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Editorial in Daily Times, 27 Nov 2009
President Asif Ali Zardari delivered a hard-hitting speech at the PPP's foundation day rally in Karachi, albeit from the presidency in Islamabad. Breaking his silence over what he termed were conspiracies being hatched to weaken his presidency and the PPP government, he vowed to fight all the "political actors" out to destabilise the democratic system. One media group in particular, which has for some time now has been waging what some have described as a concerted, motivated, vitriolic (at times bordering on the indecent) campaign against the incumbent in the presidency and the government led by the party of which he is the co-chairperson, came in for some harsh stick in the president's address. Labelling them "pranksters masquerading as political actors", he singled out the group's editor and some TV anchorpersons for his harshest comments. He argued that neither the political parties nor the establishment were involved in trying to derail the system, only some "political jokers" were responsible for what he said was a vicious campaign to destabilise the government. He advised all such aspirants to a role in politics and those parties that had boycotted the last elections to wait their turn at the next elections, since the PPP and he had a mandate for five years and would see it through. Only the masses had the right to decide the fate of the PPP at the next elections, the president asserted.
It should not perhaps come as a surprise that the president has finally responded in like fashion to the heaps of calumny some media persons, and one group in particular, have been throwing at his person and the government for many months now. Pakistani politics is not known for civilised restraint, and the president may be forgiven for being all too human and succumbing to resentment after admirably holding his peace for all this time. Having said that, even if some concession is made to the fact that it was a political rally and the president was speaking in the avatar of the party co-chairperson, perhaps dignifying the visceral campaign against him and the government in mocking terms was not the right way to counter the one-sided tide. The PPP continues to suffer from a dearth of good media managers and spokespeople who can effectively counter criticism in an age of free media. Having vented his spleen, perhaps the co-chairperson should consider this weakness in the ranks of his party and government and take steps to bring forward people who do their homework diligently and are therefore well prepared against any onslaught, no matter from what quarter it emanates.
As to the media group in question, they too need to do some soul searching to establish whether their practices of recent days are in conformity with best practice in journalism. Personalised vitriol may vent anger, but does not meet the test of impartiality, accuracy and restraint in recognition of the respect due to the head of state and high government functionaries. After all, the exchange should not degenerate to the level of a street brawl. None of the parties would come out of such a fracas smelling like roses.
Restraint is advised to all sides in this controversy. The media group should revisit its policies and attitudes. The government and the presidency should also find better ways to counter what they regard as the spin against them in the media, fighting unacceptable arguments with better ones. On no account should the authorities indulge in heavy-handed tactics to try and intimidate the media or any part of it, as that will, in present-day Pakistan, have the opposite effect to that intended. Now that all is in the open, perhaps a truce or cooling off period on all sides should be the order of the day.


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Releasing a book isn't like the release of a movie. There's no early showings, no glitzy debut or parties to attend. More importantly, you can't sit in the dark and listen to people murmur, laugh or cry. You can't watch them walk out disgusted halfway through, or applaud at the end. You can't get up the next day and read in the paper how critics are appalled at your lack of creativity, or how they are putting your name in for awards.
Releasing a book is…different.
You finish it, package it up, and mail it into a netherworld where it disappears without a sound. It is like throwing a stone in a canyon waiting for the echo.


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A pre-trial hearing on Friday for Chinese human rights and political reform activist Xu Zhiyong will set into motion another high profile court case, highlighting the communist regime's sincerity in repressing dissent.
Xu's lawyer, Zhang Qingfang, told The Guardian that the exact date of the trial was still uncertain, and that Xu is hoping for a fair trial.
Xu is one of the founders of the "New Citizens Movement," a loose network of grassroots activists who promote legal and human rights reform and constitutional government. Xu has been particularly prominent in calling for constitutionalism, democracy, and rule-of-law reforms.
Xu was arrested in July, but Beijing police did not file their case with the prosecutor's office until December, charging Xu with disturbing the public order by organizing demonstrations.
His lawyer said that if the court bars defense witnesses from testifying, which is common in politically sensitive cases, Xu himself will refuse to speak at the hearing, according to The Guardian.
Barring witness testimony is not the only action taken by Chinese judicial officials that would surprise Western readers used to an independent legal system. Some of the other familiar activities carried out by the Communist Party around sensitive political trials include the following:
1. Media Directives
The State Council Information Office issues censorship instructions to the media, telling them what to say or not say, or even forbid them to mention the trial at all.
Censorship instructions for the December 2012 trial of asset disclosure activists Liu Ping, Wei Zhongping and Li Sihua in Jiangxi Province included instructions to delete all online news on the case, and particularly any news related to the comments and actions of their lawyers. They were also to strictly control discussion on social media sites, according to watchdog website China Digital Times.
2. Keep Away
Lawyers attempting to see their clients are routinely denied pretrial contact. When the case comes to trial, defense lawyers are locked out of the court house and courtroom.
Lawyer Cheng Hai has posted in his website that he is one of seven lawyers who are forbidden to visit their clients on orders from higher authorities.
Police prevented lawyer Liu Weiguo from seeing Xu Zhiyong at a Beijing Detention Center. Officers then detained Liu himself at a Public Security Bureau police station, where police reportedly beat him.
Before one session of Jiangxi activists Liu Ping, Wei Zhongping and Li Sihua's trial, the defendants' lawyers were held up at a police checkpoint for an hour, finally walking to the courthouse.
"Plainclothes police and many cars formed a blockade surrounding the court," Guo Haiyue, one of eleven lawyers defending Falun Gong practitioners in northeast China, told New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television.
3. No Photographs
In order to keep publicity at a minimum, police prevent photography, even of public buildings.
Rights defender Zhou Li, a friend at the trial of the Jiangxi activists, told Human Rights In China (HRIC): "I was trying to take pictures of the gates of the court house but was dragged by five policemen into a van."
The police took Zhou in for questioning, strip searched her and locked her in a cage for 25 hours.
4. No Witnesses
In the trial of the Jiangxi activists, police placed witnesses and family members under house arrest.
Liao Min, the daughter of activist Liu Ping, told Radio Free Asia (RFA) that none of the witnesses for the trial of the Jiangxi activists were allowed to leave their homes. In some cases police even moved in with the families to keep them under surveillance.
5. No Calling
Police confiscate or inactivate cell phones of lawyers, witnesses and family members.
Police guards confiscated the cell phone of Beijing defense lawyer Wang Quanzhang when he tried to use it to photograph evidence he was submitting in court.
Before and during the trial of the Jiangxi activists, police turned off the cell phones of the defense witnesses who were under house arrest.
Police repeatedly tried to take the cell phones of defense lawyers trying to meet their clients in the Nanle Church case in Henan Province.
6. Bring in the Goons
Officials hire busloads of goons to harass defense family, lawyers, witnesses and news crews at the courthouse.
Outside the court in the Jiangxi activists trial, the defense lawyers were hounded by a crowd of 200 to 300 hired goons who shoved them and shouted insults at them.
In the Nanle County Church case, the bus load of hired hasslers called the lawyers traitors and scumbags, defense attorney Pu Zhiqiang said. "The hostile crowd attacked the defense lawyers, local Christians, and us," a Sky News correspondent said in his statement.
Another attorney for the detained Christians, explained, "They are paid and backed by the local government. They come and go as required. All this is organized behind the scenes by the government," saying that the same group had attacked him the day before.
7. Gag Defendants
Judges prevent defense lawyers from presenting evidence or speaking in court.
Six top human rights lawyers said court officials would not allow them to finish their arguments in the October 2013 trial of the three Jiangxi Province activists.
A trial of 13 practitioners of Falun Gong in Laioning Province ended when the judge refused to allow one of the defense lawyers to present evidence. When defense lawyer Cheng Hai tried to show the judge a video on his laptop, the judge shouted him down, had him removed from the courtroom, and locked up.
When Chen Xi and his lawyer Sun Guangquan presented their defense arguments during Chen's trial, they were repeatedly interrupted by the judge. Chen Xi was not allowed to give his final statement.
8. Keep it All a Secret
Lawyers and families are kept in the dark about when trials are scheduled, in violation of the regulations.
In the Jiangxi trial, the defense lawyers were concerned that the trial was closed. Si Weijiang, an attorney for Liu Ping, told Radio Free Asia, "The court has violated regulations on holding open trials."
Defense lawyers were furious when they found out about the trial of Falun Gong practitioners in Liaoning Province only the day before, and were not notified days beforehand so they could prepare—a violation, they said, of judicial procedures.
9. Deter Lawyers
Public security police often beat defense lawyers before and during the trial.
Top rights lawyer Cheng Hai told Reuters he was beaten by uniformed police after being denied the right to defend 13 Falun Gong practitioners. Cheng said that around 10 officers punched him in the face, kicked him, and ripped his clothing while he was waiting outside a Dalian courthouse in April of 2013.
Cheng told The Telegraph that it was the fourth time that he was beaten while on the case. He said he had been beaten in the past, but the current situation "is definitely getting worse."
"Some of the lawyers were beaten," rights lawyer Liu Weiguo told RFA, speaking of an incident when a dozen lawyers tried to meet clients in the Nanle County Church case. "Fortunately, they weren't seriously injured."
10. … Or Lock Them Up
Defense lawyers are frequently jailed when trying to meet with, or defend their clients in court.
Liu Weiguo, defense lawyer for activist Xu Zhiyong, was seized by police in July, after he attempted to visit Xu and was sent to a black jail.
Beijing rights defense lawyer Wang Quanzhang went to court to defend Falun Gong practitioner Zhu Yanian, and was thrown into detention himself in April 2013.
11. Leave Nothing to Chance
Trials of human rights activists do not comply with international fair trial standards. With the lack of independent courts, verdicts are pre-determined with a conviction rate at first instance of over 98 percent, according the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Democracy activist Chen Wei was sentenced to nine years for "inciting subversion of state power." His lawyer, Liang Xiaojun, said: "The verdict was predetermined, the trial was unlawful! I'm speechless, I really have no words to describe it."
China's Foreign Ministry rejected Secretary of State John F. Kerry's appeal for the release of Xu and Liu Xiaobo, saying that they had violated Chinese laws, implying that Xu's conviction was a foregone conclusion.
"They deserve to be punished by law," spokesman Hong Lei said at a routine news conference. "I need to emphasize that only the 1.3 billion Chinese people are best qualified to pass judgment over China's human rights condition."


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"Meantime" is an explorative Adventure in Virtual Reality. The player interacts with the world only by looking at certain things, while uncovering many little stories and secrets. The current prototype is made in Unity 5 by Sonja Böckler and Michael Müller, both students in Game-Design at Zurich University of the Arts in Switzerland.
In MEANTIME the player discovers an emerging world full of little stories. These stories unfold as the player interacts.
MEANTIME will focus heavily on environmental storytelling and the player's viewfield. Therefore we aim to provide full Oculus Rift support while maintaining compatibility with iOS.


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In what has to be one of the most stunning career reversals in recent baseball history, former Orioles closer Jim Johnson -- who saved at least 50 games in each of the past two seasons -- has been removed from that role after barely two weeks in Oakland.
Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin told reporters Thursday that he has decided to close games by committee until Johnson can recover from his early season struggles. The 30-year-old right-hander has appeared in five games and is 0-2 with an 18.90 ERA and just one save.
It is a shocking reversal of fortune for Johnson, who had one of the greatest all-time seasons for a closer in 2012, and last year became the first American League closer to save 50 or more games in back-to-back seasons.
But there were certainly signs of trouble last year, when Johnson struggled through a couple very rough stretches and led the majors with nine blown saves, which gave the Orioles some cover when executive vice president Dan Duquette dealt him to the Athletics to avoid paying him a projected $10 million in arbitration.
That looks like a great move right now, since Johnson has given up runs in three of his first five outings and new Orioles closer Tommy Hunter has converted all three of his save opportunities.
Johnson finally earned his first save Sunday, in his fourth appearance, but he gave up two runs in the ninth inning against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday in a game that Oakland won in 11 innings.
There are all sorts of possible explanations for his poor start. He was very invested in the Orioles organization and reportedly was stunned by the decision to trade him after his historic performance the past two years, but it seems much more likely that his problems are mechanical. He has allowed 15 base runners in just 3 1/3 innings, and his six walks are highly out of character.
No doubt, he'll get more chances to close this year. The Athletics are paying him way too much not to try and salvage him, but the decision to deal for him instead of re-signing Grant Balfour isn't looking good at the moment. Balfour has allowed just two base runners in three scoreless appearances (two saves) for the Tampa Bay Rays.


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The modular design of the AR-15 allows its user to customize their rifle in a variety of ways. One very common upgrade for an AR-15 is the handguard. Upgrading a handguard is about both the accuracy and aesthetics of the rifle.
There's also always debate going on about choosing a free-floating handguard compared to a drop-in. Here we'll be talking about the pros and cons of each and which one will suit you the best.
The Primary Reasons To Use A Handguard
There are quite a few reasons to use a handguard with a rifle. The first and foremost use is the grip and cooling. A handguard allows the shooter to grip the rifle firmly and create a proper stance and position for shooting.
It also protects the palms of the shooter from the high temperatures of the barrel, which tends to heat up while shooting. The latest handguards have a vented and grilled design. They offer better heat resistance compared to the retro assemblies.
Another reason to use a handguard is to gain some space for mounting accessories. Handguards with Weaver, Picatinny or Stanag rails allow the user to mount accessories like flashlights, lasers, forward grips, bipods, mounted optics and sling mounts.
One really popular reason for upgrading handguards these days is the aesthetics of the rifle. The AR-15 is a very popular rifle, so there are a ton of customized and amazing designs available for its accessories. This is definitely true for handguards. They can help you make your rifle look 'cooler' along with their more practical effects.
Factors to Consider When Choosing a Handguard
There are quite a few important factors to consider before you buy a handguard for your AR-15. Before choosing a handguard, you must decide what you'll use your rifle for and if you really want to spend money on some new features. Below are some factors to consider which will help you make a decision.
An important factor to consider in a handguard is its weight. A new handguard will probably add to the weight of your rifle (especially if it is a free-floating handguard). Weight doesn't really matter for benchrest shooters, but if you take your rifle out for hunting trips, weight can be an important concern.
Handguards are generally made of aluminum so it's comparatively lightweight compared to steel, but it's still a metal. There are polymer- and composite-based handguards available on the market, but in general a handguard will somewhat add to the weight of your AR-15. If you don't mind adding a little weight in return for some extra mounting space and functions, you should go for it.
One very important and less talked feature about handguards is the accuracy. There are two types of handguard available on the market. With Free-floating Handguards (FFH), the handguard doesn't touch the barrel. On the other hand, with Drop-in Handguards, the handguard does touch the barrel.
Free-floating Handguards are known to improve the accuracy of the rifle because they don't touch the barrel. That means they don't interfere with barrel harmonics related to recoil, grip, a bipod or other factors.
Drop-in handguards can meddle with barrel harmonics and can often cause the barrel to bend.
Free-floating handguards are generally used for sniper rifles and competition purposes and are expensive and a bit heavy compared to drop-ins.
Installation Difficulty
Drop-in handguards, as the name suggests, are easy to install. You just need to pull back the spring-loaded 'delta ring' and drop in the new covers. Installing drop-in handguards does not require any modifications to the AR-15.
On the other hand, free-floating handguards are a bit difficult to install. That's because they don't touch the barrel and hold their weight as well as the weight of mounted accessories themselves.
The free-floating barrels are installed directly on the upper receiver, which means you'll have to disassemble your front assembly to some extent.
If you want the most accurate choice and don't mind the price, go for a free-floating handguard. But a drop-in will work fine if you're on a budget or pin-point accuracy isn't that crucial to you.
Heat Resistance
One of the primary functions of a handguard is to provide heat resistance. There are a ton of different handguard models on the market and each of them offers a different level of heat resistance. Free-floating handguards tend to offer better heat resistance because of their design.
Handguards with vents help with the cooling. Polymer is usually a better choice than aluminum for better heat resistance and cooling. But if you are more into full-auto shooting or prolonged shooting sessions, metal handguards will be a better choice.
We'll talk more in-depth about both drop-in and free-floating handguards in separate articles.
You've got to look at the gas system length of your AR-15 before changing your handguard. The most common ones are rifle, carbine and pistol gas systems. Be sure to choose a handguard length compatible with your AR-15.
Longer handguards tend to provide a longer grip area and are especially useful for people with long hands. Plus the extra mounting space and larger surface area for cooling is a benefit.
Free-floating handguards can be made longer than the length of a gas system that uses a low-profile gas block. Free-floating handguards also open up more options for accessorization.
Mounting Options (Pros and Cons of Rail Options)
Different types of handguards offer different mounting options. That may mean include Picatinny or Weaver rails and rings.
It's important to realize that there are some pros and cons associated with different types of mounting options.
For example, accessories compatible with a Weaver rail will fit a Picatinny rail but the reverse is not possible. Plus Picatinny rails are heavier so they add to the weight of your rifle.
Also, rails let you mount multiple accessories at a time. Picatinny rails, to be specific, are extremely durable due to the massive size of their parts. Handguards can either be railed or bear no design or frills just like the retro AR-15 handguard models. You can read more about AR-15 rail options here.
Our Choice for the Best Drop-in Handguard: Magpul - Ar-15/M16 Moe M-lok Mid-length Handguards
Our Choice for the Best Free-floating Handguard: Aero Precision - AR-15/M16 Enhanced Handguards
Handguards help with the accuracy, aesthetics, heat resistance and mounting options of your rifle. There are a couple different types of handguards available on the market - free-floating(FFH) and drop-in both have their place.
The FFH are costlier and difficult to install as compared to drop-in models, but provide better accuracy for the AR-15. Consider factors such as type, weight, accuracy, length, mounting options, installation difficulty and heat resistance before choosing a handguard. You can choose a handguard with a mix of these different qualities to upgrade your AR-15 to better suit your needs.


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Libyan President Muammar Al-Khaddafi with First Lady Imelda R. Marcos
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In November 1976, she traveled to Libya to seek Pres. Khaddafi's intervention for an early solution to the Mindanao problem. She repeated the visit in March 1977 and came home with a ceasefire agreement. As well as other agreements which considerably eased the crisis in southern Philippines.


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An original mid-19th-century watercolour painting, Charles Cooper Henderson Carriage Horse.
An impressive painting in watercolour, with brown ink, by the renowned British painter of horses and coaches Charles Cooper Henderson (1803-1877). His paintings are acknowledged as being the most accurate and authentic paintings of 19th century carriages, stage and mail coaches.
This painting shows one of Henderson's own carriage horses with its two handlers in a stable. Henderson drove a team of greys, and the initials C.C.[H.] can be seen on the horse's blanket. This private scene is less typical for Henderson and shows the artist's understanding of the equine subject and his affinity for capturing the sensitive interactions between man and horse.
Mounted on backing paper. A window has been cut in the backing paper verso to expose the verso of the drawing.
Monogrammed lower right. The backing paper has been inscribed: 'Painter Charles Cooper Henderson' along with a cataloguing accession number. In excellent condition. 20.3cm x 29.5cm. Unframed.
Charles Cooper Henderson (1803-1877) was born in Chertsey Surrey. His father, John Henderson (1764–1843), was an amateur artist and patron, and his brother was the antiquary and collector John Henderson (1797–1878), who bequeathed a large collection of works to the British Museum.
Henderson trained under Samuel Prout. Many of Henderson's paintings were engraved by himself and others, and prints of his coaching scenes are valued and collected. His works are in a number of public collections, including the Tate Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Paul Mellon Foundation.
This work is one of a fascinating collection of equestrian pictures we have for sale connected with two highly regarded horse painters: Charles Loraine-Smith (1751-1835), a keen horseman known for his early hunting and sporting scenes; and Charles Cooper Henderson (1803-1877), the preeminent painter of Victorian horses and coaches. Both artists were instrumental in developing the genre of horse painting, and achieved fame and popularity through print reproductions after their work. At a time when animal painting was seen as a 'lower' form of art, these artists were pioneering in establishing the respectability and status of the genre.
The collection includes signed works by both these artists, as well a number of interesting works by other members of the Loraine-Smith family: Charles's son, Reverend Loraine Loraine Smith (1784-1857), and daughter-in-law, Isabella – who were both keen horse-riders, and produced personal studies of horses and hunting subjects under Charles's influence.
This collection also includes horse pictures by other notable names, such as Jules Léon Montigny, Henry Thomas Alken, Anthony Devis and Frank L. Emanuel. And there are studies after George Stubbs, James Pollard and Leonardo da Vinci.
The story behind why these equestrian pictures have come together is a mystery, but it is possible that the collection was at one time owned by Charles Cooper Henderson. Our collection includes a watercolour by William James Müller – and, interestingly, Charles's brother, the distinguished art collector John Henderson, was an avid collector of Müller's works. Together, these pictures, spanning the late 18th into the early 19th century, show the ever increasing British obsession with all things equine.
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Otterly Lost // Scrapbook Blessings Club Monthly Challenge - StencilingMarch 07, 2017
Hello everyone and welcome back! This is a very exciting post because I have a very exciting announcement! I have recently joined The Scrapbook Blessings Club as a Design Team member! I'm super excited to work with this group because there is so so so much inspiration from card making to bible journaling and everything in between. So come on over and join us for this month's challenge which is stenciling! Enter this challenge by hoping over to our Facebook group to see the prize up for grabs! Now let's jump into this card featuring stenciling!
I believe that stencils are some of the best tools to collect because you can use them forever and forever! On this fun card, I used two different stencils. The pipe like design is from Art C (picked up at Tuesday Morning) and the triangular design is from Teresa Collins (which I found at Joann's). I used two different methods for my stenciling. The middle stencil section is a hard stencil. I wanted extensive color so I layered layers of distress ink.
Once I was done stenciling the main section. I used two Scotch brand washi tapes to bring in some pink. I then stamped these adorable otters from My Favorite Things. I cannot believe how cute they are. I used my Hampton Arts Stamp Perfect tool to get dark impressions with my Staz On ink. I lightly watercolored them with gray and fussy cut them out!
What I really love about the Art C stencil I used is that it had adhesive on the back. This made it so much easier to make heavy layers of ink. Distress inks are particularly great for this method because the color will keep intensifying. So, the more layers you add the more vibrant it will become. I did a very light stencil pattern with my triangular stencil to add a subtle pattern to the background.
I also really liked the color combo of this green and pink. I used a Recollections pink doily behind my stenciled cardstock. I also included some Michael's brand enamel dots and Darice white sequins scattered about. These help move the eye along the page.
Lastly, I wanted to give you guys one more fun stenciling tip. Mimic the stenciling on the front of your card on the inside as well! This makes it really cohesive and pulls it together. I also stamped an MFT sentiment on the inside. I hope you guys enjoyed this super cute card! Come join us on the stenciling challenge and be entered to win!


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Advice for active journaling
Stacey left this comment on Curating Their Experience:
Okay I have the next stage of the question. I've been keeping a "learning" journal for my son for about two months now. But I have found that it is more reflective than active. Pretty much I sit down every week or so and write about what we've been doing and what we want to do, need to change, and some new ideas. But it hasn't really become part of the daily life I know it should be. I've read the project/learning journal post but I wonder what people have done internally to make the practice more consistent.
My (lengthy, sorry!) answer is below. Would anyone else like to add their experiences/thoughts?
And feel free to start new discussions or make any other comments/ask questions/etc. — this is open thread!
There are several reasons why you want to use your journal on more of a daily schedule than a weekly one.
1 - You want to be jotting notes about things as they happen and getting down exact words that are said during conversations, questions as they pop, etc., rather than your remembrance of what happened at the end of the week.
2 - When you write about the whole week's events, there is a tendency to frame or edit what happened — writing it down like a story, choosing the most important parts to write about. You are imposing your thoughts and ideas to give what happened a structure.
Instead, you should be getting down as much raw data as possible with as few preconceived ideas as possible. If you wait and reflect on the raw data, you may be able to see questions, patterns, connections, repeated ideas, etc., that you missed the first time around.
You cannot always anticipate or even recognize what is happening; collecting raw daily data and then reflecting on it thoughtfully can help you see things that you weren't expecting or weren't yet ready to see.
3 - It is incredibly easy to forget things if you don't write them down as they occur. If you practice making daily notes — even about things that do not seem very important — you will begin to collect this data without needing to plan to do it first. It will simply become a habit.
I use post-it notes for this; they are easy to transcribe later (writing in my journal or typing on the computer) or, if I don't have time, I can just keep them in post-it form and perhaps move them around my journal as I think about them. (Date everything!)
4 - Never underestimate your ability to forget!
5 - If you write at the end of a week (or more), then you are writing about the past. When you make daily notes, you are writing about the present, as it is happening. Your goal is to stay on top of what is happening right now while connecting it to the past and making hypotheses about where things might be headed. To keep the project moving, stay current.
5 - Your goal is to extend your child's work and help him dig as deeply as possible into his ideas, projects, research, questions, constructions, etc.
To do this, you need to keep on top of your job of supplying him with materials he needs/asks for, helping him remember his own questions and plans (frequently, perhaps daily!), and creating an environment that supports what he's doing and also helps him remember.
This requires constant, ongoing attention; thus, daily note-taking rather than weekly/bi-weekly/etc.
6 - You want to send a powerful message to your child that you think his work is important. Let him see you documenting his work; let him see you journaling - again, almost daily. When you pick up the camera to photograph his construction, when you watch him play or make, when you talk with him and make notes, when you leaf through your journal and remind him of his question or his plan, you are sending a very strong unspoken message that his work is important to you .. and he will believe it is important.
Now, as for making it a daily practice, I think it helps to start by simply cataloging how he spends his days, then observing him at play (e.g., building with blocks) and making notes, noticing what he asks about and talks about during meals and making notes, etc. Simply begin to build the habit of paying attention and then documenting what you see/hear/notice.
The goal of project learning is to support your child to become a self-directed, self-managed learner .. and for you to discover how your child learns and how you can best support that learning. This is how you start.
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I'm glad this question came up about journalling. This will be the first year we'll begin homeschooling our 2 oldest ages 9 and 7. Last year year we were homeschooling our 3 younger kids ages 5, 3 and 1. Now all the kids are home! :) I had thought about using a journal to document them. But thought it would be more work for me to think back at the end of the week and try to remember what they did. It felt more like an assesment.
My personal approach on journaling for the kids is I keep 1 journal that's it for all 5 children. A few times a week I jot down something they did, made, said or experienced. It may be one or two particular kids I write about or all five. All the same it's documented for our family. If need be a portion of it can always be photocopied.
I actually wrote a post about my journals I'm going to link it otherwise I would copy and paste it but the comment would be longer.
Thanks again!
I just read Luisa's approach and I'm going to try that because I'm honestly not organized enough to maintain separate notebooks and be looking for the right one all the time. I need to jot in a central place and then sort it out later.
This is the area where I really fell down in the last year, and I'm making sure that I don't this year. It helps so much if we can go back and get reconnected with our earlier ideas, work and inspiration. I'm hoping to see the project work really take off this year after a year of much needed meandering.
Thanks for the food for thought, as always.
this is so fascinating to me and so cool.
I have to say for me at this time, intensive journaling takes me away from being engaged and produces an insane amount of guilt and perfectionism on my part. (chasing the naked 3 year old is also part of the reason it makes it hard)
I feel like the daily journaling, while incredibly valuable, is ONE way to document, but not the only way, and like all homeschooling kids learn in unique ways, all homschoolers parents/teachers document and record in unique ways, I don't think one method or system works for everyone.
I take a lot of photos and tend to talk a lot about what they do and take notes when I can—but I do feel they learn and are continuing to learn regardless of my journaling and note taking. It's still happening, even if I don't write it down.
they are young still (almost 6, almost 8, and 3) so the meandering and loss of focus might become a challenge as they get older and I might want to keep tighter notes regarding topics not explored, but for now, I take a much less formal approach. This is not to say I am not paying attention, I am intensely, but for me the journaling is not how I asses what is going on.
Just my thoughts, I love this whole journaling approach, I hope that is communicated here.
I really agree with everything you say, Lori, but I certainly sympathize with the pressure these days to make everything we make a perfect thing of beauty and creativity. It really is hard to begin something if you feel you can't do it all "the woman who does everything more beautifully than you." Know what i mean?
The boy is back in conventional schooling this year, but I still journal around his (ever-present) Interests-programming and fishing right now. Two things really helped me get away from trying to "make" a journal as opposed to keep a journal First, the post-its. You can only be so obsessive about tiny bits of dog-eared sticky stuff. I carried pads of them in my pockets while we walked and rode trains (because big questions and ideas always semed to come while we were out.) I still have them all over the house. The other was my realization that contemporaneous record-keeping was mostly a way of keeping me in the observing vs. meddling mode. It doesn't much get in the way of his work, he thinks it's a handy way to "keep track of questions to research later." He sometimes asks me when he has a question or thought he wants to get back to whether I have a post it on me. Once, we spent an hour or so wandering in search of an office supply store so we could capture this flood of new ideas. Mostly, iIt gave me something to do while he thought and worked, it slowed me down so I wasn't tempted to give off the cuff answers. All of the control freak "i know how this should turn out" energy that made my work (the journal) challenging needed to be kept away from his work, too. Also, I often printed something, a screenshot of a search he did, a page he spent sometime with and made notes on it. Not pretty but it was a good memory prod. it also kept him from getting sucked down every internet rabbit hole if he printed the page. When he had a question, seemed to need some background on something, I didn't need to interrup and he didnt' need wander away from his main thoughts. I scribbled stuff like "wonders where this mountain range is? get map of that area" or "Samuel wants to write to this guy" "His question: what is wild-type?" in the margins. "
One more thing, though. Full disclosure. I didn't/don't journal about his project work every day, becase he didn't/doesn't work on his main projects evey day. Big chunks of time pass that involve more mundane learning and exploration into bits of this and that-usually some new skill or bit of something comes back to the big work, but I usually let that part just drift by. I try to do it whille he's working or shortly thereafter, but I find I need to restart my habit from time to time. I hope watching me tackle my imperfections turns out to be a valuable learning experience.
I'm glad you reminded me of doing this. I used to keep a notebook for each of my older two, but I fell out of the habit when I started formally reporting my third. (NY homeschool regs) Now that I'm back down to reporting two kids, I should return to keeping journals. It really is so much easier if you write it as you go rather than rely on your memory at the end of a busy week.
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I gave my daughter her own project book this weekend. So far, she hasn't put much in it. She wrote down her plans to go to Barnes and Nobel and buy all the American Girl Christmas books (I guess she forgot we have a library) so she can read up on all the Christmas crafts and traditions with a particular interest in celebrating St. Lucia Day. I happen to know where I can find a lot of information on this holiday and I've even got crafts and foods bookmarked. Should I show them to her? The second thing she put in there was drawings of all the fruits, vegetables and flowers that she wants to plant when we buy our piece of dream land. When I saw the list I told her that it made me think of a whole bunch of questions that I'd like to research myself (which is true because I'd like to know about planting requirements). So, I guess now what I'll do is invite her to sit down with me as I go through my seed catalogs and start my own research on that very subject. I'll remind her of her page in her project journal and see if she wants to put anything in there. Is there anything else I can do? Also, I've been wanting to start my own holiday notebook as I'm pretty bad about having the holidays sneak up on me. I don't want her to think that I'm taking over her project. Surely, it can't be a bad thing to work on similar projects side by side?
Lastly, for the past couple of weeks I've noticed during project times that my daughter wants to start a new craft with me instead of working on past projects. she spends her project time instructing me and sounding an awful like Martha Stewart as she explains how to do the craft. (She loves Martha Stewart). I'm trying to get her to dig deeper with her interests but she prefers doing something new. Any thoughts on this?
This might seem like a silly question but do you have any ideas or resources for 18 month olds? I started journaling my son's activities and it's pretty simplistic - Loves to throw out recycling and take out the trash with his daddy, loves the same 3 board books, loves to climb on everything he can, etc.
There is so much here to think about. I guess the part I am wondering is the internal getting myself started (is anyone sensing a theme in my questions lately?). The sticky notes sound great, they are top of my list. I guess I am looking at this notebook as part of mindful parenting, mindful living and like all other practices like that they are some times difficult to start.
There is something about being active and recording that is very different than any of my teaching and parenting experience. I don't think this is just me, as people we like to look back and review. We like to put our experiences and thoughts into context not just flinging them out there hoping that they come together in afterward. Then again it might just be simple like starting something new is hard.
Ok, this is a bit of an aside - but I wish someone would start a project journal for me after observing me. Maybe I could talk the hubs into doing that? It would be extremely helpful for me.
One thing I learned last year (which was our first venture into project work and unschooling) was that I myself have a hard time going deep on any one topic. I tend to dabble in this, then move on to something else, etc. That was a huge revelation for me. As I am trying to change that, I see the value in keeping a consistent journal of the daily happenings with the girlys.
i'm so glad that today i had internet access and that today i popped over here to camp creek :) tomorrow is the "charter offical day of school" and i do need [want] to keep track of what learning is always happening around here, not only for us to see what is happening, use for digging deeper and looking back on for inspiration, but for the state. keeping record, lets just say, isn't my best quality, BUT i did buy a cute new little book and am feeling extremely less daunted and incredibly more inspired to write in it, little or much, hiaku, sketch, question or short story...because of that cute little book and this thread. thanks, as always, LORI! xo
Thank you so much Lori for all of your wonderful input into our project learning. Here's yet another question after all of that input. :-)
You mentioned that it's hard to have more than one project going at a time and so you suggested choosing one to work on. How do you choose the one project from many?
If I know my daughter, then she has to be in "the mood" to work on a project. Who doesn't? I know when I don't feel like sewing, I don't and choose instead to read or plan out our dream house etc. That being said, there are also projects that I have to work on, like it or not, (learning to cook for our current dietary restrictions) that I try to schedule during the week and I make a date with myself to do that project for a specified time. So, with my daughter do I tell her we need to work on the project that she mentioned before during our specified project time? This is how it played out on Friday.
Project Time
me: So what project would you like to work on right now? We could finish writing your fairy book, Lavender's Promise, we could finish your preparations for your fairy tea party or you could work on your St. Lucia celebration plans.
daughter: no, not right now thank you. I just finished watching a Martha Stewart podcast that showed me how to make fish out of leaves. I want to make a fishing game out of construction paper right now.
me: thinking to myself " What would Lori do? I wish Lori did phone consultations" Okay, sure we'll make fish. (Thus abandoning the other projects and adding another one to the basket.)
daughter: proceeds to make fish all the while instructing me in a Martha Stewart tone to the same.
So, to restate my question. If you've chosen the project, let's say the St. Lucia celebration project, does it go against the project-learning methodology to say that's the project we're going to work on for that specified time?
Thanks again for all your wonderful input. I"m learning a lot. I'd comment on more but my break is over at work right now and have to get back to it. :-)
Hmm the last comment got me thinking (and you are all welcome to tell me to be quiet whenever you want) about how we don't really do projects. It seems like we are just endlessly researching and find new information not doing anything with what we learn. On one hand that's what adults reading non-fiction do, but I know Alder and I talked at one point about making our own book about volcanoes. Now that we've read every book in the library about them maybe I should start working on the project side of things.
I have to say that this past week of asking questions here has really been helpful. I am starting to grasp further the ideas of projects and the parents role. I know that often the internet is looked at as a way to not look into things deeply but I think that is a partial statement. I think that "places" like this where it really becomes a conversation is exactly the opposite. The discussion here could never really happen anywhere but the internet since homeschooling by nature is not a group activity.
Thank You Lori! I'm thinking I know where to go with this. Me going to work has been quite an adjustment and we're still adjusting to the new albeit temporary routine. I think what was happening for both of us is that project time turned into "emotional connection" time. If project time is going to take place in the way you mentioned above, then the first thing I need to do is make sure that we have "connection/cuddling time" right before. You know, fill up her love tank. I'll play whatever she wants, read whatever she wants etc. And then it will be "project time". I think I will have to explain to her what happens during project time. I'll be observing and documenting her work and be at her service should a need arise. If I'm not observing, documenting or getting what she needs, then I will be a stone's throw, or in her case, a pom-pom's throw away doing my own project work which at this time is usually sewing or ripping out stuff out of magazines to put in "our dream house" book. I think I will have to tell her that project time is for all of us to do our own project work.
As far as her own projects go, the ones that seem to have promise for more in-depth learning are the ones she does daily during her free time; fairy illustrations for books she wants me to transcribe and cooking.
Oh, I can't tell you how relieved I was when I got to Kelly's post and saw that I'm not the only one! I was just telling my husband the other day that I *need* to figure out how to be more of a project finisher . . . so I can teach the kids follow-through by example, not just words.
I need help. How can I keep my kids (ages 8 and 12) from fighting and bickering with each other All. The. Time? The 12 yo says something sarcastic/critical, the 8 yo blows up, and everything goes to crap. Rinse and repeat all day. I honestly don't like them very much right now and can't let this go on. I'm working with him on his tone and baiting tendencies, as well as his apparent need to critique her every move. Jeff and I are both working with her on her lack of emotional control and sensitivity to every slight. But they are killing me right now. It doesn't help that it's 95 degrees by 7AM and it's just too hot to go anywhere (of course they'd still just fight there too). I can't homeschool if all I do is referee fights. I'm in a terrible mood all day because they're so unkind to each other when they've not been that way prior to the last 6 months or so. This isn't how we treat each other around here and it has to stop. Ideas?
Thanks for letting me vent.
I was wondering if anyone is using a IPhone app like Evernote to take notes and assist in journaling about their kids learning. I find that even if I write stuff down I have the notes everywhere, in my bag in a notebook in the car stuffed in my wallet...I am hoping to use Evernote to compile everything in one place and then digitally or by had transfer it to a "notebook" But wondering if anyone is already doing this...
i use my iphone or ipad with the built in note for keeping a running journal of the day. i have right now the 'learning record for september' and 'questions' notes. i just add to the note as the day goes on or the girls will write into the note a question or what's going on.....we answer the questions straight from the note, but i email the 'learning record' to myself so i can keep it and jump off it and look back at it and not have to write it all out again ;)
I would like a little clarification. I have a sketchbook, it's really an "everything book" so it could be called a journal. I have journals from when I was 9 years old until now (I'm 42), with a few gaps over the years. At one point I took yard sale stickers and numbered them all so they are in order. I loved to draw and write as a kid and ended up going to fine art school and then they were called sketchbooks. Anyway, so I know how important it is to have a sketchbook/journal/project/everything book. I got everything books for my boys, and we used scrapbook paper and stickers they like to decorate the outside, taped a zippered pencil pouch on the outside, like mine has (just rip it off when the book is full and put it on the next book) and they have them to use. They sort of use them, my 6 year old has a page for things he wants (hubby calls it the "Wishing Scroll and the reason I have a job") and a page for Minecraft mod ideas, one for family addresses - we use post it's to stick out so we can get to those pages quickly. I think I missed the part before reading this post, where I was supposed to be keeping a book FOR them. It would feel weird for me to grab one of their books and write in it, because it's THEIR book. So, I need to get a separate book for each kiddo, could be just a composition book, that I write in, that is for them? And I could use the posties - so I don't pack the books around all the while - to capture ideas, then just pop the posties in the books later. Then they maintain their private books and then I am doing the journalling of their thoughts, ideas, questions and possible project ideas. Would this be good enough? Does this sound right?


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Wow! What an awesomely incredible March! First off I want to say thank you to everyone for making this re-launch a spectacular event. I couldn't have imagined a better way to re-launch the boudoir blog.
This month we focused on who Wonderland Boudoir is and what we stand for. We are a Dallas based boudoir studio that focuses on a safe and fun environment that empowers women. We want to teach women to love who they are without the hair and makeup. Being dolled up is always fun, but the best feeling is truly knowing in your heart that you are a beautiful being.
We also want to stop media from defining beauty. There are too many different types of women in this world and the media can no longer place all of us in a box. We need to learn to dictate our own feminity and beauty without the false imagery from what the media shows us. The that really identifies the scope of Wonderland Boudoirs beliefs are the Four Actions I take to Redefine Beauty.
I have shot some amazing women recently. I love the Black Rabbit session with Ashley. She SLAYED it in her American Apparel swimsuit!
Then Yareli KILLED it in her session!
What both of these women have in common is confidence. Confidence will break down a ton of doors for your success!
One of our most cohesive blogs was the Official Boudoir FAQ! This was one of my favorite pieces to write! It really breaks down the most common questions women have about boudoir photography!
If that ultimate guide wasn't enough I broke down the seven ways to feel comfortable before your boudoir session!
My favorite quote of the month was "Love Yourself First." Too many times in this life we put other people before us and we take who we are for granted. Stop doing that!
Cheers to an amazing March and I can't wait to see what April has in store for all of us!


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Maybe it's Winter preparedness, or maybe it's a slow news day… But I'm reviewing the blogs I follow, deleting the old, and subscribing to new. I was breaking well over 300 and realized many were dead (in my opinion, a blog that isn't updated for 6 months is dead).
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One of the most amazing people I've ever met has chosen a path of volunteerism and social work for her life. She's taken the gifts and talents God has given her and chosen to forsake several much more lucrative opportunities to participate in a social work program fraught with challenges that I wouldn't face for all the money in the world. That she has the spiritual strength to spend her days helping those who cannot help themselves is amazing to me – but considering that it's also going to be a strong financial challenge as well makes her choice all that more impressive.
Let's see what we can do to offer her some useful financial advice – and also give similar advice to anyone else who may be choosing a path like this one. For starters, her income is going to be low with relatively minimal benefits for quite a while, and it's likely that her exact position will change regularly over time. What can be done to ensure the most financial stability over the course of her life? Here are my suggestions – I'd love to hear more in the comments.
Build an emergency fund. In a field where jobs are often in flux due to changing fund situations, many people engaged in social work hop from job to job regularly and an emergency fund is often vital for bridging the gap. It's simple – just put small amounts of money away in a savings account somewhere every single paycheck and then tap it when you really need it, like when you have to switch positions, your car dies, or something else disastrous.
Many volunteer workers know the benefits of doing this, but they go about it all wrong. They keep a nice hefty account in their hometown bank or in a local branch bank near where they do their volunteer work. A much better approach is to find a nice high-interest online savings account to conduct their business, provided of course that the volunteer has regular internet access. HSBC Direct is a reliable one and gives a 5.05% APY return with no minimum balance, which basically means if you have $5,000 you'd like to sock away before leaving on a twenty seven month stint in the Peace Corps, you'll come back and find that it has earned $572 while you've been away.
Make a Roth IRA your friend. At some point as a social worker, you're going to face old age and some form of retirement. You're also a relatively low income worker who will need some flexibility in how much to contribute from time to time. A Roth IRA is a perfect retirement vehicle for anyone in this situation. In a nutshell, a Roth IRA allows anyone to contribute $4,000 a year ($5,000 a year starting in 2008) to a special individual retirement fund. What's special about it? Once you've made the contribution (and you can remove your contribution at any time if you really need to), any investment growth on that contribution can be taken out tax free after you are 59 1/2 years old. No income taxes at all. Even better, once the money is in the Roth IRA, it can easily earn 10% a year, which means that $4,000 put in at age twenty five can build to $112,500 at age sixty. Contribute that amount every year and you'll have $1.2 million in the account when you're 60. Hold off retirement until you're 70 and you'll have $3.17 million in there.
How does one get started? Lots of investment houses offer Roth IRAs and make it quite easy to invest in them. I personally recommend Vanguard (http://www.vanguard.com) – their investment choices are all quite good and are based on very simple logic. I have almost every investment of my own through them.
Cultivate a strong network of friends and family. If you're considering a life of social work and volunteer work, realize that you're likely going to need support in various ways for a long time. Talk to friends and family and be sure that they will support you in this choice – not in a financial sense, but in a sense that they understand the choice you're making and may be able to provide a couch or a guest bedroom on occasion.
On the other hand, if someone you know is considering making such a choice, offer such help to them. Make it clear that they'll always have a bed and some meals in your home. They're making a very difficult choice to do something that will make the world a better place – show how much you support their difficult choice.
Know how to live frugally. She was lucky in that her orientation gave substantial training in frugal living, but some social work situations do not. The first and best move is to know how to cook from yourself from staple foods – this is the simplest way around to save money. Also, check your ego at the door and be willing to shop at Goodwill and the Salvation Army and other places for clothes and other items. You can get pretty detailed with frugal living – search around The Simple Dollar or elsewhere online for all kinds of additional tips.
If you would like to help even more than giving advice in the comments, please consider giving a donation to an exceptionally worthy cause. The link goes to a page for the charity that she's involved with which details the charity's financial state, the work they do, and also gives a link that you can use to donate to the charity. If you have a few dollars to give, please do so – the charity is a 501(c)(3), which means that your contributions are tax deductible. If you've ever wanted to help out The Simple Dollar with a small donation, give to this charity instead – you'll be helping out an amazing organization and a group of people that really need the help.


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By opening a pedestrian entrance next to the old cabinet shop, MVLY becomes the southern most entrance to the downtown from Miller Ave. Thereby encouraging those in surrounding neighborhoods to walk rather than drive to the town's center.
- Preference will be given for office/studio space to those that can walk, bike, or commute by bus. The small studio office space ( averaging 400 SF) will encourage "locals to work locally", reducing the commute traffic to the impacted areas of Mill Valley near the freeway entrances.
Bike racks, a bike "service" station, and other bike friendly options will encourage two wheel vs. four wheel parking.
Close proximity to public transit, as well as an on site drop off zone for shuttle busses and UBER/taxis will promote less single occupancy car trips downtown.


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Every time the snow starts falling on Colorado, water managers throughout the West breathe a sigh of relief. The arrival of moisture to fill the region's reservoirs and streams can never be too certain — with last year and this being examples of dry spells turning into a significant drought.
Much more certain is the continuing development of the Southwest, with metropolitan Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles continuing to attract residents from all over the nation and world. Against that backdrop, the advocacy group American Rivers has named the Colorado River as its most endangered river in the nation.
For decades, the Colorado River has been drained dry before it reaches sea level at the Gulf of California. With the increasing pressures from humans and agriculture, however, the point at which the river ceases to be is creeping steadily northward. Right now, the river sustains at least 36 million people and more than one-seventh of the nation's agricultural land — including large portions of northern Colorado through the Colorado-Big Thompson project. River advocates predict the occurrence of drought, coupled with other effects of climate change, will reduce the output of the river 10 to 30 percent by 2050.
Creative solutions will be needed to help ease the burden on not just the Colorado River, but its tributaries and other water sources in the state.
To that end, a bill allowing increased use of "graywater" in applications such as toilets and irrigation has gained approval in the Colorado General Assembly from the Senate Agriculture Committee. "Graywater" refers to treated water from bathtubs, showers and washing machines — not kitchens or toilets — that can help stretch the state's meager water supplies. New construction that allows for the capture of such water could help save millions of gallons each year and become a critical piece of the conservation effort.
Colorado is the only state in the West that does not allow graywater use, but legislators should rectify that situation this session, and the governor should sign the bill into law.
After all, residents of the state should not have to think their water fate rests solely on whether the right snowstorm will come at the right time. It's always the right time to save water.


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The Andy Shaw Band, featuring two Gahanna brothers and their dad, will take the Creekside Community Stage at 2 p.m. on Father's Day, June 16.
The Andy Shaw Band, featuring two Gahanna brothers and their dad, will take the Creekside Community Stage at 2 p.m. on Father's Day, June 16.
The group is one of many bands that will perform during the 15th annual Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival, presented by the Gahanna Convention & Visitors Bureau, June 14-16.
Jim Shaw is the keyboardist for the band whose namesake is eldest son Andy, who is lead singer, writer and guitarist. Brother Chris sings and plays drums, and Jeff Bass completes the four-man band as bass player.
Shaw, a retired music teacher, describes the band's music as a kind of rock with a reggae feel.
When Andy, 32, and Chris, 29, were growing up, Shaw said, he took them to their music lessons.
"I always like to say I stayed out of their way," he said.
Both were active in Gahanna musical groups like the Gahanna Youth Symphony.
Andy graduated in 1999 from Gahanna Lincoln, and his brother followed in 2002.
"They're real good musicians," Shaw said. "But it takes more than that. They love doing it."
As adults, the brothers started making music together, and then Andy wanted to start a band.
"They needed a keyboard and bass player," Shaw said. "This started in our house, and it worked out OK. I've been playing since the band started a good seven years ago. They can't see themselves doing anything else."
The 29-year Gahanna resident said he's a player from a different generation.
"This is their music," he said. "I've had to adjust to that. To me, it's fun. I'm learning a whole new language."
Shaw, 66, grew up listening to The Beatles.
"My parents weren't musicians," he said. "They owned a restaurant in Lancaster called Shaw's. They had live music there. I grew up listening to that and loving it. I played in the restaurant when I was in high school. I also played the organ at church. I loved doing it and went through college doing it. I went to grad school in D.C. and taught music there and played in bands."
He also taught music for 19 years in Grandview Heights and currently teaches part time in Reynoldsburg.
In his retirement, he also produces music to help students learn history, math and science. His website is musicforclass.com.
"It's music for schools in the classroom, like Schoolhouse Rock," he said.
Shaw said he's noticed that younger people listen to "tons of music."
"There's so much more out there than when I grew up," he said. "It makes it interesting to me. It's like going back to school. It's great because you always feel young."
He said he especially enjoys playing the Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival.
"We always get a nice following here in Gahanna," Shaw said.
The festival is a weekendlong celebration of music from local, regional and national acts, along with food, family activities and entertainment, amusement rides and an artisan market.
"This great event has grown from being a half-day event into a weekend that attracts the best live blues and jazz musicians around," said Laurie Jadwin, chair of the festival committee. "More than 40,000 people come from all over the state and region to enjoy great live entertainment in a family-friendly atmosphere. To celebrate our 15th (annual festival) this year, we've pulled out all the stops to have the best lineup ever."
For more information, call the CVB at 614-418-9114 or go online to creeksidebluesandjazz.com.


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Mega Man Battle Network Speedrun Marathon for Doctors Without Borders This Weekend/
Beginning at 7:30pm EST on Friday, August 16th, Silver Hunter and a group of other Mega Man Battle Network fans are planning a speedrunning marathon of the series in order to raise $1,000 for the charity Doctors Without Borders. In addition to the six core games in the series, Silver's group will also be taking on such titles as Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge, Rockman.EXE WS, and even the fan game "Mega Man Battle Network: Chrono X." Additional runs to be performed for $500 raised towards them include a New Game + run of Mega Man Battle Network 2, a Buster-only run of the first game, Rockman.EXE N1 Battle, and a "blind race" of Mega Man Network Transmission. You can find more details about these runs here.
Finally, you can tune in for the marathon here, where they will soon be posting the account for people to donate to and a tracker.


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The False Client
It's one thing to red team; it's another thing entirely for a red team to facilitate useful change. All red teaming is embedded within a culture, and savvy red teamers learn quickly that not all red team engagements are what they appear to be. Sometimes a client hires a red team to validate what the client already "knows" (typically then tying the red team's hands through a set of overly constrained rules of engagement). For the experienced red team, this usually yields a level of frustration that's best avoided by simply not taking the job.
In a roundabout way, the quote below from Jorge Luis Borges reminds us of the red team client who feigns interest in uncovering the uncomfortable truths.
It is well known that Virgil, dying, asked his friends to reduce to ashes the unfinished manuscript of the Aeneid, to which he had dedicated eleven years of noble and delicate labor; Shakespeare never considered gathering his plays into a book; Kafka entrusted Max Brod to destroy the novels and stories that would ensure his fame. The affinity of these illustrious episodes is, if I am not mistaken, illusory. (p. 501.)
And why "illusory"?
Virgil knew he could depend on the pious disobedience of his friends, as Kafka did with Max Brod. Shakespeare's case is entirely different. De Quincey speculates that, for Shakespeare, public corresponded to performance, not publication; the staging was what was important to him. In any event, the man who truly desires the disappearance of his books does not assign this task to others. (Ibid.)
In other words, Virgil and Kafka in particular represent the red team client who hires a red team, not to unearth and challenge assumptions, but to propagate the appearance of open thinking, all the while justifying the status quo. Unfortunately, that's not red teaming.
Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Non-Fictions (1999).


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The Florence airport (FLR) is called Amerigo Vespucci and is situated on the north-west outskirts of Florence, just 4 km from the city center. The airport can be reached from the center of Florence, driving the whole length of Viale Guidoni up to the road leading to the "Firenze Nord/Firenze Mare" superhighway (A1 and A11).
The center can be reached in about 15 minutes by taxi, and in about 20 minutes with the Busitalia SITA Nord "Vola in Bus" bus shuttle operating between the airport and the central railway station of Santa Maria Novella. See below for more details.
The Florence Airport is connected to some of Europe's major airports such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Geneva, London Gatwick, Madrid, Munich, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Vienna. There are also flights to and from the following Italian cities: Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Milan Malpensa, Olbia, Palermo, Rome Fiumicino, Turin and Verona.
The airport is also easily reached from other Tuscan cities as it is just off the A11 and A1 Firenze Nord exit : Prato (8 km), Pistoia (24 km), Montecatini (36 km), Lucca (65 km), Siena (68 km), Arezzo (77 km), Pisa (86 km), Carrara and Massa (117 km), Grosseto (143 km), as well as from the sea and its ports: Livorno (115 km) and Piombino (170 km).
For more information, visit the airport's website at: www.aeroporto.firenze.it/
Getting to/from downtown Florence
From the Florence airport, you can get to downtown Florence either with a taxi (read more information on moving around Florence with a taxi here) or with the special "Vola in Bus" bus shuttle (run by BusItalia Sita Nord now) that you can take from the airport to the central Santa Maria Novella train station (SMN). It takes about 20 minutes, sometimes a little more if there is heavy traffic. The service runs daily, including Sundays and holidays.
Departures from the airport are every 30 min between 5.30 am to 8.30 pm, then every hour until 11.45 pm. The last shuttle is at 1am, but at this hour, it will be more convenient to take a taxi.
Departures from the city center (SMN train station) are every 30 min between 5.00 am to 8.00 pm, then every hour up until 11.00 pm. The last shuttle is at 12:30am.
A one-way ticket costs 6 euros while a round trip ticket costs 10 euros. Tickets can be purchased directly on board from the driver at no extra charge (but keep in mind they only sell one-way tickets on board). The round trip tickets have to be purchased before getting on the bus, at the Busitalia SITA bus station off SMN or at ATAF&Li-nea resellers (most newsagents sell ATAF tickets as well as many coffee "bar" shops).
You can check the Vola in Bus timetable here.
Fly into Pisa Airport
The Pisa Airport is the second airport in Tuscany and from some destinations, it might make more sense to fly there and then get yourself over to Florence.
The new Pisa Mover shuttle connects Pisa Airport to the Pisa Centrale main train station throughout the day, and from there you can take the train to Florence's SMN train station and be in Florence in about an hour.
There are also bus charter companies that offer service direct from the airport to SMN train station in Florence. Some of the buses continue on to the Florence Airport after that (in case you are interested in getting to the Florence airport).


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I have to start out with a confession, I honestly didn't really know if the Toledo Zoo could compare to my home zoo (Cincinnati Zoo) and I was pleasantly surprised that the Toledo Zoo exceeded my expectations. Our first visit to the Toledo Zoo began at the Aquarium with a Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Ron Fricke, deputy director of the Zoo.
The newly renovated aquarium has over 3,000 animals. The exhibit space has greatly increased from it's previous design in the same 30,000 square foot space.
One of my favorite moments of the day was when we went behind the scenes to see the octopus tank from above. The best part was that we got to touch the octopus. His tentacles felt like little suction cups. It was equal parts awesome and creepy.
There are a variety of behind the scene tours that you can purchase at the Toledo Zoo that allow you to to get up close to your favorite animals.
We also loved watching the Galapagos Tortoise at the Reptile House.
There are over 9000 animals from over 750+ species from around the world which means that you are very likely to see some of your favorite animals here.
The 51 acre zoo is relatively flat which makes it easy for families with strollers or wagons.
For dinner, the boys and I ate at the cafe that was a former cat house. Guests can dine inside the former exhibit space.
If you visit during the winter, you will enjoy the gorgeous sites at night during Lights Before Christmas that has ranked in the top 10 list of Zoo light displays by USA Today.
If you visit in the warmer months, you can enjoy the new Aerial Adventure Course that is open Memorial Day to Labor Day that offers a challenge course, zipline, freeflight, quick drop and sky bridge. (*Reservations are recommended)
We enjoyed our winter visit to the Toledo Zoo. We would definitely recommend checking out this zoo year round. You can find out more about the Toledo Zoo from their website.
The Toledo Zoo is located at 2 Hippo Way, Toledo, OH 43609.
Thanks to the Toledo Zoo and Destination Toledo for hosting our visit.


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Back-to-School Myth #10 - Dezmand Garza
Myth #10: You have to be in sports to fit in - Dezmand Garza from Grant High School Well Being Trust and iHeartRadio along with student leadership from OASC (Oregon Association of Student Councils) wants to help make going back-to-school a little easier, so we asked students to help squash some of these back-to-school myths about starting high school. Check back with us daily for a new advice video to learn the truth behind the myth. Share what you are doing to get ready for school with Well Being Trust and use the hashtags #work2bewell #beheard #bewell or share a video of your advice on going back to high school.


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Game Analysis with Canadian Mens Sevens Team with Ben Herring
An excellent insight into the modern professional 7s game and how top team's prepare.
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Last week we had the privilege to spend time with Liam Middleton Canadian Mens 7s Head Coach as his team played a warm up match with Fiji. We followed Liam through the preparation, match itself and subsequent analysis as he explained what he was looking for and why from his players at each stage.
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Donald Trump may announce candidacy for president
After flirting with the idea for years, "The Donald" may be announcing his campaign for the presidency on Tuesday.
Real estate mogul Donald Trump is scheduled to make a major announcement Tuesday. While it could be that he's launching a new spin-off of "The Apprentice," the Washington Post reports he will also be releasing a summary of his financial assets, further signaling that he is likely entering the race for 2016 Republican nominee for president. The release would provide a first glimpse into Trump's nine billion dollar empire.
The 69-year-old television personality has been hiring campaign staff in key early primary states including Iowa and New Hampshire, and he teased a crowd of Iowans about his announcement earlier this month.
"'On the 16th I'll be making an announcement, and I think certainly the people in this room - I think a lot of people - are going to be very very happy with what I have to say," he said.
While it's unclear if he's poised to enter the race, he spent time on Monday responding to Twitter supporters calling for him to run.
Trump will make Tuesday's announcement at a rally at his Trump Tower in New York City. He will then travel to Iowa, and then to New Hampshire on Wednesday.
If Trump does in fact announce his candidacy, he will be the wealthiest current Republican presidential candidate.
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The Republican field for 2016 is already large and growing, but it appears he could reach the popularity threshold to participate in the first major debate scheduled for August. People on social media have been very positive about Trump's potential run.
"Selfishly, the networks would put me on because I get great ratings," Trump told The Associated Press in a recent interview.


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San Marcos, TX – June 1, 2015 -- Leading North American quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials Corp (OTCQB:QTMM) today launched their new QDX™ class of high-stability Cadmium-free quantum dots at the Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week 2015 International Symposium in San Jose, CA. QDX™ Quantum Dot production is underway on Quantum Materials' patented continuous-flow production system and assessment quantities have already shipped to the Company's largest potential customers.
"Our QDX Quantum Dots represent a game-changing development in advancing next generation display and lighting applications," said Quantum Materials Corp CEO Stephen Squires. "Their stability under high heat allows for more effective high temperature dispersion onto LCD display thin–film. In Solid-State Lighting, QDX Quantum Dots used in QD-LEDs will give better performance and effective life in high-heat and moisture-laden environments without degradation. We are excited to see QDX Quantum Dots unleash the engineering and design teams of our customers to facilitate advances in display and lighting applications never before possible."
QDX™ Quantum Dots have been tested to withstand heat resistance to 150 degrees centigrade for four hours with no oxidation performance degradation in an open air environment. Quantum Materials believes that QDX™ attributes and availability in commercial quantities will lead to large-scale mass-production of QD-LCD displays in the near future.
For Quantum Dot Liquid Crystal Display (QDLCD) manufacturing, QDX™ Quantum Dots reduce the need for expensive barrier films currently needed to prevent quantum dot degradation from moisture and oxygen. Custom characteristics can also be incorporated into QDX™, including large Stokes shift to reduce re-absorption loss for increased luminescence and better color purity.
QDX™ Quantum Dots are ideal for LED lighting development because they are more stable than organic phosphors and their high heat resistance enables better LED manufacturing capability, high illumination performance, long lifetime and resistance to power spike damage. Solid-state lighting made with QDX™ LED's will require less heat sinks or baffles and bring new and simpler design form factors to the lighting.
A new report from n-tech Research (formerly Nanomarkets) entitled 'Market Opportunities for Quantum Dots: 2015 to 2022' estimates the market for quantum dots (QDs) will grow from +$400 million in 2015 to $5.5 billion in 2020 and $12 billion in 2022.
Quantum Materials was cited in Sri Peruvemba's recent article for The Society for Information Display (SID) on 'Top 10 trends in display technology' and Quantum Materials executives at SID's Display Week 2015 launching QDX™ this week include CEO Stephen Squires, Chief Science Officer Dr. Ghassan Jabbour, Senior Director of Business Development for Asia/Pacific Toshi Ando, and Art Lamstein, Director of Marketing.
The 52nd SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, or Display Week 2015, will take place May 31-June 5 at the San Jose Convention Center, in San Jose, Calif. Display Week is the premier gathering of system integrators, designers, consumers, scientists, engineers and manufacturers in the field of electronic information displays. For more information on Display Week 2015, visit www.displayweek.org or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @DisplayWeek. Display Week tweets can be created, viewed and shared using the hashtag #DisplayWeek15.
Quantum Materials Corp develops and manufactures Quantum Dots and nanomaterials for use in medical, display, solar energy and lighting applications through its patented volume production process. QMC's volume manufacturing methods enable consistent quality and scalable cost reductions to drive innovative discovery to commercial success. Quantum Materials Corp technology continues to move the future of quantum dots to the present. Quantum Materials' products are the foundation for technologically superior, energy efficient and environmentally sound LCD UHD displays, the next generation of solid-state lighting, solar photovoltaic power applications, advanced battery and energy storage solutions, biotech imaging, and biomedical theranostics. Wholly-owned subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies develops sustainable quantum dot solar technology. www.QMCDOTS.com
The Society for Information Display (SID) is the only professional organization focused on the display industry. In fact, by exclusively focusing on the advancement of electronic display technology, SID provides a unique platform for industry collaboration, communication and training in all related technologies while showcasing the industry's best new products. The organization's members are professionals in the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing and sales. To promote industry and academic technology development, while also educating consumers on the importance of displays, SID hosts more than 10 conferences a year, including Display Week, which brings industry and academia all under one roof to showcase technology that will shape the future. SID's global headquarters are located at 1475 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 114, Campbell, CA 95008. For more information, visit www.sid.org.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning our business, products, and financial results. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted. More information about potential risk factors that could affect our business, products, and financial results are included in our annual report and in reports subsequently filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). All documents are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov/ or from our website. We hereby disclaim any obligation to publicly update the information provided above, including forward-looking statements, to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Art Lamstein
Director of Marketing
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There are two dominant patterns these days for e-NABLE volunteers and recipients to find each other. These two patterns — the mostly local and the mostly global patterns — reinforce and (soon, hopefully) complement each other.
The mostly local pattern
- An individual or a chapters develops a reputation
- A recipient contacts them
- The individual or chapter members develop a solution
- The recipient receives the device — and the equally important goodwill
- Chapters and local media celebrate the event, thus spreading the chapter's reputation (and e-NABLE's)
The mostly global (and emerging) pattern
- Prospective recipients and volunteers register with e-NABLE Web Central, identifying their needs and offerings
- Recipients use the site to find volunteers eager to help
- Volunteers use the site to to find recipient cases in need of their skills
- A team of volunteers plus recipient coalesces
- They use the site to select, customize, fabricate, and track a device
- They get the job done and (soon, I believe), make pictures and follow-up data visible through the site
The creators of e-NABLE Web Central (long-time e-NABLE volunteer Jeremy Simon and Aleks Jones, partners at 3D Universe) are adding chapter and case-management features to e-NABLE Web Central on a near-weekly basis — so that may be helpful in supporting chapters' matching ability. And even if chapters do their own matching, it would be great for all of us if they uploaded data about their cases to the e-NABLE Web Central so we can begin assessing impact and improving our devices and services based up on feedback.
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