I work like crazy so I am going to take the last two weeks off and clean my house, actually cook Christmas dinner, and scrapbook! I cannot wait.ReplyDelete
Heading off to beautiful Cape Town - the beach walks and swimming in the waves!ReplyDelete
We are staying in town because it's a long drive to visit family but we will make sure to make the best out of it by doing fun things locally.ReplyDelete
LOVE this line! We are hoping to drive home to see family we have been unable to see in over 3 years!!ReplyDelete
Staying home and starting some of our own family traditions with our kids! Crafting, sledding, playing games and good food! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2014 at 9:54 AM
I totally didn't see this until now and I would absolutely love this collection!!! For the holidays my husband and I host dinner at our house on Christmas Eve for our parents and then on Christmas Day in the late afternoon we head over to my husband's Auntie's house where his whole family gathers including aunts, uncles, cousins and grandkids!!! Thanks for the chance to win!!! :-DReplyDelete
Love those silver alphas!ReplyDelete
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New Orleans, LA: Highschoolers who couldn't get a gig, rock a street corner instead. Photo by Andrew Ferrone for PeaceLabs.—–
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The start of the "Congressional Musicians Caucus." We'll need their help to get MusicianCorps programs thru with National Service, Education, Health and Foreign Affairs (State Dept., etc) legislation: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10493.html Then, of course, there's these guys: "How exactly the original lineup — Trent Lott, John Ashcroft, Jim Jeffords and Larry Craig — was formed remains shrouded … [Read more…]
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This country portfolio evaluation covered WFPâ??s portfolio in Cameroon from 2012 to mid-2017. It assessed WFPâ??s strategic positioning in Cameroon, the quality of and factors influencing WFPâ??s decision making, and the performance and results of portfolio activities. It was timed to inform the programming and operationalization of WFPâ??s new Cameroon country strategic plan, approved in June 2017, and to contribute to enhanced collaboration and synergies among the Rome-based agencies. It was conducted by WFPâ??s independent Office of Evaluation together with an external evaluation team, with field work in August 2017.
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I hate to say it, but the time has come, folks-- today is my last day at the Nashville Public Library! After four years of service, I'm hanging up my reference desk spurs for an exciting new position a little ways out of town. Nerd that I am, it's still in the book business...and I'll have to tell you all the details about it as I figure them out myself! I start at the new gig on Monday. I'm not sure what that means for the future of She Was a Bird, especially in the next few weeks as I'm transitioning into a totally different work environment, but hopefully I'll still be spitting vintage on a semi-regular basis right here. So stay tuned!
To commemorate this life event, I thought I would shamelessly borrow some photos from Nashville Public Library's Digital Collection of photos to show you the place (or at least the precursors of the place-- our building only dates to 2001, but its reputation precedes it!) I've been proud to call my home-away-from- home since 2010. I'm taking tomorrow off from blogging to celebrate, but not to worry-- I'll be back sometime next week to tell you all the news that's fit to print. Keep a good thought for me that I make the professional leap smoothly!! Find great stuff! Have a good weekend! We'll talk soon. :)
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Mobile, Video, Cloud – Can A "Good-Enough" Network Handle It All?
There are times in our lives when good enough works just fine.
For example, a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle is good enough to get you from point A to B, but not for driving on the Autobahn. (I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a Porche 911.)
And a 19-inch tube TV is certainly good enough for watching reruns of "Magnum P.I.," but not for watching the big game. (I'd go for a 50-inch LED HD flatscreen TV, thank you very much.)
The same goes for the network. Good enough is fine for the network if all you need to do is send a few emails or watch an occasional video.
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- video…when 91% of global Internet traffic will be Internet video by 2013.
- a mobile workforce… when 60% of employees believe they don't need to be in the office to be productive and efficient.
- downtime…when large businesses lose an average of 3.6% in annual revenue due to network downtime each year.
- cloud…when 8 of 10 IT managers plan to use public or private cloud services over the next three years.
- virtualization…when by 20% of enterprise workers will use virtual desktops by 2014.
The network is more important today than at any time in history. And while a good-enough network optimized for capex reductions may sound like a better deal, over the long run, the cheaper option isn't always the least expensive. In fact, trading capex for innovation and capability is rarely a smart business decision.
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- Acquisition Cost Myth
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What are some of the good-enough scenarios that you can think of? And what are things you just won't compromise on? (Hopefully your network is better than "good enough.")
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I think cloud will change world of technology. Most of the companies started to use cloud now. Read about cloud here http://www.cybervally.com/2010/11/cloud-computing/
Amazing that 91% of global internet traffic will be video in just a year.
Although, according to Cisco's own report: "By 2013, the various forms of video (TV, VoD, Internet Video, and P2P) will exceed 90 percent of global consumer traffic…"
And then: "By 2013, global online video will be 60 percent of consumer Internet traffic (up from 32 percent in 2009)."
I'm not quite clear on the distinction being made there (the 90 plus percent vs 60 percent).
One of my biggest concerns is the bandwidth requirements as large companies start to migrate their applications to the cloud.
As the whole cloud platform is new I personally would worry about my valuable data being safe, just look at the recent security breach of the Sony playstation network, a top company being hacked so easily. If the security was at a extremely high level I would be more confident in using it.
Changes in the network must occur. Good video quality must necessarily be. We are waiting for new solutions.
Like everything else our networks and the way we do business also needs to change/upgrade just to think 10 years ago the idea of a cloud would have been unheard off.
There is always improvement in science and so will in networking areas. But quality will always help improvement. Will look forward to further discussions on the topics.
It's Porsche…
I don't know about everyone else but I get very worried about putting things in "the cloud". What happens if there was a serious failure or attack to all that data! I'd rather have things on my own hardware but I guess soon that will be a thing of the past!
Well, i do agree with you. Network reliability and quality is a major key point for online businesses. We will be looking forward for upcoming discussions on this matter.
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I wanted to homeschool my older two children. Because of financial reasons and family pressure, I never did. I simply ignored the conviction I had received from God. Fifteen years later, here I am with a third child and the same desire resurfacing. This time I have decided to pursue that conviction.
I have solid reasons for wanting to homeschool. While my oldest was bullied from first grade on, that is one of the less significant reasons for wanting to homeschool. Yes, you heard me right. That alone is enough, but there are other reasons that are of greater concern for me as a parent.
Not knowing anything about homeschooling, I started researching all I could about it. That's when Mr. LaTulippe sent me a complimentary copy of his book. The journey through this 300+ page book was well worth the time, as I soaked much needed information packed with factual references. My list of reasons for homeschooling grew every few pages.
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Garry Jespersen, Beating Expectations
By Art Martens
If a child psychiatrist had been asked to predict Garry Jespersen's future, the prognosis might have included life on the street, years in prison, mental illness, even suicide. Having worked with adult prison inmates and also young offenders, I know that neglect and abuse in childhood is a potent recipe for failure, despair and anger. Garry's life hasn't followed this usual trajectory and I wanted to hear his story.
Sitting at our kitchen table recently, he surprised Linda and me with a warm smile that seemed to say, "I welcome you into the inner recesses of my life." Then, in response to my question he grew serious. "My mom walked away when I was 3 months," he said. "Social services took responsibility for me and my siblings. At age 1, I was placed in the home of a single woman who put me in the attic of her home. There was a bed and 3 potties. Until age 4 I was never allowed out of that attic. She came up in the morning to give me breakfast and in the evening she brought supper. I was terribly lonely. Often I cried. She would come up and slap me. She'd order me to be quiet and go to sleep."
Garry's only connection with the world outside was a small window high in the wall of the attic. He never saw a dog or cat or a man. Also, he never played with other children. No social worker checked on him.
"Not having people in my life, my speaking was limited," he said. "When the Jespersens adopted me at age 4, I didn't know how to express my fears or desires. Everything was strange to me and I was scared." The neglect had stunted Garry emotionally and he couldn't grasp the Jespersen's love and compassion for him.
He was taught to do chores on the family farm. One day, at age 9, he got something wrong and his father reprimanded him. Garry didn't have the emotional understanding to interpret his intent. Feeling rejected, he hitchhiked to another community and stayed away 10 days.
"When my Dad saw me coming along the driveway," he said, "he cried and hugged me. He was so glad I'd come back."
Inspite of the all-embracing love of the Jespersens, Garry continued to be an emotional cripple, a frequent condition of children and adults who have been abused. There was one positive in his life. Listening to his mother playing the piano, he became intrigued. His parents enrolled him in lessons with the Toronto Conservatory of Music and he discovered that he had talent.
Garry persuaded his dad to buy him a Harley Davidson motorcycle for rounding up the cows and bringing them to the barn. "When I was 15," he said, "I had another emotional meltdown and again ran away, this time riding the Harley. I joined a biker gang and stayed away 2 years. When I returned, my family welcomed me with much hugging and crying."
A few years later he became a realtor and his earnings surprised him. "I was living with 4 guys. There was a lot of drinking. One night I dropped off my date and drove to the High Level Bridge in Edmonton. I had no sense of purpose in my life. The money wasn't giving me satisfaction or meaning. I intended to jump."
A name began running through his mind repeatedly. "The name was Herbert Hiller. I remembered he was the pastor of the church my parents attended. I phoned him at 2 am. I was crying and I asked to see him right away. He agreed."
Garry had a profound spiritual experience that night and once again returned home. "My Dad urged me not to go back to my job and friends. I told him I had debts to pay. He said give me a list and I'll pay them. He also made arrangements for me to attend a Christian college."
The healing that began in the pastor's home was not an instantaneous event. Undoubtedly, music has contributed to the transformation. In addition to the piano, he has picked up the saxophone and also sings. He and wife Vi now live in Kelowna and he does 40-50 performances a year. His warm smile, firm handshake and positive message of hope are a clear indication that miracles are still possible.
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NLP as a field has tools that have proven results in all areas of development from Therapy, Education, Management, Leadership, Coaching and personal enlightenment . The pragmatic techniques and models that are easily applied to multiple contexts have seen many start to make the changes which have proved pivotal in their development both personal and professional.
The NLP Diploma offers an insight to these principles and delivers the foundations of NLP over two days. You will experience from multiple perspectives the what and how NLP works.
Initially you will be presented with the story so far and hear how NLP became one of the most powerful development tools used for change. You will experience demonstrations, exercises and stimulating debate on what some call the magic of NLP and how it works. The intention is to satisfy your curiosity and give you an understanding of what NLP is and how you can make it work for you. The key is right at the start deciding at what level you will go into the two days. Your state and attitude will determine your outcome and experience.
There are many options after attending the two days learning and building some skills in undersatnding NLP, your self and others. After the two days you will be eligable to take further training and expereince a full NLP Practitioner course where you will become fully qualified as an NLP Practitioner. Also you can take a relaxing strategy where you research more and learn through directed reading and multi media products with constant feedback.
Topics covered on the NLP Diploma
The History and Foundations of Classic Code NLP
The Various Communication Models in NLP
Rapport and how it works
Sensory Acuity applied to communication
Submodalities introduction
Language Models and applications to self and others
Hypnosis and how NLP can be enhanced using the principles of altered states
Change techniques and how they work
Presuppositions of NLP
Applications of NLP at Diploma Level
Modeling( the core skill in NLP ) introduction
After the course you will have the opportunity to join the elearning group free of charge where you recieve updates, information and news.
Investment £550
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On a sunny spring day last April on the steps of the state capitol, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed the Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act into law. Of the many speakers at the ceremony, the crowd cheered the loudest for 11-year-old Jake Ross. Bullied mercilessly while in second grade, Jake turned his hurt into action and became a tireless advocate for toughening up his state's anti-bullying law, one of the weakest in the nation.
The Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act is a comprehensive anti-bullying bill that will require all schools in the state to have an anti-bullying policy that clearly defines bullying, harassment, and intimidation, provides training and resources for students, staff, and volunteers and lays out specific procedures school staff must follow when bullying is reported.
To mark National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, Jake recently told his story to NEA Today, detailing his personal struggle as a bullying victim and why he believes the new law in his state will help reduce the problem.
When I was 7 years old and in 2nd grade I was the victim of on-going and repeated bullying at the elementary school I attended. The bullying included physical harm, verbal threats, intimidation, and stealing.
One of the worst incidents was during lunch and recess on February 2, 2010. While I was eating lunch at our assigned classroom table in the cafeteria, one of the bullying students stood up at the lunch table and said very loudly, 'Who's going to help me beat up Jake today ?!'
Following lunch, outside at recess I was cornered and attacked. I was pushed to the ground repeatedly. I tried to get away, but I could not. When the recess whistle finally blew and everyone went inside the school, the student who attacked me yelled, "I'm going to kill you if you tell anyone! I'm going to kill you tomorrow!" This made me feel scared because I was afraid that he might try to seriously injure me the next day. I was scared for many more days following this attack, and I was scared about what was going to happen to me next at school…
My mom was really worried about me at school, too. She ate lunch with me and came to recess. I told her about the harm that was happening to me at school, and she reported these things to the school officials. The only consequence for the two students who hurt me repeatedly was that they had to apologize – even though the bullying continued through the end of the school year. My mom asked the school official to have the students moved to a different assigned table area in the cafeteria – the bullying usually happening at lunch and recess – but the answer was no. They told us they couldn't because they had to think about the kids the bullies would then be sitting by. Because of this, I had to sit by the students who bullied me every day.
My mom had a meeting with the school officials and asked to see the school's policy and procedures for bullying. The school official told her that there were no procedures and no list of consequences for bullying at the school.
Because it would not provide a safe learning environment for me, my parents took me and my younger sister out of this school.
I quickly learned how common bullying is for so many students and I became involved in anti-bullying awareness. I know what it's like, and I didn't want it to happen to any more kids. All kid deserve to be safe from bullying.
My role in advocating for the Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act was as a spokesperson for children and youth who have been bullied in schools. I publically told my story of having been bullied, lobbied at the Minnesota State Capitol during the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions and testified in favor of the bill at committee hearings. I have been fortunate to get to know Senator Scott Dibble, who co-sponsored the Safe and Supportive Schools Act. He is a role mode for me. I also wrote newspaper guest commentary articles and letters-to-the-editor on "Why I support the Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act." These were published in our local newspapers. I also collected over 500 petition signatures in support of the bill. At local community events, I provided information about the bill. I am still involved in advocating for the law and its implementation in schools.
The Safe and Supportive Schools Act will help protect students from bullying by changing the idea that bullying is "just something that happens to kids" to bullying is something that hurts kids and it is not acceptable. This new law creates the mindset that schools should be safe and inviting places for all students, and that all students are accepted and valued.
I think the best parts of the new law are the enumerated protections and the use of restorative justice practices.
Enumerated protection is important because it protects those students who are likely to be bullied more often and more severely. It sends the message that it's not O.K. to bully anyone, even if they are different from you.
Restorative justice practices are an important part because punishing the bully without teaching anything will not help stop the behavior over the long term. The bully may continue the hurtful behavior throughout their school years and into their adult years.
Restorative Justice helps all those involved in bullying situations by getting to the reason why the bullying happened, and coming to an agreement that helps everyone stop the harmful behavior and repair the harm that was done, so healing can happen. All those involved, including the people harmed, witnesses, the harm-doer, community members, etc. come together and use a process that works through the problem and reaches a consensus at the end that all agree to. This is how bullying situations can be dealt with in a way that actually puts an end to the harm.
I would tell three main things to kids who are being bullied. First, know that it is not your fault. No one should blame you for the harm that is happening to you. Bullying is a form of abuse, and anyone who is being abused needs help from others. Second, tell a trusted adult about the bullying. This could be your parent, other caring adult in your life, a teacher, coach, church youth leader. Finally, hang around with other students who are nice as much as you can.
Video: Jake Ross at Safe Schools Bill Signing


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Who's Got the World's Worst Commute?
July 29, 2010
Very special thanks go out to Randy Whitfield, Executive Director of the Palm Beach MPO in South Florida who follows Streetwise and passed along this article for us to post
People who live in some of the world's most economically important cities are spending more and more of their work day getting to and from work. IBM, which has developed new technology for predicting traffic flow, has identified the cities with the worst commutes in the world and those that are successfully easing the congestion.
Read the full article written by Faiza Elmasry at Vaonews.com


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Knowledge Exchange International Centre (KEI Centre) is a Canadian сentre specializing in organizing international programs, projects, business forums, study tours and events for professional and business development and cooperation.
KEI Centre was founded in Toronto in 1993.
Since 1993, KEI Centre has been responsible for organizing numerous programs and events, which have ranged from organizing of international study tours, seminars and trade missions, conferences and forums for industries and associations, facilitating business visits, providing professional development, training and a forum for the exchange of knowledge and expertise to soliciting partners for joint marketing projects.
KEI Centre has an extensive experience in organizing programs and events for different industries including residential and industrial construction, road construction and winter maintenance, infrastructure, telecommunications, electronics, energy and energy-saving, environment, municipal administration, gas supply, agriculture, agri-food and others.
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A number of you woke up this morning with a sense of dread because you have to go to a job you absolutely HATE! I have one simple question to ask you. What are you
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Workplace love can be magical--or a complete disaster Kevin and Tammy Jackson first noticed each other while working for a large telecommunications company in Dallas, Texas. Kevin was a mid-level executive in charge of running an


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The Aha Crafted original Signature Shape © leather and vegan leather earrings are offered in 4 sizes: Short (2" tall), Medium and Cutout (2.5" tall) and Long (3.25" tall). All are about 1" in width. Our Thin is (3" tall) and about 3/4" wide.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Laughing Hearts
by Dubby Riley, class clown
You know what's funny? No, I'm serious. Do you know? Because I'm interested. Time to laugh. There's always room for a good joke. Two guys walk in to a bar. Traveling salesman knocks on the farmer's door. The other day I met this guy. Those are all fine, but just living out of our lives--what can we turn around and look at that will make us giggle?
This is an interesting meeting spot. A bunch of middle aged crazies telling stories. Here's mine. I'm a dad, but getting kinda old and rough around the edges. The other day my daughter, who is 13 and fairly certain that I'm a total embarrasment, came rushing in to my office and said, "Meagan's dad is coming in. Go change your shirt."
Now granted, my Ronald McDonald House t-shirt which I got for some volunteering deal, does appear to be ready for the recycle bin, but I'm working in my home office here. "Dad, don't say anything dumb," she warned me as I buttoned up a silk shirt from the closet.
"This look ok for ya?," I asked as the door opened for Meagan's dad, Brian. "Well, it IS kinda wrinkled," she worried. Brian was fine. He loves Darby. I think he might have wanted to wear a different shirt though. I mean, girls with grass skirts? C'mon!
How are you with technology? I try to keep up but these gadgets...kind of frustrating. Take my phone for instance. Drives me crazy. Today I met a lady at our new building and I need to "save" the phone number for this businessman who has her art in his office. This is suppose to be simple right? So putting in the number--no problem there. I was able to learn how to do that within my first few years of training. But I still do NOT know how to correctly enter the name. Why don't they make it simple. Home? Cell? Work? Work--call it work. OK, Name. So you start to type it but there are three letters for each key. So it tries to guess which one you mean. So when I think I 've got it, I've changed the guy's name from Harold Miller to Nofart Offer. Great. Should be easy to remember that one.
These are all true stories by the way. Here's one that could have only happened in this family. I absolutely bust a gut every time I think about it. My wife's grandpa has been gone a number of years now. But my gosh, what a sweet heart. I swear, the most gentle soul I've ever met.
I didn't see this happen but him telling the story put you right in the scene. So you know how cats can totally clean themselves, right? What they can't get their tongues on, they'll lick their paws and use them as wash rags--you know what I mean.
So Grandpa Ferguson was talking to his wife's friend who was visiting. Now I didn't know the lady he was referring to, but I knew Anne's Grandmother who was a very proper lady. So I would guess her friend was similar.
So Grandpa Ferguson said to the lady, just as the kitty cat was grooming itself, "Don't you wish you could do that Marge?"
Now the cat had been doing something pretty innocent like using its paws to clean behind its ears or something. But just as he got Marge to look at the cat, the cat started in licking its private parts. See, I'm laughing so hard right now I could barely type this line. I guess Marge gave Grandpa Ferguson a glare and left him speechless. He said he was totally unable to think of how to recover, so he just left it as it was.
Here's to you to being able to lick your own private parts or better yet, to having a good laugh trying. Anyway, give us a story. We all have a funny bone waiting for a little nurturing.
4 comments:
I think you might owe me a new laptop after I just spewed coffee out my nose while reading this post.ReplyDelete
I love a good laugh and you certainly delivered Dub.
What a way to start the day!
Big, big hug!
so you know, your name in my phone is der-tqReplyDelete
Thanks Dubby! I needed a GREAT laugh! And I don't know how to text or put names in my phone. I just give the person my phone and tell them to do it! Then I have their number! Much love! Vicki (Class Secretary)ReplyDelete
Linda. If you don't mind waiting, the new Lapzols should be out by Christmas and I'll try to get you a promotional model. Rick, I'm honored. Vicki--thanks for that solution! Brilliant. While I sip my wine, my phone will be passed in a Marlene Dietrich gesture--"Dahling, dooo put your number in my phone, I simply MUST have it!"ReplyDelete


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Some Pitman short forms
So far, we've looked at the basic characters that make up Pitman. Now we'll start adding the "official" Pitman characters, starting with the ones that will save you the most time.
Pitman Shorthand lets you write every word phonetically, but for extra speed it also uses short forms. These are mostly commonsense abbreviations – the way we might use the symbol "&" instead of going to the trouble of writing out the word "a-m-p-e-r-s-a-n-d".
Here are four of the most common short forms. Because they're so common, Pitman gives them characters which can be written very fast. A dot on its own (heavy or light) written on the line means "the". A similar lonely dot in the first position (ie, floating) means "a" or "an". There's no need to write the N in "an", because the next word tells you which one it is. A little upwards tick – again, written left to write in the first position, means "and". A little downward vertical line means "but".
Those four were a bit arbitrary. Most of the other short forms are better, and are based on letters you already know. For example, a dash written in the first position is the sound of O. An O written vertically means "on". Written at a downward angle, it means "of". I remember the "on" because it looks like it's standing on something.
You remember that a bold dash in the first position stands for the sound of AW. Written upwards at a jaunty angle, it means "all". Written downwards (right to left) it means ought.
You should also remember the sounds for YOO and IE. You won't be surprised to learn that these are the official Pitman signs for "you" and "I".
A dash in the third position stands for the two "OO" sounds. It stands for several short forms with the "oo" sound in them. A light, forward dash is "to". A heavier dash is "too" or "two". A light dash written with a backward slope (ie, written right to left) is "should". A heavier backward dash is "who". These are easy to mix up, so take some time to memorize them.
By now, you'll have noticed that, when dash vowels are used as abbreviations, they're written in a different orientation from normal – either downward or diagonally. This helps avoids confusion with regular vowels. It also that one common vowel sound can be used for several different fast-to-write words.
Efficiency is thereby augmented.
That covers some of the common vowels. I've started with those, because I found these to be some some of the hardest symbols to memorize. They all look alike, and most books just throw them at you, without explaining the vowels they're connected to. But as you use them more, reading them will be second nature, your midichlorians will multiply, and the Pitmanic Force will grow strong within you.
Now here are a few short forms based on consonants. You should find these much easier. They're all written on the line. D stands for "do" and T stands for "it". Just "do it".
The light TH sound (as in "thin") is the short form for "think". The heavy TH (as in "they") is the short form for "they". CH is "whiCH". B is "be".
Moving forward at warp speed now: C is "Come".
G is "Give" – or "Given". (The context will almost always make it obvious which one is meant. If it doesn't, you can always write it out phonetically.)
M is "hiM".
R is "youR".
NG is "thiNG".
And this says "Come give him your thing".
Now, here are a couple of sentences made entirely from these shortcuts. See if you can read them. Answers at the bottom of the page, or just hover over the characters.
But more usefully, you can mix these shortcut characters with the "longhand" writing you've already learned. Here are some more examples for you to read.
1. Who should come to the thing? I think you ought to do it. You all ought to come.
2. But I think your thing, and a thing which I should do, ought to be on him.
3. Admit it – you despise my galactic ambitions. You think them cruel! But I care nothing for your thoughts, or what you think I ought to do. You are too timid. Soon I will give the two star systems a taste of my vengeance, a vengeance they will long remember. My robotic slaves will soon be off on the mission.
You are close to knowing a third of all the words in English. But first you must master the most challenging lesson yet!