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Diamonds are girl's best friend. That's what I often heard and it's glitters will stay forever. Diamonds are indeed a beauty beyond compare and I can't deny that i so love seeing one but since I don't have a diamond, i will just enjoy this lovely set I've got from Sally Hansen.
Sally Hansen had made it's name for producing quality nail polish and over the years, they have given millions of women satisfaction of having beautiful nails, no wonder they are now the number one brand in nail polish.
They look so lovely that I'm still thinking of preserving them for special occasion. Funny me but since I have some nail polish on my collection, i am really determined to keep this one for such a period of time after all they say that the average shelf time of a nail polish is up to two years or for me, as long as it's not dried up.
Sally Hansen offers many fabulous nail polish but the Diamond strength no chip nail color interests me more since i always favor the one that glitters. It has 32 different shades and this four above is just one of them.
What interests me about this nail polish is the fact that it can last up to 10 days without breaking, splitting and cracking. I'm very glad to have a strong and long nails but this one could really help those people who easily experience breaking and cracking.
And if you love glitters and nails that shine, I would recommend that you try this nail polish since it was infused with real micro-diamonds & platinum it really glitters in your nails. I can't wait to receive the dress i bought online with a big diamond in front of it, this would really be a perfect combination.
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Manager Tools - my favourite podcast for over 2 years
Back in 2005 I blogged about the podcasts that I subscribe to and one of my favourites was Manager Tools.
Well two years later my list has changed a little (click on the 'podcasts' link on the left for a closer look) but Manager Tools is still my favourite podcast, the moment the show music starts to play in my car I know I'm in for an hour of energetic & informative advice regarding all aspects of management & leadership.
I'm amazed at how much time & effort Michael Auzenne & Mark Horstman put into producing a timely weekly show full of great content with such audio finesse as well.
I was recently very fortunate to get a sneak preview of some of their premium content and I must say if it's all of the same high quality (which with Mike & Mark is a given) then it's definitely worth the month fee.
They are consistantly the number 1 business podcast at PodcastAlley and have won the "Best Business Podcast" for two years in a row. If you only add one podcast to your itunes/podcatcher this week, make it Manager Tools, you won't regret it.
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Brussels, 21 December 2011
Statement by Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, following the preliminary ruling of the European Court of Justice on the transfer of asylum seekers under the EU Dublin Regulation
"Today's ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) bears major significance for the development of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS): the Court clarifies the role of fundamental rights in the establishment of responsibility for examining an asylum application.
In its first preliminary ruling on the interpretation of the sovereignty clause of the Dublin Regulation, the Court confirms that a Member State is obliged to examine an asylum application if the transfer to the otherwise responsible Member State would expose the applicant to a serious risk of a violation of fundamental rights. This does not imply that a systematic doubt is cast on Member States' ability to respect the fundamental rights of asylum seekers. But, as the Commission has said many times in the past, Member States should not lose sight of the imperative to respect fundamental rights when implementing EU legislation.
Today's ruling once again proves that the EU needs a solid and efficient Common European Asylum System to support Member States and guarantee a fair and effective system of providing international protection to people in need.
This objective has been a common goal within the EU for more than a decade. Nowadays, the need for common rules and stronger solidarity is even more pressing. The EU needs common high standards and stronger cooperation to ensure that asylum seekers are treated equally wherever they apply, and that people in need of protection have the right to an individual assessment of their case, in an open and fair system. As part of this effort, the Dublin system needs to be complemented with provisions addressing root causes of crises and ensuring that deficiencies in one or other Member State do not affect the entire system or lead to human rights violations.
I call on the Member States and the European Parliament to reach a compromise on the proposals presented by the Commission so that we can reach a decision on the completion of a Common European Asylum System by 2012, a deadline which all EU countries have committed to."
Background information
In 2010, the UK Court of Appeal and the High Court of Ireland requested preliminary rulings from the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the interpretation of Article 3(2) (the so called sovereignty clause) of Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 (the Dublin Regulation) allowing a Member State to take responsibility for an asylum application for which another Member State would normally be responsible, the interactions between the protection conferred by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as well as the interpretation to be given to Protocol (No. 30) on the application of the Charter to Poland and to the United Kingdom in this particular case.
The preliminary questions were raised in the context of some cases concerning third country nationals who entered the EU through Greece and later lodged asylum applications in the UK and Ireland respectively. In the application of normal Dublin responsibility criteria, Greece should have been the responsible Member State for examining their asylum applications. Nevertheless, the applicants claimed that their transfer to Greece would amount to a violation of their fundamental rights, mainly due to the situation of reception conditions and access to the asylum procedure in this country. Consequently, the applicants requested that the UK and Ireland examine their applications, on the basis of the sovereignty clause.
On 21 December 2011 CJEU issued its preliminary ruling on the joint cases brought by the UK and Ireland. This preliminary ruling concerns the matter of principle regarding the application of Art. 3 (2) of the Dublin Regulation; as such it becomes part of the EU acquis and is to be taken into account by all Member States in the implementation of the asylum rules.
In January 2011 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a judgment on a related matter, but focusing specifically on the respect of human rights in Greece and when carrying out a Dublin transfer to that country. Greece was found in violation of Articles 3 and 13 of the European Convention of Human Rights due to an improper system of reception conditions and inadequate access to the asylum procedure.
Greece has committed to carrying out a comprehensive reform of its asylum system and to improving the handling of asylum claims. The Commission is closely monitoring the implementation of this crucial reform and continues to assist Greece in reforming national policies and ensuring a well-functioning asylum and migration system. The Commission has coordinated assistance by experts from Member States and provided targeted EU financial support including emergency funding.
In June, the Commission presented revised proposals on Asylum Procedures and on Reception Conditions with a view to setting up the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) by 2012 (IP/11/665 and MEMO/11/365).
For more information on the 2008 proposal of the European Commission amending the current Dublin II Regulation (see IP/08/1875).
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So yesterday I received shipping information form West Wind for my Incursion Buckets Of Blood kickstarter package, and it turned up a few hours ago. Their are however a few extra surprises in the box which I was not expecting.First up the boxes look fantastic, if I walked in to my local game store and saw these I would pick them up to have a look. However the backs of the boxes don't give you any information about the game, they only have the logo on the back.
Inside you will find 3 sheets of tokens/counters, 2 books (rules and assets), 2 reference sheets, a sheet of stickers, 1 double sided board, and the sub pen tile.
Above is both sides of the game board and the sub pen tile.
Their are 2 trays of models. One tray contains the US models, the German "special" models as well as dice (6) and plastic doors (10). The second tray contains all the zombies as well as the game cards. It is worth noting that both trays contain the "stretch goals" from the KS. I will take a closer look at the models later in the post.
Next we have the SNAFU boxed set. Again 2 books (SNAFU book and assets), a sheet of counters and tokens, a paper version of the game board (both sides on one) and the sub pen. Now I was a little bit surprised to find another copy of the "assets" book as well as the sub pen (the exclusive Gretel is also their as well).
You also get one tray with the MI-13 models as well as the reinforcements for the US and German forces. Their are also 3 dice for the MI-13 forces,10 plastic doors, and the cards needed to use the models.
Next we have the rest of the KS exclusives in the form of (the left picture), An extra game board, cards for the models, a transfer sheet, a dice bag, and 15 dice. 6 for the drop troopers, and 3 for each of the other factions. The other picture (on the right) is all the other "stretch goal" models, in the form of 10 more doors,the German drop troopers, and again reinforcements for the other 3 factions.
Ok its time to take a look at the models
First up the US "APE" suits. their are 16 in the the KS Set. Their are 2 different pose of "grunt" and you get 4 of each. Then you have 2 of each "HMG" and Blazer" suits. lastly you have Slugger Murphy and the "sergeant" model.
Next we have the Germans. Their are 2 "blitzhounds" jumping, 1 "standing" blitzhound, Hans, Gretel (1 standard and 1 exclusive), Ilsa von X, and 4 bomber zombies.
Now on to the zombies their are 12 different models, and the KS set includes 5 of each pose giving you 60 zombies (the base set only contains 24)
Next we have the plastic doors (10), their are 2 designs and they are the same as the ones sold by Fenris Games (but in plastic rather then resin)
Next we have the SNAFU models the bulk of which are the MI-13 boys. Their are 10 commandos (2 poses), 4 gut gunners,2 grenadiers, 1 corporal, Paddy Mayne, Zip Kelly, and Gracie. The "APES" get reinforced with 2 bazookas, while the Germans get the 2 Drohnes and the SWD Panzeraffe.
Next we have the new models that were funded by the KS project. First up we have Brigitte (4 models one for each faction), then we have Nigel and 2 MI-13 ack packs, then we have Rosie for the "APES", and finally Hugo Von X for the Germans. Now the weird thing is I switched these out for the "metal" versions, as I figured that I would be more interested in painting the "metal" versions over the plastics. Next we have the Drop Troopers, their are 6 basic models (2 troopers, 1 HMG,1 Flame thrower, 1 missile launcher, and 1 sergeant) and Hilde Becker a deadly lady with a spear!. In total their 6 troopers, 2 HMG,2 Flame thrower, 2 missile launcher, and 1 sergeant.
Here we have a "comparison" picture with some other plastic models. The top row are the Incursion models, the second row are Zombicide season 3 models from CMON/Guillotine Games, and the bottom row are Mars Attacks from Mantic Games. Apart from the Incursion models being slightly larger than the rest they would fit in well with the other two ranges. The plastic they are made from is however very soft a flexible (even the doors which are thick) but it does "spring" back into shape unlike the Mars Attacks ones that need to be put into hot water to repose them.
Here we have the metals vs Plastics. On the left is Zip Kelly and on the right is the exclusive Gretel Von X.
As you can see the plastics are near on perfect copies of the metals however Zip Kelly has a Plastic support to hold him in the air (my metal model has had a pin placed in his foot). The plastic Gretel has suffered from a "pin head" problem, and in all fairness it is the only model out of the whole lot that has a major problem.
The plastics scale up well to their metal counterparts, the only difference that I noticed was the back pack on Hilde Becker was slightly smaller on the metal model than on the plastic version.
I will never get round to painting the models that are included in these sets, I will however paint the "metal" versions and as you can see I have made a start with some of the Germans
Its been a long time coming but it Incursion V2 has been worth the wait!


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the movie that was the most difficult to get through? hunger games. yes, i read the books first. which meant i knew what kind of things happened. and i pretty much had a death grip on the boy's hand the whole time just to be sure. will i go see the next one in theaters? probably not. on a smaller screen was MUCH easier for me to handle. pitch perfect was HILARIOUS. like, i'd buy it the day it came out because i liked it so much hilarious. but i'll wait for people to sell their used copies on amazon, because i like a good steal. true story.
the hangover (2009)
can't buy me love (1987)
pitch perfect (2012)
the hunger games (2012)
charlie st. cloud (2010)
rain man (1988)
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Grantham re-located from their original London Road ground to the municipal South Kesteven Sports Stadium when the latter was opened in October 1991 on The Meres, a council playing field in Trent Road to the south of the town. Not surprisingly, many locals refer to the ground as The Meres rather than by its official title! The old ground in London Road was leased to the cricket club by the owners, who then sub-let it to the Football Club. They in turn, were assured that the ground would not be developed before an alternative site was found for them.The present facilities are certainly imposing, particularly when the floodlights are turned on for evening fixtures. Like most people, Im not a fan of football grounds cohabiting with athletics stadiums, but thankfully in this case, the presence of a running track around the pitch doesnt pose too much of a problem due to the thoughtfully constructed viewing accomodation on opposite sides of the pitch.Outside there is ample car parking, with the main entrance to the ground on the west side. A lobby leads either to the dressing rooms and hospitality suite; or to the spacious Strikers Bar upstairs. Immediately above the stairs there used to be a mural of the Bash Street Kids masquerading as ball boys in Grantham colours, although the last time I enquired, this appeared to have disappeared!Doors on either side of the bar lead out to the impressive West Stand. Although seats are available on the lower levels, these are rendered pretty useless by the intervention of the track. By far the best place to view the action is upstairs. Because the seating is fairly steep and the stand is of a canntilever design, a fine unimpeded view can be had from here. On either side of the stand is uncovered terracing, with crush barriers to lean on, for those who prefer to watch in a standing position. Wierdly, there are also a couple of seats on each level of the terrace ... just in case one gets tired from all that standing!On the opposite side of the pitch is the East Stand, from which most of the noise during matches is generated. This is steeply terraced, and covered, with more crush barriers. Again, it is noticable that most of the Eaststanders prefer to watch from the uppermost vantage points of the stand. Interestingly, the East Stand was originally designed to be uncovered, but thankfully the Club had a significant say in the design and insisted on a roof. For those not inclined to walk around the pitch to the bar, a mobile catering van provides half-time teas, burgers etc.If there is anything negative to say about the Stadium, it is the absence of any viewing facilities behind the goals. Of course, this is a traditionally favoured position but rather pointless in this case. Both ends are exposed and although there are three steps provided to add an extra few inches, one is really too far away to get involved.Ground detailsCapacity: 7,500Seats: 750Floodlights: Yes.DirectionsFrom the A1 leave at the A607 junction; turn left into Swingbridge Road, then left into Trent Road. From the A52 Nottingham, turn right at the first roundabout into Barrowby Gate. Turn right at the end, and immediately left into Trent Road. From all directions, follow the signs for the Sports Complex.By railGrantham (BR)


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STEVEN SPIELBERG first made his mark with a film about a diabolical truck, a subject that would seem to have only limited possibilities. In fact, Mr. Spielberg's 1971 television film ''Duel'' took advantage of the very narrowness of its premise, building excitement from the most minimal ingredients and the simplest of situations. The theatrical version of ''Duel'' at the Manhattan Twin theater may contain a few extra close-ups of its leading man's nose, but otherwise it works as well on the wide screen as it did on the small one. Even without benefit of hindsight, ''Duel'' looks like the work of an unusually talented young director.
''Duel'' begins when a California businessman embarks on a car trip and happens to pass a certain truck on a two-lane road. The truck, which seems to have a mind of its own (the driver is never clearly seen), wants revenge and spends the rest of the journey getting it. The trip, which is a succession of nerve-wracking chases (truck gets behind car and forces it to speed up; truck gets in front of car and tries to force it off the road; truck butts car into path of oncoming train, etc.), was indeed a long one. According to the production notes, Dennis Weaver, who plays the car's driver, put in more than 2,000 miles during the 16-day shooting schedule.
''Duel'' might almost have been a silent film, because it expresses so much through action and so little through the words that are here. Mr. Weaver is David Mann, the film's only real character, and he's given a few internal monologues that only awkwardly express Mann's anxiety. (After one encounter with the truck, he thinks: ''Twenty, twenty-five minutes out of your whole life and then all the ropes that kept you hangin' in there are cut loose. And there you are, back in the jungle again.'')
These and a few whimsical conversations from a call-in radio show are really all the character development the movie provides, and they're much weaker than the ingenious visual effects. Mr. Spielberg wasn't purely a special-effects director in those days, and he isn't one now, but the people in ''Duel'' seem particularly remote. The minor characters, at the various stops Mann makes along the highway, are uniformly freakish. And Mann himself is shown to be a henpecked husband who regains his masculinity only through the contest on the road. Incidentally, his children are seen (when Mann makes a telephone call to his wife) playing raptly with a toy robot at home while their parents quarrel.
Mr. Weaver is the film's ostensible leading man, but his responses are seldom complex or surprising. The vehicles are the real stars of ''Duel,'' and whenever the chase is interrupted by the relatively primitive people on hand (at a truck stop and, in one particularly odd sequence, at a gas station run by a woman who keeps pet snakes, spiders and lizards), the film loses its momentum and becomes somewhat clumsy. The ending is abrupt, too, but the main impression left by ''Duel'' is one of talent and energy. Mr. Spielberg seemed, with this film, to be headed for bigger and better things. Sure enough, he was.Continue reading the main story
''Duel'' is rated PG (''Parental Guidance Suggested''). Its theatrical version contains a few words that may not have been in the television version.
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David Mann . . . . . Dennis Weaver
Cafe Owner . . . . . Eddie Firestone
Man in Cafe . . . . . Gene Dynarski
Gas Station Attendant . . . . . Tim Herbert
Old Man . . . . . Charles Seel
Old Man in Car . . . . . Alexander Lockwood
Old Woman in Car . . . . . Amy Douglass
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Marc Lamont Hill
Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
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Trayvon Martin. Tamir Rice. Alton Sterling. Michael Brown. Philando Castile. Eric Garner. Walter Scott. Sandra Bland. Freddie Gray.
These names, and far too many others, should be instantly recognizable as those of young African-Americans whose lives were taken by law enforcement authorities or vigilantes in the years since the U.S. elected its first black president.
Some were armed and others were not. Some had committed crimes while others hadn't. Some of their assailants were white and others were black. But they would all likely be with us today had they not been born black and poor.
As Ta Nehisi Coates wrote, addressing his son, in his masterful Between the World and Me,
And you know now, if you did not before, that the police departments of your country have been endowed with the authority to destroy your body. It does not matter if that destruction is the result of an unfortuante reaction. It does not matter if it originates in a misunderstanding. It does not matter if the destruction springs from a foolish policy … All of this is common to black people. And all of this is old for black people. No one is held responsible.
Morehouse College political scientist, CNN commentator and VH1 host Marc Lamont Hill takes a somewhat broader approach in his latest work, Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond. Yes, the aforementioned individuals were victims of their own blackness in a country plagued by deep-seated prejudice against African-Americans, but there are also cultural, socioeconomic and, of course, political factors at play. They weren't simply targeted for being black, but because they were "nobody," to borrow the book's title.
"To be Nobody is to be vulnerable," writes Hill at the beginning of the book.
In the most basic sense, all of us are vulnerable; to be human is to be susceptible to misfortune, violence, illness and death. The role of government, however, is to offer forms of protection that enhance our lives and shield our bodies from foreseeable and preventable dangers. Unfortunately, for many citizens – particularly those marked as poor, Black, Brown, immigrant, queer, or trans – State power has only increased their vulnerability, making their lives more rather than less unsafe.
In other words, Hill is making the case for intersectionality. In doing so, he lambasts state violence against the vulnerable, but also examines the factors that got us to where we are now – from the white flight that made Ferguson, Mo., a majority black suburb of St. Louis with a mostly white police force to the austerity measures that lead to the emergency management system that tainted the Flint, Mich., water supply with lead.
The author writes with the eloquence and passion he's become known for as a public intellectual. Take this fiery speech as an example:
Michael Brown's corpse was left in the street for four hours because he was Nobody, a member of "a disposable class for which one of the strongest correlates is being Black." But it wasn't only his blackness – "his death was only made more certain because he was young, male, urban, poor, and subject to the kinds of legal and social definitions that devalue life and compromise justice."
Perhaps the most novel aspect of Hill's book is when he deals with the gendered angle of police brutality, using the death of Sandra Bland as a case study. Bland, who was pulled over for a routine traffic stop and ended up committing suicide in her jail cell, was forced out of her car and arrested because the officer didn't like her attitude. This was a case not only of state-sanctioned racism but of male dominance.
He quotes the black feminist scholar Brittney Cooper, who observed that the officer, Brian Encinia, "expected that she wouldn't question him. He wanted her submission. Her deference. Her fear." But nobody put it better than Bland herself when she told Encinia, as per his car's dashboard camera, "Don't it make you feel good, Officer Encinia? You're a real man now (emphasis Hill's)."
In jail, Bland's story becomes a symbol of Hill's entire argument. After being arrested for being a strong black female who stood up for herself, Bland is unable to pay her bail. Suffering from mental health issues, she takes her own life. This is a powerful indictment of America's war on the poor, black, female and mentally ill. She lived and died as Nobody.
In the book's section on mass incarceration, appropriately titled "Caged," Hill critiques Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. He shares much of her "trenchant analysis," but objects to her narrow focus on the African-American experience. As Hill writes, "The trend toward incarcerating more African-Americans is matched by the trend toward incarcerating more Latinos, the trend toward incarcerating more women … and the trend toward incarcerating more new immigrants."
With characteristic wit, he says, "If there is a 'new Jim Crow,' it is joined by a new 'Jane Crow,' a new 'Diego Crow,' and a new 'Jim Crow Jr.'" True, and this is an important part of Hill's analysis, but many would see Alexander's narrow focus as an asset rather than a weakness. In any case, Hill's work is more of an extension of Alexander's analysis than a rebuttal.
However, because Hill casts such a wide net, dealing with America's war on the vulnerable as a whole, his book occasionally seems a bit unfocused. This broad approach is a double-edged sword – it provides valuable context for America's war on the vulnerable, taking his argument beyond racism, but with that, the reader's expectations are raised.
Since the vast majority of the examples he draws from concern African-Americans, his argument for intersectionality sometimes comes up short. It would have served his argument to address the plight of Native Americans, for instance.
Still, Hill's book is undoubtedly worth reading for anyone concerned with the present state of affairs in the U.S. And it's analysis can easily be applied to the current standoff in North Dakota between the Standing Rock protesters and a militarized police force over the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Though it may lack the poetic vigour of Coates or Alexander's laser-like focus, Hill has nonetheless provided a very valuable addition to the canon of non-fiction regarding the African-American experience in the 21st century.


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Last week I went to a comedy gig in a small pub. At one point, the comedian, in the middle of a bit about how great drinking is, asked if there was anyone who didn't like alcohol. I could see he needed someone to say they weren't into drinking for the joke to work. And I happen to be a teetotaller. All I had to do was put up my hand and we'd all find out what point he was trying to make. Until then, audience participation had been ticking along nicely. I'd even had the comedian direct a few bits at me earlier. It should have been relatively easy.
Instead, I kept my mouth shut.
Not a terribly significant or interesting story, but it seemed to chime both with a discussion we had on introverts in the classroom over at #eltchinwag and some points made by Hugh Dellar on these classroom management videos.
I would not necessarily label myself an introvert. Like many teachers, I'm fairly mouthy at conferences. But I think there are many solid reasons why I chose not to speak up at that gig. The audience was 80% male and a bit peculiar. I had a bit of a sore throat that night. Overall though, I said nothing because I didn't want to risk embarrassment.
Does the student in the classroom risk embarrassment to the same degree as someone being picked on by a comedian in a bar full of drunk lads? Probably not. But fear of embarrassment, big or small, can cause people to clam up.
So what is embarrassing in the classroom? Not knowing an answer? Getting an answer wrong? Having something patiently explained directly to you by the teacher? Your teacher making a joke about the mistake you made ("You cut your hair! Wow, that's amazing. How did you get the back so straight?....Oh you mean, you had your hair cut!")? Having to talk about something a bit personal (Why don't you drink?) Your teacher making you repeat a word you mispronounced?
It's hard to say. If you don't want to embarrass someone by asking them if they have the answer, what do you do? Ask nobody? Let the same one or two people repeatedly answer while the others avoid eye contact?
I'm not sure about anyone else, but I think in teaching EAP, I've often found myself saying a variation of - Look, when you get to college, you're going to have to speak up in tutorials and give presentations. You should speak up more in class so you get used to it - as a way to encourage the less vocal. Yet, I'm not convinced that this is the best way to motivate someone to speak up - I notice you're very quiet in class so I'm going to make you talk more to help you.
So what to do?
If I think only about nominating students in some Teacher Student interaction (e.g. checking answers, finding opinions, pair-work feedback) then I've started to question my traditional approach, which can be summed up as - nominate students to answer questions = good.
But why nominate?
If I am checking answers and I just want to make sure all the class knows, who cares if not everyone chips in with an answer?
If I am checking to see if they understood, why wait until everyone else is watching? Why not wander over for a look during the exercise when there is time to do something about it?
If I think they're shy and want them to get involved, why single them out in front of a dozen other people? And how involved is someone if every so often, I make them say True or B. (And do you have to be talking to be involved?)
If I think they have something interesting to say, is there a way that I can give them a bit of a heads up first?
If I am nominating because my experience tells me nobody will answer if I don't name names, then maybe I need to leave a few sticky silences around the place for students to deal with.
Would be very interesting to get students' perspectives on what does or does not embarrass them.
Monday, 16 March 2015
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Scaffolding reading (kind of)
Recently, while discussing approaches to ESAP and the challenges students face, I was struck by something a colleague said. My colleague is the business lecturer for students trying to progress to undergraduate studies. The point he was making is that students are required to do a ferocious amount of reading. For instance, the coursebook they work with, Business Studies, is 816 pages. For a native speaker, this is daunting. For someone with a 5.5 in IELTS, it is Everest. If that student is also not a big reader in their own language, then it becomes an abyss.
One way of helping the student, I believe, is to offer tasks to guide them through the reading they have to do. As my colleague rightly pointed out, there is a good chunk of reading that they have to do outside of the classroom, probably on their own. However, I think there are a number of things we can do to support them in this, which don't take a great deal of time to prepare.
For want of a better term, I'll call them guided reading worksheets. If you've ever taken your students on a tour of a museum, handed them a worksheet and let them loose, the principle is basically the same.
You (or the content teacher) tell them which chapter(s) they are to read. You then create a worksheet that adds a bit of structure to their reading. The type of things such a worksheet could include would be:
This is perhaps overkill, but here is a sample handout I did up for Unit 6 of the Business Studies book.
One way of helping the student, I believe, is to offer tasks to guide them through the reading they have to do. As my colleague rightly pointed out, there is a good chunk of reading that they have to do outside of the classroom, probably on their own. However, I think there are a number of things we can do to support them in this, which don't take a great deal of time to prepare.
For want of a better term, I'll call them guided reading worksheets. If you've ever taken your students on a tour of a museum, handed them a worksheet and let them loose, the principle is basically the same.
You (or the content teacher) tell them which chapter(s) they are to read. You then create a worksheet that adds a bit of structure to their reading. The type of things such a worksheet could include would be:
- Your Questions (you skim the text they've to read and generate 5 to 10 questions for them to answer)
- Summaries (ask students to write specific length summaries of specific chapters)
- Vocabulary searches (find and look up key words (say 10) that you identify for them)
- Examples (if the topic is a concept (e.g. stakeholders), ask students to find examples from the local area)
- Their Questions (tell students that they have to email you (or the content lecturer) with one question each based on the assigned reading)
- Divide up (you ask certain students to read certain chapters - they've to summarise for each other)
- Other reading (give them an article from the business section of a newspaper - they have to read and then identify as many chapters from their course book that have some relevance to the topic of the article)
- Assign the chapter - they have to find one image to represent the main point (sorry, scraping the bottom a bit here)
This doesn't have to be done in the form of worksheets handed out in class. Students could be emailed the chapter to be read, given the relevant task and given a deadline to complete.
I know it is not very original or very autonomous. However, I think that in many cases the physical act of sitting down and reading itself needs to be scaffolded. Whether or not you follow up on the task, at least there is a clear starting point there for students struggling with the volume of reading they need to get through.
This is perhaps overkill, but here is a sample handout I did up for Unit 6 of the Business Studies book.
Thursday, 5 March 2015
I'm a social learner (except when I'm alone)
I've come back to this fabulous talk by Russell Mayne a number of times now. It is a joy to watch someone taking shots at sacred cows with such abandon (though as someone who gobbled up the learning styles approach, I find myself cringing quite a bit (gobbled up......does that make me a gustatory learner?)). Without wishing to simplify, Russell's point is that ELT seems to offer a warm welcome to dubious theories and unsupported practices (e.g. Brain Gym and NLP). This leads to classroom activities like watching the direction of your students' eyes to determine when to start and stop activities.
Apart from silly lessons (nothing terribly wrong with a bit of silly), one of the main problems Russell highlights is the damage to the professional credibility of ELT. Russell's targets are not teachers on the ground, but those a little higher up the chain - teacher trainers, ELT writers, course book publishers. Those who influence the kinds of ideas and methodologies that make their way into the classroom.
What I find interesting to consider (as Russell does in his talk) is why it is that there is such acceptance of theories that seem "intuitively true" but which lack any evidence to support them (and evidence that suggests they are in fact bogus). Why is it that in EAP we teach critical thinking, but don't really practise what we teach?
I don't wish to be an apologist for teachers but I think the straight answer is mostly practical. Time. Most teachers I know are paid by the hour and have little or no access to ELT journals. If they want to get any sort of professional development, they have to give up a Saturday, unpaid. Their outside class time is spent preparing classes, correcting work and fretting that they are not effectively helping students maximise their learning potential. If they go to a talk by a charismatic so and so who espouses the wonders of NLP, then chances are, come Monday, their students will be closing their eyes and visualising childhood memories.
As Russell says, if we want professional credibility, we need to be more professional. I have taken this as a bit of a mantra lately. I figure if we want to be considered on a similar level to university professors, then we have to act like university professors (i.e. publish, give talks, look startled when approached by students in the corridor). However, I am fortunate to work for an institution that gives access to journals and support to do research. I am conscious that not everyone is so fortunate. Thankfully, with ELT Ireland we have a great resource in helping to make things here a bit more professional.
Essentially, this brings me round to continuing professional development (CPD). Challenging accepted wisdom, engaging in the debate, should be a part of our CPD. But for many of us, it is not. According to the Medical Council, doctors are expected on average to do 50 hours per year on CPD. But there is a framework, a support system there that helps doctors to fulfil their obligations. As far as I know (and I may be wrong), there is no such system for ELT teachers. It mostly seems ad hoc. Wouldn't it be great if there was such a system and support for teachers to carry out their CPD? Perhaps then we may be better positioned to critically evaluate current pedagogical trends (fads?).
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While yesterday I was on a metallics kick, today I can't seem to get enough of exotics. With only so many materials to pick from, I guess it shouldn't really be a surprise that I go on kicks like this. The tote I wrote about earlier today is great for day to day use while this Zambos & Siega Python Peggy Clutch is the perfect exotic for a night out on the town.
I am a self professed clutch lover. I can't get enough of them. I also can't get enough of gorgeous black python-embossed faux-patent clutch. I cannot get enough of the metal handle and tab detail on the front flap. I love how it shimmers in the picture and this makes me know that it will do just the same as I carry it around. Once again, this is a clutch full of versatility and multiple elements of fashion. Buy through Shopbop for an extremely reasonable $132.
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RIM has been the center of government ire in a few countries most prominently the India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia, which've threatened to ban Blackberry devices if RIM doesn't provide them reasonable access to users' data. While India awaits, Saudi Government has reportedly received unprecedented access to certain RIM resources,
"RIM agreed to hand over user codes that would let Saudi authorities monitor its BlackBerry Messenger, as it seeks to stop the kingdom from silencing the service, a source close to the talks said on Aug 10th. The source said RIM would share with Saudi Arabia the unique pin number and code for each BlackBerry registered there. That'll allow authorities to read encrypted text sent via Messenger, an instant messaging service that's distinct from e-mail sent on BlackBerry. The arrangement would effectively give Saudi Arabia access to RIM's main server for Messenger, but only for communications to and from Saudi users, source said."
The Canadian company declined to comment, referring media to its earlier statement in which it said it "cooperates with all governments with a consistent standard."


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Something I've waited my whole life to be able to say :). Something so normal that it ends up being taken for granted.
After meeting Neville and a night of Zombies, we retreated to bed upstairs where I slept by a boiler that radiated heat but stayed warm when it wasn't being requested of more warm heat. A nice and toasty night before a day of gluten-free, homemade food, hanging out with family, and reading on the couch :).
I was falling asleep to a cooking show and mentioned I would head to bed when it became brownie time :). And thank goodness I didn't go to bed.
After brownies and learning who was eliminated from the Rachel team, we stayed up talking. Like a trip to grandma's, I was suddenly learning about my family; things I should have known all along and not been hidden or blinded from.
I jokingly referred to someone in my family as an ostrich a year or so ago. While it was taken lightheartedly and said lovingly, and their hair did have the perfect prickles of an ostrich, I am very sorry for the reference. The only one with their head so far in the sand they can't see the light is me.
I've come to realize that we all have a form of denial, whether it's personal or something we simply don't want to see in the people we are to unconditionally love. I should not have been so blind. Perhaps learning more is just as important to understanding as it is to learn to attend ACOA meetings.
The common thread: alcohol.
On both sides of the family. Strong, long, heritage lines. Things I was only around enough to think of as social and never bridge the connection to daily desire and dependance. Four generations back, all the way to my generation if she would only see it. People that I love so much. It doesn't change my view of them; just opens my eyes to a bit more of the disheartening in the world for me to learn from and strengthen my understanding of circumstances.
Like watching a movie from when we were kids, it's funny how things make so much more sense from an adult perspective with the wonderful gift of hindsight. No wonder I have yet to learn how to stomach much alcohol. I'd rather drown my life in diet coke. But, the fact of the matter is, neither is right, neither is healthy, and there's so much more to the world. Time to grow up a little more.


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As a teen, after getting into blues he began hanging with successful Argentine rock bands like the Black and Blues, Ratones Paranoicos, Viejas Locas and Los Piojos. "We were jamming, and I discovered that energy." Before long, his own band Jovenes Pordioseros were playing to 10,000 people from Thursday through Saturday. But it's not in Guti's nature to stay locked in one mode of music. He made time to study salsa from a Cuban teacher on the side, as well as studying jazz under various teachers including internationally-renowned pianist Ernesto Jodos. It was in the studio of Latin Grammy-nominated producer and friend Leandro Martinez that Guti began experimenting with making house beats and singing on top. And having grown up with music, it didn't take long before he was banging out several tracks a day without breaking a sweat.
A heartbeat later, he'd landed a hit with Damian Schwarz on Frankfurt label Raum...Musik, and the tune was licensed by Loco Dice for his compilation The Lab. Guti passed a handful more tracks in Loco Dice's direction, tracks that were recorded on his adventurous travels between Berlin, Athens and Paris in 2009 and the die was cast. Guti's electronic career began to ignite. Just two years after his first live sets in Europe, Desolat was proud to present the double 12inch "Las Cosas Que No Se Tocan".
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Problem Description
We encountered a situation where we were trying to execute a maintenance plan to rebuild the index of OperationsManagerDW database. However, the maintenance plan fails to complete.
In the Maintenance Plan log, the following paragraph was found:
Rebuild Index Task (<instance_name>)
Rebuild index on Local server connection
Databases that have a compatibility level of XX (SQL Server version XX.0) will be skipped.
Databases: All databases
Object: Tables and views
Original amount of free space
Task start: 2010-03-01T03:05:29.
Task end: 2010-03-01T03:08:48.
Failed:(-1073548784) Executing the query "ALTER INDEX [PK__EventSta__XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] ON [E..." failed with the following error: "Cannot find index 'PK__EventSta__ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX '.". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.
Additionally, the same error is encountered when you try to run a Rebuild Index script via SSMS
What's happening here? Let's see
What is causing this:
§ To begin with, this was little strange as we verified that all indexes existed before started the maintenance plan
§ On further, probing we verified that, SCOM drops and recreates table "Event Stage" every minute
§ To verify, we generated T-SQL Script and copied the index alter script for problematic table
§ Also ran the script via SSMS and got same error
§ SELECT * from sys.objects where name like 'Event Stage%' gave us object id and creation date
§ Ran above SELECT again after a minute and now got a new name and creation date…..?
So here's what is happening.
o When we run a rebuild index script, it first collect index names and then tries to rebuild them.
o In this specific case, it is getting an indexes name say PK__EventSta__XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, however the table/index is getting dropped and recreated now with a different name.
o This is causing the above error.
§ To confirm if the table has been modified, we also verified same using SQL Standard Report "Schema Change History"
Then how can I Re-index OperationsManagerDW database to ensure good performance
§ With a little more re-search; we verified that it is NOT required to Re-index OperationsManagerDW database as Reindexing is already taking place against the OperationsManagerDW database for some of the key tables. The functionality is built into the product. For more details, on OperationsManagerDW Self-maintenance refer this post
§ What we need to ensure - is that any default DBA maintenance tasks are neither redundant nor conflicting with SCOM OperationsManagerDW built-in maintenance.
Steps to reproduce the issue:
1. On OperationsManagerDW SQL database
2. Create a simple maintenance with re-indexing task
3. "Select Report Options" choose a log location
4. Save and execute the maintenance plan and allow this to fail.
5. Verify the error in logs
Hope this will help!
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Well, next week starts a new phase in my training! Next week I go to two-a-day workouts! One weight session in the early morning, and one after the kids are in bed. Should be interesting, and I should start seeing some serious results.
To give you a little update, a few weeks ago me and the girl training for the body building portion of my competition, Courtney, started training together! We were not happy with the trainer we were working with, so we decided just to start training together. Well, in the three weeks we have been working together we have seen a great deal of results-it's been awesome! We also have started working with another trainer who is awesome! He's got our first phase of cutting diets dialed in, he is keeping track of body fat, and starting next week he is designing our workouts for us-awesome! Exactly what we need!
So, I am about to embark on what is going to prove to be a very tiring, strenuous, SORE, yet exciting portion of the process in preparing for a figure competition! I will be sticking with the first phase of my cutting diet for one more week, then the week after that it changes again.
My goal is to be ready for the show by March 28th-which gives me two weeks before the show to tweak things, and hopefully come in totally lean and ripped! :)
For those of you interested, here is what my diet looks like right now-everyday! Apparently, diets are the opposite of workouts. With workouts, if you are doing the same thing week after week, you are going to stall out and not see progress. Diet works the opposite-if you eat the same thing everyday, your body gets more efficient at processing it, and burns it up-like gas on a fire! So, hence the reason I have to stick with the same diet for two weeks, then he is going to switch it up.
Meal 1: oats, protein shake
Meal 2: oats, eggs
Meal 3: tuna, 1/2 banana
Meal 4: tuna, 1/2 banana
Meal 5: Chicken, green veggie
Meal 6: Chicken, green veggie
Meal 7: cottage cheese, whey protein shake
Meal 8: casein protein shake
So there's the latest! I'll keep you posted on how the two-a-day workouts progress. I am sure I am in for a SORE week this week!! yikes!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Figure Competition: Training Update
Well, next week starts a new phase in my training! Next week I go to two-a-day workouts! One weight session in the early morning, and one after the kids are in bed. Should be interesting, and I should start seeing some serious results.
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- JJ said...
you're my hero-seriously:) can't wait for the show!!
- January 24, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- Anita said...
Wow! I'm impressed! (and very jealous) When are we going to get to see some pics? We need the Before, during and after shots.
- January 24, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- Mikki said...
I'm so excited for you!!! I have been following and I know you are going to do great!
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Crime in NYC may be at an all time low, but that doesn't mean that grave crimes — particularly those against women— aren't being committed on a daily basis. Brooklyn Bike Patrol is a citizens brigade with the goal of making the women of Brooklyn feel safe as they travel from train stations to their homes in the evening hours, 7 days a week. Whether you're a woman at a bar, a friend's home or at a subway or bus stop, members of Brooklyn Bike Patrol will escort you from wherever you are to wherever you need to go.
Founder and Brooklyn Bike Patrol president Jay Ruiz decided to start the service in 2011 after he saw a disturbing video of a woman being attacked on the internet, followed by the news of numerous gropings occurring in South Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensington. He initially posted himself by subway stations in these areas and passed out fliers advertising his services to women coming off the trains. Now, more than a year later, his initiative has grown to cover 58 train stops in Brooklyn. So far, Brooklyn Bike Patrol has escorted women home over 400 times and their client list has risen to almost 200.
The group services train stops across Brooklyn, including Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Sunset Park, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Carroll Gardens, Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, Borough Park, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bushwick and Williamsburg. All their volunteers have been background checked by the 72nd Precinct and their pictures can be found on the Brooklyn Bike Patrol on Facebook page.
The group is also hoping to raise money for helmet cams so that they can keep a record of their surroundings. If you're interested in making a contribution, you can give them a call or send them an email for more details.
Hours of operation: Sunday–Thursday, 8pm–12am; Friday–Saturday 8pm–4am. Call the Brooklyn Bike Patrol before you board your train and one of their volunteers will meet you and escort you home. If you need an escort outside of normal hours, call them early and they will try to accommodate you. Service is totally free and they don't accept tips.
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YaY for knitting that is relaxing and doen't require much concentration, just a tally clicker for counting rows, and big needles Why can't you get thick needles in long enough lengths to prevent lots of stitches suffering claustrophobia?
I had some Noro Cash Iroha left over from this project and a couple of funky buttons. I like this hat pattern as it requires no seaming. Even the dreaded double-pointed needles hold no terrors for me now.One down, one to go.
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As Rosh Hashanah nears, preparations for the annual visit of some Yidden to the kever of Rav Nachman of Breslov begin. The tradition of the annual pilgrimage to Rav Nachman's gravesite in Uman, Ukraine, is rooted in a tradition that began during his lifetime, when thousands would travel to be with him and learn from him during Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah and Shavuos.
Every year, many followers from Israel and around the world continue the tradition and fly to Uman to pray by his kever around the time of Rosh Hashanah. This year, as Binyamin Gabbai of Derech Tzadikim (a company that organizes trips to the kever in Uman during this time of year) told Arutz Shevah that he is convinced that all previous records will be broken.
"This year is a special year and there will likely be more people flying out," said Gabbai. "The Israeli Airports Authority has issued 18,000 flight permits. Every year in the past, twelve flights went out to Uman. This year there will be nineteen."
Gabbai added that ticket prices to Uman this year are cheaper. "Because of the large supply prices have dropped. In past years, expensive flights back to Israel immediately after the holiday, cost $1,200. This year you can get [a flight for] $900. Less sought-after flights can cost $750."
He spoke of a new phenomenon where Jews buy apartments in Ukraine so they have a place to sleep when they visit during the holiday. "There are many individuals who purchase apartments there. They rent throughout the year and live there during Rosh Hashanah."
{Read more at Arutz Shevah/Matzav.com}


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Russia's media is not promoting climate change socialism and the Western media is trying to immunize people from their skepticism.
It is a tragic irony that what was once the center of ideological socialism in the world is now standing against the global warming scam which Western elites are using to justify climate change socialism—wealth redistribution on the basis of environmentalism. Naturally, the Western media must mock and marginalize the country for this. Thus, the New York Times reports, "Russian Media Take Climate Cue From Skeptical Putin."
Wildfires crackled across Siberia this summer, turning skies ochre and sending up enough smoke from burning pines to blot out satellite views of the 400-mile-long Lake Baikal.
To many climate scientists, the worsening fires are a consequence of Siberia getting hotter, the carbon unleashed from its burning forests and tundra only adding to man-made fossil fuel emissions. Siberia's wildfire season has lengthened in recent years and the 2015 blazes were among the biggest yet, caking the lake, the "Pearl of Siberia", in ash and scorching the surrounding permafrost.
But the Russian public heard little mention of climate change, because media coverage across state-controlled television stations and print media all but ignored it. On national TV, the villains were locals who routinely but carelessly burn off tall grasses every year, and the sometimes incompetent crews struggling to put the fires out.
While Western media have examined the role of rising temperatures and drought in this year's record wildfires in North America, Russian media continue to pay little attention to an issue that animates so much of the world.
Throughout the story Putin and the state-run media is blamed while, at the same time, they admit that the Russian public is skeptical.
The indifference reflects widespread public doubt that human activities play a significant role in global warming, a tone set by President Vladimir Putin, who has offered only vague and modest pledges of emissions cuts ahead of December's U.N. climate summit in Paris.
Of course, if global warming was true, Russia would clearly benefit. There is no reason for them to hurt their economy for the sake of climate change socialism, even if limiting carbon emissions had a substantial impact on earth temperatures.
Russia represents a real threat to Western elites. Canada has also shown signs of resistance to climate change socialism, as has Australia. It wouldn't take much for the entire media illusion to shatter.


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Digital designs are worth a lot to web designers, marketers and other agencies looking for new graphics, themes, and media. If you make digital designs for websites, apps or other media you can actually turn your time and skills into a nice profit online without much work. That's because there are many outlets and websites online that will sell your designs for you, or purchase them outright from you. Look into these top places to sell your digital designs online to convert your artwork into cash.
1. Big Cartel
Big Cartel is a popular hub for purchasing custom clothing, bags, and accessories. As a designer you have opportunities to sell your graphics through this vibrant online store. You can start your own storefront on the site and upload your designs so that users can purchase them as prints or on t-shirts, hoodies, and other items.
2. Shutterstock
Shutterstock is a leading stock photo exchange with millions of images and media files available for purchase. You can upload and sell your graphic designers to all kinds of markets through this website. You will get about 25 cents per download using the basic selling system as a beginner on Shutterstock, which can really add up if your graphics gets hundreds or thousands of downloads.
If you've designed themes for WordPress and want to cash in, you should consider uploading your work to the official WordPress Themes market. You can charge users by your own pricing, and offer support for upgrades to encourage more business. The WordPress theme market is a great way to turn your digital designs into funding for your future web projects.
4. Zazzle
Zazzle is a unique web store that can deliver nice profits on your design work. Users can browse the store for products and choose a design to have imprinted using search tags. Upload and describe your digital designs to make money with Zazzle and get your work printed in forms ranging from hats to greeting cards and even electronics. Zazzle is a great way to see your designs brought to life by being printed on everyday items.
5. Themeforest
Designers who create themes and layouts for websites will find a great sales outlet at Themeforest. You can upload your designs to be reviewed and tested by the Envato Marketplace at Themeforest to offer your work to developers and other designers. You can sell themes that work for any major web hosting and platform on the heavily-visited Themeforest marketplace, maximizing your target audience. If you've got quality themes for WordPress, Drupal, or another CMS then checkout the developers program at Themeforest today.
6. VectorStock
Vector stock is a great option for designers who want to sell graphics and other digital designs. They only accept vector images, which can put you ahead of the competition if you specialize in vector graphics. Vector stock has several pricing tiers so you can expect anywhere from 10 to 80 cents per download for your art. Another great thing about VectorStock is that many of the buyers there have corporate web hosting with plenty of recognizable websites, so you never know where you may run into your own work on the web.
7. Spread Shirt
Spread shirt is a favorite among online shoppers and graphic designers. You can upload your art to the design database to be included in the general search results that shoppers see. If a shopper likes your design they will buy it from the website and you'll be sent a commission. This is a great way to put your portfolio to work and earn money from your digital art. Spread Shirt has a diverse community of users so don't be afraid to upload abstract and off-the-wall designs.
8. ImageKind
This website is a great place to see your digital design printed on real canvas. Many users browse this site for wall art and other decor that will end up proudly on display in a home or office. ImageKind pays you on a per-download consignment basis, and is free for designers to join. If your artwork is approved you can expect payment in as few as 29 days.
9. My Fonts
If your digital designs include fonts then you're all set to make money with the My Fonts website. All you have to do is create a zip file with your font package and upload it to the site after signing up. As individuals and businesses purchase your font, you will be sent a monthly payment for your contribution to the site.
10. Etsy
Etsy is a hugely popular web store system and marketplace that gives you total control over your sales. Sell digital designs directly to the public by opening your own Etsy store. You can offer paper prints or transfers of your designs, or sell designs on t-shirts and other items. Having an Etsy store is a great way to get a professional look and establish yourself as a top-selling graphic designer. Etsy uses a reliable feedback system to show others that your work is top quality.
These digital marketplaces and design websites will help you turn your hard work into profit. You can consign your work or sell the rights outright to fund your web projects or even make a living online. Sign up for several of these top design markets to see where your work sells the best.


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Murder of all kinds will happen this season, and it'll be up to audience to figure it out during Whodunnit Murder Mystery Theater's 2013-14 season.
During the season, Whodunnit will present four mysteries: The Haunting at Blackwood Hall (Sept.-Oct.), Murder at the Queen's Table (Nov.-Jan 2014), Reflections: The Darkening Web (Feb.-March 2014), and The Specter at the Seance: The Spirit's Revenge (May-June 2014).
All performances will be in a new location this season: the Ramada Plaza Hotel, located at 9700 Bluegrass Parkway in Jeffersontown. Auditions for the upcoming season will take place there on July 21 from 1-3 p.m.
Single tickets will be $45.50 per person, and season tickets are $165 per person. All tickets will include the show, dinner (via catering from Masterson's), tax, and gratuity. All tickets can be purchased by calling Whodunnit at 502-426-7100.
Whodunnit will open its season with The Haunting at Blackwood Hall, an Elizabeth MacCrimmon mystery featuring turn-of-the-last-century Savannah, a mystic, a skeletal hand, and a veiled woman. This production runs Sept. 21-Oct. 26.
Opening around Christmas will be Murder at the Queen's Table, featuring a Christmas dinner fit for a Queen and a possible murder. Queen's Table occurs from Nov. 16-Jan. 4, 2013.
The Reflections mysteries, meanwhile, continue into 2014 with Reflections: The Darkening Web. A person has already confessed to a crime, but a killer remains on the loose. Will Morgan Farewell and Dante Andino find the killer as well as each other? Find out Feb. 15-Mar. 29.
Whodunnit will finish the season with The Specter and the Seance: The Spirit's Revenge, where a fortune teller tells a wealthy man his future is...well, he doesn't have one. Find out what happens May 10-June 23.
More information on the season can be found at the Whodunnit website.
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|Dr. Tobe Momah, MD; Author of S.I.T.
From an early age, I had been termed restless and adventurous by those who knew me best. In fact, my mother told my wife during our courtship years that she needed to find a way to keep me at home because I was a restless soul who never stopped going.
After I gave my life to Christ in 1989, one of the leaders of the campus fellowship I belonged to told me that I cared about everything as if Jesus did not meet His responsibility of taking care of His body.
Twenty five years later I have come full circle. No more mindless trips with spiritual narcissism the goal, but a sobber simple walk with Jesus. In January 2014, as I was about to minister at one of the monthly Holy Ghost nights my ministry hosts in Monroe, Lousiana, the Lord Jesus spoke to me and said "Stay in tune".
After that experience, my senior Pastor Shane Warren asked me to minister at a Wednesday evening church service. The word God gave me to share was titled "Stay in Tune" with the acronym S.I.T.
|Dr Tobe Momah, Author, Preacher & Scientist
All these snowballed into this book (Stay In Tune—SIT). It is written with the desire to see an accentuated experience among believers. In order for the church to receive truth at His feet or recover the treasures the enemy has stolen from us, we can ill-afford not to Stay in Tune (or S.I.T) at His feet.
Psalm 91:1 says "He that dweleth in the secreth place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty". The word interpreted as dwell in the Hebrew is Yoseb and it means to sit in a dis-articulated position. Any believer who stays in tune with God or S.I.T.s in His presence will experience the shadow of the Almighty around them like a garment is worn in a very conscious way. They become impossible to ignore and a terror to the terrible.
|The Family Health Expert speaks with the GDA
Psalm 91:5-7 says such people, "shall not be afraid for the night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon day. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee"
The Meaning of S.I.T.—"Any hath raised us up together; and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus"—Ephesian 2:6
The Webster English dictionary defines sitting as "adopting or being in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and back". Few, however understand its spiritual interpretation.
According to the scriptures, you can run, stand, or walk on the earth and still be considered seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:6). Sitting, in spiritual parlance is not defined by the position of the body but in terms of a believer's spiritual connectivity.
|Dr. Tobe Momah to Asabeafrika....'Let your feet be on the earth but your head in the cloud'
The Methodist movement under the leadership of John Westley, made this a core creed among their followers. They proclaimed they had feet on the earth but heads in the cloud. In Exodus 19:4, God told the children of Israel "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself".
In spite of the fact that the Israelite were living in the sweltering wilderness of Sinai, at the time, God recognized them as being with Him in heavenly places. Heaven is not just a destination. It is also a dimension and you can continue to operate in that realm no matter where you are.
|Dr. Tobe Momah to Asabeafrika....'Believers must converse with Christ at all times'
Believers are residents here on earth but the Bible says "Our conversation is in heaven: from whence also we look for the savior, the Lord Jesus Christ"; (Philippians 3:20) The reality of the unseen is far more real to a spiritually in tune believer than the seen world. 2 Corinthians 4:18 says "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal".
Until believers stop putting their trust in flesh, and understand that we have "here no continuing city, but seek one to come", (Hebrew 13:14) we cannot stay in tune or S.I.T. with God.
Hebrew 10:12-13 says "this man (Jesus), after he has offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God…henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool".
Jesus finished and sat down at the right hand of God till His enemies were put under His feet. The battle of the ages between evil and good will be won sitting down!
This sitting position doesn't mute the ability of Jesus to stand, scatter and slaughter His enemies but illustrates sitting as a continuous state of spiritual interaction with God the Father.
Every war we encounter or battles we face as believers is not won on the basis of how much armamentarium or power prowess we claim to have. It is won because our spiritual frequency with God is intact. Act 10:38 captures this succinctly as the secret behind the success story that was Jesus ministry. It says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil: for God was with him" (emphasis added by the author)
Many believers have believed the lie that God doesn't speak and is hard to understand. That is furthest from the truth. Paul says in 1st Corinthians 14:8 "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?"
God has an obligation to clarity if He wants to combat readiness and responsiveness from us—His troops. He said further in James 1:5, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him",
God wants your signals to be clear not static. He answers with liberality not levity. He told the church in Ephesus to "Be ye not unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is", (Ephesians 5:17)
|The Book, S.I.T.
Static are radio sounds that come over the air waves as muffled or difficult signals. It gives a distorted interpretation of the real sound and leaves the hearers confused, deceived and uncertain. God is not that way. He said "other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice" (John 10:16). As long as you are His sheep, hearing is obligatory. He followed up the above statement by saying "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" (John 10:27). It is not weather God speaks or not that should be questioned, but are we (the church) tunning into his frequency to hear God clearly?
Psalm 42:7 says "deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts; all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me". The deep places are the place of spiritual connectivity with God and believers' of impact first make contact with God in the deep!
I had the desire to pursue a post graduate medical program in the United States of America (USA) following medical school in Nigeria. I was dogged, determined and decisive about the matter. I got my Masters in Medical Parasitology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, and was planning to go to the United States for medical residency training when I came face to face with some opposition to my plans.
Friends, family and foes alike called me stubborn, silly, selfish and self-promoting, but notwithstanding, I persisted. I passed all my required exams and, after doing a three months medical missionary sabbatical in Ethiopia, the doors to the US medical system miraculously opened.
In my darkest moments, God's still small voice kept speaking to me saying "I will get you a job in the USA". Today, I am an attending Family Physician and the Medical Director of the largest Federally Health qualified center in Louisiana. Those who chastised me the most, during my days of struggle to get residency, have become my greatest celebrant! Hallelujah.
|Back of the Book S.I.T.
(Excerpts from the Book "Stay In Tune" (S.I.T.) by Dr. Tobe Momah MD, FAAFP. Dr. Momah is a family physician working in Monroe, Louisiana where he currently serves as the Medical Director of the largest Federally qualified Health Center in Louisiana. Prior to working in Monroe, he served as staff physician at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He has more than 20 scientific publications and 14 books in print at present. Dr. Momah is the vision coordinator of Faith and Power Ministries with emphasis on missions, medicine and ministry. He lives with his wonderful wife, Rita, in West Monroe, Louisiana)


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This December, Bryn Mawr will host the Next Wave colloquium, which brings together a dynamic international mix of established and emerging leaders on Tuesday, Dec. 4, to discuss strategies to work for women's advancement.
Speakers and audience members will explore:
- expanding sustainable economic opportunity for women post-2015
- broadening women's participation in civic and political life
- new approaches to increasing access to education, health care, and social services
- engaging the talents of the next wave of emerging women activists and leader
Registration of this event is now open. To register, visit the Next Wave website.


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(all my samples are totally and completely organized...for now!)
I used a random number generator but cannot figure out how to post it on my blog.
1) Laurie
2) Poodle
3) Christine
4) Barbara
And the random generator kicked out the number ONE - which is Laurie.
Congratulations Laurie - email me your address and the sample(s) you would like.
Thanks to everyone for posting. And because this was really fun for me, I'll be doing more giveaways in the future.


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HEAVY SLABS OF MEAT – that's the best way to describe how my legs felt as I flopped down on the couch and threw them up on the coffee table.
I couldn't remember the last time they were this tired. A wonderful wedding with lots of dancing (and wearing heels that I hadn't put on in a long time) was the cause.
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Do Compact Cities Dream of Electric Cars?
In the 60's, urban planners and politicians in Reykjavik consciously turned their back on Europe and sought to emulate the most advanced urban development planning in the world in the United States. The results would make any teacher proud: one of the highest per capita car ownership rates in the world, sprawling low-density urban development and a citizenry that is nearly allergic to public transportation.
Fast forward to the early 21st Century as new ways of thinking about mobility and transportation infrastructure begin to take hold in the midst of the worst economic collapse in Iceland's history. As Dagur B. Eggertsson, the former mayor of Reykjavik , noted "we [Icelanders] are really at a crossroads now in my opinion . . . are we going to stick to the 1960's plan or are we going to make some radical changes?".
One of the more contentious questions within planning today is the role of the automobile within a sustainable mobility paradigm. The recent emergence of strong policy and planning support for the introduction of electric vehicles raises thorny questions as to whether or not this development will be complementary to, or conflicting with, other sustainable mobility planning goals, such as the pursuit of compact cities, restrictions on automobiles, promotion of walking and bicycling, and support for public transport.
Researchers from Aalborg University in Denmark and Reykjavik University in Iceland have carried out a pilot study in the Reykjavik city region concluding a strategy of provision for electric vehicles on a large scale represents a continuation of the dominant "predict-and-provide" transport engineering approach, drawing scarce financial and institutional resources away from path-breaking measures such as the efforts to create denser development patterns and promote non-motorized and public forms of transport.
Thanks to Patrick Driscoll


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This week the challenge for MIM at PTI was to create an ombre background with stenciling.
Here's what I came up with:
My order came!
I used the bitty butterflies for the sentiment & butterflies fluttering across this bookmark.
The stencil is from Dreamweavers.
The sentiment really does show more in person!
I have to admit- this is my second take. The first one bombed on the background.
It happens. ;)
On a side note- had to post this sweet card my girl made- I thought her coloring was beautiful! My MIL is having knee replacement surgery tomorrow so she made this feel better card for her.
I love that girl.


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Ben 10 is the perennial favourite of Indian kids. They want to own everything that has Ben 10 on it. If it's the Omnitrix, they want it. If it's a schoolbag with the photo of Ben 10 on it, they want it. If it's a poster of Ben 10, they want it. If it's a pencil box with the alien fighting boy's photo, they want it. And, if a fancy dress competition is coming up… (that's it, you got it), they want a Ben 10 fancy dress costume.
So, what do you do when your child has made up his mind to wear Ben 10 fancy dress costume at the next costume competition? Nothing, you just have to get him dressed up as Ben 10 which means you need to know how to make a Ben 10 fancy dress costume at home. Fortunately, we're here with our guide on how to make Ben 10 fancy dress at home.
Things You Will Need For Ben 10 Fancy Dress Costume
The Ben 10 fancy dress costume is simpler than you can imagine. In order to make it, you'll need the following.
- A plain white T-shirt or shirt with half sleeves
- Thick black ribbon or sheets of black chart paper or black permanent marker.
- Scissors
- Gum
Step 1: The Shirt
The process is simple. The shirt of the Ben 10 fancy dress costume is solid white with black strips at the edges of the sleeves, the collar, and the centre of the shirt. This is what you have to arrange.
If you're using thick black ribbon then you can fix it in the right places with a safety pin. While you can choose to staple the black ribbon, it's advisable to use safety pin because there's no danger of that harming your child.
If you're using sheets of black chart paper, then you'll have to use scissors to cut strips of the same and then fix it in place with the help of gum.
Finally, you can use the black permanent marker to draw the strips on the shirt. Keep in mind that pasting the chart paper or drawing with the marker on the shirt may leave it useless for all other purposes. But then again, since your boy will never want to take off his Ben 10 fancy dress costume, it all might work out.
Step 2: The Ben 10 Pants
The pants of the Ben 10 fancy dress costume are even simpler than the shirt. There are various ways you can approach this.
The first is to buy your son green cargo pants with pockets which can be used otherwise as well. The second is to buy him oversized or anti-fit green trousers or jeans.
Step 3: The Omnitrix
If your child likes Ben 10, then it would be very rare that he doesn't already own an Omnitrix. However, Omnitrix is available all over India at virtually every toy store. The toy is also extremely cheap so you shouldn't have much trouble getting it. Whatever you do, don't try to pull off a Ben 10 fancy dress costume without an Omnitrix or you just might piss your little baby off for life!
Step 4: The Shoes
The shoes of the Ben 10 fancy dress costume may be a little tricky and probably the only area of the Ben 10 costume where you'll have to compromise a little. We won't tell you to buy fresh pair of sports shoes just for the costume. However, if your son already owns white sports shoes then he can wear those. Alternatively, you can also make him wear the white canvas shoes that he most probably has for school.
Step 5: The Hair
The final touch to the Ben 10 fancy dress costume will be the hair. You can use hair gel or hair mousse to give your kid the Ben 10 hairstyle.
You'll need to create three pointed bangs (fringes that fall on the forehead) and two points at the back of the head. This will be the most fun part of the Ben 10 fancy dress costume! Enjoy!


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This Amazing Dog Can Jump Rope Better Than Me! Prepare For Your Socks To Be Knocked Off!Greg Menz
This dog sure can jump! I wish my dog could do this! Jumping one rope is great, but this dog could double dutch! I have never seen a dog that could do this before! I love it! This dog is very talented!