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A brilliant way to add space to your home, a conservatory can be used in a number of ways. From entertaining guests when then English summer weather fails to deliver, to creating the perfect environment for growing plants, this multifunctional room can become a real asset to your home.
But, when was the last time you thought about your conservatory decor? Just like all interiors, those in the conservatory require a little TLC every now and then. We consulted a selection of interior experts to find out their top tips for creating a fabulously designed conservatory.
Whether you use your conservatory for dining with the family, relaxing in a sunlit space or as a storage room full of boxes, our selection of conservatory ideas will inspire you to dust away those cobwebs and update your conservatory decor.
With a breakfast bar, informal lounge area and central focal feature fire pit in the enclosed courtyard garden, this space in the heart of the home encourages connection, inviting the family to sit, eat and share together.
This conservatory is joined with a beautiful shabby chic kitchen, so it was important there was a colour scheme, feel, and look continuity. The space is mainly used for chilling out, reading books and enjoying the beautiful outdoors. To achieve that flow we used the same natural limestone floor, reupholstered sofa in a soft blue fabric and threw some scattered cushions that tie in with the existing colour scheme in the kitchen. We also ensured we specified a rug in the coordinate colour. Alongside this, we used the same scarab fabric that was used to make a curtain in the kitchen, to make blackout roman blinds for the conservatory windows. One important element was a traditional-style radiator with daisies which was painted in French grey colour from Farrow & Ball palette. Lanterns and a few favourite objects complement the shabby chic style.
I am a massive fan of sunrooms which are more of a permanent structure compared to conservatories which are mainly construed of glass. This contemporary sunroom is designed for all year round comfort and usage – a room for all the seasons which gives plenty of light but is also part of the modern open-plan living concept. It truly feels part of the house and is a transitional space between the home and the garden – a very effective way of bringing the outside in.
When designing a conservatory as an extension to a period property you can go one of two ways; create a highly contemporary structure that gives a clear delineation between the existing house and the new or design a classic structure sympathetic with the existing house. The conservatory pictured takes the second route. The use of classic stone on the floor, an elegant stone coloured paint for the woodwork and beautiful window seats have created a calm and timeless space. Tall, leaded windows such as these give the space a wonderful character and allow for plenty of light.
As conservatories let in so much light, it's advisable to ensure that any fabrics or leathers, other than neutrals, are fade-resistant. We often choose fabrics suitable for external use as they perform far better in such bright conditions and won't fade. They are usually stain-resistant as well so very durable with busy families and animals that may be in and out of the garden.
Conservatories are where the idea of an 'indoor-outdoor space' comes into its own. This is where the home and garden collide, so bring the garden inside with a collection of pot plants, and use a curated combination of indoor and outdoor furniture and accessories that incorporate different textures and finishes, to give the space an interesting vibe.
To create a very contemporary take on the conservatory, choose rustic modern pieces, sisal flooring and exposed brick walls. Industrial steel windows are softened with sheepskin and other natural textures.
One of the greatest advantages of a conservatory or sunroom is the amount of light they let in. As architects and designers think of ways to maximise this quality, we see a break from the traditional conservatories and a lean toward using large sheets of glass and bi-fold doors to bring the outdoors in, even more. By creating a large glass ceiling and glass back wall the light can travel further into the house, less window frame equals more natural light.
I absolutely love the idea of dining in a conservatory. You have the best of both worlds, you can enjoy the beauty of nature in the warmth of your home while you eat. Furthermore, impress your guests when you invite them over for dinner parties with the gorgeous airy feel and a naturally decorated dining area.
I love conservatories – they add so much to a home. Elegant, useful spaces that allow you to create a place that's just perfect for entertaining, dining or simply relaxing. When dressing a conservatory, my advice is to keep things simple and uncluttered. Use cushions to bring in bursts of colour and natural materials such as Seagrass, light linens and wicker.
Bringing the outside in can often be a challenge with UK properties, but with glass extensions such as this one you really can call it a sunroom. The glass beams allow for a completely open feel to the back of this grade II listed property. I adore how subtle all the colours are and the Italian low line sofa makes the room seem even taller than it is – gorgeous.
Consider your conservatory or sunroom as an extension of your garden as well as your home. Whether it's a relaxing sitting area or a scenic dining space, incorporate colours and textures that feature in your garden as well as reflecting your interior style. This will create a smooth and stylish transition from indoor to outdoor.
Use that beautiful, light filled space to create your very own home spa – the ultimate luxury. This oak framed orangery has been lovingly converted into a secluded oasis; its clever design floods the luxurious bathroom with light whilst maintaining privacy. Keep furnishings simple and white to maximise the feeling of openness and fill the space with beautiful plants to enhance your experience and improve air quality.
I absolutely love the use of this Red Oxide Parquet flooring by Neisha Crosland within this garden room setting. Predominantly a glass construction, conservatories have few walls to which colour, pattern or texture can be added so why not lay it on the floor? Neisha's designs are based on shapes found in nature – what a perfect way to link the interior to the garden beyond.
A conservatory can be a big financial investment and will likely have a significant impact on the feel and use of an existing home – so it pays to spend some time on answering a few key questions before the build.
I've seen many conservatories created as separate rooms and never be used, so it is wise to think carefully about how the space will be used before it is built. For example, are you looking to create a separate living/seating space, expand an existing zone or combine areas such as living and dining?
In recent years, the traditional model of a conservatory has been challenged. For example, it no longer needs to have a majority glazed roof. In fact, a glass roof can often be problematic in terms of keeping the heat out in the summer and holding onto warmth in the winter. Privacy issues can be overcome with blinds, but these can also be expensive and over-complicated. A solid roof can create continuity from the main house into your extended area. It also creates a surface for hiding essentials such as cabling, lighting, air con etc. For added light, introduce roof lights, as shown in this image.
Conservatories and sunrooms are definitely making a comeback – and no longer are they the white PVC monstrosities of old. We love this modern interpretation which features large steel doors, patterned concrete tiles, vintage wall lights and a view of a charming courtyard garden.
Create an effortlessly charming setting in your conservatory by exploiting the natural light flooding through and views of the great outdoors. Source a combination of old and new furnishings to build an eclectic space. Hunt for a vintage timber dining table set; upholster the seat pads in rustic linen fabrics. Add industrial metal pendants, combined with retro LED bulbs. Handmade multi-coloured encaustic tiles will add vibrancy to the floor. Bring the outside in with rows of potted herbs in reclaimed terracotta ceramics and watering cans overflowing with plants. Dress the table with coloured glassware, hemp linens and church pillar candles. All that's left is to nestle in with a coffee and the morning's newspaper in your tranquil sun room.
Our English conservatories have evolved over the years to become slick and smartly designed additions to our homes. They are not only sunny, bright rooms but also a place for all of us to socialise, have dinner parties and entertain. Studio G has not only created country style relaxed conservatories but also modern, with a touch of an industrial look. We love our French doors and roof lights that give us an abundance of light and colour and helps us to bring the outside, inside. These rooms make us happy and are extremely inviting – especially when the sun shines!
The modern sunroom is used for so many different things from socialising to lounging. Personally, I prefer the latter, a comfy space you can relax in between the inside and the outdoors. Get yourself some big comfy chairs or a deep sofa that you can fall into, and make sure you include lots of cushions to make it extra cosy. Anyone who reads my blogs knows that I love indoor plants, so I would grab loads of them and create a sunroom that is a great mix of home and nature to create the perfect place to enjoy both!
I love a sunroom – ideally, I would sit in the garden 24/7, but as I live in the UK that is unlikely to happen. However, a sunroom is a good alternative to make you feel like you are outside. My style is very Scandinavian, but for a room filled with daylight, I love a bohemian look. This patio of Fleamarketfab photographed by Carley Summers would be my dream sunroom decor. I love the benches, hanging plants, kelim rugs and all-over holiday at home feel. I don't think I'd ever leave!
From sun-filled spaces to brightly coloured furniture, we hope that our collection of expert conservatory ideas has inspired you to bring the outdoors in, all year round – no matter what the British weather decides to throw at us.
Featured image courtesy of Interiors By Vale

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This is quite different scenario when you recognize that hard disk of your computer has just crashed or gone faulty, in this article we are going to tell you how can you find out whether hard disk on your computer is crashed or gone faulty and in case how can you recover data from it.
There are many indications of faulty or crashed hard disk like improper sounds from the hard drive, on some case the pc might reboots again and again, you see blue screen of death, Hard drive is not recognized in BIOS, Hard drive is not formatted with a file system, windows freezes or hangs while running.
Now there are different ways you can deal this situation, Overheating is another cause of hard disk failure for some time and it may not function until it cools down so wait and it might start working when you boot your pc after 1 hour if hard disk failure happens.
Reconnect the Physical Cable on Hard Disk
The simple way to fix when hard disk does not detect or operating system not found is that you can reconnect the cable bus and reboot your computer and rather than booting the OS, go to BIOS and see whether you can see the hard disk detected again before you try booting os on it.
Hard Disk Failure – Data Recovery
Hard drive crash generally may cause data loss. Now there are chances that you still might be able to recover data from the drive using some drive recovery tools but they wont help in case you have a physical damage on the hard disk or to check this create a Live CD boot with it and recover data from it.
Connect Hard Disk To Other Laptop Using a Case
There is one more way with which you can connect the hard disk to another pc using a external hard drive case which comes at a low cost and serves to convert your big hard disk to work as a portable drive.


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Yesterday we had a bit of a cleanup & I chucked out most of the 2 boxes of uni notes that I'd been hording for years. I wasn't brave enough to throw the lot so I kept some projects & stuff from most of my 2nd, 3rd & honours year units. The rest went to the recycling, about 4/5ths by volume. Now that's brave don't you think!
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Although the video is about health care, it also applies to education. The way we perceive students an their behaviours impacts how we interact with them and whether or not they will engage with and, more importantly, how they will engage with learning.
There are obvious implications related to this video when it comes to how we interpret the "behaviour" of students but I want to focus more on how our perceptions also play a role in curriculum learning.
Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTII) is grounded in the presumption of competence, the assumption of a growth mindset and an emphasis on learner variability.
Traditionally, when a student appeared to not understand a curriculum concept, we have assumed that this is because the student is unable to cognitively understand the concept. Our response generally was to work with the student either during class or at another time and go over the concept again by breaking it down, giving examples, trying to apply it to their context, changing the language that we use...etc. If this didn't work, we then made the assumption that the student was not cognitively capable of "getting it". In the worst case scenario we would at that point give up on the student and not support their learning at all at that point. But in most situations, if this happened often enough we would take one of three paths: (1) move the student to a lower academic stream where the learning is aligned with what we believe the student to be capable of, (2) modify the work in the classroom by having the student do "easier" work, or (3) start the process to move him "into" special education.
The unfortunate reality of this approach is that we instill in a student the belief that there is something inherently wrong with them and that is why they cannot learn and this reinforces the belief in a fixed mindset. I have come across countless statements like the following from adults with learning disabilities and/or ADHD in the past few weeks alone:
I can attest to just how limiting the process is. As a child, I was diagnosed with an auditory disorder that made it difficult for me to process speech in real time. I repeated third grade. Then, after an anxiety-ridden IQ testing session in fourth grade, I was sent to a school for students with learning disabilities. By the time I re-entered public school in sixth grade, the label "special ed." was hard to overcome, despite my yearning for more intellectual challenges. If it weren't for a couple of teachers (thank you Mrs. Jeuell and Mrs. Acton!) who considered the kid rather than the system's preconceptions, I might never have earned a doctorate at Yale. (Source: http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/american_education_and_the_iq_trap)
As the video above points out, although Response to Intervention (RtI) models offer a "best practice" approach, the misinterpretation and implementation of these models as being only about direct pull-out boxed academic intervention or remediation can create the same barriers to learning as the special education remediation approach.
What if we changed our perception and rather than believing that the student is incapable (or unmotivated) to learn the concept, we started from the presumption of competence and learner variability and thought through and responded to the barriers that may exist to that student's learning? What if we started to explore what we could do beside just tutoring the student using the same method of instruction that we presented the material in to begin with? What if we looked at the student's strengths and figured out how we might use these to compensate and get around the barrier?
There are times when direct academic intervention or remediation is needed. I believe there are students that have lagging academic skills (numeracy and literacy) for whom we can provide an intensive intervention and get them "caught up". I believe there are times when we need to think about remediating by assessing a student to see if they have the pre-requisite skills needed for a specific curriculum unit and then spending time with them making sure they have those skills before the unit starts. I also believe that there is a need to do direct daily work with students on literacy skills at their level and that this may require more than one teacher to accomplish it. Finally, I believe that short term or long term tutoring (be it by a peer or an adult) is an effective intervention for some students. But we have to recognize that all of these direct approaches are based in a belief of fixing the student and do feed in to a deficit model that could impact a student's sense of self-efficacy as a learner.
Of those personal narratives that I have been reading by adults with LD and/or ADHD what strikes me is how many of them speak of the ticket as being a strategy or a tool as opposed to their time "in" special education, resource rooms or intervention. We need to find an appropriate balance between remediation and compensation and put the same effort and resources in to implementing and evaluating indirect interventions as we put in to implementing and evaluating direct ones. Part of this may involve letting go of the idea that reading and writing are the "right" way to do things and other methods are "modifications" or "adaptations". Part of it may require that we adapt flexibility in methods, materials and assessments for all students so that each can come to understand themselves as a learner and then take on the responsibility of employing learning methods that work for them.
Beyond thinking about direct academic instructional approaches we can ask so many questions that focus us in the process of learning...
- Does the student need some way to compensate for a cognitive barrier that exists as result of our materials or methods? Can we use "cognitive tools" like text compactor, text to speech software, word prediction software, Livescribe pens, Voice Dictation on iPads...etc. So many of these things don't even cost anything. Check out the Free Technology Toolkit for UDL in Classrooms for categorized possibilities. What if we don't have access to the technology? Can we provide note outlines, leveled text on the topic that is being studied, recorded text, the opportunity to record or speak rather than write, word walls or banks...etc.
- Could we change our materials, methods or assessments to match the student's learning profile and still achieve the same curricular outcome? If the objective is content related, does it matter if the student creates a video explaining rather than writes a paper? If the objective is process related does it matter if he/she chooses a topic he/she is interested in to show he/she understands that process?
- Can we impact the student's motivation related to learning the objective? This Minecraft History Project is a great example of taking a project that taps in to a student's intrinsic motivation. How can we use the strengths or interests of the learner to achieve the outcome?
- Can we provide the student with organizational supports or teach them strategies so they can create their own organizational supports so that they are able to keep moving through the process?
- Can we teach the student learning strategies and/or self-regulation strategies (self-monitoring, questioning, summarizing, goal setting, organization, note-taking, visual mapping, connecting to prior knowledge, understanding of vocabulary...etc.) that they can use?
- Can we create a check-in process or have self-correcting components so that the student gets regular feedback and gains the confidence to keep moving forward?
- Can we modify the environment in a way that would better support the student's learning?
- And for some students it might be worth asking is we are aiming for the right goal? What part of the curriculum objective matters for this particular student? Is this a situation where there is actually a more important goal that should be overlapped? If this is about curriculum overlapping (working on a different student specific goal in the given context), what is that goal and do facilitate the learning related to that goal?
When we engage in this problem solving process to support learning we foster a growth mindset culture. We shift away from getting through curriculum objectives and towards working with a student to build the agency that they need to take the reigns in creating their own success in school and in life. As we engage in the process the team and the student come to understand what works and what doesn't work for that specific student. By continuing to engage in the process when something doesn't work, we model perseverance and a belief in the competence of that student. By including the student in problem solving, implementing and evaluating how interventions and instructional approaches work for him/her we are helping him/her to develop a sense of him/herself as a learner. As a student develops this understanding of self we begin to tap in to one of the biggest untapped resources in our school system... the students themselves. When a student knows what works for him/her as a learner, he/she can take the differentiation reigns. When a student has been empowered as a learner, they are in a position to empower others. When we engage a student in the problem solving process, they might come up with more innovative solutions then we ever could.
The challenge of it all is how far we can stretch our beliefs/perceptions related to the concepts of "fair" and "equal" and, even more challenging, how far can we stretch ourselves in regards to the presumption of competence and thinking in terms of changing the environment rather than the student.


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Rogue and absent private landlords in the north-east of England have been told to "get out or improve their game".
Stephen Croft, housing and development manager at Sunderland-based regeneration agency Back on the Map, has launched a project to make the city's private rented sector better.
There will be 60 houses renovated in the east end of Sunderland thanks to the new scheme, and Mr Croft hopes this move will influence private landlords to look after their own bricks and mortar.
"One of our aims was to try to influence the private letting market,"he explained to the Sunderland Echo.
"Part of the reason we are [doing] this is to raise the game to try to improve the quality of houses to rent in the area."
It comes after the government and Association of Residential Letting Agents launched a new licensing scheme for letting companies last month, and the Communities and Local Government department called for the new landlord register in the UK.
Written by Mark Garner
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Some of you like Uncle 3en will have noticed that something has changed on comments recently. The truth is that the big changes have all been behind the scenes and very little is different in the front end.
A team of guardian developers and I have been working on building and rolling out a new in-house commenting platform which is now live across guardian.co.uk. Our goal for this stage of the project was to migrate existing comments and serve new ones from our new platform with minimum disruption to the community.
We decided the best way to achieve this would be a phased rollout so that we could understand how our new application would respond to live traffic patterns and load before having to deal with commenting traffic from the whole of guardian.co.uk. We split up the launch into the following four phases:
1) A test article on Inside guardian.
2) Comment migration and launch on a small subset of sites (Film, Books, Science and Money).
3) Comment migration and launch everywhere else on guardian.co.uk except Comment is free.
4) Comment migration and launch on Comment is free.
This approach while effective, complicated the launch process as we had to serve comments from two platforms for several days.
I'll go into the some of the technical challenges and how we responded to them. Firstly we had to keep the new platform up to date with the thousands of new comments, users, avatars and abuse reports that are entered into the system every day. A further complication was that we had to handle status updates to users and comments: If the status of a user was changed by a moderator from standard (comments display on the site immediately) to premoderated (comments need to be approved by a moderator before displaying) in the old platform we had to reflect that as quickly as possible in the new platform. The quick handling of such a high volume of incremental changes to many different data types required a different set of technical solutions to those we used for the initial bulk migration of historical data. My colleague Roberto has more to come on how the team handled these problems in brilliantly creative ways.
Some of you may be wondering why we went to all this trouble given that end user functionality is still unchanged.
In 2008 we gradually upgraded all our sections onto our own custom built CMS. Not only did this give us all the great new features described in this post on the new Culture site it's also enabled us to be innovative and experimental with how we manage our data. We could not have built the micro app framework or apps like the recipe search without taking ownership of our content platform.
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(Jackson, Miss…) From August 2 – August 16, it's Summer break at The Palette Café at the Mississippi Museum of Art (the Museum). While the cafe will not serve lunch during this period, Executive Chef and Culinary Curator Nick Wallace will be busy with his team conceptualizing new menus inspired by Mississippi foodways traditions, local ingredients, and the art on the Museum walls.
Wallace, a native of Edwards, Mississippi, has long been influenced by his experience on the farm. Since joining the Museum, he has found added inspiration from the artworks on view in The Mississippi Story, the Museum's ongoing, free, public exhibition of works from the permanent collection. Wallace can often be found roaming the galleries, studying scenes of farm life and pool halls that hearken back to his childhood, and quilts illustrating family meals at a shared table. His artistic appreciation and culinary prowess will now be fused in forthcoming menus that draw explicit connections...
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Exclusive Press Preview for When Modern Was Contemporary: Selections from the Roy R. Neuberger Collection, the fifteenth presentation of The Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin Memorial Exhibition Series. With works by 52 of the 20th century's most influential artists, the exhibition illuminates the artistic transformations that took place in the U.S. during the first half of the century while also exploring Roy R. Neuberger's significant role as a collector of and an advocate for the contemporary art of his time. On view at the Museum in Jackson from April 9 – October 30, 2016, this presentation marks the first time this collection has traveled from its home at the Neuberger...
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(Jackson, Miss…) The Mississippi Museum of Art (the Museum) is pleased to recognize winning students from The Scholastic Art Awards of 2016 Mississippi Regional Competition. Award winners will be displayed as part of the Scholastic Art Awards exhibition, on view February 6 through March 6, 2016 at the Museum in The Donna and Jim Barksdale Galleries for Changing Exhibitions. Awarded artists will be recognized during a reception and ceremony on Sunday, March 13 (1 PM college fair; 2 PM ceremony).
Out of more than 1,800 visual art submissions from across the state, 289 selected works of art received Honorable Mention, 121 works received Silver Key, and 160 works received Gold Key. Entries receiving Gold Key awards will be sent to New York City where they will contend in the national competition among 80 other regions.
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Partnership led by Chef Nick Wallace brings culinary arts, nutrition, into local schools
(Jackson, Miss…) Jackson Public Schools, the Mississippi Museum of Art, and the Museum's Executive Chef and Culinary Curator Nick Wallace announce Creativity Kitchen, an initiative designed to spark excitement and education about eating and preparing healthy food in middle school cafeterias. The program will be piloted in two Jackson Middle Schools, Blackburn Laboratory Middle School and Powell Middle School, before rolling out in a wider launch to more middle schools around the city.
The purpose of Creativity Kitchen is to connect culinary arts, nutrition education, and creativity to engage students, staff, families, and the community to foster the desire in students to eat well, eat fresh, and enjoy the process of preparing healthy meals. Through the partnership, JPS students, staff, and supporters will be exposed to the fruits of culinary...
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Installed just this week, the newest addition to the sculptural collection in The Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Here are a few shots of the installation. Come see it in person and explore the grounds to find more gems of public art.
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The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, in partnership with The U.S. Department of Education and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, host the annual Art.Write.Now.DC Exhibition featuring artwork by a Mississippi student.
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(Jackson, Miss…) The Mississippi Museum of Art (the Museum) is proud to announce that Mississippi scholastic artist Noel Quave, a student at the Mississippi School of the Arts, has been selected to be a part of the annual Art.Write.Now.DC Exhibition, on view at two prominent Washington D.C. locations:...
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The two birth flowers for July are both relatively unusual, certainly in crafting terms, meaning that there is not an abundance of larkspur and waterlily craft supplies available, however, I found a lovely waterlily die cutting set from Heartfelt Creations which I used for the first card and a larkspur stamp and die set which I used for the other two cards.
I have been meaning to have a go at making an easel card for a while and this card seemed like the perfect opportunity, using the die cut waterlily as the 'prop' for the upright part of the card.
There are three main elements to this card so I have split them up so you don't have to read the whole thing if you are only interested in part of it.
Card Base
I cut two pieces of blue card for the base, one measuring 12 x 24cm and another 12 x 12cm. I scored the longer piece at 12 and 18cm and folded the card on both these score lines to form the base. I forgot to photograph the base at this stage to show you how it is folded, so I have borrowed this photo from Pinterest. This shows the base with the smaller piece of card attached, but I didn't attach mine straight away as it was easier to make most of it first. You can make the card any size you want the main principle is that the longer piece of card is scored at the half way and three quarters marks and folded to make the support for the upright part of the card.
I cut two pieces of white card 11.5 x 11.5cm sq and used Broken China and Old Paper distress ink pads to color them. I wanted the card to look like a lily pond with sky above so I used Broken China all over the card and added Old Paper to the area that would be the pond to give it a greenish hue.
Waterlily Flowers and Lily Pads
The gorgeous lilies and lily pads are all die cut using the Heartfelt Creations Waterlily and Frog die cutting set. Waterlilies can be both white and pink so I chose pink card for mine. Once cut, I inked the edges of the petals with pink ink, then pinched them to almost fold them in half and curled the ends over. There are two sizes of flowers in the die set so I cut one of the bigger ones and a few of the smaller ones, each one has self adhesive pearls on the center for the stamen. The lily pads (or leaves) are cut from green card and the edges inked with a slightly darker shade of green.
The dies cut a range of sizes of petals which you can combine in any way you like.
I have been wanting to use this lovely dragonfly die cutter for a while, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity.
The die set cuts a whole dragonfly as well as a separate set of wings and a separate body. I wanted to make the dragonflies look as realistic as possible so I cut a whole body from green mirror card, and two further sets of wings one from blue card and one from acetate. I covered the acetate ones with clear Wink of Stella to give them a bit of sparkle. I glued the blue wings underneath the green body so that they show through the green wings and the acetate wings over the green body to give the iridescent shimmer. I bent the green and acetate wings up slightly so that they were raised from the background. I am very pleased with the way they worked out.
The final step was to make the greeting and assemble the card. For the greeting, I inked a small piece of card to match the colors of the pond area of the background, stamped the message in Stormy Sky distress ink and also used that to ink the edges.
I had a couple of lilies left over so I used them to make a matching gift tag. I thought the die cut dragonfly would be a bit big for the tag so I stamped one using the dragonfly stamp from the Cardio Dragonfly Garden stamp set. I stamped it in Broken China distress ink and heat embossed it with clear crystal powder so that it had a little bit of sparkle.
I'm pleased with the results! The easel part was very easy and the card looks just the way I wanted it to.
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- Blue, green, pink, and white card, and green mirror card.
- Heat Resistant Acetate
- Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush pen
- Broken China, Old Paper, Stormy Sky distress ink pads
- Pink pigment ink pad
- Foam ink blending tool
- Waterlily and Frog die cutting set
- Dragonfly die cutter
- 3mm Pale Gold self adhesive pearls
- Hero Arts Many Messages clear stamp set
- BoBunny Terrific Tags Die cutting set
- Cardio Majestix Dragonfly Garden stamp set
- Crystal Clear embossing powder
- Mint Green Super Sheer organza ribbon
For my second card I used the Larkspur stamp and die cut set. I stamped the flower in black ink, colored it using marker pens, die cut it and mounted it on a die cut oval of white card and then on an oval of purple card to match the color of the flowers.
I used a 12.5cm square white card blank, layered that with more of the purple card and then cut a piece of white card to make the stamped background layer. I used the Scratches background stamp stamping first with Tea Dye distress ink, then rotating the card 90 degrees and stamping again with Tea Dye, then rotating again and stamping a third time but this time with Old Paper. Once all the stamped layers were dry I inked over everything with Bundled Sage. I attached the purple and stamped layers to the card front using our new Glue Dots Tape Runner which made it very quick and easy. The Oval was attached with adhesive foam pads to raise it a little.
The greeting comes from a sheet of gold and white die cut greetings which I inked around the edges with a Violet pigment ink and attached with foam pads at one end and a dab of glue at the other. The last thing was to add some adhesive gold metal dots to the corner.
Materials used:
- 12.5cm white blank card and envelope
- White and purple card
- Tea Dye, Old Paper and Bundled Sage distress ink pads
- Black and Violet pigment ink pads
- Larkspur stamp and die cut set
- Scratches Cover a Card background stamp
- White and gold die cut birthday greetings
- Gold adhesive metal gems
- Glue Dots tape runner
- 1mm adhesive foam pads
- Foam ink blending tool
I wanted to do something different with the larkspur stamp this time so chose to emboss resist on a watercolour style background.
I stamped the larkspur flowers onto watercolor paper with watermark ink and heat embossed with opaque white embossing powder.
Working on a craft mat I spread some Dusty Concord distress ink and spritzed it with a tiny bit of water, using a 1.5cm wide paint brush I painted a strip of purple across the top of the stamped image. I then added a bit more water to the ink to lighten the color and painted a second strip and repeated this until the flowers part of the stamp was covered. I repeated the process with Old Paper distress ink over the leafy area at the bottom of the flower. Once the 'paint' was dry I wiped over the stamped image with a cloth to remove any ink from the embossed areas.
I trimmed the watercolor paper to 8.8cm and scruffed the edges, then mounted this on a 9.2cm square piece of lilac card and in turn mounted this in the centre of a 12.5cm sq white card blank.
The greeting is stamped in black at the bottom right corner of the card blank.
It was nice to do something different, I love the watercolor effect of the background.
Materials used:
- 12.5cm Square white card blank with envelope
- Purple card and white watercolor paper
- Larkspur stamp and die cut set
- Watermark ink pad
- Opaque White embossing powder
- Dusty Concord, Old Paper distress ink pads
- Black Pigment ink pad
- Hero Arts Many Messages clear stamp set
- Paper Scruffer tool
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Side by Side: Lorick dresses
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ooh I wish Gilt shipped to the UK, love them both! really cute!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 6, 2010 at 7:42 AM
I like the pattern of the strapless better however, the silhouette of the one on the right is beautiful and would really compliment your frame. By the way, have you tried Ruelala.com? It's very similar to Gilt.com and Hautelook.com but I think they ship international. The only problem is, you have to be invited to site to order from it.ReplyDelete
I like the printed strapless but I hear you on pulling it off. You can always take it to a tailor or add straps yourself?ReplyDelete
I like the first one. Seems to be more versatile if you're looking to wear it to several events.ReplyDelete
I wish Gilt shipped here, too!
I like the second one, it is different than most dress I have/see. And that is saying a lot because I pretty much only own dresses.ReplyDelete
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What skills did you gain that you found to be advantageous from being part of the group?
Since it was the second lab for which I worked, I learned how to function in a different research environment, which has since been invaluable to me (and I recommend!). I also learned how to assist in developing research studies from the ground up.
What have you been doing since you graduated?
I decided to no longer focus on this area of psychology. Instead, I began working at a major Los Angeles Political Talk Radio station and became more active in local politics (in Southern California).
What are you doing now?
I was recently admitted to a Ph.D program at the University of California, Irvine, in Political Science with a concentration in Political Psychology and will begin this fall. (Fall of 2009)
Do you have any tips for current lab members?
Speak with Dr. Aiello when you are able to do so. This helps greatly with staying clear on what is required of you as a research assistant, and he can write a better letter of recommendation for you if he knows you!
Second, get to know the graduate students. They know the in's and out's of the lab and will be able to assist you directly with lab tasks, and, because research can sometimes be daunting, they're great advice givers!
Finally, show initiative. There are a lot of great things to learn about the research process if you make the effort. Not only will Dr. Aiello and the graduate students notice, but it will help you to get the most out of working in this research lab.


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Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a tube guitar amplifier, giving it an overdriven character.
Blues rock was characterized by bluesy improvisation and long jams.
A classic example of blues rock is Eric Clapton's "Crossroads" first released on Cream's "Wheels of Fire" album. It was adapted from Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" and "Traveling Riverside Blues".
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Have you ever been with a group of people and everybody is laughing at a joke you just don't find as funny as they do? I've felt a bit like that about the Martin Creed exhibition just ended at the Hayward Gallery.
"What did you think of Martin Creed?"
"Oh I adored it – absolutely hilarious – just love his work."
That it seems is the common reaction, at least among art students. The exhibition was due to close in April but so many people wanted to see it, the Hayward extended it until 5 May. So why was I not bowled over? I have not written about it before because I have been thinking about precisely that
It wasn't that I hated it. There were good bits, but there was an awful lot that seemed not particularly good and even rather derivative. Apparently Martin Creed likes to avoid making judgements so he throws everything into the mix. But surely artists need to make judgements. I was once told that the public judge art by the piece they consider to be the worst. Perhaps that was what I was doing – perhaps that is wrong. (But what about those little watercolour portraits? They didn't seem very good to me) No, I'm getting negative. Let's look at the best.
I did like the Balloon Room. Half the Air in a Given Space. It comprised a room half filled with white balloons where you could get lost in a moment, and possibly discover an abandoned seven-year old. Partly claustrophobic, partly liberating, you are effectively invited to play. It was an unusual experience; there are not many exhibitions which make your hair literally stand on end (it's the static electricity). Indeed along with the white balloons there seemed to be many wisps of differently coloured hair which had somehow become unattached from their rightful owners. Possibly the enjoyment was that more normally associated with the fairground than the art gallery, but none the worse for that. If so minded you could bang on about how it reminded you of the fragility of life, or at least of hair. But it is definitely an experience I will remember and that alone made it just about worth the entrance fee.
I also quite liked the 1,000 versions of the broccoli tree. Repetition in art proves itself to be effective time and time again. I begin to wonder whether if you repeat anything enough times it would begin to seem significant. Does sheer quantity of an image make it interesting? I am not sure. Try it with a random list of nouns. There are few, it seems, that if you strung enough together would not make a plausible work of art.
Strangely I liked the perfect little cube of Elastoplast and the display of different sorts of light bulbs though it did look as though it might have been lifted from a lighting shop. I really liked the boob-like sculptures that jutted out of one of the walls. These were interesting because it was so difficult to focus on what you were seeing.
There were the out of sync metronomes. The noise they made was undoubtedly irritating. Irritation is an emotion. I had an emotional response. I have seen clocks ticking at different times; I think that was Ian Breakwell; there have been others as well. There are even a number of similarly out of sync metronomes on show in the foyer of the University of Brighton at the moment.
Perhaps I have been to too many health and safety briefings but the revolving neon sign, Mothers worried me. It was very low; I could easily put my hand up and touch it. It was going round very fast. Did the very tall receive a personal health warning? Would it have magically stopped if it had sensed a head in the way? Would a flying head have been performance art?
I was similarly worried about the vomiting girl. This thankfully was a video not the real thing. The contrast between the vomiting and the starkness of the pure white backdrop was striking. But what was the mechanism by which she had been induced to vomit on cue? Was she well paid for her pains? I hope so. How did she feel afterwards? I did not wait for the defecating person. Really, if you have ever been around small children you do get quite a lot of experience of that kind of thing, though it is, of course, all an aspect of life.
The car – what about the car? This was given to me by a fellow student as an example of the hilarious. It is an ordinary enough looking car and then the doors and the boot opens, the lights come on, the radio sounds. It looks for all the world like an advertisement of – a car. According to the Hayward blurb it is a Ford Focus car – the UK's best selling car.
Then there were the boxes; cube boxes piled up on top of each; and chairs – chairs also piled up. Indeed things piled up was a recurring theme; tables, other stuff, bricks, wood. I have already seen a lot of piled boxes. People have been piling things since Carl Andre started it with Equivalent VIII.
The exhibition was called What's the Point of it ? I suppose rather than look at each work individually, it should rather be regarded as a whole installation. Perhaps the point is that there is no point – to what? to life? Things just happen. Is that enough of a point? At the time I felt not, but maybe. Life is unsatisfactory. But art, unlike life, can be edited, I know I would have rated it more highly if Creed had been more selective.
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Mr. Chandler has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry ranging from front line clinical experience in laboratory medicine to significant operational and project development positions in both private and academic settings. Mr. Chandler established himself in the healthcare management setting as an HMO developer at the Blue Cross Blue Shield system in Florida. He became intimately involved with healthcare finance and reimbursement. Leveraging his insurance experience, Mr. Chandler followed with executive level roles in academic medicine. He operated the Department of Pathology for the School of Medicine at the University of Florida and served as the Administrator of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville, where he guided a multidisciplinary academic cancer program. Later in his career, Mr. Chandler developed a national network of medical oncology centers. Before joining ProCure, Mr. Chandler successfully developed several major proton therapy programs as the Vice President and General Manager of IBA Proton Therapy in North America. With ProCure Mr. Chandler has developed , opened and operated 4 additional Proton Centers. Mr. Chandler holds a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, A Master of Science and A Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration all from the University of Florida.
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Ron Gilden is responsible for ensuring that appropriate resources are allocated to all Proton International projects. Ron also manages the structuring of our client and supply chain partnerships He has 30 plus years of experience in cancer center development and operation, an in depth understanding of UK cancer care delivery within both the NHS and private sector, and 4 years of experience in the coordination of UK NHS patient referrals for proton therapy.
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Pete Carbone, MBA, CHFM, CHC, LEED Green Associate
Senior Vice President: Facility Development
Pete Carbone, Senior Vice President for HTI Cancer Centers / Proton International, is a seasoned professional with over 25 years' experience in the Real Estate Development, Design and Construction field. He currently is responsible for a range of development initiatives including Facility Development, Construction and Design. Pete joined HTI Cancer Centers / Proton International in 2013 and was drawn to the company because of the mission to increase the availability of cancer treatment and proton therapy to the many patients who can benefit from advanced treatments and therapies. Prior to joining HTI Cancer Centers / Proton International, Pete spent the past 18 years in the design and development departments of several Hospitals and Healthcare Systems in South Florida in addition to most recently leading the Facility Development at ProCure Treatment Centers helping bring proton therapy to four major cities in the USA. He is a veteran of leading major projects and has collectively managed over $2.5 billion in total projects. He has also worked for a major oil company for 6 years as Construction and Maintenance Engineer and spent 5 years active duty in the United States Air Force as a Construction Engineer. He is also a registered General Contractor, a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) and a Certified LEED Green Associate. Pete has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Norwich University and a Masters of Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University.
Jay Beranek, MS
Vice President of Construction
Mr. Beranek has more than 37 years of experience with Healthcare and highly technical Facility Design, Construction, Programing, and joined PI in February 2014. Previously and most recently he was responsible for the successful design/construction/occupancy of four Proton Cancer Treatment Centers for Procure in the United States each valued between $30M-$35M- more than any other single entity worldwide He now leads the design and construction management for the new Proton Center at University Medical Center in Groningen, The Netherlands for PI. He has developed new project and program delivery processes and instilled them into the Design Build Teams processes that redefine "successful project delivery". This new process results with Team members that develop a specific culture that manages with precision AND has fun at the same time. He is a graduate of Purdue University with a BS in Construction Management and also from Indiana University with an MS in Business and Public Management.
Charles Yoo
Director of Operations and Finance
Charles Yoo is a project manager for Proton International's current and future clients and endeavors. He oversees the life cycle of each project. This includes: feasibility analysis; modeling and financial structuring; oversight of projects under development; and operational advisory services. Charles has 16 years of financial experience with private companies and government involving research, analysis, forecasting and capital markets. Prior to joining Proton International, Mr. Yoo gained over 3 years of proton expertise in center finances and operations at the CDH Proton Center near Chicago, Illinois, the 9th U.S.-Based proton facility. Mr. Yoo holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration with Concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Jeremy Gilden
Director of Patient Referrals
With years of experience coordinating the interests of public institutions and the private sector, Jeremy oversees the development of new facilities around the world. He works directly with our Country Managers to maintain an open line of communication and ensure that all projects remain both on schedule and on budget. Jeremy is also the head of our International Referral Program which offers our partners the ability to have their patients treated with protons in the United States while their own centers being developed.
Kristen Chandler Powers, MSW, MPH
Director of Sales and Marketing
Mrs. Powers, who serves as Director of Domestic Sales & Marketing with Proton International, has more than 10 years experience in the health care industry. She is responsible for the coordination of development of Proton International's centers, from contract drafting to first patient. Her Masters in Public Health and Social Work help her to ensure the most cost-efficient projects for Proton International's clients. Kristen's other responsibilities include sales, management of social media, website development, and marketing efforts worldwide.
Paul Rushton
Design Director
Paul is an architect with over 23 years in the healthcare design sector and is skilled in healthcare design standards and innovation in the sector. Paul utilizes these skills for Proton International's radiotherapy and proton projects by carrying out the initial design concept , coordinating with design and construction teams, budgeting and programming and transitioning into project management and project administration through to completion. This role includes design coordination of all aspects of specialist technical equipment.
Sam Adams
Director of Business Development
Mr. Adams joined Proton International in February 2018 to bring his 30 + years of experience in Nuclear Physics, Medical Imaging and Proton Therapy Center Development. Mr. Adams was one of the cofounders of a Positron Corporation that provided PET systems for The N.I.H. & MD Anderson in the development days of PET, Part of the Management team of Elscint, Inc in Haifa, Israel and a member of The Nuclear Medicine & PET Management team at GE Healthcare. Mr. Adams has a Bachelor of Science in Education Degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Mr. Adams worked with PI on 3 proton center developments, as a Sales Director for Varian.
Andrew Barbosa
Technology Director
Providing techonology solutions for projects and operational needs, Mr. Barbosa is responsbile for the IT in development and implementation for many of Proton International's endevours. With 6 years of the experience in MES as a manager at St. James's Institute of Oncology and in clinical start-up for a private clinic in the UK, Andrew contributes towards PI's networking, communications, marketing strategy, and operational contracts.
Mehmet Kucuk, MS
Eastern Europe - Regional Manager
Mr. Mehmet Kucuk is responsible for developing new business in Turkey and in Eastern Europe. Since he began working with Proton International in 2014, he has actively built proton awareness among radiation oncologists as well as public health care leaders in the region. Mehmet held managerial positions for multinational companies like Unilever and Henkel in Turkey, Spain, Poland, Central Asia, Russia and Romania for over 23 years before moving onto medical sector. He was the General Manager of the Turkish distributor of Swedish based Elekta Radiotherapy business in Turkey before his current position. Mehmet has a BA degree in Business from Bosphorus University and an MS degree in Marketing from Northern Illinois University.
Wynn Gabriel
Italy - Country Manager
Wynn Gabriel joined Proton International as Country Manager in 2013. He has more than 22 years experience in Public Relations and is responsible for finding opportunities while introducing Proton Therapy in Italy.
Christina Alhadeff
Italy - Director of Operations
Cristina Chiesa Alhadeff has served as Director of Operations for Proton International in Italy since 2013. Graduating from the Public University in Milano with a degree in Biology, she has been working in healthcare for 15 years. Her work experience has given her the knowledge and contacts to provide centers with accurate information for radiotherapy departments to assess proton therapy in Italy.
Peter Dehn
Germany - Country Manager
Peter Dehn, born June 8, 1944 in Berlin, studied Political Science in Berlin and as a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Texas in Austin. Diploma in Political Science. He has 25 years of public office on the local level and as a member of the State Legislature in Lower Saxonia. He is cofounder of the German-American Council of State Legislators, "Partnership of Parliaments". In his now 25 years as a business consultant he advised American companies in Russia. He oversaw organizing the completion of the Heart Surgery Center Bakoulev Institute in Moscow with US and German companies. In the last five years, he has focused on the development of proton therapy in Germany. Peter Dehn joined Proton International as Country Manager for Germany early 2016.


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High-profile Australian Muslim activist 'kicked out of US'
SYDNEY: A high-profile Australian author and Muslim activist said she was refused entry to the United States Thursday and put on a plane home after arriving for a speaking engagement.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied, an advocate for youth, women and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, said she was stopped by border officials and ordered out of the country.
"Roughly three hours since touch down in Minneapolis, I'm on a plane back," she tweeted.
"Well, guess that tightening of immigration laws business is working, despite my Australian passport. We're taking off now."
Abdel-Magied was due to appear in New York to discuss online hate against Muslim women at an April 18 forum organised by PEN International, a freedom of expression organisation.
She said authorities took her phone and passport and cancelled her visa. It was not immediately clear why they took the action.
"Those who say the world is borderless are those who have the right colour passports — or birthplace," she tweeted.
Abdel-Magied, a 27-year-old former Queensland state Young Australian of the Year and mechanical engineer, was born in Sudan but migrated to Australia in 1992. She moved to London last year.
She has worked as a presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and formerly served on the government's Council for Australian-Arab Relations.
She sparked an outcry in Australia over an Anzac Day social media post which referred to current global conflicts and the plight of asylum-seekers detained by Australia in offshore camps.
Anzac Day annually marks the ill-fated 1915 landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in modern-day Turkey during World War I.
Australia's Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Minister Alan Tudge said US visas were a decision for the American government.
"At the end of the day it is unusual for an Australian citizen to not be granted a visa to go into the United States, but I simply don't know the details behind this particular case," he told reporters.
"I just don't know the details underpinning this and whether or not it was that she had a tourist visa, that perhaps there was evidence she was planning to do other things other than being a tourist there."


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NEW METROPOLITAN Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has sought to reassure families that the police are doing more to reduce the number of deaths in custody.
At a media briefing on November 11, Hogan-Howe said: "We take deaths in custody seriously, or even a death in police contact seriously. However, there is a very small number of deaths in custody, but I do accept that for a family this is someone they've lost."
"People may not be reassured by that but the Independent Police Complaints Commission will investigate every death in police contact, even if that doesn't mean police custody, and that investigation is very thorough."
PROTEST: Kingsley Burrell's sister Kadisha holds a banner along with Kingsley's daughter Trivita (second from right) and niece Charnelle at a demonstration earlier this year.
Hogan-Howe said he understood why people remain suspicious, but insisted that the police do have general overseers who check on people's welfare and are not employed by the police. He said they volunteer and without notice go around and check on the welfare of people.
"All our custody suites now have CCTV throughout. We also have the right monitoring equipment if someone is having difficulty breathing."
He said that the police should "be totally professional in the process of arresting, and the criminal should be arrested in a professional way."
But Kadisha Brown-Burrell, whose brother Kingsley Burrell died following police contact earlier this year, told The Voice she was not convinced, especially as officers at the centre of such cases were often allowed to remain working during investigations.
"Police officers involved in a death in custody should be suspended, so that the family doesn't lose faith in the criminal justice system."
"If the officers involved are not suspended they should at least be up for misconduct. This will assure the family that something is being done. Otherwise the officer will think that they can get away with it."
Hogan-Howe did not comment when asked whether police should be suspended when connected to deaths in custody.
The Met chief spoke of bringing criminals to justice to ensure that a fear of police and breaking the law is instilled in the criminals. He revealed that the Met have a plan to arrest more street-level drug dealers.


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A recent article in the New York Times discussed the skills necessary to help you get and keep an entry level media job. And unlike Andy, Anne Hathaway's character in The Devil Wears Prada, entry levels jobs now demand more than just answering the phone, picking up dry cleaning and running to Starbucks. Increasingly, employers want and need assistants with social media skills. Yes, the Devil tweets about Prada.
And even outside of the magazine industry, growing numbers of all kinds of companies are looking for social media managers to handle communication and promotion through blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and Pinterest. And some companies have stopped recruiting employees to handle social media. HR directors simply expect all new hires to have those skills. "We are seeing an increased demand for social savvy candidates across the business – from human resources to product to customer service," noted Amy Crow in Quartz. She's the communication director for indeed.com, the popular jobs website.
So what are the must-have social media skills? Here's a list of things to know and do:
1. Get comfortable with the important social media platforms–Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Seriously, this is a first, basic step.
2. Learn to use social media in an effective, professional way–not just posting a picture of your dinner on Facebook or tweeting what you're doing this second. Instead, understand how social media can be a promotional tool, how to find information and sources, how to tell stories in words and pictures.
3. Make sure your own blogs, tweets, posts and so on, reflect your strengths and talents. And, of course, be careful that you're looking and behaving appropriately.
4. Write well. Improve your writing and avoid typos and grammatical errors, even in a 140-character tweet.
5. Take clear, interesting photos. An out of focus, boring photograph won't attract eyeballs to pinterest or insta.
6. Learn video storytelling. If you can shoot and edit videos on a camera or phone and edit them to post on youtube or vine, you'll be all the more marketable.
6. Manage your time well. Being a social media maniac–even an effective one–can turn into a time suck.
7. And remember what your most important assets always are: being hardworking, reliable and open to learning.


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1. I am a very boring shoe purchaser. I love to look at fun crazy heels, but when it comes down to make the final decision, somehow I always end up with black or nude. Boring boring boring.
Because of that, I've been determined recently to branch out and try out some new colorful sandals…and what better time than sale season? I love the Aquazzuras above (and have been stalking their product page someone lazily for my size), but also on my list are these color blocked Brian Atwoods (now 50% off), as well as theseprinted leather and brocade blocked heeled sandals, 40% off from Dolce & Gabbana. You'll probably notice that even my colorful picks aren't "too" crazy – there were a bunch of Sophia Websters that I passed up – but still I think that it's a good foray into color for a dull shoe person like myself.
2. I know quite a few of you are both luxury travel junkies and like a good deal, so I wanted to share the news that Luxury Link has declared bankruptcy, and shut down. You can read more about it in this Forbes article. Where do you all go for your luxury travel deals, by the way?
3. I've followed Sumner Redstone's career on and off over the years, but never really knew too much about the "actual man". This profile of the 91 year old Redstone, via Vanity Fair, was a fascinating read into the career and personal life of one of the legendary media moguls of our time. A long read, but worth it in my opinion.
4. My reading this week – the fascinating Hijacking the Runway, written by the always excellent Teri Agins. I have always enjoyed Agins' writing – I have her last book, The End of Fashion as well, and read anything with her byline on it in the WSJ. Hijacking gives a great overview into how celebrities have become not just larger and larger influences in the fashion industry, but also fashion designers themselves. I'd recommend both Hijacking and The End of Fashion for anyone interested in the business of style. Enjoy!


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My favorite Chicago Cubs shirt is off limits. The two times I wore it during the National League Championship series, the Cubs lost both games. So needing something to wear to show my Cubs spirit, because I'm a Cubs fan, not one of those band wagoners, I pulled out my Cubs jacket to head out for some errands.
I don't remember when I got this jacket. It was sometime in the 80's I think. I've worn it, I haven't worn it, it's hung in the back of the closet, I once forgot I even owned it. But I pulled it out today and headed out to buy dinner for tonight because tonight isn't any regular baseball game.
There were many of us today wearing our gear, a hat, a jersey, a t-shirt, a jacket. But what struck me the most were the three older gentleman I passed on my way out as they were entering, all proudly displaying their Cubs caps. The last man, noting my jacket, gave me a thumbs up and a light smile. I couldn't help but return my own.
They were most definitely the embodiment of a long-suffering, life-long Cubs fan, waiting for a win in their lifetime. "The Cubs are going to the World Series!" It was a moment we all longed for, dreamt about and were cautiously optimistic about, as we entered the NLCS. We all knew this team could do it and yet… And yet we remember that moment in time when the wheels on that bus might fall off like so many times in the past.
But I am a Cubs fan, something I would have admitted even in the darkest days, when we pitched to Tony Quinn to get to Steve Garvey and the latter hit a home run, or the Bartman ball or the Mets (need I say more?)
I've watched them lose, I've seen them win. I've been to the old Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, and NOT being the only Cubs fan there. I've been to Miller Park in Milwaukee and with the overwhelming number of Cubs fans there, we managed to out sing the Brewers fans during the seventh inning stretch.
I remember names like Steve Ontiveros, Larry Bittner, Barry Foote, Bobby Mercer, and Peanuts Lowry.
I remember the Sun Times printing every year, the crying Cubbie bear on the back sports page with the title "Magic Number, Next Year".
Does the date 8-8-88 mean anything to you? In Chinese folk lore 8 is a lucky number and this date just as lucky. It was the night the lights were turned on in Wrigley Field for the first time. It rained and caused a dely. I can't forget Jody Davis running across the tarp and sliding for the amusement of the fans.
WGN used to be the only station that carried the Cubs and even after the lights went up, a majority of the games were still at 1:20 pm. I would get home from school just in time to watch the bottom of the first inning and if I was working, I'd switch the radio on and listen.
I joined the Die Hard Cubs Fan Club, and when I was married, it was my the only ID I had with my maiden name on it. If you've ever had to change your name on your Social Security card you know you need both new ID as well as your old. And yes, they accepted my Die Hard Cubs Fan Club card as my old ID. I swear, it's no joke, that's how I got my social security card changed.
On October 22, 2016 I sat with baited breath, in a bar in Kenosha with my college aged daughter, I watched the fifth game of the NLCS. There were two outs and I could barely watch the screen. When there was one out left, I sat with my hand across my mouth, tears in my eyes as I waited for Aroldis Chapman to pitch that pitch. Both my husband and my child said kept saying "It's okay. We're up 5 runs and there's one out left." But I know as all Cubs fans know, there can always be that one thing, that one thing that screws it up, that one event that changes the momentum and causes a loss or several to happen.
But this year.
This year I watched the pitch, hit to Addison Russell who threw it to Javier Baez, who tagged second base and turned the double play to Anthony Rizzo who made the third out. After a joyful scream with my arms raised, I did what so many of us diehards did. I burst into tears.
I've known throughout the season that this team was special. That this team could do it, win it all. But as a fan, there's that curse, 108 years that rat tat tats in the back of my head, like a gentle reminder to always stay cautiously optimistic.
While I refrain from becoming cocky or over confident, I still believe this team is special. I still believe they can do it. I bleed Cubbie blue regardless of whether they win or not, and to be honest, it's far more fun winning!


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In April, my amazing sisters threw me the best surprise baby shower ever. I was so super surprised...I honestly didn't see it coming! We had such a fun evening opening little baby outfits and eating tasty treats. Did I mention it was pirate themed?? Because it was. Super pirate themed. Because my family is awesome.
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