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UPDATE -- Nearly to third Stretch Incentive, and we updated the Stretch Incentive list! Please scroll to bottom to see Stretch Incentive List.
Water Wasp helps you prepare like no other water purification system
What it would take for the water from your kitchen tap to stop flowing? It happens more often than you would think. Disasters can make our comfortable lives resemble those of people in Developing Nations, where clean water is luxury. Some of the worst conditions leave people without potable water for days and weeks, and drinking water is contaminated with microbes that lead to over 2 million deaths per year, mostly people in Developing Nations who have no choice but to drink contaminated water. There are lots of ways to make sure you have clean water, and every system has its strengths and limitations. But if you live near the ocean with lots of sunlight, and you want a way to make water for months and years without a constant supply of complex filters, electricity, and if you want to be prepared for hurricanes, earthquakes, nuclear disasters, tsunamis, drought and unrest, then Water Wasp stands clear;
Help yourself and others ...
With Water Wasp you can stay prepared, and you can help those around you. Grab a bucket of nasty flood water or salty ocean water, and the sun will heat the basin to extract the pure water, drop-by-drop, about a gallon of pure water per day in hot climates. And when you back this project, along with your own Water Wasp, you'll help our continuing efforts to bring reduced-cost versions of these solar stills to people in Developing Nations.
We've made lots of solar desalination units over the years, and they've seen action in countries around the world, but these units are both our most advanced and easiest-to-use yet.
Some of our research used for the Water Wasp was published in a key peer-reviewed Desalination scientific journal, please click here for the super-sciency details, if you're into that stuff; http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1179/2051645214Y.0000000019
Help those who need it most ...
This project is different from other Developing Nations water programs that you see around. From the beginning, we recognized that sustainability applies to small local economies as well as environments. The Water Wasp has been designed to be made IN the communities in which they will be needed. Rather than wait for a water handout, local developers will be able to make these units on site, using both local and imported components. It took us five years to continually modify designs and production methods to get to this point, and in the world of Solar Desalination, these units are like nothing before; lightweight, robust, easy-to-use and effective.
So as you prepare for anything Mother Nature or civilization can throw your way, you'll do it knowing that this advanced technology is going to help you prepare, and soon help children and adults in Developing Nations.
Build Quality ...
We've been making robust solar stills from a variety of different plastics for years. But there is one thing we've always known ... normal plastics break down quickly in sunlight, so we've always gone the distance and used only UV-stabilized plastics, that are designed to last 4 to 6 years in direct sunlight, and indefinitely with intermittent use. (Be sure to not let your Water Wasp run dry, because these units capture a lot of solar energy, and they can overheat without water inside, which can damage the unit.)
Water Wasp is made with military-grade fittings, a powerful composite access zipper, string-reinforced multi-layer plastic and the kind of robust resilience that you would expect from a piece of equipment tested in harsh tropical environments.
Water Wasp is definitely not a water filter ...
If you already have a home water filter, or a backpacker's water filter, you've probably found them useful, and there are hundreds of them out there in every variety; ceramic, activated carbon, sand, fabric, high-tech, low-tech, expensive and cheap. But you may have noticed that regular water filters remove mainly suspended solids, the organic stuff that is carried in the water and which can give your water a yucky color and a yucky taste. But the other dangerous stuff in your water is high concentrations of dissolved solids. Water loaded with dissolved solids may look clean, but toxic metals and radioactive emitters can be laced in the water, and filters will let them pass right through into your drinking cup then into your body. There are water filters that promise to remove some dissolved solids like arsenic and heavy metals, but these use up catalytic and carbon filters, and the more contaminated your water, the quicker these advanced filters become ineffective. Water Wasp can handle any load of dissolved metals and salt without losing efficiency. You may still want your water filter for the easy-to-treat water, but for the really challenging conditions, Water Wasp is the right tool for the job, it removes contaminants both suspended and in solution.
Why do filters have a such a tough time with so many dissolved materials? Because dissolved solids are molecules of toxins that intermingle with the water molecules, and filters are designed to remove particles much bigger than the water molecules themselves. To remove those dissolved toxins for weeks and months, you'll either need a complex reverse osmosis desalination system, or an evaporation still like Water Wasp. The heavy metals, the salt, and the toxic brine stay behind in the basin, while the pure water collects in your center catch-container. Just zip open your Water Wasp, and pour the pure water into your drinking container.
What about radiation?
After a nuclear accident, radioactive emitters have been shown to collect in water. And while the radiation itself isn't too dangerous when you're far away from the accident, the emitters can be highly toxic to drink and can travel far from the nuclear accident. How toxic? An alpha emitter like Polonium is actually the most toxic stuff on Earth, about 250,000 times more deadly than hydrogen cyanide. But the good news is that pure water, separated from contaminated radioactive emitters, can only hold radioactivity for about a day. So if you solar distill your pure water, and then wait a day before drinking your purified water, you will dramatically increase your water safety after a nuclear accident.
Setup and operation ...
We loved our old units, but they were heavy and took a while to set up. The Water Wasp just takes a few minutes to set up, and it's easy enough for a child to operate. In fact, it was designed for children to operate in Developing Nations, because they tend to spend their time near the home, and they're often the ones most sensitive to contaminated water.
Can it really make ocean water drinkable?
When you first turn ocean water into drinking water, you'll feel like a superhero, because it's an ability that wasn't available in such a simple way in your parent's generation. But the amazing part is to see and taste how pure solar distilled water can be, even more pure than tap water or high-quality bottled water.
Okay, but how does purified ocean water actually taste?
It's hard to convince people that inside of every bucket of ocean water is a slightly smaller bucket of highly pure drinking water, wanting to get out and hydrate them! But it's true, and the first time you turn ocean water into drinking water, you'll feel like you just invented the ocean. Of course, if the developer of the Water Wasp REALLY trusted that unit, then he would give some of the water to his own child, right? Sure, here y'go!
What about those hand-dug ground stills that survivalists make out of a sheet of plastic and a bucket?
We grew up making hand-dug ground stills, and they never quite worked properly. It was always one of those things where our instructors told us something like "This is just for practice, if you really needed the water, you would dig about ten of these." Well, we dug ONE of them, and easily sweat out more water than the still made. It was dirty work, hard work, and then when the still was set up, we found that most of the solar energy was sucked away from the ground itself before making water. Sure, it probably would help to know how to do it, but it's sort of like having waterproof matches even if you have successfully started a fire by rubbing sticks ... if you want to be safe and prepared, have the right tools for the job; Water Wasp is that kind of tool.
Help people in Developing Nations when you back this project.
We've spent years working to get simple, robust solar desalination to the people who need it most, in places like Haiti, West Africa, Bangladesh and the South Pacific. We've made a lot of product, but we've never been able to make them inexpensive enough to allow effective manufacturing and distribution in Developing Nations in large quantity. Water Wasp is a significant step forward in this goal, because they can now be made on site, where they are used, to dramatically lower production costs. The right product will allow profitable, micro-economy development in the places where the filters are needed. We have worked to involve local production, local distribution and local business. That's a sustainable business model, and it makes the units less expensive when local manufacturing can avoid import duties. Success with this Kickstarter will allow us increased visibility and working capital to expand production to the people who in countries who need it most. Your help to make that happen is deeply appreciated.
Stretch incentives
As these stretch incentives unlock, they'll add capabilities and ease of use to the Water Wasp units. We've design them to fit inside the Water Wasp bag for self-contained convenience.
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Here is the link for the Water Wasp YouTube page, please share the link: https://www.youtube.com/user/SEAPanel
Shipping Costs
Within the U.S., single units ship for $12, the Swarm 2Xships for $15 and the Swarm 6X ships for $38. In Canada, in U.S. Dollars, shipping $34, $40 and $70 respectively. For the rest of the world, the single units are $44, the Swarm 2X ships for $52 and the Swarm 6X ships for $118.
We would like to bring down the shipping costs outside of the U.S.A., but these are the prices that were computed for us by the U.S. Postal Service, using their most economical package air service, and that's for us preparing all the Customs and labeling, which saves a bit too. If this Kickstarter is successful, we're going to spend a little time with DHL and UPS to hopefully find a cheaper option. If we find a cheaper one, we'll lower the shipping costs. BUT, the price of International shipping has skyrocketed over the last few years, it's an unfortunate side-effect of shipping out of the U.S.A.. We don't think it's fair, we don't like it, but we have to live with it. Given that, we don't plan to raise the shipping cost at all with stretch incentives, and the shipping is very reliable. In the last few hundred Kickstarter incentives that we shipping Internationally, not a single package was lost.
A little bit of our history with Water Wasp ...
While Water Wasp is a new product for us, we've been chipping away at the complexities of solar desalination as an effective tool for people, since 2009. Solar Desalination isn't new, but we saw untapped potential in using the sun to change ocean water and contaminated water into drinking water. It seemed obvious, but why had it not seen widespread commercial development? We understood that it couldn't meet the needs of large-scale water-making, but what about small-scale water-making? What about water for a small family in Ghana, for a few children with diarrhea in Haiti? For disaster recovery after hurricanes and earthquakes?
We were insufferable … worked to test product in our stylish development space. We talked endlessly about how we were going to change the world. I was the physicist, Dave D. was the designer/engineer, Randall ran the office and the social networking, Charlee set up sales and lab tests, Warren did shipping, and Ranjan helped with initial development. We got some good initial funding; a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency and a bigger grant from Alabama Launchpad, a business consortium, (for which we plan to return the favor eventually). We developed product as economically as possible, but even at just $50k for initial tool-up, we were far away from the kind of product that we needed to actually make a difference. Then the Haiti Earthquake hit. We had a couple skids full of solar desalination equipment, and no way to effectively get it to Haiti, where it could have saved lives, no way to set it up there, no way to make a difference. That was Lesson #1 into the reality of International water development. We could get fives and tens of products to Developing Nations, but getting hundreds and thousands of them required them to be low-tech and simple.
A year later I was in the office of a friendly banker for the International Monetary Fund, in Washington, D.C.. I was invited to demonstrate our product, and I was sure that real distribution was right around the corner. She thanked me for the product samples, but told me that the IMF couldn't work with us until we first moved tens of thousands of units. That's when I learned Lesson #2, that getting product launched and accepted in Developing Nations is far more difficult than getting it launched in the U.S.A. and Europe. We had the wrong product line for that. But something good happened in D.C., on the National Mall, when we demonstrated for the EPA's Sustainability Expo; we received interest from responders back from places like West Africa, Haiti and Bangladesh. They told us that our type of solar desalination could solve problems that filters and chemical treatment couldn't solve. We learned that just because people were poor, didn't mean that they were okay with drinking water from a sand filter or water that tasted of iodine or bleach. Rather then give up, we changed direction. If we were going to make a difference in Developing Nations, we needed to start from scratch with a completely different concept; Our research center had the most advanced manufacturing tools in the country, but we needed to not touch any of it, we had to learn to work with the tools available to the people who could make these things IN Developing Nations. We limited our palette like the writer of a sonnet or a minimalist artist, and we burned through hundreds of designs and variations. Heavy thought took a backseat to testing, testing, and testing. And if our improvement couldn't eventually be made by a minimally-tooled factory in West Africa, then it was rejected.
We did a lot of scientific research along the way, and that taught us something. But more importantly, we sold a good bit of product on the way to keep us going, both in the U.S.A. and internationally. Many of those sales taught us something new; we were getting closer. Our manufacturing costs and our cost-per-liter kept falling. And now we're at the Water Wasp, our breakthrough product, that has a performance envelope we wouldn't have been able to touch just one year ago.
We didn't get here by thinking like hipster inventors, or industrial designers with leather-bound notebooks and Google SketchUp. We tried that and frankly, it didn't do us a whole lot of good other than give us an excuse to drink a lot of delicious coffee. Instead, we got here by thinking like the owner of a tiny factory in the Sub-Sahara, or the mother of a child in Haiti who needs just enough clean water ever day to purge the life-threatening diarrhea. We try to think like an ambitious Bangladeshi student who sells bottled water, or a South Pacific business owner who needs some simple water-makers for his tribe.
We learned something important over the last five years … the Superbowl of water health is Developing Nations. When we can play ball at that level, we can play ball anywhere, and now we're getting closer. The problems that we now see in places like California, Florida and Hawaii, are the kind of problems that have been in places like Haiti and Bangladesh for generations.
Risks and challenges
Everyone presumably wants their Water Wasp as soon as possible. For less than 300 units, we are set up to manufacture locally and should have all the units out by 60 days after the end of the Kickstarter. If funding is successful for more than 500 units, then we'll have to add production capability, and up to an extra 30 days to ship all the units, however if you blow us out of the water, we'll be able to afford to tool up for high capacity, and there may not be a significant delay. We currently have a small production facility in Golden, Colorado, in the shadow of the Rockies. Early backers will be among the first ones shipped. In general, the early backers of the non-early-bird incentives go out first, then the early-bird incentives and the later backers. If you want your unit sooner, please back earlier.
We will start manufacturing these units right away, and thus ship right away, so some backers will get lucky and get set up with little delay, but if an impending tropical storm or hurricane threatens your area, we'll bump you to the top of the list.
We have sold and manufactured a much more complicated version of the Water Wasp for three years, so we're equipped and experienced to handle the production, and we won't need to rely on outside manufacturers to ship your incentives. Given that, production delays are inevitable, but we've carefully test manufactured these units, and don't expect major delays on most units. We've sourced alternate suppliers for our raw materials. We have a solid track-record with shipping product on time with our previous Kickstarters, about 600-some total backers, and we have a track record with making similar (but more complicated) flexible plastic solar stills, so we're ready for the fun stuff. Finally, we have manufactured the forerunners to these units in the U.S.A. for over five years and we're no stranger to production management. There is a big difference in getting your incentive from an outside contractor, and getting it from the group whom your back.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Joseph Campbell says: "The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." When I first read that I thought it sounded smart and I wanted to take it on as a belief. In the ensuing years I realized the only way for me know who I am was to start from the place of NOT knowing. I gave up the stand of 'knowing what I know' and softened into 'I don't know'.
I have really performed my way through life. I honed people-pleasing skills and made sure you could take me anywhere. I practiced reading other people's energy and could sense a good deal of the time what they might be missing and created an intricate and carefully crafted identity based on giving it to them. I felt a seductive sense of power. I could shift someone's energy tone by making adjustments to my own. Heady stuff but at the time it felt almost holy as I made myself indispensable (my take on it). I had created my own sense of belonging and skewed idea of service. I felt I had purpose.
When I began experiencing a number of MS symptoms like extreme fatigue, stumbling as I walked and digestion problems, fear came calling… I actually felt my heart stinging. When I approached reaching one of many 'bottoms' and let myself sob it out, a softness always came. I heaved sighs of relief at the lightness that came from letting go of some of my pretense. I began to feel my body in a less armored way and realized that if I were to survive this challenge, my decisions would have to start coming from my own truth as it revealed itself and not the promise of an 'if only' connection I often tried to make with people to assuage the existential loneliness we all know well. I realized I really liked my own company and would start my healing with the knowledge that I have a right to be; just as I am without working so hard at being charming or a 'feel good experience' for people. I began to find myself utterly intriguing.
On this journey toward wholeness, I gather my tribe. Since I am no longer out there trolling for those invested in complaints and shared wounding, I have alot more energy. I am a beginner at this but each time I choose what or who I feel like I can have a mutually beneficial relationship with, my tank gets filled and occasionally I even have a little left over to spread around. I am continually returning to the act of sorting through what works for me and what doesn't. This means food, relationships, supplements, clothes, ideas, art materials, aesthetics and scheduling my life. As I change those around me have to as well. I pray I continue to have the courage to be less attached to what I know and open into the mystery of it all.
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Bottesford Karate class new times
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Dear All,
Dear All
Please don't forget the new class times come into effect today!!
Bottesford Dojo Friday 8th January 2015
6.30pm – 8.00pm This class will be for ALL MEMBERS, from our young beginners to intermediates of all ages. Please note: Our very young beginners will still only train for one hour, so their parents will need to pick them up as usual at 7.30pm.
The older or slightly higher graded intermediate students will carry on through until 8.00pm giving them one and half hours training.
8.00pm – 9.00pm This hour will be for brown and black belts (and invited 4th kyu and students) to train together on more advanced techniques.
The extra hour will cost a further £1.00, (£2.20 per hour, Pretty good value)
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Red Light Special!Posted by Virtuous at 7/31/2007
Since I probably bored you to tears yesterday with dry reading, to close out my "RED" July month on Tasty Tuesdays I have some more fiberlicious yarn pics! YAH!! :oD
I just can't seem to stop buying sock yarn!
The more I buy it the more I really need to be knitting some up! Haha! In due time...in due time!!
To intro today's yarn p0rn is Jitterbug in Raspberry!
I had no idea clue about Jitterbug yarn, but when I saw this all knitted up on Wendy's blog (who will be color swapping with me in August!) I knew I had to have it! The funny thing is I kept inquiring about the yarn for the name and colorway to her and her downstream swap pal and when I finally got it I stumbled upon it like the next day! Ha! It was definitely fate so I HAD to get it!! Right!? Right!? :oDI love the reds and purples in it...OF COURSE!! Both are my favorite colors in one (which you normally don't see)!! Yah!! But honestly this photo shoot does not do the colors any justice! They are a tad bit deeper/richer than this lighting shows (depending upon your monitor b/c they look accurate at work vs. home! haha!) .
Next up is my very first purchase of Koigu!Yep I gave in so I could foam at the mouth like everybody else!! :op Again, I am doomed to hand wash all of my socks and I have come to terms with that since I have a nice 8.4 oz bottle of lavender Eucalan soak over here! :oD
Of course it goes without saying (but I will anyway) you gotta see this in person!
As you can see this is the Koigu Premium Merino (KPM) in color #2227. Let me tell ya there are so many shades of red to select from that I had a hard time making a decision. There was only 1 skein of the colorway I was really excited about, but I was impatient and got the #2227...you just wait! :op
Yep both of these yarns are really special! So I had to stash them away! Someone please call the yarn authorities on me! Haha!
I have put myself on restriction - on sock yarn that is! ;o) until I actually start using the sock yarn I already have! That should be easy to stick to for a little while. I have a lot to work with now! (And I normally hate having a stash! What has come over me??)
I say this is a great way to close out a RED fiber month of July! :oD
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18 Comments:
- Wendy said...July 31, 2007 at 12:13 PMI'm soooo excited that you were able to pick some Raspberries for your self! Mmmmmm delicious! 8)
Thanks for mentioning me on your blog. Maybe a few wayward stragglers will find their way over there and I'll continue to build upon my on-line knitting connections. It's such a wide world out there... one could get lost!
- Cass said...July 31, 2007 at 2:34 PMThat purple and red together is loverly!!! very nice.
- Sheila said...July 31, 2007 at 2:37 PMLooking at your yarn with envy *green eyes just a blinking*...lol
- MrsPurls said...July 31, 2007 at 2:43 PMSomebody's been shopping!! cha ching!!
- funfairiegirl said...July 31, 2007 at 5:31 PMI have some SERIOUS sock yarn. so does Cristi. I have gotten 6 skeins in the last week. yeah. I have a skein of jitterbug in a plum color that is BEAUTIFUL! but I am most excited about my new Dream in Color Smooshy!!!
- Adrienne said...July 31, 2007 at 6:00 PMVery very pretty!!!! Love it girl!
- PAJNSTL said...July 31, 2007 at 6:08 PMVery cute!
- Veronica said...August 1, 2007 at 9:47 AMYou bought my two favorite sock yarns. I haven't seen that colorway in jitterbug. I have to take another look when I go to the yarn shop.
- Yarn It said...August 1, 2007 at 11:23 AMOh geez, I so understand the sock yarn addiction. The problem for me is that I can't get through a pair of socks! Oh well.
I have heard great things about Jitterbug so i am sure you will love it....and those colors are gorgeous! They will make a fab pair of socks.
- Anonymous said...August 1, 2007 at 1:50 PMOooo, gorgeous! I know what you mean about sock yarn...it's so hard NOT to buy it.
- KimT said...August 1, 2007 at 3:09 PMyummy yummy yummy yarns!
- anna said...August 1, 2007 at 10:38 PMYou couldn't have done better with the Koigu and Jitterbug. Those are some NICE yarns. :-D Love your Tasty Tuesdays!!!
- Lolly said...August 2, 2007 at 7:55 AMWow, those are lovely yarns! red is such a great color ;)
- Deborah said...August 2, 2007 at 11:01 AMYes, a sock 12 step program is in your future!
- Connie said...August 2, 2007 at 5:10 PMThat is beautiful yarn... you must have a swift and ball winder! I just ordered a swift and now have to get the ball winder... then learn how to use them...LOL
- WandaWoman said...August 4, 2007 at 4:15 PMI love that Colinette, so pretty and a color combo that doesn't seem to exist with indie dyers. I'll definitely be looking for it!
- JL said...August 5, 2007 at 8:02 PMNice yarns, lucky u !
- Jeanine said...August 7, 2007 at 7:35 PMLOVE the colors!


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These junior one bedroom, one, two, and three bedroom suites are thoughtfully appointed to cater to the modern traveler and accompanied by second to none amenities including an infinity outdoor rooftop swimming pool. This property offers a sanctuary of luxury and close to anything your heart desires.
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A Ukrainian man, who briefly held the world record as the tallest human, has died due to complications from the rare condition that kept him growing.
Leonid Stadnyk, 44, reached almost 2.6 metres (eight feet five inches) due to a tumor that continued to secrete growth hormones throughout his life.
He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Sunday, according to news.com.au, citing Ukraine media.
In 2007, Stadnyk was named by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest man but he refused to be measured by the organisation and the title was handed back to China's Bao Xishun, who stood 2.36 meters tall.
Stadnyk lived a quiet life in his mother's house in Podolyantsi, a village in the northern Zhytomyr region, and shunned his stature, saying it caused him more harm than good.
The reclusive giant said he decided not to be measured officially because he wanted to be left in peace.
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The following trailer is more entertaining than Terminator Salvation, and it has to be better than any Transformers movie.
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Star Trek: Terminator
I'll probably see both of these movies when they come out in May.
Here's the new Star Trek trailer featuring Leonard Nimoy:
Here's the trailer for Terminator: Salvation:


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The YouTube Music Awards are on deck, but there's still time to book your place in the festivities. YouTube has announced a contest where participants can have their beautiful faces appear during the YTMAs if they can successfully pull off an unusual pronunciation of a musical word.
Confused? Don't worry, I'm just doing a bad job of summing it up. You know who does a better job? Jason Schwartzman. The YTMAs host's latest video lays down all the ground rules:
See? Pretty simple. Just pick a music word from the list, shout it into your microphone in whatever peculiar way you can think up, and then hope that YouTube includes you in whatever montage-y type thing its planning with these words. And if you can't think of any unusual ways to pronounce words, you can always draw inspiration from this guy.
YouTube is also hyping the upcoming ceremony by letting some celebrities share some words of their own. Most interestingly, Eminem took over the YouTube Twitter feed on Friday, dropping some trivia about his upcoming album, Marshall Mathers LP 2. Want him to actually perform songs from it? Well, you'll have to tune into the YTMAs for that, won't you?
The ceremony begins on November 3rd at 6 PM EST. Until then, keep practicing your music words, check out the playlists curated by the show's performers, check back on YouTube's Twitter to see which guests pop in next, and don't forget to vote. Oh, and make sure to check out this picture of Hannah Hart and Miley Cyrus. That's super important.


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Where Did ERP Systems Go Wrong?
For decades, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have dominated the construction industry. These blended systems disrupted the industry in the 1990's by bringing areas such as planning, purchasing, inventory, project management, and finance all under one umbrella––offering the first form of an "all-in-one" solution. This concept of being the "jack of all trades" was the core component of this business model and it's the component that's kept these companies stuck in the past.
Today, for many of these ERP systems, financial services have been the primary focus of their business and as such, have become well-known in the industry for their robust accounting capabilities. But, with such a strong focus here, they've inevitably neglected the other services they offer. This means minimal product updates, little investment in innovation and development, fewer staffing resources, and less focus on you, the user.
The software solution you entrust your business with can play a significant role in achieving your path to success or keeping you stagnant.
These accounting-focused systems are not designed with project teams in mind. They are not tailored to the needs of the users with their boots on the ground. They are not focused on simplifying the daily project complexities experienced by industry professionals. Project management solutions built from accounting solutions are not built for people in the field. Get accounting out of your jobsite trailer!
What To Look For?
For most contractors, falling burden to these accounting-driven operations systems has been almost unavoidable. It was the best of what the industry could offer at the time and something was better than nothing. But, times have changed and now you're stuck using these antiquated solutions that your team has grown comfortable with and the inefficiencies are deeply baked in with standard company processes.
So, how do you determine if your needs have taken a back seat? How do you know if your project management solution was built by an accounting system? You look for signs that show that the needs of your field team are not understood by your software vendor.
Here are six signs that your project management system doesn't "get you"…
- It claims to be an all-in-one solution, but is sufficient at best in each category
- It's difficult to use
- The support is unsupportive
- Your collaboration is restricted
- You have no mobile capabilities
- There is no path for growth
1. Falsely All-in-One
If you bought your project management system, your accounting system, and your scheduling system from the same company, you are at a disadvantage. One system can not be the best of the best in all of these services. ERP systems have tried to reinvent the wheel by developing multiple tools to solve all of the industry's problems, rather than just sticking to what they do best. With their hands now in several pots, they find themselves no longer great at one thing, but average at many things.
2. Difficult to Use
In an industry where time is money, the last thing you want to do is waste your hours trying to navigate a cumbersome tool that's supposed to be enabling your efficiency. ERP systems are notorious for being cumbersome and outdated. In fact, these systems are so antiquated that the industry has nicknamed them "on-premise dinosaurs." As a contractor, it's difficult to remain competitive in today's demanding market when you're operating out of a Prehistoric solution. It's no secret that these solutions are frustrating and your project teams aren't the only ones who know it.
Seek out solutions that prioritize ease of use. Look at software reviews from customers that highlight the ease of use and intuitive design. During your discovery process, include those who will be working daily with the tool. They will ensure that your new solution speaks to the needs and daily challenges of project teams and is something everyone would want to use.
3. Unsupportive Support
Because ERP systems are large companies with several business priorities, they have to outsource their customer support services. The majority of them have their support based outside of the United States. That means you're talking to someone who's hundreds of thousands of miles away from the product researchers, the developers, and from you. And ironically, they've probably never even stepped foot on a jobsite. What does this say about your ERP system's prioritization of your needs? How can their support teams ever begin to understand your daily challenges when they are so disconnected from the solution themselves?
Your project management system's ability to enable and support your project team is crucial to your business' success. Don't let them "half-ass" it. Define what exceptional support looks like to you and go find it! Stop settling for solutions that don't have your best interests in mind.
4. Limited Collaboration
The key to orchestrating a successful construction project is making sure everyone is involved and can easily communicate with other team members. Without collaboration, building comes to a halt. A solution that nickle and dimes you for collaborating, is not a tool that's designed to help you succeed. Restricting the number of users that can join a project or limiting the number of project documents you can upload, confines your team to work at only a fraction of their potential.
5. Lack of Mobility
Mobile is the future of construction. The ability to access all of your project information from the palm of your hand, no matter where you are, is revolutionizing how we build. Construction companies around the nation are shaving months off of their project deadlines by working with mobile-friendly software applications. In order to keep up in today's competitive construction market, you need a solution that recognizes the value of mobilizing your work. Untether field teams from the office and give them instant access to information from anywhere, at any time.
6. No Path for Growth
At the end of the day, the one thing all construction companies have in common is their desire to make a profit and grow their business. The software solution you entrust your business with can play a significant role in achieving your path to success or keeping you stagnant. One way to determine if your software vendor prioritizes growth is to look at how much they are growing. How often do they release product updates or new features? How has their company size changed over the years? If you're going to go through all of the trouble to research, purchase, and implement a new solution, then you want to be in it for the long haul. You don't want to find yourself shopping for a new solution every few years. If the solution isn't designed to scale with you, it's not the right investment.
Where Do I Go From Here?
The tables are turning and accounting is being scooted out of the construction project management driver's seat. Operations teams are beginning to rightfully lead the charge and shift the expectations of products provided by the industry's leading software solutions.
By equipping yourself with the right questions and resources, you can become the expert for your company when it comes to taking on the construction software world. With hundreds of solutions out there trying to prove they are the perfect fit for you, it's important that you come to the table with your own expectations and a clear understanding of what problems need to be solved.
Take control of the field with a project management solution that's developed by teams who prioritize and focus on the needs of field teams. Accounting can't, shouldn't, and no longer has to be, your project management system.


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Android named Mick Arno, Michaela Arno and seventeen other Arnos.....
Android named Mick Arno, Michaela Arno and seventeen other Arnos.....
The Arnos and new program (Sweet-Talk-Suite)
A gadget advertised by some of the Arnos - (first version of the program)
More gadgets advertised - (first version of the program)
Enacted clip from 'Mostly Harmless' by Douglas Adams, slightly altered text - (first version of the program)
An Arno speaking Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 - (first version of the program)
Arnos speaking subtitles - (first version of program, and voices very fast or speaking over each other in film, Chinese). This clip has faster voices, something I'd avoided until then
The PC program is also under construction and on the second version. That will be a separate system to The Arnos when finished.
The Meccano android is only a prototype also and will be superseded by nineteen simpler androids.
The Arnos have a moving mouth and neck. The mouth movements are controlled by the speech (from a dialogue or video subtitles). The neck is currently controlled only by a potentiometer but will be control-able by PC also, neck position unique to the particular android speaking at any time.
The pitches and speeds are controllable for each voice. When a dialogue is spoken ('Comments' screen), each comment can be spoken in a different pitch, for the same android.... so the Arnos can sing! The dialogues save and load 99 sets, or 99 rhymes etc. Within the individual dialogues, blocks of lines can be set to a particular voice and pitch range, at a few clicks.
When subtitles-speaking, the voice speaks at the default pitch and at a preset speed for that voice. The subtitles can be spoken over each other, the same as in the Comments/dialogue mode. Video output in Subtitle mode can go to a projector or other screen. For this final viewing and listening, there is an option for the subtitle file to be located and processed in a separate folder, so the text doesn't appear on the screen.
Androids are often given glowing eyes, if they don't have cameras providing vision. A camera for the Arnos is on the agenda but no work is underway yet. The red-green-blue eyes are in 24-bit colour and are unique to the android speaking at any time.
The Arnos:
Wearing the Inspector Goggles:
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War : An Introduction to Theories & Research on Collective Violence Paperback / softback
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Many students have come to the study of war and peace from a background heavily influenced by media exposure and political commitment.
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The academic study of civil war, on the other hand, in recent years has focused more on the opportunity factors, even claiming that the greed of rebel leaders can play an important role in driving an insurrection.
Discovering this, some students have become disillusioned, but many have taken up the challenge to show that wars in general and civil wars in particular are also fought for more than material gain.
This book offers a balanced assessment of grievance and opportunity theories, and will serve as food for thought as the readers attempt to hammer out their own projects and move the field forward.
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- Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Publication Date: 01/06/2011
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Dwight, who lives on Hippie Hill, told me this truck is used to haul water up and down the mountainside. "One time the guys were hauling water in a great big container and a wasp got in the cab - the guy driving started swatting at it and lost control. The truck rolled over on the hillside - but we still use it and it still runs."
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$322.00 Donated to the Lisa Lepine Jeremy Wilson Foundation Alternative Medicine Fund
The Lisa Lepine JWF Benefit held on December 23, 2017 at Atlantis Lounge, Mississippi Pizza raised 322.00 in donations.
A heartwarming show of fantastic long-time Portland musicians keeping Lisa's spirit brightly shining and bringing attention to the fund that Lisa created after she was diagnosed with cancer. Ed and The Boats featuring Dennis Kenny and Dan Haley, rocked the room, Miss V sharing her vocal prowess, Alexa Wiley serenading our souls with her smooth eloquence, Kelly Brightwell mesmerizing with her skillfully crafted songs, Janet Julian wowing with her What Would Lisa Lepine Do song co-written (platonically!) with Dan Haley, and my brilliant band, The Purpose, together because of Lisa.
We are already beginning work for next year's Benefit with plans to hold it in September around Lisa's birthday, move it to a larger venue, and invite some additional special guests!


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David Muir, the RSPCA consultant who works closely with racing on behalf of the charity, has been in the news lately. David very kindly gave me twenty minutes of his time yesterday to record the following interview.
"Recent media coverage seems to have given the impression that excessive whip use has suddenly become an issue because of the Grand National and Jason Maguire's suspension. The fact is the RSPCA and myself have been concerned about incorrect use of the whip in racing for a long time, and I have done a lot of work on the issue with a number of people.
"Although the RSPCA have always taken a pragmatic view on the whip, and indeed on racing, things are now getting out of hand. Unless something is done about excessive use of the whip, I can see it being banned completely and that is something I don't want to see. The whip is needed for safety and discipline in races but how do you quantify encouragement? That's the area that needs addressing.
"I've read Mark Johnston's piece where he says that horses need to feel the whip as they tire towards the finish, for their own safety, to keep them running straight in a balanced fashion. To a degree Mark has a point but what you can't do is defend the indefensible. If the application of pain is a necessary ingredient for racing, then I see racing going into an area that's problematic.
"The whip is a work in progress. The one used now in racing bears no comparison whatever to the whip used five years ago. If I'd have hit myself hard on the back of the hand with a whip from five years ago, I'd break all four fingers. I could do it with the current whip and not even leave a mark.
"The current whip has a cylindrical core covered with foam. As it tapers down to the part which strikes the horse, it flattens out into a foam covered paddle which gives on contact with the horse and the reduction in pain, compared with the old whip, is dramatic.
"Used in the backhand style, the whip is perfectly acceptable, it's when jockeys change to the forehand there is an implication that they want to apply as much pain as possible, and that's where I fall out.
"We need to make sure that the correct balance is reached in whip design and in its use by jockeys. Doubling the foam-covering for example would make the whip useless for correction and discipline purposes. But used in the backhand position, I can never see a point in the future where I, or the RSPCA, would have a problem with the whip and that is the way I think the BHA will go with this.
"The only alternative I can see to that is that the whip is to be carried for safety and correction only, as in the current hands and heels races.
"The whole point of me, and the RSPCA working side by side with racing is to try to help understand both sides of the issues as we work to improve the welfare of horses. It's alright standing outside and criticising racing but when you are working with racecourse management and the BHA, as we do, you see the problems they face.
"For example, I'm working closely at the moment on a hurdle design project with students at Southampton University, which is due to finish next month. For a year we've been looking at hurdle design. Along with four graduates, we've been examining design to see if we can improve safety in hurdling and reduce fatalities. I'm not in racing simply to criticise, I'm there to work with those involved to try to improve things".
On the question of disqualification of a horse if its jockey is found guilty of improper use of the whip, David said:
"The Jockey should be disqualified, not the horse. Disqualifying the horse affects many other people; owners, trainers, punters, the whole system of betting. Just imagine a jockey who wants to actually lose a race, he knows excessive use will get the horse disqualified".
I asked David if he was involved in the decision to ask jockeys to dismount immediately after the Grand National. He said:
"This is another issue that's been taken completely out of context. I've been involved with the National now for fourteen years. When I first went there I fought like billy-o to get loads of water and I've got it now, about a hundred buckets and big tanks full of water with ice-bags in them.
"When the horses come in after four and a half miles, they're very hot. Tim Morris (equine science and welfare director for the BHA) gave an instruction this year to jockeys to get off as soon they got in, get the saddles off and get water on the horses to cool them down. It wasn't just the winner that got the treatment, I must have thrown water over twenty or thirty horses. It's a welfare issue and a good thing for racing to do".
Asked about the image the hurried scrambling with water gave to the public, David said, "I think there was a major PA problem there. They should have explained what was going on. It's a bit like when the screens go up on the course; everybody just assumes it's a dead horse but that's not always the case.
"Racing needs to take another step forward in explaining things. The whip is a classic example. Most people don't know about the structure of a whip and how it behaves in use. We need to be more open and help people understand things much better".
We touched on the situation in Australia where the RSPCA were instrumental in getting NH racing banned in all but two states. David made the point that there's almost no resemblance to jump racing there and in the UK, in the quality and type of horses used. He said:
"I can never see a situation where the RSPCA would support a call for the banning of National Hunt racing in Britain. Remember, what we are about is the prevention of cruelty and the definition of cruelty is 'the gratuitous application of pain for the enjoyment of the person who's doing it'. Now where in racing does the term 'cruel' fit? Tragic? Yes. Cruel? I can't see that. The RSPCA does not try to justify the deaths of racehorses, but we will work tirelessly to reduce them. It's a high risk sport and the RSPCA's position in it is to help make it as risk-free as possible".
On Towcester's decision to have only 'hands and heels' races from October 5th onwards David said, "It's a brave and positive way forward and I congratulate them on their courage and tenacity in the face of these recent concerns about whip use".


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Yep, that's going to be me tomorrow. Most of my family get along great, but the bunch that we will be eating with tomorrow... They're weird. Like talk to me like we're best friends and know everything about each other weird. I see you two or three times a year, dude. That works for me. Let's not try and force a relationship, kthnxbye.
I'm bummed because I have no money to buy the ingredients for the veg dish I planned to make for tomorrow. I'll just make a meal of green beans, squash casserole, and mashed potatoes. And dessert. All the dessert.
Anyway, I hope you all have a great holiday. For everyone outside the US, have a great rest of the week. Have some pie because pie is good.
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NWAV 46, Madison, WI
The MSU sociolinguists were well represented at NWAV 46 this year. We also had a great time catching up with the many MSU alumni and associates who were there, and hearing the work of many of the senior researchers in the field. Congratulations to everyone from MSU for some really good papers!
Our summer so far
MSU sociolinguists have been busy this summer already! Here are a few updates, with more to follow.
There was a special session on panel studies at the recent International Conference on Methods in Dialectology XV in Groningen, Netherlands. The session, Panel Studies: Challenges, Food for Thought and Ways Forward, was co-organized by Suzanne Wagner (MSU) and Isabelle Buchstaller (University of Leipzig). Panel studies collect data from the same individuals at multiple time-points, and are a crucial tool for understanding how individual linguistic change intersects with community language change. Yet they are difficult to undertake, presenting a wealth of issues in data collection and analysis.
The participants included Patricia Cukor-Avila, Frans Gregersen, John Rickford, Malcah Yaeger-Dror and many others. Topics ranged from appropriate statistical and acoustic methods, to the changing interviewer-participant relationship, to making use of unexpected sources of data. The contributions to the session will appear in an edited volume to be published by Routledge Ltd, along with other specially commissioned chapters -- one of them from MSU Anthropology professor Chantal Tetreault.
Congratulations to Alyssa Webster, Heidi Little and Kathryn VerPlanck, who won the prize for best poster in the Linguistics, Language and Speech section of this year's University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum. Their poster was titled "Quotatives and age-grading in Philadelphia". The work, funded by the College of Arts and Letters Undergraduate Research Initiative (CAL-URI), was mentored by me, and by Sali Tagliamonte (University of Toronto).
Alyssa, Heidi and Kathryn are long-term active members of the Sociolinguistics Lab, with a number of internal and external conference presentations and two forthcoming publications. Sadly they'll be graduating this May, but what a wonderful way to end their MSU undergraduate careers!
Suzanne Wagner will be convening a workshop on panel studies at the International Conference on Methods in Dialectology XV on Friday, August 15th, 2014. Her co-organizer is Isabelle Buchstaller of the University of Leipzig. The workshop is titled Panel studies: Challenges, food for thought and ways forward and will feature presentations by Patricia Cukor-Avila, Jonathan Harrington, Frans Gregersen, John Rickford, Walt Wolfram, Sali Tagliamonte, Malcah Yaeger-Dror and others. It is hoped that the workshop will provide an opportunity for researchers who have been engaged in panel studies to share their experiences, and to lay out some best practices for future researchers in this area. The guiding questions of the workshop include:
This Friday, April 5, the Linguistics undergraduate group (qUALMS) is holding their annual conference, MSULC. The keynote address will be given by Megan Sutton, a former MSU Linguistics major and current PhD student at the University of Maryland. Students from the Language Acquisition Lab, Sociolinguistics Lab, Speech Lab and from related language/linguistics subdisciplines will give oral presentations and display posters. Sociolinguistics will be represented by these posters:
Poster session 1, 1:15-2:15
1. Shelby O'Brien and Abigail Diedrich. "Listener sensitivity to (ing): insights from a post-task survey."
Poster session 2, 3:15-4:15
2. Shelby O'Brien, Alyssa Webster & Kelly Christopherson. "The effect of college choice on standard speech."
3. Heidi Little & James Shaouni. "Making linguistics relevant to secondary school students."
End of year news round-up
The second half of fall semester 2012 has been fun and busy. Here are some of the highlights:
The lastest issue of the University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics features four current or former MSU sociolinguists: Suzanne Wagner, Ashley Hesson, Daniel Hasty and Laura Jensen:
Kathryn VerPlanck (Linguistics major) displayed her poster "Back and forth with classes and that kind of thing: A panel study of general extender use in Philadelphia" at the MSU University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) last Friday, April 13th. The annual event is an all-day showcase of undergraduate work. This year for the first time UURAF recognized the wealth of language-related research at MSU with a new category: Linguistics, Language and Speech.
Kathryn's poster reflects work that she carried out in the last year on the social and linguistic distribution of general extenders (and stuff like that, or whatever, and everything etc) in a small corpus of American English. She co-presented the research last August at the International Methods in Dialectology XIV conference in London, ON, Canada.
Georgetown Round Table (GURT) conference
Ashley Hesson and Suzanne Evans Wagner convened a panel session this weekend at GURT 2012. The panel, titled "Using physician-patient interviews for quantitative sociolinguistic analysis: a methodological check-up" featured contributions from Heidi Hamilton and Wen-ying Sylvia Chou who are co-editors of the forthcoming Handbook of Language and Health Communication (Routledge), as well as from Robert Podesva and Robert Lannon. Ashley and Suzanne's collaborators J. Daniel Hasty and Norma Mendoza-Denton were also represented. The panel was followed by a discussion of how best to bring together qualitative and quantitative analysts to solve healthcare communication problems, and how to access large databases of doctor-patient conversation.
Who we are
We are faculty and students interested in language variation and change at Michigan State University in the departments of Linguistics & Languages, Romance & Classical Studies, Anthropology, Education and beyond.
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Fox has Irish, French and Native American ancestry. She was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to Macey Tonachio, former Roane County, Tennessee Tourism Director, and Frank Fox. She grew up in nearby Rockwood, Tennessee. She was born as Megan Denise Foxx, with two X's in the last name, but changed it once she entered show business. She has one older sister. Fox began her training in drama and dance at the age of five in Kingston, Tennessee. She attended a dance class at the community center there, and was involved in Kingston Elementary School's chorus and the Kingston Clippers swim team. At age ten, after moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, she continued her training. She attended Morningside Academy, a private Christian school in Port St. Lucie during her middle school years and finished her high school education at St Lucie West Centennial High School in Port St. Lucie.
By age sixteen, Fox's talent created new opportunities for her in the entertainment world. She began acting and modeling upon winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Fox made her film debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun as the spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart (Ashley Olsen).
Fox has appeared in a five page spread for the November 2005 issue of the popular men's magazine FHM. She also posed for the March 2007 issue of FHM, the June 2007 issue of GQ, the July 2007 issue of Maxim, and the September 2007 issue of Arena. She was voted the Sexiest Woman in the World by FHM magazine in 2008, beating out Jessica Biel and Jessica Alba. Megan is also on the cover page for the Maxim October 2008 issue and the GQ October 2008 issue. Fox is represented by The Gersh Agency.
Fox has been outspoken in her self-identification as a bisexual. In a frank interview with GQ Magazine, Fox said that she fell in love with a female stripper when she was eighteen and used the experience to illustrate her belief that "...all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes."
Since 2004, Fox has been involved with actor Brian Austin Green of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles fame. They had been engaged to be married, but later separated after Megan claimed to be too young for such a commitment.
Fox has seven tattoos, including a poem on her ribcage, a symbol for strength on her neck, Green's name on her hip, a bull's eye on her lower back, a pink flamingo on her upper thigh, and a picture of Marilyn Monroe's face on her right arm. She also has one on her right shoulder that says "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies," a line from Shakespeare's play King Lear.


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BTOB's Sungjae and Red Velvet's Joy, formerly a married couple on 'We Got Married', have been named dual endorsement models for 'Lotte' beer brand 'Fitz Super Clear'!On July 4, the 'Lotte' revealed that they chose Sungjae and Joy as their newest 'Fitz Super Clear' models for the two idols and their multi-talented charms, active in both singing and acting. Beginning July 5, the beer brand plans on launching various promotions content including a new TV CF featuring Sungjae and Joy. Were you a fan of the 'Bbu' couple?
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TOK Project: Test friends on if they can see past the ambiguity of a sentence.
For our project we took four sentences, and asked our relatives and friends to determine a meaning. No one was able to find a single meaning that was absolutely correct and this is because there was not a single meaning that was correct due to the ambiguity of language. Our hypothesis when starting was that Language was not truly creative and open-ended, solely rule governed.
Language Journals:
What did you learn today about your TOK?
Today I learned several things about Language. Most importantly is the concept that if something can not be expressed through language, can it be considered knowledge?
This question has interesting implications on the realm of knowledge. It is possible that emotions are not knowledge if this is true.
Often when I think of language, I only think of it as a tool of expressing knowledge, never of learning or analyzing knowledge. However it does shape the way we know things. I am sure that research has been done that proves that the structure of a normal English sentence affects our culture and thought process. This is what most likely causes cultures across the world to be so radically different. We process ideas in different orders, so we naturally assign different values, and end up with different end decisions.
My goal for this project is to understand how Language affects Knowledge, but I first want to see what Language in this context is truly defined as.
2/24/17 Elective Journal:
For my elective journal I watched RSA ANIMATE: Language as a Window into Human Nature. This animated video discusses the differences between mutual knowledge and individual knowledge. It describes mutual knowledge as a person A and a person B both knowing X as well as knowing that the other knew X as well as knowing that the other knew that they knew X, and so on. Individual knowledge is when A knows X and B knows X, but due to implicit language, it is impossible to tell if the other truly knows X as well, and so the entirety of that chain is stopped at the beginning. A main part of the video is spent talking about how this plays into flirting, for example. Sexual innuendos aren't viewed as poorly as sexual comments, and this is because the two in the relationship may know exactly what the innuendo means, but due to doubt, they can never truly know if the other know what the innuendo means.
This means that the less surface level ambiguity a comments provides, the more explicit it will be, and the more likely it is that that piece of knowledge will become mutual knowledge instead of solely individual knowledge. In this way language shapes our knowledge because no other form of knowing provides a way for someone to create a barrier between shared and personal knowledge so easily.
3/2/17 Reflective Journal:
Today in class we presented and I noticed a couple things:
First was that we didn't prepare well enough for connecting our WOK to a previous WOK. We had originally decided to connect Language with Sense Perception because it seemed clear to us that both were steeped in ambiguity; however, when we were presenting and speaking on the subject, it became increasingly clear that we only had a surface level connection, and no true connection. If we had a better connection the presentation would have felt more coherent, and would have been better understood by the class.
Second was that we did a good job on time. Many groups in our class consistently hit the seven minute mark, going over time. We did a great job at making sure we were solidly in the 4-7 minute range which made sure that we didn't have too much or too little information in our presentation.
Third was that I felt our examples were a little redundant. I think we should have done two examples and then moved on to a different point in order to truly flesh out all of the ideas we had while thinking of the presentation. Two sentences would have easily shown what we wanted to say about Language in general, leaving us with more time to talk about our connection to the previous WOK or attempt to address the original knowledge question of "How does Language shape knowledge".
Three Questions:
1. How does language affect our thought process?
2. How does language change our daily lives?
3. Could a small change in Language change the world?
Extension Proposal:
Essential Question: Can anything rule-governed be open-ended and creative?
This question is what we tried to answer in our presentation, but it would be helpful for future groups to think on as well. One of the axioms of the chapter is that language is rule governed, open ended, and creative; if a student does not first come to research and understand that, it is hard to move forward in the chapter.
A good source would be: Mark Pagel: How Language Transformed Humanity. It addresses one of the important starting questions of our chapter, "is language important to knowing?".
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- COLE and ZANE saga By Yours truly
- SAMUKAI saga by lord garmadonzx
- kai and jay saga By :sensei lexi (Ninja Of Radioactive Shishkabobs)
- Allia, Ryo and Ian saga By Allia wind ninja
- golden ninja saga By The Golden ninja (sarah)_
- The Secret of the Snakes By: Fangtom
- UNKNOWN SAGA BY: Ultra NRG Lloyd ZX
- orange and purple ninja saga By: santa claus zx
- questions and answer
- Maestrom Jay By: Maestrom Jay
- Contributors
- WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE By: kai
- arcade attack by:jay
The Secret of the Snakes By: Fangtom
4 comments:
Lord Garmadon:Hello , Cole (sniggers to himself)
Lord Garmadon:(runs away and steals the golden wepons)
Cole: Kai where have you been
Kai Down at the arcade playing Ninjas vs Snakes I bet level 3
Cole: OK but Lord Garmadon stole our golden weapons
Kai: He what
Cole: He stole…
Kai: Yes yes I know that but our weapons
Unknown guy: LET ME IN NOW!!!!!!
Kai:(opens door)ReplyDelete
Cole:Lord Garmadon stole our golden weapons
Jay:So what are we waiting for
(later at the underworld)
Cole:Hey there`s Garmadon
Lord Garmadon: Skeletons attack
(Kills all of the Skeletons)
Kai:Give them back!
Lord Garmadon:What these things(Drops them into lava)
Kai:Why on earth did you do that for
Lord Garmadon:I don`t know they just slid out my hands
Lord Garmadon:Argh
(All return to ninjago inclueding lord garmadon)
Kai:Lord Garmadon what is that behind you
Lord Garmadon: Nothing
Cole:I see it too
Lord Garmadon: NOTHING
Jay:They are golden
Lord Garmadon:ARGH
Lord Garmadon: Fine (Takes real golden weapons from behind him)ReplyDelete
Jay: Why did you lie?
Cole: And what did you chuck into the lava
Kai: Yeah
Lord Garmadon: They were metal decoys HA HA HA HA HA
Kai: What is so funny?
Lord Garmadon: Your face HA HA HA HA
Jay: Oh really (Kicks him out of destiny`s bounty)
Lord Garmadon: AghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhReplyDelete
Cole: Jay wow I`m shocked
Jay: Me too
Kai: Me three
Lasha: Might asss well sssstop having a party
Fangtom: And find usss the fang bladessssss
Cole: Agh
Kai: Why would we team up with you
Fangdam: You would team up with ussss becausssse
Spitta: We are trying to sssstop Pythor and the Hypnobrai
Jay: Well if that's why we`ll team up
Zane: Hi
Kai: Where have you been?
Zane: Spying on the Serpentine and then when I heard that some snakes were coming I came as fast as I could
Jay: As long as your safe
Fangtom: Zane!
Snike: You desssssstroyed half of the Hypnobrai
Zane: Yes, yes I did
Cole: Let`s stop chatting and stop Pythor and the Hypnobrai
Jay: I agree
Fangtom: Too the snakebusssss
Kai: Can we come on the snakesbus?
Snappa: Of courssse!
Jay: This snakebus is awesome
Kai: Yes it is
Cole: Time to roll the dice (rolls dice) yes I got a perfect 6
Zane: (Rolls dice)Aw I got an imperfect 1
Kai: How's the game of Snakes and Ninja Ladders
Zane: Boring Cole is winning every game (freezes the game board)
Cole: Zane!
(Lasha comes in)
Lasha: We are here!
Jay: Yahoo!
(They get out of the snakesbus and end up at a volcano)
Zane: Is this the snake base.
Bytar: Yesssssssssssss it issssss but it issssssss Pythor`ssss
Snike: Ssssso we will have too sssssneak in.
Kai: So what are we waiting for? let`s go!
Jay: Hey that's my line!
Fangtom: Charge in ,then.
Pythor: NINJA!!!
Snakes: Plus snakes
Pythor: (runs away into the Fang Blade holder)
Zane: (gets there just after)
Pythor: Your too late all the Fangblades are in place and there`s nothing you can do
Zane: Oh yeah (kicks Fangblades really far away)
Pythor: Snakes get the Fangblades
All snakes: Yes sir (Suddenly Cole, Jay and Kai get caught)
Zane: No!(freezes Pythor)
(the good snakes free Cole, Jay and Kai)
Jay: That was a lot of coolness Evan getting trapped
(12 hours later)
Pythor: (Ice melts and he escapes) I am free HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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This warden message alerts U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Thailand that the Royal Thai Government through the Center for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) has announced that a curfew is in place from 8:00pm to 6:00am starting tonight, Wednesday, May 19. This curfew applies to the Bangkok metropolitan area and to all Thai provinces under the State of Emergency (see details below). Early morning flights may be impacted because of the curfew and the inability of crews and passengers to arrive at the airport before their scheduled flight. If you will be flying out of Bangkok in the next several days, we recommend that you confirm your flight with your airline before you leave for the airport. Reports indicate that troops have authority to shoot on sight in response to acts of inciting unrest. American citizens should maintain a low profile and refrain from nighttime outside activity until the situation improves.
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The name that adorned two of BMW's greatest creations, the 3.0 CSL and the E46 M3 CSL, will be applied to future M cars. We hope that means we'll see an M2 CSL.
Our first look at the mechanical layout of the stunning EV.
Your sportscars are dead, and crossovers will feast on their bones.
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Decorating your wedding is a big job on its own, but reader Kacey came to us looking for some Broke-Ass advice on how to make 60 rustic camp cabins feel a little more like home for her wedding guests. She writes:
Dear BAB,
I want to say we're soul sisters but don't want to come off too strong. Budgeting is my life and crafting is my happy place. I am getting married next fall and even for a crafter at heart, I'm running into a little dilemma.
My fiancé rented a beautiful camp for our wedding weekend. The camp comes at a hefty price but it includes cabins, camp essentials and food for the weekend. The camp suggested we charge 1/2 the price of what a hotel would charge for the whole weekend — $120 per person. This would include all their food, drinks and stay Friday-Sunday. We would cover the rest of the costs. My family tells us they think that is a really good deal, but forever being on a budget, I just want to make sure our guests are getting their money's worth. With that being said …
Sleeping arrangements are the big issue. Not only do we need to decorate our function hall, we need to figure out a way to decorate 60 CABINS.
[I] Feel like we need to do something. I think some people might pass out walking into a bare bones cabin in the woods with no electricity. Decorating 60 cabins on a budget is a whole other ballgame than just decorating a function hall. How do I make these cute little cabins not a nature nightmare for our guests ?
Thanks so much, the over thinker bride.
Hi Kacey,
We're totally down with the "soul sister" title; commitment is kind of our thing! It sounds like you've got a daunting task ahead of you, so the first step is to set a budget. As you well know, multiplying even small numbers by 60 quickly gets into the hundreds of dollars, so make sure you're realistic with a number that makes you comfortable.
Once you've established a spending amount, focus on ideas that make a cold cabin feel like home. Things like light sources or personal messages add comfort and familiarity to an otherwise rustic. Search online for free printable templates or print your personal photos and pop them in dollar store frames. Stock up on inexpensive LED tealights or string lights so the space doesn't feel so dark once the sun goes down. When it comes to candles, think about inexpensive display options like paper lanterns or candle plates that allow you to place multiple sizes or styles in one place. Keeping things simple and looking for those dollar-or-less items makes it perfectly reasonable to work within a budget of just a few dollars per cabin.
If you want to add a splash of color for pennies per cabin, look for paper DIYs. Tissue paper garland, origami or crepe paper flowers and colorful rosettes give a festive pop to the wooden walls. The handmade elements not only provide that punch, but give your guest cabins a loving touch.
Hit up thrift stores for vessels and vases, and don't be afraid to use items for things outside of their original purpose. Vintage glassware sets can be picked up for a fraction of the cost of retail vases and still look super cute holding a few paper posies. While you're there, check out stuff like old curtains, table cloths or duvet covers. Spending a few dollars gives you yards of fabric to repurpose into throws, fabric bunting or other decorative touches to make your guests feel at home.
Remember that you don't have to have a set plan. Wandering aisles and websites for great deals can provide you with inspiration for ideas you didn't realize you had! Keep in mind the amount per cabin you'd like to spend, be realistic about the time you want to spend crafting, and know it's more than fine to want to go that extra step for the people who are there to celebrate with you.


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Hurricane Sandy and its devastating effects have resurfaced the simmering controversy over the reality of climate change. Earlier this week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo weighed in on the subject when he said, "It's a longer conversation, but I think part of learning from this is the recognition that climate change is a reality. Extreme weather is a reality. It is a reality that we are vulnerable."
Rather than continue the argument over the degree of responsibility for climate change that can be attributed to human influence, why not adopt the perspective offered by Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, who says, "Most of what's going on, if you turn it around, you'd say 90 to 95 percent is due to natural variability. There's a large element of chance on aspects of these things. But when you're already stretching the limits and you're at very high levels of rainfall, if you add a little but extra on—especially 10 percent extra on--that can really break things." He goes on to say, "We have to get past this aspect of saying 'Oh, it might be just natural variability, because these sorts of storms can occur without climate change.' That's not helpful at all. And the reason is because the human component is only going to grow over time."
Even if human influence is "only" 5 to 10 percent, doesn't it make sense to focus on understanding and acting on that 5 or 10 percent that we can do something about? I realize the strategies for taking action will require significant changes in values and behavior, they most likely will not have a discernable effect in our lifetime, and undoubtedly involve complexities that I cannot understand, but isn't it time to stop arguing over whether climate change is a reality and start learning what we need to do to make a difference?


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Becoming the Amazing Woman you were Born to be.
Do you see yourself as a pioneer or a spiritual leader?
Do you feel the urge to make changes in your own life but not know how?
The Great Mother is calling you; it's time to embody the practices of our ancient sisters, embrace all parts of the feminine & birth a whole new world.
Yet, it's easy to ignore her call; I'm busy, already in service, I have plans. But the dark goddess is patient; she waits for us to reach a tipping point when there's no choice but to follow our heart into feminine mystery, surrendering our masculine created controls and beliefs.
TThrough musical journey meditations, we'll descend into the realms of dragon energy, walking the same path of powerful archetypal figures such as Inanna, Persephone and Mary Magdalene.
The Great Mother makes few promises, except that, by releasing your load, you'll experience the exquisite embrace of connecting to the amazing woman you were born to be.
- Facing mystery; calling in our wise sisters
- Connecting to love
- Awakening creative dragon energy
- Meeting the 3 faces of the Great Mother
- How to recognize and release outdated beliefs
- Honoring our protectors & sending them on a well-deserved rest
- Re-enactment of myths of descent and resurrection
- Healing the wounds of separation
- Becoming inspired
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Embodying the Sacred Woman: Love, Healing and Empowerment
Getting Back Into Rhythm