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Cold beer, barbecues, baseball, the pool, the beach. These things come to mind but they really are only what summer consists of, which is not the same as what summer means. That "about" is a little bit more subtle and complex.
Here's my attempt to define some of that about: summer as idea and metaphor.
The older I get, the more I love summer. It's my favorite season. Love to see it come, hate to see it go. The world pulsates with freshness, not to mention the cold beer, barbecues, baseball, the pool, the beach. There's more fun to be had, more simple things to enjoy. It's too hot to care. But sooner or later, you can't ignore the realization that your number of summers is finite. Sooner or later, you have to care. In summer anything can seem possible, but summer is also evidence that nothing lasts. We never feel as alive as we do in summer, yet the season eventually shows us the ultimate and unavoidable truth of our own mortality.
Everything on this list can be enjoyed or experienced during the rest of the year, but that is part of the point – these are things that transcend the season because they are about what summer is about. Even when you encounter them in the dead of winter, they cause you to think about what summer is about.
So, as the solstice returns again, here is my list of 10 Things About What Summer's About.
1) Jaws
Drive-ins may be gone and you no longer need a movie theater to enjoy air conditioning, but when summer rolls into town you need to see summer movies. In fact, summer now starts in May because that is when Hollywood first introduces "summer" movies – and we owe our cinematic preference calendar to Spielberg's still amazing, "high-concept" classic, Jaws. In fact, the compact – 3 act – story structure of Jaws has been so studied in Film Schools since the Summer it was released that it now the written in stone template all films must follow, and most do – all Summer films without exception. The harsh, brutal reality of nature is revealed by winter; summer camouflages that reality. The ocean is warm, so irresistibly inviting as it laps along the edges of a beach, where we frolic in the sand or lay on our backs, squinting at the sun.. We splash in the soothing brine, forgetting the hungry monsters living beneath all that salty mystery. Jaws reminds us that nature – and its inevitable indifference to our own wellbeing –always has the last word. The ocean is filled with sudden death and man's losing battle with nature leaves few survivors and destroys all Pequods. Jaws reminds film goers that giving into suspense then having that suspense fulfilled with sudden movie blood and movie death is pure, absolute cinema. Jaws is about how summer enables nature's lethal charade. It also defines how – and why – we watch cinema in the summer.
2) Salad
One eats salad all year, but summer is the only time salad doesn't suck. Summer is when traditional salad vegetables are truly fresh and you can taste their actual flavor. Summer is when lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers are at their most succulent, and in another of the season's joyous ironies, they are also at their lowest in price. Salad is used to describe any assembly of food items that can be tossed and eaten at room temperature. Salad –sans adjective and served in summer – means lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. Oh sure, add whatever you want – mushrooms, sprouts, croutons – you're limited only by your imagination and what is available – but the garden salad is the iconic, prototype, "ur" salad. We can order a garden salad any time of the year, except that outside of summer months, and really, outside of July and August, the lettuce is wilted and bland, tomatoes are mushy and acidic and cucumbers are chewy, and anemic. Might as well eat straw When it's not summer, salad needs other items – bacon bits! –and fancy dressings to be palatable. In the summer, when the produce aisles offer abundant local lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers, then you can eat a salad without any augmentation, even dressing. When these three ingredients are consumed within 24-48 hours of being picked, salad has a succulence unsurpassed by even the best desert. Salad is satisfying and refreshing – something it is certainly not the rest of the year. Salad teaches us a vital lesson about a summer: life is never better than when life is at its peak!
3) The Great Gatsby
What can be said about this great novel that hasn't already been said? I'll give it a shot anyway, old sport. I read this short, minimalist novel just about every summer. By the third time or so you can plow through it in a single wonderful sitting. The story takes place during the Summer of 1922 , when the economy was booming, the rich were getting richer, prohibition created wealthy criminals, classes and made semi-outlaws out of everyone who imbibed, and both the rich and the gangsters mingled with each other and with veterans of WWI, who had untreated PTSD and the country they returned to had no interest in trying to fathom the violence they had experienced, all of which, of course, is mere subtext to a melodramatic story of a incredibly rich gangster from the Midwest, who has such undying love for the young woman –Daisy–from the wealthy class who he met just before being shipped to fight in Europe– that in spite of her being married and a mother, he rents a mansion next to her cousin, the story's narrator. The impossibility of these two being together, and Gatsby's refusal to accept the impossibility of their togetherness, a delusion born in part out of his American optimism, sets in motion a series of events that end in tragedy. The lines of class cannot be crossed and the events he sets in motion literally backfire, with Daisy's husband, Tom, inadvertently causing Gatsby's death in a sublime piece of irony: The man who was cuckold by Tom kills the man who cuckolded Tom. The basic plot may be timeless, as well as seasonless, but Jay Gatz cannot be. He is summer because it is summer when we most believe romance can conquer all. The novel's story begins two weeks before the previous summer: "the history of the Summer really begins o the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchannan's," – note "history of the summer" – and then after Gatsby is dead, and the narrator is preparing to move back to the Midwest (he is living in the Midwest when he begins this story about his summer in the East) "One afternoon in late October I saw Tom Buchanan." When we get to the end, to the well known green light metaphor of the orgiastic future and the boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past, you ponder the meaning of summer, whose fecund and fertile warmth encourages us to test the limits of our imagination. Summer inspires our boats to continue against the current. My favorite image from Gatsby, which is far less profound, is when Nick is setting up the tea with lemon cakes that is a pretext for Gatsby to reunite with Daisy. Nick has already made reference about how awful his lawn looks – his house is next door to Gatsby's mansion – "The day agreed upon was pouring rain. At eleven o'clock a man in a raincoat dragging a lawn-mower tapped at my front door and said that Mr. Gatsby sent him over to cut my grass." You can pick out any sentence in this book and find simple music, but the idea that wealth insists that a lawn be mowed in the rain embodies the conflict at the heart of this masterpiece.
4) Summer Days
Plenty of Bob Dylan songs have summer imagery, and he wrote a song "In The Summer Time," but Summer Days – a late career ditty, a real rocker when performed live – zeroes in on the inevitability of summer fading away and our stubborn insistence that we can get make it last a little longer. "Summer Days, Summer Nights are Gone/I know a Place where something's going on," the narrator sings. Summer is nature's way of giving us a metaphor for youth. In early summer you are just enjoying the moment and if you can't get everything done today there's always tomorrow. Eventually September is here and you're down to the last inning, the last pitch, the last swing and maybe if you get on base your summer will last a little longer. In Summer Days, the narrator talks about his hogs, the carburetor in his Cadillac car, stands on the tables and gives a toast to the king. He's having a great time and does not want this life to end. He even quotes Gatsby: "You can't repeat the past, what you mean you can't, of course you can," who tried too hard to hold to youth, to love, to summer, in the great summer novel that still haunts us all. This song is a frantic anthem about the need to make the excitement of – youth, love, fun – i.e. summer! – last a little longer. But the fact it is temporary is what makes excitement so exciting. We can be so willing not to admit to ourselves when youth, love, fun are gone. You always realize too late that summer is ending and by the time that sorry fact dawns on you, autumn is already here.
5) Tattoos
We wear as little clothing as legally possible from Mid-May through Mid-September. Most of these newly revealed parts of most people, especially after a certain age, are better left unseen, but what fun is that? In our new century though, when summer comes in the tattoos come out. The majority of people get tattoos on places that are covered in cold weather. Those with always visible ink, especially large tats on the neck or hands or face, are compelled to display their hardcore-ness for everyone to see, which probably means they don't work day jobs like us squares. Let your ink freak flag fly I say. For the majority, the exhibition of tattoos is like green leaves, fireflies and open fire hydrants – a strictly summer phenomenon. In the 21stcentury, as the change of season demands that clothing diminishes and more skin is bared, more of that skin is inked. The summer parade of flesh is now a trippy cartoon of images on the flesh. Unlike, say most paintings (or actual cartoons), these images have no apparent narrative. Sure, we recognize the symbol or word or likeness, but unless we know why that individual selected that individual image, it is just a reference without context. In the summer, tattoos both tell stories and keep secrets. You see what you see, but you just don't know what that image means to the person beneath the flesh. You know and you don't know, just like summer.
6) Hissing of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell is often chilly. She's Canadian and many of her songs – e.g. Little Green – seem to take place in the winter. Hissing of Summer Lawns – her first, Jazz-infused blatant casting off of the folk rock yoke – most certainly takes place in the humid materialism of summer in the lower 48. The themes explore the dark sides of summer: deep ennui and destructive behavior. In the title track, the advent of summer causes a lonely, upper class woman realize how trapped she is by her husband: "He put her in a ranch house on a hill/She could see the valley barbecues/From her window sill/See the blue pools in the squinting sun/Hear the hissing of summer lawns." She stays, even though her life feels empty, just like the "Chippendale that nobody sits in…Still she stays with a love of some kind/It's the lady's choice/The hissing of summer lawns." Summer is not boredom and angst, but if you are feeling those things summer amplified them with an unbearable focus . The opening track – In France They Kiss on Main Street – shows young people (summer is the Season at this cycle of mortality), using reckless behavior to free themselves from the repression, sexual and otherwise, especially of women, of the 1950s. But life doesn't turn out to be as happy as those young kisses for the whole town to see, and summer imagery persists throughout to highlight her disappointment: The Jungle Line – "Screaming in a ritual of sound and time/Floating, drifting on the air conditioned wind," In Harry's House/Centerpeice, another sad, feverish portrayal of a woman trapped by a wealthy man, has – "Heat waves on the runway" , an insect that only appears in Summer as a metaphor –"A helicopter lands on the Pan Am roof/Like a dragonfly on a tomb," and Harry's recalls an erotic image of his young wife from a summer long ago – "He drifts off into the memory/Of the way she looked in school/With her body oiled and shining/At the public swimming pool." To say this record is about summer is misstating the point. Summer is the foundation, the starting point of a singular vision about why we sometimes feel so uneasy living with what our life turns out to be. We realize that in summer so we can change things by the time it's our autumn. Maybe we decide not to change things because autumn is so close. We realize that if we give up our ennui we'll have nothing.
7) Mid Summer Nights Dream
Harold Bloom says this play is Shakespeare's"visualization of an ideal summer," and in spite of mostly crappy films and high school English courses, the comedy in this play still feels fresh. Read it again and you will laugh. We all know the story: Robin Goodfellow – Puck – on orders of the king of the faeries, Oberon to use a magic flower to make Titania queen of the faeries to fall in love with an ass. Bottom – the guy who is turned into the ass – is part of a troupe performing a play about a wedding in honor of the royal nuptials. Puck causes further mischief by using the flower to cause a set of couples to fall in love with their opposites, which disrupts the marriage of the king of Athens, whose pending nuptials open the play. The characters and their unions and disunions with the objects of the love are different variations on the same theme of coupledom. Shakespeare shows love feels so objective, but can only be manifested subjectively. Shakespeare show how arbitrary romantic love can seem, and how fleeting. Summer increases the potential for infatuations, and what makes the infatuations so disruptive is lust. The summer fling, the summer crush, what is it about the season? Everything is ripe. More of the body is visible. The nights are shorter, thus dreams more intense. Nature is in heat. We mate. Lust is unavoidable, giving into impulse more enticing and seemingly more justifiable. When lust gets in the heart, it's all the mind can think about and all the allegories –and Elizabethan proprietaries – cannot obscure, much less prevent, the heated desires Shakespeare explores in this drama masquerading as farce. When it's summer, "reason and love keep little company..."
8) Europe 72
Even the Grateful Dead haters admit what the lovers always knew – Europe 72 is one of the greatest rock & roll albums in the canon. A genuine classic. This 40th anniversary year, Rhino released every concert of this famous tour, a gesture as excessive as the band and its diehard fans. Europe 72 is a kind of best of the band at a very strong period. There is a lot of summer here: Sugar Magnolia, is a revved up summer idyll – "Sugar Magnolia/Blossoms Blooming/ Heads All Empty but I don't Care/Saw My Baby Down By the River/Knew She had to come up soon for air" From the road trip anthem – Truckin – to all these weird stories such as Mr. Charlie, who shoots shot guns at strangers, Cumberland Blues about miners, Brown Eyed Woman, (bootleggers), as well as tremendous covers of Hank Williams and Leadbelly. Truckin and its jam is a well known Grateful Dead recording, but the song itself is like the album, where Jack & Neil hit the road and discover what's left of old, weird America. China Cat Sunflower – a splendid piece of surrealism – is another Summer Song with Hunter at his most impenetrable: "Comic book colors on a violin river/crying Leonardo words/from out a silk trombone" – that flows via an amazing piece Bill Monroe meets John Coltrane jamming, evolving into Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad, a song Woody Guthrie recorded first, but Garcia heard in John Ford's Grapes of Wrath (the dustbowl was a summer disaster). An argument can be made that you have to be high to fully appreciate the Grateful Dead, and when they sing, what a long strange trip it's been, we know what kind of trip they meant. Well, sooner or later everybody graduates the Acid Test even if they never took acid. This record is influenced, and really about, the psychedelic experience, and more specifically, that experience in the gleeful mysticism of summer, when the mind tends to wander into multi-layered, and wildly free associations (i.e., Alice in Wonderland & the Joads), and all the new colors seem bright and vibrant. Europe 72 is also about a desire you get, especially in early summer, for the psychedelic. You feel good, the sun warms your face and you say to yourself, this would be a great day to trip. Even if you never have dropped or it has been years since you have dropped and would never do again such a thing, that thought crosses your mind. It's not a serious consideration. You are surprised you are even considering it. Yet there it is, for one fleeting moment, a wistful prospect. Europe 72 is about summer's inherent desire for psychedelic experience. Some summer days are so nice you say to yourself this would be a perfect day to trip.
9) Feast of the Assumption
Mysticism – pondering the essence of reality, the coexistence of the material and the immaterial worlds – just seems to be a reverie more likely to unfold in the summer. Your mind seems more open to more possibilities this time of year; sooner or later those possibilities turn to the nature of reality. The Feast of the Assumption, a Roman Catholic Holy Day of Obligation, but celebrated by many other denominations, takes place August 15th , questions what many think is the nature of reality. If you think about the Assumption, speculate on its likely roots in pagan Europe – when crops are being tended to, about a month before harvest begins – you cannot ignore the influence summer on the development of this mystical theology. Summer is at the essence of mysticism. The basic premise is the Virgin Mother, (mom of You Know Who), being born without original sin and dying with any sin of omission, commission or conscience, was, at her death (which there is no historical record of, nor is it mentioned in the New Testament), is "assumed" into Heaven. Her son Ascended (Ascension Thursday) into heaven, indicating a lifting. The meaning of assumed though indicates something different, the material becoming the immaterial. What is the nature of substance – we do not see God, but God created substance –is God substance or just in all substance? Once assumed, was the body of Mary still material, but just in a different place or was this transformation even more mystical, that the difference between the substantial and the insubstantial is just a mortal conceit, the supreme being sees no division. These are issues theologians ponder and discuss during summer break. Pope Pius XII explains the Assumption: "that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." The Assumption, in statuary and paintings, has Mary depicted with a flowing robe usually with cherubs at her feet, accompanying the assuming process. The philosophical concepts underlying the way the incarnation is depicted, to faithful and non-believer alike, is an extravagant flight of imaginative thought, only possible, like the feast itself, at the height of summer.
10) Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Being from New Jersey, I would be amiss not to give Bruce a summer shout out. What's more summer in our state than going down the shore, having Bruce blasting on the speakers as the Parkway exit numbers shrink into double digits? While the sound of Bruce has invoked summer for now two generations of listeners, most of his beach songs take place during winter when he was an outsider in the most outsiders of worlds, the shore at winter, where isolation and anxiety ride the waves. We may think of Bruce as being summer, but that is only in sound not meaning. A newer song, Girls in Their Summer Clothes, is about how the season mends a broken heart heal. You may have been done a wrong, but at least you have the summer and friends. This sentiment is perhaps why suicide rates are so high in winter. The summer here is probably early or late – "breeze crosses the porch", "cool of the evening light", and the narrator, Bill says "Jacket's on, I'm out the door" – the heat isn't unbearable. The song portrays a neighborhood at dusk "the street lights shine" with a living is easy Americana feel – "Kid's rubber ball smacks/Off the gutter 'neath the lamp light." Bill, who initially notices "Lovers they walk by/Holdin' hands two by two" goes to his Frankie's Diner, where "Shaniqua brings a coffee and asks "fill?"And says "penny for your thoughts now my boy Bill" (dig how he rhymes that couplet and listen to the internal syllables in those two lines). Bill Responds: "She went away/She cut me like a knife." But on this pleasant summer evening, his anger doesn't linger, his broken heart is healing by just seeing "The Girls in their Summer Clothes, Pass me by." Summer is prone to inspire sweet melancholy. At one point, Bill says: "Hello beautiful thing/Maybe you could save my life," and he seems unthreatening, isn't even obnoxious in what I take as a line he tries out on one of the women passing by. So, it's summer and you're alone and all you see are either couples in love and women dressed scantily who won't give you the time of night, but you know, the weather's nice, the waitress is kind. It doesn't hurt today as much as it did yesterday. The song ends with the E Street Chorus, a thick texture of Jersey Shore Sound, with Springsteen's pop music choir of La la la la – echoing so many Summer top 40 hits. After you get this sweet melancholy portrayal of a lonely guy who is getting through another summer night, getting on with his life, and having him realize that getting through one step at a time is enough for now, Springsteen reminds of his ever constant themes of friendship and community with a simple, wordless chorus, backed by the E-Street band, in full glory. Their familiar, multilayered swing eases your pain. Thanks guys, it's not a bad summer after all. There are a lot of pretty girls out tonight.
Bonus: James Lee Burke/Dave Robicheaux
I think I'm like most, lighter fare is interspersed among my reading throughout the year. Still, there is the summer book concept. Maybe one wants to read more entertaining novels when you think of the beach and summer and summer beach reading. You want to relax and escape. Probably the "pop novelist" I follow most devotedly these days is James Lee Burke and his Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux. I've enjoyed his other books – his literary short story collection Jesus Out to Sea is recommendable – but the Robicheaux books are by far his best writing. But, in addition to being detective fiction, thus lighter fare thus summer reading, he releases Robicheaux books in the summer. In fact, one is due this July: an immediate sequel is the rumor. While the detective gets banged up in all the books, usually the books end with some time passage and a coda of sorts, a reflection of what transpired in the roughly 300 pages prior. He goes on with his life on the final page. The Glass Rainbow, which came out last year, ended suddenly – oh the bad guys are finally subdued, but Robicheaux and his partner, Clete Purcell, limp away, they have taken bullets. There was no coda. They ended with the wounds still bleeding. An immediate sequel has heretofore been unheard of, but there is no way he can continue the Robicheaux saga without it being immediate. A veteran who served in Vietnam in the mid-60s, Robicheaux has to be close to or in his 70s, although I think he lost about ten years through poetic license a couple of novels back. Except for one set in Montana (?), they all take place in Louisiana, where let's face it, it is always summer. Robicheaux lives and works in the swamps of New Iberia, although most crimes are rooted in the Gomorrah of New Orleans, it's always hot and sticky and sweaty. Robicheaux, an ex-alcoholic who is always thirsty, always dreaming of the beads of sweat along the sides of the brown glass of a bottle of Jax (a regional lager). Burke is the best writer of descriptive sentences alive. From Heaven's Prisoners: "I was just off Southwest Pass, between Pecan and Marsh Islands, with the green, white capping water of the Gulf Stream to the south and the long, flat expanse of the Louisiana coastline behind me – which is really not a coastline at all but instead a huge wetlands area of saw grass, dead cypress strung with wisps of moss, and a maze of canals and bayous that are choked with Japanese water lilies whose purple flowers audibly pop in the morning and whose root systems can wind around your propeller shaft like cable wire." See, when summer comes all America is Louisiana. The good Knight is doing everything possible to keep it together – he'll save the day, but it's never easy, especially in such relentless humidity.


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Elegant apartment located on the fourth floor
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heart of the characteristic Rione Trastevere, famous for the many clubs and
typical restaurants which make it the beating heart of Rome's night life.
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The Trastevere area consists of a maze of narrow streets that is still, despite the evident gentrification, one of the city's most authentically Roman neighbourhoods. Literally translated, Trastevere means "across the Tiber", which, of course describes its proximity to the historical center, just southwest on the other side of the river, and just a ten minute walk away. This area includes two neighbourhoods: Trastevere and Monteverde. The first one is a modern and residential area full of nice apartments where you can find green open spaces (such as the huge and beautiful Villa Doria Pamphili, one of the biggest parks in Rome), trading areas and many different shops. Trastevere is one of the oldest and typical neighbourhoods of the city. The narrow paved streets and allays are plenty of cinemas, cafés and restaurants with tables scattered in the pavement, mostly at Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere and in Viale Trastevere. The churches of Santa Cecilia and San Francesco a Ripa are very remarkable. Lovely typical area to enjoy your stay in an apartment in Rome.

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Waiting for R-day
Reflection and Relaxation. :D
Only two words, but I am really psyched by the upcoming vacation. Maybe because it is one of the longest vacations I could have. My last one's when I resigned from my office and became a bum for a week or so. And I have been long waiting for this one so I could like rearrange my room already and put up my beloved books in my new beloved shelf. (love you honey..peace tayo :P)
So anyhoo, I am yearning to start my scrapbooking and all, (that is, if I didn't get caught up in sleeping) but really, I want to put what I have collected inside it. And since creativity is running in my blood right now, I feel it is the best time to do so. (super serious naman.)
The train from the MRT I caught today had a terrifying experience. Not that gory or anything but it kinda stopped in a way the all of us inside could stumble through one another. Some even called it that "parang Final Destination". I just then realized that anything is possible to happen. If it had been a split second that we are about to have an accident worse than that, maybe things would be different right now. But I believed that somehow, it isn't time yet. Or maybe God and the angels were listening that people aren't ready yet. That they have to do a lot of things in their life and it shouldn't end now.
Went to Quiapo Church yesterday. I actually want to visit 7 churches this Holy Week and join the bandwagon, but I'm not sure how am I gonna be able to do that. Hon has work (still) over the holiday, so he'll just visit me on Black Saturday. My family would probably go to our other house at Nova. My grandma, well she's already old and couldn't really marathon with me anymore. I don't know about friends but they probably would be in the province doing their own things and all. Ergo, my only resort is going alone, and I had it all figured out from the very first time. The next problem is, where to. :D
PBB still airs over the holiday. Yay! And Seventh Heaven Marathons at Studio 23. Now that's what I call life.
Have to go and spend my remaining precious time at work. Muah!


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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Tutorial Tuesday - May Nesting Components Mini Album
Hi PWP fans! Dana here today sharing a fun project that I created with the May Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit and some of my favorite quick and easy mixed media techniques.
Here is a peek of the May Nesting Components. You can read all about the kit contents HERE and can purchase this limited edition kit from the Paper Wings Productions Store while supplies last. When I saw the packages of Pink Paislee Journaling Cards and Paper Goods I immediately thought mini album!
I incorporated the majority of the kit contents into this album. I added color and designs to both the front and the back of each journaling card. I used the Thankful Clear Stamp Set for the sentiment on the cover and I tied everything together with a piece of seam binding.
I wanted this album to be pretty and practical so I also made a mini photo album with some of the smaller cards that were part of the Paper Goods embellishment package that ties into my larger album.
I added a gorgeous script pattern to the front of each Journaling Card with my favorite Background Writings Stamp and some gold embossing powder. To add a splash of color I scribbled several colors of Distress Markers onto a stamp block, spritzed the block with water, and then gently pressed the Journaling Card onto the block. Stamp pads will also work for this technique!
Once the Journaling Cards were dry, I embellished them with Paper Goods, flowers and rhinestones.
The back of each Journaling Card is blank. I used the She Art Coffee Filter Sheets and Pink Paislee Press Ons to add pattern and color to the cards. I used the Dylusions Ink Spray to add splatters of white paint to each card.
Like the front of the cards, I embellished several of the back of the cards with Paper Goods, flowers and rhinestones.
I used the Sticky Back Canvas ATCs and several of the clip art images for image transfers. The canvas adds some great texture to my album! To transfer images to the canvas ATCs, cut several images from the clip art sheet. Next, peel of the backing of the ATCs and apply the images, color side down, to the sticky backing of the ATC. Press down to seal the image to the ATC. Lightly score the back of the image with a pair of scissors and spritz with water. Then, gently rub the paper away to reveal the transferred image.
Here are my completed embellished image transfer cards.
Here are the front and back of my cards. The Pink Paislee Paper Goods package included two larger cards that I used for the front and back covers of my album.
Check back here for more projects with the kit. If you missed the posts from last week you'll want to go back and check them out! Shay created a series of fabulous cards using several stamp sets in innovative and clever ways. Tara shared a fun way to document and display vacation photos with a bright and fun framed collage.
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Wow,this is gorgeous. Love all the great techniques you used. Very inspiring:)ReplyDelete
Stunning mini album, Dana! I love all the beautiful details and techniques (love the use of the handwriting). You really rocked the Nesting Components Kit! Thank you so much for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Wow, this is absolutely stunning!! All of the details are just amazing!! I love the techniques you used and the design!! Gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
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Super cute, loving all the embellished image transfer cards! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Fantastic post, Dana. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Dana, this is really amazing!ReplyDelete
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A surety company must determine the risk of a loss occurring if the principal is unable to satisfy the obligation under the bond. Since a bond is an extension of credit, the surety company must review the principal's financial information and business experience to determine if certain requirements are met to support the bonded obligation. This procedure is known as the underwriting process. Just as a bank evaluates loan applications, surety company underwriters evaluate risks in a similar way by considering business and personal financial statements, credit reports, credit references and other factors.
What are the benefits of surety bonds?
Surety bonds are a mechanism for transferring risk. The surety company assumes the risk of the principal doing business from the obligee. Federal, state and local governments generally require surety bonds to give certainty that business owners and individuals will adhere with various laws safeguarding public funds. For example, license bonds protect the public from business impropriety. Contract bonds protect taxpayers by pledging that projects are finished appropriately, on time and without liens. Court, public official, government and miscellaneous bonds protect and secure public funds and private interests.
What is indemnity?
Indemnity agreements are a standard of the industry. To indemnify means to make whole. Under common law, the surety company has the right to be indemnified by the principal in the event of a loss. The General Indemnity Agreement (GIA) carries out that right by stating that if the surety suffers a loss while providing a bond to the principal, the principal is obligated to make the surety "whole" by reimbursing any losses and expenses.
Surety companies usually require the president to sign on behalf of the company, all owners with over 10% ownership to sign personally, and the owners' spouses to sign personally. Personal indemnification establishes the principal's private commitment to the business entity and to the surety company.
New Account Information
Basic information required for establishing surety credit
- Reviewed CPA Fiscal year-end financial statements for the past 3 years.
- Current 6 month statement from year end date
- Aging of Accounts Receivables (same date as Statement).
- Personal financial statement on all stockholders.
- Current bank letter outlining line of credit.
- New account contractors questionnaire.
- Current work in progress report.
- Last year's tax return, corporate and personals.
Other Types of Surety Bonds
License + Permit Bond – Guarantee the Principal will comply with applicable codes and regulations by the Obligee (The Obligee is usually a government entity such as City, Town, or State)
Permit Bonds grant a Privilege.
Types Include:
- Electricians License
- Plumbers/HVAC License
- General Contractors License
- Sub Surface Sewage Bond
- Right of Way
Supply Bond – A Supply Surety Bond is a type of contract surety bond guaranteeing that a supplier will provide the supplies and materials for the purchaser as contracted. Supply Surety bonds protect the purchaser from project losses due to unavailable materials.
Maintenance Bond – A Maintenance Surety Bond is a contract surety bond that is required by certain jurisdictions. A Maintenance Surety Bond is a bond required in addition to performance and payment bond of a contractor by an owner of a construction project. The maintenance bond is required after the project is complete and protects the owner of the completed construction project for a specified time period, specifically against defects and faults in the materials used.
Probate and Court Bonds – A Probate bond guarantees an honest accounting and faithful performance of duties by fiduciaries/trustees. These bonds are required by courts or statutes as estates of deceased persons, incompetent persons, and minors are set up and administered. (For Estates)
Types Include:
- Administrator
- Executor
- Guardian
- Conservator
- Trustee
A Bankruptcy or Equity bond might be required of an appointed fiduciary for the sale of real estate or for property in foreclosure, reorganization or other litigation. This bond guarantees an honest accounting and performance of duties while managing and distributing the assets as directed by the court.
Common Types include Receivers and Trustees.
Other Judicial bonds may be required by a court in cases where someone is seeking legal benefit or relief. These court bonds can be extremely hazardous. Specific supplemental information may be required.
Types Include:
- Appeal
- Injunction
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I know you can buy it now. But, I still prefer my DIY method.
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For as long as I can remember I have been telling any one who will listen that I do this. And that they should do it because its super easy to look as good as I do on a regular basis and not wash your stinky body.
1/2 cup Baby Powder
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Mix in a bowl
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Apply to hair. Some people use a blush brush for the roots. I just put a bit in my hand and toss it in the roots.
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119. —blind mouths: "A 'Bishop' means 'a person who sees.' A 'Pastor* means 'a person who feeds.' The most unbishoply character a man can have is therefore to be Blind. The most unpastoral is, instead of feeding, to
- want to be fed,—to be a Mouth."
—Sesame and Lilies, \ 22.
120, 1.—The pastoral imagery familiar in connection with the Church is here united with that of the conventional literary type which the poem follows in general.
122. —What recks . . . sped: What does it matter to them? What lflo'rCTrVtley want? They have succeeded in getting what they were after, the material rewards of the priesthood.
123. —list: please. The implication is that they preached only when they felt inclined, lean: containing no spiritual nourishment, flashy: watery, insipid, trashy.
124. —scrannel: said to be a Lancashire dialect word meaning "thin," "meagre." The sound of the wordand the context go far to give us Milton's idea. Cf. Scottish, scran, to scrape together.
126.—rank: poisonous. The suggestion is that the careless shepherds let the sheep wander into pestilential marshes. Symbolically, it refers to the risk of heresy. draw: inhale.
128.—grim wolf: the church of Borne, privy: referring to the secret proselytizing then going on.
130.—two-handed engine. engrme=instrument. The reference here is obscure. A favorite explanation is that it is to "the axellaid unto the root of the tree" (Matthew 11\ 10); M. sees a reference to the two Houses of Parliament V. to the sword of Justice. Perhaps Milton meant nothing more than that an effective remedy was at the door i. e., close at hand.
132.—Alpheus. Just as after the digression on Fame h resumed by calling on Arethusa as a symbol of paatora poetry, so after this digression on the state of the Church he calls on Alpheus, the lover of Arethusa. The dread voice is, of course, St. Peter's, and the shrinking of the streams represents the checking of the flow of pastoral verse.
133.—Sicilian muse. Cf. note on ver. 85. 136.—use: dwell, have their haunts.
138. —swart star: i. e., the star that makes things swart or dark with scorching, the Dog-star, Sirius. sparely: but little, seldom.
139. —quaint enamelled eyes: cfcriotisly colored flowers.
141. —purple: imperative of the verb. Purple is used in a general sense, ''to make richly colored."
142. —rathe: early. Used now only in the comparative, forsaken. This is usually interpreted as "unwedded," partly because Milton first wrote "unwedded" in obvious reminiscence of Shakspere's
But perhaps he was thinking of the loneliness of the primrose, blooming in retired places, and so early that -few other flowers are out.
151.—laureate hearse, hearse has had a great variety of' meanings, but here it is understood to signify the wooden frame on which the coffin rested. Memorial stanzas / were often fastened to this, hence laureate refers to Lycidas and the other verses written in honor of King.
153, 4.—Milton recalls the fact that he has been playing with the idea that they really had the body of King for burial, when in fact it was lost in the sea. surmise: fancy.
154. —The series of clauses beginning at whilst are all subordinate to the clause in ver. 153.
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The name is Greek, meaning^
156.—Hebrides: islands off the west coast of Scotland.
158. —monstrous: inhabited by monsters.
159. —moist vows: tearful vows.
160. —fable of Bellerus: i. e., Land's End, in the extreme southwest of England. The Latin name for this cape was Bellerium, and this word Milton derives from an imaginary Bellcrus.
161. —guarded mount: St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, on which was a craggy seat where the Archangel was fabled to appear at times: hence great vision. There are ruins of a fortress on the hill, but the epithet guarded is more likely to refer to the protection of the angel.
162. —Namancos and Bayona are both on the coast of Spain near Cape Finisterre, the direction in which the vision of the Archangel was fabled to have looked over the sea.
163. —ruth: pity. Professor Corson ingeniously suggests that in this line we have a further reference to the ecclesiastical situation. In making the Archangel Michael, the guardian of the Church, look towards Spain, the stronghold of Catholicism, Milton, he thinks, meant to symbolize the Archangel's watchfulness against foreign danger. But now that the Church is exposed to danger from within, he calls on him to Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth,
164. —dolphins: in allusion to the story of Arion, a Greek poet and musician. Once, when he was at sea, the crew determined to kill him for his wealth, but he obtained permission to sing to his lyre for the last timei and then jump into the sea. His music brought a number of dolphins round the ship, and when he jumped overboard they bore him safe to land, where he had the sailors punished.
168.—day-star: the sun.
170.—tricks: dresses. ore: here used for "sparkling metal." Milton probably thought of gold. "No doubt, this was due to a mistaken belief that ore=aurum" (V.).
175. —nectar: used to keep up the imagery of pagan mythology, though in a description of the Christian heaven, oozy: moist, referring to the manner of hia death.
176. —unexpressive: inexpressible, nuptial song. Cf. Revelation, XIX, 9, "Blessed are they which are bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb."
186-193.—The last eight lines form a stanza (in ottava rima, as has been pointed out) apart, in which the poet no longer sings as a shepherd, but in a detached way describes the speaker of the foregoing.
186.—uncouth: literally, "unknown," here "rough," "rustic."
188. —stops: the holes in a wind instrument, quills. Skeat says that this sense of "reed" is probably older than that of "feather."
189. —Doric. The Sicilian pastoral poets wrote in the Doric dialect.
190. —Had lengthened out the shadows of the hills. 192.—twitched: gathered round him.
Acheron, m, 604.
Bacchus, i, 16; in, 46.
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The Vincent Thomas Bridge, movie star and spbxb supermodel, opened it's welcoming cable arms on November 15, 1963. It is named for California Assemblyman Vincent Thomas who championed a special act of legislature to get it built. It is the 3rd largest suspension bridge in California and has the 76th longest span in the world.
Its been in countless movies and tv shows; Gone in 60 Seconds, To Live and Die in LA, Charlies Angels the movie, Mr and Mrs Smith, National Security, Chips…and in some movies it stands in for the Golden Gate Bridge (I'm sure there's some color editing).
In January 2005, after 17 years of planning and fundraising, the bridge was illuminated with blue LED lights, powered by solar panels. I actually have a patch for one of the "Conquer the Bridge" walks that they had to raise money to light up the bridge.
Anyway, if you're from Pedro, the bridge means more than a movie rap sheet and a way to get to terminal island. It means you're home.
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January 29, 2018, 1:51 pm
John Wall missed practice on Monday to rest a sore left knee and is being reevaluated by doctors.
The Wizards play on Tuesday night, so he's considered questionable for the game pending further news about his examination. Wall has had a tough season with injuries, so hopefully this one isn't major. If he remains sidelined, Tomas Satoransky and Tim Frazier will split point guard duties. Satoransky had 11 points and seven assists, while Frazier dished out 14 assists on Saturday night in Wall's absence. They're only worth pickups if Wall's injury will keep him out longer than anticipated.
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June 5, 2020, 4:34 pmNikola JokicC, Denver Nuggets
According to head coach Mike Malone, Nikola Jokic has been staying in great shape during the lockout.
Jokic has never been known for staying in shape, especially during the offseason, and it will be a legitimate surprise if he returns lighter than he was at the stoppage in play. He started the year on the slower side and was clearly looking behind out of the gate, but he was back to his usual first-round value by the time games came to a stop. He should be ready for action when the lockout comes to an end. His teammate Jamal Murray is claiming that Jokic now has a "little four pack".
Source: The Athletic
June 5, 2020, 3:31 pmDejounte MurrayPG, San Antonio Spurs
The Spurs were dealing with injuries to LaMarcus Aldridge, Dejounte Murray, Jakob Poeltl and Lonnie Walker IV before the season was halted, but all four are expected to be "good to go" when the NBA resumes action.
Poeltl (MCL sprain) was dealing with the most significant injury of the bunch, and if he's ready then everyone else will be as well. Aldridge was day-to-day with a shoulder strain, while Murray and his strained calf were the biggest headache for fantasy GMs before the season stopped. Initially given no timetable for return, he's ready to go and will split the PG work with Derrick White as the Spurs try to extend their playoff streak.
Source: The Athletic
June 5, 2020, 3:26 pmDarius BazleyPF, Oklahoma City Thunder
Darius Bazley has recovered from a right knee bone bruise that he suffered in February.
We're going to say that he's healthy after he was spotted playing pickup games this past week. Bazley was set to be re-evaluated 4-6 weeks after sustaining the injury and is good to go. He's not a lock to receive minutes in the postseason but more depth options never hurt anybody.
Source: The Athletic
June 5, 2020, 3:25 pmAndre RobersonSG, Oklahoma City Thunder
Andre Roberson (left knee) may be able to play in the NBA's eight-game regular season, per The Athletic's Erik Horne.
Roberson has been out since January of 2018 thanks to a ruptured patellar tendon and some subsequent setbacks, but he said back in April that he's past the rehab stage of his recovery. It would be tough to envision the Thunder granting Roberson a big role considering the severity of his injury and the length of his layoff, but there's a chance that the defensive stopper can make some impact for the team down the stretch. Either way, it will be great to see him back on the floor again.
Source: The Athletic
June 5, 2020, 2:01 pmJonathan IsaacPF, Orlando Magic
Jonathan Isaac (left knee) has been running on a low-impact treadmill for about two weeks now.
Isaac went down at the beginning of January with what was thought to be a season-ending injury, involving a posterior lateral corner injury and a medial bone contusion — i.e., a severe sprain and a bone bruise. At that point he was set to be re-evaluated in 8-10 weeks, and while we're well past those timelines, Isaac does appear to be moving along in his recovery. It remains to be seen if he'll be available for Orlando's postseason chase or if the Magic would even bother risking his bright future at this point.
Source: The Athletic
June 5, 2020, 1:26 pmEvan FournierSF, Orlando Magic
Evan Fournier (right UCL sprain) is fully recovered.
Fournier was supposed to be looking at an "extended absence" when he first went down in March, slamming the brakes on what was a top-70 season. The fact that he's healthy again will be a huge lift to the Magic, who currently occupy the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference. They only need to hold off the Wizards to earn a playoff berth but also have an outside chance at jumping over the Nets to take the seventh spot.
Source: The Athletic
June 5, 2020, 1:21 pmKevin DurantSF, Brooklyn Nets
Kevin Durant (Achilles) will not return to the court this season, per Anthony Puccio.
There were whispers that KD might be able to get back on the floor given the extra few months of the season, and especially after he's started to appear in workout videos, but it has been repeatedly speculated that Durant would not return during the 2019-20 season under any circumstance. There's no sense in having Durant shake off the rust in an intense setting, even if he may be capable of contributing right now. Brooklyn's eyes are rightfully on next season as far as serious contention goes.
Source: Anthony Puccio on Twitter
June 4, 2020, 2:00 pmLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
The Board of Governors has approved the NBA's 22-team format to restart the 2019-20 season.
The vote was 29-1. It was widely expected that the format would get the go-ahead, even though more than one team didn't fully support the proposed plan, and the NBA has at least settled on what the season will look like once it's able to resume. They have also set the draft lottery for August 25 and the draft for October 15. The biggest hurdles remain anything that has to do with COVID-19, and to this point the league has yet to say anything about those challenges, but there is plenty of forward momentum these days.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
June 3, 2020, 9:23 pmEnes KanterC, Boston Celtics
Sean Deveney reported that "multiple agents say not all players are on board with an NBA return".
One agent said, "Most of the guys are excited, fired up, they want to get back out there. Those are 95 percent of the conversations I have had". There are players that feel the money is not worth putting themselves and their families at risk. Enes Kanter weighed in on the topic, saying "there are some other team's players out there, that they don't want to play. They're like, 'It's just a game. I'm not going to risk my life". It is likely that the high-profile players will still play, but it looks like some role players may not be willing to take the risk to join their team when the NBA season resumes.
Source: Heavy.com
June 3, 2020, 4:39 pmDerrick RosePG, Detroit Pistons
The Pistons announced that they plan to reopen team facilities on Thursday, allowing voluntary individual workouts while following all the social-distancing guidelines.
Although the Pistons' season is likely over as they are not one of the 22 teams that will continue to play if the Board of Governors vote to ratify the plan on Thursday, this will allow players to stay in shape for the 2020-21 season which is expected to start in December.
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If your family is ready to try something new for dinner, whip up some pork rolls. The term "pork rolls" can mean something quite different in different areas. Some people refer to a breaded meatball-like pork dish as pork rolls, while others use the term for egg-roll-style wrapped pork. In some areas, the term refers to a sandwich of roast or barbecued pork, while New Jersey residents may use it to refer to a specific type of commercially packaged processed pork that originated in that state. Whichever style your family prefers, there are a variety of seasonings and cooking techniques you can use to make your pork rolls come out right.
Frying vs. Baking
To treat your family to the best-tasting pork rolls, frying is the method to choose. Use olive oil to pan fry meatball-style pork rolls for the best flavor. Egg-roll styles are most flavorful when fried in sesame, toasted sesame or peanut oil. Baking your pork rolls is healthier than frying and requires less clean up, since you won't have oil spattered all over the kitchen, but the flavor won't be the same and the breading or wrapper won't be as crisp. To bake the rolls, space them evenly on a cookie sheet and drizzle with a light amount of the appropriate oil. Bake them at 325 to 375, depending on thickness, until they are cooked through.
Grilling and Roasting
Grilling your pork roasts for sandwich-style pork rolls will give you the best flavor, but it is also time-consuming and requires decent weather unless you have an indoor grill. If you want to make roast pork roll sandwiches without the extra time, effort and equipment, roast the pork in a covered pan in the oven with whole cloves of peeled garlic and about 1/2 inch of barbecue sauce at the bottom. You can ignore the roast until it is done cooking, other than basting once or twice with the barbecue sauce. This leaves you more time to spend with the family or to work on other projects.
Next-Day Dishes
Use leftover grilled or roasted pork as the filling for meatball or egg-roll pork rolls the next day. Since the filling will already be cooked, all you have to do is add a bit of seasoning, such as a ranch seasoning mix, oregano or ginger, to alter the taste, and either veggies for the egg rolls, or egg to hold the meatball-style rolls together and help the breading stick. This gives you two meals out of one. All you have to do for the second is a quick bake in the oven to cook the breading of the meatballs or the wrap of the egg-roll style pork rolls, without worrying about cooking the pork all the way through again.
Pork Safety
Most pork rolls use ground or minced pork, which must reach an internal temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit for safe cooking, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. If you are cooking a pork roast for sandwich-style pork rolls, cook it to at least 145 at its center. These cooking temperatures will kill any disease-causing organisms in the meat.
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I'm often seriously misunderstood. I'm not antisocial, it just seems like I am because I have Aspergers. I want to talk to people and be liked, but I'm deathly afraid of doing something weird and screwing up. So I avoid talking to people, but I hate the awkward silence that comes with it. And when I just can't take the silence anymore, when I swallow my fear and reach out, I feel completely foolish.
I take my son to preschool almost every morning. Whenever I'm there, it seems like all the other parents are friendly, making small talk and what not. They're doing basically all of the stuff I can't do, which of course makes me feel inadequate and stupid. So I usually get him ready to go into class and rush out of there as soon as I can, which then makes me look antisocial and unfriendly. Which is wonderful, because the one thing I want above all else is to look like a total and complete dick to these people.
Today I tried something different. I was the first one there with my son today, and one of the other dad's came in behind me with his daughter. The awkward silence was PAINFUL. So I started chatting. Yes, me. CHATTING. And it was as bad as you'd expect. I don't even remember what I was talking about, but I kept getting those half-hearted laughs you give someone when you don't want to hurt their feelings but you just want them to shut the fuck up so you can get back to living your life uninterrupted by the weirdo who won't stop talking to you.
It sucks. I'm sure a lot of us Aspies are like this: desperate to reach out, yet unable to do so in a "normal" way. So we wall off. We hide. Until we find out that you're interested in something – ANYTHING! – that we can talk about. That's why Aspies will talk your head off; we don't want to lose the feeling of connecting with people.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) � Nighttime and early-morning travelers planning to pass through St. Louis later this week might want to consider alternative routes.
The Missouri Department of Transportation will close two lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 starting at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Thursday while girders are installed for a new Madison Street bridge.
All lanes should be reopened by 5 a.m. the following mornings.
MoDOT said there will be a periods of as long as 15 minutes each night when all lanes are shut down while workers move the girders into place.


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How To Improve Your Typing Skills with TapTyping
When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in early 2010, many people thought it impossible that you'd be able to type accurately at any reasonable rate on a glass touch screen. After all, pundits still regularly mention the iPhone's lack of buttons as a limitation, and that's just a phone!
Surely no one would want a netbook-sized device without a physical keyboard! While you could always get a bluetooth keyboard or the keyboard dock, the hinderance to portability is a consequential downside.
So, is it actually possible to type fast and accurately on the iPad without an external keyboard? It turns out, you can definitely type fast and accurately on the iPad virtual keyboard. Keep reading to discover some tips to improve your typing, and find out more about TapTyping, an app that can help speed up your iPad typing.
Use the iOS Keyboard Better
First, there's a few things you can do to make your iPad's virtual keyboard easier to type on. As you may have already noticed, it's always easier to type when your iPad's in landscape (wide) mode. In fact, I prefer most apps in landscape.
The virtual keyboard is nearly as large as a normal keyboard in landscape mode, and is quite easy to touch type on. Then, to avoid hitting other keys accidentally, hold your fingers around a half inch above the keyboard. Finally, you can often enter special characters easier than on a normal computer; just tap and hold vowels and other letters with extra characters to see the others available.
It's also worth mentioning that if you need to type in another language, you can easily change your keyboard language as well. In many ways the virtual keyboard is more flexible, you just have to adjust your usage to make the most of it.
Speed Up Your iPad Typing
If your iPad typing speed is still lacking, or you find yourself having to correct your writing all of the time, TapTyping might be the app you need. It's a typing instructor designed to help you get the most out of the iPad's virtual keyboard, with lessons that work on the easiest to mistype characters. You can try out TapTyping Typing Speed Test for free to test your current typing speed and try sample lessons, or purchase the full TapTyping Typing Trainer for dozens of detailed lessons that can help you type at the fastest possible speed.
The lessons work much like traditional typing programs on computers you may have used when you first learned to type. As you type in the characters, they'll be lightened out. Your current character will be highlighted in green, while mistyped characters will be highlighted red. Along the top, you'll see the time elapsed, your average words per minute (wpm), and your accuracy percentage.
Try to type in the words as fast as you can without looking at the virtual keys!
Once you finish you'll get your test results, where you can see your words per minute, accuracy, and total elapsed time. At the end of a full test, you'll be able to share your scores with others, and view the characters you have problems with.
I was amazed that I type around 58 words a minute on my iPad! Considering I've only had it since January, and didn't use TapTyping prior to taking the test, it's obviously not that hard to get a quite a good speed on the virtual keyboard.
TapTyping includes a leaderboard of the best typists on both virtual and external keyboards on the iPad, and amazingly, some have even gotten over 100 wpm on the virtual keyboard!
Sure, you could just get an external Bluetooth keyboard and type just like you would on a computer, but if you can improve your typing speed this much on the virtual keyboard you'll never have to lug around anything other than your iPad. It's typing simplicity at its best!
Improve Your Typing With Writing Apps
There are still some other ways you can improve your typing on the iPad. Some apps include extra keys at the top of the keyboard to make it quicker to enter special characters. Nebulous Notes lets you configure the extra key row with a variety of keys to make it easier to enter special characters or common code snippets. iA Writer is designed to be one of the easiest ways to just sit back and write on the iPad. It's keyboard includes common writing extras like dash and quotations, as well as navigational buttons to quickly move through your text. With these apps and others like them, you can improve your iPad writing speed even more.
With some typing tips, lessons, and special writing apps, your iPad can be turned into the perfect writing device. Even on a glass touchscreen your typing speed doesn't have to be pitiful. I've been amazed at how easy it's been to get used to typing on the iPad, and I currently prefer to write my most creative pieces on the couch or outside, with just a plain text editing app on my iPad.
So, how do you feel about typing on the iPad? Do you find it difficult? If so, be sure to give TapTyping a try; their lessons can definitely help boost your typing speed. And, if you do have an external keyboard, you can use TapTyping to increase your normal typing speed, too!


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In 2017, Houston had 108 fewer bank branches than in 2010 – that's a 6.9 percent decrease.
It's part of a nationwide trend since the Great Recession.
Walter Bialas, a vice president at commercial real estate firm JLL, which published the report, said for banks it's no longer about having the most branches.
"Customers pretty much across the country are mandating that it's not just about the branch on the corner," he said. "It's about being able to do business with their bank anytime, anywhere for pretty much anything."
Research by the New York Fed and others shows so-called "bank deserts" disproportionately affect minority and low-income communities.
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As academic knowledge digitalizes, the libaries keep pace or even make the pace. The Higher Education Network of my old employer, The Guardian, has an interesting special on the future of libraries. Claire Shaw and her colleagues have done excellent work! I thought I quickly share some of the findings I came across. To sum it up: while all those libraries define their role quite differently, one thing is certain: digital technology is getting more and more important. This is what their plans are:
– Nigeria pushes knowledge with electronic resources: The American University of Nigeria shows how technology can help to unlock knowledge – with the use of Open Access resources, as its director explicitly says. They train their stuff in using the technology and getting Open Access material. With an interesting outcome:
Total usage of ebooks: 2011: 1,889 / 2012: 45,442
Total usage of books 2011: 16,185 / 2012: 8,892
– Oxford helps researches with OA: In Oxford, where the library supports the research community as much as the students, staff keeps academics up to date with Open Access, but finds it "difficult to keep track of the funds given to support". They are also asked to archive a weblog or help with a data visualization. Lovely service!
– Australia is the university's international flagship, or a publishing house: At the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, the library transforms from a host for books for the campus into the distributer that is pushing the university's research into the world. Director Judy Stokker: "In 2013 we celebrated 10m downloads. With 97% of downloads coming from outside Australia, we can safely claim that the repository has been successful in opening up the university's research to the world." Impressive.
– Brasil has a decreased use of the printed collection by 35% over the past three years.
– Tokio helps students with the entire information universe, not just library managed and subscribed content.
And why do they all look so good? Finally, there is a reason why all : new libraries need to look as shiny as your new electronic device. Because this is really what they compete with. But I agree with the remarks of university library consultant Les Watson: "… learning is affected by our emotions and psyche so it seems feasible that better space can enhance learning performance." I find this true. Reading academic work in a room that gives them the grandezza to unfold and pushes us to stay with tricky material helps.
PS: Yes, that is a picture I once sketched for a lecture in which I explained the digitalization of culture.


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Publisher: Balzar + Bray
Number of Pages: 387
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"Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common—magic. She'll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen.So I've only read one book by C.J. Redwine, Defiance, and I loved it. For some reason I keep putting off reading the next two books in the series but I will get to them one day! So, as someone who loved the Defiance and loves retellings I was very excited to hear about The Shadow Queen.
In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol's father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic—and the only way to get it is to make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal huntsman…and bring her Lorelai's heart.
But Lorelai is nothing like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked queen. But Irina isn't going down without a fight, and her final move may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose."
Overall, I was really pleased with the book. It started off a bit slow for me and I found that some scenes in the book didn't hold my interest. I think it was more of me not being in the right mind set to read the book rather than the book not being well-written. By the end I really got into the book and I really, really enjoyed it.
"You don't go into battle because you're sure of victory. You go into battle because it's the right thing to do."There were so many quotes I enjoyed from the book but I returned my copy to the library by accident before I got to write this post so that was annoying. The main character was the definition of a strong female character. She dealt with so much pain and loss and yet she still continued to help people who pretty much wanted to kill her and fight for what she believed in. If you want a strong female character then I suggest any of CJ Redwine's books.
I would recommend reading this book if you really are in the right mindset. I definitely plan on rereading this book later and seeing if my thoughts are different in the flow of the book--which is where I found some disconnect.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars!


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Five Things Businesses Can Take Away from the Supreme Court Signage Ruling
On June 18th, the Supreme Court issued a ruling on 'REED ET AL. v. TOWN OF GILBERT, ARIZONA, ET AL. '. The case was brought against the Town of Gilbert after their code enforcement issued two citations against the Clyde Reed and the Good News Community Church for leaving their directional signs out more than one hour past the end of service.
The Town argued that the ordinances were not content based as their codes were based on the purpose (election signs, directional signs, ideological signs among a total of 23 categories of temporary signage) instead of a specific message. The Supreme Court decided that purpose is in itself is a type of communications. As written in the majority opinion:
We hold that these provisions are content-based regulations of speech that cannot survive strict scrutiny.
On its face, the Sign Code is a content-based regulation of speech. We thus have no need to consider the government's justifications or purposes for enacting the Code to determine whether it is subject to strict scrutiny.
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No injuries were reported after a fire started at the Coachella grounds early Saturday, according to the local fire department.
Firefighters were called to the Indio, Calif., music festival to respond to reports that a mobile shower unit was on fire, the Riverside County Fire Department said on Twitter.
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Two shower unit trailers were involved — one of which was destroyed.
The fire department said the blaze had been contained as of 2:28 a.m. The cause is still under investigation.
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