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1 Fire Safety Training

2 What if there is a fire? All study staff who will be working on the floor must know the fire plan. This ensures subject safety. It is also a JCAHO requirement.

3 Disaster Responsibilities
As an employee of Massachusetts General Hospital, you are considered a disaster worker for the city of Boston. In a fire or any other disaster, you must help in any way you can. In a disaster, you may not leave the hospital until dismissed by your supervisor.

4 Fire Plan If you see a fire, yell “Code Red” and the room number. Remove all subjects from the room of the fire and close the door. Any employee hearing “Code Red” should pull the nearest fire pull station. If the alarm does not sound, call Security at

5 Where are the fire pull stations?
At the far end of each wing Next to the service elevator Next to the main elevator bank

6 What does the alarm sound like?
The alarm sound specific to White 13 is “!!!… !… !!!… (3, 1, 3)”

7 What is “Protect in Place”?
The CRC follows the “Protect in Place” method during a fire. This method is described below: First, remove all subjects from the room of the fire. Then, close the doors to all other patient rooms and all corridor doors.

8 Fire Extinguisher Bring a fire extinguisher to the location of the fire. Operate the extinguisher using the “pass” method. Pull the safety pin Aim at the base of the fire Squeeze the trigger Sweep back and forth

9 Where are the fire extinguishers?
At the far end of each wing Next to the service elevator Next to the main elevator bank Note: These are the same locations as the fire pull stations.

10 What do I need to report? At all times, you must know where your subjects are, their condition and their mobility level.

11 What about medical gas? Only a clinician or emergency personnel can shut off medical gas. However, everyone must be able to point out the medical gas shut-off valves if necessary. The shut-off valves are on the wall between the shower and the tub room.

12 What else do I do? If you have any medical records at the time of the fire, secure them in the nearest file cabinet. Clear the corridors by moving non-essential equipment into patient and exam rooms.

13 Where do I go? Meet at the elevator lobby to await orders.
You may not leave the unit unless an evacuation is ordered.

14 When do I evacuate? Orders for a horizontal evacuation will be given by either the Nurse Director, Resource Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Operations Coordinator, Buildings & Grounds, or emergency personnel. Orders for a vertical evacuation will be given by either the President of MGH or the Boston Fire Department.

15 What types of evacuations are there?
To Bigelow 13 and Ellison/Blake 13 Horizontal evacuation: move across to either Bigelow 13 or Ellison/Blake 13. Vertical evacuation: move downstairs to White 12 or White 11. Do not use the elevator. Fire pull Stairs Fire extinguisher

16 How do I evacuate? Be ready to assist in moving subjects (even those who are not your own) if an evacuation order is given. If any of your subjects are able, ask them to assist those who cannot evacuate on their own.

17 What else do I need to know?
If asked, you must be able to furnish the MSDS binder to emergency personnel. This is located on the wall next to the study staff computers. The binder is bright yellow, with red lettering.

18 What about a clothing fire?
Follow “Stop, Drop, and Roll”. Wrap the person in a blanket before rolling.

19 What if I have more questions about fire safety?
You can visit the MGH Fire and Life Safety website at

20 Contacts Jennifer Kambegian, CRC Operations Manager (617) 724-3477

21 Go Back to CRC Orientation

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1 World Coal Trade Coal is an awkward fuel to handle – bulky, heavy, irregular shape and dirty. But it is widely found throughout the world. Reserves may last 150 years. In the 19c industries moved to where the coalfields were, rather than moving coal to them. (Nearly all Britain’s large conurbations are on top of coalfields except London – that’s where the factories grew up) Two developments in the later 20c caused coal to become an international fuel : Vast open-cast mines allowing coal to be extracted cheaply Bulk coal-carrier ships which could cut the cost of transporting coal from one continent to another. As a result, coal is now moved around the world from areas of surplus – Australia, S. Africa, Poland, to areas which are in energy shortage – China, Japan, etc. – especially NICs Fun Fact : Europe’s largest coal-fired power-station – Drax, which is on top of the Yorkshire coalfield, actually imports coal by ship along the Humber from Poland as it can be mined from there and transported to Drax more cheaply than it can be obtained from the deep collieries and high-wage mines of the Yorkshire coalfield next door.

2 What do you notice about the world’s top 5 coal consuming countries?
Is the world trade in coal likely to Increase in the future – or decrease? And why? List the countries which are net coal importers (consume more than they produce) in rank order List the countries which are net coal exporters (produce more than they consume) in rank order

3 Which continent will have very few coal-fired power stations – and what is it likely to use for its energy supplies instead?

4 It is easy to transport by pipeline, ship, petrol lorry or train.
World Oil Trade Oil is the most versatile and widely used world energy source. Used as petrol, diesel or kerosene or converted into Electricity. It is used to heat homes, factories, move goods (transport) and make a variety of products – plastics, fertilizer.. It is easy to transport by pipeline, ship, petrol lorry or train. Production is dominated by a few countries which were LEDCs until the 1970s – focused on the Middle East Consumption is dominated by the wealthiest industrial nations This leads to a flow of oil revenue (money) from MEDCs to a few LEDCs which have rapidly grown rich as a result (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain….) Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) aims to keep the price of oil high by restricting their own production and agreeing high prices amongst themselves to gain maximum income. They raised the oil price twice in the 1970s leading to economic problems in importing countries like the USA What do you notice about the main ‘consumers of oil’ from these maps?

5 Draw a vertical bar to represent oil reserves for the top 10 producers : scale Icm : 20 billion barrels

6 1960’s: Historic low prices as oil production dominated by MEDCs
1979 : OPEC triples price of oil again following recovery of MEDC economies 2001 : Second Gulf War Industrialisation by China sucks in oil. Creates a shortage so price rises 1973 : OPEC triples price of oil following Israel-Arab war 1980 : Iran-Iraq war – both countries raise oil production to pay for war  oil surplus, price falls Mid 1970s: High oil prices result in economic slump in MEDCS  reduces oil demand so price falls 1991: Iraq invades Kuwait  first Gulf War. USA releases strategic reserves High oil price encourages Venezuela and Russia to develop their expensive oil reserves

7 Oil prices go down if: New oil supplies are discovered increasing the amount available There is falling demand due to economic problems in MEDCs Oil producing countries increase their production to get more income OPEC countries agree amongst themselves to increase production People choose to limit their energy use by buying energy-efficient cars Oil prices go up if: There is a shortage of oil in the ground There is high demand leading to a shortage of supply Oil producing countries are at war OPEC countries agree amongst themselves to reduce production OPEC countries agree amongst themselves to raise their prices

8 Global Uranium Producers

9 World Uranium Trade Uranium is a metal which is mined to form the basis of nuclear fuel rods. It is radioactive. It wasn’t seen as valuable until the 1940s – and the development of atom bombs. Uranium is the basis for nuclear weapons. Uranium is not found in many places around the world. Australia and Canada produce most. Most uranium goes for nuclear power-station fuel in MEDCs. These expensive power-stations are too costly for most LEDCs International trade in uranium is tightly controlled because of its danger in producing nuclear weapons. Some LEDCs/ NICs are trying to obtain uranium for ‘peaceful nuclear power stations’ such as Iran and North Korea. But many MEDCs are suspicious that this is an excuse to convert the nuclear fuel into weapons-grade plutonium and create their own nuclear bombs. Iran is at present developing its first nuclear power station ‘for peaceful energy’ using Russian help. Many western countries are worried they want it to develop a nuclear weapon. Israel has said it will bomb any nuclear power station which starts operating as they worry they will be attacked. Iran has some of the world’s largest oil reserves.

10 European Gas Trade Gas is a very popular fuel at present because :
It is easy to transport by pipeline or as a liquid (LPG) It has been relatively cheap It doesn’t generate as much CO2 or pollution as coal or oil Supplies are generally good and can continue for 30 years or so Russia has vast amounts of natural gas – and has been supplying more and more of Europe since the decline of communism in the early 1990s. Many European countries rely on Russian gas for home heating and industry. Britain has its own gas supplies in the North Sea but these are running low. As a result an undersea pipeline has just been built between Norway’s gas fields and Easington to supply the UK up till 2025

11 Russia has stopped gas supplies to Europe twice in recent years.
It says that Ukraine is not paying them enough for its gas – and so Russia stopped supplying it. But the gas pipeline also feeds other European countries and they stopped getting their gas supplies. Both times there has been a crisis – it has been winter. Russia re-started gas flows, but said Ukraine must not use any of the gas passing through it. Places like Romania said they still weren’t receiving gas. Russia said it was because Ukraine was siphoning off ‘their’ gas as it passed through the Ukraine. Ukraine denied this and said Russia had never restarted supplies. Russia used to ‘own’ Ukraine as part of the USSR. It has never been friendly to it since it broke away and declared independence in 1992.

12 What are the consequences for European countries if they have energy conflict with Russia?
What are the consequences for Russia if it has repeated energy conflict with other European countries?

13 International Energy Conflicts
Conflict with other countries because……..(hint: carbon emission) China opens one new coal-fired power station each week in its drive for growth Conflict with other countries because……..(hint: nuclear safety) Iran secures deal to import Uranium from South Africa Conflict with other countries because……..(hint: price of oil…..effect on the economy) Saudi Arabia halves Oil production for the year. Says it wants to ‘save resources’

14 Energy TNCs – Trans-National Companies
Some of the world’s biggest TNCs are involved in the Energy Trade. Companies such as BP, Britain’s biggest company, Exxon-Mobil, Shell, Total – make billions of dollars in profit each year by controlling much of the flow of oil – from getting it out of the ground to selling it in their own garages They can influence the price of oil by finding new reserves (price can go down), or reducing production from existing oil reserves (price will go up). Because oil demand and use is closely linked to development – as countries economically develop, their demand for oil goes up and TNCs have more customers.

15 BP Activities: Exploration – seeking new oil reserves. Geologists inspect likely rock formations – often in very difficult conditions (deserts, deep oceans, polar regions – as most of the oil in ‘easy’ locations has already been discovered. For similar reasons most exploration is now in LEDCs Drilling – working with the governments of different countries for the right to extract the oil. BP will pay ‘oil revenues’ to the host country for the right to extract its oil. BP works in many countries at the same time so if there are problems in one country – they have oil coming out of the ground in other countries. Transport – BP moves crude (unrefined) oil all over the world to oil refineries, by pipeline, oil tanker or oil lorries. It rarely refines it in the country where it extracts it.

16 BP Activities contd Refining – crude oil is heated to give different products at different temperatures: kerosene, petrol, diesel, fuel-oil, bitumen, tar. The Oil refineries are the most profitable part of the operation – so BP likes to locate its refineries in ‘safe’ countries where production is likely to be uninterrupted – such as the USA, Europe, Japan, Australia – and where ‘demand’ is highest – ie in MEDCs Transport – the refined products are transported direct to customers – often by road tanker such as ‘petrol’ to garages. Sales – BP sells its oil products to many other companies – but has its own outlets too, such as BP garages. Research : BP is involved in researching alternative energy supplies for when oil supplies run out. It is researching energy-efficient jet engines which use less oil as well as solar cars and getting energy from fuel cells, and solar panels.

17 Is it good to have BP operating in your country?
There may by considerable pollution from the drilling operations, tanker filling and pipeline leaks Most of the available jobs will be low-skill, low-pay. BP will reserve most skilled jobs for its own workers A few of your people may become very rich – whilst others remain poor – leading to unrest amongst your population. Your oil supplies may get used up faster than you want them to be. You might be invaded by neighbouring countries to get hold of your oil. If the world price of oil goes down – you could find you make less money than you need if you raised your spending in the ‘good’ years. You will get an income from selling the ‘exploration and drilling’ rights to BP You will get an income from the sale of oil from BP Jobs will be created in the drilling and transport departments Roads and ports may be improved by BP to they can operate effectively You will be involved in international trade – and could use the links with MEDCs to develop other exports so they stay ‘friendly’ with you – and your oil.

18 Nigeria : Oil Nightmare.
The Niger Delta, a region the size of England, is littered with violence and gas flares - the offshoot of oil extraction - whose roar and heat you can feel for hundreds of metres around. (See BBC report) The flares have become symbols of the region and the paradox that exists in an area where you find one of the world's richest oil regions alongside some of the poorest people. People here blame the fallout from the oil industry for their ruined environment, ill health and unemployment. On the waterfront at Port Harcourt, the city at the heart of the oil industry, we found slums where people live without running water and electricity, and miles from the nearest school or clinic. No wonder many are angry. One woman told us: "We are suffering. We don't have jobs. They make so much money with oil, but we don't see it." Shootouts and stolen oil The maze of waterways makes policing the delta incredibly difficult. With unemployment at 90%, many people of the Delta are tempted to join the criminal gangs who terrorise the area, kidnapping foreign oil workers and launching raids on oil platforms (see BBC report)

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Telephone technology applications in the restaurant world can cover all different types of establishments. From small mom-and-pop diners to multi-location franchises, the type of phone system your restaurant uses depends largely on your restaurant’s needs. Budget also plays a role, as more specialized equipment that comes with professional service and maintenance plans costs more than simple home telephone service.

KSU Telephones

Key service unit (KSU) telephones are specialized telephones that are usually only used by businesses. All these telephones are hard-wired into place and must be installed by a professional. The phones connect to a centralized unit that’s kept in a utility closet or other out-of-the-way area in the restaurant building. That unit is then connected to the outside world and your telephone service provider’s equipment. These units not only require specialist installation, they also require you to set up a service and maintenance plan with a company specializing in these types of telephones. If your restaurant needs between 5 and 40 telephone lines and you’d like the ability to dial extensions within the building, this is the type of telephone system you need.

Non-KSU Telephones

Your home telephone is a non-KSU telephone, as are any other standard telephones that you can install yourself in your house. As long as the restaurant is wired for telephone service and you’ve activated service with a local telephone company, you can use any non-KSU phones you wish. If your restaurant is very small, needs less than five lines and is on a budget, this is most likely the type of phone service your restaurant needs. Adding separate lines within the business works very similarly to adding separate lines at home. Your phone company may charge different rates for business lines than residential lines, so check with them for applicable information if you require more than one line.

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If your restaurant is very large or is part of a franchise of restaurants with many locations that you want to network, consider a private branch exchange (PBX) system. Like KSU systems, a PBX system networks all phone lines for one business together and must be installed and serviced by a professional. Unlike a KSU system, you can install a single PBX system to cover multiple locations of a business or more than the 40 lines than a KSU system can handle.

VoIP Systems

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service, offered by companies including Vonage and BroadVoice, allows you to make phone calls using an Internet connection instead of relying on traditional telephone service. In many cases, VoIP telephone service companies offer lower rates than traditional phone service and can cover both home and business clients. Like traditional telephone service, actual cost will depend on what services and providers are available in your restaurant’s area. Also, if Internet service is poor or spotty in your restaurant location your phone service will have the same problems.

Your main considerations when choosing which phone system is right for your business should be your needs and your available budget. If you choose to go with a KSU or PBX system, check with any business phone equipment companies you’re considering to see if they offer lease or special financing plans for the equipment. If you need the equipment but can’t buy it outright, leasing phone equipment may be an option. If your restaurant is small but you expect it to grow larger, start with the least expensive phone option that will cover your needs. You can always upgrade later when your business is expanding and you need more powerful equipment. Don’t spend all your money on a phone system that’s more powerful than you need before you have enough customers to need that heavy-duty equipment.

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Using Social Media During The Holidays

Social Media During The Holidays

Claudia Sheridan Facebook, Small Business, Social Media, Twitter 2 Comments

Believe it or not, the Holiday Season is about to begin!

Labor Day marks the beginning of one busy time of year for most of us.  School is back in session, which means that most of us are back to our old routines. But in just a few weeks, you’ll start receiving Halloween party invitations, then Thanksgiving, then, then, then.  Overwhelmed yet?  Don’t Be!

As a small business owner, this should be an exciting time. It’s a time of festivities and OPPORTUNITY!  It’s a time when we can really ramp up our online marketing efforts to draw in new business and reward loyal customers.  And we can do this through Social Media, and we can do this starting NOW!

So let’s talk about how you’re going to stay on top of your social media though the holidays, shall we?

Using Social Media During The Holidays

Use A Calendar

First things first, use a calendar. If you haven’t already, print out a blank calendar.  Don’t have one?  No problem, you can download one here:   Click to download calendar

This seems a bit old-school, I know, so if you’d rather use an electronic calendar, that’s fine too.  Just make sure that if you’re using an electronic version, and that you’re able to work in a monthly view.

Plan Important Dates

Here are some 2015 dates you may want to jot down on your Calendar:

  • September 7 – Labor Day 2015
  • September 11 – Patriot Day or September 11th 2015
  • September 13 – Grandparents’ Day 2015
  • September 17 – Citizenship Day 2015
  • October 12 – Columbus Day 2015
  • October 16 – Boss’s Day 2015
  • October 31 – Halloween 2015
  • November 1 – Daylight Saving 2015
  • November 11 – Veterans’ Day 2015
  • November 26 – Thanksgiving 2015
  • November 27 – Black Friday 2015
  • November 30 – Cyber Monday 2015
  • December 1 – Giving Tuesday
  • December 6 – Hanukkah begins in the evening
  • December 25 – Christmas Day 2015
  • December 31 – New Year’s Eve 2015

Identify as many important dates as you can. And, by “important” I really want you to think about those dates that are going to be important to your customers, as well as yourself.  Jot those down too!

Dates of any sales or promotions

The next thing to identify are those important dates that impact your business.  Are you going to have any sales or special events? Are you a partaking in any community events during the holiday season?  Identify the dates of these events, as well as the dates that you’ll start promoting these events.

For example, if you have the perfect gift for someone’s Boss, then you’ll probably want to start letting people know about it a good 2-3 weeks in advance.   Similarly, if you’re participating in the annual holiday parade, you may want to start promoting the parade a couple of weeks ahead of time. Write those dates down.

Now that you have the important dates identified:

  • Use that information to craft posts that you’ll be making on those dates through your social media channels.
  • Pull together high quality images and videos to add life to your posts.
  • Start scheduling your posts.

Things to Remember:

  • Balance promotional posts with posts that makes your customers lives easier.
  • Social Media is built on the principal of being social, so be social.
  • Use original images and videos to avoid any copyright issues
  • Practice the 80/20 Rule Of Social Selling

The Result…

By accomplishing this exercise, you should end up with a plan for your Social Media during the holidays.

Any Questions?

Drop me a line, so that we can get through these holidays together!

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Unaware of the coatless, woolly, shadow
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Danica McKellar Interview: "Wonder Years" Star Gets in the Holiday Spirit with Hallmark's "My Christmas Dream"

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Danica McKellar is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the comedy-drama The Wonder Years, which ran on ABC from 1988 until 1993 and also starred Fred Savage and Dan Lauria. Other TV appearances include The Twilight Zone, Babylon 5, The Division, The West Wing (recurring role, 2002-03), NCIS, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, The Secret Life of the American Teenager and several television movies.

In addition to acting, McKellar is also a New York Times bestselling author, internationally-recognized mathematician and advocate for math education. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in mathematics, she has been honored in Britain’s esteemed Journal of Physics and The New York Times for her work in mathematics, most notably for her role as co-author of a groundbreaking mathematical physics theorem which bears her name (The Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem).

“My identity was to be grounded in my own smarts, my own hard work I could do on my fortitude and my ability to tackle challenges, whether it be math problems or other things. That was an amazing lesson I got to teach myself. That’s part of why I write math books, to tell young girls to not be afraid of math and to embrace their smarts because actors on TV struggle with self-worth and identity as teenagers.”

McKellar stars, along with David Haydn-Jones, Deidre Hall and Christian Convery, in Hallmark Channel’s My Christmas Dream, premiering November 19, 2016.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Danica, you are no stranger to the Hallmark Channel, especially during the Christmas season. Is that becoming a tradition for you?

Danica McKellar: It certainly is, and I’m thrilled about it. I absolutely loved being part of the “Countdown to Christmas” last year for the Hallmark Channel. It was completely magical and such a fun experience. I told them that I wanted to do another one. They were like, “Great!” So, I would love for this to be a tradition. Hallmark Channel just really knows how to do Christmas and how to put you in the Christmas spirit.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Is My Christmas Dream a love story as well as holiday fare?

Danica McKellar: It is indeed, and if you’re familiar with the Hallmark Channel, you won’t be surprised at all (laughs). A romantic comedy mixed with Christmas is a great combination. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter. They really go together. Christmas is twinkling lights and magic. It feels like falling in love, so having a romantic comedy at Christmastime is perfect.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): There is a child actor in the movie as well?

Danica McKellar: Yes, Christian Convery. It was so much fun working with him! He’s six years old. That’s the age of my son. I just wanted to eat him up like every day (laughs). I was a child actor, so I remember what it was like to be little and be on set. I wasn’t quite as young as him when I started. I was more like ten, but Christian was a little professional, and he’s such a good actor. I would squeeze his hand to remind him to look at me, if we were close to each other in a scene. David (Haydn-Jones) would do the same thing.

There was this one scene where we weren’t anywhere near each other. I was inside the car, and Christian was outside, so that was impossible. He loved cherries, so I had a cup full of cherries in the car with me, and every time he’d do a take or would look at me the whole time, I’d give him a cherry (laughs). That worked out very well. These kinds of tricks you learn being a mother. Bribery is part of the deal. What can I say?

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Your son is six?

Danica McKellar: He was five when I was shooting this movie, but he’s six years old now.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What’s Christmas like at your house every year?

Danica McKellar: Oh, my goodness, I love Christmas! We have a big tree. I actually get a living tree. We have a tree in a pot that is actually alive, so we give it back. We rent a Christmas tree, which is a really special thing to do. We have so much fun decorating the tree together, and making Christmas cookies is a big tradition. Baking is one of my very favorite things to do.

My son, Draco, really likes being in the kitchen with me, and I’m always looking for healthy recipes. I’m always looking for cookies that are flavored with maple syrup and honey and wheat flour instead of white flour, or even better yet, gluten-free whole grain flower or almond flower. I love experimenting with different healthy things. I’m always trying to experiment.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Why did you want to pursue acting as a career?

Danica McKellar: You know, some of us are born with a desire to role play. I don’t know how else to say it. We love acting things out. My son actually likes role playing, or if he’s learning about something, he’ll pretend to be that thing.

I’m not going to encourage him to be an actor necessarily. If he wants to, I wouldn’t keep him from it like some actors do their kids (laughs). But, whatever Draco chooses to do in his life, he’s certainly not shy. I used to love being in front of a camera doing home videos. We’re constantly videoing, so I don’t think he’s alone in that regard (laughs). But, yeah. I just love playing make believe.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): It’s interesting because you were 12 or 13 when you got the role of Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years and about 18 when it was over, so you grew up on the show and was also experiencing new things in real life.  How did acting effect those formative years for you, and was it difficult to move on?

Danica McKellar: Well, my parents were really great in terms of not over prioritizing Hollywood. Although I was acting as a child, that wasn’t the main thing in my life. It was an interesting hobby, but it didn’t rule our world. Family and education came first, and that was made very clear.

In fact, the first year The Wonder Years was nominated for an Emmy, my dad, sister and I had a river rafting trip scheduled in Oregon, and it conflicted with the Emmys. We went on the trip, and my parents were fully in support of that. My dad had a very busy work schedule, and we weren’t going to cancel the trip. The night before we hit the river, we were in this little motel room, watched the Emmys on this tiny TV, woke up at five the next morning, went to the river and had the trip of our lives. I’ll never forget it. That kind of thing really was so great for me because it kept my priorities straight.

I think kids run into problems when they identify their value with a character they play. It is hard when a show ends. It’s a letdown. But, I went to get a degree in mathematics, so I went in a totally different direction, and that was, besides my good parenting, the thing that really saved me. I found my identity.

My identity was to be grounded in my own smarts, my own hard work I could do on my fortitude and my ability to tackle challenges, whether it be math problems or other things. That was an amazing lesson I got to teach myself. That’s part of why I write math books, to tell young girls to not be afraid of math and to embrace their smarts because actors on TV struggle with self-worth and identity as teenagers.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): One of the messages of the math books is to instill self-confidence in girls?

Danica McKellar: Yes. Absolutely. They are self-confidence building books in disguise. They teach math. Some of the girls have written to me and said that their math has improved. There’s one called Math Doesn’t Suck, and it’s for ages 9 to 11. The next one is Kiss My Math, and that’s ages 11 to 13. I’ve got an Algebra I and Geometry book. They all do the same thing. They teach math in fun ways that make the math relatable. I use funny stories and analogies to help them remember formulas.

Alongside that, I have stories of women who use math in their lives, in jobs you might not think that math is used and inspirational stories of young women who are smart. I have personality quizzes and math horoscopes in the books, just fun, silly things that makes it more like a teenager magazine than a math book. The covers also look more like teen magazines than math books as well.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You have a new book coming out next year?

Danica McKellar: I’m just starting a series of eight books actually, starting at a much younger age. I’ve been asked by parents who have kids even younger, “Can you please start younger? Can you please have something for our little ones?” So, yes, I’m doing that. The first one’s called Goodnight, Numbers, and it comes out in March. It’s actually available for preorder now.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You attended The Gracies (The Alliance for Women in Media) in May, so are you an activist for women’s issues or political in any way?

Danica McKellar: I don’t get involved in politics per se. But, one of my main goals in life is empowering young girls to feel smart and capable, not to necessarily be mathematicians or scientists, but to do anything they want to do in their lives. But, I do believe very strongly we need to see more girls and women represented in math and science. I think there’s a whole slew of stories that haven’t been told yet of women.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Danica, you look so young! What’s your secret?

Danica McKellar: (laughs) Thank you. Oh, my goodness, a really boring diet. I eat a lot of vegetables, a lot of brown rice and whole grains. I really stay away from the sugar, dairy and gluten. I have those things in small amounts, but they’re really small. It’s mostly vegetables and protein. I’m not a vegetarian. I eat beef, chicken and fish, but just lean meats.

I hardly drink alcohol. I don’t drink coffee. Again, very boring. Very boring. But, that, along with Pilates and dance really keeps me feeling the way I want to feel.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What’s coming next?

Danica McKellar: There are more projects along the way. I’ve got a Lifetime movie coming out on January 1, called Mommy, I Didn’t Do It. It’s actually a sequel to a Lifetime movie I did three years ago called The Wrong Woman. That’s a very different kind of film from my Hallmark movies, although it’s pretty darn wholesome as Lifetime movies go, that’s for sure.

I’m continuing to write these books. I’m looking to shoot another Hallmark movie in January, but I don’t think I’m supposed to be talking about the details yet. I will say that I’m going to do live tweeting for My Christmas Dream on Saturday, November 19, and that should be fun.

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

after a very long while

for so many times i thought of reviving this blog, but it was all in vain

but no, i never thought of abandoning this place at all

each time i thought of writing something, it would all end up as thoughts and never really did i type anything

or maybe i typed, but they just stink in the drafts

honestly, the last time i wrote anything in proper english was for my graduation thesis titled 'Detection of Cavitations in Stems of Tomato Plants Using High-sensitivity Acceleration Sensor', which i tried to complete in a haste.

well, thankfully i graduated!

and now i'm doing master course in the same laboratory, under the same advisor. i love my sensei~ so yea, i remain as a student

but it's indeed hard to try writing after so long, so i just made a digest for April, 1 second per day in a video.

i ate out a lot, so that's why there's so much food involved.

i guess i really have to be thankful, April served as a very nice start-off for my school year. i enjoy to be in my laboratory more than before, majorly thanks to my friend who entered the same lab as i am.

yes, i'm still raising tomato.

the moment i'm doing this post, it's almost the end of Golden Week, which means i have to prepare for school again after a whole week sleeping in until the afternoon.

a good thing is, it's getting warmer so it might be less difficult to get out of the futon in the morning. i already kept my down blanket away.

hopefully it'll be a great day, great week, great, month, year and life ahead!

oh, tomorrow would be general election in Malaysia, i was short of vocabulary when i wanted to explain about this in Japanese. i still have a long way to go to improve my Japanese (and this is the girl who is thinking of getting a job here)


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Friday, 12 April 2013

April Outline article: Tomato and basil soup

Below is my April column for Outline Magazine; on lurgy, tomato soup, and impure thoughts about Jon Snow (no, not the news presenter).

I’m generally all for a bit of cold weather. Summer is far too much like hard work – I spend most of it with a sweaty fringe and an overriding preoccupation with how to cover my upper arms. Winter is much more dignified. It has big coats and scarves; log fires, mulled wine, CHRISTMAS (remember Christmas?). As it approaches I can pretend that I’m living in an episode of Game of Thrones, and any minute now I’ll bump into the handsome, young Jon Snow. Jon and I will take his pet direwolf for a walk, feast on roast boar, and then he’ll lay a load of bear skins down in a snowy cave and hang his cloak up and we’ll...
But Jon never showed up, and now it’s April and I’m still sat here wearing three jumpers and a balaclava in my living room to keep warm. My 200 denier tights have lost their elastic through overuse, the cat hasn’t a clue what stage of malting it’s meant to be at, and with every turn of the gas meter I can hear the pounds dropping into British Gas’s pockets and a fat cat grin spreading across the CEO’s face. It’s fair to say the novelty of a bit of a chill in the air has well and truly worn off.
Right now we should be skipping through meadows with lambs and baby bunnies, gathering daffodils as we pass. We should be getting overexcited about hanging our washing outside, or leaving the house without a coat, or planting a load of flowers and vegetables which will inevitably all die at the first sign of a heat wave. Really at least one of your friends should have organised an optimistic BBQ by now.
But alas, no, apparently we all fell through the back of a wardrobe when we weren’t paying attention and are stuck in fucking Narnia.
The biggest bore of the prolonged winter is the never-ending bouts of lurgy going around. Every trip on public transport is a stealth mission in phlegm avoidance; evenings are spent downing hot toddies rather than flaming zambucas, and we all have the complexion of Bella Swan with a hangover. Almost every person I know is suffering from some sort of affliction right now, be it cough, sniffle or pox.
The only advantage of this lack of health is a culinary gold ticket to eat whatever the hell you like. Of course, you can take the approach of snorting lines of Berocca and injecting orange juice into your eyeballs, but I view this as closing the stable door after the horse has legged it, somewhat. Instead I choose to eat what makes me feel good. I dose up on comfort rather than vitamins. Ice cream for sore throats, macaroni cheese post-noro, seven bars of Green and Blacks for anything vaguely resembling a menstrual cramp.
Tomato soup, I believe, is the epitome of ill food, and this is my version. Don’t get me wrong, at times of poorliness I’m all for the stuff in the can, but on one particular bout of near-death I was forced to create my own. It was either that, or leave the house to go and buy a tin, and the prospect of washing my hair and replacing my pyjamas with a snow suit was just too much to comprehend...

Tomato and basil soup
Serves 4
1 onion, roughly chopped
4 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
3 tins chopped tomatoes
1 ½  pints vegetable stock
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp dried chilli flakes (optional)
Large handful of basil, stalks and all
Glug of oil
200ml single cream
Salt and pepper

Fry the onion in the oil until softened, then add the garlic and fry for another minute. Throw in the tomatoes, stock, sugar, vinegar and chilli and bubble away for about 30 mins or so. Add basil and cream and blend. Taste, and add more seasoning etc if needs be. Serve and top with a swirl of cream or a handful of cheddar.  Another excellent accompaniment is the bread recipe from last month’s column...

Monday, 1 April 2013

Feta, tomato and basil muffins

Happy Easter, y'all. In some gross failure of grocery shopping (and boyfriend selection) I'm sat here without any chocolate eggs. Its tough being me. Hope the bunny bothered to stop at your house.

To really torture myself I've decided to reminisce about a load of baked sugary goods which were in my possession just two weekends ago, all in the name of the Make and Do pop-up shop: a selection of artists, and a couple of bakers, come together to sell their wares.

This was my first foray into baking professionally for a good few years, and an excellent reminder as to why I don't do it anymore. I had forgotten just how OCD I get about washing my hands. I had forgotten how the cashier in Sainsburys looks at you when you buy 3kg of icing sugar and 10 packs of butter. I had forgotten how your brain feels after a whole day of eating nothing but raw cake mix, for 'testing' purposes. And I've forgotten where I've put my favourite icing nozzle (of course I found it straight after I needed it). That said, it was good to get back on the diabetic horse.

It was a fantastic day, with a wonderful bunch of people. Rose (of Mountain Bakery) and I sold a load of baked goods, and then went and spent all of the money we made on other people's stuff. That seemed to be how it worked for everyone involved, like some sort of arty food chain, but that's testament to how wonderful everything was.

On the day I made the obligatory cupcakes (cookies 'n' cream and vanilla), banana and white chocolate blondies, and savoury muffins. I also made some meringues, but the less said about how they turned out the better, the traitors.

Because you've all probably had far too much sugar already this weekend, I thought I'd give you the savoury muffin recipe. But if you need more of a fix, the cookies 'n' cream recipe (and a breakdown of my love/ hate relationship with the cupcake) is here and the blondies are here.

Feta, tomato and basil muffins

Makes about 8
100g feta, crumbled
Large handful of basil, torn to small pieces
150g cherry tomatoes, quartered and deseeded (sun dried would also work well)
250g self-raising flour
80g butter, melted and cooled
200ml whole milk
2tsp baking powder
1/2tsp bicarbonate soda
2 eggs
1tsp salt
Black pepper to taste

Heat the oven to gas mark 6.  Mix together the dry ingredients in one bowl (flour, baking powder, bicarb, seasoning) and the wet in another (eggs, melted butter, milk) then gradually add the wet to the dry. Once fully combined, add the tomatoes, basil and feta and stir.

Line a muffin tin - with muffin cases, or squares of baking paper - and fill about two thirds of the way up.  Bake for approx 20 mins, until the tops are firm and golden.


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Opening Song 'Chinchilla' is an intricate Foals-gone-emo sigh of a rocker. 'Baboon' brings the math-rock virtuoso further to the fore, pushing it and 'Badger' atmospherically in the realm of Mogwai or Dirty Projectors. Showing they can do nice choruses when they want is 'Lemur', which is like a brainy Snow Patrol. - NME

When This Town Needs Gun hit their mark they sound stylish, sussed and like reformed mathcore men Minus The Bear covering seminal Mancunian miserablists The Smiths. Good, in other words Remember the name This Town Needs Guns. Although in fairness, it's hard to forget. - Kerrang

Oxford, UK's This Town Needs Guns has been building an ever-growing fanbase since the release of their debut album Animals in March 2009, which garnered critical acclaim from fans and press alike. Animals highlights the bands intricate balance between indie rock, catchy pop and technical prowess, all while ignoring the lure of special effects and studio wizardry. Coming off their first US & Canadian tour with label mates Native in June 2010, This Town Needs Guns returned home only to be tapped to support one of the UK's most popular exports, Oceansize, on a tour around their home country playing to some of the largest crowds to date. Following the tour they plan to stay off the road for a bit to begin the writing process for their next LP to come out sometime in 2011 via Sargent House.

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Two years ago

I wrote:

Drawing is a very intense process. You put your whole being into it.

I am working on my drawing as an Abstract Expressionist or a Chinese painter.

Sometimes, I feel that the same drawing is done by different hands. Sometimes, I feel that the different drawings could not have been done by the same hand.

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There are so many drawings I want to do. It is important that I leave behind some good drawings.

I return to zero and nothing. One would expect that having done so many drawings, I would be able to draw with confidence and ease each time, but no, this is not true when you try out something more ambitous or something different. One imagines that when you call yourself an artist or when you are an art teacher, your drawings or art in general would naturally turn out right. No – that is not true either. We are as human as anyone else, if not more human.

When I am faced with a blank piece of white paper, I am nothing. I am no one. I just tell myself to pick up my drawing instrument (a fine pen, a thick marker, a quill feather, a twig or leaf dipped in Chinese ink – whatever) to do the best drawing that I can, regardless of the size of the paper or the drawing instrument. It is a very intense process. I think of all that I have learnt from the Chinese painters. I listen to very emotional music. I start to make marks on the paper. Sometimes I am cautious and uncertain. Sometimes I move my hand to the speed of the drums or the rhythm of the guitars playing in my ears. I think about art of the sixties. I think about Tapies, Beuys, and Duchamp. I think about Zen literature and Ozu films, and the great novels by Soseki. I think about my journey in life, my long walks, and the beauty of Nature. I have to crystallise or distill all these knowledge, feelings, and experiences into a singular drawing, to arrive at my own expression. Of course this process does not apply to every drawing that I do, but generally I think of these things when I draw.

I always tell people that I wanted to paint, but I only draw because I have no time to paint. The truth is, the more I draw, the more I realise how difficult and powerful drawing is as a form of expression, even though it appears to be seemingly easy and humble. When I spoke to a friend about installation art and Conceptual art, he reminded me that drawing is not inferior to any of them. I am thankful for that reminder.

We can theorise about Post-Conceptual or Neo-Romantic drawings, but ultimately all drawings begin with, end with, and return to the point, line, and plane. Any theorist or critic may label me as being more Romantic than Conceptual, but that is my belief. The Chinese painters had shown us over the thousands of years that a single line or stroke takes decades to perfect. The Buddhists (even though they may not be artists) hint or suggest that Enlightenment is perhaps ultimately our perception of form and emptiness. A friend of mine once mentioned something about the abstract or conceptual in the representational – I thought that was an interesting observation.

Where am I in life and art now? I want to do a handful of drawings. Perhaps less than ten. But I want to work on them diligently and religiously. There is no promise or guarantee or success, but one must work. In the spirit of Huang Binhong and Li Keran, I believe that there are a lot of things our predecessors have not discovered. I believe that we should learn from our art heroes and not worship them -- be it Egon Shiele or Giacometti or anyone else -- but instead we should strive to equal or surpass them. Only then is our search for beauty and truth worthwhile. Only then, the efforts of those before us, the great thinkers, philosophers, artists, writers, musicians, teachers and so on, are not in vain.

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Alex Day PLUS Noah and the Whale

So earlier today, Alex Day was relating to me (yeah, ok, to youtube) that he ran right into Noah and the Whale at a recording studio. First of all, I can't even imagine myself running into Noah and the Whale, let alone Alex Day running into them. That would be like something out of a crazy amazing dream. Anyway, a Noah and the Whale with Alex Day singing collaboration would be super fantastic and mind-blowing. Indeed.
P.S. I really really really like Alex Day's glasses in the photo above. Just thought I'd share.

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Sunday, September 20, 2015

The three S's: Studying, Sewing and Sleeping

Hello everyone,
University classes started a few weeks back and even though my schedule isn't very full just yet, it still feels like I am more tired and altogether more droopy these days. Thinking does require energy! I'll be doing my BA thesis during this fall and next spring, so I'm preparing to drown myself into books and academic articles very soon.

That doesn't mean I've given up sewing. On the contrary, aside from studying and sleeping, it's pretty much all I do. Sometimes I wonder if I chose the correct career path... but then I remember that voice disorders are interesting as hell, and doing SLP job makes more money than being a seamstress. So yeah, sewing will remain a hobby, fun as it is. :)

When September begun, I decided it was time to retire my old pencil case, which had served me faithfully since middle school. The thing was around 16 years old, which in pencil-case-years is probably like 200 or something, so I turned to the internet to find tutorials on pencil cases.

I found this piano keys pencil case tutorial, but I liked a more rounded/edged pencil case, so I stole the piano keys idea from that and followed another blog post on how to make a different looking pencil case.

I ended up with this:

I'm pretty happy with my new pencil case, and going to classes is a lot more fun with awesome equipment! :)

Another thing I made was this dress:

The fabric has ninjas on it! Ninjas! How cool is that?! :D

Next, I made a shirt just to try it out. I hadn't made a shirt before, so this was kind of new. I like the result, though:

And last but not least, I made a fabulous dress.

See, I'd had awful 90's traumas concerning velvet. The material just seemed to scream 90's style dresses with spaghetti straps, but then I found over 3 meters of black velvet at the Salvation Army secondhand store for 2 euros. I stood there and pondered if I was ever going to use it for anything, but in the end my curiosity won. I decided to see if I could banish my 90's related associations with velvet, and so I made a dress:

I added some decorative pieces of green along the edges of the pockets and the neckline.

So yesterday me and Stormiina headed out to take some pictures of the dress. Or me. Well, me in the dress.

(All of the following photos are taken by Stormiina.)

Don't mind me, just doing my exercise here...

I love the dress and I love the pictures. Photoshoots are always so much fun ^_^

What do you think of the dress and the photos? :)


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Friday, July 22, 2011

20 by 20

  • Read 50 ebooks, five of which in French.
  • Climb a mountain
  • Make a massive purchase or decide against one.
  • Get to and maintain a weight of 120 lbs. (Am currently about 155, look/dance my best at 120)
  • Maintain my skin care routine for 90 consecutive days.
  • Maintain my tooth whitening routine for 90 consecutive days
  • Weigh myself daily for 90 consecutive days.
  • Go on two vacations — a weekend at the beach counts.
  • Save $1000 — and put it in a legit savings account.
  • Be able to do 40 pushups with perfect form.
  • Run three miles in less than 28 minutes.
  • Perfect my eyebrows — they are the one aspect of my beauty routine I can't seem to work out.
  • Find one more volunteer opportunity that I am very passionate about.
  • Post real, quality posts here every day for 90 consecutive days.
  • Get a tattoo. I have so many ideas, one of which I have wanted since I was 15, and I keep chickening out. When I get to my goal weight, I will get my tattoo.
  • Study for and pass into an advanced math class by winter term.
  • Meet my beloved's father and spend the holidays with his family. (If asked.)
  • Take at least one ballet class per week. They can be expensive, but are so worthwhile. They make me happy.
  • Send for my passport and set up summer plans.
  • Do five stupid, irrational, beautifully fun things.
These are the things that I am going to do before my twentieth birthday. I set up the page, and will be ticking things off as I go. I'm super excited!

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

I love my job.

I work as a Reservation Sales Agent at a large rental car company. I have to say, I love my job. The people are amazing, the pay is great, and the work is good.

However, I feel the urge to let everyone know a few things. As many of you know, the 4th of July is an enormous holiday in the United States. People like to go on vacation during this time. Here are a few things to think about while on the phone with the rental car company:
  • The person on the other end of the line really does want to help you. Really. We do not benefit from being rude or unhelpful, so when we say something is unavailable, we aren't hiding a car somewhere. I will do my best to find you a vehicle.
  • Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance: a lovely military adage that is so very true.
 Book a reservation as soon as you have the date you will be arriving/departing. It is free — we just take a name and a phone number. It will hold a car AND a good rate for you. Like a flight, the price of a vehicle increases the closer you get to the day you need it. At this point, the cars are all booked up/sold out for the holiday weekend and much of the summer holidays. Yelling at me about how we are a rental car company and should have cars is pretty much pointless. Again, it is like yelling at the person working at the reservation desk at an airport. Do you think that they are going to be able to get you a seat on a sold-out flight... in five minutes? No.

I'm not paid per reservation I make. I'm paid my hourly wage whether or not I book any reservations — no commission involved. I'm offering to hold these vehicles for your sake, not mine.
  • I understand that you want the best rate possible. Times are tough and I completely understand your asking me if I have any discounts to give you. However, when I mention the two that I know of, and let you know that you must access the website for the code because I literally do not have access to that information, kindly refrain from yelling at me. It is policy that you must provide the discount code, and I have no way to access that information. I don't even have access to Google, seriously. I have no web access whatsoever.
Also, I understand that you may find our rates to be high. Screaming at me does not help, because I have no control over our rates.
  • Please arrive on time to pick up/return your vehicle. If we close at, say, 6 pm, and you arrive at 6:30 or 6:45, we will not be there. You have to put in a pickup/return time to book a vehicle. The system will not allow you to input a pickup/return time when the office will be closed. You know what time you should arrive. Please do not call me and demand that I "get someone down here to open the place up" so you can either pick up or drop off a vehicle. If it was an emergency/act of nature that caused you to be late, and you have some sort of proof, we are very understanding.
If you overslept and have to wait for/keep your vehicle for another day, I cannot help you with the fee/lack of vehicle. Again, if you overslept a flight departure time, the pilot isn't going to make a u-turn to come back and get you.
  • When you call my office you dial an 800 number, and you have called a location that books reservations internationally. We reserve cars for people and locations in multiple countries. Telling me that you want to get a vehicle from the location on Main street does not help me, and I'm going to ask you for your zip/postal code or some other identifier. I am not trying to be rude or redundant, nor am I slow or especially stupid. I'm trying to make sure I'm giving you a rate from the Ontario, California airport, not a random location from Ontario, Canada. Saying MAIN STREET again, loudly and slowly, does not help me at all.
  • Which brings me to my final point: I'm fairly intelligent. Not brilliant, but average with a dedication to being the best I can be. I'm not a genius, but I get good grades and am a year ahead in school. I'm fairly well-read. I can hold my own in many realms of discussion. I run a minimum of 2 miles a day, along with dancing and walking a total of 3 miles a day to get to/from work. When you call, I'm dressed in business casual clothing with my hair done, nails manicured, and wearing tasteful heels. I'm not some idiotic dropout that you have gotten stuck with. Treating me like a moron isn't going to make booking a reservation easier for you or me, and really just shows how narrow-minded you are.
Truth be told, I love my job 99% of the time. That one percent makes my life miserable. Following these guidelines will keep you from falling into the misery percentage.

Really, a majority of this is common sense and basic kindness. If you realize that the person on the other end of the line is a human being and not a complete and utter moron, things will go well for you.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Chinese village that FOUGHT BACK !

The Village of Wukan, 20,000 brave Freedom Fighters, have apparently thrown the Communist oppressors out of the village ! !   This is the first I have seen of this story, appearing the the British Daily Telegraph,

If this is true, then it is a near-first (after Tienanmen Square).  News from the Dark side of Communism, where news does not easily escape.  PLEASE share this story as widely as possible, before the article (like the 20,000 endangered Patriots of Wukan) disappears.

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Butterflies and daisies

Butterflies and daisies are two of my favorite things. My grandmother used to grow gerbera daisies. After she passed away, my mom transplanted them at her house. I love all of their vivid bright summer colors. Maybe I should grow some of my own.... Okay, that's another story for another day. Let's just say I didn't inherit that green thumb.

Since I don't have any of my own growing, I made myself an arrangement with some artificial ones from Michaels. (Purchased during a 60% off sale.) My inspiration came from a project at Joann's but my arrangement is so far from the original, it's not worth showing for comparison. I've totally made this my own project.

I started with this container that's been in my stash for a few years (an after Christmas clearance purchase).

I pulled out some old papers from my scrapbook stash. I mean old, like some of the first ones purchased in 2003. (Please tell me I'm not the only one with stuff that old.) I cut the paper to fit my container. Note: I used a 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of paper and it did not meet on the sides, so I pieced the sides- meaning,  I cut some strips for the sides and lapped the front and back over those. I got out the Mod Podge and adhered my paper to the tin. I didn't cut it perfectly to fit at the top and bottom. I went back with an exacto knife and trimmed those edges. That takes the measuring and guessing out of it.  I coated the whole thing with a couple of coats of Mod Podge.

On the front side I added a vintage butterfly image that I got from This Blessed Nest. I opened the image in Adobe Photoshop Elements and rotated. I resized it to 4x6 inches and printed it out. I mounted it on a piece of cardstock and trimmed a decorative edge.  Then I applied this to the tin with Mod Podge also.

Here's the front and back of my tin:

I placed some floral foam in the bottom of the tin and added my flowers and fillers.  I used three grass bushes, an orchid bush, and a gerbera daisy bush. I added some metal butterflies picks, also purchased at Michaels. (You would think they paid me to advertise as much as I mention them, but nope, that's  just the only local place to shop here, other than Wal-mart and I avoid that place like the plague.)

My arrangement proudly sits on my guest bath countertop, along with my other butterfly decor. The whole bathroom is decorated in a butterfly theme and was done on the cheap too.  Would you like to see more of the bathroom? Maybe I'll post that one day.

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Flood’s Hill in South Orange is the place to be each Wednesday evening all summer long.  Beginning in June, enjoy arts and crafts in a scenic park setting. As the evenings get longer Music takes center stage, complete with free concerts, food trucks, arts activities and games for the kids. In July comes the popular Movies; bring your blanket and your honey and enjoy the show! All in all, its three full months of free arts programming for all to enjoy. Jointly produced by South Orange Department of Recreation and Cultrual Affairs and the South Orange Performaing Arts Center (SOPAC).

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Programs are subject to change. In the case of inclement weather, activities will be canceled. South Orange Summer Nights is jointly produced by the South Orange Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs and South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Pre-Concert Activities

Art in the Park

Art programs run from 6-8PM each Wednesday. For adults and children age 6 and older.

WED, JUL 26 at Floods Hill

“Sew it Up.” Step two of a fun community fiber art project. Add colorful thread to the squirt painted sheet.

The Maplewood-South Orange Book Festival will hold a “mini-mid-summer children’s book fest” The mini-mid-summer children’s book fest event will feature three local children’s authors: Eric Morse, What Is Punk?; Jennifer Vogel Bass, Edible Colors; Mike Marlbrough, Marigold Bakes A Cake.

South Orange Summer Nights Rock!
We will have a mobile rock wall set up for this week’s concert!

The rock wall will open at 6:00 PM and close at 8:15 PM
Wristbands will be sold at Floods Hill from 6:00PM to 7:30PM

To be able to climb the rock wall you must:

• Show your South Orange Recreation ID Badge OR if you were a guest at the pool on Wednesday, keep your wristband on as this will also allow you to climb.

• If you are not a badge holder you may purchase a wristband for $5 which will allow access to the wall for the evening.

• All climbers must wear closed toes shoes

• All climbers must weigh over 50lbs and less than 250lbs.

• All climbers must be at least 48” tall

• Aggressive climbing/racing is not permitted.

• Direction of attendants on site must be followed

WED, AUG 2 at Floods Hill
“Confetti Mural.”
We will end the season with a BANG! Let’s work together on a beautiful confetti mural.

Concerts in the Park

Concerts begin at 7:30PM at Floods Hill in Meadowland Park. Arrive early to order from the food trucks and pick out a spot on the lawn!

WED, JUL 26 | Counterfeiters (80s, 90s Party Band)

WED, AUG 2 | Rock the Hill (Garage Bands)

Moonlit Movies

Movies begin at 8:15PM at Floods Hill in Meadowland Park.

WED, AUG 9 | Sing

WED, AUG 16 | Grease

WED, AUG 23 | Pitch Perfect

WED, AUG 30 | Beauty and the Beast


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