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Years 4, 5 and 6 held an inter-year chess tournament. To even the numbers, Year 6 had two honorary members for the session. Everyone got to use clocks for their game, some played quickly, others more deliberately with great thought and care. Some unfortunately ran their clock down so lost to their opponent, but everyone played fairly. The final result was Year 6 in third place, Year 4 in second place and Year 5 were the overall winners. Well done to everyone for making the effort to take part and once again thank your Mr Lewis for your adjudication skills.
School Music Concert
Please see the images below taken at our ever popular school music concerts.
Despite the rain Years 3 and 4 enjoyed their first golf lesson - in the hall!! We learned to use a putter, some with more success than others, but we did all have tremendous fun. Let's hope that next week we will be able to be outside as we are learning to chip :)
STEM Club members helped KS1 explore the Polar Explorer programme during our science day last week.
Alice in Wonderland - Theatre Production
The children were very lucky to watch an amazing production of Alice in Wonderland on Friday 26th April. They were transported to an amazing wonderland with Alice and were captivated by the characters she met and the adventures she enjoyed.
St Teresa's First Ever Boys Netball Match!
Congratulations to the Boy's Netball team on playing their first ever Netball match. They played against Home Farm on Friday 5th April and what a game it was! It was a nail biting game with the boys winning the match 6-5! Congratulations to the whole team. It was played with great spirit and such enthusiasm.
Year 3 and Year 4 took their performance 'on the road' and performed for the residents of Loganberry Lodge today. Despite not having a stage and sitting in different places, as we struggled to fit everyone into the lounge, the children rose to the occasion magnificently and once again, performed well. Although there were only a few residents they were very appreciative of the performance and the effort we had made to visit them. Well done everyone and thank you to our parent helpers for walking with us.
Year 3 and 4 Production of 'The Selfish Giant'
The whole school very much enjoyed watching Year 3 and 4's production of 'The Selfish Giant' earlier this week
'Off By Heart' Poetry Competition - 2019
On Thursday 28th March, we had the finals of our 'Off By Heart' Poetry Competition - all our finalists were absolutely amazing, having the audience riveted to their seats in anticipation for the whole afternoon. It was truly wonderful to see how the children were able to make the 'words come alive' and capture the imagination of those listening! A big thank you needs to be said to all the children in the school for entering into the spirit of this competition and for the help and support given by parents in the learning of these poems -an incredible achievement -thank you. A big thank you must also be given to our esteemed judges: Father Tom, Mrs Kilcline and Mr Hockly who had some very difficult decisions to make.
Winners: Bayonle, Ava G, Ava P, Jess, Alex R, Declan, Theo
Runners up: Aoife, Faith, Kelsey, George, Edwin, Florence, Charles, Eoinn, Aidan, Ryan, Nicole, Olga,
Natalie, Beverly
World Book Day - March 7th 2019
Please see the flyer below that we have received from Brentwood Catholic Children's Society detailing counselling services that they can offer to families.
Please see below the letter received from Damian Hinds MP, Secretary of State for Education and Nick Gibb MP, the Minister of State for School Standards.
The letter congratulated us on our KS2 SATs results in reading which put us in the top 1% of primary schools in England!
Today we investigated the shape of the boat so that it would cut through our 'ice' (aka sand). We all started off with the same shaped boat and then moved onto different types of boat to see which shape travelled the easiest.
Today at STEM club we started looking at the Polar Explorer programme. We began by thinking about the ship which will be sailing the Antarctic waters for almost 10 years. How does something so big, made of metal actually float in the water? Using plasticine we tried to get this material to float and of course rolling it into a ball wasn't a good idea, it immediately sank to the bottom of our ocean. We tried smaller balls but that didn't work either. After a few goes of trial and error, we worked out that the plasticine needed to be bowl shaped so that it displaced the water enabling it to be supported. We then held a competition to see how many passengers (dried split peas!) our ships would hold. Our initial trial had a clear winner with 69 passengers, but after a few modifications by other teams, the winning ship held 93 passengers. Well done to everyone for their resilience in not giving up and determination to try and improve on their own scores.
Position Statement regarding formation of Multi Academy Trusts Brentwood Diocese- November 2018
Please click here to view the above document
Joint Schools Concert at St. Benedict's College
Please see the slideshow below for images taken at the Joint Schools Concert held at St. Benedict's College on Friday 23rd November.
Singing Group's visit to The Royal Hospital School in Ipswich to participate in 'Sing Up Suffolk'
Last Wednesday Mrs Wilson and the Singing Group, accompanied by Miss Bartleet, took part in 'Sing Up Suffok' at The Royal Hospital School in Ipswich. They had a wonderful time and really benefited from this experience. Please see the slideshow below for images of the day!
Since STEM started in September, in addition to designing a suit to protect the gingerbread man, we have also investigated how strong Rapunzal's hair might have been and whether the acid in coke had an affect on our stomachs. Then we started to think about the competition to design a pod for the Hyperloop. Individually we created a pod, then working together in groups of three, we amalgamated our designs, taking 'best bits' of everybody's design and improving them. Next we drew them using ICT and then this week we started to make a collage model of how the pod would look. We hope to finish these next week before submitting them. Judging isn't until the New Year so we will have to be patient to find out how we got on. In the meantime our attentions will be turning to Antartica....
Our first STEM club this academic year saw us investigating how to get the gingerbread man across the river, without the aid of the fox! First we investigated how long he would last in the water; he sank after 15 seconds and by the time one minute had elapsed he had become very sloppy. First we tested our diving outfits for two minutes, some of us were more successful than others. We tried again, modifying our designs and waited for three minutes and we were delighted that we were all successful this time around. I wonder what we will do next week??
Sports Day
What a super day of sport we had on Thursday 5th July!
The children took part in sports day with great sportsmanship and a positive attitude.
Additionally, we were able to proudly present medals to the children who won the local Football leagues and the Rugby Tournament - what amazing achievements to be proud of! Go St Teresa's!
Singing Group's Performance of 'Joseph'!
Please find a link below to the Essex Police interactive map which holds details of upcoming activities in the Colchester area.
Paul from Mad Science led our assembly with some amazing science experiments focusing on states of matter. Children (and staff) took part to help demonstrate why things happen in a certain way. Our children showed their fantastic science knowledge by answering questions throughout the assembly. Well Done everybody!
This week has been an amazing week for sports at St Teresa's!
We have successfully competed in many school sports tournaments and have enjoyed
showing off our super skills, keeping healthy and working in a team with pride and good sportsmanship!
Well done!
The Royal Wedding
The Royal Wedding in Year 1
Down in Year 1 we had a whole day dedicated to The Royal Wedding; we wrote the happy couple cards of congratulations, made crowns to wear to our whole school afternoon tea party in celebration, we also decorated cookies in the colours of red, white and blue as well as writing individual letters to the Queen...we have sent these off and wait in anticipation for a response, fingers crossed! We also used our folding and design skills to design and make a newspaper wedding dress that was linked into our STEM topic this week of being creative and reducing waste paper. We made our dress from fans, twisted and tied paper and a whole train of paper aeroplanes...that took us a very long time and was extremely heavy! We had such fun!
The Finished Newspaper Wedding Dress
Young Children and Screen Time - A guide for Parents and Carers
Please click here to view a very informative guide for Parents and Carers with regard to Young Children and Screen Time.
Science / STEM
What an amazing array of science and STEM related work that is happening around the school. Our topics and investigations cover the range from pets, plastic, animals, plants, seasons, space, forces, bodies and materials! We certainly have budding scientists here at St. Teresa's!
Fun in the snow!
Some Year 5 and 6 pupils from our cluster schools met together to learn about detection skills and how these related to science, English and maths. Mr Parkinson taught the children how to communicate effectively with those suspected of crime, we practised collecting cells from which DNA could be extracted and learned about which cells DNA could be most easily extracted from. We then moved onto fingerprinting and took our own fingerprints trying to match these to the different types of pattern found in fingerprints. We heard how we have a 1 in 64 billion chance of finding someone with an identical pattern!! After lunch Mr Parkinson believed that Mr Ballard had stolen his sweets so he showed us how to conduct a search using good communication skills and respect, because we didn't know if Mr Ballard had actually stolen the sweets! Then in pairs one person hid a sweet and the partner had to find it only using the techniques shown. Finally, we put all our skills to the test in a crime scene. In groups we had to assess the area, think of what might have happened and why/what clues led us to that conclusion. We took prints and swabs and used magnifying glasses to examine footprints. We also had to find out which country the body had come from using the clues left.
Everyone had a super day and for a group of pupils who had only just met they all worked brilliantly in their mixed teams and pairs. Mr Parkinson was particularly impressed with their understanding and the high level questions the children posed. Well done everybody for making it such a great day, and I wonder how many might follow this science path in the future?
Please find below some safety advice and information relevant to the communities in Essex at this time of year.
This advice has been issued by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
For information on how to secure your property please click here
Please click here for tips on how to keep your property during the darker evenings
For Firework Safety Information please click here
Please click here for information regarding a Free Home Safety Visit
Thank you ... from the Emergency Night Shelter
Please see below a facebook post from the emergency night shelter thanking us for our donation of cakes and biscuits following our Macmillian Coffee Morning. Thanks to the amazing generosity of our pupils / parents / families / parishioners and many more we were able to support two very worthwhile charities ....
European Day of Languages
As part of our European day of Languages, Mrs Wilson taught the children to sing "Frere Jacques" in French, German, Spanish and Italian. They then performed it as a round in all four languages.
You will be able to listen to what the children learned by scanning the QR codes below (you may need to download a QR Reader in order to do this!).
Group 4 performing Frere Jacques
Group 1 singing the Spanish version in unison
50th Anniversary Whole School Photograph
Wednesday 20th September 2017
Today we gathered together to mark 50 years of our school by having a whole school photograph taken. Remember to keep checking for updates to find out how to order your photograph.
Thursday 7th September 2017
On this day, 50 years ago, the first child, Jonathan Moser entered our school. 50 years on, he was back to celebrate this memorial event with us! He was joined by the most recent child to join our school!
Please click on the link below to read the full article.
Jonathan Moser Returns to St Teresa's School 50 years after he first walked through the door!

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Scooter LaForge with Munch
On October 26th at the Munch Gallery, Scooter LaForge had his one man show. His popularity and reputation, greatly enhanced by his hand painted T-shirts and other fashion accessories, which are carried by the Patricia Field Boutique are such, there was as much of a crowd out on the sidewalk as there was inside the gallery.
Even though I was having loads of fun, It was kind of difficult for me to get good photos of his art on the walls, with such a large crowd blocking the view. To see more of his art, click on his name link above and also on his portfolio page at the Munch Gallery web site.
Dorothy Muccio with Charlie
Kulsziski and Daivid Perkins
Krys Fox, Michael Burke, Monica Loren and Bob Ordonez
With dearest friend Johnny Rozsa
Johnny Rosza, Christopher Stribley and masked reveler
Dan Romer, Leo and Tina Campbell with Scooter peeking from behind
Monica Loren with Bob Ordonez in back, being interviewed by Mike Diamond
Brett with Scooter
Munch finalizes a sale
Mike Albo, George Widmer, Brett Gleason, Jacob McPherson
George Constant shows off his incredible shirt
Mark Vitulano, Scooter, Ryleigh McMeekan, Eric Billinger
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Announcing a new exhibition at the Powerhouse, Pont Tyweli, Llandysul SA44 4AH.
Featuring paintings, sculpture, fabrics, and glass work.
24th Apr-6th May 11.00-16.00 (excl Weds) Enquiries 01554 834264
I am exhibiting 3 new works and will be at the Powerhouse for the opening 24th Apr (3-4pm) and all day Thurs 27th Apr.
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75,000 suicides in India annually
Poverty, debt, illiteracy and mental imbalance are cited as the main reasons for the menace.health-and-fitness Updated: Mar 19, 2007 13:41 IST
In a revelation that many would find startling, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said that nearly 75,000 people commit suicide in India every year for varied reasons, including mental disorder.
"Suicide in India is a major threat and nearly 75,000 people commit suicide every year. Poverty, debt, illiteracy and mental imbalance are the main reasons for this menace," Ramadoss said.
"Seven to eight percent of the Indian population is facing some sort of mental problem, of which over 1.5 percent (15 million) needs special care," the minister told IANS on the sidelines of a conference in the capital.
Portraying a grim picture of the little understood world of mental health, the minister said mental illness was the cause of about l00,000 people trying to commit suicide in the country each year.
"I do confess that the national mental health programme of my ministry is not performing well. I am worried and we are in the process of reviewing the programme.
"Besides, we are planning to provide basic mental health training to doctors at the primary healthcare centres as rural India is prone to such problems. Plans are afoot to train the MBBS doctors on this subject so that they can handle situations at the sub-division and district levels," he said.
He said the proposal would cover 400 districts in the next three years and all the districts of India within five years' time.
According to statistics available with the ministry of social justice and empowerment, there are over 900,000 females in India who need treatment for mental illness.
Of these nearly 280,000 fall in the age group 10-29 and nearly 250,000 in the age group 30-50.
Older men commit suicide more than younger men. However, more women who commit suicide were below 30 years or above 65 years of age.
Experts believe that mental health in India is far from getting due attention.
"Treatment of mental health in India is still a taboo. Moreover, there is a ten-fold shortage of psychiatrists in India. There are only 3,000 psychiatrists in India as against a demand for over 32,000," said R.C. Jiloha, head, department of psychiatry, Maulana Azad Medical College.
"See India has 3,000 psychiatrists but the US has 6,000 Indian psychiatrists. This describes our lack of focus in this stream of treatment," said Nimesh G. Desai, medical superintendent of the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), the only mental hospital of Delhi.
Desai said blind believes and stigma are still restricting people from coming out to avail themselves of medical treatment. Further, the mental health infrastructure in the country is not very good.
"We have 37 mental hospitals, of which three including IHBAS have been revamped. While the country needs more such hospitals, we should not forget to upgrade the existing hospitals.
"I believe, over 90 percent of mental illness can be cured through OPD (out patient department) treatment. Only 10 percent mentally ill people need hospitalisation."
Experts at Sanjivini, an NGO working in the field of mental health for decades, said treatment of this disease was not focussed in India.
"Mental illness in India is considered as a behavioural disorder rather than a health menace. The growing stress, increasing competition among youngsters and feeling of loneliness among old people are aggravating the problem," said Anandita Paul, head of the mental health intervention unit of Sanjivini.
"In today's world there is no scope for failure. From school students to working executives everyone is facing stress to become first, which later leads to depression and metal illness. Though women attempt to commit suicide more, it's men who get success in their attempts," Paul added.
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Initially, the teenage faces look a little impassive when told about the art project they are going to undertake that afternoon: metal embossed frames which can hold a mirror or a photograph. But the appearance is misleading, because soon enough they are selecting a design and watching attentively as a volunteer teaching artist explains what they'll need to do.
"It's kind of like therapy," said Monica, 16, a student at Reflections School in La Mesa, as she works on her frame. "I've been here a couple of times. It's relaxing and it's quieter than the classroom."
The teenagers have all been ordered by courts to attend Reflections, run by County Probation and the County Office of Education. Some of the students have committed serious felonies. All of them have emotional issues such as anger problems or inability to deal with stress. The dozen or so kids in this group were selected to participate based on good behavior and interest in arts.
Every Thursday, Correctional Deputy Probation Officer Janine "J" Tolan takes a group of kids on a field trip to A Reason to Survive (ARTS) studio in National City where they work in various media such as paints, mosaics, ceramics and pottery. They create projects such as papier mache skulls, memory books, domino and shrink art jewelry, woven paper greeting cards and a conservation-themed mural for Mary Lanyon Fay Elementary School.
Read the full story on the County News Center website.


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- 2003-present
- Notre Dame Radiation Lab
- 1985-2003
- Argonne National Lab
- 1982
- Ph.D., Northwestern University
- 1977
- B.A., Hope College
Research Interests
Fast Kinetics of Free Radical Reactions â Free radicals are generated in virtually all radiation-initiated processes, and are responsible for most of the permanent chemical changes. The recombination reactions are often diffusion limited or nearly so, but also depend on pairing of spin to produce stable singlet products. This gives rise to the fascinating Chemically Induced Dynamic Electron Polarization (CIDEP) phenomenon in their time-resolved EPR spectra, and Chemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (CIDNP) in NMR spectra of the recombination products, where some lines appear with negative phase due to population inversions.
Radiation Chemistry and Photochemistry of Water â To ionize water molecules in the gas phase requires at least 12.6 eV of energy, but dissociation of water to produce (H+)aq, (e-)aq, and OH radicals can be accomplished in liquid water with 6 eV photons in a photochemical event that is still not well understood. What is the nature of electronically excited liquid water, and how can we explain the escape yields of H atoms, OH radicals, and solvated electrons?
Solvent Effects on Reaction Rates in Supercritical Water â Supercritical water is proposed as the coolant for efficient Generation-IV nuclear reactors, and is the medium for an important advanced oxidation technology for hazardous waste destruction. The properties of water change dramatically in the supercritical region as the water density changes continuously between zero and 1 g/cc. The primary free radicals in water – hydrated electrons, H atoms, and OH radicals – are respectively ionic, hydrophobic, and dipolar, providing opportunity to investigate nearly all possible solvent effects using radiolysis excitation. Many strange effects are being found, such as rate constants that decrease as the temperature is raised.
Recent Papers
- Delgado, H.E., Rumbach, P., Bartels, D.M., Go, D.B. "Total internal reflection absorption spectroscopy (TIRAS) for the detection of solvated electrons at a plasma-liquid interface" 2018 Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018 (131), e56833. DOI: 10.3791/56833
- Raiman, S.S., Bartels, D.M., Was, G.S. "Radiolysis driven changes to oxide stability during irradiation-corrosion of 316L stainless steel in high temperature water" 2017 Journal of Nuclear Materials, 493, pp. 40-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.05.042
- Sargent, L., Sterniczuk, M., Bartels, D.M. "Reaction rate of H atoms with N2O in hot water" 2017 Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 135, pp. 18-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.03.009
- Marin, T.W., Janik, I., Bartels, D.M., Chipman, D.M. "Vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy of the lowest-lying electronic state in subcritical and supercritical water" 2017 Nature Communications, 8, 15435. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15435
- Walker, J.A., Bartels, D.M. "A Simple ab Initio Model for the Solvated Electron in Methanol" 2016 Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120 (36), pp. 7240-7247. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b07955
- Sterniczuk, M., Yakabuskie, P.A., Wren, J.C., Jacob, J.A., Bartels, D.M. "Low LET radiolysis escape yields for reducing radicals and H2 in pressurized high temperature water" 2016 Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 121, pp. 35-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.12.007
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As a member of the nature, DAEWON Chemical has invested in R&D and equipments for protection and improvement of environment, and made every effort to prevent and minimize discharge of pollutants as well.
1) Installation of R.T.O (Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer)
The generative thermal oxidizer (RTO) systems use high temperature to destroy VOC emissions within a combustion chamber.
2) Installation of wastewater disposal plant
3) Acquirement of ISO 14001 Certification
Earned ISO 14001 certification,
an environment management system (EMS)
4) The conclusion of VA(Voluntary Agreement)
What is the Voluntary Agreement?
The Voluntary Agreement for Energy Conservation and GHG Mitigation, which was concluded between high energy consuming companies and the Korean government, was the first of its kind among the non-Annex I countries.
Actually, DAEWON Chemical has entered into an agreement of VA since 2001.


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Nourish and Flourish Elixir
Nourish and Flourish Elixir
Detoxifying | Nourishing | Heals all
This tonic detoxifies, chelates, nourishes and heals on all levels. This is my #1 go to elixir. I take this elixir daily. Epidote will raise your threshold for stress and build up your glandular system. Prehnite stimulates the chakras and breaks up accumulations in the body. It is very chelating to the body. However Green Tourmaline tops all as this is one of the most detoxifying stones one could use. As this stone detoxifies it also feeds and nourishes. All green stones are about rebirthing and regeneration. Both Green Tourmaline and Peridot call forth the realms of the nature spirits and encourage us to tune into the unseen.
Ingredients: Essences of Green Tourmaline, Epidote, Prehnite, Peridot and Self Healing Himalayan Quartz. Extract of Sage infused in Apple Cider Vinegar. NC Apple Brandy and Spring water in 1 oz purple glass bottle.
Green Tourmaline a rich tonic that deeply detoxifies the body, particularly the heart and the liver. Assists with healing addictions and autoimmune flare ups. A gateway stone of connection, allows one to connect to nature spirits.
Epidote a rich tonic and a total nourish and flourish stone- it increases everything it touches. A protector and soother, Epidote can heal all. As an adaptogenic stone it raises threshold for stress, builds up the glandular system while raising consciousness.
Prehnite is the stone that heals the healer. This stone stimulates the chakras, breaks up serious accumulations such as fatty tumors and is detoxifying and chelating while nourishing. Prehnite goes to the heart, liver and kidney.
Peridot is a beautiful stone for the liver and gallbladder. This stones nourishes the bone marrow and is great for Leukemia. It has the ability to purify the emotions. Peridot helps us to forgive ourselves for what we have done in the past. This stone has powerful chelating abilities.
Self Healing Himalayan Quartz reminds one how to heal on a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level. These Quartz crystals come from a cave in Tibet and continue to grow once harvested. Clear Quartz is the outstanding stone, the brilliant stone and an adaptogen that shares the resonance of harmony.
Sage is associated with longevity, is mineral rich, healing and curative, sedating to the nerves, evokes strength, mental clarity and wisdom.
Take 3-10 drops in water or directly under the tongue 3 times each day or when wisdom calls. For acute conditions take 3-4 days and for chronic conditions take 3-4 months.
All elixirs and essences are 100% gluten free and organic. Every herb is grown in my garden (unless otherwise noted) or wildcrafted with permission and processed by my hands in a ceremonial way. My stones are cared for as prescribed by the ancient Daoist Stonalists. They are regularly cleansed and recharged depending on the stone's preference which can range from running water, a full moon bath, a hematite bed or a quartz bed.


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my Kingfisher progress, thread & next steps!
my Progress
My latest batch of hexie flowers includes a bunch of favorites from Mediterraneo by Katarina Roccella for Art Gallery Fabrics.
Almost! I have just four flowers left to English paper piece. And then, it'll be on to the next phase of my Kingfisher quilt. Attaching the flowers to the diamonds and joining the diamonds is going to transform this project into a real quilt top!
Which is not to say that I haven't enjoyed the slow stitching. I really have! I just love to see a quilt come together, a concept fleshed out in cloth. Also, I'm repeating a lot of fabrics, which takes a little of the fun out of making so many. Still that vary repetition led to this diamond play:
Who knew there were so many different ways to make diamonds dance?
Best Thread for EPP
Now that I've hand-pieced over 40 flowers, I can confidently weigh in on my earlier question about best threads for English paper piecing. I began with threads I had on hand: Connecting Threads, Mettler, Aurifil 50 wt, Aurifil 80 wt and Aurifil monofilament invisible thread. All of those were frustrating, for reasons I laid out here.
On your advice, I decided to test Superior Thread's Bottom Line and MicroQuilter threads. Superior generously sent me some spools for the experiment.
And the conclusion? Either one! Both Bottom Line and MicroQuilter are strong and super thin. These threads don't break like Aurifil 80 wt, even when I tug my stitches tight. They don't constantly slip off the needle like invisible thread and, best of all, the stitches practically disappear! Use a color that's similar to your fabrics for best results. Doesn't have to be a close match, but something similar makes a big difference.
I really can't tell the difference between Bottom Line and MicroQuilter for English paper piecing. So, probably go for the Bottom Line - it's cheaper! Using a thread better suited to EPP had such an effect on my enjoyment of the hand stitching. I'll definitely invest in more Bottom Line when I need other colors for hand sewing.
Sponsor of the Week
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All Quilting Cottons on sale through Saturday, July 7th. They're 18% off in honor of Independence Day 2018.
Sale includes some of my favorite basics from Cotton & Steel, like Sprinkles prints, XOXO and Netorious. You'll also find Loominous prints by Anna Maria Horner including Illuminated Graph, which I've been loving for garments. Have fun!
on to Applique
This week two guest posters contributed applique tutorials to our Kingfisher Stitch-Along. As always, you can find links to all stitch-along posts at Kingfisher HQ. Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts demonstrates how to machine applique your hexie flowers, while Lucy at Charm About You shares a tutorial for hand applique.
I'll be machine appliqueing mine. I'm happy to see I don't need any stabilizers. Kirsty's tip to make folds to find center is much appreciated, as is her simple pinning technique. I'm appliqueing with a straight stitch in matching thread. Oh, and the papers are popping right out! Not gluing to the papers and not stitching through the papers (I basted in several different ways), is paying off.
I hope your Kingfisher is also coming along. Next week I'll be sharing a tutorial for joining the diamonds of the quilt center. Hmm... that means I better be appliqueing these flowers!


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The Shaw School District became the 5th district in Bolivar County (P1), and 23rd district overall, to adopt the CHART Abstinence Policy. Considering the number of districts in the county (6), along with the fact that the county was added to the P1 list in January, it's a notable accomplishment that all but one of the Bolivar County school districts have adopted the CHART policy.
Shaw is the 19th P1 school district to adopt the CHART policy, meaning that we're 6 P1 districts away from reaching our advocacy goal. More district votes will be taking place in the coming days. Announcements will be posted when those votes take place.


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Lately I've been asked more and more to cater picnic style food, leaving me inspired to write this blog post. I love wrapping food in greaseproof paper, filling tins with sandwiches made with homemade bread, bran loaf slathered with real butter (of course), herbed chicken drumsticks packed on ice so they are deliciously cool to bite into (even on the hottest day) the best of the summer stone fruits and glass bottles filled with homemade lemonade served in brightly coloured tumblers. Throw in some checkered napkins and a matching cloth and hey presto, an easy, delicious picnic prepared and packed with love.
Here's my famous no knead bread recipe..... to make sandwiches to knock someone's socks off!
No Knead Bread
2.5 cups warm water
1 tsp honey
2 tsp yeast (not surebake)
4 cups wholemeal flour
1 ½ tsp salt
seeds to add - pumpkin, sunflower, linseed (1 large handful)
Mix warm water and honey till dissolved then sprinkle yeast over the top, stand for 5-10 mins
Mix flour and salt, add seeds if using.
Stir yeast mixture into flour, mix well until dough comes away from sides of bowl, add more water if needed
Put dough into greased loaf tin cover with gladwrap and leave to rise in a warm place, about an hour.
Bake in preheated oven 220 for 10 mins then lower to 200 for 50 mins. Knock on the loaf to test, if it sounds hollow it is cooked.


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St. Paul's has a wonderful tradition of having laity (non-clergy) participate in weekly worship in a variety of roles, including acolytes, choir members, ushers, greeters, Communion stewards, and lay readers.
With prayerful consideration, lay readers have made a commitment to use their speaking skills to the glory of God and for the benefit of the congregation by reading scripture in our worship services.
To learn more about how to be a lay reader at St. Paul's, you are invited to a lay reader training session on Sunday, June 28, at 12:15 p.m. in the Fellers Room (S-312). At this training session led by Dr. Bill Kerley and Rev. Eleanor Colvin, you will learn about both the joys and responsibilities of this special ministry. Current lay readers are welcome to attend for "refresher" training.
If you have any questions, or you would like to attend this lay reader training, please contact Dawn Uebelhart via 713-528-0527 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Posted by guest-blogger Amanda Teuscher
With the news that presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz's affiliated super-PACs have raked in $31 million in less than a week, it looks like Senator Rand Paul is going to have to sell a lot of beer koozies.
Paul, who announced his candidacy on Tuesday, is already facing skepticism from conservatives and libertarians alike. As Paul Waldman noted here last week, the senator is likely to lose his distinctiveness as he toes the standard GOP line in preparation for the primary—especially as fear of ISIS displaces lessons learned from the Iraq War and the conservative base gets more hawkish. With CNN already wondering whether Paul "missed his moment," the Paul campaign—complete with logo that looks more like an energy company than a campaign button—needs to brand his candidacy with a distinctive look. And as The Wall Street Journal noted, Paul's online campaign shop features some unique, Brand Rand merchandise.
There's a $15 "RAND" webcam blocker for those who haven't discovered tape; multiple iPhone, Macbook, and iPad cases for those who worship the brand of Apple; and a $35 set of 12 "freedom paddles" for those who want "the next leader of the free world on a stick" (and don't have a printer or access to popsicle sticks).
But there's also something distinctly collegiate about the curation of items, as well as the very un–J. Peterman-like copy: "Look good listening to your jams with Rand Paul." "Here's to a 6-pack of freedom." And there's a "Don't Drone Me, Bro!" T-shirt that, as the description says, combines "the Rand Paul filibuster for privacy with an Internet meme of a person yelling at police, 'Don't taze me bro.'"
Apparel-wise, there are skull caps, hoodies, and burnout tees (the patterns on which I think are more likely to induce debates about aesthetic taste than about civil liberties). And of course, there are flip-flops. My own personal opinions about flip-flops aside (they are terrible and should only be worn at the beach), someone on the Paul campaign clearly figured out that the vast majority of college students consider these two pieces of plastic acceptable footwear for every occasion.
Paul wants to be the cool candidate, and the idea seems to be to tap into the same grassroots energy that propelled the cool Obama, with a record share of the 18-29 vote, to the White House in 2008. The models in Paul's campaign store are young, and for sale are Rand beer koozies and beer steins displaying a sunglasses-wearing, American flag–holding Jack Russell terrier. And, of course, there's the quintessential swing-state lawn game, cornhole. (Rand's website refers to it as "bag toss," clearly reluctant to mention the word "cornhole," but I'm from Ohio and I'm not afraid to call it by its proper name.)
None of this millennial outreach, though, is surprising. In the Fall issue of the Prospect, Adele M. Stan noted that Paul is directing his message of liberty to a very specific slice of that generation:
But if you drill down to look at which part of the millennial cohort expresses a belief in smaller government, it's mostly white people, and the percentage varies according to how the question is asked. A March report by Pew Research found that overall, some 38 percent of millennials, not half, favored smaller government and fewer services. But when looked at through the prism of race, 52 percent of white millennials did, while 71 percent of non-white millennials favored bigger government and more services—numbers that likely speak to just which segment of the millennial generation Paul is aiming for.
As Stan writes, Paul's libertarian cast masks a states'-rights philosophy that allows semi-local majorities to decide on matters that millennials are liberal on, such as same-sex marriage—a philosophy he'll likely hold onto in his appeals to right-wing conservatives. Of course, maybe us millennials won't notice that if he can convince us he's just a liberty-loving dude who likes lawn games and brews.
Perhaps my favorite part of the Brand Rand shop is the short, phoning-it-in copy for one of the cornhole sets: "Have fun, make a difference," is all it says. If only it were that easy.


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Jeannot "Butch" Boucher
Team Champion
Col. Boucher is the CO of 1 Wing in Kingston and is a RMC Paladin Alumni (Class of '91). In the role of Team Champion Butch, will look to act as a mentor to the athletes in their military careers. His knowledge of the CAF will alow him to offer personal advice to our athletes as the progress through RMC and enter the CAF as junior officers. Col Boucher, will also aid the team and the program in connecting with alumni nad creating events to joun past Paladins (Redmen) with the current edition of the Team.


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Whitehouse (GNIS FID: 598256) is a populated place LOCATED WITHIN the City of College Park. In turn, the City of College Park is located within Prince George's County.
Whitehouse is located at latitude 39.024 and longitude -76.924. The elevation of Whitehouse is 177 feet above mean sea level.
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Apart from the big names we are already familiar with such as Patagonia and Sea Shepherd, I wanted to highlight some potentially smaller companies which still prioritise our ocean in their message.
Patagonia is a household name for just about anyone outdoorsy, along with their extensive inventory from snowgear to sleeping bags, they have an enormous focus on going green. They have built repair centers worldwide to increase the longetivity of their products and decrease their environmental footprint. In 2016, they gave 10$ Million dollars to grassroots environmental groups. The corporate philosophy is 100% for the planet, and while they are not open and mostly open about it, they are one of the powerhouses driving eco friendly change.
The newest and most exciting thing I heard from the Speak Up For The Blue podcast, is that they created a dating website for environmental activists and environmental groups to connect. Patagonia Actionworks is the place you can go to "Answer with Action". While I tried to search for environmental agencies near by.. I got results in Portland. Maybe Comoros is not included in their algorythm yet. However, the Plastic Free Fund is going strong, with you being able to donate and hopefully come vollunteer in the future!
Sea Shepherd
Another enormous company, is Sea Shepherd, this non for profit is the leader in ocean conservation. They do not just speak, they act. With three enormous multimillion dollar ships, Sea Shepherd must be backed by gigantic donations. Their T-shirts are also an excellent way to spread awareness about the plight of our oceans, starting a conversation and standing in unity.
If the oceans die, we die.


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A couple of weeks ago I was able to capture my second proposal! Although I would consider weddings to be pretty high pressure, most of the big moments during a wedding I can expect and be ready for. Proposals, however, are way more unpredictable. Plans can change in minutes, and as a photographer, you need to attempt to not look like a weirdo casually following people with your camera. It sure is a thrill and I was so happy to help out an old high school friend capture his big moment!
Below is their story told by the future Mrs...
"Zak and I met freshman year of college in 2013 after one of my sorority sisters asked if I needed a date to our winter formal since she was going with one of his teammates from the soccer team. I said yes, and she sent a picture of the team and asked which one I wanted to go with. I picked Zak out of that picture, and we started talking and hanging out a little before the formal, hitting it off immediately.
For the next few months, we talked on and off but neither of us were sure we were ready for a steady relationship. When we started hanging out and going on dates more and more, we were in that phase where I wasn't sure if we were "exclusive" so I'd bug Zak about whether or not we were going to start being each other's significant others. On April 1st of 2014, we were hanging out at his apartment at school when he asked me to be his girlfriend. For a split second my eyes lit up, but knowing Zak's history of jokes and pranks I was quickly brought to reality of the date: April Fools. I was immediately so embarrassed when he started laughing and I knew it really was a joke. So mean right?! Luckily he apologized, and a couple months later we were officially together. (He's matured a lot since then!)
Fast-forward to April 1st 2018; Zak and I have been together for nearly four years, both graduated college with honors and have careers we love. After church with both of our family's, we headed to brunch at my favorite spot with views of the Columbus skyline and the Scioto River. My mom asked to get a picture of my sister and I down by the water, so we walked down the hill when everyone stopped walking and Zak went ahead of the group. When we got to the water, Zak said "Remember what I did to you four years ago? I hope this makes up for it." He got down on one knee and asked if I'd be with him forever. Needless to say had I forgave him since then, and I said YES!"


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AG Prosecutions Targeting Debt Collectors/
Consumer debt has become big business, and debt collectors are increasingly the subject of AG prosecutions.
Over the last decade, private equity firms have built up significant stakes in payday lenders and other subprime consumer lenders. The private equity-backed debt buying business has boomed. And consumer debt has reached an all-time high. Against this backdrop, a number of notable AG prosecutions have been brought against debt collectors.
The National Consumer Law Center just awarded its "Rising Star" award for 2018 to two Texas AAG's who won a $25 million penalty and injunction against a major debt collector. The case was litigated for four years, and the penalty was imposed by a jury following a two-week trial.
The NY AG and the FTC teamed up and just recently won a federal temporary restraining order against a NY-based debt collector. The order included an asset-freeze over all of the defendants' assets.
A search through AG actions in this area shows that debt collectors are under scrutiny by AGs, the FTC and advocacy organizations. Consumers continue to be plagued by abusive debt collection practices, and more enforcement by state AGs is undoubtedly on the horizon.


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We celebrated Pohela Baishak (Bangali New Year) this past week here in Dhaka. It was a lot of fun, got all dolled up, wore a saree and I met up with a lot of people whom I haven't seen in … Continue reading
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Best Pore Minimizers
Pore minimisers are the essential beauty product every girl with oily and acne prone skin should invest in. This is a mandatory step in my daily make up routine and believe me it makes a big difference. It's the closest thing to achieve that magazine airbrushed look. These divine products are excellent primers for your foundation to adhere on to, they mattify your skin which is a game changer when you have oily skin and make your pores invisible.
Here are my top picks :
The POREfessional by Benefit Cosmetics USD$ 30
Clean Slate Poreless 12 Hr Perfecting Primer by Tarte USD$ 30
Pore Refining Solutions Instant Perfector by Clinique USD$ 21
Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser by Maybelline USD$ 6.99
It is very important to keep your pores unclogged and clean. It will help reduce the appearances of blackheads and the number pimples you have. My tips on how to keep your pores in top notch condition :
- Open up your pores with steam or just by placing a face towel soaked in hot water over your face. This will help your cleanser do it's job much better
- Exfoliate regularly. Here is a post all about face scrubs https://bubblycake23.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/best-face-scrubs-for-oilycombination-skin/
- Use face masks and nose strips once a week to unclog your pores. A very good product that does both is http://www.target.com/p/biore-charcoal-self-heating-mask-4-count/-/A-14934061
- Wash face with cold water after cleansing to close up the pores. Follow with a toner preferably alcohol free to avoid stripping your face of any more oil.
- Moisturise, moisturise and moisturise.
I hope this post helps anyone out there dealing with the trouble that comes with having greasy skin.
Fake it till you make it.
xox Mandy
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The contractor who built the house in the 1980's wired all the bedrooms so the light switch on the wall as you enter the room controls all of the outlets in the room--they are either all on or all off, instead of having all the outlets on all of the time, with one half of one the duplex outlets wired into the wall switch (there are no overhead lights/fans in the bedrooms). How can this be fixed? I'm really tired of groping for a lamp switch in the dark when I enter the room. Can't ever turn the wall switch off, unless I want to ditch the clock radio and switch to a wind up alarm clock.
Background: The general contractor who built the house I bought over 30 years ago (color me a young, naive first-time buyer back then, more interested in property suited to keep horses than a model home), built it out of cannabalized parts (hodgepodge of wall plate, outlet cover and doorknob styles and colors, antique well pressure tank, etc.), argued with the electrician over wiring to code (too expensive in contractor's opinion) and ended up doing most of the electrical himself (where were the code inspectors in rural VA back then?). Over the years, I've gotten the electrical up to code with the help of licensed electricians as I discovered the problems (like--if the two hall switches weren't set in the right on/off combination, the doorbell wouldn't work; if you turned off the overhead light in the kitchen with one of the two 3-way wall switches, the stove exhaust fan light would come on when the overhead light went out; why two walls of outlets in the living room wouldn't work (gee, helps if there are wires there in the first place, not just an outlet covering a hole in the wall); everything in the two bathrooms--lights, outlets, heaters, ventilation fans--was wired into one circuit...just to mention a few of the problems). And I won't even go into the pumbing and insulation fiaskos (on an exterior wall, be sure to stuff the insulation between the water pipes and the interior drywall, to make sure they freeze, or other problems...)


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The Margret and H.A. Rey Center Art Gallery in Waterville Valley Town Square is gearing up for the third annual Artisan Fair from Nov. 30 through Dec. 22, 2013.
This year's Artisan Fair welcomes back Caroline Connors of CLine Design with her exquisite handmade jewelry and scarves, Diane and Ron Seamans' talented woodworking and fiber wall art and Practical Art's Laura Sullivan with her hand-knitted hats. Making their first appearances this year are Veggie Art Girl's Stacey Lucas and her whimsically designed hand-painted signs and gifts, Empty Nest Glasswork's Betsy Houde and her hand-melted glass gifts and jewelry, Annette Mitchell's foam-printed fabric pillows, mad-quilter Marilyn Siraco's beautifully hand sewn holiday and seasonal quilted table runners, local artist Jessica Fligg's New England landscape paintings and gift cards and much more.
A portion of proceeds from the Artisan Fair supports the Rey Center's art education programs for all ages. Regular open hours for the fair are Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. from November 29-December 22, 2013.
For more information on this year's Artisan Fair, contact the Margret and H.A. Rey Center at 603-236-3308 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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2016: A Year to be Proud of
As 2016 draws to a close, our Chi Omega sisters reflect on all of the achievements that 2016 brought with it and look forward to a 2017 that will be yet another one for the books. A snapshot of a few things we as Chi Omega are proud of:
Dance Marathon - Chi Omega raised over $95,000
We couldn't be prouder of breaking the record and raising over $95,000 for the kids! We also had 14 Sisters representing Dance Marathon in the Chicago Marathon. With over 80 Sisters who are a part of the Dance Marathon organization, you could definitely say those kiddos hold a huge piece of our hearts.
"When I found out I was chosen to be a Morale Captain with three other Chi Omegas, I could not believe it! It is so rewarding to be able to share our passion with our best friends while witnessing the direct impact we have on the Dance Marathon families and kiddos. Our year of leadership is almost over, but I still smile every time I think about it. I have never felt more proud of myself and grateful for Chi Omega for giving me the confidence to do everything I can for the things I am most passionate about. – Megan Frischmeyer, Class of 2018
BID DAY! Welcomed home our amazing new members!
"I went Chi O because that's where I felt at home. I'm a sophomore and every time I met a Chi Omega throughout my freshman year I just felt life I could see myself being their Sisters! By meeting people through mutual friends, student orgs, or intramural, I was so excited to go through recruitment and hopefully make Chi Omega my home. Bid Day was the best day ever when I opened that card and realized that I was now going to be led, inspired, and surrounded by a truly incredible group of women. I'm so proud to be a Chi Omega!" - Kayla
"Playing flag football for the first time ever this year was quite an experience. Not only did we play once a week under the lights, but we also made it to the championship game at Kinnick Stadium! That was definitely an experience I won't forget and I wouldn't have wanted to play with anyone else besides my Chi O sisters!"
Homecoming Week
One highlight was winning Iowa Shout with our partners Phi Kappa Psi. Another was cheering on our own Ally Orwig on Homecoming Court. Homecoming is such a special time each year, as we get to reunite with so many of our alumnae. Read more about Homecoming Week HERE.
"There is no doubt that Chi Omegas had a lot of fun in 2016, and many of those fun times included our Sisterhood events. As Sisterhood Chair for 2016, I worked very hard to plan unique events that would give our sisters great memories and bring us all a little bit closer. Among the many sisterhoods I planned this year, one of my favorites was our Hot House Yoga event because we were able to relax and sweat out all of our stress during finals week! Another favorite of mine was our pumpkin carving sisterhood with Alpha Phi where we got to drink cider and soak up various fall festivities. Both of these events had never been done by Chi Omega before, and I think they did an amazing job of helping our chapter bond! I cannot wait to see what is in store for our sisterhood in 2017!" – Paige Shockey, Class of 2018
This year, we celebrated Chi Omega's 15 year alliance with Make-A-Wish. We are so proud that our chapter has raised over $100,000 through our philanthropy events. Especially through our Chi Omega Golf Classic Tournament held in the fall each year, where we caddy :)
Internships and Education:
Chi Omega is proud to have the highest Sorority GPA average for both semesters of 2016! Our Sisters have been working hard on their majors, as well as some pretty amazing internships this year.
"In January of 2016, I had the opportunity to move to Washington DC to spend the semester interning at NASA Headquarters. I spent 6 months working in the Office of International and Interagency Relations helping prepare briefing materials for international travel, writing and editing international agreements focusing on Space and Aviation, and working with other government agencies to achieve NASA goals. I had the chance to spend time on Capitol Hill attending seminars, lectures, and hearings. I was invited to travel with the Assistant Administrator for Aeronautics to California's Armstrong Flight Research Center, where I toured and learned about many new experimental planes and participated in an annual report meeting. As an International Relations major, this was the opportunity of a lifetime to "learn by doing" about my major and the industry I hope to be in. My time as a Chi Omega, as well as a director for the Career and Personal Development Cabinet helped prepare me for the professional world, and provided me with support from 1,000 miles away. I am so thankful for my sisters in Chi Omega both within Iowa City and those I have met off campus." – Anna Watterson, Class of 2017
"Nothing felt better than getting my acceptance letter to nursing school this past summer. All the late nights in the library and tears shed to my best friends had finally paid off and all of my dreams were finally becoming a reality. When I saw the email, I made my mom open it first because I was too nervous to. When she told me what it said, the feeling was so surreal and exciting! I could not wait to continue my career and future at The University of Iowa for another two years wearing the black Hawkeye nursing scrubs!" – Brook Pffafle, Class of 2018
"Getting accepted into the U to G Child Life Program was truly a dream come true! When I first heard about Child Life, I knew right then and there that it was exactly what I wanted to do with my future. Something about being able to help hospitalized kids and families everyday makes all the hard work worthwhile. The last year of the program will be filled with practicum and internship hours taking what has been learned in class and applying it with kids and families in the hospital. It is so exciting knowing that I am one step closer to achieving my dream job of being a Certified Child Life Specialist!" – Kelsey Tebbe, Class of 2017
As we look forward to a promising and bright 2017, we look back on 2016 with pride and strive to build on the foundation we have created so far.
Happy New Year!


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Good morning Junior Mustangs and parents!
There has been lots of talk, questions, and ultimately anticipation surrounding the results from the state ACT that the Junior class took this past March. ACT does not send the school paper copies, instead they mail the paper results to the student's addresses, so please be sure to check your mailboxes.
Thank you,
Stephanie D. Britt
Junior Counselor


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In 1904, the town and monastery were attacked by British soldiers under the leadership of Francis Younghusband (commanding 1000 troops, 10,000 servants, and 4,000 yaks) and although most of the damage was later restored, bullet holes from this attack remain in the monastery to this day. Following the capture of Gyantse fort, the agreement signed by the Tibetan Regent, resulted in establishment of British Trade Missions at Gyantse and Mt. Kailash in Tibet. In 1906, the British signed an agreement with the Chinese authorities, which established their influence over Tibet and thus "effectively ending both British and Russian influence".
It was partially destroyed in 1959 after a revolt against Chinese rule. It was ransacked again during the Cultural Revolution, but has since been largely restored.[8][9] Prior to the uprising there were 1520 monks but now they number less than 80.
Younghusband's well-trained troops were armed with rifles and machine guns, confronting disorganized monks wielding hoes, swords, and flintlocks. Some accounts estimated that more than five thousand Tibetans were killed during the campaign, while the total number of British casualties was about five.
In 1901 The Living Races of Mankind was published. The book was compiled from various "eminent" specialists, and it gave illustrated accounts of the "customs, habits, pursuits, feasts & ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world." Within the book, the section dedicated to Tibet was written by A. H. Savage Landor, an Englishman who had traveled to Tibet in 1897. Landor describes the Tibetans as a deeply religious "race", hostile towards strangers, very ignorant, immoral, and very dirty. He describes Tibet women as repulsive, unattractive, and having little to be admired. The only praise he has for them is that they are "vastly superiour in many ways to the Tibetan male, as she possesses a better heart, more courage, and a finer character." This practice of classifying cultures or "races" was a very important tool for Western imperialism. By creating these classifications, imperialist could police discourse, assign positions, regulate groups, and enforce boundaries. It allowed the imperialist to classify the "Other" as barbarian or savage and validate its dehumanization of the "other" and justify the use of violence in order to impose European norms. The debasement of Tibetans by describing them as dirty, the Tibetan women as unattractive and repulsive, and the men as cowards, and immoral was therefore used to enforce colonial oppression and project a sense of inferiority on the Tibetan people. The describing of Tibetans as dirty and immoral was also part of the representational technique used to show the moral strength the British had over the Tibetans. This idea of Tibetans as lacking morals was a common idea among many British observers, like Younghusband and Curzon whose imperialist actions were subsequently seen as justified because of this perceived moral high ground…
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From it one looks down through the wealth of forest on to the valley below, intersected with streams and water-channels, dotted over with wooded villages, and covered with rice-fields of emerald green; on to the great river winding along the length of the valley to the Wular Lake at its western end; on to the glinting roofs of Srinagar; on to the snowy range on the far side-valley; and, finally, on to Nanga Parbat itself.
And never for two days together is this glorious panorama exactly the same. One day the valley will be filled with a sea of rolling clouds through which gleams of sunshine light up the brilliant green of the rice-fields below. Above the billowy sea of clouds long level lines of mist will float along the opposite mountain-sides. Above these again will rise the great mountains looking inconceivably high. And above all will soar Nanga Parbat, looking at sunset like a pearly island rising from an ocean of ruddy light.
On another day there will be not a cloud in the sky. The whole scene will be bathed in a bluey haze. Through the many vistas cut in the forest the eye will be carried to the foot-hills sloping gradually towards the river, to the little clumps of pine wood, the village clusters of walnut, pear, and mulberry, the fields of rice and maize, to the silvery reaches of the Jhelum, winding from the Wular Lake to Baramula, to the purply blue of the distant mountains, then on to the bluey white of Nanga Parbat, sharply defined, yet in colour nearly merging into the azure of the sky, and showing out in all the greater beauty that we see it framed by the dark and graceful pines in which we stand.
And this forest has no mean attractions of its own, of which to my little girl the chief were the white columbines. Here also are found purple columbines, delphiniums, what are known as white slipper orchids, yellow violets, balsams, mauve and yellow primulas, potentillas, anemones, Jacob's ladder, monkshood, salvias, many graceful ferns, and numerous other flowers of which I do not pretend to know the name.
What a paradox. There is a book I must try to get from the Library:
Patrick French's biography of Francis Younghusband – `the last great imperial adventurer' – is beautifully written, insightful and above all humane. I say humane because at first glance Younghusband could easily be ridiculed – in his youth for a reckless jingoism that cost lives and embarrassed the British government, and in his later years for a brand of religious mysticism that was, well, bordering on insane. It is a tribute to French's understanding of his subject that he digs beneath these criticisms to bring us a deeply satisfying portrait of a surprisingly complex man.
Frank Younghusband's most pressing claim on history was that he led the British expedition into Tibet in 1904 – even at the time seen as being based on a flimsy pretext of stopping Russia from gaining control of central Asia. Some 2000 Tibetans were killed as the British force made its way into Lhasa. Younghusband forced a treaty on the 13th Dalai Lama pledging loyalty to the British empire. The Government in London found this deeply embarrassing and almost immediately repudiated the treaty. Younghusband himself was convinced of the threat Russia presented to British interests in India and central Asia.
But while the expedition created popularity and profile in England, it finished any chances of a senior career with the civil service. Younghusband served in India in a number of middle-ranking posts and wrote books about Tibet and his earlier exploits as an explorer in central Asia. In 1906 he played a bit part in the Jamison raid in South Africa – in the pay of The Times. Most importantly Younghusband thought about spirituality. Literally following a mountain top revelation in Tibet, he increasingly devoted his life to promoting a form of all-embracing spirituality which led in its silliest form to speculations about aliens living on a planet called Altair. His later years were devoted to boosting this form of spirituality by establishing popular movements in England, lecturing widely including in the US, running the Royal Geographic Society and supporting Indian independence.
All of which one could easily ridicule. But French brings life to his subject and a subtlety of understanding which makes the book absolutely engrossing. One reason is that Younghusband was a prolific letter writer – the India Office Library contains 600 "bulging" boxes containing his papers. Through these we see into the private mental world of Francis – his arid and rather sad marriage to Helen, and the relationship in his very last years with Madeline Lees – truly the love of his life. These insights allow French to paint a much deeper and satisfying portrayal of a complex man – a person of his time and place but also a complete iconoclast, some one who pushed against the establishment for most of his life. Remarkably, this is Patrick French's first book, written in his mid-twenties. He is a natural, a gifted writer with a fine sense of judgement. No sentence rings out of tune in the whole book. In short Younghusband is worth every one of its five stars. If the publishers have any sense they will issue a reprint soon. If not, readers should do everything they can to somehow find a copy of this wonderful biography.
The Kashmir of 1911 straddled much of north-west India and Pakistan. M was in the region – especially the Pakistani side – in 1999-2000. This is one of his photos from that time.


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I know some of you are expecting updates about New York and my first real days of work. I promise that they're coming. In fact, the NY entry is ready, but it's on my work computer because that's what I had with me in New York, and my work computer takes forever to boot up. I don't really want to mess with that right now, especially since L&O: SVU is about to start. I'll get it off of that computer tomorrow at work and post it in the evening.
I guess I can start with an update on yesterday and today - my first real days on the job.
I start out on my first actual client engagement at the end of February, so for the next three weeks, they've staffed me with four different teams to start learning about internal audit. Yesterday (Monday), I was supposed to be at my first assignment at 8:30 am. It was down southwest of downtown, and you know how far northeast I live, so I left at 7:00 thinking I would be safe and allow myself enough time to get there. I mean, also, it was my first time really navigating that part of Dallas by car, and it was smack dab in the middle of rush hour. Anyway, I got there at 7:45, but that's allowing for about 10 minutes that I was lost. Mapquest gave me some unclear directions. So I get there, and when I get up to our floor, no one is there.
I pull out my phone to call my transitional coach, who got me staffed here, and realize I've got a voicemail. First, I never would have answered my phone while I was driving in that mess. Second, my phone is screwed up and sometimes calls go straight to voicemail, which is what happened here. So the voicemail says that everyone ended up having meetings that morning and I should go to the KPMG office until I hear from her again at noon with my afternoon assignment.
So I pull out my map and figure out how to get to the KPMG office. Pretty simple, actually. Then, I get there and have to figure out where I'm going to park. I'm only going to be there for about three hours, so I want to just park at a metered spot right across the street from the office, but I didn't have any change. There was a deli close by so I stopped in and got a few quarters to last me. I ended up just working on more of my training stuff at KPMG while waiting for information on the rest of my day.
My TC called me at noon and told me I would be out at a client in Las Colinas, so I Mapquest that. This time, Mapquest was pretty close, and I got there in 20 minutes. I was there all afternoon and left at about 6:20 (wow!). It took me an hour to get home!
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Anyway, I'm hoping that's my only day like that because, I mean, waking up at 6, leaving at 7, and getting home after 7? Factor in the 8 hours of sleep that I would like (I'm learning to handle 7), and that leaves about 3 hours to eat, shower, and get ready for the next day! So different from college! Then, I could wake up at 7:30, throw on some clothes, go to class, come home, eat lunch, take a nap, go back to class, come home, and have about six hours before I had to go to sleep!
It's okay, though. I know that each client is going to differ in what they need, and I'll just have to learn to adjust to those needs. After all, flexibility is good, and I'm never going to be a "college" student in that same sense again, so I'd better get used to this.
Today was less hectic. I only had to go to my Las Colinas engagement, and I stayed pretty busy. Tomorrow, I think I'm actually going to start with some real work for the engagement, so I'm looking forward to that.
And the best part is that there is a Rosa's in Hurst about 20 minutes away, so I'm planning to take a trip over there on a lunch break this week or next!
So, that's what's been happening. It's crazy, but I think that's just because it's so different from what I'm used to. As I become more familiar with the driving situation over here and learn to prioritize and maximize my time in a work setting, I think things will settle down. My living arrangement is really nice. Even though it's a long drive, I've got family to come home to which clearly separates work from home and relaxes me. I know I'll have to move out eventually, but hopefully by then I'll have adjusted to it all a little more.
Oh, the good part about my commute (yes, there is one good thing) is that I get to listen to Kidd Kraddick for a whole hour! That commute is hard because I'm used to driving in Lubbock. I would complain about my 15 minute commute to work, which was far in Lubbock. That's nothing compared to this, but in Lubbock, I was always a little disappointed when I had to turn off the radio in the middle of a good segment. Now, I get plenty of listening time. I'm planning on getting one of those language learning courses, like Pimsleur, for Spanish or Italian, and using my afternoon commute to learn a new language. It'd be a shame to just let that hour go to waste without doing anything productive.
I think that's pretty much all I can think of to share right now. I'll try to get NY details up tomorrow, but I'll go ahead and post some NY pictures tonight.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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When it comes to inspiring creativity and motivating employees, many people overlook the easiest and most obvious way – office design. It's really important to continue to inspire your workforce if you want to increase productivity and creative thinking, so it's worth taking the time to figure out how. How could you make slight changes to your working space to transform it into a more creative environment?
An inspired office with stimulated surroundings will create comfortable, happy and creative employees – which is what every business wants. From desk designs which promote collaboration to the colour of the walls, small changes can make a big impact. Here are some ways to design a creativity-friendly office with a purpose to motivate and inspire.
Mix up the floor plan
Many offices are identical, with row upon row of desks and impersonalised work spaces. What if your forward thinking company changed all that? You only have to look at creative companies such as Google, Facebook and Airbnb to see how amazing an office can be. Making comfortable informal areas for meetings and zoned areas for hotdesking and collaboration is an easy way to create a productive and creative atmosphere. You don't always have to go with a traditional floor plan.
Use colour
Design matters – especially when it comes to colour. You wouldn't want to stay in a hotel with plain white walls and boring décor, so why work in a room like this? If you really want to foster creativity then you have to start with the interior design of the office. Think about the psychology of colour and what would be a good shade to use for calmness and creative thinking. Green usually comes out on top! Even if you can't paint entire walls, you can hang motivational signage and quotes or interesting paintings which can also help inspire people at work.
Natural light
The role of light is really important if you want to create a productive and comfortable work space. Natural light helps people concentrate and stops workers from straining their eyes, as well as lifting the mood in the office. There isn't a thing as too many windows, but if you struggle with natural light then use mirrors, white furniture and other light colours to optimise light within the space.
Lots of greenery
Natural plants are a great addition to any office for a multitude of reasons. Firstly, greenery promotes a tranquil atmosphere and gives a homely feel to the working environment. Plants also purify the air and remove toxins, creating a healthier office with a focus on employee wellbeing.
Forget boring offices – it's time create something inspiring.


text: I've been investing in some very cool photo gear this past summer and so far it has all just been sitting in it's shipping boxes waiting to be played with! Well, the first of my photo toys to get played with was the Pluto Trigger and Water Valve system. I've really wanted to photograph colliding waterdrops for some time now and this weekend was my my first effort with this system. After a minor setback with a crashing phone app, I managed to get everything all set up and took a few shots. Now that I have the basics working I can start changing liquids and colours and lighting and backdrops to hopefully make some really dramatic shots! Stay tuned!


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The '4 Es' and values of leadership
Envision: Having a vision then developing a plan
Enable: Creating systems and processes for action
Empower: Letting people achieve the vision
Energize: Motivating, selling and simplifying
Values: Deeply held values and principles provide the road map for the way we lead and the way other people respond to us.
- Envision - Innovate fast
- Enable - Connect the knowledge
- Empower - Teach leadership
- Energize - Facilitate
All routed in a 100% congruent value system
Envision the change: If you can't innovate fast, you can't lead
Empower the change: If you can't connect people, you can't lead
Empower the change: If you can't teach, you can't lead
Empower the change: If you can't facilitate, you can't lead
Thanks to globalization, we are in a new paradigm of society that requires new ways of thinking and acting. We therefore need new perspectives to the concept of leadership as individuals and as a nation.
Henry A. Agbonika is a freelance journalist and an alumnus of the Africa Leadership Forum, Ota.
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Did one of Edgar Rice Burroughs' fantasy novels change the meaning of the word 'careen'?
Want to analyse Trump's speeches? Can I suggest a concordancer, such as one of those detailed here?
Ask Google Translate to turn the Hungarian for "I am learning Hungarian" into French, and it tells you that I am learning English, in French.
Spoof was originally a card game. But why April fools? A quick trip around trickery.
Working with Latin fonts is difficult enough, but how about designing Chinese ones?
Machine translation has come on leaps and bounds, but there are still times when Google Translate and other […]
With three whole chapters about the comma alone, anyone interested in English should read this book.
Even the most radical change-monger and early-adopter also seeks comfort and their security blanket at times.
Zipf's law seems very deeply embedded in language, and pervades many utterly non-linguistic data. We still do not understand why.
Like so many of David Crystal's books, "Words in Time and Place" is seriously addictive, and essential for anyone with the slightest interest in the English language.


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Learning in the Shadows: Why Anger Can Heal
Learning in the Shadows
Why Anger Can Heal
Adventures in Mediumship
As Lightworkers, we often shy away from the ugly. Ugly emotions. Ugly situations. Conflict. We like to say that we "keep it in the Light" and don't engage with the "shadow side". Or we phrase it as "Living the Light". Which is well-meaning, but if we do this, we are missing out on a key element of the Shadow side: learning and healing.
You see we don't just learn in the light. We don't just help people in the light. We do both of those things in our Shadow side, too. When the shadow side arises, it is here to teach us, to make us uncomfortable and to make us see. It is here to make us angry. Sometimes really angry. I know many of us strive to find that zen point or quiet calm during rough seas, but anger has a place. Anger can be healing. Anger can EMPOWER. That's right. It can empower. When a group of people say: We are angry and we will not allow this any more, they can help shift humanity forward.
I've been angry a lot this year. There's a lot of stuff to be angry about in the world right now. The trick is not to get caught up in the rapids of anger and get swept away. It's finding a balance and doing something with that emotion — something productive and positive.
It's about finding the courage to come out. Or to stand up against injustice. Or rally against hate. It's about stepping further into your light and shining brighter then ever so that the dark gunk doesn't even have a chance. It's about inspiring others to do the same — to shine their light. Use the anger and upset to change the world. Change the world by acknowledging it's broken. Change minds by shining your light and spreading love and kindness and compassion in everything you do, say, or post. It's about intentionally getting up in the morning and saying: This is not my story. This is not my reality. Joy is my story. Compassion is my reality. Love is my world. It's about co-creating a new world and a new space where everyone is equal, everyone is heard, and no one is alone, afraid or abandoned.
Anger can empower a nation. Anger can empower the world. It can change things. So embrace the anger. Love the anger. Give gratitude to the anger, but don't allow yourself to get stuck in the anger. Allow the anger to lead you to doing something to change what you are angry about. Allow it to rise, to heal and to release. Do so by affecting change in the zen, awesome, powerful light worker way of calm you know and possess.


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I've helped many private and public organisations across many sectors transform their businesses by harnessing the power of the internet in my capacity as managing director of NZ's longest established and leading digital services agency, Terabyte Interactive.
Having been an entrepreneur in business for 35 years, I understand the challenges in growing business as a business owner.
I now invest my time with boards of innovative NZ companies. You'll find blog posts here about innovation, disruption and governance.


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This decade-old parking lot used to be more than 200 public housing units. Now there's finally a plan to rebuild.
In 2008, residents of the 211 public housing units at Temple Courts near NoMa were asked to leave while their homes were demolished and rebuilt under a new DC program. Then, nothing happened.The area instead became a parking lot.
Last month a plan was finally selected to replace those homes and to build many more new ones, after months of working with displaced residents and other community members.
A signature city plan gone bad
Temple Courts at 33 K street NW was opened in 1973 as a low-income housing project. It was one of a number of similar housing complexes in the neighborhood created with the vision of encouraging community among the people who lived there.
According to older residents, that vision was at least partially realized, and neighbors held a number of community events and activities. However, over the years those bright spots became overshadowed by a number of issues as lack of maintenance and escalating crime made Temple Courts a difficult place to live.
In 2005 DC launched the New Communities Initiative (NCI) to rehabilitate public housing projects as federal funds were continuously declining. NCI promised to redevelop targeted complexes with mixed-income housing, replacing the existing affordable units one-for-one. The initiative also promised former residents that they could remain in or return to their neighborhood, primarily by building the replacement units first before demolishing the old public housing.
Temple Courts was slated to be one of NCI's signature projects, especially when the murder of a 14-year-old girl in 2004 brought public pressure for something to be done about the neglected neighborhood.
In March of 2007, then-Mayor Adrian Fenty met with residents and gave them three options: stay in the decaying building, move out temporarily to allow fumigation, or receive vouchers to move elsewhere while the new homes were built. The majority of tenants wanted to move although some fought to stay, fearing (presciently as it turns out,) that there would be no place to return to.
In 2008 the Temple Courts building was demolished, and Fenty posed for pictures in the cab of the wrecking ball machine. Almost immediately, the redevelopment plan started to have problems. Covenants were unearthed that specified only subsidized housing could be built on the Temple Courts site, complicating the vision for a mixed-income building. The 2008 market downturn meant the the market-rate rents no longer would support the project as planned, and a host of other issues appeared. Someone even misplaced the blueprints for the original project.
After many, many delays, the Temple Courts site became a parking lot, and the residents of the 211 units of Temple Courts were scattered. Some moved to suburban Maryland, some to Virginia, while others moved to various lower cost homes in neighborhoods throughout DC. Some former residents moved as many as six times before finding a place to settle. By 2013, only 22 families had moved back to the neighborhood into whatever homes they could find.
Residents and advocates negotiate a plan to rebuild
Two years ago, local advocates from Washington Interfaith Network and former Temple Courts tenants began to organize to restart the conversation about Temple Courts with the city. They built a list of demands to guide the work going forward:
- A Seat at the table: Former TC residents & WIN will be able to review the final proposal before it goes public.
- 1:1 Replacement of 211 lost Temple Court units to be affordable for very low income families
- Maximize affordable housing units in the property
- Maximize Family Units - including replacing at least 36 three-bedroom, and 21 four-bedroom units that were originally in Temple Courts
- Affordable units remain affordable in perpetuity (forever)
- No barriers for returning Temple Court residents (for example – no new credit or background checks)
- Extend the right to return to children and grandchildren who lived in Temple Courts and who are now adults
- Get a shovel in the ground as quickly as possible
In the spring of 2016 the city initiated the OurRFP process, which prioritizes community input before the city issues a formal request for proposals (RFP) for the site. Last month a winning proposal was selected. Tenant leaders were able to inform the planning process from the beginning and Sarosh Olpadwala, Director of Real Estate at NCI, called the WIN-tenant combination a "fantastic resource."
The result is a project that meets nearly all of the group's demands. The building proposed will occupy both the Temple Courts' site at 33 K street and 1010-1024 North Capitol Street and will have retail and community space on the ground floor, including a grocery store and community center.
Of the 772 residential units to be built, 518 will be rented at affordable levels, and 211 of those are the replacement units for those lost when Temple Courts was razed (these will be rented at or below 30 percent Area Median Income).
It is a hopeful restart to fulfilling the promise made long ago to Temple Court tenants when their homes were razed, and it's an encouraging story of a grassroots organization successfully working with local government. Still, there are many hurdles to jump before the tenants receive their keys.
Randy Keesler, WIN leader from nearby Holy Redeemer Catholic Church said in a statement, "WIN leaders will be there every step of the way: to see the project through zoning, to see that it is fully funded, to get a shovel in the ground, and to get former Temple Courts residents back into the neighborhood as soon as possible."
This is a long-delayed but good result. DC should learn from this.
Redeveloping low-income homes well is difficult, especially with declining federal funds. All too often in DC there are examples of redevelopment projects that don't meet the basic promises given here at Temple Courts. In a growing city with rising rents, it makes fundamental sense to commit to replacing our affordable homes one-for-one as we redevelop old properties, and to create plans that allow the current residents to stay there. As shown with this project, when significant density is added (and the supporting market-rate rents that come with it), these are achievable goals.
However, the city is not consistently following through on its promise to replace affordable homes. Even within NCI's portfolio this promise is not being kept — Barry Farms, another NCI project, is preparing to raze existing homes without first building replacement units for all current residents, though they are phasing construction to minimize tenant disruption.
Elsewhere on Rhode Island Avenue, the private Brookland Manor complex continues to move forward with its zoning approvals, despite the fact that the new plans will not replace the 535 affordable homes that have existed there for years. (The developer is replacing all of the 373 Section 8 homes currently on site, but the other homes will be market rate. The DC Zoning Commission rejected an earlier, larger proposal that would have produced 436 affordable homes.)
The city can and should do better. That is partly why both authors worked together as a part of a diverse group of organizations to push for these basic affordable housing and displacement promises in DC's Comprehensive Plan. Amending the city's primary land use document to include these basic redevelopment principles should pave the way for more results like what (hopefully) is finally coming to Temple Courts.


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Please feel free to drop in to look at the current exhibition. We run free and low cost sessions for families during school holidays.
Family Crafternoons
Free drop in art activities for families to do together.
All ages welcome.
Please see what else is coming up at https://v1.bookwhen.com/geraldmooregallery
Gerald Moore Gallery is very proud of its contribution to the local community - through its free outreach programme many hundreds of children experience art workshops within a gallery setting every year.


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We offer a fulfilling career, not just a job. We reward employees competitively and provide coaching, training and personal career development. Flexibility, enthusiasm, ambition and customer focus are the foundation for a world of opportunity.
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Side Hustles 101: Find Your Purpose Through An After Hours Project
Chances are, this isn't the first time you've heard the term side hustle or another form of the phrase describing a side job or hobby that brings in extra cash. But what does a side hustle truly entail? And what kind of side hustle can you start? Let's unpack it.
What is a side hustle?
The conversation around side hustles has recently gained traction, largely due to social media and the ability to not only independently advertise but also to connect with others who share common interests. According to entrepreneur.com, a side hustle is defined as a way to make extra money while pursuing your passions without having to quit your daytime responsibilities, whether that's class, a full-time job, etc.
But why invest your time in a side hustle?
A side hustle can be a glorious creative outlet, an escape from the everyday routine. It can nourish a skill set that you already use in your main occupation or invest in a passion you've set to the side.
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A side hustle can allow you to fulfill your interests at a very deep level, whether or not it has anything to do with your main occupation. Let's say that maybe you always had an interest in calligraphy, but don't think that you could solely support yourself on a career doing it. So you took a 9-5 job, which you may love, but you hunger to express yourself through artistic penmanship. A side hustle involving calligraphy, such as writing wedding invitations, can allow you not only to earn extra cash, but keep your passion alive.
The side hustle cash
Let's face it, life is expensive! Even if you budget carefully, there is still the possibility of unforeseen expenses. And that unexpected expense doesn't have to be a bad thing. Maybe it's not a flat tire, but your favorite artist announcing a tour or the opportunity for a girls' trip comes up. Having a couple extra bucks lying around can mean the difference between living paycheck to paycheck, and having stress-relieving breathing room.
The return on investment in a side hustle doesn't have to be monetary, however. A side hustle can provide nourishment for your mind and soul. It can enrich your career and move you towards your long-term goals. The important factor is to pinpoint where your heart and priorities lie. How can your side hustle best serve you? Your side hustle can naturally feature all three of these benefits, but keeping your sights set on one in particular will maintain your focus and help to organize your gameplan.
So what constitutes a side hustle?
Think back to your passions. What is something you've always enjoyed doing no matter whether or not it ended in a paycheck? I'm a big believer in the fact that you should genuinely enjoy your side hustle, whether or not you intend to earn an income from it.
That isn't to say that having one will always be sunshine and butterflies. But if your side hustle is causing more worry than release, you may need to recalculate.
A side hustle can be a journey in learning and developing your passions. Did you always want to learn how to sew? Maybe you could turn it into a lucrative side hustle. Do you adore yoga classes? You could teach classes in your off hours. Have a knack for social media? You could manage small businesses' social media accounts. Were you really good at English in high school and still enjoy cracking open a classic novel? Consider tutoring as a side hustle. Do you have dietary restrictions that aren't fulfilled by the cuisine in your community? Vegan baking could be viable!
Do you have to do it alone?
A side hustle doesn't always have to be a solitary sport. Many of my side hustles over the years have included the help of others, or joining a team to advance a common goal. This is a really good approach when you're like me and do not have extra time to build a structure for your side hustle. It doesn't lessen your outlet, but takes some of the potential burden off your shoulders.
The important takeaway is that a side hustle should be an experience, a point of growth, a journey and a way to develop your soul in a way that the routine of everyday may not afford. Bear in mind that the side hustle should elevate your life, not cause added stress and expectations.
Have you ever had a side hustle before or are you pursuing one currently? We'd love to hear about it in the comments below!