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An opportunity offered by Mott Community College. Enjoy great speakers who will inspire and refresh, along with a wonderful continental breakfast. Takes place in the Regional Technology Center Auditorium.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Celebrating the Traditions of Flint Central High School
Flint Central is a beloved institution with many wonderful traditions that made thousands of young men and women proud to be alumni. Hear from a panel of former FCHS faculty discussing the many accomplishments and tradition that made this special school famous.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Christmas at the End of the Road 5k and 1k Results
Friday, November 19, 2010
Christmas at the End of the Road 5k and 1k (updated)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Winter Running in the Methow
Winter Running in the Methow Valley
You may have been led to belive that you could only ski (or ice skate or snowshoe or snowmobile or knit, etc) in the Methow in the winter but there really is a whole other world out there to explore-- in running shoes! My first winter here in the valley for a little while I did what I was told: forget running, buy skis and enjoy the snow. And that's what I did for oh about a month. But I'm a runner and I couldn't just ignore that fact for 3 or 4 months and just wait for the snow to melt. So I started running on the paved roads which were plowed often enough and for when they were icy I used my yak tracks. But really I'm a trail runner so I started getting tired of the roads and that's when I realized that the MVSTA snowshoe trails at Sun Mountain would be packed hard enough to run on. With more than 10 miles of trail to run I thought I was in heaven and I was but soon I started getting bored--when trying to run 40-50 miles a week 10 miles of trails soon became not enough. But that's when I was told that the dirt roads out at/near pipestone had become bare or atleast the snow was packed enough to run on thanks to the 4wd trucks. So now I could do run more than 30 miles of fun and scenic mountain roads and rarely see a car or human. But the event that has fully knocked my socks off was discovering 100s miles of GROOMED snowmobile trails. These trails are intended for snowmobiles so I'll be prepared to yeild the trail in a hurry but unlike the groomed ski trails I see no reason why we can't run on them. So between all those options and of course running on top of the snow when the snow has firmed up overnight we literally have the "run" of the place!
Some Resources for the Winter Running in the Methow:
Maps and Grooming Reports
Region 1 Sno Park Map(twisp-winthrop-mazama-loomis-loup-concolly)
Region 2 Sno Park Map(lower methow-chelan-leavenworth)
Sun Mountain(note that some of these trails are off limits to runner/hikers!)
Big Valley(note that some of these trails are off limits to runner/hikers!)
North Summit(note that some of these trails are off limits to runner/hikers!)
More Christmas at the End of the Road 5k and 1k
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Christmas at the End of the Road 5k and 1k
I'm squeezing one more race into the year: Christmas at the End of the Road 5k and 1k. This first annual race is part of the weekend long Christmas at the End of the Road celebration in which the town turns on the christmas lights for the first time of the year and includes the very popular fireworks, holiday shopping, food, music, santa, wagon rides, caroling, and much more! The first 30 runners to sign up will get a free race t-shirt(since this is a first year race if you're not one of the first 30 to sign up you might not get a shirt). All runners will have a chance to win randomly drawn prizes donated by Winthrop Mountain Sports
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Rainshadow Running in the Paper
This was in the local paper back in September a few days before the marathon. I kept meaning to put it up here but i've been super busy getting things ready for next year... anyhow thanks to ultrarunner and local artist Erik Brooks for letting me re-post his work here.
Big news-- new logo and the 2011 race calendar
Mar 12 Gorge Waterfalls 50k Cascade Locks, OR
Apr 3 Yakima Skyline Rim 50k/25k Ellensburg, WA
May 22 Sun Mountain 50m/50k/25k/1k Winthrop, WA
Jun 12 Beacon Rock 50k/25k N. Bonneville, WA
Jun 25 Cle Elum Ridge 50k/25k Cle Elum, WA
Aug 13 Angels Staircase 50m/50k/25k Carlton, WA
Sept 18 North Cascades PCT 100k/50k Mazama, WA
Sept 25 Winthrop Road Marathon Winthrop, WA
Oct 8 Mt Spokane 50k/25k Spokane, WA
Dec 10 Deception Pass 50k/25k Oak Harbor, WA


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Riverwest FemFest 2017
Hi Folks,
Tonight kicks off the 3rd Annual Riverwest FemFest @ Art*Bar!
These are the incredible women who organized the femme-festivities: 5 nights of music, a femme-powered art gallery, film festival, and workshops galore.
I partnered with Riverwest FemFest this year to photograph the festival and the events leading up to it. I also self-assigned some editorial-style group & individual portraits to build my portfolio (stay tuned for more pics/confetti plz).
I'll be sharing more photos of the organizers throughout the week here and on my Instagram !
Have a festive week, ya'll!


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A van to get passionate about
- Author: Donn Anderson
- Published: 02/11/2007
- Views: 3770
So can you become enthusiastic about something as seemingly boring and subdued as a van?
Well, yes, when it happens to come with the sort of heritage, character and cast iron reputation of the Ford Transit.
Disregard the fact that vans are extremely useful – and no one should – and you're left with a vehicle that is also impressive to drive in its latest form.
The Transit is an institution, and as British as they come. It's unlikely that any other British-sourced motor vehicle sold new in New Zealand is as English.
The roomy Ford was designed at Dunton in Essex; the engines are made at Dagenham where the old Zephyrs and Consuls originated; the gearboxes are manufactured in Hailwood near Liverpool (home of the old Escort and Capri); and the whole machine comes together in Southampton, where Transit is assembled.
Transit is not all Blighty, however, because Ford is a multi-national company and shares its successes around.
The Transit is also built in Portugal, Turkey, Vietnam, Malaysia and China. My test example came with Korean tyres.
Now in its seventh generation, it's been the best-selling commercial vehicle in Britain since it was launched 42 years ago, capturing 30 per cent of the medium commercial vehicle market and outselling its competitors three to one.
Ford sold 93,000 Transits in Britain last year, and offers them in three wheelbases, three roof heights, four body length choices and four engine alternatives.
I'm not finished. Apparently in Britain buyers have 500 Transit model choices and 160 colours. Can that second bit be right?
In New Zealand the choice is clearly not as comprehensive, but we can choose from 15 Transits, ranging from the $42,790 330S low roof to the $62,390 12-seater bus.
Last year's new model Transit was much more than a facelift.
The same ingenious platform allows either front or rear-wheel drive, and a four-wheel drive version is available in Europe.
The 2.2-litre common rail diesel engine was developed in conjunction with the French PSA Group and is fitted to front-wheel drive variants.
In New Zealand the range has been rationalised to the 2.4-litre turbodiesel, rear-wheel drive models, and a choice of five or six-speed manual transmissions.
More recently, Ford in Europe has announced a 3.2-litre, five-cylinder inline diesel producing a cracking 148kW and 470Nm of torque.
Our 2.4-litre diesel, which complies with Euro 4 regulations, develops 103kW and 375Nm – a useful increase on the 2.2-litre diesel's 74kW and 285Nm.
The high top, long wheelbase T350 test vehicle was massive.
A Jumbo Transit is 6403mm long, compared to 5680mm for a mid model and a mere 4863mm for a short-wheelbase.
Though Japanese vans all tend to be similar, the Transit has its own character, not only in looks, but the way it drives.
Vertically-oriented headlights, a strong two-bar grille and huge double door mirrors dominate the bold, macho cab styling.
In its latest guise the Transit has a new dashboard, revised steering and improved pedal positioning. There's a six-way adjustable driver's seat, and gloveboxes and large pockets galore.
The cockpit is great, with heaps of neat features like rails in the large main glovebox on which A4 files can be hung.
Entry and exit is hampered slightly by the lack of a door grab handle but, once aboard, cab occupants feel as though they've truly arrived.
Windows are non-electric but that doesn't matter since air-conditioning is standard. Central door locking, a CD player and headlight levelling are standard.
There's no sign of an ashtray but a 12-volt power socket is there to charge the mobile phone.
Despite its immense size, the Transit feels remarkably nimble and controllable. The gearbox is slick and the 16-valve turbocharged diesel is responsive.
Cruising along at 100kmh in sixth gear, the TDCi diesel spins at a modest 2400rpm, and typical urban fuel consumption of 11.6 litres/100km (24.3mpg) is impressive. An 80-litre fuel tank guarantees a good range.
Suspension is conventional enough, with front MacPherson struts and leaf springs at the rear. Sixteen-inch diameter steel wheels are standard with a choice of 215/75 or 185/75 size tyres.
Handling is well sorted, and there are no complaints about the van's stability, or the feel of the assisted steering. Add highly supportive seating – three across the front – and you have an extremely comfortable van.
Four years ago ABS with EBD became standard on all Transits, which now have four-wheel disc brakes.
Ford talks of an in-service life of 240,000km.
When it comes to load carrying, the world is your oyster, especially with those large sliding doors.
That much used word icon is surely applicable to the Transit.
Many of us have Transit memories. I drove one around Europe and to the north of a snowy Scotland in the early 1970s, and it never missed a beat.
They reckon if you haven't driven one, you've been driven mad by one.


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I've officially outgrown my little photo taking corner. Every quilt I'm working on, or recently finished, just don't fit in my usual photo spot. Attempting to get this one to work was a bit of a disaster.
I've been wanting to make an albers inspired quilt for a long time now, and finally had the perfect excuse when a client emailed me for a custom quilt. I tried to really play with different textures, both in the quilting patterns, quilting thread, and the types of solid fabrics I used. You know all is in its right place when the best liberty print in your stash feels destined to be the binding. Pulling in the tiny print seemed just right.
Check out a few more photos in my portfolio, or contact me if you'd like to order a custom quilt of your own!


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Work originally published in Ethos Magazine, a nationally recognized and award-winning student publication at the University of Oregon
From the top of Corcovado hill, Christ the Redeemer towered over Rio de Janeiro as athletes from around the world arrived in Brazil for the event that has been regarded by some as a "renovation of the Brazilian spirit" while by others as an "unnatural catastrophe."
In August 2016, as the world watched the rainbow-colored opening ceremony of South America's first Olympic Games, there were songs of celebration and national history. However, there was also a strong feeling of apprehension among cariocas – the Portuguese word for Rio natives.
For some, the Olympics represented a unique chance for socioeconomic and structural renovation in the city in the midst of the impeachment of Brazil's first woman president Dilma Rousseff. For others, the significance of the event was merely another temporary distraction as entertaining as soccer. After all, common problems such as transportation, education, and access to culture would still remain part of their harsh everyday realities in Brazil's most well-known city.
Regardless of the impact on the lives of cariocas, the Olympic Games in Rio represented an opportunity to acknowledge Brazil's cultural legacy in the world, but more importantly in Brazilians themselves. "Our culture is extremely rich and has a transformative power to any Brazilian," says Marina Aragão, a senior studying economics at San Diego State University. She visited her family in Rio de Janeiro during the Games.
Rio is certainly a city of contrast. The former capital of Brazil has blended architectural styles since the country's discovery by the Portuguese in the 16th century. In 1908, the Brazilian writer Coelho Neto referred to it as "cidade maravilhosa" (the wonderful city). However, it was not until the mid-1960s that the city became familiar to people outside of Brazil due to the worldwide hit bossa nova song "Garota de Ipanema" (The Girl From Ipanema) by Vinícius de Moraes e Tom Jobim. Along with the Christ the Redeemer, Ipanema Beach is one of Brazil's must-see places.
Before the Games, the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio was probably the most famous image of Brazil around the world. To Aragão and many other cariocas, Christ the Redeemer is a representation of peace. However, Rio de Janeiro's hallmark also watches over those unable of living the Olympic passion – those who faced humiliating situations caused by issues of housing, urban mobility, job access, and the environment, as reported by the Popular Committee of the World Cup and Olympic Games in Rio. For those who are not from Rio, these issues are rarely understood.
According to the World Bank, between 2003 and 2014, Brazil improved its socioeconomic conditions dramatically which allowed over 29 million people to overcome poverty and therefore reduced inequality. However, since 2015 the country has been facing issues related to a high unemployment rate and an economic recession. Additionally, the political instability that has emerged around the impeachment process made things more complex for Brazilians. Many of the protests that happened across the city of Rio de Janeiro against the Olympic Games demonstrated the challenges of the disadvantaged communities are greater than economic indicators show.
Reni Lira, who owns a construction startup in Rio de Janeiro, was not supportive of the Games at first, but changed her mind afterwards and now hopes that the generation who experienced the event will be able to advance the Olympics' legacies.
"Maybe we have acquired the self-confidence that we are capable of doing the right thing if we really want," says Lira. "I don't know whether sports are going to have more representation in the lives of children who experienced the Olympics, but I'm hoping so."
In fact, Rio de Janeiro's vision for the Games was developed around the "Live Your Passion" theme, based on celebration and transformation. The vision of "Live Your Passion," however, is not as accessible as it seems in a country that has been in recent decades among the most unequal countries in the world according to the World Bank's GINI index, which measures inequality by analyzing income distribution in a country.
For example, a 2015 report from the Institute of Applied Economic Research in Brazil indicates that the richest one percent of the adult population accounts for more than a quarter of all income in the country. The richest five percent hold almost half of the income. The concentration is such that 1 millionth of the people accumulate more income than half of the population together.
Matheus Marlinson, a 21-year-old student originally from the outskirts of the neighboring city of Nova Friburgo, worked as an assistant producer for an international TV channel during the Games covering the social and political impact in Rio.
"For me, the greatest legacy of the Olympics is the development of infrastructure of the city of Rio de Janeiro," he says. "It is remarkable that the city, in regards to its public transportation system, became more connected, allowing people to get around more easily. The biggest problem is the price of tickets. That is a complete nonsense." Since April, Rio's subway system has become the most expensive one in Brazil.
Hailing from the south of Brazil to study medicine at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, João Victor Ravaneda shares the same opinion that the development of infrastructure is already benefiting the lives of many people.
However, Ravaneda is not as positive as Lira when it comes to the legacies brought by the Games. According to him, public works projects, a lot of money, long time to deliver the projects to the city, and an international spectacle are the perfect combination for misappropriation of funds.
"I think the world has learned that Brazil is indeed a competent country, capable of holding a global event," says Ravaneda. "I even think that this can be a benefit to the Olympic legacy itself, but I also think that this has confirmed that we live based on false impressions of happiness, the sunshine, and carnival; that we are a people who constantly neglect the political problems in exchange for soccer."
From the captivating beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema to the colorful favelas scattered across the city's hills, the impacts of the 2016 Olympic Games on cariocas reflect the country's inequality, aggravated since 2009 when Rio was picked over Chicago, Madrid, and Tokyo to host the Games.
"Brazil, which has never been much internationalized, had an enormous cultural shock while welcoming many languages [and] different ways of thinking and being all at once," says Marlinson.
In total, Brazil won 19 medals in the Olympics and 72 medals in the Paralympic Games. However, from the comfort of their homes Brazilians realized the worst in Brazilian media on their own TVs: the lack of representation.
"It was absurd the kind of negligence with the Paralympic Games," says Ravaneda. "There was very little media coverage besides the opening and closing ceremonies."
The ongoing crisis in Brazil might be blurring the Olympic positive legacy on cariocas and the city of Rio de Janeiro, which may represent an opportunity for change in which youth can actively fuel discussions on topics such as democracy, education, and culture. During the closing ceremony, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said: "History will talk about a Rio de Janeiro before and a much better Rio de Janeiro after the Olympic Games."
Taking into account the wins and losses that Brazil faced in the Rio Olympic Games, the most important outcome is not measured in gold medals, but rather in a renewed sense of what it is to be Brazilian and a strengthened belief in Brazil's future.
"I cried during the closing ceremony not because of the end of the Games or because I was about to return to the U.S. that week, but because I was moved…" says Marina. "I was moved for loving my country and for acknowledging the collective struggle in the only place in the world where I feel home: my Rio."


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Bulgogi is traditionally grilled, but pan-cooking has become popular as well. Whole cloves of garlic, sliced onions and chopped green peppers are often grilled or fried with the meat.
Korean cuisine
Korean cuisine is largely based upon rice, vegetables, and meats. Traditional Korean meals are noted for the number of side dishes (banchan) that accompany steam-cooked short-grain rice. Kimchi is served often, sometimes at every meal. Commonly used ingredients include sesame oil, doenjang (fermented bean paste), soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes and gochujang (fermented red chilli paste). Ingredients and dishes vary by province. Many regional dishes have become national, and dishes that were once regional have proliferated in different variations across the country. The Korean royal court cuisine once brought all of the unique regional specialties together for the royal family. Meals are regulated by Korean cultural etiquette.
Dak Galbi – Korean Spicy Grilled Chicken and Vegetables
Dak galbi is a popular Korean dish generally made by stir-frying marinated diced chicken in a chilli pepper paste based sauce, and sliced cabbage, sweet potato, spring onions, onions, ggaennip, and rice cake together on a hot plate.
Dak-kkochi – Korean Chicken Skewers
Dak-kkochi (닭꼬치, chicken skewer) is a type of Korean chicken kebab, usually served on a stick. The meat is first cooked and cut into narrow slices. Then, it is basted with a spicy BBQ-flavoured sauce.
Galbitang – Korean Beef Short Rib Soup
Galbitang (also spelled as kalbi tang) is a variety of guk, or Korean soup, made primarily from beef short ribs along with stewing beef, daikon, onions, and other ingredients.
Gamja Jeon – Korean Potato Pancakes
According to taste, the grated potato may be supplemented with finely shredded potatoes, carrots, onions or spring onions, sliced mushrooms, or garlic chives, which adds colour and crunchy texture to the dish. Gamjajeon can also be garnished with shredded fresh red and green chilli pepper.
Gochujang – Korean Chilli Pepper Paste
Gochujang is a savoury and pungent fermented Korean condiment made from red chilli, glutinous rice, fermented soybeans and salt. Traditionally, it has been naturally fermented over years in large earthen pots outdoors, more often on an elevated stone platform, called jangdokdae (장독대) in the backyard.
Kimchi, also spelled gimchi, kimchee, or kim chee, is a traditional fermented Korean dish made of vegetables with a variety of seasonings. There are hundreds of varieties of kimchi made with a main vegetable ingredient such as napa cabbage, radish, spring onion, or cucumber. Kimchi is also a main ingredient for many Korean dishes such as kimchi stew (김치찌개; kimchi jjigae), kimchi soup (김칫국; kimchiguk), and kimchi fried rice (김치볶음밥; kimchi bokkeumbap).
Nakji Bokkeum – Korean Spicy Chilli Octopus
Nakji bokkeum ( 낙지볶음) is a sweet and spicy octopus stir fry dish, considered a classic Korean favourite and is often served with buckwheat noodles or rice.
Saeujeon – Shrimp Pancakes
Shrimps and prawns feature regularly in Korean cuisine and these easy pancakes are just one of the many ways they are cooked.
Seng Sun Bulgogi – Barbecued Spiced Fish
A popular Korean dish, fresh snapper fillets, marinated with a spicy paste coating and then barbecued to your liking.
Ssamjang – Korean Dipping Sauce
Ssamjang is a thick, spicy paste used with food wrapped in a leaf in Korean cuisine. The sauce is made of doenjang, gochujang, sesame oil, onion, garlic, spring onions, and optionally brown sugar.
Sujeonggwa – Korean Ginger Persimmon Punch
Cinnamon-Ginger Tea (Sujeong Gwa, 수정과), traditionally garnished with dried persimmons and pine nuts, is a delightful sweet treat served at special occasions throughout Korea.
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Sony Introduces High-End Notebook — Soyy Vaio Y
The Japanese manufacturer Sony returns to bet on the more advanced configuration netbooks and renews its 11.6-inch model. The new Sony VAIO Y VPCYB39KJ was updated in Japan and designed for users who want a little more performance in a small size computer. Apparently the new Sony VAIO Y does not have great aesthetic modifications in relation to the model and is sold in the world. This maintains the same compact lines, presented in a rather sober gray.
In his side can clearly see the activity indicator and equipment in the typical green color of the line Sony. No doubt the aesthetic shows a simple and versatile product adapted to the new type device designs that Apple launched its MacBook Air. So long ago Apple introduced the chiclet keyboard layout that makes typing extensively and in turn the simpler designs we see in this Sony VAIO Y.
One of the windows of this netbook is a 11.6-inch display which offers a better display of information. Besides this, with 1.5 inches in size the manufacturer was able to place larger size keys becoming more comfortable typing. Combine these features with its low weight, we can conclude that the Sony VAIO Y is a good choice for many who needs digital texts anywhere. The screen has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels display, ensuring sound and video files from the work area of the operating system.
The processor is an AMD E-450 of 1.65 GHz that works in partnership with a Radeon HD 6320. The netbook also has 2 GB DDR3 RAM, 500 GB hard drive, webcam, memory card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 and HDMI port. The operating system model is the Windows 7 Home Premium. For its part, Sony disclose the price of memory cards PS Vita, with the launch of Playstation Vita closer promising some details about the Sony laptop are being revealed as the battery that has displeased many people and now the price of memory cards used by this.
Probably looking to reduce the cost of production and consecutively the final price of the device to the public, Sony chose not to include internal memory in the Vita and therefore have to buy storage cards for content such as movies, games and songs. The big problem is as usual in the Japanese firm will use the game cards themselves and some people that something suspicious was confirmed, the price charged by them will be well more than what I paid on an SD card for example.


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Year 5/6
Welcome to the Year 5/6 page. Pupils in Year 5/6 are in Azul, Morado and Rojo classes.
During Years 5 and 6, children are preparing for the assessments at the end of primary school and for the transition to secondary schooling. To support students in applying their learning in a range of contexts, English is taught alongside some of the foundation subjects, including Science, History and Geography. For these lessons we take a thematic approach that allows us to focus on a single topic over a number of lessons each week. The topics we will be teaching each year are shown here:
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- World War 1
- Crime and Punishment
- Changing materials
- Forces
- Mexico
- Evolution
- Electricity and Forces
Alongside this, all children will also have additional lessons in Reading, Mathematics, Spanish, PE, Art, Music and Computing.


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By Jason Graziadei
I&M Staff Writer
Town leaders have proposed a downtown parking garage � a two- or three-level structure that could accommodate up to 300 vehicles � for the waterfront property behind the Grand Union supermarket and the Harbor Fuel tank farm.
Planners envision the garage as a component of a larger downtown development project that would surround and shield the parking facility with mixed-use buildings intended for housing, office space and retail businesses.
The catch? The town doesn�t own the property, nor does it intend to buy it. National Grid, the former Nantucket Electric Company and the owner of the parcel, is in the initial phases of determining the fate of the 2.24-acre property which was the former site of the company�s electricity generators.
The prospect of such a large and important piece of downtown real estate going on the market prompted members of the Board of Selectmen and the Planning Department to propose a public/private partnership with the British-owned utility conglomerate to guide the redevelopment of the site.
�Rather than wait for a developer to come forward with a proposal, the Board of Selectman and the planning commission said we need to get in there first,� planning director Andrew Vorce said. �It�s about taking a proactive, rather than a reactive, approach to a property that�s about to go on the market.�
Selectmen discussed the new parking garage concept during a goal-setting meeting Tuesday morning.
�If we�re going to address parking, we need to think big,� Selectman Allen Reinhard said.
Brian Chadwick, who along with Whitey Willauer, were the selectmen who pushed for a development that included more than just transportation or parking, said the current proposal addresses a variety of municipal needs.
�We�re selling an idea,� Chadwick said. �National Grid answers to its stockholders, and we�re trying to sell this concept to them and the town. And the plan is to address parking, transportation, housing and businesses. It�s a huge thing.�
While Vorce admitted that the town has little influence over how a private company disposes of its property, he said the Selectmen and the Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission (NP&EDC) have already proposed the parking garage concept to National Grid, and can offer some financial incentives � in the form of a new state economic development program � to potential developers willing to work with the town. Vorce said he hopes to sell National Grid on the parking garage proposal, and have the company issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of the site that would meet the town�s goals for the area.
�A private developer will have contingencies, and working with the town, rather than possibly against it, is important,� Vorce said. �The idea is that it�s not just a parking garage. There�s other components like housing, transportation and businesses. What we bring to the table is some financing incentives that could help pay for the parking garage.�
More specifically, Vorce cited the state District Improvement Finance (DIF) program, a public financing alternative available to all cities and towns in Massachusetts. Offered through the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, the DIF program allows municipalities to fund public works, infrastructure and development projects by allocating future, incremental tax revenues collected from a predefined district to pay for project costs.
Still, Vorce said the town and National Grid are far from any agreement regarding the property, and have only discussed the parking garage concept on a preliminary basis, although a meeting is planned for June 14. Dave Fredericks, a vice-president with National Grid in charge of the company�s Nantucket operation, said the company was in the �early stages� of discussing the future of the property.
�These kinds of decisions are made by a group of people, and we�re getting that group together to at least hear what the town has to say,� Fredericks said. �We want to get a sense of what the town thinks is the right use for the property. We as a company recognize the unique location, and the town brings to the process not only its view of what it could be, but holds the key in the sense of the permits and things required to build down there.�
National Grid recently completed its cleanup of the site, which included the removal of hazardous materials left over from its time as a power-generation facility, as well as a large storage tank which was taken down last fall. Currently, the site contains three brick structures, of which only one is currently in use by the electric company. That building, on the corner of Candle and Commercial streets, houses the substation that is the transition point for the undersea cables that feed the island. The other two buildings are vacant.
In addition to the town�s stated interest in the property, there have typically been numerous inquiries each year from private groups or individuals about the parcel, Fredericks added.
�We get a reasonable number of people each year who contact us about the property,� he said. �But this process is going to take awhile. It�s a complicated piece of property, and we have not developed a plan or decided what the best uses are.�
Despite National Grid being in the preliminary stages of discussing the property, the town has already hired a private consultant who produced a site analysis study, complete with three different design options for the parking-garage concept. The report has already been reviewed in a closed-door, executive session last year, and Vorce said both the Selectmen and the NP&EDC have endorsed the parking garage concept. The author of the study, Timothy Haahs & Associates, Inc., of Blue Bell, Pa., is a company that has been involved in the siting of parking garages in �sensitive areas� in the past, Vorce said.
The report concluded that the property has sufficient space for a parking garage and �limiting the views of the garage by wrapping with other buildings as well as building-like and human scale detailing will assist in integrating the garage into the fabric of the neighborhood.� The parking garage could potentially double the number of parking spots in the downtown area, which is currently 310 existing spots, according to Transportation Planner Mike Burns.
Although the Nantucket Merchants Association has not yet viewed the report or any specific plans for the property, vice president Wendy Hudson said the group was hopeful that the town would begin to move on a proposal.
�The merchants would love to see some movement on a project � traffic is our No. 1 problem,� said Hudson, who owns Nantucket Bookworks on Broad Street. �The fact that our friends can�t get in to shop at our stores is a problem to say the least. A lot of the parking is taken up by people who work in town, and we need to free up some space.�
The Board of Selectmen has been considering uses for the National Grid property for several years now, and most recently voted unanimously in October 2005 not to pursue a proposed transportation center on the site. Under that plan, the largest of the three brick buildings on the property would have been leased to the town and the NRTA. After the building had been upgraded and improved by the electric company, it would have housed both the NRTA office and a Visitor Services facility, and would have been the central location for NRTA shuttle buses, taxis, and tour and hotel vans.
The board at the time voted down the proposal after vehement opposition from Visitor Services officials and the Nantucket Lodging Association, who argued that moving the town�s information center off Federal Street would be a detriment to island visitors.
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- L1: simple clients who connect to the grid using a list of statically provided server addresses in round-robin fashion
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- The full-featured Java client (L1, L2, L3)
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- A C# client developed during the Google Summer of Code by Sunimal Rathnayake (L1)
I would like to thank SIA, and in particular Lorenzo Filì for all of the great work in getting us to this stage.
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Lineup shake-ups. Record-label drama. Father Time. You name it, The Day After probably overcame it during its decade on the Vegas scene. Until now.
A large cyst on drummer Daniel Kloza's wrist recently forced him to leave the group, which in turn has led principals Jenine Cali and KC Wells to put The Day After to sleep, at least as an active performing and recording entity. "As long as Jenine and I are still breathing, there's always gonna be a Day After," Wells, the band's bassist, says. "We can always put it back together if we get the itch. But we won't be pursuing it as a career anymore. I don't foresee any more albums or tours."
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Wells says he and fellow founding member Cali, the alternative-rock band's frontwoman, have contemplated replacing Kloza since he abdicated his drum seat in late March. But ultimately, he says, carrying on just wasn't in their hearts. "It was very unappealing to start looking for someone else and start over. I personally didn't have any desire or will to do that again," Wells says of the prospect of holding auditions for The Day After's seventh drummer. (Kloza had been with the band for three years.) "And the more I thought about it, the more I realized we weren't really having a lot of fun anymore. It had become more about business and strategy.
"Jenine and I are older now," the 31-year-old continues, "and the appeal of making it has become less and less appealing."
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The Day After — Cali, Wells, Kloza and guitarist Fred Charles (with the band since November) — will reconvene to perform twice more in public: June 3 at Ovation Lounge and June 24 at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip. "It hasn't hit me yet, because we're still playing," Cali, also 31, says. "But I've been playing with him for so long ... I'd see him more than I'd see my own family ... so absolutely, it'll be emotional."
The Day After began as a bedroom project, literally, with Wells and Cali, friends since their middle-school days at the Meadows, getting together at the latter's house to write songs. The pair played its first show in 2001 as Scared of Dolls, then debuted as The Day After in 2002 by sharing a bill with The Killers at the Boston. Along the way, the band played South by Southwest by invitation twice (2005 and 2009), signed with—and then paid to break free from—New York's Gotham Records, won the first Cheyenne Saloon battle of the bands, had a song featured in the video game Pop Star Guitar, released three albums and two EPs and played, Wells estimates, some 650 shows around the country.
"We didn't have any gimmicks. We didn't wear masks or makeup. We just played our asses off," Wells says. "There was a lot of disappointment along the way: Every time it seemed like we were destined for something, we'd take one step forward and two steps back. But, in the end, there's zero I would change."


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The Talented Mr. Ripley
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The Talented Mr. Ripley is a novel written by Patricia Highsmith in the 1950s about an insidious and utterly captivating homosexual man who uses deceit and murder to attain a life of wealth and status.
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In this session, we'll explore ways to use Google Slides with little learners for writing, student creation, collaborations, and digital interactive fun!
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Lara my daughter and webmaster has just put two new Gold Collection necklaces on the web site. http://www.kydojewellery.co.uk/home.htm
The first one is so pretty; I bought a selection of Rhodochrosite cabs this year, cut by Alex at Designer Cabochons, there are only a very few fine lapidarists in the Uk and Jane & Alex at Designer Cabochons has become a favourite place of mine to buy, often pricey but beautiful stones.
A beautiful freeform cab of Rhodochrosite adorns the centre of this pendant, cut and polished by Alex of Designer Cabochons. The three crystal cabs are vintage Swarovski Crystal as are the crystals embellishing the gold plated chain which fastens with a lobster clasp.
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I understand that we want to know why. Many of us, at least.
Why we (have to) do this? Why are they doing that?
I'm starting to think that some people are less interested in why and what than in how. They, maybe you, know what you want to do. You know why. But many days you simply want to know how.
If you are reading this blog regularly, somehow you want to know more about how to implement what you know about following Jesus.
In simple steps, how can I pray more? How can I love better? How can I figure out my relationship with God and with others? How can I not fall into unhealthy habits of gossip and pride and criticism and laziness? How can I cultivate good habits of encouragement and humility and praise and stewardship?
I've been thinking about some kinds of how.
First, the confident how: How to do that. I could have called this the commanding how, but that's a little critical. The confident how describes, without qualifiers, the steps to a task. Sometimes it's used in algebra. And we see it with a young man who wanted to know how he could receive eternal life. Jesus said, "Sell everything you have and give the money to the poor."
Second, the collaborative how: How we do that. This is for communities, talking about the strategies and values that have helped the community grow. A small group may say, "here's how we structure our gatherings. It's not the only way but it works for us. If you join us, we ask you to work this way."
Third, the confessional how: How I do that (or have failed). This is used when the learner is going to have to figure out their own style or approach. I used this in yesterday's post.
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11 October, 2012
Touches of Fall Around the House
In the silver tray…a row of mini-pumpkins, one of which is sporting a tiny witch's hat…fun!
On the pony wall on the other side of the entrance there is another little Halloween vignette starring a fun sign half price from Jo-Ann and a cute little ghoul from Dollar Tree! I seem to be loving those tiny witch hats this year, so I added yet another hatted mini-pumpkin!
More tiny witch hats…this time on Dollar Tree crows for a Wisteria copy-cat look! You can find a tutorial for making the witchy crows here. Gotta love the tiny pumpkin topiary in the background!
And in the breakfast room…a fun Halloween centerpiece. I love that funny Jack-o-lantern plate and the cute tiny witch hat tree. (Are you seeing a theme here?)
Here's another little fellow from Dollar Tree…a silly ghostie…
…and some more funny ghost salt and pepper shakers that I've had for so long that I can't remember where they came from! They make their appearance each Halloween.
Can you tell I am excited about Halloween this year? My two youngest grandsons..both toddlers…will be old enough to notice! I have more decorations that are strictly for fall and not Halloween that I am saving to show you later. And this vignette will convert easily…just remove the little sign and the hat and we are good to go! That's one of my favorite things about fall décor…it lasts from September until Thanksgiving! Woo hoo! That's my kind of decorations!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed a little peek at my home! Please visit these wonderful bloggers and their beautiful blogs to see what they are up to and to find a list of this week's participants!
Under the Table and Dreaming for the Sunday Showcase Party
Thrifty Decor Chick for Before and After Monday
Boogieboard Cottage for Masterpiece Monday
Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday
The Stories of A2Z for Tutorials and Tips Tuesday
Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
A Stroll thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday
Cedar Hill Ranch for Cowgirl Up! on Tuesdays
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia for Tuesday's Treasures
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays
DIY by Design for Fall into Fall
The Shabby Creek Cottage for Transformation Thursdays
No Minimalist Here for the Open House Party on Thursdays
Stone Gable for Tutorials, Tips and Tidbits on Thursdays
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
2805 for Potpourri Friday
At the Picket Fence for Inspiration Friday
Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday
Craftberry Bush for Happy Hour on Fridays
Funky Junk Interiors for Saturday Nite Special
See you next time! A la prochaine!
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Debbie, your decorations are so cute! You did a wonderful job with all of your vignettes!ReplyDelete
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Great fall and Halloweend decor. I'm sure the little ones, as well as the big ones will love it!
Debbie you have such cute decorations and I can't believe that you got some of this stuff at Target Dollar bin...you really know how to make things look more expensive. Some Home or Decorator magazine should keep track of your blog and put in your pictures. You really have done a fantastic job...always. Can ya tell I am jealous of your "magic" touch? LOLReplyDelete
Your Halloween decor is fun and whimsical. SO cute!!! I like your breakfast room centerpiece best....It made me smile!ReplyDelete
You always make me smile, Debbie, and your house is so festive. I know the grandkis have fun with you. How could they not? And those hatted crows are as cute as can be.ReplyDelete
Are the little punkies faux or real? I love them, but I'm always afraid I will have one rot in my house. That happened one year. I still want to try your masking tape idea and might. Justt got to find some here.
Debbie love all your fun fall touches!!ReplyDelete
Love your little trio of pumpkins on the tray, Debbie! I'm with you ~ I love that you can decorate for Fall and with a few adjustments go right through to Thanksgiving. The day after, the Christmas stuff comes out!ReplyDelete
I love your vignettes Debbie! They are fun, creative and frugal too!ReplyDelete
Addison is going as a mini pirate girl, don't know about Cali yet.
Aren't grand-kids the best invention around! hehe.
Hi darling, as always just too cute for words. hugs ~lynne ~ReplyDelete
Deb, I was just thinking how much all your boys are going to love seeing all the Halloween decorations!! It all look so darling!! You found some great finds. I am still on the hunt for some dollar tree crows!! I want one for the front porch. I will have to check out our dollar tree store, I think we have one?!!ReplyDelete
Happy Thursday,
You have the cutest things, Debbie! I never have muck luck with decorations at the Dollar Store or the dollar bins at Target...everyone must get there before me! ;-DReplyDelete
You are sooo ready for fall, Debbie!ReplyDelete
You are so super talented. I love your tablescapes! You inspire me!ReplyDelete
So festive! I love how you stacked the pumpkins and the hat you put on the pumpkin . . . and the way you dressed the stack of books! I have a stack of books in my window ledge and I may just borrow your idea!ReplyDelete
Your ghouls are adorably spooky, dear friend! Reminds me of "Casper The Friendly Ghost" cartoons of my childhood!!!Your tiniest "Trick or Treaters" will be thrilled at your decor! The fact that you can easily switch it out is truly, bewitching!!!
Debbie your fall touches look so pretty! love the little pumpkins on the silver tray and stacked in the silver cup!ReplyDelete
Debbie, your Halloween decor is darling. Those little guys are going to be smiling with delight........SarahReplyDelete
You have some really fun things on display. I love the witch hat tree.ReplyDelete
I just love the little hats ...especially on the pumpkin! And I still adore those super cute crows! Your decor is spook'tacular! :)ReplyDelete
I adore all your creations with the crows and the pumkins!Filakia!ReplyDelete
I love all your Halloween decor. That little ghostie is so cute. You have such an inspiring blog with all your decorating ideas. New follower on GFC!ReplyDelete
Cute, cute, cute! I know your grands are loving your fun Halloween vignettes. I know, I am. I can't make up my mind how I want to decorate so I'm doing a bit of fun and colorful, and another bit of creepy and not colorful. :) I just finished the foyer, so gotta edit the photos.ReplyDelete
Happy Sunday,
Your displays are very cute! LOVE the outfits on the crows. Might have to update a few of mine!ReplyDelete
Visiting from Savvy Southern Style.
Your fall decorations are beautiful!! All those cute little pumpkin and ghost faces!ReplyDelete
Found you At the Picket Fence. Your Halloween figures and decor are so adorable. I am in love with the crows with hats and ties! Thank you for sharing your beautiful home. PattyReplyDelete
Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment! I appreciate my wonderful readers!... Debbie


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I'm Sorry I Don't Have a Story: An Essay Involving Interactive Documentary, Bristol and Hypertext
From the Introduction:I don't know what this is, which is a strange place from which to begin. This is unsettling, for as an academic I am trained and acculturated to displaying a certainty of manner — a certainty that many of my students and conference colleagues would attest I have down pat. It begins from Bristol. It begins from Alisa Lebow's presentation at the 2016 i–Docs conference about her interactive documentary Filming Revolution. It begins from what I was reading during my thirty hours of travel between Melbourne and Bristol. It begins from the question that gnawed and nagged at me after Alisa's keynote in Bristol. It begins in my body. Not much of an introduction, is it? This writing reintroduces hypertext as a specific and material way of making and performing knowledge and proposes it as a valuable precursor to interactive documentary and what I am describing as computational nonfiction. What I say here about hypertext, Filming Revolution as an interactive documentary, and story, are a prolegomena toward what computational nonfiction might be as a broader field that might encompass computers, technodigital practice, and networks. Oh, it was originally written as hypertext, and translating it into something more linear and sequential sees its looping rhythms, redundancies, and recursiveness become clumsy stutterings and repetitions.
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This student has been working with Plasticine for over a month and shows no waning of interest. He is very animated when he tells his stories, moving the Plasticine props and puppets with his hands and making sound effects with his voice. His stories have dark themes, but his use of language is quite sophisticated: "The farmer survived everything because he's invincible!"
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Whether you're a Cloud Computing aficionado, an enterprise integration specialist, or an IT executive, it's hard to have a conversation today without mention of REST. Representational State Transfer, or REST to the cognoscenti, is an architectural style that treats distributed computing problems as though they were Web problems. On the Web you have browsers chatting via HTTP to Web servers, and those servers can work whatever magic they need to in order to serve up the full wealth we've all come to expect from the World Wide Web. Take those basic Web patterns, extend them to general distributed computing problems (including Cloud and legacy integration), and voila! You have REST.
However, while REST has achieved substantial success in simplifying software interfaces and thus facilitating many forms of integration, it is still inherently inflexible. What works well for humans using browsers often doesn't apply to arbitrary software clients. And most fundamentally, REST does not address the most difficult distributed computing challenge of all: how to deal with dynamic business context.
Freeing Ourselves from REST's Four Constraints
The majority of RESTafarians, as the aforementioned cognoscenti have so eloquently dubbed themselves, treat REST as an Application Programming Interface (API) style. After all, REST does call for a uniform interface, a requirement that in one fell swoop addresses many of the knottier problems of Web Services and other, more tightly coupled API styles that came before. Compared to the complexities of Web Service operations or object-oriented remote method calls, REST's uniform interface is the essence of simplicity. Furthermore, there's no question that REST's uniform interface requirement is at the heart of what analysts like to refer to as the API Economy.
But there is more to REST than a uniform interface. In fact, REST isn't an API style at all. It's an architectural style. As an architectural style, REST consists of a set of constraints on software architecture. In other words, feel free to follow what architectural rules you like, but if you want to follow REST you must comply with the following RESTful constraints:
- Separation of resources from representations
- Manipulation of resources by representations
- Self-descriptive messages
- Hypermedia as the engine of application state, or HATEOAS
Let's take a quick tour of these constraints to put them in plain language. In so doing, we'll also explain why REST fails to adequately address the problem of dynamic business context.
The first constraint is essentially the encapsulation requirement. Resources are abstractions of capabilities on a server, while the representations are what the resources provide to the client. For example, a resource might be a php script running on a Web server, and the representation might be an HTML file it returns when a browser makes a GET request of it. But the browser never, ever gets the php itself; it only sees the HTML. The php is forever hidden from view.
The second constraint calls for the uniform interface. The only way that clients are able to interact with resources is by following hyperlinks in representations – in other words, making GET, POST, PUT, or DELETE requests to the URI of the resource, assuming we're using HTTP as our transport protocol, which we usually are.
The third, self-descriptive message constraint is actually quite straightforward: all the data as well as all the metadata the resource needs to process a request must be contained in that request, and correspondingly, the resource must send all necessary metadata in the representation response to the client that the client will need to understand the representation. In other words, REST requires that there be no out-of-band metadata: information pertinent to the interaction that doesn't actually appear in the interaction. Furthermore, the interaction must be stateless: the resource isn't expected to keep track of any information pertinent to any particular client.
The problem with this third constraint, of course, is that out-of-band metadata is very handy in many situations. Take security-related metadata, for example. REST calls for all such metadata to be in every request, which led to the development of the OAuth (Open Authorization) standard. Yes, OAuth is quite powerful and Web friendly. Yes, OAuth is making inroads into the enterprise. But do you really want to restrict the security protocols for all of your interactions to OAuth and nothing but OAuth? Probably not.
If you have a more complex interaction than a simple request, then the ban on out-of-band metadata becomes increasingly impractical. For example, let's say you're trying to support a complex business process by building a composite application. You're trying to follow REST so you're composing resources. But then you find you need to somehow deal with a range of policies, business rules, or other out-of-band metadata that impact the behavior of your composite application for certain users but not others. REST alone simply doesn't deal well with such complexities.
And then there's the fourth constraint: the dreaded HATEOAS. REST separates state information into two types: resource state and application state. Resource state is shared or persisted state information on the server, while application state is specific to the individual client, who negotiates the application (think abstracted Web site) by following hyperlinks. The HATEOAS constraint hammers home the fact that the point of REST is building distributed hypermedia systems, where the client is responsible for running hypermedia-based applications. In other words, the hypermedia contain the business context for the interactions between client and server.
Hypermedia drive the Web, of course, but once you start breaking down REST's notions of client and server, then the power of hypermedia starts to wane. After all, enterprises often want to build or leverage business applications that offer more than a simple Web site, especially when there's a shared business context across nodes, where those nodes are more than just clients and servers. Hypermedia – and REST – simply weren't built for such complex, dynamic situations.
The Devil in the Details
There's a very good reason why REST eschews out-of-band metadata and shared business context beyond the scope of hypermedia: both of these requirements are inherently dynamic, and furthermore, depend upon multiple actors – actors who may change over time. By constraining the architecture to avoid such complexities, REST provides a useful set of simplifications that have provided unquestionable value throughout the API economy.
The challenges in the section above, however, go well beyond REST. The problems we're discussing have plagued software interfaces in general, from the earliest screen-scraping programs to object-oriented APIs to Web Services to today's RESTful APIs. The entire notion of a software interface is an agreement between the people building the software provider and consumer endpoints that the interface behaves a particular way. Loose coupling, after all, relies upon an interface contract that fixes the behavior of the API so that the parties involved can make various decisions about their software under the covers without breaking the interaction. But woe to those who dare to change the contract, or who want to consider metadata the contract knows nothing about!
Out-of-band metadata and business context outside hypermedia applications are by definition exterior to the contract, and thus aren't amenable to any distributed computing architectural style that relies too heavily on static APIs. Therein lies the essential challenge of the API. To those analysts trumpeting the API Economy I say: the API Economy has nearly run its course. We've solved as many problems as we're going to solve with contracted software interfaces. But the business stakeholders still aren't happy. After all, it's their context – the business context – that APIs (whether RESTful or not) are so woefully unable to deal with. It's time for another approach.
The EnterpriseWeb Take
I'm not saying that we don't need APIs, of course, or that REST doesn't serve a useful purpose. I am declaring, however, that something critically important is missing from this picture. APIs are far too static to address issues of dynamic business context. We tried to address these issues with the SOA intermediary (typically an ESB), where the intermediary executed policy-based routing and transformation rules to abstract a set of inflexible Service interfaces, thus providing the illusion of flexibility, much as a flip deck provides the illusion of motion. But even the most successful implementers of SOA were still unable to deal with most out-of-band metadata – and dynamic business context? That nut no one has been able to crack.
What we really need is an entirely different kind of intermediary. A smarter intermediary that knows how to deal with all types of metadata and furthermore, can resolve the more difficult challenge of business context – in real time, where the business lives. In the next issue of Loosely-Coupled I'll discuss how such a smarter intermediary might actually work. And naturally, if you want to see one in action, drop us a line.
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Wow, 2016 flew by. It's hard to believe that we produced six Tell Me A Story live shows at Shot Tower Coffee, three Fibber shows with Good Good Comedy and a special event Tell Me A Story at Arden Theatre Company. It was truly hard to choose our favorite stories from 2016. But we did it.
In no particular order, here is our Top Ten storytelling moments of 2016:
1. Terry Heyman
2. Meredith McDonald
3. Michael Skinner
4. Randie Welles
5. Lisa Nelson-Haynes
6. Christian Alsis
7. Vashti Dubois
8. Zia Hiltey
9. David Hutchison
10. Cecily Alexandria
Honorable Mentions
All of the stories/storytellers from our Philadelphia Stories show.
Former Double Dare co-host, Harvey, at our June Fibber event presented by Good Good Comedy
Stay tuned for exciting programming ahead in 2017. Happy New Year!


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The Gift
The Gift
Written by : Joanna Murray-Smith
Directer : Maria Aitken
Media/Projection Designer : Howard Werner
Associate Projection Designer & Content Creation : Lianne Arnold
Scenic Designer : Derek McLane
Costume Designer : Laura Bauer
Lighting Designer : Peter Kaczoroski
Original Music by and Sound Designer : John Gromada
"The Caribbean storm that leads to the boating accident is a real knockout." - Variety
"Aitken's technically handsome production includes a storm at sea that is beautifully realized" - Backstage
Below is a video of the Storm Scene I created and cued. This video documentation is from a tech rehearsal, but gives a good sense of the video flow of the storm. Above are images of the Girl in a Glass Box video moment I also created.


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I've been suffering from Myopia (also known as short-sightedness) since I was 7 years old cos of my itchy hands. I kept playing with my sister's glasses, pretended I was a teacher or some kinda cute/hot girl with glasses and eventually I had to wear glasses haha. Kids, please don't do that if you're reading this cos wearing glasses/contact lens is a big big big hassle! For someone who travels extensively and loves water sports, it's especially inconvenient. Imagine packing contact lens solution, contact lens, eye drops, specs for a trip and having super dry eyes when you're playing water sports cos the seawater just keeps splashing into your eyes. Also, since I started wearing contact lens, I've never opened my eyes when I'm underwater unless I have goggles on. But seriously, who wears goggles in open sea if you're just dipping or swimming right? I can just go on and on about why I hate being myopic.
I've quite a lot of friends who had undergone LASIK surgery and all of them always tell me it's one of the best decisions they have made ever. I can totally imagine myself feeling the same way after the surgery when I wake up to clear vision, never ever having to do with all the contact lens/solution hassle and swimming underwater being able to see the beautiful marine life. Just the thought of it is getting me excited already!
I don't know why I've been procrastinating for so long but I'm finally doing Epi Lasik this Thursday! To be honest, I was a bit scared but after learning from Clear Vision that Epi Lasik is an all laser, no cut, flawless blameless procedure I heaved a big sigh of relief. There are different kinds of LASIK procedures and LASIK itself is using a blade to cut open your cornea to replace the flap. OUCH! Thank heavens I'm doing Trans-epiLASIK! Woo!
More about Trans-epiLASIK
Since Trans-epiLASIK doesn't cut into the cornea to create a flap, there's no risk of flap-related complications such as flap injections, inflammations, wrinkles and dislodgement with exists with LASIK. There is also less cornea weakening as compared to LASIK! Trans-epiLASIK takes only about 3-5 mins per eye and is suitable for more eyes with higher myopia or thinner cornea!
I'll be doing Trans-epiLASIK at Clearvision Eye Clinic & Lasik Centre, Singapore and I'm glad to entrust my precious eyes to them. Dr Tony Ho has 20 years of practice as an eye doctor and has operated on many people such as Sophie Willocq, Andrea Chong, Jemma Wei etc so I know my eyes are safe in his hands (: I'll be back with a post-op blog post to update you guys! But if you're already interested in a consultation, you can book your appointment by calling +65 6100 2020!
Clearvision Eye Clinic & LASIK Centre
6 Nutmeg Road
Singapore 228337
(Behind Paragon Shopping Centre, Orchard Road)
To clear vision in 3 days' time!
Sophia Chong


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PilatesSocks.co.uk - An Experiment in SEO
A couple of weeks before Christmas I met up with a friend from Boroughbridge. He's an osteopath called Julian. Primarily Megan and I were visiting them to see their new-born twins. However, the conversation took a different direction when Julian mentioned pilates socks.
I had no idea such a thing existed. I mean, I know there are sport-specific socks for all kinds of other sports (running, walking, football, rugby), but pilates? It turns out there's quite a big market for pilates equipment of all kinds - including socks.
We quickly discovered that the domain name pilatessocks.co.uk was available, so we bought it. A few minutes later and we'd hatched a plan to see how straight forward it might be to create a simple site, selling a small range of products into a niche but growing market in order to provide a little residule income to support our growing families.
Fast forward a few weeks and we now have:
- A simple website awaiting lots of pilates-related content
- A Facebook page
- A Twitter account
- A Pinterest account
I've also advoated building SEO rankings from a very specific term (like a business name) and then working outwards, broadening the range of words you want to appear for. In this case, the term 'pilates socks' is quite competetive, and mostly from large websites and well-known brands. I will be interested to see how far up the rankings we can get our site for that term without spending too many hours optimising and improving the site. This is an exercise in efficiency.
The site only launched yesterday and was initially ranked on page 11 of Google's results. It has since disappeared altogether, which often happens when a site is first indexed. I hope it will settle down in the next couple of days and then we can begin to build our ranking.
From my perspective, I am interested to see:
- How long until we start generating organic search traffic?
- How quickly we can build a social media following?
- How long until the first online purchase (we don't have any stock yet, so it will be a while unti this happens)?
- How long until we've covered our costs?
- Could this be a profitable side-line or full-time business for someone?
The site is fairly well optimised (as of today) - Google Pagespeed Insights thinks it's pretty good, as does Pingdom Tools. So that's a good start.
Next on my list is to get some in-bound links - this blog post is the start of that. Links from website A to website B act as a referral - like recommending a friend. So the more in-bound links you can get your website the higher up the rankings it should climb, in theory! The caveat as that Google ranks the page your site is linked from, as well as the site itself. If the page you're linked from isn't ranked very highly then the link will have little impact. Links from high quality sites have the greatest impact on search ranking.
I'll try and keep my blog up to date with updates as they occur. This is a side project and I have plenty of 'proper work' to be getting on with at the moment, so it might be a slow burn. I don't want to end up selling socks for a living - I love working with my web clients too much. For me this more about putting some theory into practice and scratching my itch for starting something new!


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lip9000 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 334 designs submitted by 105 freelance designers.
AKL Computers
I am starting a new business that sells computer hardware, software, does computer repairs, upgrades and much more. This business is entirely online based, so a good looking logo is critical for my business because I hope that it becomes a well known and well branded title.
My target audience is 16 to 50 year old male and females that are interested in tech related things.
I need this logo to be very corporatey, clean, sharp, professional. It has to represent a business that sells computers, computer hardware, software, and also does large office fitouts. We will be mainly targetting new businesses such as accounting and lawyer firms that need new computers to fit out their offices.
It would be nice to have some sort of symbol included that represents the title of the business and what we do. Offer examples with and without it incase I like one better than the other.
I don't want any clip-art looking logos, this logo is to become very well branded and known within my state.
It should say "AKL Computers", as this is the title of the business.
You should use blacks and oranges in this logo, the logo has to match the theme of my websites template here: http://www.templatemonster.com/zenc…24305.html
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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California Unpaid Wages
Were you looking for California Donning and Doffing lawsuits?
By Jane Mundy
Although California labor law requires hourly employees be paid for all time spent in work related duties, Meal and Rest Break Wage Violations and subsequent meal and rest break lawsuits are common. And when it comes to issues such as donning and doffing and logging into and out of computer systems, the rules are not always clear. California labor lawsuits have been filed against employers alleging employees are required to spend unpaid time putting on and taking off protective gear or specialized uniforms or otherwise carrying out activities that are required for their jobs. In some cases, the courts have found that employees should be compensated for this time..
En Español CALIFORNIA PAGO DE HORAS EXTRAORDINARIAS
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Meal breaks and rest periods are due to any non-exempt, hourly-paid worker under provisions in the California labor code and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). California labor employment law holds that non-exempt, hourly employees are provided with at least one rest period, as well as a meal break to last not less than 30 minutes and to be taken prior to the start of the fifth consecutive hour of work. And employees who work for eight hours or more are entitled to 10-minute breaks every four hours. A second 30-minute meal break must be provided if an employee works more than 10 hours. Such statutes are designed to help keep an employee fresh and engaged at the task at hand, through a provision for regular rest intervals and proper nourishment. During the meal period, California lunch break law requires that employers do the following:
California Meal and Rest Breaks
- Relinquish control over the employee's activities;
- Permit them a reasonable opportunity to take an uninterrupted 30-minute break;
- Not impede or discourage the employee from doing so.
Visit the Labor Commissioner's Office for more information about meal periods.
Meal and Rest Break lawsuits allege violations to California state labor laws. A worker at Amazon Shipping Centre and Golden State FC, LLC, in Sacramento filed a complaint in November, 2017 alleging he was regularly denied overtime wages and compensation for missed meals and rest breaks during long shifts at the Sacramento County shipping center. The case is Romeo Palma v. Golden State FC LLC d/b/a Amazon.com, in the Superior Court of the State of Sacramento.
Meal and Rest Break Wage Violation Lawsuits and Settlements
In August of 2017, Amazon was also accused of meal break violations at fulfillment centers in Patterson and San Bernardino. The lawsuit was filed in Stanislaus County Superior Court on behalf of Linda Quinteros, who had worked in Patterson, and Christopher Ward, a former San Bernardino employee. (Ward et al v. Amazon et al, Case number 1:2017cv01300.)
An overtime pay lawsuit filed in 2016 against Interstate Hotels and Resorts Inc. alleged that Interstate-RIM did not have a policy in place to facilitate the provision of a 30-minute meal period, provided without interruption, prior to the 5th hour of work as mandated by California employment law. Plaintiff Raymond U, who worked as a security officer at the Westin Bonaventure, claimed he worked shifts in excess of five hours without taking a 30-minute break for a meal, and the hotel failed to pay him one hour's wages for each missed meal period, Interstate Hotels and Resorts Inc. and Today's IV Inc. agreed to pay over $1.4 million into a settlement fund to resolve employee claims alleging various violations of the California Labor Law.
A Supreme Court decision in December 2016 involving security guards (Augustus v ABM Security Services) found that certain "on call" rest periods do not comply with the California Labor Code and Wage Orders. ABM Security Services required guards to keep their radios or pagers on during rest periods and to respond if the need arose. But the Supreme Court ruled that both meal and rest periods by their very nature must be "duty free," including free of hand-held devices.
California Donning and Doffingmeans the time employees spend putting on ("donning") and taking off ("doffing") mandatory personal protective work equipment and any specialized gear before and after shifts and during break time. Often, employers do not pay their employees for this time, even though the time spent putting on and taking off such gear can add 30 minutes to 60 minutes to a workday. If the employees work full-time, the minutes spent in donning and doffing might constitute overtime, meaning employees should be compensated at time-and-a-half.
California Donning and Doffing Lawsuits
Under FLSA, compensation is allowed for any activity deemed integral and indispensable to the employee when performing his or her job, but under California Law, donning and doffing compensation is still a "gray area", which is hotly debated and litigated. Specifically, "integral and indispensable" activity is key to a donning and doffing claim.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that employees should be paid for certain activities if those activities are essential to the work being done. Employees benefit by wearing safety gear because they are protected from workplace hazards, but employers benefit by not having to pay for as much leave when employees are injured on the job.
California workers at Taylor Farms food production plants in December, 2015 filed a California labor lawsuit (No. 2:13-CV-01282-KJM-AC, (E.D. Cal.)) claiming, along with unpaid meal and rest break claims, they were owed wages for the time they spent on putting on, taking off, and cleaning protective equipment during on-duty meal breaks. The presiding judge certified the class but certification of donning and doffing was denied. In Iowa, however, the US Supreme Court in 2016 ruled against Tyson Foods and agreed with a lower court ruling that employees at the company's Iowa pork processing plant were owed more compensation for time spent donning and doffing.
In California, a lawsuit was filed by employees against Kendall Jackson, alleging workers were not compensated for time spent putting on and taking off protective gear required for work on wineries.
Employees have also filed lawsuits against various call centers, arguing they are required to spend unpaid time logging into and out of various computer systems before and after shifts and during breaks. Some companies are accused of automatically clocking employees out at the scheduled end of their shift, even if employees are in the middle of a phone call and unable to terminate the call.
California Call Center Lawsuits
Even in situations where employees are not required to wear safety gear or log into or out of computer systems before and after shifts, employees could be required to work unpaid time. Some theme parks, for example, may require employees to show up to shift in their work uniform and answer all questions from park guests even if they are technically not on the clock. Some companies, meanwhile, may expect employees to drop off or pick up equipment outside of their scheduled work hours and not compensate employees for time spent in such tasks.
California Before and After Work Hours Lawsuits
Lawsuits have been filed against Staples and other companies alleging employees are forced to participate in security checks during breaks and after work but are not paid for the time spent waiting for the checks to be completed.
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Tracy, CA: A proposed $5.3 million settlement by Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. to resolve claims that employees were not paid for donning and doffing and other California labor law violations was declined by a California federal judge last month, because the court "cannot simply rubber stamp a class action settlement. READ MORE
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Los Angeles, CA Household workers, including those who care for the elderly or people with disabilities, are among the most vulnerable to wage theft and other forms of employment abuse. They work in isolation, behind closed doors and sometimes in fear of deportation. Ray v. County of Los Angeles cuts through the fog and fear to make clear that private litigants may recover unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The bigger picture is that the change in federal protection fills a gap in the legal safety net left under California's Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights, Wage Order 15 and other provisions of California labor employment law READ MORE
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Your Knowledge. Their Future.
Most kids (and their parents or caregivers) don't know any engineers or technologists and they don't really know what engineers do. You can change this.
Whether you have just five minutes or are ready to work with a group of students over a few months, you can make a difference by sharing engineering experiences with them.
Five Minutes
Talk to children about engineering.
Whether they are your own children, friends' children, or students in your neighborhood, kids are curious. In just five minutes you can share what you do. Be sure to tell them about the creative, problem-solving aspects of your work. Check yourself for jargon. Tip: think about how you'd tell a 3rd grader what you do.
One Hour
Visit a classroom or after-school group.
Start by introducing yourself and your work. Then lead students through a hands-on activity that features the engineering design process. This is a great way to share how engineers approach a problem, gives students an open-ended challenge that allows for an iterative development process and lets you to make connections to your work.
- Select: Engineering Activities
- Online Training: Leading Kids Through a Successful Engineering Experience
- Download: Classroom Visit Planning Guide
Present engineering as a career.
Research shows that when engineers share how their work makes a difference in people's lives, girls and boys are more interested in the field. When you describe your work, share more than what you do (e.g., I design satellites). Talk about how your work benefits people or society in general (e.g., I design satellites that help detect drought or are used to predict the weather).
- Online Training: Effectively Talking to Kids about Engineering
- Download: Inspire Innovation: Discover Engineering Careers
Half a Day
Invite a student to shadow you at work.
Give a student a real behind-the-scenes look at engineering. Let them sit in on meetings, visit a work site, or participate in any of the various activities that make up an average workday.
Volunteer as a judge for a science and engineering fair.
As a judge you'll get to be in the front row and amazed at what young people are capable of creating.
- Sign Up: Future City Competition Judge
Host a DiscoverE Family Day.
Public events are great ways to celebrate and engage large numbers of children and families in engineering. Set up hands-on activity stations in museums, malls, universities, parks, or libraries.
- Online Training: Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Large Scale Event
Multiple Sessions
Mentor a group of students.
Working with a small group of students is a rewarding way to help inspire the next generation of engineers and technologists. You can organize your own program or volunteer with an established program.
- Sign up: Future City Mentor