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I had a new blog post ready but it felt so inappropriate with all the fires in the Garden Route and the storms in the Western Cape.
I stayed in Mossel Bay for 3 years, I know people affected by the devastating fires and my heart goes out to each and everyone there.
All of us goes through dark times in our lives. When you are there, caught up in overpowering raw emotions, it feels like you will never see the light again.
I want to share a few "emotional" paintings I did during such times in my life.
Healing hands:
I did this painting as "payment" for my psychiatrist a few years ago, my medical aid – drained, bank account in the red, me, running on empty.
This was how I felt, stripped of everything, nothing left, the Dragonflies, symbolic of change, adaptability, and transformation, the feather, a messenger of the angles, picked up after my last session on my way out….I will be fine… the red string on my finger, a reminder that the sun will shine again… Blank page, torn out of a book, a new page, a new chapter, a new beginning…
Time on a thin line:
This painting I did during that same time in my life, I was on my way to Parys (Freestate) to open a shop (by the way, the shop was a disaster…just another setback) my tire burst and I rolled my car.
I had angles around me… a few scratches, my neck, and back a bit fragile, car written off, but I was fine.
The feather, again, messenger, reminder… Naked, symbolic of how exposed I was feeling, The clock hanging on a thin string, symbolic of how easily that string can snap and our time can run out.
New beginnings:
And this painting, more positive, a reminder that you have to get out of the dark. Arrows, like omens, showing the way… Follow the light, new dimensions, new roads. Always, doors opening when doors close… Many many options to chose from. Listen to your inner voice and follow your gut…
This painting I did earlier in my life, after working through a phase of depression.
Positive and happy again. Realizing I'm not a puppet, I have control over my own thoughts, my thoughts, playing a major role in my emotions.
Assembled and ready to move on, each crack and bruise will stay part of me, but it is those reminders that keep us on track, that helps us grow and with every new setback, we stand up stronger…
"When there is nothing left to lose, we find the true self—the self that is whole, the self that is enough, the self that no longer looks to others for definition, or completion, or anything, but companionship on the journey."
― Elizabeth Lesser – Broken Open –


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Data-driven UX masterclass
Learn to optimize your design using data. Get a proven and hands-on UX framework to make more money with your website & landing pages.
In this 8-class course you will learn how to:
- Use user research tools and techniques to uncover usability and UX problems on any site.
- Implement a proven, repeatable process that will result in more revenue per visitor.
- Extract the highest value insights from Google Analytics, heat maps, user recordings and form analytics.
- Apply Karl's 15 years of UX and usability processes, tools and tricks to your site right away.
This course is right for you if...
- You believe that your site or landing pages can be improved. A lot. But you're not sure where to start.
- You have the ambition to grow your online business or those of your clients and you understand Rome wasn't built in a day. So you're looking for a strategy and repeatable process to improve any website or landing page step-by-step.
- You're a business owner, webmaster, designer, marketeer, ... who believes that online marketing shouldn't be based on gut feeling and opinions. But you're not sure how to gather those facts.
- You realize that tools are important but are never the solution as such. You want to learn to get the most out of them. And even more important: how to connect the dots.
- You understand that usability & conversion optimization are crucial to survive online. But you're overwhelmed with all the information you can find online. So you're looking for a hands-on training that's build around the idea that the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
This course is probably not for you if...
- You don't have any ambitions with your website. And you don't care if you go bankrupt this year.
- You believe there's a magic checklist with 10 tips that will make your website the best in the world. That list doesn't exist. I'll give you a framework and a hands-on process to make your website better.
- You believe you can make tons of money online without any effort. Once again: that doesn't exist. You have to work hard. And improve your site every day. But thanks to the tips & tricks you get during this course you'll know exactly how to do this and how to get results.
- You want more visitors on your website. This course is not about attracting more visitors. It's about getting more revenue and sales from your visitors.
- You don't believe in data but gut feeling and opinions. I wish you all the best.
What skills do I need for this course?
Unsure if this course will be a fit for your level of skills and knowledge? Read on:
How long should I have been working in UX?
- If you have a website and you want to improve it, you qualify.
- Don't follow this training if you can only change the content of your website. You'll learn a lot, but you'll get frustrated because you can't change a thing.
- If you have many years experience as a UX designer, you'll probably learn more than you would think is possible.
What programs or tools should I be familiar with?
- It's helpful to have experimented with a tool like Hotjar, or another click heatmap, scroll heatmap and user sessions tool. During the training Karl will teach you how to read the data you get from these tools. He won't teach you how to set them up. So start implementing on of those tools (it's really easy) and start recording data.
- Same for form analysis. You can use Hotjar or Formissimo for that. Just start collecting data.
- These classes are not about the technical use of these tools, it's how to interpret the data they provide you. So if you start collecting data before this course and if you get familiar with the interface of this tools before, you will get the most out of the trainings.
What books or resources should I be familiar with?
- Karl recommends reading Don't Make Me Think to get in the right mindset.
What would make a student overqualified for this course?
- Karl gives similar trainings at digital agencies and they always admit they learned a lot.
- + 5 years experience as a conversion or usability specialist who has hands-on experience based on user research. Not someone who has mainly read many articles about the subject.
Video: What will this course cover?
What you'll walk away with afterwards
- The right mindset to be really (and I mean really-really) customer-centric. From now on you'll be able to sell how people want to buy. Instead of selling the way you want to sell, as you're doing now.
- A proven process and methodology that allows you to identify the weak spots of any website or landing page.
- An in-depth knowledge of how to get useful insights out of the most important (and affordable) user research tools and methods available. Without spending ages staring at boring graphs and numbers.
- An incredible amount of tips, tricks and guidelines to convert your visitors into customers. Yes, believe me: it's incredible. See what I did there?
- The knowledge & confidence to improve your website and landing pages, even when you don't have enough visitors to do a/b testing.
Get more revenue from the same amount of visitors
CXL Institute brings you an intensive online training course led by world renowned UX and usability expert, Karl Gilis.
Throughout the course, you'll:
- See exactly how Karl improves the usability and revenue of websites & landing pages during 8 video sessions.
- During the first 4 sessions he'll show you how to use user research tools and techniques to uncover usability and UX problems. So you know how to get the most out of them.
- The last 4 sessions Karl shares the best UX tips & tricks he learned the past 15 years. So you can solve the problems on your site and turn those visitors into customers.
Why Karl?
According to PPC Hero Karl is the 3rd most influential Conversion Rate Optimizer worldwide. He's also the G in AGConsult, a Belgium-based usability and conversion optimization company. He's been optimizing websites since 2001. Always based on user research & facts.
Karl is a top rated international speaker (he was voted 2nd best speaker at Digital Elite Camp). He teaches at several university colleges in Belgium. And has trained people from companies such as TUI, Thomas Cook, Suzuki, Toyota and Atlas Copco.
In his spare time, Karl is working on a cure for people who think online marketing is based on gut feeling and opinions.
He's also known as the 'UX comedian', but he has promised to be dead serious during this course. Not.
Why we hand-selected Karl to teach this course
An energetic and fast paced presentation full of practical conversion advice and hilarious jokes. We were laughing whilst learning! What more could we ask for?
You can use this immediately. After all the very average workshops and trainings I followed, Karl really gave me a good feeling. Very actionable, funny and lots of new things.
Your 8-class curriculum
UX and Usability
Class 1
Leave Your Ego at the Door and Find Out What Your Visitors Want
If I've learned anything over the past 15 years, it's that most websites fail due to ego. Companies big and small put themselves first instead of putting their users first. Often without even realising it. Do you talk about what you think customers want? Or do you know what they want?
Class 2
Google Analytics
The sheer volume of data in Google Analytics can feel a bit overwhelming. It's easy to get lost. Unless you come prepared with the right questions to ask. Your data ain't going to tell you anything interesting unless you know what to look for.
Class 3
Mouse Heatmaps and User Recordings
Heatmaps are more than just pretty pictures that you can integrate into presentations to impress your stakeholders. They can tell you a lot about your site and your visitors. That is… if you know what you're looking for.
Class 4
Form Analysis & Getting Ready for Action
On most websites, forms are the last step in converting visitors. Unfortunately, they're also often the last obstacle. Form analysis tools can give you deep insights into how people interact with your forms.
Class 5
UX Tips for Detail Pages & Landing Pages
I'll show you the ins and outs of every element of a typical page (e.g. header, photo, design, text, call to action, USP, etc.) Not based on gut feeling or opinion, but on real life examples and what we've discovered in the previous sessions.
Class 6
UX Tips for Forms
Forms are crucial for every online business. I'll share all the tips and tricks I know to make sure your visitors will feel the urge to fill out your forms. Okay, maybe that's a bit exaggerated. But I can guarantee that if you follow my tips, your forms will convert like they've never converted before.
Class 7
Category Pages & Your Homepage
If you sell more than one product or service, you probably have category pages. We will tackle the most common, but often overlooked, problems with these pages.
Class 8
Building a Relationship & Summary
When was the last time you went on a website you'd never visited before and immediately bought something? Right.
And yet most websites are built around this concept. Someone lands on your website and buys.
In this session, I'll show you some brilliant techniques that allow you to build a relationship with your visitors. So you can gently move them from visitor to customer.
Class 9
Bonus Class
Karl delivers a bonus class to wrap up the course. He'll cover forms, category pages, and homepages.
You will also get 10 pre-recorded video lessons
You also get snack-size video lessons that will introduce you to the course's main topics. Topics covered include:
Take a Closer Look at Your Forms
Lesson 8
Getting Into the Right Mindset
Lesson 11
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You'll get...
- 8 UX and usability classes with Karl
- 10 introductory videos
- Additional resources to supplement your learning
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To follow up on Monday's post, I take a few quotations from Rachel Werner and David Asch's paper ("The Unintended Consequences") in the March 9, 2005 edition of JAMA. First, I look at the unintended consequence of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) report cards in a number of U.S. states:
In Pennsylvania, which also introduced CABG report cards, 63% of cardiac surgeons admit to being reluctant to operate on high-risk patients, and 59% of cardiologists report having increased difficulty in finding a surgeon for high-risk patients with coronary artery disease since the release of report cards. New York had a similar experience after the release of report cards, reporting that 67% of cardiac surgeons refused to treat at least 1 patient in the preceding year who was perceived to be high risk.
The authors worry that quality report cards may move the physicians emphasis away from providing guidance and quality medical care and towards achieving the target rates. The authors also cite a work by Walter et al. (JAMA 2004), which examines colorectal cancer screening compliance rates. Walter and co-author's work finds that
"…among patients who did not undergo CRC screening, 47% had declined screening, 12% failed to complete or keep appointments for screening, and in 31% of patients, testing was not medically indicated or the patient had high levels of comorbid illnesses. While the hospital in question may have failed to meet the VA's target rate of CRC screening, 90% of unscreened patients may have been appropriately unscreened."
I repeat: while pay-for-performance or quality rating systems have the potential to increase quality throughout the medical system, these performance metrics, must be very carefully designed to take into account many of the issues addressed above.


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About Teda
What is TEDA?
TEDA is Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency. It is an independent agency setup by Government of Tamil Nadu in the year 1984, as a registered society with a specific purpose – to create awareness and migrate the State from using fossil fuels to renewable energy.
What is the problem TEDA is solving?
We need energy to power our appliances, to fuel our vehicles, for everything. We have been depending on fossil fuels for our energy needs. Fossil fuels come from natural reserves like coal and oil. The problem with fossil fuel is they are limited in supply. The whole world consumes fossil fuel that its only a matter of time before we run out of them. The result could be catastrophic. The cost of power or fuel would be unimaginably high because of great demand and depreciating supply. This is already happening. Besides, at the rate we are consuming fossil fuel, it will have a disastrous impact on our fragile atmosphere. If you are wondering why the seasons are not predictable anymore, why it rains when it normally doesn't or its hot when its not supposed to be, we have caused almost all of it by our fossil fuel dependence. We need to change quickly to renewable energy before its too late. World over, this is a pressing issue. TEDA is doing its bit for the state of Tamil Nadu by being a channel of initiatives for both Central government and government of Tamil Nadu.
How does renewable energy solve this problem?
Renewable energy doesn't deplete. Sun never stops giving its light no matter how much we use the sunlight. So it is with the wind. They are always there and will always be there. All we need is a way to harness them and create power from them. Thanks to modern technology, we now have everything we need to obtain free, unlimited power from renewable energy. Even better, this is absolutely environment friendly so we can leave the earth preserved for the future generations to enjoy. Nature has a way of healing itself when we stop hurting it. So, eventually, everything could be back to how it used to be. Monsoons coming in time, fuels getting cheaper, etc. Wouldn't you like it?
What has TEDA achieved so far?
Grid connected power:
· Tamil Nadu has achieved tremendous success in harnessing renewable energy for generation of grid quality power. It has an installed capacity of 4790 MW from renewable sources as on 31.3.2009 against country's installed capacity of 14485 MW, which is about 33%.
· As a share of grid power, renewable energy with installed capacity of 4790 MW accounts for about 32% of TNEB's total grid capacity of about 15,100 MW while the national average is 9% only.
· Dividing the 2008-09, the total units generated in Tamil Nadu from Renewable energy sources is 7532 million units which is 11% of Tamil Nadu is grid consumption.
Wind power:
· Tamil Nadu is No. 1 in India with an installed capacity of 4287 MW as on 31.3.2008, which is about 44% of the total installed capacity in India. The private investment in wind power exceeds Rs.18200 crores. The power generation has exceeded 40 billion units (cumulative).
Cogeneration & biomass :
· Tamil Nadu is a pioneer in introducing cogeneration in sugar mills and continues to lead with installed capacity of 466 MW of which exportable surplus is 266 MW, which is about 250% of installed capacity in India. The installed capacity from biomass is 147.5 MW. (includes waste to energy projects)
Under small hydro project implemented by TNEB directly, Tamil Nadu has an installed capacity of 89.7 MW as on 31.3.2009.
Decentralised systems
· 25068 Solar domestic lighting systems installed in Tamil Nadu with assistance from Government.
· 6095 Solar street lights installed in pubic places/streets mostly in village panchayats with Government assistance and active support and involvement of Rural Development Department.
· Solar water and air heating/drying systems installed for a collector area of 28791 sq.m.
· Biomass gasifiers with cumulative capacity of 5444 KW are in operation.
· 189 nos. of community and toilet linked biogas plants have been constructed in the State under subsidy scheme.


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This week was a slow week again. We are still trying to find people to teach.
We taught Pam once last week. It went alright she still isn't sure about if it is true or not. Then the Delgados forgot about the appointment so we rescheduled for this week. W also have a few referrals we are trying to contact. We did contact one, but he was sick and said to come back another time. Another one is never home the other people that live there tell us to come back later, we come back when they said he still wasn't home. The last one was not home either then we found out from her neighbor she is out of town for awhile so we don't know when she will be home.
We do have a few lessons set up for this week we could possible start teaching a family and the neighbor of the referral. It is looking like a good week.
Just a normal week of people yelling at us, or trying to bash with us, and dogs barking at us. Thanks for the love and support.


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The Economist reports that were approved the Law on Voluntary Jurisdiction which includes, as one of the most striking measures, the possibility of notaries and court clerks can perform marriages and divorces, the latter when they are in mutual agreement and no minor children with the idea of unloading the courts.
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Blue Streak is a wooden out and back roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. The ride is the oldest operating roller coaster at the park, as it opened on May 23, 1964.
On April 26, 2013, Blue Streak was damaged when a construction vehicle backed into its turnaround. No major damage occurred, and the ride is expected to be repaired in time for opening day. A picture of the damage can be found here.
The ride was named after "The Blue Streaks", the nickname of the Sandusky High School athletic teams.
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The ride hasn't always been pale blue. When Blue Streak opened, it was unpainted.


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Two well-known tax preparation services include H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt. To meet growing needs, H&R Block is no longer focusing just on tax preparation but on comprehensive financial services as well. The company offers brokerage services, annuities, mutual funds, and IRAs available in centers and on its Web site.
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Tyler Junior College recently held commencement ceremonies recognizing 682 candidates for graduation for the Fall 2017 semester Friday, Dec. 8, inside the Wagstaff Gymnasium.
The graduation ceremonies were divided into two sessions, with the morning ceremony recognizing graduates in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences and the School of Professional and Technical Programs, while the afternoon ceremony recognized graduates in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Sciences and the School of Humanities, Communications and Fine Arts.
TJC President Dr. Mike Metke was on hand at the commencement ceremonies to confer the degrees and certificates of proficiency and certify the graduates.
Candidates for graduation residing in Bullard included Jaime Bridges, Colby Green, Karrigan Green, Kathaline Jacks, Billy Jones, Suzanne Kelley, Kayla McPherson, Katy Pavelka, Will Roach, Krystal Smart, Jamie Vinson, Cregory Wheeler Jr., and Karen Woolverton.
TJC graduates residing in Flint included April Beasley, Shannon Bedsole, Cynthia Bewley, Emily Bromaghin, David Byrd, Jermaine Descartes, Tony Gibbs, Jenny Gunther, Brenda Johnson, Jaymelee Leon, Taylor Lucas, Jody Nichols, Robbie Noyes, Michael Powell, Lorena Rebagliati, Christopher Reigstad, Monica Reyes, Justin Rives, Amye Scarborough, John Skelton, Russell Waterman, Trevarius Watson, Michael Williamson
For the first time in its history, Tyler Junior College awarded Bachelor degrees during fall commencement ceremonies, presenting Amanda Camp, of Lufkin, Shannon Kassaw, of Palestine, and Michelle Trammell, of Tyler with TJC's inaugural Bachelor of Science degrees in dental hygiene.
"This group of graduates has more top students than ever before at TJC," said Metke. "We've never had more honors students and academic scholars than we have now. We've never had more students who graduated in the top 10 percent of their class. This is truly a golden era for TJC."
TJC is the first and only community or junior college in Texas authorized to offer a Bachelor of Science degree.
In early 2015, TJC leaders put a plan in motion to pursue legislative approval for the degree. Legislative action was granted in late 2015, after then-State Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, State Rep. Travis Clardy, R-Nacogdoches, and Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, sponsored companion bills in the Texas Legislature to create the program. Additionally, numerous resolutions from throughout East Texas supported this visionary direction.
Following the legislative designation, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board subsequently approved the program; and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools/Commission on Colleges, accredited the College as a Level II, baccalaureate-granting institution. TJC began offering this degree in the fall 2016 semester.
During the 85th Texas Legislative session in 2017, State Sen. Bryan Hughes and Reps. Clardy and Schaefer expanded the legislative approval to have TJC designated as one of the state's four Legacy colleges, regarding community colleges awarding baccalaureate degrees. In addition to TJC, Legacy colleges are: Brazosport College, Midland College and South Texas College.
"Our entire region is to be commended for its commitment to higher education and for coming together to make this historic day possible," said Dr. Juan E. Mejia, TJC provost and vice president for academic and student affairs.
Commencement speaker for the ceremony was TJC alumnus State Sen. Bryan Hughes, who was introduced by Metke.
In October, Hughes was honored as TJC's Distinguished Alumnus during the Homecoming Alumni Awards program.
"Way back in 1989, I was sitting where you are, and I've seen many blessings from the Lord since that time," Hughes said. "TJC is a very special place for me personally."
Hughes also mentioned his mother who, as a single mom, figured out a high school education wasn't sufficient to support her family's needs; so, she came to TJC as a non-traditional student and earned her nursing degree.
"We all have different needs that have been met here," Hughes said. "Higher education is a backstage pass that gets you into places that you can't get without it. As you move on with your careers, whether it's more education or going into the workforce, you will enjoy the bounty of the American dream in ways that you wouldn't have been able to were it not for your work at TJC."
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The Tour - Part II - is gaining momentum now. I left Lulu in London and am now in the west midlands with Jen and her Girl Guide troop. Is that what you call Girl Scouts over here?
I was a Boy Scout when growing up in America. I was recruited early, starting out at the Bobcat level and working my way up to Life Scout. In my ten-year career, I managed to fall just short of achieving the acclaimed Eagle Scout rank, thereby setting the "slacker" tone that has pretty much been the theme of my life ever since.
On the up side, I learned to throw a tomahawk and tie a proper hangman's noose, so all in all, I'd say the experience leaned more toward the positive side.
I was 47 when I moved to England, and therefore have not tapped into the Scouting movement here. Since America's Scouting movement was derived from Britain's Scouting movement, I assume you have one but, like the school system, its nuances continue to elude me. Are Bluebirds involved? Do you have Brownies? And what are Girl Guides; are they the ladies I see in London holding up umbrellas and being followed by 273 Japanese tourists with Nikon cameras?
I don't know for certain, but if I had to guess I'd say you don't have any Girl Scouts over here, based solely on the fact that I have never been button-holed by a colleague trying to guilt-trip me into buying a load of overpriced cookies. In the States, Scouts and cookies (of the girl variety) go together like a McDonald's Happy Meal and a McDonald's drive thru—you can't have one without the other. So if my friends and workmates aren't pimping their daughter's yearly cookie drives, then you can't have Girl Scouts over here. Not real ones, anyway.
Be that as it may, Jen and her troop are taking me on a mini-tour of the West Midlands this afternoon. The young ladies are apparently keen to show me all the good things their area of England has to offer and are preparing pithy, historical speeches for a dozen or so places of interest; I think it's a requirement for their Blue Badge Tourist Guide merit badge. At any rate, it should be fun, and if I am wrong about there not being Girl Scouts in Britain, I apologize.
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My favorite gifts for Scouts and Scouters are the ones that keep giving by encouraging making and doing. Here's some simple ideas that could spark young and old imaginations alike.
Paracord Craft
Scouts and Scouters can make tons of practical projects with paracord, get them a few 100 foot lengths of different colored cord and point them at the resources below. Here's two of my favorite projects, with links to materials.
Neckerchief Slides
I made the first three Turk's head slides pictured above with 425 Paracord (about 1/8th inch in diameter). Here's my Turk's head infographic. The fourth is a royal carrick bend.
All are coated with Mod Podge to hold everything together and harden the neckerchief slide.
425 Paracord on Amazon (a 100′ length of cord will make anywhere between ten or twenty slides).
Paracord Bracelets
I've made quite a few bracelets with 550 paracord (3/16th diameter). I followed the directions here on Stormdranes Blog. Stormdrane has an amazing number of projects explained very clearly in pictures and videos.
550 Paracord on Amazon (100′ will make 10-12 bracelets at a minimum)
5/8″ Buckles on Amazon
Paracord Books
I have the Kindle edition of Volume one of Paracord Fusion Ties (there are three volumes). It has very easy to follow illustrations and I recommend highly, the number of things you can make with paracord is nearly endless,
The Author's website is a treasure-trove of on instructional videos and tutorials like the one above.
Paracord Fusion Ties Volume 1 at Amazon
Practical Paracord Projects is a great set of simple instructions for over 40 projects ranging from simple to more advanced challenges.
Practical Paracord Projects at Amazon
I remember sitting on the back steps whittling a green stick with a steak knife purloined from my mother's kitchen. Since then I have always had one kind of pocket knife or another and whittled when the opportunity presents itself. Sometimes it's nothing more than reducing a stick to a pile of chips, sometimes it's carefully shaping the links of a chain out of a single piece of wood.
Here's my infograhic on making the Ball and Cage Neckerchief Slide pictured above.
The Little Book of Whittling
Chris Lubkemann's book is the clearest, simplest beginners book and has the best treatment of choosing, modifying and sharpening a pocketknife suitable for whittling (see below). Lubkemann concentrates on easy projects made with sticks – perfect for a leisurely afternoon in camp. Start with Lubkemann if you are a true beginner but more advanced whittlers will find good ideas and techniques too. Making a rooster from a forked stick is a great way for Scouts to practice knife skills for tote-n-chip.
The Little Book of Whittling on Amazon.
Whittling and Woodcarving
Written in the thirties this is the whittler's magnum opus. Classic whittling tricks and projects, soap carving, etc. Get this book, a pocket knife and a chunk of white pine. Find a shady tree or a park bench and whittle away. Want to make a pair of working box jointed wooden pliers?, a ball in a cage?, a wooden chain? Tangerman will walk you through the process step by step.I have a wooden chain with a ball in a cage hanging in the shop for people to casually discover. When they do my stock goes up three or four points right away.
Whittling and Woodcarving on Amazon
The Art of Whittling
Many of the same projects and techniques from Tangerman's book above, but better illustrated and described. The focus is more on puzzles and tricks but a good resource.
The Art of Whittling on Amazon
Kevlar Gloves
You may want to get a pair of cut resistant (not cut proof) gloves. A sharp knife and good technique will help you avoid cuts more that gloves but when you are starting out you may find gloves are useful.
Cut Resistant Kevlar Gloves on Amazon
Whittling Knives
You'll get change from a twenty dollar bill for either of the knives recommended by Chris Lubkemann in The Little Book of Whittling – the Victorinox tinker and the Schrade two-blade jacknife – you'll be doing most whittling with the smaller blade and Lubkemann suggests you modify this blade slightly.
|Schrade Middleman on Amazon
|Victorinox Tinker on Amazon
Moccasin Kits
These look like great kits, they are made from deertan cowhide and no tools are required, the parts are pre-cut and pre-punched. These are soft-soled moccasins, while they can be worn outdoors I'd save them for indoor wear.
Moccasin Kits-Size 6/7
Moccasins Kit – Size 8/9
Moccasins Kit – Size 10/11
Moccasin Kit – Size 12/13
The World of Makers
The four Kindle books above are just a tiny glimpse into the world of makers and doers. The internet is crowded with generous folks share their handiwork. Check out the lively communities at Instructables.com and Makezine.com that engage in all kinds of craft and handiwork, from electronics to woodworking.
The Maker Shed is a treasure trove of project kits, supplies and tools (check out this trebuchet kit and the marble machine.)
With a little research and imagination anyone can find the information, supplies and tools to make nearly anything and create a gift that will keep on giving.


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Dearly Beloved:
Four score and twenty years ago, Mr. Gillette and Mrs. Wilkinson brought forth to this town a new shaver, conceived to make money and dedicated to the proposition that all men should cut their face at least once a day.
Now we are engaged in a great hairy mess, testing whether that straight-edge, or any other blade so ground and so stropped in costly Swiss oxhide can long stand the gaff. Now we are met at the outset of that stubblefield. We have come to inter and put to final rest a portion of those who here gave their edges that the men of North Judson might have a smooth face and get at least a decent kiss from their loving ones. It is altogether ridiculous and senseless that we should do this.
But, in a bedraggled way, we cannot test, we cannot analyze, we cannot prove whether Brand X or the bleep-bloop blade gives 147 impartial barbers a closer cleaning. The dull scrapers, bought and sold, who nicked us here, have scarred the populous beyond the efforts of plastic surgery to save. The barbers will not remember nor little care what we say here, but THEY can not forget the damage they have done here. It is for us the youngsters, rather to be dedicated here to the task of growing hair on the face. For some this will be much harder than for others however, I see for some here it will be easier than growing it on their head. And we here highly resolve that these bent razors whall have pulled, nicked and scraped in vain – that this face, under a good crop of whiskers shwll not be seen until September 6, and that the males of North Judson will show to the world a true badge of Apehood.
But friends, neighbors and townsmen, lend me your ears, I have come to bury Muggs Razor and Clara Cosmetic and not to praise them. The suffering individuals cause lives on after them and the good is oft interred with their cases. So let it be with Muggs and Clara.
The Noble Centennial Committee has told you that Muggs and Clara were destructive of the natural and simple beauty of the men and women of North Judson. If it were so, it was a grievous fault and grievously have Muggs and Clara paid for it.
Here under leave of the Noble Centennial Committee and the rest, for they are all Honorable men and women, Come I to speak at the funeral of Muggs and Clara. They were my friends – scratchy and smelly – but they were my friends. But they Noble Centennial Committee says they were destructive and the Centennial Committee is an Honorable Group.
Clara has made Gravel Gerty look like Mona Lisa. Did that seem destructive?
And poor Muggs lies here bend and chipped. Destructive material should be made of sterner stuff. Yet the Centennial Committee says that they were destructive and the Centennial Committee is an Honorable Group.
Clara has covered the pimples and blackheads of many a young girl to make her attractive to the opposite sex. Yet the Centennial Committee says that she was destructive and the Centennial Committee is an Honorable Group.
I speak not to disapprove what the Centennial Committee spoke, but here I am to speak of that which I know. You all loved them once, and not without cause. What cause then withholds you to mourn them? O Judgment thou hare fled to brutish beasts, and men and women have lost their reason. My heart is in the coffin there with Muggs and Clara and I must pause till it comes back.
But yesterday the edge of Muggs might have stood against the face of the world and shaved it clean and smooth and manly. Now he lies there, and none so poor to do him reverence. O master if I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do the Centennial Committee wrong, and the Centennial Committee are honorable men and women. But here's a parchment with the seal of Muggs and Clara. I found it in their closed. It is their will. Let but only you with hairy faces and unpainted lips hear the testament. Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read.
And they WOODBURY poor STUDIO GIRL's empty coffers and dip their hankies in the PONDS of CHANEL No. 5, and beg an eyebrow pencil for memory sake.
Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it. It is not good that you should know how Muggs and Clara loved you. You are not wood, You are not stone, but mortals with a heart, and being mortals, hearing the will of of Muggs and Clara will only inflame you, and make you mad. It is better for us both that you do not know that you are their heirs. For if you did, I know not what you might do.
Please be patient, I have overshot myself to tell you of it, and I fear that I have wronged the Honorable Centennial Committee whose decree has laid Muggs and Clara to become fertilizer, I do fear it.
Your shouts compel me to read the will. And if you have tears prepare to shed them now.
You all know this mustache, I remember the first time Muggs left it on. It was on a winter's evening, the day I persuaded my wife to let it grow. It has brought such wordly pleasures as someone asking me if my eyebrow dropped.
Alas, Here is the Will.
Dear Clara leaves first: to every man the right to see his lady made-up to look like what she ain't.
Second: The inevitable problem of cleaning lipstick off his shirt collar.
Third: Of fighting his way through tubes, jars and bottles to get to the bathroom mirror.
Muggs gives to every lady the opportunity to first: identify her man without first combing the brush.
Second: The right to be caressed by the skin you love to touch instead of by a porcupine.
Third: And to the barbers, the opportunity to cut hair instead of trimming it.
So, after paring the hair, on a clear day one can see forever and above the roar of the grease paint and the smell of the crowd, we can say Muggs and Clara did us proud.


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Just a few days ago, I remembered what had first got me into reading and sharing my own world through stories.
I had this vivid memory of my Dad reading aloud to both me, and my brother, when we were little. He'd read us children's stories by authors such as C S Lewis, A A Milne, and Kenneth Grahame. They were story-tellers that had lit up moments of magic from his own childhood.
Hearing these stories read aloud is what prompted me to start reading at junior school. There was one book in particular that I enjoyed. Curiously, I hoped that my Dad would enjoy reading it too. The book in question was "Ballet Shoes" by Noel Streatfield.
At the time, my Dad was reading spy thrillers by John Le Carre, so it wasn't really his thing. However, I asked him to read it aloud to me, and reluctantly he agreed. As it turned out, he really got into it, so much so that he ended up reading ahead of reading it to me. That's when I first realised the power of sharing stories to reach out and touch lives.
Have you been moved by the power of reading and sharing stories? If so, I'd love to hear your comments. Thanks for reading.


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