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Perhaps one of the sweetest babies I have ever had. Baby Darla was an absolute DREAM!
So absolutely perfect in every way…
And really? How beautiful are her parents….
It's All About Me... & the biz
Perhaps one of the sweetest babies I have ever had. Baby Darla was an absolute DREAM!
So absolutely perfect in every way…
And really? How beautiful are her parents….
These are absolutely beautiful! And mom is gorgeous!
I have to say that ever since I made the decision to change my business hours and give up the phone in the afternoon/evenings, I feel like a huge weight was lifted from my shoulders. I have been more relaxed, focused, and most importantly "present" with my family anytime I am with them. I think this is one of the best decisions I could have possibly made for us and I'm just sorry I didn't bite the bullet a bit sooner. With everything falling into place and fitting "life" into the new schedule, I was still feeling like so many other things needed to get taken care of as well.
One of the main projects I have been wanting to attack was my own picture situation. Back in the old days… you know, the film days, you filled up your roll of film, immediately brought it to the store, and had it developed then possibly put it into an album. More importantly, after printing you were always given the negatives that could be stored for generations. Nowadays, with everything being digital, it's easy to fall into a trap where your memories and pictures just stay on the computer or your hard drive/s. Granted, sometimes its nice being able to just flip the computer on and look through pictures, but there is nothing like having the printed image in your hands. I remember a couple of months ago being at my sisters house and seeing the kids find an old album I made for them. It was SO fun to turn the pages and hear the kids laugh at everything they saw and then say "Oh my gosh, I totally forgot about…". I loved seeing everyone gathered together looking at those pictures. It really lit a fire under me! So as soon as I got home, I started organizing my files and began having the past 6 years of our lives' PRINTED!!! This was a HUGE project though which is why I probably put it off for so long. So happy to have things underway now!
As a photographer I need to bring up this little , minor detail. Now, I would NEVER suggest anyone having any professional photo's printed at a kiosk or non pro lab like Target, Costco… Walmart (oh the horror)!. You have invested money into a photo session for top quality images, so definitely do NOT ruin them by printing anywhere but with your photographer or places they have hopefully suggested to you. The quality in your prints cannot even be compared… even at first glance they won't look the same, colors are ALWAYS off, always! Also, over the years, you will definitely see a big difference in how the pictures look…
Now that being said, when I decided I was going to print thousands of photos from the past 6 years, I knew it would never happen if #1 I hand edited each and every single one in Photoshop or if #2 I ordered from my pro lab, that would just be too expensive. ALL of the ones we printed were just regular day to day things like playing in the pool, family trips,building our house, landscaping, sports, holidays, etc. The "important" photos from holiday sessions, dance recitals, studio stuff I have done with the kids… those are always printed at my pro lab and hung/displayed in the house, no if, ands, or buts about it. My goal with printing was to ensure that the family had these images and memories to look at anytime they want, present and future. I could care less if these pictures didn't have the best pops of color or were artistic looking. I wanted all of those memories and every day events printed! Thats all.
So, take a look at our lives' for 2006 and 2007!
The first batch came to about 1,600 pictures and that was only 2006! This was after narrowing every "event" on my computer down. Only printing the images that gave the best story, captured the best emotions. There were pictures everywhere! We obviously couldn't just leave them in one big pile and shove everything in a big box so hubby and I spent a big chunk of time organizing them. He even bought me these neat boxes from the Container Store (which are totally on SALE now, weren't when he bought them)! This is what our tables looked like after the first batch of printed photos! Things were a mess…. but a somewhat organized mess I think!
Once we had all of our piles done, it was time to organize them into the container. Everything was done by Month/Year and I even busted out my handy dandy labeler to help us out! OCD & anal retentive much? YES I am….
Look at how neat and pretty things look now!
Obviously starting to print everything was my main goal, but when my BFF was in town last week and was wondering about the San Diego fires we had a few years ago… having things organized like this was so handy! I remembered what month/year it happened and then I just grabbed the container! Easy peasy! When I had my nieces and nephews staying with us a couple of weeks ago, but heart just about melted when the girls found the boxes of pictures. I never suggested they look at them, but this is what I found them doing downstairs the very first night they were there…
Now THIS is the reason why I did what I did… they sat there and went through all of it. My heart was smiling from ear to ear listening to them laugh, call the boys in to show them this or that, and to just be "together". Beat still my heart.
One of the other important things that had been on my mental to do list for years was backing all of these precious memories and pictures up. 2006-2011 were more or less all backed up on an external hard drive, but here I was in June and all of 2012 was still on my laptop AND I had pictures all over the place in random folders, nothing made much sense. First thing I did was put 2012 on my external hard drive. Then I put everything into folders by year/month. It took forever, but everything was now at least accessible & easy to find.
So, we are backed up on 2 hard drives and CD's. Perfect right? Nope, that definitely wasn't good enough for me. Lets face it, all things digital are susceptible to fail. Not only that, nobody can predict a natural disaster or fire so what good is it to have all of those pictures and files stored on the computer or your hard drives in your home if they could all potentially be ruined and lost forever?
Welcome Carbonite!
Ideal off site storage for all of your pictures, files, and your computer! The initial back up took forever, but so well worth it. I now feel 100% covered and protected. My client files are now protected as well as our personal pictures. Definitely look into this. There are other similar companies who offer the service, but I had heard such good things about them, thats who I went with! My heart and brain are now resting easy knowing our memories are safe and sound (and in multiple locations)!
Take a look at the new back up process:
When I explained my entire back up system to my husband, he thought I was crazy but you really just never know!
Don't wait until its too late!!! No time like the present
I just had a question about Carbonite — I signed up with Carbonite with my old computer but the initial backup said it would take 180 days (it was an almost-full 500g hard drive) and it also said it would only backup about 2g of information a day — so doing the math, it seemed like it would NEVER be caught up. How long did it take for your initial backup? I love the idea of carbonate, it just didn't seem like it was going to work for such large files. But it seems to be working for you, so I'm just curious about how long it took and if the daily backups are keeping up with all of the new data that goes on your computer after each photoshoot. Thanks for the great information!! I had a hard drive crash in April, so I've been trying to get everything streamlined like this!
I use Crashplan and love it. I can give my customers the guarntee that even if their computer crashes, their photos are safe and sound backed up to the cloud. That way, they can feel better about it.
Yes the initial backup time took a little bit, like did Angie's but I prefer CrashPlan.
Love your blog!
Oh, I am so guilty of never printing personal photos! I love this idea.
I use Crashplan and Time Machine for my continuous backup and have a Raid 1 drive arriving today to store my working photo drive.
What a great idea. I think I might need this boxes as well.
I use image grid. But recently one image quit appearing in the grid. It used to be there but no longer shows. If I switch to image list, it shows up again.LikeLike
It was a very special week for my family. Not only did the kids get out of school for Summer break, it was also the first week of the new schedule/work hours, AND most importantly it was also dance recital week! After months and months of practices, my baby girl was finally going to be on stage again. I swear this girl was meant to perform. We are SO extremely proud of her. We still can't believe how much dedication and love she has for dance. It was a super long week with last practices, tech/dress rehearsal, and two days of shows. I may have complained over the course of this week, but all of that went out the door the second she woke up on the first day of shows…
It's kind of a tradition for me to take a sleeping shot of her on the morning of the show, which reminds me that I need to do side/side comparisons to see just how big my little girl gets over the years. After this year, I definitely have a feeling we will have many more dance recitals in our future!
As for this dance year, Makena not only took her regular ballet, tap, and jazz classes, but also wanted to add on hip hop. Totally shocked us, but she adored it! Always left class with a big smile on her face. These were her outfits for this year. All of them we thought were cute except for the tap one… a little too risqué for our taste, but when all of the girls were on stage, they looked totally adorable! We weren't even going to let her perform that number when we first saw the costume, but she had worked so hard, there was no way we could say no!
Once hair was done, I would normally do her make up. This year, she had been asking me for weeks if she could try doing some of it herself. How could I say no to that face?
I think she did a pretty good job if I do say so myself. I let her take care of bronzer and blush, then I did her eyes and lipstick… she looked perfectly natural, just like all little girls should (in my opinion anyways)!
This year was also the first year she was able to use regular earrings and not the clip on ones… Makena was SO excited about that! She felt bad a couple of years ago when all of the little girls already had their ears pierced and she was too scared too. Now she was just like them!
Let's get to dress rehearsal!!! Costumes, shoes, accessories, water, snacks, bobby pins…. check!
Dress rehearsal went off without a hitch and the girls were so excited for their show! We had 24 hours until show time… figured I would sneak in a few pictures of Makena in her costumes!
Show time baby!!!! Here are my babies
And a quick shot with me and daddy….
Time to let her go and do her thing… my little shooting star!
Please excuse the stinky show pics… no flash photography or video during the recital so I had to crank my ISO all the way to 12800! We were also a few rows back which didn't help things! Thank God for awesome photo equipment or else I wouldn't have been able to get anything!
So proud of our little girl! It was a wonderful first show!
And then on to Day 2… 2 more shows to go!
As the dance year was ending, my husband and I were so overwhelmed with all of the practices, the commitment, driving back and forth to the studio, and everything that goes along with the recital. We had contemplated having Makena do something else in the Fall instead of dance but honestly… I really feel we would be doing her an injustice by keeping her from it. She really adores it and although we are a little biased… we think she's actually pretty darn good at it! Many moms have come up to us and said how focused she is during practice and well she moves. Looks like we will be adding on yet another dance year for 2012-13!!!
Aww your daughter is precious and it looks like she had so much fun! And your show pictures turned out pretty darn good in my opinion. Is this the first year she has done dance with a performance? I am debating when I'm going to let my daughter join the performing class instead of the "just for fun" class.
You have such a beautiful family! And I can tell that your daughter is very talented just by viewing the pictures !
I won't ever regret the past 3 years I have spent starting and building my business. For the first 2 years, it grew organically & really out of nowhere. I didn't have a clear direction about what I wanted to do, what I wanted to specialize in, no business plan, just my love of photography and design driving me. Once I kind of figured things out and had a bit of direction, it grew exponentially. My calendars were filling months in advanced and I felt like I had more business than I knew what to do with. I was finally getting to a point where I could say "no", where I was referring clients out, setting some terms & guidelines, AND was 100% happy to do it. I feel blessed to have met so many wonderful families and to have also helped define looks and brands for so many photographers/businesses. I was always taught it you work hard, good things will come… and they did. It has been rewarding. I felt important. I felt relevant. I selfishly felt content. I built something from nothing and am totally proud of everything I have learned and accomplished in this short amount of time.
Earlier this year, I heard something on the radio that stuck with me for many months. I found the article online and its one worth taking a peek at: Top 5 regrets of the dying
1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn't work so hard.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
For me… #2 and #4 are really the only ones I felt applied to me… everything else I think I have under control For some reason, I continued to think about this article and the words "I wish I didn't work so hard" have plagued me . Over and over again, it played it my head. As so many people I knew were being diagnosed with this and that, some totally fighting for their lives' for months, I really began to take a step back and think about how my life was being spent. What I was doing day to day, what was important to me, how it was affecting my family, my kids, my relationships, and me.
Then last month, there was an article circulating that really grabbed my attention and set everything in motion. You will definitely need to read it HERE to truly understand my words and feelings. The first time I read it I found myself in tears thinking to myself how guilty I was of SO many of those things, especially the past 2 years as my business flourished. That article was the catalyst for me to start changing things in my life. I more or less decided right then and there that my business and I were ready to do things a little differently. My first step was not scheduling sessions or design work over the weekends. Weekends were strictly for my family and doing more fun things together, more active things, more quality time. I have more or less stayed true to those changes over the past month except for some extraordinary things that did come up on 2 occasions, but there is always room for improvement like no answering emails at all, not taking phone calls, no Facebook-ing, etc. One day I will 100% weekend work free and that time is quickly approaching, faster than I knew it.
Maybe a week after I saw that article, I was hit like a truck when THIS video and Jen's story started circulating. For at least a 1/2 hour I was crying uncontrollably. 2 hours later I shared it with my husband and I sobbed all over again. Of course, I was moved by her story, her courage, her journey and after I made my donation, all I kept thinking to myself was "Holy shit, that could be ME!". In seconds, your life and the world you know could be completely turned upside down for any number of reasons. Everything you once knew, were comfortable with, and you cherished could be taken away from you, JUST LIKE THAT…. and here I am working ALL hours of the day from the time I wake up until the time I go to sleep. Whether it be answering emails, rushing to send a proof, editing, doing marketing, posting on my business page. Many times it would be at the expense of my kids and family. I found myself continually telling them "Hold on a second while I finish this email!" Or "Oh, I have to take this call… gimme a sec!" Here was a good one… "Makena, I will get your lunch in 5 minutes okay?" (which ALWAYS ended up being anywhere from 10-30 minutes). We all came to HATE the alerts on my phone for emails. I was literally cringing when my phone would go off. But what did I do? Immediately grab it, regardless of where we were at and what we were doing, read it quickly (of course telling them "Hold on a second guys…."), and then feeling the need to take 5+ minutes to return an email. I began to seriously reflect about Jen's story and realized I was totally taking my truly precious moments here on Earth for granted. And for what? All in the name of good customer service? Now granted, my situation is a bit different because my husband and I don't necessarily rely on my income alone. We more or less could survive on his salary, everything I brought in has been for the "perks" and extras we have been able to have like vacations, savings, shopping, etc. If I was the main bread winner in the family, I obviously would need to work a lot… however, that is not the case for me. I was doing all of that because I felt I needed & had to in order to have a successful business.
Now that was just a taste of my business life. All the work aside, the time spent on my personal Facebook page and playing games on my phone were a whole different story. I was feeling the need to update and post ridiculous things like a picture of me taking the kids to Starbuck's. I mean really? In the grand scheme of life and staying "connected" to your "friends", who really gives a crap about those types of things. I was posting for my own selfish reasons, thinking my friends and family really needed or even wanted to see that. I will say though, I definitely post on my personal page a LOT less than I did when I first started my account and substantially less than a lot of people I know. I don't really post any personal pictures anymore unless they are quick and easy from the iphone. Because I take all of our main pictures on my big camera, it was mainly out of laziness that I didn't post pictures BUT I also fell into a trap feeling like I had to edit ANY photo I took in order to post it. Obviously, that has a lot to do with me being a photographer and wanting beautiful pictures shown, but friends and family REALLY don't care about that at all anyways. All they want to see is that everyone is healthy and happy, maybe doing fun, special things here and there…. NOT 5 times a day (for the most part & for most people anyways). That wasn't good enough for me though. Everything was newsworthy in my opinion and far too much time has been spent feeling like I needed to show the world how great my kids were and how wonderful I am because I do this or that. I'm officially over it at my ripe old age of 34. I'm ready to TRULY enjoy all that I have been given in life and live day to day 100% "present" in their lives'. I no longer feel the need to justify my everyday life to my "friends" on Facebook. When you look at the bigger picture… is it really quality time with your kids when the main motive behind the activity is feeling the need to take a picture and post it? Will I stop posting status updates and pictures all together? Most likely not, but I will definitely slow down even more than I already have and only post things that mean something a little bit more special than the new pair of shoes I may have bought, what new movie we are going to see, or even how great I think I am because we are having a special home cooked meal!
Now it's time to make the changes and set the business & personal plans in motion!
Officially, as of today, I will only be working from the hours of 8am-1pm Monday through Friday, no working on the weekends at all.
This will include:
This obviously comes at a horrible time since the kids are now on Summer break but that brings me to the next change, definitely a more profound one and perhaps the one that will take the most adjustment for me…
I will also being going "hands & technology" free from the world after 1pm during the week & on the weekends unless my kiddos aren't with me or they have already gone to sleep at night. My phone is now off limits, free from any distractions, notifications, playing games, ridiculous Facebook posting's, no emails, nothing. I'm bringing it back to a simpler time when you just spent time with your family AND enjoyed every single second of it. No more trips to the park while I pretend to feel like I'm being a good mom because I took them there BUT all the while I'm sitting on my phone either answering emails, stalking my Facebook feed, or just playing a game. I will now be 100% engaged. They have my full attention. My family is completely stoked and after I told them on Friday after their last day of school, I swear the whole family dynamic changed. It was the first weekend in a long time, where we were really & truly connected. The kids didn't argue. They played together so great all weekend. We all joked, laughed, and had a wonderful time. I really believe that the main reason why we had such a great weekend was because I was not stressed out. I wasn't worrying about this client or that client or rushing to write an email. I did sneak away while my daughter was at a birthday party to visit the baby from my birth session last week who ended up in the NICU, but aside from that… it was all about me, my husband, the kids, and OUR FAMILY! This is the first weekend of many more to come…
No more living a life that I was bound to eventually regret! You only get a small amount of time on this Earth and an even smaller amount of time with your young kiddos… make each one of them count! I know I will be from now on! I'm looking forward to sharing the additional changes my family has made in the coming weeks. Until then, happy monday
I applaud you!! I look forward to a day when we are finacially stable to do the same thing but really can get rid of the computer and phone far more than I do thanks for being an inspiration
Really agree 100%……thinking the same here . I would hate to get to the end of my life and have regrets. Regrets of the time I spent at the computer rather then with the ones I love.
I have a hunch your business will even be able to proper when you cut back as you work smarter!
Off to consider what I can do to make this one life really count with the time I have been given.
You're amazing! I have been "following" you since your scrapbooking design days (I fell in love with your 'arsenal' kit when I first found digi scrapping) and have been inspired by your work since. Being on my phone was also something I realized was taking attention away from my family and decided to stop. It feels good. It's great moms can inspire each other to do the right things for their families and themselves.
[...] then, while responding to emails/messages this a.m. I saw this: http://corinanielsen.com/blog/no-regrets/ And I felt like I had been reading somewhat of an autobiography. "…here I am working [...]
I could (not to mention, should) write this email for myself, my business, and my family. Life balance with kids, a spouse, and a business is a juggling act and I can't juggle. The only way to have life balance is to have boundries. Thank you for sharing and being a "kick in the pants." Look forward to your updates.
Thank you Corina! Thank you!
I commend you for the difficult truths you share here, but also for the real commitment you have made to be present in the life of your family. I am inspired by the specific guidelines you have created for keeping work from taking over your precious time — your precious life. Thank you for mentioning my post. This is truly the greatest gift I could receive … to know my message touched a family's life and helped them connect in a meaningful way is a blessing to me. Thank you!!!!
Dear Corina, thank you so much for sharing this peronal thoughts with the world out here!
I think this is also important for couples without kids….
These media things can reall distract your attention and spoil r/ships….
You made the right step and I wish you good luck and a strong heart to succed:)
Be blessed!
"Standing O" for you Corina! I have found myself very guilty of these same things, although I clearly have my "work" hours posted as 10:30-1 weekdays and 10:30-2 on Saturdays, in my case the hours are due to my handicapped son's schedule, I work when he's at his program. But yet I always seem to be working in one way or the other. All day and most of the night. I have also come to the conclusion, because of my own health and the sadness in my grandson's eyes when once again, Nana can't do "fill in the blank" because she's working, that it is going to stop. When he gets here at 3, that's it for the day for me. My sons are older 22 and 28 but still live here (both have disabilities) and I am not going to brush them off anymore either.
Folks tell me I SHOULD work as long and as often as possible to grow my very young business if I want to succeed. But like you I have realized that my family comes first. I missed too much of my children's lives when they were younger by working, now that I am 55 I want to spend as much time with them as I can.
Enjoy your family! They will love it and I know you will too!
Thank you for posting this Corina. Your honesty and words of wisdom are an inspiration and a way I hope to approach life too in the future.
Yes! You are a very smart woman and an inspiration. I have recently cut back on work myself and can see a change in how I respond to my husband (not as stressed out). I think I'll be making a change to my facebook habits as well. Thank you for the post! Enjoy your family!
Thank you for sharing this Corina. I too will be making changes in the future and focusing more on what's important in life. It's been 24/7 since I've started my photography business. It's definitely time to set new boundaries. I say kudos to you!! Enjoy your family!
I'm so happy for you Corina! And I've been processing the same issues lately as well. Would love to meet for coffee sometime and catch up
I have been feeling the pressure to do it all the last few weeks… and customer service was robbing my kids of their loving mom. I don't like who I've become at the expense of motherhood to build my business. Time to take a step back. For REAL.
Thank you for posting this… from the bottom of my heart!
Totally inspiring, Corina! I'm getting married at the end of the month and trying to make positive changes and set up our little "family" for nothing but positive growth prior to marriage.
Cool this site seriously solved this problem I was dealing with. This blog is lovely, thanks alot to the info.
beautifully written.. & so inspiring! Now time to focus on the important things in my house & in my life! Thanks so much
You know when I read this? Last night after spending an ENTIRE day behind the computer editing sessions. I barely got to see my husband or my babies and felt frazzled. Then I read this and it immediately spoke to my soul. Thank you so much for this! I've now decided to really hoan in and keep business hours tight and spend the rest of the day with those I love.
At first I thought…oh no she is giving it up…because you are soooo good at what you do. But you are not…and what you are doing makes perfect sense! Congrats to that!
I congratulate you and applaud your determination! this is too ambitious for me but I believe this is where I would like to head in few years!!!
I just stared my "passion photography business" this year and I can relate so much to your beginnings – thank you for being an inspiration with your words and with your pictures. Christina
Your words are amazing and I felt as if this was written specifically for me. I struggle with balance. But not anymore. I now feel confident that I can change things in my own life and still be successful! Thanks for your bold & inspiring words. I am a fan of your work (all of it), and now I look up to you as a person!
WOW this was a great read and one I will apply to my own life. Life is too short!!
Hola Corina, tengo unos meses viendo tu trabajo, no todo el tiempo, pero me encanta, soy diseñadora al igual que tu, la diferencia es que soy mexicana, pero amo mi trabajo y pasarme horas en la computadora también.
Desde 3 meses tengo un negocio de fotografía, y me pasa lo mismo que a tí.. es increible, cuando estaba leyendo tu articulo, me imaginé a mi y a mi familia, tengo dos niñas y un esposo.
Admiro mucho tu trabajo! me encanta!
Un gusto, y me encantaría que me contestaras, y que pudieras ver mi página y darme una opinion PORFAVOR!!
A disfrutar este fin de semana largo con tu familia.!!!
[...] when you feel like God is talking directly to you? Yeah, definitely happened to me as I came across this post. I crawled into bed that night, pulled myself up to Jim and started crying. I hadn't seen my [...]
Im your newest fan on facebook and everywhere else where there even is not a like button.
I started photography in January 2012. Loving every moment but recently felt the urge to specialise in newborns.
Your work is the best I have seen so far, and you are so positive and inspirational!
Will be coming back for lots more.
Lots of love from South Africa
Was referred to this post from a fellow photog and so glad I read it. Like you I do not depend on my business, so I definitely need to set the phone down and limit my time. I completely agree about the ridiculous amount of things people post to FB and want to take things back to a simpler time. Thank you for taking a stance against letting social media and business take over your day. I want to do this as well.
An intriguing discussion is worth comment. I feel that you ought to write far more on this topic, it may not be a taboo topic but normally people are not enough to speak on such topics. Towards the next. Cheers
Greetings! Very informative aid within just of this exceptional publish-up! It's the little changes that will crank out the maximum sizeable adjustments. Plenty of thanks for sharing!
Doesn't get more precious than this sweet bundle of baby! Baby Aleah joins her brother and sister to make a family of 5! She was such a good girl during our session… it was hard letting her leave! Such a good, calm, mild tempered little girl. She was just precious!
These are wonderful! I especially love the green one!
Wow…these shots are gorgeous! I especially love the little bed prop…so cute!
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I'll be heading to the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) again this year, specifically to keep my eye on triple-negative breast cancer research. I will once more do a recap of TNBC research, and I hope I have lots of information and positive news, as I did in 2012. I am looking forward to a few specific sessions and events:
• A general session on JAK 2 amplifications in TNBC. I wrote about previous research last year.
• Incidence and survival rates for different subgroups of breast cancer.
• Updates on new chemo drugs, especially platinum agents that have shown mixed success with metastatic TNBC.
• Connecting with other groups, including After Breast Cancer Diagnosis; I wrote a brief about them in 2012. And the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network. Last year I wrote about Ginny Knackmuh, who was diagnosed with metastatic TNBC in 2009. I hope to meet her again this year.
• Meeting new and old friends. I will again visit with Carol, a blog reader from Texas and now TNBC buddy. I wrote about her last year. Sadly, the other friend I wrote about in that essay was Lori Redmer, former executive director of the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, who died in August, leaving behind a beautiful family and an impressive legacy. I met her in person only once, but we talked on the phone and emailed regularly. I have not yet moved her emails from my inbox. This year, I will finally meet the wonderful woman who mentored me through the final edits of my book and wrote my foreword, Carol Scott-Conner. Oddly, she and I live in the same state but have never met. Carol was diagnosed with breast cancer last year herself and has used her experience to help serve women even better.
• Hobnobbing with the docs again.
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LOWELL -- Suzanne Page was around 5 years old when she starting singing in a nursing home, after a family friend suggested her for a Shirley Temple-type act in a variety show.
Though she grew up loving music, it didn't occur to her for years that she could make a career -- a life -- out of her passion. Once she figured it out, that's what she did, studying music at what was then the University of Lowell and getting a master's in opera at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Page, a soprano with the type of high-pitched voice and range she says "makes the dogs go running," got her start with the Boston Lyric Opera and toured the United States and Europe as an opera singer.
Back in her hometown of Lowell after living in New York, Page is now the associate director of board relations for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It's a job she says helps her understand the business and mechanics end of music after years performing, giving her more of a full picture.
The most exciting thing about her life now, Page says, "is probably my dog." A Lhasa Apso rescue, he'll howl along with Page as she sings around the house.
"We didn't know he could sing, too," she said. "Leave it to me, an opera singer to get a singing dog."
Page says she doesn't know if the dog is complimenting her voice or complaining.
Either way, a pup with his own musical tastes is reflective of Page's immersion in a passion that sprung up early.
Q: How did you first become interested in music?
A: There was always music around my house. My grandparents always had music in their house -- Mitch Miller, Broadway musicals, Glen Miller -- and my mother, too. She would be walking around the house, doing her household chores, and she would be singing. Something about hearing my mother sing doing her chores said, 'Everything's OK. Nothing in life is a big deal,' because she had such an ease and grace in her singing as she was going about her daily activities.
Q: Once you started performing as a kid, what kept you at it?
A: I tried to get my brother Steve to do (a show) with me one year. He wouldn't. I was dressed up as a cowgirl and had to sit on a log for about an hour, and the circulation in my leg shut off. I got up to sing and fell completely face-down. My brother stood up in the middle of the aisle and just started singing the song. Here I was, only 7 years old, and I was like, 'My god, I've been upstaged.' I didn't know the word, but I knew. That's when my competitive nature really kicked in high gear and I said that won't happen again.
Q: How did you pursue music as you were growing up?
A: I somehow got connected with a local regional theater company. It was a terrific group of people, and this was eye-opening for me. What struck me was the passion these people had, and they didn't leave Lowell and go to Boston. They were just doing it for their own enjoyment. I started to do local theater that way, and I was just a geek.
I would just stay in my room and play all these Broadway musicals. I would choreograph them and perform them, for an audience of one. I was the performer and the audience. But I was just transported to another world.
Q: When did you start to realize this could be a career?
A: I went to the University of Lowell, and when I arrived there in '76, the faculty were all working musicians. They taught during the day, and then they picked up their clarinet and drove into Symphony Hall and played with the Pops. Before that, I really couldn't imagine that you could love music so much and have a fulfilling life.
Q: Why the switch from musical theater to opera?
A: What happened was, I was assigned to a teacher who was a founder of the Opera Company of Boston, Eunice Alberts. She had a major national career. She was the soloist when the Mozart requiem was performed when John F. Kennedy died. She said to me, 'Have you thought about opera?' It was very foreign to a French girl growing up in the Highlands, but before I knew it she was training me.
Q: What did you have to study for your master's in opera?
A: It's very focused. You study languages because most operas are written in either French, German or Italian. You learn three languages because you have to sing in three languages, and you work with diction coaches who help you lose your regional accent. So I pronounce the letter 'R.' People say, 'You don't sound like you're from Lowell. Where are you from?'
Q: Then how did you get your professional start?
A: While I was (at New England Conservatory), the head of the Boston Lyric Opera Company heard me sing. I made my professional debut with the Boston Lyric Opera. We performed in Boston, we performed in New York, and my name was included in the review in the New York Times. It was written by (music critic) Tim Page. He's a very critical guy, so everyone thought this could be scary. But he was very kind, very kind to a young Suzanne Page.
Q: What made you leave the opera world, after touring here and performing in Europe?
A: I made a conscious decision to stop opera. I knew with my height and with my high voice, I would have a repertoire of the same roles that I would sing.
And I asked myself, did I want to be 50 years old singing "Hansel and Gretel" in Germany? Some of my role models have done it, but I started to realize it wouldn't be enough for me.
I just needed more challenge. I didn't know what it was. But I left opera, and I wanted to get back to my musical-theater roots. I started working with an arranger and composer... and we put together a cabaret act.
Q: What did you like about that?
A: It got me back into my original reasons for starting in music, which was that I could connect with the lyric. Every lyric has a story. As much as I have a passion for opera and opera tells a story, this was more relatable to audiences.
Q: So what brought you back here?
A: I had been in New York for 15 years, and I had stopped touring in Europe. My brothers were having children and said, 'Do you think you want to move back?' and I said yes. I had experienced everything I set out to experience in New York.
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Somethings In The Water
By Kismet, Monday, November 15, 2010
By Jim Favors
On a recent plane trip, I found myself rubber necking out of the small portal window next to my seat as we worked our way south over Lake Michigan along Michigan's western coastline. I've known for a long time that when I'm not on or near the water I find myself yearning to be where I can see or at least smell this often-fragrant element. The pull is so strong that it doesn't matter if it's unfamiliar waters I've yet to explore, accustomed waters I've plied before, walking the docks of a marina or sitting on a beach listening to the water lap up against the shoreline. On this day, as I flew above my home waters, the bright blue water sparkled as the early morning sun worked its magic reflecting its rays off of the seemingly calm waters below. Ah, to be on the water!
It doesn't get much calmer than when we were anchored at Bear Drop, notice the reflection of the boats in the water.
As the water disappeared below the clouds my mind transcended to the final week we had spent in Canada's glorious North Channel, surrounded by crystal clear water and Mother Nature's many glories. We left Spanish and navigated through and between little pine tree lined islands as we worked our way towards a popular anchorage called Bear Drop. With a name like that we had visions of spotting more bear and became overly excited when Lisa spotted something in the water, in front of our bow, not too far off in the distance.
It was early in the morning; the waters were calm so the ripples in the distant waters seemed out of place. Lisa was the first one to catch the disturbance with her sharp "eagle eye;" my first thought was that the disturbance was just shallow rocky water. With binoculars in hand, Lisa said she thought she saw antlers moving through the water in front of us. We had never seen anything like this before, and our curiosity was getting the best of us, so we proceeded slowly inching our way forward so we would not spook whatever was swimming in the channel before us. As we got closer Lisa very excitedly exclaimed that it was not one but two moose swimming slowly towards a nearby shore on our starboard side, they had apparently swam from a nearby island either leaving or returning home from a "holiday" or maybe they were in search of food, we can only guess. We inched closer to see them but stayed far enough away so as not to frighten them. We could finally see them clearly without binoculars.
The next day we have more calm water as we leave Bear Drop for Blind River.
We watched with amazement as the lumbering animals swam towards shore. As their legs touched the lake bottom, the enormity of the animals began to materialize before our eyes as their bodies gradually, and somewhat awkwardly, emerged from the water for the safety of land. They must have been exhausted after those skinny legs swam those massive bodies not only from one island to another but finally and strenuously pulling those heavy bodies out of the water and onto the rocks. Once on land they both turned to look at us as if to say, "Thanks for not pestering us," then they shook the water off their bodies much like a wet dog does and quickly disappeared into the rocky hillside never to seen by us again.
Like most North Channel towns Blind River is only a short walk from the marina, in this case we had to cross a bridge and this body of water to reach the main attraction.
We liked that there was a nice park next to the marina in Blind River.
We continued to motor the remaining few miles at idle speed to Bear Drop and our planned anchorage. Located at the northwestern part of the North Channel's magnificent islands, with thousands of anchorage possibilities, Bear Drop is a favorite of the NC boating community. Its natural beauty is enhanced by the 360-degree protection it provides boaters from the elements of foul weather. No bad weather was expected during our visit so, after we secured our anchor we dropped the dinghy into the water so we could explore the area. We had great hopes of seeing more moose or maybe even a bear but no luck in that department during this visit but the natural beauty of the area more than satisfied our interest.
Suddenly, I heard the ding, ding, ding of the overhead speakers, which woke me from a deep sleep, followed by the voice of a flight attendant announcing that we'd be descending into Atlanta's airport shortly. As I looked out of the plane's small window, I saw three small specks – boats glistening from the light of the sun they were throwing off white foam waves as they cruised up the Tennessee River, 15,000 feet below. I think again how nice it would be to be out on the water and now that I'm awake, it brought me back to writing about the North Channel.
By the time we got to Thessalon the wind had picked up a bit, check out the herbs on the back deck being blown sideways.
Bear Drop was one of those magical anchorages where we had absolutely calm water. It enabled us to have another relaxing dinner on the cockpit of the boat, overlooking the rustic shoreline. As we ate, we listened to the eerie, but beautiful, loon song. After dinner, as we continued to enjoy the scenery, I begin to read up on the next days cruise. I knew glaciers created the Great Lakes and the North Channel many years ago but I was amazed to read in Skipper Bob's Trent-Severn Canal guidebook, the North Channel section, that the NC has some of the oldest rocks in the world. The guidebook reports that many of the rocks are more then 3 billion years old.
We almost had the marina to ourselves while docked in Thessalon, making the docking much easier when we came in under heavier winds.
After waiting an extra day due to high winds in the area we left Spanish to head towards Long Point and Bear Drop. We threw out the hook again in a small, well-protected cove with two other sailboats and shortly after launched the dinghy so we could explore the area surrounding the anchorage, which has many smooth granite boulders nearby. As we got further away from the boat, we found a few little ponds around and between rusty, spotted boulders. With the smaller dinghy as our means of transportation, we could get closer to the plant and wildlife and not worry so much about the hard boulders hidden beneath the water.
We spent the next few days on the move with stops in Blind River and Thessalon. Both towns have small marinas and were nice but short stops – it gave us some time to get off of the boat so we could stretch our legs and give the boat batteries time to recharge after being on the hook for many days in a row. If one continues northwest of Thessalon to the north of St. Joseph Island you'd head up to the Soo Locks and the gateway to Lake Superior. The route Lisa and I chose was to the southwest and east of St. Joseph Island where we crossed the imaginary Canadian/U.S. border on the way to Michigan's Drummond Island – finally returning to our home state.
Here I am preparing an anchor buoy so I can have my anchor clearly marked while on the hook.
I remember this day very well. As we crossed into U.S. waters we were not only closing a Loop but a dream, I began to reflect in earnest on our Great Loop journey. Granted we were not home yet, another week to go, but we were close enough to grasp the enormity and scope of our adventure. Lisa and I had traveled through 17 States, the District of Columbia, Canada and the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas', totaling over 10,000 miles of water under our hull. We were fortunate to have spent a whole summer exploring the Chesapeake Bay, a month on Florida's St Johns River and two winters in Key West. In all we've spent over three years doing the Great Loop. We were fortunate to have met many like-minded Loopers along the way, many we traveled with for extended stretches and some who will be life-long friends. We feel very fortunate to have been able to embark on the journey and cannot imagine now, having almost completed the Great Loop adventure, what our lives would have been like without having had the opportunity to experience and accomplish this shared dream and goal.
Harbor Island has lots of room for "gunkholers" but on this day, we had it all to our selves.
As we worked our way closer to Drummond Island, we navigated the well-marked and winding route to our last Great Loop anchorage. Harbor Island sits just to the north of Drummond Island and Drummond Island Yacht Haven where we checked into customs the next morning. As we settled into the anchorage Lisa broke out a bottle of champagne in celebration of our return to Michigan. The two of us were sitting in the cockpit having a nice conversation, drinking the bubbly, when Lisa (remember her "eagle eye") spots an eagle flying just above us. It slowly and gracefully covered the bay we were anchored in until it finally landed in a treetop near shore. We both thought out loud that it was a great way to be welcomed back to the United States – by America's symbol of freedom.
Drummond Island's Yacht Haven is the typical place to check into Customs when returning or entering the United States from Canada's North Channel.
Just after I completed the prior paragraph, I changed planes in Ft. Myers, Florida and was pleasantly surprised to find that I would be flying on a small, six-passenger Cessna. We departed Ft. Myers for the final leg of my day's travels to Key West, Florida. As the plane took off I thought that it would take a long, four months to travel this far by trawler, but then I remembered all the things one misses by NOT taking the time to travel by water.
It was only a short time ago that Lisa and I were steering Kismet south through the west coast of Florida in the waters of Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades as we slowly worked our way to Key West. What great memories! So, you could imagine how thrilling it was for me to watch the waters we had recently plied slide below me as I flew only 5,000 feet above the winding channeled water. I was able to see first hand the mooring field in Naples where we spent three days, also where we met up with friends Gary and Carol from our hometown of Traverse City, Michigan. The inside route from Naples to Marco Island was clearly visible from above as it wound south to Marco, around the Island, out to Goodland where it dumps out into Gullivan Bay and then the Florida Bay in route to the Everglades and Keys.
As I continued my flight across the Bay I couldn't help but marvel that Lisa and I have been live a boards on our boat Kismet for five years. We've been fortunate to see, learn about and explore many places but as I looked out the window of the small Cessna I realized how much more there really is still to see. It was about this time that Key West came into view and memories of our time spent not too long ago here in this other paradise came rushing back. Oh, I can almost smell the aroma of salt water in the air and immediately I think: won't it be great to be out on the water again?


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Hundreds of companies routinely commit crimes that injure the public much more than street crimes in many ways: economically, socially, physically and environmentally. Yet corporate crimes are generally dealt with by civil and administrative law, with penalties such as fines but not prison. In environmental law, e.g., many industries control themselves. The law is applied differently for different people.
White collar crimes are committed by individuals for themselves in the course of their occupations for personal gain. It is committed without the knowledge. The most common white collar crime is when an employee steals from the employer or who cheats customers and pockets the difference.
Corporate crimes are offenses committed by corporate officials for their corporation and the offenses of the corporation themselves for corporate gain. Typically a corporate criminal bribes a government, dumps toxic industrial waste into rivers. Corporate crimes are often called quiet acts because people not only don't know whom to blame but may not even know that they have been victimized. There are data collection problems also.
Types of corporate crimes:
Violence against workers: 6 million workers injured on the job in the US and 10,000 people die in the workplace from injuries and 10,000 from long term effects of occupational diseases. Corporate executives are responsible for the vast majority of deaths because they have violated occupational health and safety standards or have chose not to create adequate standards. So, workers are safer on the streets than on their job. For every person murdered by a stranger on the street, two are murdered by their employees.
Violence against consumers: thousands of unsafe products injure or kill consumers every year. 100,000 people are permanently disabled each year and 30,000 die.
Another important factor to take into account is dumping of products in the third world.
Price fixing: tacit price fixing occurs when a limited number of controlling companies in a particular market follow the lead of their competitors in price increases. Overt price fixing involves secret meetings and subtle communications between competitors in given industries. Most common forms: (i) setting prices at predetermined, similar levels, (ii) dividing the market into regions, with each firm agreeing to stay out of the other's territory, and (iii) agreeing to take turns submitting winning competitive bids for contracts, often from government agencies.
Subcultural theory: Corporate crime is encouraged and justified by workplace subcultures. Criminal subcultures develop because the members share problems that require solutions not available or permitted by the law or general societal norms. Corporate executives have frequent and intimate contact with other executives who hold definitions favorable to violating laws. Thus, corporate crime, like any other crime is learned –differential association.
Structured action theory: junior male executives also learn executive conceptions of masculinity from their senior counterparts, one of which is to sacrifice personal principles to meet corporate goals, including the accumulation of profits through illegal or unethical means.
Anomie theory: Environmental uncertainties cause some corporate executives to experience strain, which often results in the use of innovative, illegitimate means to achieve their companies' goals.
A crime committed by the rich and powerful in the course of their occupation. They are illegal acts committed by an individual of high social status during the course of legitimate occupational activity for personal –or organizational- gain or by employees against their employers.
The crimes include tax evasion, credit card fraud, and bankruptcy fraud. Some white collar criminals use their positions of trust in business or government to commit these crimes, which may also include pilfering, soliciting bribes or kickbacks, and embezzlement. Some engage in land swindles, securities theft, medical or health frauds, etc.
Persons of the wealthy classes use their position in commerce and industry for personal gain without regard to the law. All these actions were too often handled by civil courts, since injured parties are more concerned recovering their losses than seeing offenders punished criminally.
Employees may inflate personal accounts, make false invoices and use company supplies for themselves.
International white collar crime
It occurs in other countries, such as government corruption.
Types of white collar crimes
· Swindles (stealing through deception): financial swindles, religious swindles (Jim Bakker),
· chiseling, i.e., cheating an organization, its consumers or both on a regular basis, such as charging for bogus auto repairs, cheating customers on home repairs, short weighting or fraudulently selling securities at inflated prices.
· Securities fraud: insider trading includes employees of financial institutions, law or banking firms, who misappropriate confidential information on pending corporate actions to purchase stock or give the information to a third party so that that party may buy shares in the company. Insider trading: a disclose or abstain rule. It requires corporate officers or directors, outside counsel and others, to abstain from trading, provided that only omissions which are made in violation of a duty to disclose are actionable.
· Individual exploitation of institutional positions: government, industry.
· Embezzlement and employee fraud
· Client fraud: insurance, credit card and medical insurance frauds. Health care: (i) ping-ponging (referring clients to other physicians in the same office), (ii) gang visits (billing for multiple services) and steering (directing patients to particular pharmacies).
· Tax evasion: to underreport or not to report taxable income willfully.
Unlike lower class street criminals, white-collar criminals are rarely prosecuted and when convicted receive relatively light sentences.
Compliance strategies aim for law conformity without the necessity of detecting, processing or penalizing individual violators. They seek cooperation and self policing within the business community and attempt to create conformity by providing economic incentives to companies to obey the law.
Another method of compliance is to set up administrative agencies to oversee business activities, with legislation spelling out penalties for violating regulatory standards.
State-corporate crime is illegal or socially injurious actions resulting from cooperation between governmental and corporate institutions. Space Shuttle Challenger was the result of a state-corporate crime involving the cooperative and criminally negligent actions of NASA and Morton Thiokol, the shuttle builder.


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Football is not only the beautiful game, it can also be the most surprising. The history of the sport is dotted with spectacular comebacks on the field, where teams upset the odds and, in a matter of a few adrenaline-filled minutes, transformed an almost inevitable defeat into a crushing victory.
In this article we take a look at six of the biggest killings made on the pitch by teams who didn't even think it was possible themselves.
Tottenham 3 – Manchester Utd 5 (Premier League 2001)
Fans were in shock after the Red Devils mounted an unprecedented offence against the seemingly invincible Tottenham during this exciting match from the 2000/1 season of the Premier League. Everything seemed lost right from the outset for reigning champions Man Utd, who somehow conceded three goals to the Spurs during the first half of the game.
Incredibly, when it seemed all but a sure thing that Tottenham was heading for the win, a reinvigorated Man Utd managed to reverse their desperate situation and score five goals during the second half to topple their opponents on their home turf.
Newcastle 4 – Arsenal 4 (Premier League 2011)
Nobody expected this game to end in a draw after Arsenal stomped all over Newcastle during the first 45 minutes of the game and netted four goals before the first half was over. At that point, Newcastle fans in the stands were probably squirming in their seats with embarrassment as their Arsenal counterparts smugly looked on at the thrashing their team was inflicting to the hosts.
However, soon after the beginning of the second half of the game, Abou Diaby of Arsenal was shown the red card and dispatched from the field, leaving Arsenal a man down. That was all the advantage Newcastle needed to spring back into action and score three goals in rapid succession, followed by the equaliser at the 87th minute courtesy of Cheik Tiote.
Hungary 2 – West Germany 3 (World Cup final 1954)
This match happened half a century ago, but the final outcome defied the odds to such an extent that people still refer to it as the 'Miracle of Bern'. In the FIFA World Cup finals of 1954, West Germany found itself going up against the mighty Hungarian team, which could boast of a record string of 30 victories including a spectacular 8-3 thumping of the very same team they were about to confront for the trophy.
The game was seemingly taking its natural course, with Hungary ahead by two goals after barely eight minutes into the game and the Germans still struggling to find their ground under the dismal weather conditions that the match was being played in. However, by the end of the game the unexpected had happened and West Germany put three goals past the Hungarian goalkeeper and won the title in one of the most dramatic football comebacks ever made.
Juventus 2 – Manchester Utd 3 (Champions League semi-final 1999)
Fans watching the second leg of the 1999 Champions League semi-final witnessed one of the most impressive football upsets ever on a European level when Juventus and Man Utd clashed on the pitch in a bid for a ticket to the league's final.
Just 11 minutes into the game, Filippo Inzaghi asserted Juventus's dominance of the field by scores in two goals and gaining his team an early advantage. A disheartened Man Utd team struggled to make any real impact on the game, until Roy Keane rolled up his sleeves and lead the team to an inspiring comeback which saw it seal their victory with three goals that sent the Italians packing.
Odds versus intuition
The amazing turn of events in these matches must have surprised both the players themselves as well as the fans, particularly if they wagered a bet or two on the team that eventually went on to win and suddenly found themselves getting a windfall from their bets!
You can find all the odds on online sportsbooks, but at the end of the day it's your knowledge of the team and luck that will help you change those numbers on screen into cold, hard cash into your wallet. There's plenty of options to do this for fans across the world.
Major bookmakers are in constant competition over providing the best odds across a variety of betting markets. Driving prices up, this pressure is of big help to bettors – particularly as large sporting events such as the Euro 2016 drive ever-greater numbers of bettors to sportsbooks. Bookies like William Hill, Ladbrokes and Bet365 are already offering odds for the Euro 2016 – find our latest betting tips right here on Pitch Invasion!
Panama 2 – U.S. 3 (CONCACAF World Cup qualifier 2014)
Football, or soccer as they prefer to call it in the US of A, is far from being the most popular sport in the country, but their national team has been involved in quite a far few amazing comebacks in recent times. One of them happened during their final match of the 2013 CONCACAF World Cup qualifier tournament.
In that match, the US were down by one goal and the Panamanians were all set to cruise through to the World Cup finals in Brazil for the first time in history. However, their dream of being one of 32 qualifying teams for the finals were shattered when the US team staged a late comeback and managed to level two more goals against them.
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 – U.S. 4 (International friendly 2013)
Another incredible US comeback happened a year earlier when the the men's national team faced Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo for an international friendly. Although the stakes were low, winning this match would have meant an unprecedented 12 victories in a row for the US team.
However, Bosnia-Herzegovina proved to be quite a match for the American, taking the lead early on with two goals and a much better performance on the pitch. It was only during the second half of the game that the US team finally came to life and scored four goals to seal a historic victory.


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This is the second pattern test I have completed (the first was the Dolores Pocket skirt last year) and I really enjoyed the experience. Dixie was a lovely person to work with sending out helpful e-mail suggestions whenever anything new cropped up.
The instructions for the most part were very clear (Dixie has since clarified a few steps) and the PDF was relatively small considering it is a dress. The aesthetics of the PDF were very appealing and had Dixie's trademark colours and clean lines like her blog.
Before embarking on the construction I made a few little sketches to get my creative juices flowing. I hunted in my stash for appropriate fabrics.
|Is it bad that I have this many possible options in my fabric stash? Please tell me I'm not alone here!
|I love these Liberty print fabrics but I didn't quite have enough for the full gathered skirt of the Dixie Bonnell
|Fantastic print on this fabric but it's a slippy rayon / polyester and I felt it might be a bit tricky to work with on this occasion
|A lovely colourful cotton with a little bit of lycra. Perfect for the Bonnell!
When I make my next Bonnell I am going to stick to a straight 2 all over as the waistband is too wide - It was only apparent when I had finished sewing it all together.
Instead of gathers (as per the instructions) I created a few equal pleats around the waistband. I also added about 8cm to the length of the skirt so it would hit my knee, as I think it would be a tad too short for my preference.
Here are a couple of photos of the dress during the construction stage:
|Bodice with the lining
|Pinned and basted outer waistband
|Pinning the lining waistband
|The finished dress
|The waistband is a little loose and I think the small lycra content of the fabric makes it drop slightly
|Next time I need to move the zip higher to intersect with the finish of the back seams
|Slightly wonky waistband application at the back right - Oops!!
The changes I will make for my next Bonnell are as follows:
- Use 100% cotton for more structure
- Cut the same size throughout so the waistband will be a better fit
- Improve the insertion of the zip
Thanks to Dixie for giving me the opportunity to test her fab new pattern!


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Real Ale Styles
Real ale comes in many different styles, despite the misconception many have the real ale just refers to bitter. Lager can also be classed as real ale and is available in cask in some pubs. Below are some of the main styles of real ale.
Bitter is usually a copper colour and is the most popular style of real ale in the UK. Bitter gained popularity towards the end of the 19th century when breweries were buying lots of tied houses. Nowadays Bitter is available anywhere in most good pubs and some restaurants. They gradually moved away from selling vatted beer that had to be stored in a cellar for months before selling to what were called running beers. These beers could be served after being stored in the for just a few days. Mild and Bitter both fell into this category. Bitter is usually between 3.5% and 4% with what are known as Best beers that fall over the 4% mark. Stronger beers seem to be the trend at the moment and some breweries are producing what are called Extra Strong Beers. Bitter tends to have a spicy peppery hop flavour and fruity malt flavour, the stronger bitters tend to have less hop flavour and are more malty although they are still quite bitter.
Indian Pale Ale
Indian Pale Ales, also known as IPA are very well hopped and are usually quite strong. IPA's gained popularity in the early 19th century when technological developments allowed breweries to create beers using pale malts to create paler beers. The high alcohol and hop content meant that the beers were preserved well in their long journeys overseas. Weaker versions of the style are known as pale ales. Some breweries are brewing what they call IPA's with quite a low alcohol content, for example Caledonian Deuchars IPA, however these beers are not true to the style.
Golden Ale
Golden ales are a rather new addition to the different styles of real ales. They are similar to usually well hopped and have a biscuity malt flavour and are around 3.5% to 5% alcohol. They gained popularity in the 1980's as a way for breweries to try and attract younger people into drinking their beers. Golden ales, are best served cool. One of the most popular golden ales is Summer Lightning by Hop Back brewery and is available bottle conditioned.
Porters are very dark in colour and are a slightly weaker version of stout. They became popular in the 18th century and were dark brown in colour, changing to black in the 19th century. The name Porter came about because of its popularity amongst the market workers in London. Porters get their colour from the roasted malts and can have flavours such as chocolate, coffee, liquorice and raisins.
Stout is a stronger version of porter and is very popular in Ireland due to the success of Guinness. However the majority of Guinness served in pubs is Nitrokeg dead beer. The popularity of both porters and stouts declined in England during the first world war as there was restrictions on roast malt. Both styles are now gaining popularity again though now.
Mild used to be the most popular beer in this country before Bitter gained popularity. Mild has a lower hop content than bitter and are usually dark in colour although there are some pale versions such as Golden Best by Timothy Taylors in Keighley. The strength of Milds has declined in recent years with the average strength now being around 3% - 3.5%. One of Camra's current initiatives is to increase the popularity with there being a dedicated 'Mild month' where pubs are influenced to sell more mild.
Old Ale
Old ales are usually quite dark in colour although lighter versions are available. Old ales are usually stored for long periods of time in unlined wooden vessels that allow them to age and pick up tannins from the wood as well as wild yeasts. Some class this as stale but the style has gained with the popularity of Old Peculiar by Theakstons brewery.
Real Lager
Real lager is extremely hard to find in pubs so worth trying a pint when you see it. Real lager is different from keg lager in that it is served from a cask that contains live yeast and is not highly pressurised by gas canisters in the pub. One example of the style is Andromeda by Elland brewery.


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Nat Rogers at The Film Experience has posted his annual "April Fool's" Oscar predictions, and I suggest you check them out. Last year, he managed to get three of the five best picture nominations at this time (Atonement, Clayton, Blood) as well as a variety of equally impressive stats (4 of the 5 art direction nominees! Thats more than I got the day before the nominations). So if history repeats itself, three of: Doubt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk, Blindess and Australia are headed for the shortlist. Either way, its a fun twenty minutes of time-killing (and its nicely formatted). One thing I'd have to disagree with, though: actress and supporting actress nods for Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange in Grey Gardens? I thought this film was straight to HBO? I have very little faith in it. My prediction is Gardens will be ruining something great, specifically by horrible miscasting the of leads, particularly Barrymore in a role that should be played by someone whose age is a little more like, well, Jessica Lange's.
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A few weeks ago I broke one of my big toes, It sodding well hurts. That's it really, I just wanted to share my pain with you all.
Fell down the stairs Nowhere as glamorous as dropping off a roof I know...
I have also broken my big toe.....a few years ago was frolicking in the sea and went to kick a beach ball really hard....except I hit a rock in the water instead - absolutely killed
I feel quite normal now...
Quote from: Barman on April 22, 2009, 03:26:38 PMI feel quite normal now... Barman? Normal? Its the end of civilisation as we know it....
Quote from: Miss Creant on April 22, 2009, 11:00:51 AMFell down the stairs Nowhere as glamorous as dropping off a roof I know... I broke my toe jumping up to answer the telephone... the skirting board somehow got in the way of my foot - or vice-versa...Twice.
Little toe, left foot is the latest casualty of my wife's habit of leaving washing baskets on the fvcking landing ~ OUCH!Not broken but badly bruised and I have only just got the nail back from the previous trip over the same basket left in a different place a couple of months ago.
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Tim Brookes is an award-winning art director at RKCR/Y&R, London.
Tim Brookes is an award-winning art director at RKCR/Y&R, London.
If it does not sell, then it's not a great ad.
Tim Brookes has been in the business for 25 years, creating outstanding campaigns for clients such as Land Rover, Virgin Atlantic, and Hamlet. (His latest campaign for Randolph Industry sunglasses is featured in this issue of the magazine.) Many of the ads Tim has been involved in are now considered classics. Michael Weinzettl chatted to the top creative about his long and successful career and his take on today's ad scene.
Hi Tim, your work for Land Rover and, recently, for Camden Lock Books is among the most beautiful there has been over the past decade. Can you tell us a bit about how you started out in advertising, where you come from, and how you got into the industry in the first place?
I left school determined that I was going be a great artist. I was into painting, drawing, screen printing, and had this big dream of being like Warhol. The standard of art we'd gone through at school was pretty intensive. We were working late nights, coming to school early from holidays just to do art. So I'd practically done a foundation course before I'd even got to Chelsea Art School. I remember going to the interview there with this bulging portfolio of work and bags of sketchbooks, we'd done so much work. But during that foundation year I slowly fell in love with graphics and graphic design. We were studying Neville Brody and I found his work so inspiring. It was just so different to the art I was doing at the time. Maybe because it was so different was the reason I found it so inspiring. But it drew me in completely and I left Chelsea to go to the Graphics/Advertising course at Hounslow. And it was there that the idea of working in advertising really took off. I got together with a writer, we put our book together and, after what seemed like an eternity of placements, we landed our first job at Y&R in Mornington Crescent, in the same building I am in now.
Who are/were your heroes in advertising and graphic design when you were growing up?
When I started out, the work from Simons Palmer was phenomenal. The "Be more than just a number" campaign for Wrangler … Slumberdown, Luncheon Vouchers. There seemed to be this continual stream of great posters coming out of that place. And that's before you even get on to the Nike posters. For me they were everything a poster should be – and everything that I wanted to do. Great lines. A strong, powerful look that was both different from ad to ad and yet consistent. Early on in our days at CDP, Ben and I were lucky enough to work with Chris and Mark in one of their first directing roles as Bert Sprote for McEwan's lager. It turned out to be a fun series of commercials, including one where a team of high court judges took on a team of lollypop ladies in a football match. But working with the two of them on that project was a great experience and we learned a lot in the few short weeks of that production. Shortly after that, Tony and Guy came over from Simons Palmer to be creative directors at CDP and brought with them a great collaborative work ethic that really united the department. There was a department mentality then of working for each other but also up against each other at the same time. They were good times.
Who are the people you look up to now?
What's happened at Grey over the last few years has been pretty unbelievable. Nils has done an amazing job of transforming that place into somewhere you'd really want to work. There seems to be an attitude that comes out of there that anything is possible. And that shows in the range of bloody great work they produce. It has a swagger and confidence to it and it works. My sister lives out in Portland. She isn't connected to advertising at all. Yet the other week I get a message from her and she's telling me I need to get some Life Paint for my bike, so the stuff they are doing really reaches out.
What ads from before your time in the industry do you remember?
Lipsmackinthirstquenchingacetastinmotivatingoodbuzzincooltalkinhighwalkinfastlivinevergincoolfizin … you know, that one. Me and my sister used to go head to head to see who could get it out quickest. I think she smashed me every time. As kids we were surrounded by commercials. Our house was on some location books so there were quite a few days we'd come back from school and have to climb over the lighting cables flowing in through the front door to get inside. It felt like an exciting world full of busy people, bright lights, and a street full of lorries and double-decker catering buses. Yeah, we used to like the catering bus. They were great as a kid. Years later, working at EuroRSCG, we were being briefed on Calgon that we were going through the historical reel and this one commercial popped up and I was, "Bloody hell, that's our old kitchen!"
Was advertising a career choice you even contemplated at that time? What would have been alternatives?
Right up until I went to Hounslow I cannot remember a time when I was not planning to do anything but art or painting. To be honest, advertising didn't really feature before that for me because I was so sure that painting was what I was going to do – and it was all that I wanted to do. So if graphics and advertising hadn't so rudely barged into my plans, I'm sure that's the direction I would have continued pushing.
Your first ad that we featured in Lürzer's Archive was for the Land Rover Discovery from 2009, the polar explorer one shot by Andy Green. Was that your first work for them? What was it like to start working for this client? And how did the themes of the campaigns you created for them change over the course of the relationship?
Land Rover is one of those truly great brands to work on. There were so many great ads and strong posters that had been created before – like the Hippos and the Maasai for Freelander that Mike and Jerry had done – that there was a massive weight of expectation I put upon myself when we got briefed to do a winter poster. We were determined to make this every bit as good as what had gone before, if not better. It was such a great opportunity. We'd been on it a week or so and Mark wasn't buying anything. But that just brought out a hunger to work longer, harder to find that gem. And then I remember scribbling down a guy in ski goggles on a marker pad and then drawing the car next to him. It was one of those moments when you think, "Hang on, that could be good." In the end, it was a simple, striking poster and Andy did a great job bringing that sketch to life – despite what seemed like a near-death experience on the shoot when we had to jump from a helicopter onto a little mountain path halfway up the Stelvio Pass. That bit wasn't so much fun.
But it was the start of a few amazing years working on Land Rover. The next poster we got out was the Passport Stamps for the Defender. Here again was another simple, classic poster. It was one of those ideas that you instinctively know will work as soon as you put it down on paper – and it was a pure joy to piece it all together, crafting the stamps to fit the shape of the Defender.
Up until this point most of the briefs were product-based – a poster for the Discovery, a print campaign for the Freelander. The next campaigns were much bigger platforms. They were more driven by producing online content and backstories. We worked on the launch of the Range Rover Sport where we had an American racing driver setting hill-climbing records flying up Pikes Peak in Colorado, before we drove the car off the other side of the mountain. And this really is a bloody high mountain, half as high as Everest. We lost the DOP and about 13 crew to altitude sickness by the end of the shoot.
By comparison to the global feel of the Sport work, the Hibernot campaign had a very British feel and tone of voice. This was not about selling cars directly but about selling an attitude and tapping into a mindset of people that wanted to get out there, whatever the winter weather. And it didn't feature a car at all. One minute we're driving them off cliffs, the next they're not there at all. But it was a spirit that seemed to connect with people out there and the Hibernot campaign has now stretched over the last three winters.
The last campaign we worked on for Land Rover was Can & Will. This was built around short film documentaries, online talks, exhibitions. And it featured people who embody a spirit of determination, like Mike Goody, who lost a leg in Afghanistan but went on to win a host of Gold and Silver medals in the Invictus Games, or Gwyn Haslock, who is 68 but still surfs every day.
Working on Land Rover was an evolutionary process. Every brief pushed you in a different direction and demanded a different way of approaching it. But throughout, it was an amazing opportunity to do good, interesting work and it was a sad day when it came to an end.
How has the role of creative changed over the years you've been working in advertising? Do you have a wider palette to work from now that digital has become another tool at your disposal?
What you need is ideas that grab attention and inform or entertain. The approach shouldn't be any different whether you're producing something for online or for a poster site. If it doesn't engage your audience or draw attention, then it isn't working. Of course there are many more ways these days of getting those ideas out there and presenting them to people but at the center of it all has to be a strong idea that people can relate to.
Can you tell us a bit about your agency, RKCR/Y&R? In the Lürzer's Archive Ranking of UK agencies of the past 5 years, the agency's in 5th place. How are you positioning yourselves? How do you see its future?
It's an interesting time at the agency right now. There's been a fair amount of change over the last few years but there is still a desire to do good work and there is good work in the pipeline about to come out. We've got some good account wins under the belt already this year, like the Premier League, and there are others still to be announced. There's a strong drive and determination to win more business. So, yes, it's been a testing time but we're starting the year with a lot of positivity about the future.
What, in your opinion, is the best advertising work around at the moment?
There's been a lot of good stuff over the last year or so. The Honda Type R was fantastic. I really liked the campaign for Sport England, This Girl Can. "Sweating like a pig, feeling like a fox" was a great line and was one that really stood out for me. It was witty, had bags of attitude and a really strong look across print and TV. Adam is a top photographer and the shots he took for the campaign are bloody powerful. Great typography too. Yeah, I liked that. The Film4 idents of last year were pretty special too, a really simple idea but executed so sublimely. They were beautiful.
What is your take on the state of print advertising today? Has it taken a backseat to digital?
It certainly needs to work harder to get attention. People are plugged in and choosing what they interact with much more these days. They're not waiting for you to politely show your wares. That doesn't mean you've got to be shouty. Just a bit clever about how you disrupt and get them to want to interact with you. But I like the way that technology is adding an extra dimension to traditional spaces like poster sites. When it's done right, digital OOH works really well. The Looking For You campaign for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home by OgilvyOne was pretty clever stuff. Likewise the BA ad with the kid pointing at the planes that OgilvyOne also did. If it's a great idea, and the technology is there to take it to another level, then that can only be a good thing.
How do you get inspiration for your work?
I cycle a lot. I find it's one of the best places to really think about things. I'm in and out the office on the bike most days when I can. And I love it. There's no better way to start a day. And at the end of the day it's a massive destresser. There's this amazing clarity of thought that washes over you when you're on a bike. It's almost trance-like, you know. You forget the world around you almost and your body goes into autopilot. This lets your mind wander all over the place. I think Albert Einstein once said: "I thought of that while riding my bike," and he knew what he was talking about. It's a great place to think. Not saying I'm an Einstein or anything, it's just a place I go to think!
Would you agree that campaigns are more art direction-led nowadays than they used to be a couple of decades ago?
There are certainly less long copy ads around these days. I've always quite liked a long copy ad, I grew up on a diet of Timberland ads. They were bloody well written, as were the ads for Amnesty International that Indra used to write at CDP. You just don't seem to get so many of them nowadays. Maybe the rise of online content as a way of sharing a story has taken over. It can certainly be an exciting way of engaging people. Also, as brands have become more global and the work becomes more global, then language barriers come into play a lot more. I guess this has led to the rise in words playing second fiddle to strong visual looks.
What do you think of the division of work between art director and copywriter? Is it even relevant anymore? Or how do you guys at RKCR/Y&R, London go about creating the ads?
I'm not sure it is that relevant. When it comes to really crafting a look, or a piece of copy, that's when the dedicated art director or copywriter still shines. But advertising's a much more collaborative process these days than just working as a team. "Teams" are no longer just a writer and art director. It's about working with the right people for the job in hand. It brings a great dynamic and energy to get different people involved in the process – and involved from the off. And that's a much more interesting way to be working. I work closely with our head of design, Lee, and I think it's produced some pretty nice work that way; Land Rover, M&S, Camden Lock Books, Randolph, to name but a few.
What were some of the highlights of your work for Land Rover? What ads still stand out for you – perhaps because you are so proud of them, or perhaps because they proved to be especially difficult to make?
The Passport Stamps print ad was certainly a highlight. We had the luxury back then of being able to spend a fair amount of time putting it together and really crafting how it was pieced together. Time seems to be one of those things that are rarer than chicken's teeth these days but, given time, everything gets better. After Stamps, we started putting together another print ad that would become a true labor of love. It was again for the Defender but, instead of the one iconic image of the vehicle, we built a world map out of what must have been well over 14,000 Defenders. Under the headline "70% of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Defender," Lee and I spent hours and hours putting those cars in place. But it was all worth it in the end. It was another pretty nice ad and it also got printed up as a real map and sent out to dealers, journos, and prospective buyers. But yeah, a real labor of love, that one.
What is your take on awards? Are they important to you personally? Which of them are relevant to you at all? Is D&AD important to you? What about Cannes? What about a purely national award such as Creative Circle?
Awards are important, sure. But they're not the be-all and end-all. First and foremost, I want to be satisfied inside myself that what I have done is the very best I can do. That's what I strive for: to make work that will blow me away. To feel like I've pushed as hard as I can. I guess it all comes back to my years of painting. It's that standing-back-from-the-easel moment when you look at what you've done and are chuffed with your work. That feeling. That's what I strive for. And if awards follow because of that, then that's great. But it's not a starting point for me.
There are more and more awards out there but D&AD is still the one. Maybe it's the way we were brought up through college, but it was always the one you wanted. But I do like Creative Circle. It has a unique feel to it and its own way of doing things, which I love. I did the Creative Circle role reversal course for a few years, which was a great way for clients to get a taste of life on the other side for a couple of days, so I've got a soft spot for them.
What do you think about the danger of creatives succumbing to the lure of creating work just for the award shows ?
Your starting point should never be, "We'll do this or that because it'll win an award here or there." If you're creating ads just to impress a jury, then chances are you'll be talking to the wrong audience and it won't work. It might look pretty and bag a few awards but if it doesn't sell then it's not a great ad. Getting a Gong for an ad that is still beautifully crafted yet has worked is the real winner. Scrabble & Bic biros. There can't be that many boxes of Scrabble or biros in the world that warrant quite so many ad campaigns, surely?
What would your advice be to young creatives hoping to start out in advertising? Is advertising still a career path worth pursuing?
It has changed a lot since I first started out. And it's changing more and more every day. But that's what makes it such an exciting time to be doing it. There's never been more opportunities to do such diverse and different work, creating advertising that doesn't feel like advertising. And if you work hard and you're lucky, you'll get to make some great work that you'll want to show your mum and say, "I did that." I still do that and she still seems to be interested.


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The Greenomes site is part of a laboratory- and Internet-based curriculum to bring college students up to the minute with modern plant research. Plant molecular genetic and genomic research still lags behind medically-oriented research on microbes and higher animals. As a result, there are relatively few lab experiences that expose college-level students to the growing insights into plants offered by genomic biology.
So, with National Science Foundation funding, we developed a set of laboratories illustrating key concepts of gene analysis in plants, including the relationship between phenotype and molecular genotype, genetic modification of plants and detection of transgenes in foods, and linkage and bioinformatics methods for gene mapping. Key to the project are lab and bioinformatics exercises that will give students the unique opportunity to work with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researcher David Jackson in determining the cellular analysis of Arabidopsis genes of unknown function. The Greenomes site was created to support the laboratories with online protocols, custom analysis tools, shared databases, and collaborative bulletin boards.