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While "dad rock" is a love-it-or-hate-it classification that applies to breezy and melodic acts like Wilco, it is surprising that no one has really been singled out as "mom rock" in the music world. If that distinction were to fall on someone, it would surely be She & Him. I haven't seen statistics on this, but nearly every vaguely stylish girl I know between the age of 25 and 40 likes this group, and their 70s and golden oldies inspired tunes have literally gained the approval of my 60-year old mother. So, there is something fitting in the fact that only two albums into their recording career, She & Him have already recorded their first Christmas album. I mean, if moms don't love Christmas, what do they love?
But A Very She & Him Christmas is less designed to get moms buying albums and more for the purpose of their children having an album that they can play while hanging tinsel that doesn't offend their mother. Before this offering, there is little in the indie rock universe that is suitable Christmas morning fare; Bright Eyes and Sufjan Stevens have given offerings, which are acceptable at best, but will most likely be distracting to any older people, making them itch for their Johnny Mathis or John Denver. No, She & Him doesn't have any "weird" singing or "weird" arrangements, as your parents might say. It all seems pretty innocuous.
If anything, A Very She & Him Christmas can feel like a wet blanket at times, like a party that just can't get off the ground. Three of the opening four tracks are down-tempo, nostalgic, and, well, kind of sad. Only the Brian Wilson-penned "Christmas Day," which is perfectly arranged with a refrain that pops out of the speakers in full color, provides any spark for the rest of the record to build off its foundation. And as the record progresses, the up-beat numbers come off as unnatural and pressing, like She & Him knew they were supposed to be merry, but forgot how to be. "Sleigh Ride" sees Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward dueting, as if the task of singing together was the most boring of jobs they had ever been asked to do. "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" is anything but "rockin'," instead sounding like it is being read from a lyric sheet without any sense of personality.
So, instead, we get an album whose strengths are in the ideas of solitude and melancholy. Deschanel's ukelele-driven "Silver Bells" is personal and introspective, with the focus falling away from the song's forced rhymes and, rather, actually centering around a real emotion. It's hard not to picture the singer playing to a frosted window while the snow gently falls in the fading daylight. Sure, it's kind of sad, but it's also believable. "The Christmas Song" and "Blue Christmas" travel down similar roads, showcasing Deschanel's voice and letting Ward slip away to an afterthought, which, unfortunately, works best for him on this record. These spare and minimal numbers work and save the record, serving as focal points rather than changes of pace. That being said, it is hard to argue against this album serving its purpose, and, as part of the proceeds are set to go to charity, any argument about She & Him grabbing for dollars with this holiday offering come up mute. While we can complain all we want about what doesn't work on A Very She & Him Christmas, there will be a few days a year where we will be very happy to listen to this rather than Mariah Carey.
Plugging away since 1999, The National finally hit mainstream success with the release of their 2010 album High Violet. Of course, this entailed their first world tour, but in the new documentary Mistaken For Strangers, it's only the backdrop for the relationship between lead singer Matt Berninger and his younger brother Tom, who had no idea that these short videos he was shooting would turn into a public document of their troubled, if still loving brotherhood.
We talk with Israeli rockers Vaadat Charigim about some of their favorite records.
We talk with Yvonne Ambree and Jesse Barnes of Take Berlin about some of the records which influenced the recording of their debut EP, Lionize.
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An investigation has been launched after grinning firefighters and paramedics posed for a selfie – yards from a car smash.
Police tweeted the snap following the four car crash on the A171 on Tuesday morning in which two people were rushed to hospital with injuries.
The 'selfies', tweeted along with pictures of damaged vehicles, were branded "disrespectful" and "crass" on Facebook.
Some people called for the group to be sacked.
The crash happened between Whitby and Scarborough, with commuters complaining of "miles of traffic" following the accident at Pond Hill.
Two people were taken to hospital for treatment for a range of injuries, including burns from the air bag.
One of the injured motorists had to return to the hospital on Wednesday morning due to the severity of his injuries.
Justin Candlish was in the orange van pictured in the snaps and claims a 'selfie' was the last thing on his mind. But he added: "It was a bad crash and the services did a great job".
Facebook user Sam Hoyle also defended paramedics, adding: "If taking a harmless photo gets them through the day then they deserve to be able to do it."
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue area manager Dave McCabe said: "We will be carrying out an investigation into this occurrence and are, therefore, unable to comment further at this time."
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it was treating the incident "very seriously", and the snapped staff were given a "reminder" over the trust's social media policy regarding the tweets, accompanied with the hashtag #professionalsatwork.
A recent probe revealed two officers from North Yorkshire Police, which tweeted the picture, quit after they were investigated for social media misuse.
And a force spokesperson said that the officer who took the picture has apologised.
They added: "The officers had dealt with the collision and were waiting for the recovery vehicles."


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Taste of the Vine report
It was a pleasure to participate this Saturday,the 31st, at QAD, in Summerland, dedicated to Samsun Clinic diabetes research institute. Such a fabulous location with spectacular view for a fabulous cause. We hope their goal was met for this day as the struggle continue.
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I attended Taste of the Vine and Auction, a benefit for the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, last night at QAD. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
The campus of QAD overlooking our gorgeous coastline is a truly wonderful venue, and just perfect for an event of this size. The fog had burned off just enough to make everyone comfortable in their summer attire.
This event is in its 9th year and its obvious that they really have the formula down. The restaurants on hand had plenty of food, and there were just the right amount of wineries so we could sample a few things and not be drinking too much. This is not a party event, but a true tasting and sampling one.
I was impressed with the wineries on hand including quite a few of my local favorites - Au Bon Climat, Babcock, Beckmen, Brander, Bridlewood, Byron, Jaffurs, Lions Peak, Qupe and Silver among them. Highlights from the food category included the simply divine Chocolats du Calibressan (the chocolate chocolate truffle with ginger was amazing, and so was the mint truffle), Santa Barbara Catering Company's pulled pork sandwich (great cole slaw), steak bites from Outback (actually preferred those over the pork chops from Ruth Chris) and pumpkin ravioli with sage butter from Via Maestra 42.
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Crews officially broke ground this week on the Colonial Quarter project, and already, archaeologists digging at the eastern end of the property have uncovered a variety of small artifacts, some of it Native American dating to the pre-Spanish era.
Chris Newman, senior archaeologist with Archaeological Consultants Inc., and her crew have been doing shovel testing in specific areas where a 35-foot wooden watch tower is to be built, to make sure nothing historically significant is disturbed by the project.
"Obviously, this is a sensitive area, and we need to proceed cautiously," Newman said. "This is very close to where they found evidence of the wooden Spanish fort last year."
In 2011, St. Augustine City Archaeologist Carl Halbirt and his team uncovered remnants of what is believed to be one of the nine Spanish wooden forts that preceded the Castillo de San Marcos within yards of the current dig site.
Newman said Halbirt had stopped by her dig on Monday "to check our progress." Halbirt and his crew are assigned to do the digging on any city-owned lands. The Colonial Quarter property is owned by the State of Florida.
The crew is concentrating on a couple of one by one meter holes in the soil, taking each shovelful and running it through two large sifting boxes, suspended by wooden tripods planted next to the dig site. The holes are two of four corners of the yet-to-be-built tower.
So far, they've found a combination of pottery bits, pearlware and creamware, bits of iron, nails, shell and bone buttons, fasteners and animal bones.
"It's an assortment of things," Newman said. "We will test and date what we've found later. Right now, we're still in dig mode."
The watch tower will be built of pine and will re-create one used centuries ago to warn St. Augustine of impending invasion, said Kari Cobham, spokesman for Colonial Quarter LLC, the company owned by Pat Croce of St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum.
Colonial Quarter LLC was selected in June by the University of Florida to operate an authentic attraction in the city's former Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum on St. George Street.
Visitors will be able to climb the tower, which will overlook the Castillo de San Marcos and the bayfront, using specially installed stairs.
A "virtual viewfinder" at the top of the tower will show a panorama of the city as it existed while it was under construction in the late 1600s.
The tower is just one part of the larger project that will "encompass an immersive, hands-on visitor experience through St. Augustine's 16th, 17th and 18th centuries" and include several compounds, such as a 16th-century Spanish military outpost and an 18th-century British garrison in the 14th colony of East Florida, Cobham said.
Some elements of the old Spanish Quarter will be brought back to life, such as the leather shop, the gunsmith and the Taberna de Gallo, which will be expanded.


text: If I don't know you, I won't talk to you: why I have a cruel blacklisting app on my phone #Nitty Gritty#apps#phones#privacy#technology February 4 2013 | Ariel offbeatbride NO I WILL NOT TAKE YOUR CALL. By: Mike Licht – CC BY 2.0 While attending a small film festival a few years ago, I made the mistake of texting my vote for the festival's best film. Within a couple days, my phone number had been sold to marketers and I started receiving a ton of text spams. This made me very angry. I was already dealing with telemarketers calling my mobile, trying to sell me mortgage refinancing and carpet cleaning, and now I had to deal with shitty text spamming too? It started getting to the point where half the time my phone made a noise, it was a voicemail from a telemarketer or a text spam. I got angry — and then I got an app. I use Android, so the app I got is called Blacklist Pro, but I'm confident those of you with iPhones have similar options. The app has a variety of settings to control your privacy, and after a lot of fiddling, I have mine set meaner than mean: If you're in my address book, my phone rings and I get your texts like normal. If you're not in my address book and you text me, your message is blocked and I get a little silent Blacklist notification of the message. I'll check it eventually, but my phone doesn't make a noise so it may be hours. (I KNOW: hours!) If you're not in my address book and you call me, my app hangs up on you. Then gives me another little silent notification letting me know the number that was ignored. I used to have the app set to send non-contact phone calls to voicemail, but after getting a few dozen messages from machines talking to me about credit card offers and home security systems, I went for the super-cruel option of just having the app hang up on unknown callers. I get a silent notification of the number that was blocked, and if it's a local number I usually call back. Now look: I realize this method is kinda hardcore. I risk missing calls from friends calling from new or unknown numbers. When I'm expecting a call from someone (say someone who I've called, or a journalist, or a job reference for an Offbeat Empire part-timer interviewing for a day job), I just turn the app off. 99% of the time, however, if you're not in my phone's contact list, I probably don't want to talk to you. At least not right now. Related Post Use this phone wallpaper hack to make sure your phone comes back if it gets lost Today's great idea came from my best friend, Erik, on how to keep my best electronic friend from disappearing forever. Part of how this works for me is that I'm VERY easy to contact online. Google my name and the top thing that pops up is my portfolio page that includes a form to contact me. I'm super easy to find on Twitter. You can contact me via one of my business websites. You can probably even guess what my work email address is. (That's also the reason why I'm the asshole without contact info on my business cards.) Here's my thinking: If a friend calls from a new number and can't get through, they have my email address. If you want to talk business, and you're cold-calling me, you're probably not the kind of person I want to do business with. Again, part of why this works is because I'm so easy to find online… my phone is a special communication channel, and my privacy is a very high priority for me. Of course… I may be extra sensitive about this issue because there was that one time when my cell number got listed in the yellow pages as an Escort Service and I started getting Johns calling me every weekend night. How far do YOU go to protect your privacy on your phone? Do you use a blacklist app? Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo Ariel Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives in Seattle with her son, and if she's not reading or writing, chances are good that she's dancing and happy-crying. PREVIOUS Taking a vacation in our city helped get my marriage and parenting focus back on track NEXT Walking while you work?: The treadmill desk is a thing Show/Hide comments [ 39 ] I had no idea at all that this was a thing. I think it is awesome, and not cruel at all. What is cruel is some telemarketer/auto-dialer/political recording calling my phone and wasting my damn minutes and my time. If only they made something like this for home phones, too. 15 agree Reply In the UK, they do. It's called the Telephone Preference Service. 4 agree Reply I have two phones. They're both pay-as-you-go and not smartphones (I know, oldskool), so we're not talking any extra outlay now I've got them. One has the number that is already out there and that I know has been sold, the other has the number to which I have migrated close friends and family, *no-one else*. Because, telemarketers, it's not cool harrassing people into putting their phones on silent so that they then are not awoken by that call about a family member going into hospital or from a best friend who's been booted out of their flat and needs somewhere to sleep. Not. Cool. At. All. So I say fine, have my number, and call all you like, it's your own time you're wasting. I'll bear this app in mind if I ever upgrade though :D. 5 agree Reply I'm curious if Ariel or others who use blacklist apps run into problems with banking. I travel for work and even when I'm proactive about alerting accounts, I tend to get more than a few friendly fraud checks per year (not complaining, better safe than sorry). But these calls or texts tend to come from really diverse numbers- numbers that aren't in my contacts but I DO want to receive info from… 1 agrees Reply Great question! I have a Google Voice account that goes straight to voicemail/email that I use for all banking/business matters. 9 agree Reply Google voice saves my life – especially since I never have to listen to a voicemail since I get emailed a (usually correct) transcription. I hate voicemail with a passion I don't think I could even begin to explain. 7 agree Reply Google Voice is great, but hilariously inaccurate with non-English words. I'm native American, and when my gaga (grandmother) calls and uses words in our language, Google Voice definitely gets it wrong. And sometimes it makes it super dirty. Tehehehe. 2 agree Reply I'd looove to hear recommendations for iPhone apps that do this. Right now I just have all previous spammers set to a contact called "Dont Answer" who has the quietest ringtone (that weird spacey UFO noise) so that I never really hear them. It doesn't work with new numbers though, I have to manually ignore those. My only tiny worry is that a friend or family member might be in some sort of quasi-emergency situation (car break down with no phone service, jail, etc) and not be able to get through from whatever phone they're using. But… I'm already ignoring things and letting them go to voicemail, so as long as it just did that…. 4 agree Reply Trigger warning: I had a suicide scare with a family member for whom I was able to raise the alarm simply because I'd left my phone on loud that night, and the text message signal woke me up in the morning. Since then, I've always had a weird relationship with setting my phone. It took me a while to get past it, for a while I would panic if I forgot my phone anywhere and I was jumpy to leave it on silent. Getting a phone call at an odd hour only to discover it was just some jerk trying to pressure me to opt into overdrafts sucked balls. I've thought so much about how much I'd love a phone to block sales calls, and somehow sort 2AM texts between 'I'm bored, entertain me' and 'there's been an emergency and we need you now'. This app will definitely be on my list to check if/when I get a smart phone. 2 agree Reply I don't think this is cruel at all. I get about 3 calls a week. It's either Charity or spam…. The Spam sucks. But the Charity calls make me feel incredibly guilty because I CAN'T donate right now. Not don't want to – can't. Whenever I can donate – I do!! As much as I can, even if it's only $20 here and there. But your phone call (wasting donated resources IMO) isn't going to make me donate when I can't…and now I have to deal with you. And say no to your very good cause. And explain that I'm broke, or lie. And feel guilty… And while I wouldn't consider myself a "telemarketer" I've done plenty of cold calls in the past, and that side of the conversation sucks just as much!! It's just a bummer all the way around. I wish there was a better way. This app is NOT cruel, it's genius! 5 agree Reply Casey- If you don't want to get the charity calls, just ask them to take you off of their calling list, and they are required by law not to call you anymore. You can actually do that for sales calls too, although, all the ones that call my phone just have robots so you can't (those calls are so illegal). I actually had to ask the blood center to stop calling me, because they would call at all hours of the day, and called, on average, once every other day. I felt bad, because I think giving blood is a great thing, but it was on the edge of being harassment. There is also the do not call list. 1 agrees Reply Phones. Are. The. Devil's. Tool. If someone's not in my contact list (which is damn well complete), I don't pick up. My outgoing voicemail message says, "You have reached $phonenumber. Please don't leave a message, as I won't listen to it. You can text me at this number, or email me at $email. Have a nice day!" Thank god for Google Voice's transcriptions of voicemails, because some idiots still leave me voicemails after that. 4 agree Reply haha, this is genius. I hate listening to voicemails. I just end up texting the person after they call to say "hey what's up?" and then never listen to the voicemail. 2 agree Reply I'm not alone in the hating voicemail department! You have no idea how happy that makes me! 🙂 Reply We have a do not call register in Australia. You sign up to it and then you don't get calls from telemarketers (charities and politicians are exempt but it's better than nothing) I'm pretty sure they just added mobile phones to that list too! 3 agree Reply We have a "do not call" register in the US too… unfortunately many telemarketers ignore it. :/ 15 agree Reply True? They can actually get in trouble for that here. There is a complaint section on the Do Not Call website specifically for that. 6 agree Reply You can complain, but they just get a slap on the wrist and then keep doing it. 7 agree Reply Many of these companies are highly illegal, so they don't care. There is this one that calls me, and if I could reach through the phone and wring their necks, I would. It's a robo-call that says "there is something wrong with your credit card account; if you would like to talk to a representative and fix it, dial 1". Then if I dial 1 and try to ask them what company it is, or if they can stop calling me, they hang up. These companies exist to steal people's money who are senile or don't know better, and it makes me so angry. I've reported the numbers time and time again, but they just change numbers. 4 agree Reply There is also a loophole to where if you've signed up for services of Parent Company they will often call you to try to upsell you on new services. Not technically a violation of the list as you did business with them in one form or another. Sucks too. 2 agree Reply I want one of these for my home phone! We got a new number yesterday, and it must have been someone's old number as we had a telemarketer call every hour from 11am when I plugged the phone in, until 7pm at night. Urgh! 1 agrees Reply Check out http://www.trapcall.com – works on landlines AND cell phones! Reply The Do Not Call list is great…when the law is enforced, which it often isn't. And the law does not apply to unwanted calls from people who aren't telemarketers. Having been on the receiving end of countless nuisance phone calls when my number fell into the hands of criminals (I am not exaggerating), I use Trapcall, which works on any phone, including the iPhone (the base plan is $4.95 a month and worth every cent). Trapcall can also unmask blocked numbers – no more heart-pounding terror when a blocked number comes up! I am RUTHLESS when blocking numbers. Because I have been subjected to such extreme levels of phone harassment, I refuse to take unscheduled calls from strangers. 3 agree Reply Any idea if something like this exists in the UK? 1 agrees Reply For middle of the night emergencies the iPhone has quite a nice feature. You can set it on silent, but if the same number calls you back again within a coupe of minutes it will ring. You can set the hours you want this feature to turn on and off 5 agree Reply It's called Do Not Disturb and is in iOS 6. You can also set specific numbers for it to allow during the off hours. Reply When my last cell-phone was plagued by constant telemarketers, I just signed up for the Do Not Call registry in America. I then spent a few weeks telling telemarketers that I was on that list, and many of them would immediately hang up and permanently remove me from their call-lists. After only about a month, all the calls stopped. https://www.donotcall.gov/ I highly suggest doing this. I don't know what it does about text messages, but my last phone was a cell and it stopped the calls, at least. 1 agrees Reply For texts they're actually not allowed to message you whether you're DNC or not! I'm too lazy to google the website right now but you can easily report people. Reply My life became immensely better when I discovered a silent ringtone. I set it for numbers that I might want to keep around, but don't want to answer (like the symphony, which calls me periodically asking for money, but which also calls me if there's a problem with my tickets, for example) I also have a contact called Do Not Answer with the silent ringtone, to which I assign every telemarketer that calls or texts me–I *am* on the Do Not Call list, but many of them ignore it. And last, I don't answer any call from a number I don't recognize (unless I'm expecting a call about a delivery or from a service or something like that). Anyone calling me legitimately can leave a message. 1 agrees Reply If a telemarketer is ignoring the Do Not Call list, first politely inform them that you're on the list, since they might not be aware. If they don't immediately apologize and hang up, then start the polite threats to file a complaint. https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2 It's a pretty simple process, and companies really don't want the penalties, so most companies will cease and desist as soon as you tell them you're on the list, and most of the rest will give up as soon as you make the first threat. And if you do need to file a complaint, it only takes 3 minutes or so, tops, and you're saving not only yourself, but probably others from unwanted calls that way. Reply There is a serious problem with scummy telemarketers ignoring the Do Not call list. They hop from phone number to phone number and it's a tangle of company registrations to find out who actually owns the number. By the time the FCC figures it out, they're long gone. 5 agree Reply I've had unlisted numbers since forever (I'm talking before cell phones). I've never had this problem. If I want my number to come through when I call someone, I just dial a three digit code first (or it's just programmed into my phone that way). Other than that, no one has my number unless I want them to. Super easy. Reply PUT YOUR NUMBER ON THE DO NOT CALL LIST! It works miracles. Since they can now spam cell phones, you can put a cell number on as well. In the US advertisers are also strictly forbidden from sending unsolicited text messages, whether or not you're on the DNC list. 1. Put yourself on the DNC list 2. Report anybody who calls you anyway, esp if you don't do business with them. If you do business with them ask them to stop and then report them. I switched phone numbers a couple years ago and started getting spam again. After being added to DNC registry I was only getting random calls from a collections agency looking for Randy, they called at 8:30 every morning and never said anything when I picked up. I reported them at the appropriate place on the DNC and don't deal with them anymore. We've also opted out of preapproved credit card offers and use the PaperKarma to unsub from other paper junk so we live a low spam life and it rocks. 1 agrees Reply Not cruel. Necessary. Also, I'd be freaking out if my number got listed in a situation like yours (an Escort service? I sometimes let my mom borrow my phone so… that would lead to problems.) Also liking the iPhone suggestions people are giving. 🙂 1 agrees Reply I set the default ringtone on my iPhone to crickets, and set all my contacts to a different ring. That way when I hear crickets I know to ignore it. 4 agree Reply While I've been lucky to not have a major problem with this in recent years, the app would've come in mighty handy when I was 19 and getting 5+ calls a night from johns looking for a transgendered escort named Lauren (who had an add in the back of a local paper). For some reason, about 25% of the time, they wouldn't believe me when I told them that they had the wrong number, which gave me lingering insecurities about the femininity of my voice. Ahhh, the days before apps. Reply which gave me lingering insecurities about the femininity of my voice 'Cause trans women sound like blokes, right? Crikey, I don't expect that sort of cissexism around here. O_o 5 agree Reply I just got this app, and so far I am LOVING it. The same 15 or so telemarketers call me at least twice a week, and have for years, and now it just goes to Blacklist. YAY!!! I don't have to listen to the loud ring, knowing it's just a "commercial call." And it didn't even matter that most of the time, the calls were from numbers I had requested to NOT call me again. I am on the DNC lists, and still get that many calls. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this info. 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The roof deck of one of Pinto Art Museum's several buildings.
Everyone's probably been to Pinto Art Museum already, or heard of it at least. But because I'm such a lazy driver and I dread the traffic going to Antipolo, it took me forever to finally decide on making that trip.
Pinto, (pronounced pin-TÔ, as in door) of course, is primarily intended to be a venue for showcasing art. But its idyllic setting along an expansive, tree-covered, hilly terrain, coupled with its white arched buildings, landscaping, and layout in general, has made it more than just about art. It has now become a destination for the Instagram and selfie-loving lot.
Marker by the entrance to the museum grounds.
The museum grounds
I can't blame them because it really is a nice place. I myself had several photos of me taken, clad in a blousy checkered shirt. I used them for an outfit post on this blog. But whatever people's reasons for coming are--art or not--they're bringing in good business to Pinto.
What's funny, though, is the museum's long list of rules. For instance, no backpacks are allowed on the museum grounds, so you have to deposit them at a station by the entrance. Also, no changing of clothes. I think they don't want people sneaking in multiple outfits and doing guerrilla photo shoots because, of course, they charge separately for that.
Doesn't look like a museum at all, does it?
Art lies behind those white walls.
Honestly I'm confused if this is a chapel or not.
Arches everywhere.
The museum has plenty of spots for your #ootd posts.
Lovely arches everywhere.
Nice plants, too.
Picturesque spots abound at Pinto.
A brain? A bunch of isaw? I don't know.
Yes, they have a pool but I don't know who gets to swim here given that changing of clothes is not allowed. 😜
The art
Lest we forget that this is a museum, Pinto has several interconnected galleries housing all forms of contemporary art: paintings, sculptures, mixed media, and installations. Some works are familiar to me because I've come across other works from the artists concerned at art fairs. There's also a dedicated area for indigenous art, along with a shop.
Check out: ART | Appreciating contemporary art at Pinto Art Museum
FYI, none of the galleries are air-conditioned, so pace yourself when you're here. And bring water. I just wonder, though, how the heat and humidity will impact the artwork, particularly the paintings.
They come in all sorts of sizes, these paintings.
I was impressed by a couple of pieces here.
Yeah, everyone's having their photos taken. Zoom in and you'll get a good glimpse of what I mean.
The Pinto Academy of Arts & Sciences
In a gated section of the compound stands The Pinto Academy of Arts & Sciences for Healing & Wholeness. Having opened only in February 2016, it's a fairly new addition to the complex. I've read that it's a center that aims to promote wholeness of mind, body, and spirit in an emerging discipline called neuroaesthetics. It supposedly has an indoor theater, an ampitheater, a library, and more although I don't know how to get in and really, what to expect.
A glimpse of The Pinto Academy of Arts & Sciences from the other side of the fence.
Walking around the expansive compound can make you hungry and thirsty. Good thing they have a restaurant called Café Rizal. Characterized by white walls and arches, the ambiance is consistent with the rest of the buildings there. There's also no air conditioning.
There are two sites actually: one that's close to the museum entrance and another smaller one nestled between the galleries down the hill.
Arches and white walls.
A bar sits by one of the restaurant's entry points.
I haven't had the chance to take photos of the menu but I remember it being several pages, which can be overwhelming, especially for a first-timer. The menu is a mishmash of different cuisines. There's soup, salads, sandwiches, pasta, and mains like baked salmon, chicken curry, pork humba, bagnet, ribs, and steak. They even have a variety of sushi, cocktails, and beers.
We ordered their wild mushroom bisque (Php 165), which was just okay. I thought the shrimp was way too weak here.
We also had the Da Vinci Pizza (Php 395), an oval-shaped thin crust pizza topped sparingly with shrimp, spinach cream, sun-dried tomatoes, and artichoke. Even though they weren't quite generous with the toppings, I must say that it was still a pretty good pizza.
Another dish where they scrimped on the ingredients but which still turned out fairly okay was their Mediterranean pasta (Php 395). It had a slight heat to it that I liked.
I also enjoyed their tamarind shake (Php 115), which had just the right balance of sweet and sour. Coffee was also good, and so was the chocolate cake thingy that I had (forgot the name).
In terms of service, however, they weren't the most efficient. Our food took too long to arrive and the waiters weren't very attentive at all.
This place was really packed during lunch time.
Café Rizal's Da Vinci pizza and Mediterranean pasta.
Forgot what this cake was called. It was good but the presentation was hideous. It looked like a kid squirted catsup on the plate.
Café Rizal's annex, which sits in between the galleries down the hill.
In hindsight
Art lover or not, I think Pinto Art Museum is worth your while. It's a pretty place to begin with, a destination where one can either check artworks out, take a gazillion photos and selfies, or simply take a leisurely stroll and admire the surrounding beauty. And though there's much left to be desired of the cafe, at least you can take comfort in the fact that you have a place to eat or enjoy some drinks if ever.
There are quite a few of these beds scattered throughout the museum grounds. This kitty has laid claim to one, and he can't be bothered.
There are jeepneys and UV Express vehicles near Farmer's Market in Cubao and in Shaw Boulevard (across Shangri-La Plaza, I think) that ply the Antipolo route. Take one that's going to Antipolo-Simbahan (church).
Once there, get a tricycle and tell the driver to drop you off at Pinto Art Museum at Grand Heights Subdivision. Pinto is near the village entrance. Make a right on the first corner.
If driving, just use Google Maps like we did.
Pinto Art Museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 9am to 6pm (10:30am to 6pm for the cafe).
Entrance fee is at Php 200, Php 180 for senior citizens and PWDs, and Php 100 for students. Packages for photo shoots are also available. Just call +6326871015 and look for Jenny Villanueva.
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This guest post was written by a UMBC community member who has asked to remain anonymous to allow for privacy while sharing this important experience.
***Content Note: This post contains detailed descriptions of physical threats and sexual violence, and mentions of suicidal ideation. Please practice self-care while reading.***
Dear Survivor,
I would like to tell you my story of survival. I think that maybe, just maybe, it could provide you with something that will be helpful. I hope that it will. As a survivor myself, I know that lots of people have reacted to me in ways that minimized my experience, or, in contrast, made my experience into the thing that defined me. Both felt like shit. Both made me feel trapped.
I don't want to do that to you. Instead, I want to show you a path to a future in which your survival matters, but the specific things you have survived are just a distant footnote in your memory.
Dear Survivor letters created at UMBC's Take Back the Night offer messages of solidarity.
I want to tell you some details about my story. It happened 25 years ago.
I want to share these details because they provide context, and because I want you to be able to judge for yourself whether my experience has anything to offer that will help you cope with the experience that is uniquely yours. Also, I want you to see that my experience was not trivial. It was not small. And yet, looking back across my life, it seems small now.
And so, here it is. My story. It has several parts, as most do.
Thirty-one years ago, when I was in high school, I dated a boy that was kind and pretty and smart. I would later come out as queer, and I would come to understand that I was just going through the motions with him, trying to experience what it might mean to be "normal." But in the meantime, he provided me with good early dating experiences, for the most part. One day, though, one of his best friends and I were going to meet up with him at a party that we couldn't get to earlier. I was driving; his friend was navigating. He led me to a dead-end road and asked me to stop the car. I did. He grabbed me by the neck, and forced me to give him a blow job. I choked. I gagged. He laughed and pushed harder. Then, he had me drive him to the party. I did.
I didn't tell my boyfriend what happened. In my mind, I rationalized that it wasn't that big of a deal. I didn't want to come between my boyfriend and his best friend – I thought that would be a mean thing to do. I didn't understand then that it wasn't me that had caused the problem.
Then, 28 years ago, when I was in college, I found an incredible feminist community of women who were strong, and beautiful, and loving. But the world was a homophobic and violent place, and many women in that group had been assaulted, and had experienced hate crimes. One community member had been murdered for being a lesbian just before I started school there. Another had been raped by a family member to "cure" her. I learned feminism from these women. I learned that my body was mine to control, that I had power, that there was strength in community. We also frequently told each other that self-defense, and learning to fight was a key to surviving in this world.
** Many people will tell you this: that learning how to fight will protect you. That if you learn to fight, they won't be able to make you their victim. The underside to that message is that if you were able to fight better in the first place, this wouldn't have happened to you. **
** That isn't true. **
** If the person who attacked you wasn't violent, wasn't entitled, didn't believe that their needs/desires/power was more important than yours, this wouldn't have happened to you. ** If we didn't live in a rape culture where women's voices, needs, and autonomy are routinely dismissed, this wouldn't have happened to you. ** This is not your fault, no matter what angle you take it from. **
** What will end rape and sexual assault is not a change in your behavior. **
After leaving college, and while working in my first professional job, I decided to study martial arts. I was determined that no one would ever touch me again without my permission, and I wanted to be able to defend my friends and those I loved. I signed up, sure that this was the answer.
I studied martial arts for two years. I was not very good at fighting, but I excelled at some parts of the art, and I loved my teammates, my strength, my confidence, and the joy I felt in achieving greater mastery of each technique. I felt so proud that, after two years, my instructor pulled me aside, and said that he thought I was close to a breakthrough in fighting technique. He suggested that I take private lessons for a while, so he could help me address the weakest link in my skills. I enthusiastically signed on! I had dreams of running self-defense classes in the future, of opening my own martial arts school to empower women and make my own contribution to ending rape culture.
My instructor said he had been watching, and had observed that specific types of moves made me freeze up. He suggested that we start with those things, and then move on to tournament fighting techniques.
To begin, I froze and felt completely terrified when there was any threat to my neck. So, he started by just touching my neck, and teaching me escape moves. Over a period of months, his "attacks" to my neck got stronger and stronger, to build my confidence that I could escape, no matter the angle, the power or size of the person, and my sense of panic. He practiced pinning me to the ground, and taught me ways to escape and disable my attacker for long enough to get away and get help. For six months, he taught me that even with someone as infinitely muscular as my martial arts instructor, who fought for a living and exercised 18 hours a day, I had power and I could get myself safe. I was so proud of myself, and grateful to my teacher.
Then, he raped me.
It was 25 years ago, and the day seemed pretty normal. We had our lesson, and then went out to lunch. Going out to lunch was a little weird – we hadn't done that before. But it wasn't very weird. Then, he was going to drive me home, but also had a meeting after that, and he just needed a few things. So, we stopped by his place. I hadn't been to his place before, and it felt a little bit weird, but not very weird. We were in his apartment, and he pinned me to the ground. It was weird for him to do that outside of our training environment, but not very weird. He had talked a lot about me needing to practice in lots of contexts so that I could have an automatic response of self-protection, no matter where I was. I thought it was a test.
He grabbed me by the neck. Hard. I couldn't breathe. He had never grabbed my neck that hard before. I tried all of the moves he had taught me. None of them worked. Then he laughed at me. He said, "You'll be able to escape from anyone but me. You can't ever learn enough martial arts to stop me. This is part of your training now. I will fuck you, and you will learn how to do it right. I will do it whenever I want, and you will learn."
He also told me that he knew where I lived. And that if I told anyone about the new parts of our training that he would kill me in my sleep.
I begged him to stop, and tried different moves, thinking that maybe, just maybe, this was still a part of my training and was just a test. Could I defend myself when I was afraid? But it wasn't a test. It was just what he was doing.
I survived that. He took me home. And I went to martial arts class the next day because I didn't want him to think I was upset and going to tell someone. When he said he would kill me in my sleep, I knew that it would take very little effort on his part.
But, I also went to therapy. And, working with a compassionate, gentle therapist, I found a way to stop going to class without being terrified that this assertion was life threatening.
I was, in most ways, nonfunctional for a long time. I had all the symptoms of PTSD. I was suicidal. I was a wreck. I had triggers, where I would be functioning fine, and then the smallest smell, or facial expression, or sound, would have me back in that moment. I went to individual therapy two days a week, and group therapy once a week, for two years. I talked to my friends. I made new friends. And yet, this experience still defined the majority my existence.
Looking back objectively, now, it was awful. It was genuinely life threatening. It was a horrific abuse of trust and safety. It was not a trivial experience that just required a little extra TLC to heal. (To be clear: No survivor's experience of sexual violence is trivial—regardless of the details—and there's no set timeline for a survivor's healing process.)
And yet, now, 25 years later, most of the time I forget that it happened. I went to Take Back the Night last year for the first time in a long time, because I was specifically asked to go to support my community. And I had a realization as I listened to the stories of survivors: I've been jogging, by myself, on a path that goes past my rapist's house for the past several years without even realizing it. I hadn't thought about him in more than 10 years, at least not consciously. It made me think about how far I had come.
When I think back on my life, about what made me who I am, and what the pivotal moments are, that experience does not rate in the top 10 most important experiences.
I have had losses and successes, joys and pains, and life experiences that shaped me so much more than that moment.
If you had told me that back then, I would have thought you were a heartless asshole. My rapist obviously ruined my life, and to suggest otherwise was to trivialize the violence of my experience.
But he really was not that important in the grand scheme of things. He is no longer powerful.
It took a lot of work and support and therapy and friendship and love to get me to this place. I hope you can hear that. The impact didn't vanish over night. But once I had that help, once I did all that therapy, once I understood where the blame lived and where it did not, the rest of life happened. My life has had all kinds of twists and turns that were unexpected—that was just one of them.
That was my story. Your story is different. But you survived. And if you can hold on, let others help you, and, when you're ready, start to live your life again, you may find that this experience didn't ruin your life, after all.
With love and support and solidarity.
- For more information and resources related to sexual assault and gender-based violence, visit our website or contact the Women's Center at 410.455.2714.
- UMBC's Take Back the Night survivor speak out and march against sexual violence will be held on Thursday, April 13th at 6:30pm on Main Street in The Commons.
- The Clothesline Project is available for any survivors who would like to give voice to their experience by decorating a shirt that will be displayed during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.


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Welcome to 449 McGill where dreams becomes Reality!! This Elegant century home is located on a 30000 sqft lot in the town of Hawkesbury! This mansion has it all- Look no further! Paradise Backyard featuring mature trees, Custom Built Val-Mar in-ground pool with water fall and Tenis court that can be converted into an ice rink in the winter. The main floor consists of a large living room with wood burning fireplace, formal dinning room, lovely kitchen with lots of cabinets & walk-in pantry as well as the laundry room and partial bathroom. The original staircase leads you to the second floor which consists of 4 spacious bedrooms (2 bedrooms with wood fireplace), an office space and a fully renovated bathroom. The third floor offers a bedroom loft with private ensuite bathroom. Recent upgrades includes: New Metal Roof (2015), 2 bathrooms, bedroom, ect... Wether you have a large family, or you want to start a business, this home is definetly for you!! Call today for a showing. (id:6117)
Once in a lifetime opportunity to own your very own fully licenced and fully operational Trout Farm with approx. 90 acres. has everything you need with over 1000 Speckle and rainbow remaining, 3 large trout ponds, and 3 smaller reserve ponds for growing fish, or minnow retention. Small cabin, and supplies storage shed. Byer's creek flows through and a secondary no name creek at the rear of the acreage. Very peaceful retreat for someone looking to build their retirement home. Large White pine trees (Young and old growth), Red Pine plantation with approx. 3000 trees, personal use gravel pit with perfect road building material. Excellent hunting for both small and large game. Maintained property, with a gravel road throughout the length of the property with trails branching off. All rights sold with the property including Mineral, Timber, Aggregate, and Water. Again, this chance to own a well established Trout Farm, doesn't come up very often, don't let it get away! (id:6117)
Charlesfort proudly introduces The Pullman Coach Flats, an 18-unit, three storey walk-up 'flat' style condo building. The design of The Pullman Coach Flats takes its inspiration from the vibrant central Montreal neighbourhoods, where walk-up flats with exterior staircases are de rigueur. Featuring large windows, and an open-concept living, dining and kitchen area, Canadian National is 1001sqft of luxury, with two roomy bedrooms, two bathrooms, a storage and laundry room and a balcony to the North. This unit comes with a storage locker and underground parking spot. (id:6117)
Charlesfort proudly introduces The Pullman Coach Flats, an 18-unit, three storey walk-up 'flat' style condo building. The design of The Pullman Coach Flats takes its inspiration from the vibrant central Montreal neighbourhoods, where walk-up flats with exterior staircases are de rigueur. Featuring large windows, 10 ft ceilings and an open-concept living, dining and kitchen area, The Grand Trunk (Reversed) 975sqft of luxury, with two roomy bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, a storage and laundry room and a balcony to the North. This unit comes with parking and a locker. (id:6117)
Charlesfort proudly introduces The Pullman Coach Flats, an 18-unit, three storey walk-up 'flat' style condo building. The design of The Pullman Coach Flats takes its inspiration from the vibrant central Montreal neighbourhoods, where walk-up flats with exterior staircases are de rigueur. Featuring large windows, and an open-concept living, dining and kitchen area, The Grand Trunk (Reversed) 975sqft of luxury, with two roomy bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, a storage and laundry room and a balcony to the North. This unit comes with parking and a locker. (id:6117)
Charlesfort proudly introduces The Pullman Coach Flats, an 18-unit, three storey walk-up 'flat' style condo building. The design of The Pullman Coach Flats takes its inspiration from the vibrant central Montreal neighbourhoods, where walk-up flats with exterior staircases are de rigueur. Featuring large windows, and an open-concept living, dining and kitchen area, The St. Lawrence and Ottawa end unit is 1003sqft of luxury, with two roomy bedrooms, two bathrooms - including an ensuite, a storage and laundry room, a balcony to the North and more windows than the traditional middle units. This unit comes with a storage locker and underground parking spot. (id:6117)
Attention all investors and contractors. This detached 6-bedroom home located on a large double lot offers TONS of potential. Just steps from shops, transit and a 5-minute drive to downtown! R4E Zoning. Property being sold AS IS. *Offers will be considered after 6PM on March 27th as per form 244* (id:6117)
Income property consisting of 6 units ; one - 3 bedroom , two - 1 bedroom and three - 2 bedroom , each tenant pays his own heat and hydro , each unit has own hot water tank and laundry facility , large parking lot . Seller owns all fridges and stoves , easy access to main highways , city and stores . Nearby public transportation available . (id:6117)
Rare opportunity to purchase approx. 53 acres of vacant land offering both cleared as well as heavily treed sections. 10 minutes from Kemptville, 45 minutes from Ottawa City core. Hydro connection on property. Currently zoned Rural (RU) with a variety of permitted uses related to residential, farming and private clubs. Ideal for hobby farm or private residence. (id:6117)
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Field of Dreams
If romance lived in a single room, this would be the room. A lovely sitting area, a fireplace, a private entrance to the veranda, and a queen size bed adorned with Battenburg lace, create the perfect getaway. The room features a private bath with an antique pedestal sink and a cast iron claw foot tub with shower unit.
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Reviewed By Michael R (SALEM, OR) Reviewed for a 2015 Jeep Patriot —11/27/2016 10:44 AM
Solid construction - good tight fit. I will use it enough to leave it permanently installed. It would be some work to take off and on frequently. I've used it already to carry 10 - 8 ft 2x4's. Worked great. I have not noticed any wind noise or buffeting from leaving them on when not in use.


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Girl, born December 2004
mental delays and language delays
Listed: March 10, 2014
Lucy lives in a foster home and attends special education classes. Lucy is said to be outgoing and enjoys interacting with other children. Lucy was diagnosed with mental delays and language delays. Lucy loves to sing and dance. She knows about 30 Chinese characters, can count to 100, knows all the months of the year and days of the week. Her sentences are said to be limited to four to five words. Lucy can dress and undress herself, feed herself and participate in most all physical activities. Lucy is said to love to read books aloud.
*** I am eligible for an Older Child Grant! Grant funding is dependent on a completed application and available funds.
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Welcome to
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RV & Camping
*Escape from the Everyday*
Enjoy a "Tranquil Experience"... stay at the Prairie Breeze Inn.
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"A Tranquil Experience"
Step out of the hectic pace of life into a place where time has been rolled back, life is simpler, people are friendlier.
Nestled on 25 acres in the prairie countryside of Alberta, just west of Wetaskiwin, across from Reynolds Alberta Museum. Located only 40 minutes south of Edmonton.
Welcome to Prairie Breeze Inn, RV & Camping. We hope you enjoy your visit. There are many exciting activities to enjoy, sights to see, and people to meet.
We are the ideal place for weddings, anniversaries, vow renewals, family get-togethers, birthday celebrations, class reunions, group workshops and much more.
Travelling sports families & teams will find that accommodations here provide amenities unique to their requirements.
Planning on a social or business function? You may take advantage of our Great Room which will accommodate 75 people in a meal setting (100 in an audience setting) and overlooks the rear veranda.
Relax on a leisurely stroll down the walking trail full of vibrant scenery and plant life.
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Bid on a foreclosure auction by first locating a property and then researching it, reports the Washington Post. Before the bidding begins, you must have a loan preapproval or certified check ready for the amount of their minimum bid. If the bidding starts at an amount over what the home is worth, and the lender retains the home, you can approach the lender after the auction and make a post-auction bid.Continue Reading
The law stipulates that sellers must advertise foreclosure auctions in general circulation newspapers with a description of the property, the terms of the sale, and the time and place of the auction, explains the Washington Post. As the buyer, you must take the property as it is and has no right to inspect it before the auction. You can search public records to find out who the homeowner is, when he bought the home, how much he paid for it, and the amount of any tax liens or property arrearages. Also, search real estate databases for additional information, and inspect the site visually, at least from beyond the property lines.
Purchasing foreclosed properties at auction is full of risks, warns Bankrate. You are liable for IRS tax liens, loans, back interest and attorney's fees. If the previous owner still lives on the foreclosed property, he may file bankruptcy and continue to live there during court proceedings.Learn more about Finding a Home


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One of the most common applications for Sheep Wool Insulation is on the floor of the attic (or loft), referred to as ceiling level insulation. This application ensures that heat generated within the living space does not pass into the attic and escape. This application is also one of the most important as up to 35% of heat loss from a house can occur here.
To maximise the performance of insulation at ceiling level, a significant thickness is required. Ideally, this would be installed in a number of layers, covering the timber joists and
reducing the opportunity for heat to escape through them (known as thermal bridging).
In houses with shallow joists, this might mean adding additional joists, or counter joists, if a floor is to be installed afterwards. Although this may mean additional effort at the time of installation, it offers a significant long term energy saving advantage.
Premium or Comfort insulation rolls are suitable for this application, with Premium giving a superior performance and Comfort being the lower priced. For the purpose of these calculations, Comfort has been used.
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he red pill and its opposite, the blue pill, are pop culture symbols representing the choice between embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality (red pill) and the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue pill).
The terms, popularized in science fiction culture, derive from the 1999 film The Matrix. In the movie, the main character Neo is offered the choice between a red pill and a blue pill. The blue pill would allow him to remain in the fabricated reality of the Matrix, therefore living the "illusion of ignorance", while the red pill would lead to his escape from the Matrix and into the real world, therefore living the "truth of reality".


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Oppo Ulike 2S, the Android smartphone for women user
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Oppo has been introducing their new smartphone, this phone is aimed for women user, the phone is Oppo Ulike 2S which is the successor of the Oppo Ulike smartphone.
While the other Android smartphone using low pixel for front facing camera, the new Oppo Ulike 2S is packed with 5 megapixel front-facing camera. By doing so, self-portrait will be fun because the resulting picture quality so much better.
Meanwhile there is another 8 megapixel rear camera. And the smartphone's screen has 5.5 inch with 540 x 960 pixels resolution, quite a contrast to its predecessor which has only 4.5 inches screen display.
This phone comes with dual SIM card and 3000 mAh battery capacity. Unfortunately, the Oppo does not mention the other specifications such as processor or RAM and internal memory. And this phone is only available in Chinese market for a while now. But we do expect to know everything there is to know about this device before it is released – so stay tuned.


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Embrace the need for team building activities
If you are a business owner or a manager, you should be aware of the importance of team building activities to your success. Your employees will be more productive if they work together as a team in comparison to them working as separate individuals. The more productive they are, the more successful you will be. As a result, you will increase your profits.
You have nothing to lose with team building activities, but so much to gain. The purpose of these activities is to help your team learn, develop, and grow. It would be wise to hire team building Melbourne professionals as they can help you a lot. These experts specialize in assisting teams to improve, and teach them how to work together properly.
If you want for your employees to be as focused and productive as possible, you should increase the awareness of team spirit. Also, you need to reinforce commitment to the team's shared objectives and goals. Your employees shouldn't be focused on achieving their individual goals. Instead, they should work together on achieving the aims of the whole company. It's not hard with combined efforts of all of your team members.
Benefits of team building activities
The first advantage is improved communication. One of the results of these endeavors is breaking down the barriers between employees thanks to participation in group activities. Even if one of your staff is not used to working together with others, they will get a chance to be a part of the team. When a group of people works together on a particular task, the multiplicity of their skills is highlighted. Thanks to team building activities, your employees will have a chance to experience for themselves how important good communication is to accomplishing group goals.
Another benefit is that your employees will have a chance to develop new skills. In a busy office environment, something like this can be quite difficult because of the lack of time. However, if your staff works as a team, all of them will be able to take charge, as well as to develop leadership skills. They can also gain skills in other business areas. Additionally, they can learn a lot from their colleagues.
The third benefit is that your employees will develop team roles. Members of each group have a particular role they are naturally a fit for, according to research. For example, some people are excellent in checking the work for errors, while others are perfect for developing objectives and goals. Thanks to the team building, your employees will be able to focus on the activities they are best at. Also, they will find their niche within the group, so that each person is contributing as an individual in the best way possible, while still working together with others on achieving the company's goals. As you can see, if you want for your business to be successful, you need a team of employees who work together and combine their efforts with the purpose to achieve the desired goals.


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From a very early age, I loved art. I spent hours drawing, making origami figures, cutting shapes and gluing everything together. When I was six, I made a drawing as a gift for a teacher who was moving to France. I recreated a Parisian street scene, complete with cobblestones, a lady selling flowers from a cart and a man with a beret. My teacher made a bit of a fuss about it to my mom. I'm sure I learned about Paris from my beloved Madeline books, by Ludwig Bemelmans. My love of art was tied early to my love of books and illustration.
My mother encouraged my art and brought me all kinds of art supplies. She took college art history courses when I was in middle school, and amassed a huge library of art books, which she freely shared with me. Returning home from the lectures, she sat me down with H.W. Janson's History of Art and recounted what she'd heard. I owe my fascination with medieval icons and my love of illuminated manuscripts to her. Knowing all about flying buttresses and Corinthian columns did not raise my stock with the kids, but once I reached college, everyone wanted to study with me in art history class.
The twin poles of my childhood home were art and Judaism. My grandparents were all immigrants from Russia and Poland, and my parents spoke Yiddish as children. Although my family wasn't particularly observant religiously, my parents shared their love of Jewish culture and history with us. I learned to read and write Hebrew, and as a teenager combined this interest with art by teaching myself to do Hebrew calligraphy. At the age of 17, I made my first ketubah (hand-written, illustrated Jewish marriage contract, a traditional folk art.)
I continued to make ketubahs while I earned a B.S. in art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and this practice became a way for me to earn a living as an artist. Ketubahs are my bread-and-butter, as well as my passion. My work has expanded to other types of commissioned works, including calligraphy and paintings.
Being a second-generation American and a member of an ancient, but small minority group, I am keenly aware of art by other "outsiders", and I feel a kinship with Mexican-American and African-American artists, who are well-represented here in Chicago. I watch closely how they express their culture amidst a diaspora.
Along with my work as a commissioned artist, I have always focused on more personal, expressive work, exhibiting in many group and solo shows. This website is dedicated to the work I do for me.


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How to Build a School with Coffee
The Cuppa Change
How-To Kit
Welcome, from the Cuppa Change team.
We're so glad you're planning to build a schoolhouse with fair trade coffee. The idea is simple, fun, and can run as long as you want.
Before you read this, visit our website, www.cuppachange.com. You'll see what we've done, who we've worked with, and what we're up to now.
You'll also want to check out the following forms attached in this kit:
- the Coffee Order Form (one page, double-sided)
- the Donations Tracking Record
You will find a box at the bottom of this page with both forms and a copy of this How-To document. Just right-click and download each document.
Now that you have everything you need, read on.
- Get set up.
Hold a meeting and decide to build a schoolhouse in a developing country with the help of Cuppa Change and Craig Kielberger's wonderful organization, Free The Children.
Elect a point person and get him or her to contact us. We will send you some materials to get you started, including posters to track your progress.
- Make a plan.
Each month, you'll alternate order days and delivery days. When we raised money for a schoolhouse through a church, our order days and delivery days were Sundays. When we raised money through a public school, our order days and delivery days were Wednesdays. Each month has two order days and two delivery days, like this:
- 1st Sunday or 1st Wednesday – an order day
- 2nd Sunday or 2nd Wednesday – delivery day
- 3rd Sunday or 3rd Wednesday – an order day
- 4th Sunday or 4th Wednesday – a delivery day
The most convenient way to collect orders is to get customers on a several-month schedule. Generally, people know how much coffee they use in their home and/or office. If they need extra coffee for a special event, they can submit an extra order form. This way, you'll be able to see how much coffee you'll be ordering, far ahead of time.
- Make a schedule.
Make a schedule. Generally, here is the pattern we follow:
We start our projects in October, after the busy time of people getting their kids back into school in September is over.
We run the fundraiser right up to the end of December; fair trade coffee to build a schoolhouse makes for excellent holiday teacher gifts. If you have people in your group handy with a sewing machine, ask them if they'll make up simple gift bags from donated fabric. These bags can be sold for $2 or $3. Even though the bags may not contribute much themselves to your earnings, they make the buying of holiday gifts that much easier.
Offer gift cards, which offer gift recipients key information about your project.
Take a break over the holidays and in the first couple of weeks of January, to catch your breath.
Run the program from the end of January to the end of June, to capitalize on people's desire for end-of-school-year teacher gifts. Encourage people to stock up for the summer, and then take a break over the holidays. If you have one volunteer who will be around during that time, see if he or she will continue to provide coffee to corporate clients, whose offices will still need a regular supply of coffee.
- Photocopy and distribute the forms you'll need.
Distribute your order forms. Give people a deadline to get in their order forms, reminding them that they can also hand in extra orders at any time.
- Get the word out.
Promote your program at least one full month before you're ready to roll it out. Note that getting the attention of coffee buyers is easiest when you're dealing with them directly (for example, through church), and is more challenging when you're obliged to send notices home with students.
We found that it was easiest to reach the parents of primary school kids (who tend to have a greater touch on life in elementary schools). A more focused and sustained effort is required to reach parents of students in middle or secondary schools.
In all cases, newsletters (online or hard copy) are a big help to get the word out. You can also set up a table at your school's curriculum night in September, at the school's music concert, at a group BBQ, etc.
- Work out your distribution and record-keeping process.
Getting coffee to coffee drinkers can be a pretty simple path at church or at work, but it requires a little more infrastructure at school. You'll need the buy-in and assistance from not only the school administration, but parent and student groups as well. We were able to make use of established class reps to collect order forms and distribute the coffee once it arrived.
Keeping good, clear records is essential. Cuppa Change can help you organize your binder to store all of your orders, a contact list, and any notes you keep on donations. As you make your way through the delivery days, cross off what coffee has been delivered to what customer.
- Don't overlook donations – welcome them.
Some people may not want to order coffee, but would be happy to make a donation to Free The Children for your specific project. These contributions will get you to your fundraising goal much faster than relying solely on coffee sales. Use the donations tracking form provided.
If you're working with a group of kids, make a fun event of handing over your donations. Take your group to the Free The Children offices with a giant cheque the kids have made themselves. Take photos. Get the kids to tell their peers about it at an assembly. Free The Children will provide donors with charitable receipts.
- Coordinate special events
Encourage additional fundraising events: bake sales, car washes, penny rolling, holiday party fundraisers, collecting pocket change. Here are some events we've held:
Brick Laying Days: about once a month or every 6 weeks, we made announcements of our progress, or people who had donated to the project. We invited different participants to put up a brick with their name on it, and talk about how they felt about the project. Tip: if someone made a personal donation, we listed their name on the bricks, but not the amount they donated. This way, it's not a competition about who has brought in what, the focus is on participation. We had children who donated their piggy bank contents ($24.55), and others who donated hundreds or even thousands. All donations were viewed the same way – with excitement and accomplishment.
The kids in one group drew a poster with a big schoolhouse ruler (in place of the typical thermometer), which we used to keep track of our earnings.
People organized their own mini-events to raise money. A couple of teenagers in one group bag-piped and drummed and passed the hat – and single-handedly raised hundreds. Given Free The Children is a very youth-oriented organization, our teenagers were empowered and inspired to find creative ways to raise money for the project.
Penny rolling: we placed a jar in the foyer, and people brought in pennies and loose change for rolling. This became a fun group activity – we all hung out and rolled pennies together, discussing the project. We raised hundreds of dollars this way.
Two tips around penny rolling:
1) Don't use those machines in grocery stores – they take a service fee. Rolling pennies yourself is much more fun, and someone might have one of those little gadgets to help make the counting and rolling process faster.
2) Find someone in your group who works at a bank to deposit the penny rolls, so the teller doesn't look at you cross-eyed (or try to charge you a fee).
And finally, we held a potluck dinner to celebrate achieving our goal.
And that's it. Once you get the hang of it, this project runs very smoothly, and it's a win-win-win situation: people get coffee (which they would buy anyway) at competitive prices; we support fair trade coffee producers in developing countries; and we build a much-needed schoolhouse in a developing country.
If you come up with ways to improve this kit or its blank forms, we'd love to hear from you! Please feel free to e-mail us at email@example.com.
Much luck to you – and may you too have grounds to celebrate!