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If you got your bus licence on or before the 9 September 2008, or your truck licence on or before 9 September 2009, you are automatically entitled to Driver CPC. This is called “acquired rights”. To keep your Driver CPC, you must do 35 hours of periodic training over the next five years. Whilst attendance at Periodic Training is compulsory on a one day per year basis, there is no exam or assessment required. Subjects Covered:

  • Control of the vehicle and Eco-driving techniques (Module 1)
  • Minimizing risks and managing emergencies (Module 2)
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  • two hour multiple choice theory test,
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The new Driver CPC theory tests are part of the new Driver CPC process, which is mandatory for all new professional drivers. Step 1: Drivers must first pass the learner permit theory test and obtain their learner permit as normal. Step 2: Drivers then must take pass theory tests. Test 1 – 100 multiple choice question (61 correct answers needed to pass) Test 2 – 3 case studies are short scenarios that describe various situations a driver might face. There are 15 questions in each case study (45 in total). To pass, you must correctly answer 28 of the 45 questions – a minimum of 5 questions on each case study. Each stage takes two hours and it’s possible to take both tests on the same day. Prometric Ireland, which runs the learner permit theory test, also carries out the Driver CPC theory tests. It costs €70 each.

Driver CPC practical test

This test is conducted in the driving test centre and is usually taken directly after the driving test. A vehicle is required for this session. It is a practical knowledge test lasting 30 minutes. It covers areas such as safety, passenger comfort, legal matters relating to driving, vehicle loading and stability, ability to deal with an emergency, physical risks involved in driving. Exemptions: Driver CPC certification is not required for drivers of vehicles used:

  • For non-commercial purposes, eg driving as a volunteer; drivers of emergency or rescue vehicles
  • For a registered RSA approved Driving Instructors who are giving driving instruction
  • In the course of someone’s work, provided that driving the vehicle is not the driver’s principal occupation, eg, a plumber using a light truck to transport their materials.
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Sunday, 14 September 2014

Galleys & Galleons - A tabletop wargame for wee ships in the Age of Discovery

I have been working on new a naval set of wargaming rules for Ganesha Games which will see ship-to-ship combat played out on your table top with an average of 1-5 ships per player.
These rules are founded on the sea-borne adventures of the so-called Age of Discovery, the 16th and 17th centuries, when men were men, maps were only half drawn and death by sea monster was a real possibility. Within that theme, the game plays fast, fun and free. It is a naval wargame, but not a simulation.

As you'd expect from a Ganesha game, vessels and fleets are fully customisable, and acts of piracy and war at sea are abstracted in such a way as to leave players with the taste of briny sea in their mouths, but with little risk of actually catching scurvy.

The working title for the rules was All at Sea. They take elements of my old naval game and integrated them with a Ganesha skeleton to create a much better game. However, it was then drawn to my attention that a WWII naval game beat me to the title. Together with my crew of salty sea dogs and a couple of polls (on TMP and Friendface) I decided to go with Galleys & Galleons.

We started playtesting the game using fleets of 1/2400 scale galleons, but I have always  had my eye on the 1/450 scale vessels produced by Peter Pig. This game was the the perfect opportunity to pick a few up.

In these shots you can see the small pirate fleet that I have recently painted. The larger vessel and the rowing boats are from Peter Pig, the smaller vessel is from Ral Partha Europe (with Peter Pig crew). I previously did a size comparison post with these which can be found HERE.

For non-campaign games of Galleys & Galleons, we recommend having between 50 and 200 points per player - we have been playing games with 2-4 players. Of the 30-odd historic ship profiles which will be included in the rule book, the cheapest, a shallop, will cost you 5 points, while a war galleon will set you back 76 points. The little fleet above costs 100 points and consists of the Brig Oberon, the Pinnace Jezabel, and a couple of cutters.


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It seems even Shakespeare succumbs to the temptation of Mary Sue.

Of course Mary Sue isn't restricted to Harry Potter.

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Can realtor’s credibility fall to less than zero?

After years of manipulation of buyers and a callous disregard for the truth, the National Association of realtors and many agents have no credibility.

realtor_bla_bla_blaWhen a realtor talks, do you hear “blah, blah, blah”? Why is that? At some level you know that most of what they say is bullshit, statements made without regard to the truth, usually to manipulate behavior for self-serving reasons. realtors want only one thing: to generate the largest commission possible with the least amount of time and effort. Bullshit helps reach their goal because bullshit smooths over all objections by telling people what they want to hear.

The Credibility Continuum

The credibility of anyone’s opinions relies on the history of factual and truthful statements made by the individual. I’ve been writing about real estate issues daily for over seven years, so I have some credibility on the subject due to the large number of statements and predictions that proved to be accurate and prescient. Nobody is infallible, so achieving 100% credibility is impossible, but with skill and integrity, anyone can gain a great deal of credibility to comment on a subject.

The easiest way to visualize how credibility works is to see it as a continuum as described below. Infallibility (100% credibility) is on the right, and always wrong (-100% credibility) is on the left, and zero credibility is in the middle. Notice that always being wrong is not 0% credibility because if someone were always wrong, anyone could know what the right answer is by believing the opposite. Further, it takes a great deal of skill to be either right or wrong all the time because it would require the person to know the difference.

Zero credibility comes from random guessing; sometimes the person is right and sometimes the person is wrong. This can happen because the person has no skills or knowledge in a subject matter, or as in the case of realtors, the person may simply be making up opinions and guessing what someone wants to hear — bullshitting.

realtors score less than zero on the credibility continuum. Many have minimal skills, but those that do are trained to offer self-serving bullshit answers to any question. Many realtors bullshit out of ignorance which puts them closer to zero, but still in the negative; however, many realtors are smart, and they knowingly lie and manipulate people making their credibility score even more negative.

realtors are not alone on the negative side of zero. Politicians also consistently score less than zero, and since politicians are generally smart people, they generally score even more negative because they know exactly what they’re doing when they offer casual lies to manipulate public opinion.

Am I being unfair? Is my characterizations of realtor training wrong? They value the truth, don’t they?

What’s a Word Worth?

Facts about fancy features and a touch of drama make a listing stand out; some ‘puffing’ is good, but don’t go overboard

By Sanette Tanaka, April 10, 2014 6:56 p.m. ET

It’s not what real-estate agents say, it’s the way they say it.

Yep. The truth doesn’t matter as long as bullshit is delivered with style.

Home listings that tout property characteristics, like granite countertops and wood-burning fireplaces, in the description sell for a premium, says Bennie Waller, professor of finance and real estate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., who studied the makeup of listings.

“The more verifiable information, the better,” he says. Each property characteristic mentioned in a listing increases the sale price by just under 1% and its probability of selling by 9.2%, on average. That means a listing with 15 additional property characteristics sells for roughly a 13.5% price premium. Prof. Waller excluded standard features, such as bedrooms, from the analysis.

This study is crazy. Did the properties sell for more because they had more features or because the realtor said the property had features? I rather doubt it was the realtor description that made buyers pay more.gorgeous

The study also found that each additional positive opinion word—like “beautiful” or “fabulous”—boosted the sale price by 0.9%. That means 10 positive words translate to a 9% bump in the sale price, on average.

Don’t forget “gorgeous!!!” A search of the SoCal MLS including active and closed properties from the last two years turns up 21,200 descriptions with the word “gorgeous.” Perhaps the listings without the word gorgeous didn’t sell? Everyone wants a gorgeous property, don’t they?

But the sky isn’t the limit when it comes to the number of words included or listing length. “You have one or two seconds to capture the buyer or buyer’s agent’s attention, and you need to sell [your home] as effectively and efficiently as possible. You need to carefully choose your vernacular, but at the same time, not become verbose,” Prof. Waller says. “There can be some puffing, but too much of it will encourage the buyer to look elsewhere.”

What is puffing? Isn’t that the politically correct word for bullshitting?

For instance, a small increase in private agent-to-agent comments increases a sale price by 3%, but too many words compared with the average leads to a 6% drop in the price. These comments, which can only be seen by agents, could be as mundane as explaining where the key is hidden or whether there are animals on site, but could also include warning information like no negotiations are accepted or the showing window is limited, says Prof. Waller. “It might deter people from looking at a property, for instance, if you have only 24 hours to show a property,” he says.

“Less is more. If you give them everything, they have nothing to call you about,” says Mara Flash Blum, associate broker with Sotheby’s International Realty in New York City. “You want to tease them to the point where they’ll call.”

Tease them so they’ll call? I guess it depends on what you’re selling…

Eric Tan, real-estate broker and attorney with Redfin in Pasadena, Calif., believes shorter is better and tries to keep his descriptions well under his local MLS’s character limit. “All those words can be very daunting,” he says, adding that he focuses on upgrades in the property and special features, like a bonus room or outstanding view.

Prof. Waller and co-authors Kimberly Goodwin of the University of Southern Mississippi and H. Shelton Weeks of Florida Gulf Coast University examined 16,383 transactions between March 2000 and February 2009 in a south-central Virginia multiple-listing service. The researchers looked at listing descriptions and their effect on sale price and probability of sale. The study, “The Impact of Broker Vernacular in Residential Real Estate,” has been accepted by the Journal of Housing Research.

Talking Points: Be Sure to Mention the Wainscoting

Word choice in listings affects sale prices, according to a new study; two current examples of listings in New York with high-value sentences in their descriptions.

Each positive opinion word increases sale price by 0.9%. Each property characteristic increases sale price by 0.9%.

A New York listing Andrew Kiracofe

‘…Architectural details include crown moldings, wainscoting, built-in cabinetry and an inviting archway separating the dining room from the sun-splash spacious living room…’

Two positive opinion words and four property characteristics in this listing excerpt could mean a 5.4% increase in sale price.

stunningAnother New York listing Elizabeth Dooley

‘…The open living/dining has stunning east light and is perfect for relaxing or entertaining. A gallery hallway leads to two spacious bedrooms both with built-in closet cabinetry and custom doors…’

Three positive opinion words and two property characteristics could mean a 4.5% increase in sale price.

Do you wonder why realtor descriptions are chock-full of bullshit? They actually think it improves sales.

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Abu Wa'il said, "'Abdullah used to remind the people every Thursday. Once a man said to him, 'Abu 'Abdu'r-Rahman! I wish you would remind us every day!' He said, 'That which prevents me from doing that is that I do not want to bore you and I pay particular care and attention to using admonition as did the Prophet out of the fear that we might become bored.'" [Hadith from The Sahih Collection of al-Bukhari, Chapter 3: The Book of Knowledge (XII: On the one who appointed fixed days for the people desiring knowledge), Hadith Number 70].

The turnout at the University Conference Hall (or DPU) of Universiti Sains Malaysia
9 Jan - The first ISDEV Monthly Graduate Supervision in 2013 proved to be unique indeed. As a start the venue for ISDEV members to congregate was at the momentous University Conference Hall (or DPU) of Universiti Sains Malaysia instead of the usual C06 or C23. Not surprisingly the stately looking hall was quickly filled up by RISDEV, MISDEV' 11 and MISDEV'12 students as well as the amiable lecturers of ISDEV. Among those present were Dr Zahari Hamat, Dr. Fadzila Azni Ahmad (Chairperson of the Islamic Development Management Section of the School of Social Sciences). Dr.Mohd Shukri Hanapi chaired the session.

ISDEV Director, Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh stressing a point during his
tazkirah while ISDEV Deputy  Director Dr Zakaria Bahari looks on

Post Tazkirah  session - Prof. Syukri  flanked by Dr Mohd Shukri on the right
and Dr Zakaria on the left

At 9.30 am sharp the graduate supervision started with the recitation of the ummul kitab Al-Fatihah and the recitation in one voice of asma ul husna. ISDEV Director, Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh delivered the  tazkirah which is the third in series of the Tarbiyyah Pengarah ISDEV . This time, Prof Syukri presented on the topic of '3 strengths in ISDEV' which are core to ISDEV strength and existence. They are faith (iman), brotherhood(silaturahim) and consistency of common comprehension, thought and action (fikrah). However for this session the focus was only on the first that is 'Teras kekuatan ISDEV- Iman'.

On a serious note - Dr Zakaria Bahari, ISDEV Deputy Director
delivering his lecture on a serious  topic "Problem Statement"
The supervision then continued with ISDEV Deputy Director, Dr Zakaria Bahari's lecture on "Problem Statement". The lecture with the Q&A session took almost 2 hours. Dr. Zakaria presented a general guideline on how to write a written proposal and thereafter focused on how one needs to tackle the 'Problem Statement'. In his lecture he reminded students about the strong relationship between the 'Background' with the 'Problem Statement'. Some students were asked to share on how they had approach writing their 'Problem  Statement' while a few were tested on the strength of their proposed 'Problem Statement'. The Q&A session which ensued provided the opportunity which was well utilized by the students. Useful information as well as detailed instructions were passed on that day to help students in writing their "Problem Statement" in particular and their thesis as a whole in general.

Some of the beautiful sisters present for the
ISDEV Monthly Graduate Supervision

The program ended that day with the recitation of surah al-asr and tasbih kaffarah and closed at 1.30pm.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Your companion (Muhammad) has not strayed, nor has he erred [al-Najmu, 53:2].

Thursday, January 17, 2013

A Confident Dr. Zakaria Bahari presenting his paper:
"Teaching of Islamic Economics: An Analysis of Tawhidic Paradigm"

7 Jan - 4 ISDEV members consisting of ISDEV Director, Prof. Muhammad Syukri Salleh, ISDEV Deputy Director, Dr. Zakaria Bahari together with Dr. Mohd Shukri Hanapi and Wan Norhaniza Wan Hasan were in Brunei from the 3rd until the 9th of November 2012. The delegates were there to present their research papers at The 2nd International Conference Sultan Omar' Ali Saifuddin Centre for Islamic Studies (SOASCIS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

ISDEV Director, Prof. Mohummad Syukri Salleh with his paper
"Human Account in Development Studies: An Islamic Analysis"
Dr. Mohd Shukri Hanapi presenting his paper : "From Ignorance to Islamic
Worldview: In Search of an Islamic Philosophical Construct"
Wan Norhaniza Wan Hasan presenting her findings through her paper work:
 "Education Indicators in Development Index: An Analysis
from the Perspectives of Islamic-based Development"

The International Conference was also participated by well-known academicians. They are Distinguished Professor Tan Sri Muhammad Kamal Hassan of the International Islamic University Malaysia, Professor Datuk Osman Bakar (who is also the organizer) of the Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Professor Yasushi Kosugi of Kyoto University, Japan, Professor Abdul Fadl Mohseen Ebrahim of University of KwaZuluNatal, South Africa, Professor Jamil Lee Hee Soo of Hanyang University Seoul, South Korea, Associate Professor Yusuf Ma Zhan Ming of Ningxia University, People's Republic of China, Dr. Alim Fadil Achmat Salie of University of Detroit Mercy, USA, Professor Dato' Md Salleh yaapar of Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Professor Datin Azizan Baharuddin of the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia.

Among the conference presenters that were present

In addition the delegates from ISDEV took the opportunity to discuss on the prospects of an academic joint venture with the three main universities in Brunei Darussalam. The three universities are Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) dan Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan (KUPU SB). This academic joint venture in the form of research collaborations are nearly realised.

(Right to Left) Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh in discussion with Professor Datuk Dr Osman Bakar , Chair Professor of SOASCIS while Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azman Ahmad, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Universiti Brunei Darussalam looks on

Among the suggested fields of joint research are Hisbah and Ethics in Islamic-based Development (ISDEV-USM with SOASCIS_UBD); the Islamic-based Development Politics in Brunei and Malaysia (ISDEV-USM with UNISSA) and Waqf Development Through Istibdal in Brunei and Malaysia : A Futuristic Study (ISDEV-USM with UNISSA).

At the end of the discussion session with UNISSA representatives

An informal discussion with Deputy Rais KUPU-SB (on the extreme left)

Sunday, January 13, 2013

 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah related from Abu Hurayra that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah has not sent down an illness without sending down a cure for it." [Hadith from Sahih Collection of al-Bukhari, Chapter 79: The Book of Medicine, Hadith Number 5354].

Monday, January 7, 2013

One the slides prepared by a MISDEV'11 student

7 Jan - A total of 18 MISDEV'11 students have successfully presented the final draft of their dissertations before they completed their tenure as postgraduate students of ISDEV. The presentations which took place for two days on 26 November 2012 and on 29 November 2012 were held at the Conference Rooms of C06 and C23 respectively of the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

A serene Sister Yusra after presenting her final dissertation
No seat was spared in C23

ISDEV students were all required to attend the presentations for both days to participate and engage in the academic exercise in accordance with the spirit of al-birr (helping one another for betterment) and al-taqwa (piety). ISDEV members provided additional inputs through opinions and comments on how the students in the MISDEV'11 cohort can best improve their dissertations. Simultaneously the sessions exposed MISDEV'11 students to a near real situation of a viva voce as well as provided the platform for them to hone their public speaking skills.

Some of the lecturers (left to right):
 Dr Mohd Shukri Hanapi, Dr Zakaria Bahari and Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh

In a serious mood - ISDEV Deputy Director, Dr Zakaria Bahari (centre)
stressing a point

ISDEV lectures including ISDEV Director, Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh, ISDEV Deputy Director, Dr Zakaria Bahari, and ISDEV lecturers Dr. Zaini Abu Bakar, Dr. Zahri Hamat as well as Dr. Mohd Shukri Hanapi attended the sessions and collectively evaluated each student's dissertation. They provided key inputs to MISDEV'11 students' dissertations which were definitely useful to streamline and improve the contents of their researches  before finally submitting the final copies for examiners' review.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

A NAS A WEEK - 24 SAFAR 1434

O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means (of nearness) to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed [al-Maidah, 5:35].


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Allah with those who are patient

Allah with those who patient.

This is a calligraphy carved into a plank of wood. It reads Allah is with those who are patient. It is taken from surah Al Baqarah (2), ayah 153:

O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.

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Cafe Mocha!!

This is just something quick to warm up your day!

Cafe Mocha

3/4 tsp of instant coffee

5 1/2 tsp instant hot chocolate

1 1/2 cups boiling water

splash of milk

Mix coffee and hot chocolate in tall mug. Pour in a little bit of water and stir so there is no lumps. Add rest of water and splash of milk, stir again. Top with lots of whip cream!

You don't need to follow the directions exactly, experiment!

Carol said...

Cari said...

Your so gonna make me one , right?
we are gonna serve this in our cafe !!

s.j.simon said...

lol. did you know that chocolate was banned in switzerland for many years. read this

shirley said...

sounds like a great hot drink on a cold day like today going to make one right now thanks Kelli (hugs)


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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Damn Viruses!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while but my computer caught a damn virus while I was surfing the internet.  Can't use anything because it keeps giving me pop ups to install this and that.  Which is the virus itself.  Yesterday I didn't bother touching it and today I haven't so far but later I plan to look at it again.  I have a virus protection software and the fucking thing doesn't pick it up.  I used the Symantec's site to check it and still didn't pick it up.  I'm pissed as hell because I have pictures and documents there.  Should have backed it up but I never had a virus problem before.  Not only have I been having problems with it now I can't use it at all.  There is always something.  This will teach me not to procrastinate and do it!  Mierda!  So people always back up your computer... Pin It Now!

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Two Movies I Have Recently Seen.

I have been watching lots of movies lately from Netflix streaming. One of them though really hit home for me, really good movie. Had in me tears. The movie is called Entre Nos/Between Us based on a true story. The actress who plays the mother is Paola Mendoza who in real life is the daughter. The movie is about a Colombian woman mother of two who comes to this country with her husband. He ends up abandoning her and her two children. It's in Spanish with English subtitles. It was very sad to see the things she had to go through. I'm not going to spoil the movie by saying anything else but if you haven't seen it, you should. Be warned, it can be depressing. I had to watch another movie afterwards to get myself out of depressing state it put me in.

It is sad to know that many families still go through the same situation she went through in this day and age. By following the link you can watch a trailer in Spanish and English and see an interview with the actress and her familia. You can even watch a video on how to make empanadas which is something the mother used to make to sell. Great, now I'm hungry, lol. If you would like to support immigration reform click here.

Another movie I saw was Broken English with Parker Posey. Very good movie. It's about a woman who feels everyone around her seems to have found the perfect man but her. Her mother tries to set her up and so does her best friend played by Drea de Matteo. I really enjoyed it. Actually this is how I have been feeling lately, lol. But like we say in Puerto Rico, mejor sola que mal acompañada/better alone than in bad company! Yes, it is a chick flick so you might not want to watch it with your boyfriend/husband. Great movie for a girls night in!

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Most business and thought leaders underestimate the potential of smart machines to take over millions of middle-class jobs in the coming decades,” says Kenneth Brant, research director at Gartner. “Job destruction will happen at a faster pace, with machine-driven job elimination overwhelming the market’s ability to create valuable new ones.”

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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Writing on this blog...

When I started this blog back in 2005, there was a number of things I wanted to do with it. My goal here was to continue to discuss political issues as has been done here over the years. Although for the most part it seems that this blog does get bogged down on the news of the day.

This year it seems my posting has been dialed back a bit. It seems that going back to year one it wasn't the quantity that counted as much as hopefully the quality as judged by you the reader. Although even in year one I'm not sure quality was a big point.

In any event, in discussing political issues it was my goal to write something resembling columns or essays although it seems at times I fall far short. If I do write anything like that it's on some more personal issues as of late such as for example job hunting and future plans.

There's always something to talk about whether it's in the news or something in my personal life. Although do I want to avoid talking about my personal life yes. At the same time perhaps any posts on job hunting or whatever will in some way relate to you. Perhaps you have some advice to offer.

Also, it was once my goal to write something of a political platform. Sometimes it's difficult to know where to start on that. It may require research and certainly if you do something like that you may have some particular aspiration behind it, but it has been something that I was keen on.

BTW, this could go back to year one. Perhaps at one point I was more aligned political as a Republican than anything else. Not so solid about it now and in fact it's best to recognize your own core values than to just say what I am politically. Americans can identify with one party or philosophy but hopefully we all can agree on what's right for the nation and that's what's more important.

All the same, this will continue to be an important blog for me. Although this isn't the only place you will see me write, best believe this will be the place you will find some writing by me. Besides while it seems at times I may be focused on local issues, I will also concerned myself with more national and world issues as well.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Sleepy boy.

Our attempts of keeping Grey awake were, um, unsuccessful to say the least.  He slept all afternoon and when he does that, he's usually up more at night.  But why wake him up?  Especially when I'm taking a nap myself!

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There comes a time in every artist’s life where he has to stop being humble and promote how far he’s come in his work.

Born TeFeris Henderson, a Lafayette High School alumnus, HustleVision had been afraid to admit he’d been running into artists like Iggy Azalea and T.I. on a regular basis as he spent time recording in Atlanta. It’s not that way anymore.

“I never talk about it. I never, we call it ‘flexing,’ brag about what’s going on because who’s really going to believe you? ‘I saw T.I. yesterday.’ People say ‘Yeah, right,’” he says laughing. “But the people I’m around, they see it with me all the time, so it’s pretty rewarding, being from St. Joe.”

Rewards for HustleVision keep coming as he recently released his debut album, “Pleasure Meets Business,” an eclectic mix of hip-hop, R & B and blues that was partially recorded at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, a favorite of artists like Whitney Houston and Usher. To clarify, HustleVision is still hesitant to name-drop the people he’s seen at the famed studio, the place where Drake recorded songs for his debut “Thank Me Later” and Lil Wayne recorded “The Carter III.” But he wants to show people back home that as a former St. Joe artist, as the former once said, he has started from the bottom and now he’s here.

About 10 years ago, HustleVision was known around St. Joseph as Frostee, a young, ambitious rapper who had such a wealth of material that he released three CDs on the same day. They sold well locally, propelling the artist to test the waters in Texas, where he would drive by himself on the weekends to sell his CDs at markets like Traders Village and various businesses.

“No one goes to the gas station without any money,” he says laughing. “It sounds simple, but that would be the main place I would go and sell my CDs.”

Eventually changing his stage name to HustleVision, he knew what places to hit up to perform — areas that were thirsty for hip-hop.

“I would book places that no one would go. I would go to the ‘hood where the pizza man doesn’t deliver,” he says. “Nobody else would go to these places and I would go by myself.”He adds: “That’s why they call me Hustle because no one ever helped me do anything ... I just built it all with the help of God.” It’s like he says on the song “Already On It”: “Wake up in the morning/Thank the Lord for my mentality/Hustlin’ my dreams/Then turn my dreams into reality.”

Speaking on “Pleasure Meets Business,” HustleVision wants the album to be the dividing line between the previous music he made as Frostee and his more diverse current work, which is why he refers to it as his debut.

“I want them to see my body of work. I feel like I can do anything on here, I have a blues song, I have R & B, I sing on there,” he says. “I play the piano, the saxophone, I’m learning the guitar right now. It’s multi-faceted.” While the album wears its parental advisory label proud on sexually charged songs like “Whatz Good” and “Show Me Luv” and spit-fire, chest-thumping bangers like “F---in’ It Up” and “Ride Wit Me,” HustleVision has one subject that’s completely off-limits: violence.

“It’s fake. There’s no person that can talk about shooting somebody or killing people in St. Joe and not be in jail,” he says laughing.

While he covers some familiar hip-hop territory, HustleVision ties it with an overarching theme of rising above rough surroundings, like the event that changed his life — when he says his mom abandoned him.

The event and the wedge driven between HustleVision’s mom and him comes up on songs like “We Made It” and the bluesy “Gone for Good,” as well as a voicemail she left for him he felt compelled to put on the album. “I sent the songs to her. I don’t see her, I don’t talk to her. She got my number and called and left a message. I left those messages after the song,” he says.

A cathartic and emotionally devastating middle piece to the album, following the confessional “A Mother’s Love,” we hear his mom wish him the best with no apology for what she did. “We played it in about six different states we've been to ... Someone cried each time,” he says. “I get goosebumps thinking about it because watching a stranger cry after listening to your music, it’s rewarding, but it’s like ‘Oh (expletive).’”

While it’s unclear if the relationship between HustleVision and his mom will ever be repaired, he’s got family and friends all over the place backing him up, including his engineer Eric Surrat; his manager, Big Shug; as well as his CanonGang crew, the production crew that helps him create music videos and TV shows.

As HustleVision continues to gain popularity, he says he wants to keep that family small, as he doesn't trust a whole lot of people. Already, he’s dealing with people wanting to get in his circle. “People that never showed any support, now they’re seeing the things that I’m doing and trying to be a part of it,” he says. “It just comes to a point where I’m just like ‘Nah, I’m good.’”

As for him continuously running into a bunch of celebrities, he says his family in St. Joseph still doesn't know what to think of it.

“My family, they’re kind of weird-ed out. Me, I’m kind of used to it,” he says with a huge laugh.

While a St. Joseph tour date is still in the works, HustleVision will be holding album release parties at;
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Research Summary: Alkane dehydrogenation on Pt-based catalysts studied by experimental and computational techniques

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Status: 5th year graduate student (co-advised with Prof. Manos Mavrikakis)

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2. “A DFT study on CO oxidation on Pd4 and Rh4 clusters and adsorbed Pd and Rh atoms on CeO2 and Ce0.75Zr0.25O2 supports for TWC applications”, D. Gerceker and I. Onal, Applied Surface Science 285(P), 927 (2013).


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6 Social Media Tools Every Writer Should Know About

This post is prompted by a conversation I was having with my dad, who runs Magic at Events. We were talking about whether it’s best to schedule Twitter updates or not and he pointed out that there’s no way of knowing when the best time for a tweet is. When I pointed out that there are some sites that can figure it out for you, he asked me “how do you know about this stuff?” And my answer was “someone told me”. And then I realised I’d been told about a lot of stuff and I should really pass on that knowledge. So here’s 6 Social Media Tools That I Think Are Cool And You Might Too.

Don’t get me wrong here. The purpose of this post is not to say “I use Twitter/Facebook/etc and so should you”. Some social media sites aren’t for everyone. This is strictly about tools; stuff you can use for a specific purpose other than networking.

Put aside the networking aspect and Twitter becomes a fantastic search engine. It’s great for gauging mood, measuring conversation or getting real-time updates. Most of the time you’ll probably use Google, but I recommend making Twitter your secondary search engine. I’ve found links, blogs and people full of information on subjects where Google had let me down. Set up a dummy account and start searching!

I’ve already written about whether or not scheduling social media posts is a good idea but, if you’re convinced, this is the tool to do it with. You can link it to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ Pages, LinkedIn and The advantage to Buffer is you don’t have to pick a time for each update. You pick your posting times in advance and drop updates into a queue. You can still specify a certain time for an individual update if you want to. Otherwise you can sit back and let Buffer post for you!

The service that sparked this post. Say you want to schedule your posts but you don’t know when to do so. Tweriod can help you out. It only works with Twitter at the moment but it will analyse your followers and tell you at what times your posts have the greatest potential for reaching them.

Google Alerts

Not quite social media, perhaps, but a good tool all the same. A Google Alert will send you an email when it indexes something matching a search term. Say you want to keep your ear to the ground regarding Branwell Bronte. Set up a Google Alert and, instead of having to search every day, Google will send you an email as and when something is posted.

The next level from Google Alerts, Mention can perform the same service but will trawl blogs, Facebook, Twitter and so on as well. It was suggested to me as a way of keeping track of people who post links to your website; that way you can thank them accordingly! That’s a great use for this tool but it’s a good way of keeping up to date on a certain topic, too.

An RSS Reader

Instead of visiting a dozen different sites to keep up with news on those things you like, download one RSS reader and read all those blogs in one place. Personally I recommend Flipboard but there’s plenty of choice out there.

Do you agree that these are handy tools? Do you disagree? Have I missed any out? Let me know in the comments!

5 Blogs Every Indie Writer Should Read

So you’ve picked your RSS reader (maybe off the back of my recommendation). What do you fill it with? It’s true that us writerly types like to have lots to read, but the truth is there are so many blogs out there it’s hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. Well here are five blogs that I think can help a writer of any stripe.

Lindsay Buroker

If you’re planning to self-publish your work, Lindsay’s blog is required reading. She writes unflinchingly about her experiences of self-publishing: what’s worked for her and why, what didn’t work, and what lessons she’s learned. Start reading now.

The Passive Voice

If you’re looking for news about books and publishing you can’t go wrong here. This blog is a great aggregator of other stories and a great way of keeping your ear to the ground. There’s a strong pro-Amazon bias though, so watch out for that; it can be a bit obnoxious.

This probably seems like an odd one, but the Buffer team blogs about things like time management, life hacks and online marketing; all things a modern writer needs to know about.

Writing Excuses

This one’s actually a podcast but since they’re basically audio blogs it counts, right? Hosted by four writers of different stripes, they discuss an aspect of writing each week from their unique perspectives. Both entertaining and illuminating, I’m an avid listener and I’m sure you will be too.

The Digital Reader

This blog is an excellent resource for news surrounding ebooks and ereaders. As this is the foundation of income for the majority of indies, it’s good to know what’s happening in that world.

I’m always looking for new blogs to read, so please do let me know what your recommendations are in the comments!

Is Scheduling Social Media Posts a Bad Idea?

Ever had three updates to post to your social media account but you don’t want to post them all at once? Or got an update for a specific date or time in the future? You’re not the only one, judging by the army of scheduling services like Buffer, Hootsuite and SocialOomph. These are services, often free, where you can set a post to publish at a specific time on a specific date. Handy, right? But wait; there’s a few things to bear in mind before you start scheduling.

You’re Not Online to Engage With Your Audience

If you’re posting good content, people will respond to it. Only you’re not there for the conversation. While your Friends, Fans and Followers (FFFs) are trying to talk to you, you’re off doing something else, leaving their responses going ignored.

Some People Don’t Like Scheduled Posts

There’s an argument that if a piece of software is posting the content then your profile isn’t too far removed from a bot. Whether or not you agree with this is irrelevant; the fact is that some people believe it and scheduling your posts may mean they stop being an FFF.

Scheduling Can Run Afoul of Current Events

Worse than ignoring your FFFs is a scheduled post hitting the Internet at a bad time. Take the example of Kim Kardashian, who posted condolences to the victims of the Boston marathon bomb but obviously forgot to switch off her scheduled posts. 24 minutes after get best wishes, she sent a tweet promoting her mother’s appearance on TV. The backlash got nasty.

Looks grim, huh? Maybe this scheduling lark isn’t the best idea. But there’s two sides to every coin, and plenty of good things about scheduling.

Catch Your Followers When They’re Online

If someone tweets and no-one’s online to see it, does it still make a noise? No. Posting something when none of your FFFs are online is completely pointless. Scheduling it for when they are means you don’t have to remember it for hours only to get distracted and forget what time you were going to post and damn is that the time shoot I’ve totally missed it and now I’ll have to wait some more and so on and so on.

Avoid Spamming Your Followers’ Feeds

You’re scrolling through your feed and suddenly it’s taken over by one user who’s posted thirty-seven updates all at once. How annoying. Let’s skip all those. Not good, right? You don’t want to be that guy. Spreading updates over the day avoids flooding your FFFs’ feeds.

Increase Your Exposure

The flip side of that coin is that if you’re dumping all your updates at, say, 6pm, anyone who checks in at 5pm won’t see them. Spreading your updates over the day increases exposure.

Do you schedule your social media posts? Or do you think it’s a terrible idea? Let me know in the comments.

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Would You Trust Facebook With Your Credit Card?

I recently wrote a guest post at New Media Angels about the future of Facebook. It was sparked by a discussion as to whether Facebook was doomed and what it ought to do to avoid such a fate. I outlined a few steps that I thought would preserve Facebook’s future and one of them was allowing you to buy things via your Facebook account. Since then people have asked a few questions, but the number one question has been this: “why on Earth do you think I’d give Facebook my credit card?”

It’s a fair question, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to respond.

My thinking behind the Facecoin idea was simple. Right now Facebook has one revenue stream: ads. That’s not enough to ensure survival in my book. So they need to diversify. Get a few fingers in a few pies. And micropayments is an emerging pie. The only real contender is Bitcoin. Bitcoin, however, is not a well-known name. Facebook is. And if you’re faced with a name you know and a name you don’t, a lot of people will pick the former without even asking about the latter.

But, of course, Facebook isn’t a name you can trust. That’s why step one of my plan was to rebuild trust. I’m not convinced their reputation is irreparably damaged. And once they’ve changed their image, I think people wouldn’t balk at handing over their details. Especially younger users, who might not have been online when Facebook was so distrusted. After all, we trust PayPal with our credit card. Why not someone else?

Let me put it this way: imagine a new social network, Safebook is unveiled tomorrow. Safebook does everything Facebook does, down to the finest detail. But it makes no claims to your photos or data. It makes it easy to manage your privacy. In fact, it encourages privacy. Privacy might even be a default. And Safebook also lets you pay for things, just like PayPal. Why wouldn’t you dump Facebook?

Now imagine if Facebook turned into Safebook over the next year. Now tell me you wouldn’t hand over your card details.

Replacing Google Reader with Flipboard

Are you still mourning the loss of Google Reader? Still not found a good replacement for it? Rocking an iPhone or Android phone? Then I’ve got the app for you: Flipboard.

Flipboard was intended as a social media aggregator, allowing you to add streams from Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and et cetera. That meant my early experiments with Flipboard were doomed; I like my social media segregated rather than aggregated.

But when they announced the imminent doom of Google Reader I immediately thought of Flipboard. So many RSS readers relied on Google whereas I knew Flipboard did not. The work of a few minutes had Flipboard acting like a far superior version of Google Reader.

Adding Feeds

A screenshot from Flipboard.How a single feed looks in Flipboard.The search bar in Flipboard.

Start with the button in the top-right hand corner. On the home screen it’s that red button; the red disappears when you’re in a feed but it’s still there. Hit that and it will offer you a search bar. Use that bar to either search for the name of the blog (James T Kelly, perhaps?) or type in the blog’s URL (http:// and all, like this: Scroll through the search results until you find what you’re looking for. I find typing in the URL has better luck than searching by name. Tap the blog you want to add and a new tile will appear in the app. Each new feed gets its own tile. Not sure which blogs to add? Check out these 5 blogs every indie writer should read!

Read Pretty

RSS readers used to be bare-bones affairs, which was exactly what was needed when they first arrived. But we can afford ourselves more luxuries these days. Flipboard turns your blog roll into your own personal magazine. You can either tap each tile to read a single blog, or use the Top Stories tile to read an aggregate of all your blogs together.

Create Your Own Magazine

Flipboard has also introduced Magazines, a way of adding individual articles to a collection that can be viewed and subscribed to by anyone. I’ve been playing with it and even created my own Magazine, Writers, Right?. You can also create private Magazines to collect your favourite articles.

So I’m actually kind of glad they pulled the plug on Google Reader. What about you? Which service did you pick to replace Reader?

Has Amazon Ruined Goodreads?

It’s a burden being right all the time. Not too long ago I wrote a post stating that Amazon needs to embrace social media. And what happened? Amazon bought Goodreads, the leading social media site for book readers. Did I call it or what?

Well, not really. I had imagined Amazon introducing some homegrown social solutions. But I forgot the Golden Rule: when you’re as big as Amazon, you don’t have to make your own products; you just have to buy other people’s. So Amazon saw what Goodreads had created and got them some of that. But is this a good thing for readers?

Otis Chandler, one of the founders of Goodreads, claims that he sold the site to Amazon for three reasons:

• Greater reach – Amazon can extend Goodreads services to all of its customers now;
• Ereader integration – Amazon can now bring social interaction directly into the reading experience;
• Independence – Amazon will keep their hands off the wheel.

Yeah, I’m not buying that last one.

That Goodreads was an independent entity was what made it so great. It fostered a truly open environment and encouraged free discussion. Goodreads was somewhere you could go to talk books online without a salesman taking notes over your shoulder. But now it has a vested interest in making you buy from Amazon. Cue heavy advertising, links aplenty and pretty soon features will be exclusive to the Kindle. And Goodreads will exist solely to build up Amazon and break down its competition.

Are there any upsides to the deal? I’m not counting all these social reading ideas; reading will always be a solitary experience no matter how many buttons you add to the ereader. But Amazon will bring money and resources to the party. That might help Goodreads develop their mobile app, for instance, or improve the online interface. And it’s unlikely that Amazon are going to mess much the site, other than channeling buyers to their site. So the Goodreads we know won’t go anywhere any time soon.

But the data belongs to the Mighty Zon now. That will be a bitter pill for some people to swallow.

But perhaps I’m being too negative. What do you think? Is Amazon going to break Goodreads or can things only get better?

Why Amazon Needs To Be More Like Facebook

Amazon’s review system is broken and open to abuse. Certain writers were posting damning reviews on competitors’ books and glowing reviews on their own. Others were paying strangers to leave reviews. And readers were swarming good books with bad reviews because they didn’t like what it had to say and wanted it to fail. It’s all bad voodoo and something needs to change. So Amazon decreed that no writer is permitted to review books in their own genre. But that punishes every writer for the sins of the few. And it doesn’t stop the swarming problem. So what are they to do?

Easy. Make Amazon more like Facebook.

Sounds strange? Not at all. There’s three good reasons for my cockamamie scheme.

1. Transparency

A major problem with Amazon reviews right now is the anonymity; anyone can create multiple accounts and hide behind a username. Obi1 can swarm a book and drag down its star rating. lukes88 can post fake reviews of his book. But Facebook demands your real name. And a picture. There’s nothing to hide behind.

2. Conversation

Furthermore such a system wouldn’t even require formal reviews. Each product page could collate conversations about the product. So sending a public message to a friend suggesting they check out a book pops up as a “review”. And though these people are strangers, a shopper can see someone making the effort to recommend the book. That’s a strong review in and of itself!

3. Judge and ye be judged too

Doing all of this will also mean that when I review a book you’re better equipped to judge me as well as my review. After all you can see my activity. You can see I’m a writer, for instance. You can also see that I have a hardcore devotion to Michael Jackson. And look, I’ve liked a page called “Vote down this Michael Jackson book”. My review probably isn’t legit…

If this all sounds like an extreme solution to the problem, it shouldn’t be. If readers can’t trust the reviews on Amazon then Amazon itself becomes viewed as unreliable as the reviews it allows to remain on its site. And the same applies to others; Goodreads, for instance, has suffered from swarming as well.

Trustworthy reviews are vital to any online book seller. Removing the anonymity and adding a social element can go a long way towards restoring them. And then I can review books again.

Would you like to see Amazon become more like Facebook? Or would you avoid that like a big, corporate plague? Please let me know; I’m interested to hear what people think!

Lessons From Randi Zuckerberg’s Facebook Mistake

So it turns out even Randi Zuckerberg, sister to the more famous Mark and former Facebook employee, doesn’t understand Facebook privacy settings either. She thought she’d shared a photo with her nearest and dearest, but it turned out that complete strangers could see it too. (Click the link to read Gizmodo’s sympathetic take on the incident.) There’s a huge debate here as to whether Facebook is making their privacy settings too complicated or whether we just lack “human decency” as Randi would have you believe. But whilst that’s going on, here’s five things to take away from Randi’s mistake:

1. You Are The Product

Social media businesses are just that: businesses. They need to make money. Letting you share photos, videos or status updates doesn’t pay the bills. All that sharing is a carrot to get you in their door; once you’re there, they’re going to sell to you or sell you to others.

2. You’re Also The Carrot

The key to success of a social media business is a large user base. They want as many people using their service as possible. If you’re part of a social network, you work as an advert to all of your friends and colleagues, who then advertise it to people they know and so on.

3. Stories Keep Us Engaged

One of the problems Google+ had in the early days was that it was a ghost town. Nothing was going on. People signed up, had a look around and realised this party was dead.

Stories are what show up on your feeds. Geoff liked a photo is a story. Sandra checked in at the waffle house is a story. Any activity is a story and it’s something that is likely to keep you interested and engaging and clicking those like buttons. Because the more buttons you click that more data Facebook has about you that it can sell.

4. Privacy is Anathema to Social Media

Privacy settings allow you to stop yourself being a carrot and a storyteller. You can restrict certain posts to certain people, or even hide your profile altogether so that no-one can find you. But that means you’re not pulling your weight. You’re not bringing in new product and you’re not keeping it in the warehouse with your posts.

Privacy is death to a social network.

So when Facebook makes its privacy settings opaque, it’s trying to stay alive. It’s trying to keep the product productive. So it keeps the default settings to public. To keep a thing private, you have to check a dozen boxes. Which is where Randi Zuckerberg went wrong: she missed a box and allowed Facebook to create a story even though she didn’t want it to.

5. There’s No Privacy Online

Randi Zuckerberg went wrong by thinking she could put something on Facebook and keep it private. The Internet is not a small room of your nearest and dearest. It’s a huge Roman amphitheatre where the smallest whisper can be heard from every seat and the whole world has tickets. Say a word and, if it’s interesting enough, it’s spread like wildfire.

The only secret to social media is to treat it like that amphitheatre. Want to show someone an embarrassing photo? Don’t do it in the amphitheatre. Email it or use a private cloud storage facility. Any service, in fact, other than social media.

Because chances are the photo you don’t want them to see is exactly the sort of photo that they’ll love to share with everyone. And social media businesses will do anything and everything to let them do that.

Twitter Followers Don’t Matter; RRFs Do

Anyone noticing a trend? It’s possible I’ve already written about Facebook in a similar fashion and now I’m banging on about Twitter. But bear with me: it’s worth reading.

Talk to anyone who uses Twitter for five minutes and one word is bound to come up: followers. Twitter users always want more followers. Why? Because the bigger the crowd the further your voice will travel. More followers equals more people who can see your tweets. Makes sense, right? So it may come as a surprise to many to hear that Twitter founder Evan Williams is advocating a move away from the follower count. Surely he’s lost his marbles?

Not at all. He just knows that it’s quality, not quantity, that matters.

Evan Williams is now advocating the importance of the retweet over the follower and he’s absolutely right. In fact I would go further and advocate the RRFs: Retweets, Replies and Favourites. Because a follow means only that someone has clicked a button that says “follow”. It doesn’t mean they like or even read your tweets. It’s literally just the button thing.

An RRF, on the other hand, means that someone has:

• read your tweet;
• enjoyed it enough to click a button that leads to engagement;
• engaged in a public fashion that increases your exposure to other Twitter users;
• opened the door to further and continued engagement with you;
• given you a way of actually measuring which of your tweets are popular and which are not.

In short, the number of followers you have is a false comfort and an unreliable metric. But the number of RRFs your tweets earn? They’re pure gold.

You might agree (I think you should) or you might think I’m talking pure cods wallop. Get opinionated and leave a comment!

Why Lots of Facebook Likes Aren’t Important

Facebook Page owners are getting uptight because Facebook want to charge them to reach more of their fans. Kristen Lamb has written a good blog about it, which you should read if you haven’t already. In essence a lot of Page owners are missing the point. Too many of them view social media as a broadcast channel instead of an engagement avenue.

Billboard Networking

The number of likes a Page has is often taken as an indicator of success. But this is a fallacy. As an example, I recently saw a Page with triple-digit likes that had single digit entries into a competition. Why? It had adopted billboard networking.

Because a billboard can’t tailor itself for its audience, it needs to get in front of as many eyeballs as possible. If it can broadcast its message to thousands of people, a handful of them might notice. They play statistics and win on the 24% of people they influence. But imagine if you met someone at a party who wore a sandwich board and refused to speak to you. A large number of people would see the board. But I don’t imagine it would work too well.

Yet this is the essence of billboard networking. People approach your Page expecting to meet a person and instead they see only “Buy my book. My book’s on sale. Check out my book.” Cue a lack of engagement and that dearth of competition entries.

Social networking

Social networking is the complete opposite of billboard networking. It’s a conversation, in which you engage people on a one-to-one or one-to-few basis. At that same party, it’s the guy who spends the evening with a handful of people who share common interests and a similar sense of humour.

That guy won’t reach as many people as the sandwich board. But he’s deeply engaged with those he does reach. He’s talking but he’s also listening, and the discussion will range from books to weather to food to whatever. In social media terms, he’s posting questions and sharing good, funny and useful content. If and when his book comes up in conversation, the people he’s talking to will pay more attention because he’s not selling them something; they’re just talking.

So stop being a billboard and start being social. Stop chasing after likes and try finding friends instead. Sure it feels good if our Page has 15,000 likes; we feel popular. But if none of those 15,000 talk to you, you’ll be the loneliest popular kid around. And the girl with 50 likes who all talk regularly will be having a pretty good party without you.


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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Giving! How can we do less!

I am so saddened by the disaster in Japan. I don't know how anyone could not be. I need to do something. At this point in time money seems to be the best answer, so they can spend it where it is needed the most. Ricky Timms and Alex Anderson have joined forces to help quilters give to a reliable organization, Red Cross Disaster Relief. Here is the link

You will also be entered in a chance to win a retreat with Ricky or a Quilt by Alex. Bonus!

I was watching a show the other day that mentioned how help is needed far into the future after a disaster such as the one in Louisiana, Haiti, Christchurch or Japan. Many communities get forgotten once the funds run out and the media moves on to the next story. So maybe it would be good to make an annual donation, put it on your calendar so you don't forget.

I finished up my Hearts for Christchurch and sent them off in the mail. I also made a second altoid tin purse for a friend. Still working on finding a better way to make these, so I may need to make a third.

I took an embellishing class last Saturday that was a lot of fun. Played with glitter which I have never used before on a quilt. We used a special glue pen and just applied along the thread line, than lightly applied some very fine glitter.

Very fun. This is the teacher's (Mary Nordeng) stitching sample, she had one ready for each person taking the class. We also added some beads and foil, and played with paintsticks. All in all a fun class. Now I need to finish it for the next Minnesota contemporary Quilts meeting. They have started throwing out mini challenges each month. This month is illumination and I think my glittery piece looks like it would fit.

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Another UFO pieced!

I started this One Block Wonder several years ago.  After cutting the pieces I really thought it was a very boring quilt so I put it aside for another day.  I have been inspired by the wonderful quilters in the Facebook group for people who make OBW quilts.  They try lot's of different techniques.  I was intrigued by the ones who made different size hexagons.  So I made some half size hexies and some giant size hexies.

These are going to add some pizzazz to the back of the quilt.  I added enough of a border to some of the smaller ones so they would fit in the quilt and put the rest in the border.  I think it has a little more flare now.
I also started the 2015 Summer Block of the Month with Craftsy.  It began in July.  I finished July, August and September.  Here are a few of the blocks

Now I need to work on my challenge for Art Quilts Around the World.  It's due at the end of this month.  I've started several times but wasn't happy with what I was making.  'Uniform' hasn't been an easy thing for me to create as a quilt.  I keep in my mind going back to the uniform I wore in elementary school, which makes me think of church since it was a Catholic school.  But now I have two quilts to make, the small one for this challenge and a larger one of my childhood church.  Not sure why but something is calling me to try to recreate my church in fabric.  I think it's the stones, I love the texture of stone.
I need to get busy.  I'm planning to go to the AQS Show in Des Moines at the end of this month so I need to get my challenge quilt finished before I go.
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