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Book of Notes Giveaway:
March 25, 2013
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I love it so much! Looks so cute :)ReplyDelete
Great post!
This is one of the cutest giveaways ever! I love recieving & giving notes and letters. They just make you feel loved, and special. There is nothing like opening a note knowing that someone took the time to write that for you. Giving Gifts & Letters is also one of my love languages, so I also have an extra appreciation for them.ReplyDelete
Thanks! I can't wait to see who the {very} lucky winner is :D
~ Emma-lee
The thing I love about notes is the personalization of them; the type of paper or card hand selected to be written on, the time that goes into writing a message, the joy of receiving them. Email is efficient and necessary, but writing a note takes time and tells the recipient you are worth my time!ReplyDelete
Such a cute giveaway! I love giving and receiving handwritten notes, gives a sense of personality and connection. It also makes me feel loved that someone would take the time to do that, especially since texting or instant messaging is so much more convenient now.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance!
Oh me, oh my! I have loooong been a fan of note. My mom used to leave little one in my lunchbox when I was in grammar school & later, under my pillow. I love how a tiny slip of paper can lift someone's spirits or make them feel loved. I still leave them for my family and friendsReplyDelete
In a world of emails and text messages, nothing is better than sending a note in the mail -- I love surprising friends when they finally get around to checking the mailbox!ReplyDelete
Oh how I loved your book of notes when you first posted the one you made for Nick! In this tech age, I just love getting notes that are physical and personal. Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
Thank you for this giveaway!ReplyDelete
I love sending and receiving notes because there are not many things more personal and beautiful than seeing your friend taking the time to pen a note with love especially for you.
love love love this!ReplyDelete
i love the personal nature of notes-- sending and receiving them is such a pick me up and makes you slow down and notice in this rushrush world.
mm, this would be lovely! I'd love to have it blank and be able to send it on to someone special, perhaps not right away, but keep it for a bit and write something every now and then. Like little letters :) so much better than texts/email, so much more tangible, and I think the rareness of receiving a letter/note now makes them that much more special!ReplyDelete
Thanks for this opportunity!
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 06:02
What a fantastic giveaway! Who DOESN'T love your brilliant book of notes Danni?ReplyDelete
I absolutely adore receiving handwritten notes. They're so nostalgic to me and remind me of when my friends and I used to trade write in journals to each other and trade them back and forth eager to see what the other person wrote. Jon is not a big note writer, but he articulates himself beautifully in notes, so I save every note from him because I feel like there's so much thought behind the words he's chosen to write to me. I also love giving notes because I like doodling friends names and trying to make them feel valued and thought of through a good ol'hand written note.
LOVE your notebooks! What an exciting giveaway!
I love your book of notes, but I've never owned one. I'd be shy to start using it, though, it's so lovely.ReplyDelete
I love this! I work with a lot of volunteers in my job at a non-profit. My boss and I make a point to write handwritten notes because they mean so much than a email or standard letter of thanks.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 06:25
i love sending notes almost more than i love receiving them! it's such a wonderful feeling knowing that a special message is slowly making its way to the hands of someone you love.ReplyDelete
I love notes because they're little secrets of love, encouragement, and merriment.ReplyDelete
What a fun giveaway. :) I love sending and receiving notes simply because they are so tangible - holding something that a loved one held, seeing their personality so clearly in their writing, and perhaps catching the faint memory of the scent of their home. It's commonplace, perhaps, but also magical.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 06:34
totally love this idea! Notes are fabulous because they are fun now (writing them) later (reading them) and ages way (looking back at old notes and re-reading them)!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
I love sending little notes because of that smile it gives people.. I love to receive little notes because of the smile it puts on my face.. It goes both ways! :] Thanks again!
Oh wow, what an amazing giveaway. I have only recently discovered your blog, and always come away from reading it feeling completely inspired to be more creative with the notes I send. I absolutely love sending and receiving notes, because of the beauty, joy and potential they convey. To receive a beautiful note is to know that someone has invested time in creating something special and meaningful, just for you. And, there is unlimited potential with what you can create with paper, meaning that the fun of sending notes never ends!ReplyDelete
I love these notes! But seriously, I love sending notes to people I love because when I open my mail box and see that I have a just-because note, my heart beats faster as I open the envelope, and what's inside makes my day, week and sometime month. I love to be able to give that to other people too!ReplyDelete
I love sending and receiving notes- they make my day!ReplyDelete
Love these!! Notes are very special to me because the first year that I dated my now husband we were long-distance....he was in Ohio, I was in Tennessee. For that entire first year, we sent letters back and forth to one another and I hold them so dear now that we are married. I love the written word and there's nothing that can replace how personal, special, and intimate a hand-written note is.ReplyDelete
Yay that's so amazing! I'd love a blank notebook with all these lovelies included!ReplyDelete
I love sending notes because I love receiving them so I know how happy they can make people feel. I'd love a blank one to send. Thx so much!ReplyDelete
i adore sending notes because its so much nicer for someone to recieve a surprise gift in the post than boring bills! I like to think it makes them happy.ReplyDelete
i love notes! something fun to give and receive :)ReplyDelete
oh this is wonderful, I love your book of notes!ReplyDelete
I love sending and receiving notes because how nice it is to know that someone thought of you and took the time to sit down and write to you. In this digital world, it's extra special touches like that that show a person really cares!
I love sending them. Now that I have a son, I enjoy sending out Thank You notes for all the kind things people get him or do for him. Hopefully, when he's older, he will continue the tradition of being grateful for the love he receives.ReplyDelete
I love notes because I love the little moments of happiness and significance that we often miss in the business of our lives. Notes are a little reminder of these details.ReplyDelete
This is so cute! I've been writing more and more digital notes, but it's so nice to write (or get!) a handwritten special noteReplyDelete
What a lovely giveaway! And so timely - maybe because it's been so gray and glum around here as the weather decides if it should be spring or winter, but I've been lamenting that there aren't enough notes and letters out and about now. They really do make people smile! :)ReplyDelete
I am always sending out packages and actually I felt pretty bad because I included Christmas cards for notes....it was all I had:) These notes are absolutely adorable and would make very good use of them!ReplyDelete
I love notes because I'm not very good about saying my true feeling out loud. Writing things down is so much easier for me.ReplyDelete
Such a lovely giveaway! I love receiving notes - they make you feel happy. I often will hide a little note in my hubby's suitcase when he travels. :)ReplyDelete
I love notes both sending and receiving, it is just such a special moment decoding someones unique handwriting only to find words of positivity, or someone reaching out for help/support just a good connection, and so intimate.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your blog!
What a lovely giveaway! I love giving notes, as well as receiving, because it is such a personal way to let someone know you are thinking of them. Taking the time to write it out yourself can be so intimate.ReplyDelete
It's so nice to have give something so personal as notes in a world where recognition and appreciation is rarely given.ReplyDelete
I think notes are so personal! It takes more time to sit and write a note to someone then it does to type something out! What a sweet giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win! :)ReplyDelete
I love giving and receiving love notes because I think they are nice little reminders that you care. It nice to think that a person took time out of there day just to remind you how much you care.ReplyDelete
Cute idea! I love all those little notes and envelopes... they make any package or gift look amazing and personal.ReplyDelete
I love giving and receiving love notes because I think they are nice little reminders that you care. It nice to think that a person took time out of there day just to remind you how much you care.ReplyDelete
I love getting notes because they are so much more personal than an email. I love seeing someone's handwriting.ReplyDelete
Snail mail is my favourite! My boyfriend sends mail when he's away with the army as it's our only means of communication when he's in the field. So sending notes and letters has a special place in my life.ReplyDelete
I love the romanticism of sending and receiving notes. I also feel like I am more thoughtful about what I write in a handwritten note as opposed to an email or text message.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway!
Thank you for inspiring all of us to share some more love. My favorite thing about love notes is that I pray for the person as I am crafting the card. I regularly give them to family, friends, and even strangers.ReplyDelete
These are so precious and inspiring. I would love to be able to give a lovely book of notes to my husband for all the sweet things he does and for all his hard work. I love giving notes because I know how special I feel when I receive one. I like to think of the joy I am spreading with something so simple. I am sending out some Spring/Thank you/Easter cards now!ReplyDelete
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Oh, it's gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Notes are the best way to cheer people up if they are sad. Words cannot be heard sometimes, but they can always be read! For me, notes are the best way to say something important.
P.S. Sorry, do not have account on Instagram, I'm a little bit old-fashioed.
One of life's pleasures is getting a special note from someoneReplyDelete
I love this!! I am sure it will offer so much inspiraiton. Ooh I do hope I win! xx. McKenna Lou RyanReplyDelete
What a sweet giveaway! If I win the one made by you, I would appreciate it very much. The ones you make and share here show the love you put into them when you make them. If I win one book of notes for me to write, I will share the love forward with someone special. I think you should start a Book of Notes Day. :)ReplyDelete
is this international? xReplyDelete
what a wonderful giveaway. i have been so curious about these since i first encountered your blog...i love it when you feature them. i love how a little unexpected note can brighten your day. i love to still send snail mail! :)ReplyDelete
love love love finding notes from my darling husband.ReplyDelete
I love notes...because you can keep them forever when they are special to you. And re-reading them just brings back the wonderful feeling you got with the first reading. :)ReplyDelete
I love giving notes. I've been trying to write more notes this year and send to friends across the country... Thanks for the great giveaway to start the week!ReplyDelete
Notes add such a lovely personal touch. Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyDelete
Shouts you (or I) matter enough for someone to take the time to write something down and send it. Totally personal from one to the other!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 08:56
This is so exciting! I've loved your Book of Notes idea for a lonnng time - I'm a huge fan of all things personal and thoughtful, and the thrill of receiving something handmade in the mail (or sending something, for that matter) never seems to go away. :) Thanks for the wonderful giveaway!ReplyDelete
every time i sleep over my bf's..he leaves me love notes before he goes to work (at 5:30am, eek!). it's always super special, even if the note just says 'don't forget your lunch!' bc although it takes 7 seconds, it's that extra mile:) the 7 second mile. i try to sneak some in his grocery or errands list..like i'll add an extra line item of 'kisses, lots of them'.ReplyDelete
Even though we are in our mid and late twenties, my cousin and I still send hand-written letters to each other regularly! We've been doing it since she moved away when I was 13. Hand written notes and letters are the best!ReplyDelete
Sending and receiving notes are among my favorite things. I always had pen pals when I was a kid and recently started sending random letters and mini art journals to friends and family. Right now my daughters and I are working on a mini art journal for my nephews who, sadly, don't live near us.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win! Keep up the great work.
I love getting and receiving notes! In today's fast-paced world, it means a lot to take the time to send a handwritten note. Much happiness can be "bought" for the price of a first class stamp or even less (if the note is hand delivered)!ReplyDelete
What a great idea. It looks so pretty.ReplyDelete
I love notes, cause with just a few words, you can make somone happy and make him/her smyle. I also love recieving notes, cause they are special and they make me feel special.
I would like to win the blank book, so I can send it to my best friend. She deserves it.
I love both sending and receiving notes. My mom always sends me cards with hand written notes inside and it always makes my day!ReplyDelete
I love notes! They are so fun to receive and so fun to give. I especially love giving my boyfriend notes- I will send him a note in the mail for no particular reason, just so he can get fun mail ;) and leave notes on his car.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 09:42
I love notes because sometimes my husband says something really funny and I just have to write it down somewhere.ReplyDelete
Nowadays, our daily lives are consumed by the pixilated world on the computer. Sending and receiving hand-written notes give a whole deeper meaning to communication. It makes it more fun, special, and intimate.ReplyDelete
first of all i would love to win because i have been fan of your book of notes for a very long time. :) second, i love making and giving book of notes because i think they are very personal and thoughtful. anytime i have given one to Ryan, it treasures it so much. i love seeing his face light up over it!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh...I would be over the moon if I won this! I have such a love of paper and writing. Snail mail is what I live for! So much so that I started my own business (www.wonderfulwriting.com) because of how much I love to send notes. Hugs to you for this giveaway!ReplyDelete
I love receiving notes ---of any kind--- they bring surprises, the unexpected joy of being given to in the mails and unexpected glimpses into a friends life, perceptions, art, creativity. thanks for the giveaway---a gem!!!ReplyDelete
love this! I think getting or giving snail mail is an amazing gesture. Even if it's something small and intimate.ReplyDelete
I love this so much! I'm a sucker for notes and cards in both the giving and receiving. My boyfriend thinks I'm crazy, but I know he loves it when he gets one, so who's really crazy? Notes are just a simple and effective way to brighten someone's day and show you care. So perfect.ReplyDelete
Just the act of writing by hand helps clear my head--especially early in the morning. I make it a point to write something by hand early in the morning before everyone gets up because it clears my head and gets me thinking creatively before I'm bombarded with screens and content, content, content.ReplyDelete
Hand writing a note to a loved one helps me connect someone on a deeper level. I miss this intimate mode of communication, and would love to revive it, even if it's just between me and my close friends.
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 09:54
What a great idea. I love all the different patterns and textures. Love the little details like the sewing. Sending notes via snail mail is so much fun!ReplyDelete
Hand written notes are so special and so rare these days.ReplyDelete
I love sending notes! it reminda me of when i was little and passing notes between classes! One of my friends still saved some! this is an amazing way to re-live the past in a much cuter way!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 10:03
I love sending notes because I think to someone special to me and as I send him a note he knows that!!ReplyDelete
thank you for the giveaway
I love your notes! I try to write at least one handwritten letter a week to a friend or relative.ReplyDelete
Oh, this is so sweet. Words are my love language -- They are so special both to give and receive. I've found no replacement for handwritten notes. :)ReplyDelete
I love to send handwritten notes. It makes it so much more personal than an email and I know it always makes my day to get one from a friend.ReplyDelete
I love making/sending/giving lil notes and letters to people. It allows me to be creative and it brings smiles to others! I love the books you put together. Crossing my fingers! :)ReplyDelete
I love notes because its something concrete that you can always pull out and look at :) Today when its so easy to just send a quick text hi, having a note shows more thought and love!! This book of notes is absolutely adorable and shows that love in the best way!ReplyDelete
I like notes because receiving and giving them makes me happy. Sadly, not enough people send notes.ReplyDelete
This is so cute and perfect! I'd love to win because my fiancée and I always leave little notes around the house for each other in fun places, but it's always on lame index cards. LolReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 10:49
There's an especially fuzzy feeling accompanied with receiving a letter or note.ReplyDelete
My husband leaves me little notes in the morning occasionally- and I love them so! Makes me feel all warm and sunny inside. :)ReplyDelete
I love both sending and receiving notes. Its nice take the time to write a few words to someone and make their day. Puts a smile on my face every time.ReplyDelete
I love anonymous notes especially, but all notes are fun! When I was little I'd color pictures with little notes saying "From me, to you" and stick them in mailboxes all over my neighborhood. :)ReplyDelete
I love notes because they are like little pieces of your heart. It's sweet to give someone a physical expression of what's inside of you. For me it's like a visual metaphor too, like poetry.ReplyDelete
I have loved stationery and receiving notes since I was little. My love language is words of affirmation so that might explain it.ReplyDelete
Great giveaway! I love how notes are so personalReplyDelete
Love notes are those little acts of kindness that brighten a dreary day, warm the hearts of the lonely, and encourage the minds of the doubtful. Something as small as a note has such an extreme effect on the heart, mind, and soul......little miracles, that's what they are. Ps....I love this idea of a giveaway. We need a little more positivity in this world! Happy love note writing, all!ReplyDelete
Brilliant ideas. Notes all around are fantastic, especially handwritten ones!! I'd be beyond thrilled to win either way but if I had my preference I liked my notes blank so I can fill out and spread the love. Off to instagram. Cheers. Wendy (firstname.lastname@example.com)ReplyDelete
I love giving and receiving notes because it can show someone they're being thought of :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 11:29
Count me in! After living abroad for 5 months, I've learned to appreciate notes so much more. I took great care in sending cute notes to my friends back home while I was in Portugal, and now I'm back in Belgium I'm still doing the same for my Portuguese friends. I would love to win this to get some inspiration!ReplyDelete
What a fun giveaway! I would love to give or receive a book of notes! To me, the beauty in sending or receiving a note results in a smile on my face that lasts all day. I love both-sending and receiving!ReplyDelete
What a fun giveaway! I would love to give or receive a book of notes! To me, the beauty in sending or receiving a note results in a smile on my face that lasts all day. I love both-sending and receiving!ReplyDelete
Sending notes cross-country (Washington State to Washington, DC) keeps me and my "baby" sister connected, as she rocks her college campus and I try my hand at work inside the Beltway.ReplyDelete
Honestly, there's a certain feeling of excitement whenever I receive mail (unless it's junk, of course). I just get filled with wonder about what's inside, especially if it's a personal note. I'm temporarily residing in AZ, though I'm from MI, and I'm actually doing a pen-pal thing with my friend who moved to MA last year. So hand-written notes are just fun and personal and really exciting to both give and receive, especially because it brightens my day and hopefully theirs too!ReplyDelete
Great giveaway. Thank you for doing this!
What a wonderful idea! I would love to win one of your charming books of notes, Danni! I would give it to my husband -- since our baby's been born, it's a bit harder for us to focus on each other like we were able to do pre-son, and this would be such a sweet way to remind him that he is important to me all the time! --Sarah T.ReplyDelete
what a lovely giveaway! I love notes because they are fun and they express your love for the person you write them.ReplyDelete
ciao dall'Italia, I love your blog!
I love sending notes to people cause its a little way to bright someones day! who doesn't love a hand written note?!ReplyDelete
I love getting(and sending) "snail mail". You can hold it in your hand, mull over it. and enjoy it for a long time to come. Love, love, love, all your goodies!ReplyDelete
Have a great week,
Oh wow it would be so lovely to win this! I adore notes - both sending and receiving them. I love the excitement of seeing a personalised bit of post landing on the door mat knowing that somebody has thought of you and taken the time to write a note - it is such a thoughtful way to show you care about somebody! I like to leave notes in surprise places for my husband :)ReplyDelete
I love, love, love sending notes because there is absolutely nothing better than finding fun surprises in your mailbox.ReplyDelete
I love to be crafty and send creative notes instead of plain letters to my fiancé who lives 500 miles away... and your books of notes are always such a cute inspiration! Thanks for this awesome giveaway, be blessed!ReplyDelete
I love sending little notes! I always snag cute cards or trinkets I can mail to my far-away friends and family.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure why I like doing it, but I really love sending little notes!ReplyDelete
How cute! Notes are one of those simple things that can just instantly brighten up a day.ReplyDelete
I love hiding little notes in my husband's work gear. I feel like it helps him know I'm thinking about him even when he's away.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway
This looks so cute! Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I love giving and receiving notes because they are like a little piece of the person who gave them. If it's writing, a doodle, whatever, it's something that came from their hand, their mind, their feelings. I really love that about notes. It's something that just can't be replaced. <3ReplyDelete
Nothin' better than snail mail! I love the more personal feeling of a physical note.ReplyDelete
notes are the happiest surprise. :) love, love them.ReplyDelete
oh, what a sweet giveaway! I love love notes because they feel more sincere than a text or email. they have that personal touch, and they make you feel special :) plus you can keep them as a keepsake!ReplyDelete
How fun! My sister and I are known among our friends as the snail mail queens. There is nothing better than a handwritten note. :)ReplyDelete
How fun! My sister and I are known among our friends as the snail mail queens. There is nothing better than a handwritten note. :)ReplyDelete
I love notes because they're something personal. When you write one you're putting a little of yourself in, and ditto for receiving them. They're simple, beautiful treasures.ReplyDelete
This is adorable!! I love giving and receiving handwritten notes, shows someone you can take an extra moment to show you care. It gives them a new level of connection we don't see much of anymore in this digital age.ReplyDelete
I love notes because it takes effort to write them and it's something rare these days. It's much more personal and special compare to text messages or e-mails :)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, I would absolutely love to win one of your wonderful book of notes! What a lovely giveaway. Hope you and the new shop are well! Anna xxReplyDelete
I love giving AND receiving notes!! They are the best!ReplyDelete
Wow thank you so much for the great giveaway! I love sending notes because I have a complete obsession with note cards. I could spend hours on Etsy browsing through all the beautiful cards.ReplyDelete
This is such a cute idea. When I was young I had several pen pals because I loved getting notes, but now the only thing I get is bills. Boo. I would love to get a book of notes filled out in the mail.ReplyDelete
I love receiving notes in the mail because I used to do it A LOT when I was younger but snail mail seems to be a lost art. And what fun to open the mail box and see letters! I love sending them for the same reason. I think people really appreciate the time and effort taken to sit and write on a card or letter, stamp it, and mail it. :)ReplyDelete
5 years eh? I'd love to win a book or kit. I do random tidbits for important folks to me, but to have a little touch of OHF in that would be magical.ReplyDelete
What a fun giveaway! Thank you! I love notes because I love the personal touch of something handwritten and handmade. They make pretty great surprises too when given for no occasion at all :)ReplyDelete
I love sending cards, love cute stamps, love writing notes and leaving them for my husband around the house, love putting notes in gifts, love putting notes on my co-workers desk as a surprise. Notes are so easy to do and write and I would love to have something dedicated to just that! :) P.S. I randomly went into your store a few weeks ago and was so blown away by your creativity! Congratulations and I can't wait to return!ReplyDelete
I love getting notes in the mail! So exciting!ReplyDelete
I love your "book of notes" idea, and I've done it a few times as birthday gifts for my friends! Always a huge hit :)ReplyDelete
It's creative and personal to make, and people definitely love receiving them!
Oh! I love these little books of notes! I've tried to make one before after seeing your posts on them, but mine don't have the finesse of the ones you make. You always have the best supplies! I love exchanging notes with my husband to remind him that I love him. We've been exchanging notes ever since our first monthaversary of dating! (He started the tradition and we're up to 27 months now!)ReplyDelete
I would love to receive a blank one so we could continue our tradition. I would love to gift it to him on our first anniversary of marriage (Also our 31st monthaversary).
These are too cute! I love getting and sending physical, handwritten notes rather than emails or texts. It makes the note so much more personal and feels more heartfelt.ReplyDelete
What a lovely give-away! I adore your beautiful book of notes! :) I love how notes can be so simple, yet so very encouraging! xxReplyDelete
I love getting notes in the mail. They are so personal and make me think of simpler times :)ReplyDelete
My love language is definitely words of encouragement, but mostly written. I just can't convey them as well in spoken word. This is such a beautiful way to do it!ReplyDelete
I absolutely loved the idea of the book of notes. I always give my mom cards and like writing her little messages. The best part is to see her smile after receiving the notes.ReplyDelete
I wish I could receive such a wonderful present, but in my family and circle of friends it is not that appreciated.
I would give this to my mother, or to my sister because she moved to a new house. Or to my best friend in college, as a graduation present.
I love taking notes, because I really want to remember the important moments... I love receiving notes, because they remind me of high school... For me it's much easier to write, that talk :)ReplyDelete
i love giving and receiving notes! it makes people feel special i think to know that someone took the time to personally and creatively express a sentiment.ReplyDelete
I love getting little notes or cards in the mail. My husband sometimes leaves me little messages on our chalkboard or my notebook. People overlook the beauty of paper these days so I love sending notes too to really remind people they are loved.ReplyDelete
My grandma was my pen pal for years and years. When I was in college, I would read her letters aloud to my roommates (because my grandma was a nut and a fabulous writer, her letters were always phenomenal). She passed away a few months ago, and I've been missing my notes terribly. I have started to write a note a month to send to a friend in hopes that they feel as good as I did whenever I got one from Grandma :)ReplyDelete
Wow, I love this super lovely handmade notebook made by you! The only thing I got the past few months were bills... *sigh* And a handwritten letter, cards, or anything that involves paper is so nice to get in the mail - especially your notebook! I definitely need a new one since I'm taking so many notes for the e-course of Holly Becker's Blog Boss! :-) Keeping my fingers crossed. ;-)ReplyDelete
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I love sending notes, because it's hopefully gonna brighten someone's day, but I think I love receiving notes more than sending.ReplyDelete
Maybe you are doing spring cleaning. Or moving to a new place, near or far. Perhaps a new phase of life is beginning, or you have reached the end of one. You open a drawer, or a closet. You take a box off a shelf. And you find a little note that brings back a feeling, a memory. It evokes a smile, a sigh, or a tear to fall.ReplyDelete
These days with texting and emails, hand-crafted letters are a step above with Book of Notes being such a creative and intimate way to make words of encouragement so much more than just a simple hallmark card. I would love to receive a Book of Notes (already put together since you are so much more creative than I) to give to my cousin who is in Afganistan at the moment fighting for our country. I know that he loves receiving letters from friends and family and I can't think of a better person to receive a specially crafted book of notes than him for serving.ReplyDelete
I love the feeling of care that goes into writing a note to someone you love and the feeling when you receive one.ReplyDelete
i love how heartfelt and personal they are.ReplyDelete
I am a note lover and leaver. Growing up leaving notes for my parents letting them know where I was and now for my husband on those days when our paths don't cross till later. Just a little bit of love to come home to.ReplyDelete
because notes are love in paper formReplyDelete
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This is a very, very nice giveaway! I do really love giving or receiving notes, cards or letters (snail mail).ReplyDelete
I think that it makes people feel special, because someone have took the time to do something for you.
I would like to receive it blank, just to make (with the little presents) a very personal note for someone.
Thank you!
Looking back now I can see that note-giving became/was/is a love language for my husband & me. Even before we were dating (and "just friends") he started a pattern of leaving notes in manila envelops on my car windshield at university. Note giving included: paper airplanes flown into his office at school, diagrammed drawings of date ideas, secretly-tucked notes into each other's backpacks. Now we've been married for almost 2 years & every note he's ever given me is in a box on a shelf. And, yes, we still give notes!ReplyDelete
Oh how wonderful. I love notes because they're a small little thing that shows you're thinking about someone.ReplyDelete
This is beautiful! I love sending notes to my best friend in England (I'm in South Africa). We're both stationery-obsessed so she would love these :) xxReplyDelete
I love writing notes, they let me sit and think about the words I would like to say and let me write them down before I forget.ReplyDelete
I love getting notes because they mean somebody took a moment just for you. My husband writes me a post-it note every morning before he leaves for work and puts it on my computer. Do you know I save every one?ReplyDelete
love sending notes because they are personal and give me an opportunity to express my feelings toward loved ones in a coherent way. i tend to express my feelings better in writing than in speaking.ReplyDelete
I love getting notes as they are more personal and sincere.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 13:39
Thanks for this awesome giveaway! I love notes because they're so much more personal than texts or emails. They're so much more fun to send.ReplyDelete
I love sending notes because I am obsessed with stationery and love sending short "I'm thinking about you" notes to friends and family (I also love to get notes in return!). It's something unexpected and so special for the recipient!ReplyDelete
How lovely!!! All of your goodies are absolutely swoon worthy, and I think anyone would feel like the luckiest person on earth to win one of these parcels. *smile* I love sending little notes to brighten people's days {plus I'm incredibly obsessed with any cute packaging [thanks to your lovely inspiration]}. And of course, I simply love receiving a deliciously long letter in the mailbox {I mean...who doesn't?!}. Thanks for hosting!ReplyDelete
The warm fuzzies you get when personalizing, sending, and recieving notes is incomparable. There is nothing that Facebook or an email can do to quite match the beautiful uniqueness a note brings. It is the most thoughtful and loving act in the subject of written communication. Additionally, as a designer I melt over cute, well-designed things on lovely paper!ReplyDelete
oooh how lovely. Notes are little moments of love and I love leaving them for my children..eve if it's just to say "have a good day" !ReplyDelete
I love the book of notes and have made a number of them for friends by copying a little of what you do. They were the hit of a birthday party that I took one to and for Valentines Day I made them for family members... and purchased two kits also. Sooo as you see... I am really sold on them and would love to win.... have a very good day.ReplyDelete
Notes are a beautiful way to remind people that they are loved and important. I'll jump on any chance to remind my husband, kids, family and friends that they are precious to me - and making sure notes and packages are beautiful just better demonstrates that they are valuable and worth the time.ReplyDelete
Such a sweet little book! I love notes because they take time and effort. They are so personal and thoughtful!ReplyDelete
i love giving (and receiving) handwritten notes because it takes extra effort and is a really thoughtful way to let someone you love know they're wonderful.ReplyDelete
What a cute book! I love sending notes because it shows people that I care about them and I'm thinking of them.ReplyDelete
I absolutely adore handwritten/handmade notes because I think it gives so much more meaning to the words you are actually writing. It shows that you cared enough to put in the time and effort and really think it through. I also think homemade notes are so much more beautiful and personal.ReplyDelete
This is so fun! I think it's important to give handwritten notes some press. There is nothing like the feeling of opening your mailbox and seeing a cute note from your best friend, decked out in washi tape and fun stamps. Or returning to your car and seeing that a friend has left you some love. Or my personal favorite, sticky notes of love found around the house from my husband. :)ReplyDelete
I love to give and receive notes. I have many small pieces of paper with thought things my husband has written down. I love putting things down on paper for my children to read and save.ReplyDelete
I love giving notes to my husband. And I love getting notes in the mail, from anyone! Anything but bills and junk mailReplyDelete
I love to give and receive notes -- words have so much power to deeply encourage and strengthen us. I have enjoyed writing encouraging notes since I was a little kid. I would write them to friends, teachers, and my mom, and sometimes give anonymous notes too. There was a time when I would write a letter to my mom almost every day, even though we lived in the same house. I would write the letters using different colored Pentel markers that came in a set.ReplyDelete
I LOVE notes. I love having a tangible expression of my love for someone else or their love for me - something I can hold on to and keep for days when I doubt myself. Words of affirmation are my love language, and notes are a natural result of that. I've always admired your books of notes and can't wait to make one for someone special!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 15:54
I love notes and pretty paper and I love special mail! It's so much better than bills!ReplyDelete
Notes are my absolute favorite! (To give & receive) I've made pacts with friends and family to always send one another little notes, letters, cards & gifts through the good ol' snail mail =) Thanks for the opportunity! I'm in love with your work!ReplyDelete
I love notes because they're unexpected and so rare these days. It's always hard for me to keep quiet when I send someone something, because I'm so eager for them to receive it! It's also a sign that you are extra special for someone to take the time and effort to handwrite a note. I still use the postal service quite a bit and love receiving those rare letters!ReplyDelete
I love notes! writing them, decorating them, sending them, and of course receiving them! I love notes because I love using beautiful stationery, paper, pens, washi tape, stickers.. I've loved stationery and stationery stores since I was a little girl! <3ReplyDelete
I love the permanency of a note or letter. That someone took the time in this instant time to sit down a write something.ReplyDelete
I love notes because they are just so cute to stick up anywhere! :)ReplyDelete
I love sending notes and especially receiving notes - it makes my day! I'd love to receive a book filled with lots of lovely surprises!ReplyDelete
Oh my! this giveaway is so exciting! I love notes because the perfectly timed note even when it's just a few words can evoke really deep emotions from the recipient!ReplyDelete
I have always loved giving and receiving notes. When I was in elementary school, my next door neighbor and I would exchange notes and little gifts (like those that come out of the old gumball machines.) We would sneak to each other's window and tape a little folded message or gift to the other girl's window as a surprise. We did this regularly until we were in Junior High. Your book of notes makes me think back to those days (so long ago!!)ReplyDelete
Love receiving them...a bright spot in an ordinary day that makes me stop and sit and read. Love sending them...a way to let others know you are thinking of them and you appreciate them. To know someone is thinking of you can make the darkest days brighter!ReplyDelete
I love sending them and knowing that you have made someone else smile for such a little thing and LOVE love love recieving them- especially as my postbox is out in the cold and it is so sad when you go to check and you have no post!ReplyDelete
Whether sent or received, they carry happiness. Someone is thinking specifically of you. [sigh]ReplyDelete
i'm super sentimental, and a note is something a person can keep and treasure forever! so whenever i receive them, i always keep it. i have every card, letter, note i've ever received in a boxes.ReplyDelete
words (notes) expressing encouragement, affirmation, and just happy things are the best! and in this day and age, emails is what gets sent the most. notes/snail mail is slowly phasing out... make notes all the more special. :)
I love giving notes because they're like little pieces of art that light up someone's day!ReplyDelete
B-E-A-Utiful!! :) I love notes because they are a sprinkles of joy, love and all the warm and fuzzy things. Those sprinkles keep life happy.ReplyDelete
!!! I loooooove this!! I wish I had the talent to be able to put one of these together. My talents lie in knitting & crocheting ;) when it comes to making beautiful things with paper & that, I fall short!ReplyDelete
I do love sending AND receiving lovely notes, though! I set a goal this year to send at least 100 letters/postcards/notes. :)
Great giveaway! I love hand-written notes because they are little pieces of someone that you give or receive. Handwriting says so much about someone! Handmade notes are even better.ReplyDelete
I've been addicted to writing notes and letters (and receiving them!) since fifth grade (1967) when I got my first pen pal who lived in East Pakistan. She disappeared for awhile during their revolution (when they became Bangladesh), and years later emigrated to the US. We lost contact for many years.ReplyDelete
Nothing could beat getting a handwritten note in the mail. It wasn't just the words, it was the handwriting and the personality that came through.
It's been over 45 years and she and I still send Christmas cards and handwritten notes. I still have some of the letters from so long ago and could never bear to throw them away. I hope that my letters over the years elicit the same sentiments.
Thank you for sharing your talent with your customers. We really do appreciate it. In fact, we should send thank you notes! :)
I love giving notes because I can show how much I care for someone or let them know that I was thinking of them. Plus, in this age of instant and shallow communication, it really shows love and thoughtfulness.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 18:19
Oooh! What a lovely giveaway!ReplyDelete
I love giving notes! Through these notes, I get to express my thoughts/feelings to all those I love, and I get to share a bit of my creative self too :) I hope that my notes let the recipients feel that they're cherished :)
Hope, hope I win!!
I love this giveaway! You've inspired me with the book of notes to do this to my bday cards this year! It's super fun filling it up with little surprises! I hash tagged and tagged you in one of my photos @ladawnouellette! Crossing my fingers!ReplyDelete
During my observations today, I saw two students passing a note during independent work time. Even though the teacher in me was rolling its eyes, the kid in me was reliving fond memories of the ridiculous notes my friends and I passed--always a hello, random thoughts, and wonky illustrations. I loved it.ReplyDelete
I still love writing and reading notes. It feels just a teensy bit rebellious and always so thoughtful.
Receiving hand-written notes have always been one of my most joys in life ever since I was in kindergarten!(still have them in a little note box in my desk ;) ) I'm still a young teenager (turning 16 in October), but I have always been interested in small things. I bought a book of notes from your store before and I sent it to an old friend that lives all the way across the country!!Giving small things to people just for the heck of it makes me super happy and I want to continue doing it for as long as I can, and that's gonna be a long time :) Thinking about all the small things people do for others, nothing makes me happier than thinking that there is good and happiness even in the darkest of places. Sending and receiving notes is just something I want to do with more people, and share with as many as I can.ReplyDelete
I LOVE sending notes. It's sending pure goodness into the world... and you might even get something special back!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 19:55
I love notes! It's a tradition of mine to write little messages of encouragement for my friends before homeroom on monday mornings. My mom leaves little notes in funny places around the house. Like she'll put a little piece of paper under the table cloth that says 'time to wash the table cloth, huh?'. We find them in all these hidden places. My grandmother used to leave notes in random places too and even after she's died we still once in a blue moon come across them in her old jewelry boxes or photo albums. It's this unintentional way of leaving a piece of your life behind. Notes, old library cards with dates of when books were checked out, letters, I love to collect and send anything that in it's small, quiet way reminds people you were here :)ReplyDelete
Too stinkin' cute! Notes serve as a great way to brighten someone's day and remind them that they were on your mind!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March, 2013 20:20
That would be so fun to win a book of notes from the creator of them herself! :) After seeing yours on the blog, I've made several for friends, and people have always loved them. My favorite was when I gave a book of notes to my friend's teacher so she would receive it in the middle of the day! Delivering (and receiving) notes are so fun!ReplyDelete
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Opening the world to traveller.
Flight Centre editors use Adobe Creative Cloud for enterprise to work together in real time from different locations to create stunning video content that motivates people to travel.
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Make the world more accessible to traveller
Help editors work together more seamlessly
Support collaboration with remote teams
Delivers inspiring travel content to customers across physical and digital channels
Editors on-location easily work on projects with colleagues around the world
88% more time spent by consumers on websites featuring video content
Easily provide valuable feedback to remote teams using shared libraries
"Adobe Creative Cloud gives us all of the tools that we need to create and share branded messages more efficiently so that we can increase our speed and reach without sacrificing quality."
Luke Wheatley
Head of Creative and Content, Flight Centre
Choosing new destinations
Travel means different things to different people. Some people want to experience beautiful vistas, climb mountains or relax on pristine white sand beaches. Others want to explore a bustling city, eat at five-star restaurants and dance the night away. Travelling may be fun and exciting, but it serves another important purpose. By exposing people to new places, cultures and ways of thinking, travel can help break down barriers and improve understanding among groups of people.
This is one of the ideas that drives Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) to help make the world more accessible for millions of traveller worldwide. To accomplish this, the communications team at Flight Centre, the largest brand in the FCTG portfolio, focuses on delivering inspiring travel content to Australian customers across television and cinema, billboards, print, radio, retail shops and all digital channels, including websites, email, mobile and social media.
The Flight Centre blog gets more than 85,000 unique visitors per month where they find travel tips, news and recommendations. Travel Ideas has become one of Australia's biggest travel magazines and it has no ads—only amazing travel stories. The communications team also creates animations for dynamic digital displays used in 200 Flight Centre retail shops in Australia.
"Adobe has always been great about working with us to help make our production as efficient as possible."
Luke Wheatley
Head of Creative and Content, Flight Centre
No matter what platform, Flight Centre creates all of its branded communications using Adobe Creative Cloud for enterprise. Working with Adobe Creative Cloud, artists, writers, editors and designers can share images, assets and resources to quickly develop and publish fresh content for customers. Recently, Flight Centre began moving its video production workflow to Team Projects, part of Creative Cloud, which lets editors in Australia work in parallel with their colleagues on-location in other parts of the world.
"Adobe has always been great about working with us to help make our production as efficient as possible," says Luke Wheatley, Head of Creative and Content at Flight Centre. "If we can deliver the same creative quality, but faster and for less cost, we can put that extra time and money into even more content that inspires our customers to travel."
Setting the standard for travel video
With video, Flight Centre entered a new age of customer engagement. "We weren't really doing a lot of video when I started with Flight Centre, but we decided to take a chance and shoot a short piece for our media channels," says Wheatley. "It became a big hit with more than 3.3 million views. We knew that video was the medium of the future for us."
Today, Flight Centre produces at least one or two videos every week. The content ranges from spotlights on popular destinations and short clips for social media, to internal videos explaining Flight Centre's philosophies and uniform standards to employees. For internal communications, video improves the conversion rate on the Flight Centre employee learning portal by 49%.
"Travel can be complicated, especially if people are planning to go somewhere they've never been before," says Wheatley. "Video is one of the best ways to make complicated topics simple. We're finding that audiences respond very positively to video. Video in an email can increase the click-through-rate by about 96% and the average user spends about 88% more time on a website when we put video on it."
On top of these regular videos, Flight Centre created its own 13-part travel series made for television. Each 30-minute episode of The 48 Hour Destination takes viewers on a whirlwind tour of the top sights in popular cities and tourist locations around the world. The show is currently in production for its second season with plans to air the series internationally.
"We edit every video with Adobe Premiere Pro," says Wheatley. "We love how Adobe Creative Cloud allows us to bring ideas to life quickly. Our video team is often working in exotic locales and with Premiere Pro, editors can do some quick cuts on their laptops and upload clips straight to social media to get audiences as excited about our travels as we are."
Adobe After Effects also plays an important role in almost every video. With After Effects, producers can quickly create animated storyboards that explain their vision to the rest of the team far faster than hasty sketches or paragraphs of text. Artists build upon these storyboards, creating sounds, titles or even colourful animations.
Adobe Creative Cloud services contribute to even greater collaboration with remote teams. Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries allow editors to create a library with all video footage, storyboards, animation and other assets associated with a specific project.
"Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries makes giving feedback very fast and simple, especially when we have people travelling around the world," says Wheatley. "I can open a library, see everything that's happening on a project and add my own notes. We'd probably need to cut our video output in half if we didn't have Creative Cloud Libraries to facilitate collaboration."
Listening to customer voices
Flight Centre continues to look for new opportunities to reach audiences. Currently, Flight Centre is considering a podcast that will showcase trends and tips for future traveller. Hosts may answer questions or address topics based on information from search data or social media posts.
"Integrated marketing is key to reaching customers with a consistent message on any channel that a customer wants to hear from us," says Wheatley. "Adobe Creative Cloud gives us all of the tools that we need to create and share branded messages more efficiently so that we can increase our speed and reach without sacrificing quality."
"Video in an email can increase the click-through-rate by about 96% and the average user spends about 88% more time on a website when we put video on it."
Luke Wheatley
Head of Creative and Content, Flight Centre
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Philosophy Week marches on... This isn't Wonkette, so we won't be discussing Florida circa 2000, OK? We will be discussing what Ralph Nader did in 1965: publish a book called Unsafe At Any Speed. Far too many people think of Nader's polemic as "the book about the Corvair." Truth is, only one of the eight chapters was about the butt-engined Chevy. The larger theme of the book was that automakers routinely chose profit over safety and constantly fought against items such as seatbelts, padded dashboards and collapsible steering columns. GM sure didn't help their case by sending private dicks and hookers after the morally upright Nader. Also remember that none other than John DeLorean in his own book On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors, wrote that everything Nader said about the Corvair was not only true, but known to GM before the car ever went on sale.
If we look at Robert Kubica's recent 75 G crash, it becomes obvious that no one ever has to die in an automobile accident. Never forget what Colonel Stapp taught us: deceleration alone does not kill humans. Years ago I was involved in a horrible accident that was phoned into 911 as "two fatalities." A 6-ton delivery truck going about 45 mph rear ended my buddy's stopped Mazda 323 at a funny angle and pushed us into oncoming traffic where the little compact was struck again by a car coming the other direction. However, both my friend and I were belted in and able to walk away virtually unscathed. In fact, the cops who arrived on scene refused to talk to us because they didn't believe we could've been in the totally deformed Mazda. I contend that if not for Ralph Nader, you wouldn't be reading this sentence, as I'd be dead. Discuss.


text: 100+ Years of Tracking Nutrients Available in the U.S. Food Supply This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. What's in the food we eat? Have you ever wondered if the foods past generations ate as children were more nutritious than the foods you now eat, or vice versa? Well, let's take a look at the amount of nutrients available in foods for over 100 years! The Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply is a historical data series beginning with 1909, on the amounts of nutrients available in the food supply for consumption (not nutrients consumed), on a per capita per day basis, as well as percentage contributions of nutrients by major food groups. The series provides data for food calories and the calorie-yielding nutrients which are protein, carbohydrate, and fat (total, saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and individual fatty acids); cholesterol; dietary fiber; 10 vitamins; and 9 minerals. Food supply nutrients are closely linked to food and nutrition policy, with prominence in areas related to nutrition monitoring, Federal dietary guidance, fortification policy, and food marketing strategies. Hazel A.B. Hiza, PhD, RDN, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion Posted in Food and Nutrition Research and Science May 27, 2014 7 Responses


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Light touch keeps a grip on delicate nanoparticles
|(Nanowerk News) Using a refined technique for trapping and manipulating nanoparticles, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have extended the trapped particles' useful life more than tenfold (see paper in Nano Letters: "Significantly Improved Trapping Lifetime of Nanoparticles in an Optical Trap using Feedback Control").
|This new approach, which one researcher likens to "attracting moths," promises to give experimenters the trapping time they need to build nanoscale structures and may open the way to working with nanoparticles inside biological cells without damaging the cells with intense laser light.
|NIST researchers' new approach to trapping nanoparticles uses a control and feedback system that nudges them only when needed, lowering the average intensity of the beam and increasing the lifetime of the nanoparticles while reducing their tendency to wander. On the left, 100-nanometer gold nanoparticles quickly escape from a static trap while gold nanoparticles trapped using the NIST method remained strongly confined.
|Scientists routinely trap and move nanoparticles in a solution with "optical tweezers"—a laser focused to a very small point. The tiny dot of laser light creates a strong electric field, or potential well, that attracts particles to the center of the beam. Although the particles are attracted into the field, the molecules of the fluid they are suspended in tend to push them out of the well. This effect only gets worse as particle size decreases because the laser's influence over a particle's movement gets weaker as the particle gets smaller. One can always turn up the power of the laser to generate a stronger electric field, but doing that can fry the nanoparticles too quickly to do anything meaningful with them—if it can hold them at all.
|NIST researchers' new approach uses a control and feedback system that nudges the nanoparticle only when needed, lowering the average intensity of the beam and increasing the lifetime of the nanoparticle while reducing its tendency to wander. According to Thomas LeBrun, they do this by turning off the laser when the nanoparticle reaches the center and by constantly tracking the particle and moving the tweezers as the particle moves.
|"You can think of it like attracting moths in the dark with a flashlight," says LeBrun. "A moth is naturally attracted to the flashlight beam and will follow it even as the moth flutters around apparently at random. We follow the fluttering particle with our flashlight beam as the particle is pushed around by the neighboring molecules in the fluid. We make the light brighter when it gets too far off course, and we turn the light off when it is where we want it to be. This lets us maximize the time that the nanoparticle is under our control while minimizing the time that the beam is on, increasing the particle's lifetime in the trap."
|Using this method at constant average beam power, 100-nanometer gold particles remained trapped 26 times longer than had been seen in previous experiments. Silica particles 350 nanometers in diameter lasted 22 times longer, but with the average beam power reduced by 33 percent. LeBrun says that their approach should be able to be combined with other techniques to trap and hold even smaller nanoparticles for extended periods without damaging them.
|"We're more than an order of magnitude ahead of where we were before," says LeBrun. "We now hope to begin building complex nanoscale devices and testing nanoparticles as sensors and drugs in living cells."
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The Provider Outreach and Education department (POE) educates providers and their staff regarding the fundamentals of the Medicare program, national and local policies, procedures, new Medicare initiatives, significant changes to the Medicare program, and issues identified through data analysis.
Palmetto GBA offers education to providers through online, teleconference, or live and in-person events.
Providers may participate in live, prescheduled webcasts where they are afforded the opportunity to interact with the instructor through a dedicated chat box within the webcast application. Live webcasts are often recorded to allow providers to listen to a playback. Other webcasts, in the Webcast Library, are pre-recorded to allow providers to view and listen to the webcast on their own schedule.
Self-Paced Computer-Based Learning
Self-paced computer based learning sessions allow providers to use their computers to access education on specific topics. Some of the computer based training includes pre- and post-test questions to test a user's knowledge before and after each session.
Ask the Contractor Teleconference (ACT) Calls
ACT calls are held at least quarterly and offer the provider community live interaction through a teleconference line to ask questions. These calls are designed to present specific topics, and providers can submit questions prior to the call using the Submit a Question for the Ask the Contractor Teleconference (ACT) form (PDF).
Live In-Person
Live, in-person education is provided from time to time, and will have specific topics based on data analysis. Some of these events are based upon speaker requests from various organizations. Note: Speaker requests received from individual providers are handled as a webcast or teleconference.


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Whenever I see people's mailboxes and I look at what they got for review, I'm always curious HOW they got them, especially since I feel sorta like I'm stumbling around in the dark without a map when it comes to acquiring review books. Did they ask for them? Did the books magically appear on their doorstep? Are they e-books? HOW DO I GET THEM???
Ahem, so in case anyone else is wondering the same things, I am going to write how I received each review book. Hopefully this will help clear up some of the mystery surrounding the sometimes seemingly mystical appearance of review books. I hope I'm not breaking some taboo rule (is it like Fight Club? The first rule of acquiring review books is we do not talk about acquiring review books)??
Please note: I am NOT offering advice on how you should go about getting review books. I'm only sharing what I did. Really, I'm so far from knowing what I'm doing that I can't give advice.
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- The guy's name is Finn. Points for having a hot guy name.
- Finn leans. Points for Hot Guy Action #2 (quirking one eyebrow is Hot Guy Action #1 and giving a lopsided smile is #3).
- Finn is sweetly sarcastic. Points for hot guy personality trait!
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Deadly Cool (Deadly Cool #1) by Gemma Halliday
The Trust (Secret Society #2) by Tom Dolby
I swapped my copy of Between the Sea and Sky with Tayte from Reading in Paradise for her copy of Deadly Cool. Thank you Tayte!
I won The Trust from Bewitched Bookworms during their Enter the Fall Clearing giveaway. I love secret societies, but it was Pushy's awesome review of the first book that prompted me to enter. Thank you ladies!
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Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
The Legend of Holly Clause by Brittney Ryan
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IN STUDIO SESSION: When you reserve your seat at this session you will enjoy two complimentary beverages (beer, wine, or soda), a fun atmosphere, and create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece!
We will provide you with a complete painting supply kit! Including: tablecloth, 16×20 inch canvas, paint, mixing plates, brush cleaning cup, paper towels, brushes, and as always TWO BEVERAGES!
On the day of your session you will be emailed a Zoom login code to join our virtual session You will need to download the free ZOOM app at https://zoom.us/ Please follow email instructions and login about 20 minutes prior to start time to make sure you are connected properly.
You pickup your supplies the day of the event. On the day of the event between 5:30pm-6pm. (after you purchase your tickets online, you may stop by the studio at the designated time slot to pick up your supplies)
Reservations are non-refundable but you can reschedule yourself for another night at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled class. You can reschedule yourself here right through the website. IF YOU ARE FEELING SICK/ILL do not come. Instead, contact us for additional arrangements.
If your reservation contains 3 or more tickets we will automatically reserve seats for you ahead of time so that your group can sit together. If you purchase your seats separately and you have a group of 3 or more, please indicate all the attendees first and last names in the NOTES FIELD at checkout.
Health Guidelines: We do ask that everyone maintain social distancing (from other groups). Please raise your hand for a beverage and we will be happy to bring over your drink of choice (proper ID required for beer/wine). We ask that you wear your mask at all times unless actively drinking. We will limit the restrooms to one person at a time. We take customer safety very seriously! We will have hand sanitizer at our entrance and encourage all patrons to use it upon entering the facility. We will disinfect all seating areas, brushes, aprons, door knobs, light switches, bar area, restrooms in between each painting session. Your health is our utmost importance. We ask that you do not enter our facility if you are feeling ill/sick at all. You can email to reschedule your reservation.


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7 states receive $20.7 million in Disability Employment Initiative funding from US Labor Department for education, training, employment projects
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $20,654,352 for seven states under the Disability Employment Initiative to improve education, training, and employment opportunities and outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits. The initiative is jointly funded and administered by the department's Employment and Training Administration and its Office of Disability Employment Policy.
"This program represents our strong commitment to assisting people with disabilities in securing good jobs and providing career pathways," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "These Employment and Training Administration grants will expand the capacity of the public workforce system to provide training and employment services to people with disabilities."
This round of funding is the third under the Disability Employment Initiative, which currently supports 16 state projects. The new grants are being awarded to Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Rhode Island, and will implement exemplary employment services for individuals with disabilities in the public workforce system. The states with continuing grants under the initiative are Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
All projects under this initiative build upon previous department initiatives by hiring staff with expertise in disability and workforce issues. The grants support extensive collaboration across multiple workforce and disability service systems in each state, including vocational rehabilitation, mental health, intellectual/developmental disability agencies, independent living centers, business leadership networks, and other community and nonprofit organizations.
"Everyone should have the opportunity to contribute to today's workforce," said Kathy Martinez, assistant secretary of labor for disability employment policy. "Enhancing the workforce system's ability to provide effective coordinated and collaborative service delivery will help to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the employment training and supports they need to achieve self-sufficiency."
The department's priority is to serve individuals with disabilities and those who are receiving Social Security disability benefits, and it is working on early intervention strategies to assist people with disabilities before they become disability beneficiaries.
The Disability Employment Initiative expands the public workforce system's participation in the Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work Program by requiring participating state workforce agencies or local workforce investment boards to become active employment networks. Many Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries use the mainstream workforce system to seek employment opportunities. By serving as employment networks, grantees will expand the capacity of the department's American Job Center network to serve Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities.
Editor's note: A chart listing the grant recipients follows this release.
Disability Employment Initiative Grants Recipients
State of Florida Department of Economic Development
Iowa Workforce Development
Indiana Department of Workforce Development Employment
Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
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Tero Pikala
Member since Dec 11, 2008
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Recent Blog Comments By Tero Pikala
Making SOAP Web Service Requests With ColdFusion And CFHTTP
Posted on May 12, 2010 at 11:13 AM
@Frank, You can try something like this: <cfhttp timeout="1" url=" http://www.slow-host.com/ "> <cfif CFHTTP.statuscode is "408 Request Time-out"> Timeout <cfelse> <cfdump var="#CFHTTP#"> </cfif> Or you could use throwonerror="true". Unfortunately that doesn'... read more »
Converting ISO Date/Time To ColdFusion Date/Time
Posted on Apr 15, 2010 at 6:31 AM
Hi I changed return statement to following: <cfreturn ParseDateTime(REReplace(arguments.Date, "^.*?(\d{4})-?(\d{2})-?(\d{2})T([\d:]+).*$", "\1-\2-\3 \4", "ONE"))> replaceFirst() is method of java.lang.String and didn't work with BlueDragon.NET which I unfortunately have to work with. Tero... read more »
Making SOAP Web Service Requests With ColdFusion And CFHTTP
Posted on Jan 11, 2010 at 6:26 PM
I've found this often only way to invoke "complex" web services. They don't really have to be that complex - typically .NET ones just don't work well with Axis that is doing heavy lifting in ColdFusion. In my opinion easiest way to figure out required XML is to use SoapUI ( http://www.soapui.org/ ... read more »
Ask Ben: Creating ColdFusion Templates On The Fly
Posted on Sep 21, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Based on the original question it seems that Steve only needs to create CF templates so that pages from CMS can have proper URLs. I would suggest to use mod_rewrite or similar approach to rewrite pretty much any URLs in the site to a page handler which can be traditional CF page. This is much clea... read more »
SQL Optimization Case Study - JOIN Clause vs. IN Clause
Posted on Sep 4, 2007 at 7:27 PM
Sometimes you just need to use IN, specifically if there are some ids in ColdFusion that need to be part of the query. This could happen for example when you have results from search server but need to filter out them based on some SQL based logic. When that happens one thing to check is that num... read more »
Ask Ben: Forward ColdFusion Requests To Another Domain
Posted on Aug 22, 2007 at 9:50 AM
That would go to .htaccess in your webroot; only requests for that domain will be served there and thus matching is done earlier by Apache virtual hosts setup. If your host allows you to use .htaccess and they have mod_rewrite enabled this would work for you - I would think that's quite common but... read more »
Ask Ben: Forward ColdFusion Requests To Another Domain
Posted on Aug 22, 2007 at 7:59 AM
Alternative and in my opinion preferred way is to use mod_rewrite if using Apache. Couple fo lines in .htaccess will take care of whole thing (including images and other files) RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.new.com/ $1 [R=301,L] IIS has something similar, I don't know exact sol... read more »
I Just Can't Understand Object Oriented Programming (OOP) And Join Tables
Posted on Aug 17, 2007 at 9:53 AM
I guess I would do something like this: Create value object Practice. It has property childs which is an array. Then create PracticeDAO which can be asked for single Practice with id and knows how to populate childs array with Practice objects as well. Sort order is determined by position in arr... read more »
Ask Ben: Environment-Based Application.cfc Settings
Posted on Aug 13, 2007 at 2:41 PM
To use SFTP you need to use SCP task with Ant - and it's definitely good idea to use something else than stone age FTP without any security at all.... read more »
Ask Ben: Environment-Based Application.cfc Settings
Posted on Aug 13, 2007 at 7:50 AM
@Ben, Ant has external task for FTP communications. As long as you don't have anything really tricky it should be possible to script FTP transfer with Ant. Check http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html for all the options it has. It can be as easy as this: <ftp server="${ft... read more »
Ask Ben: Environment-Based Application.cfc Settings
Posted on Aug 12, 2007 at 1:33 PM
Quite different approarch is to deploy application to various environmens with Ant script and use that script to customize environment specific variables. Check Ant manual for Replace / ReplaceFilter tasks for details.... read more »


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FOREST HILLS TENNIS STADIUM--1 Tennis Place (off Burns Street, north of 71st Avenue), Forest Hills, Queens. Founded in 1892, the West Side Tennis Club operated at several inadequate Manhattan locations over a twenty-year period before planting permanent roots in then-pastoral Forest Hills. The well-appointed new club, opened in 1913, became so highly regarded that the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association decided to hold its National Championship there two years later. These games--later renamed the U.S. Open--continued to be held annually at West Side until 1978 (whereupon they were moved to Louis Armstrong Stadium in Flushing). To accomodate spectators, a 14,000-seat stadium (some reports say 15,000) was built on the grounds in 1923. For highlights of the site's role in tennis history, check out these links.
Ron Delsener is given credit for establishing the stadium as a music venue. According to an article in the Wharton Journal, he came up with the idea one summer while employed there (presumably in a non-musical capacity) in the early '60s: "You didn't have to pay for heat or air-conditioning. Kids were out of school. And with the exception of the Hollywood Bowl and maybe one or two other places, no one else was doing this [outdoor pop-music concerts]." The earliest concert dates I've found are the Kingston Trio on August 5, 1960, Judy Garland on July 1, 1961, and Joan Baez on August 17, 1963 (at which Bob Dylan joined her for a couple of numbers). There must have been other early '60s shows, but it seems like the ball really got rolling over the summer of '64.
Put aside whatever personal vendetta you may have against Barbra Streisand for a sec (I dig her, OK?) and check out this page documenting her FHTS appearances on July 12, 1964 and August 8, 1965. You'll see a couple of ads for the Forest Hills Music Festival, as the summer concert series was then dubbed. In addition to Barbra, the '64 ad lists the following shows (most dates are difficult to read): Trini Lopez, Count Basie and Woody Allen (stand-up, not clarinet); Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba; Joan Baez (August 8; Dylan again sang with her for part of the set); Johnny Mathis; and, in the ultimate '64 booking coup, the Beatles on August 28-29. The '65 ad is much harder to decipher, but I can make out the likenesses of Peter, Paul & Mary, Judy Garland, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra and Woody again, among others. One Forest Hills resident on cinematreasures.org remembers the era fondly: "Besides the US Open playing 3 blocks from my house, the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium once played incredible concerts. The summer of '64 must have had the most star studded lineup ever. Sinatra played with Count Basie. There was Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee and Chet Baker to name a few. And lets not forget the Beatles who caused so much mania they landed in a helicopter on the courts of the West Side Tennis club. My folks took home movies of the mobs packing Burns Street all the way to Continental Avenue. The other great thing was you could hear the shows from the Street if you could not get tickets."
The Beatles' dates were their first New York appearances since Ed Sullivan and Carnegie Hall in February '64. Leslie West offers some memories of the show, and of growing up in Forest Hills, here. During the afterparty at the Hotel Delmonico on that first night, Al Aronowitz introduced the lads to Bob Dylan--who in turn introduced them to the demon weed, according to legend (though I've always found it hard to believe they hadn't already encountered pot in tough Liverpool or the wild Reeperbahn).
[UPDATE 8/25/2010: Read Binky Philips' fab memories of this show here.]
Speaking of Dylan, his August 28, 1965 FHTS date is almost as notorious as the Newport "goes electric" appearance a month previous--and probably received an even more hostile crowd reaction. Al Kooper gives a great account in his Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards (New York: Billboard, 1998). It's too lengthy for me to quote here, but he summed it up well in No Direction Home--to wit, the crowd basically booed, heckled, and cussed all through the electric portion of the show, stopped to sing along with "Like a Rolling Stone" (#1 on the charts that very week), then continued to boo afterwards. Eyewitness reports and photos are available at these links. I'm assuming this pic was taken at the soundcheck.
As if seeking to complete some kind of Ultimate Sixties Band trifecta, the Rolling Stones played FHTS on July 2, 1966. Enjoy these fan reminiscences--one notes that
[UPDATE 5/25/2010: The Life archives have about three pages of fab fotos from the show!]
[UPDATE 4/2/2012: Why yes, I was indeed thrilled to have this show play a major part in Mad Men episode 503, "Tea Leaves"!!! The Trade Winds connection was a completely new factoid to me...and the reference to a sack of 20 from the White Castle on Queens Boulevard was a killer touch. A color poster for the '66 summer show lineup appears here, and here's a setlist.]
[UPDATE 4/6/2012: Mad Men fansite Basket of Kisses did a post about the '66 Stones tour, and Gothamist also did a post on the FHTS Stones show. I just started reading Johnny Ramone's memoirs, and his ticket to this show is reproduced in the book.]
This terrific ad lists the rest of that summer's line-up:
- Sammy Davis Jr. and the Count Basie Orchestra, with Jay and the Americans opening, July 8 and 9
- Andy Williams and Henry Mancini, July 30
- The Mamas and the Papas and local boys Simon and Garfunkel, August 6
- Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, August 13
- Three of Motown's finest--the Supremes, the Temptations, and Steve Wonder--on August 20
- Ray Charles, August 27.
[UPDATE 5/21/2009: I was just perusing some '66 issues of Billboard that Google has recently added to their Book Search archive. There's a short article in the 8/20/66 ish about the Mamas and Papas/Simon and Garfunkel show which reports that the M and Ps' set was cut short when a gang of 20 or so unruly teens attempted to rush the stage. The group split the scene after their last song and wouldn't come back for an encore despite Good Guy Dandy Dan Daniels' pleas for more.]
The Lovin' Spoonful played with Judy Collins on June 24, 1967--possibly the last show with the original lineup.
The infamous Monkees tour with the Jimi Hendrix Experience as openers rolled in from July 14-16, 1967. Contrary to a crafty Lillian Roxon press release, Hendrix was not kicked off the tour due to pressure from the DAR--rather, he split simply out of frustration with the teeny-boppers' constant Monkee-chants during his sets. The Forest Hills crowd may have been particularly annoying, for legend has it he gave them the finger before storming offstage.
I wish all complete line-ups of the Forest Hills Music Festival were as easy to find as that of 1968--though admittedly that season wasn't quite as rockin' as previous ones. According to pophistorynow.com, that summer's roster featured:
- Nancy Wilson and the Fifth Dimension, June 22
- Judy Collins and Arlo Gutrie, June 29
- Peter, Paul and Mary, July 13
- Trini Lopez and Lainie Kazan, July 20
- The Four Seasons and Bobbie Gentry, July 27
- The Supremes and Stevie Wonder, August 3
- The Bee Gees, Spanky and Our Gang, and the First Edition, August 10
- Simon and Garfunkel, August 17 (other S and G dates include 8/12/67 and 7/18/70)
- And the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, and King Curtis on August 24
Janis Joplin played the FHTS twice--July 19, 1969 with the Kozmic Blues Band, and August 2, 1970 with the Full Tilt Boogie Band.
The Who's two-night stand on July 29 and 31, 1971 included a few aberrations. For one, Keith Moon's headphones--which he used to hear the pre-taped synth tracks on "Baba O'Reilly" and "Won't Get Fooled Again"--caught fire and had to be doused by a water bucket from a quick-thinking roadie. At another point Keith accidentally broke the head off John Entwistle's bass (it had been leaning against an amp when he tripped over it), which inspired a rare fit of bass-smashing from John. Furthermore, a security guard was stabbed to death by an ex-con who had been denied entry to the second show.
Few other '70s shows were quite as, ahem, eventful as those. So far I've found references only for the likes of Neil Diamond, Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt, and Joni Mitchell. The Neil article states that his show was the first concert at the stadium in five years; perhaps the stabbing incident had led to the hiatus, and to the subsequent booking of more M.O.R.-type acts. Things were marginally better in the '80s--but for every Elvis Costello (8/27/82 and 8/18/84) or Talking Heads (8/21/82), you also had acts like Genesis and ASIA. Full geek disclosure--in my sole Forest Hills concert experience, I got physical with Olivia Newton-John on August 13, 1982, accompanied by my older sister. I was 11--no accounting for taste at that age.
The stadium has seen only very sporadic concert use since then--including K-ROCK's first Dysfunctional Family Picnic on July 1, 1997 (with Blur, Bush, Luscious Jackson, the Foo Fighters, Soul Coughing, and Echo & the Bunnymen), the Furthur Festival on July 3 (with various Grateful Dead offshoots, Jorma Kaukonen, Arlo Guthrie, the Black Crowes, and Moe) and the first two Reggae Carifest shows in '98 and '99. Since the place is plopped down right in the midst of a residential area, I would imagine that many locals frown upon potentially loud and rowdy events like these. This 2003 article reported that the stadium was in dire need of repair, but tennis tournaments are still regularly held on the premises.
UPDATE 5/25/2010: I found a few more lineup posters, for 1964 (from Beatlesbible.com), 1967 (Wolfgang's Vault), and 1970 (from a Simon and Garfunkel fanblog). I can't believe I failed to find any Doors show references (8/12/67, with Simon and Garfunkel) back when I first researched this entry! And lookee here at some fantastic Life photos from the Stones show!!!]
Forest Hills Tennis Stadium Youtube videos.
Article from Feb. 2011: "Will Forest Hills Stadium Rock Again in the 21st Century?"
UPDATE 3/14/2013: According to an article in the Forest Hills-Rego Park Times, concerts may return to the stadium this summer.
UPDATE 6/24/2013: Big news in the 6/23/2013 New York Times, in an article written by Corey Kilgannon. "After decades of languishing in obscurity and disrepair, one of the most famous sports and concert sites in New York will again reverberate with the sound of live music. The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, which opened in 1923 and has played host to Jimmy Connors and John Lennon, sits next to an expanse of grass and clay tennis courts at the West Side Tennis Club, the stadium's owner. Club officials and a promoter have an agreement to hold 19 concerts over the next three years. The stadium is still in shoddy condition, and after an accelerated renovation to make it ready, one concert is planned there this summer — an Aug. 28 show by Mumford and Sons — followed by six in each of the next three summers. This summer's concert will serve as something of a pilot, to convince residents of Forest Hills Gardens, the exclusive neighborhood of elegant Tudor homes around the stadium, that the concerts will not be a nuisance, said the club's president, Roland Meier. Concerts have not been welcomed in the neighborhood in the past. Mr. Meier said he hoped the concerts — which will begin as the club celebrates its 100th anniversary in Queens, and the stadium turns 90 — would finance the refurbishing of the stadium and lead to the return of tennis and other top events."


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Banana and Pecan Pancakes with Maple Butter
Yield: 6
2 cups buttermilk
3 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch salt
4 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup pecans, toasted and finely ground (not chopped)
1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
3 bananas, peeled and sliced in 1/4-inch circles
Maple Butter, recipe follows
Confectioners' sugar, to garnish
In a large mixing bowl whisk the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla together so they are well combined. In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and sugar. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry and stir with a spoon to get rid of the lumps. Fold in the pecans, most of the melted butter and whisk until batter is smooth. Heat a griddle or skillet over medium low heat and swirl around a little melted butter to keep the pancakes from sticking. Using a ladle pour the batter into the pan, see Cook's note*
Cook the pancakes on 1 side until they are set and then lightly press the bananas into the batter. When small bubbles appear on the uncooked surface, flip the pancakes and cook until golden on both sides, about 8 minutes.
To serve:
Slice the maple-honey butter, layer it between the stack of pancakes and place in a 200 degree oven to melt for 1 1/2 minutes. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and candied pecans.
*Cook's note: The trick to perfect round pancakes is pouring all the batter in the same spot and letting it roll out to a complete circle.
For the maple butter:
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons honey
1 piece parchment or greaseproof paperIn a mixing bowl, using a spatula mash the butter with the maple syrup and honey until well blended. Roll it up in the paper, like a tube and twist the ends. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Source: Food Network