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Apollo Bay is a town on the Great Ocean Road region of Victoria, Australia.

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It is much faster to drive via Colac to get to Apollo Bay than via The Great Ocean Road. Although the Great Ocean Road provides a scenic route.

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  • Marriner’s Lookout. At the north end of town, drive 1 km up Marriner’s Lookout Rd. A 30 minute return walk takes you to a great view of the town and coast.
  • Marriner’s Falls. A short drive to the carpark located at the end of the Barham River Road is followed by a 40 minute return walk to the Falls. There are tree ferns, lichens and mosses and you get up close to the falls.
  • Maits Rest. Is a rainforest walk a short drive from Apollo Bay. The walk is named after Maitland Bryant a former forestry patrol officer who used to rest his horses in the area. Its a 30 minute walk and includes a boardwalk and glow worms at night. If you're very lucky you may also see the rare Black Otway Snail a carnivorous land snail found only in the Otway Ranges.
  • Cape Otway Lightstation. Approx 30 minutes drive from Apollo Bay the Cape Otway Lightstation is oldest, surviving lighthouse in mainland Australia. The light, which has been in continuous operation since 1848, is perched on towering sea cliffs where Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean collide. to a great view of the town and coast.

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There are some Great places to go Mountain Biking in the back of Apollo Bay around Forest and the Otway national parks. There is 1 tour company that offer 5-7 Day tours based out of Apollo bay. Australia By Bike [8] tours include all accommodation, meals and transfers from Melbourne.

  • 12 Apostles Flight Adventures, Telford St, Apollo Bay, 0438 377 371, [1]. Highlights include Apollo Bay, Cape Otway Lighthouse, Dinosaur Cove culminating in the "awesome" Twelve Apostles. Then, returning via the magnificent Otway Rainforests.  edit

Over three days, the town of Apollo Bay on the Surf Coast presents a dynamic line-up of local, national and international artists across 11 stages at the award winning Apollo Bay Music Festival [9] There's jazz, blues, roots, classical, comedy, funk, blues, rock, world and country, as well as street performance, theatre and more!

Nearby attractions include The Great Ocean Walk, The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures and Cape Otway Light Station.

  • The Great Ocean Walk [10] winds its way through Apollo Bay on the way to 12 Apostles. . The walk goes for 104 klms walking along beaches, through rainforests and into a number of seaside towns. You can do the walk cheaply by camping at the designated campsites. These must be booked beforehand as numbers are limited. Alternatively you can go on a guided tour or a number of nearby accommodation owners will provide pickups and drop offs each day.

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Bayleaf Cafe 131 Great Ocean Road Apollo Bay 03 5237 6470 great food and value for money

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  • Eco Beach YHA Apollo Bay, 5 Pascoe Street, Apollo Bay, 03 5237 7899, [2]. checkin: 5PM; checkout: 10:ooam. The accommodation features two self-catering kitchens, wood heaters, a rooftop deck and balconies for chilling out or cooking on the BBQ. The hostel is of passive solar and uses a range of energy and water saving techniques to reduce its impact on the environment. Beds from $28, doubles from $80.  edit
  • Sandpiper Hotel, 3 Murray Street, Apollo Bay, 03 5237 6732, [3]. All rooms have an ensuite bathroom with shower and toilet along with heating and cooling. They are also equipped with toaster, kettle, fridge and basic crockery and cutlery,ironing board and iron. Each room has a TV with free to air channels and 8 subscription channels from Austar. Access to Wi-Fi also available.  edit
  • Surfside Backpackers, Gambier St near corner of Great Ocean Rd (south of the town center on the rise going over to Marengo). ph 03 5237 7263. fax 03 5237 6191. A ramshackle hostel with junk collecting in the corners. Not the cleanest or tidiest of hostels. The owner is friendly and chatty and will advise on attractions.
  • Beachfront Motel and Cottages, 163 Great Ocean Road, +61 3 5237-6666, [4]. Beachfront offers architect designed, modern, quiet motel rooms and self-contained cottages directly opposite beach.  edit

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  • Apollo Bay Backpackers, 47 Montrose ave Apollo Bay (Follow signs from Apollo Bay Information centre & bus terminal to hostel 600mts), 03 52377360, [5]. checkin: 2PM; checkout: 10AM. Friendly home away from home hostel.Dosn't look much from the outside but has heaps of character and good facilities including the well equiped kitchen with free herbs & spices . Nice outdoor garden areas with BBQ .Has separate self contained retro cottage for private rooms.Best free breakfast & free wifi/internet bodyboards & bikes. Managers are very helpful with local or onward travel advice & information on local employment $20. ($65,) edit
  • Apollo Bay Backpackers Lodge, 23 Pascoe st Apollo Bay (Follow signs from Apollo Bay Information centre & bus terminal 150mts), 03 52377850, [6]. checkin: 2PM; checkout: 10AM. Pleasent 4 bed dorms or 5 person family rooms in hostel section with large well equiped communal lounge/kitchen/dining area with sundeck.The 1&2bedroom self contained Apartments (sleep 2 to 7)are excellent value.located just 150mts from beach/bus/shops/cafes. Wi-Fi available in rooms .Good free continental breakfast & use of bikes . Manager very helpful with local and onward travel information $25. ($200,) edit
  • Apollo Bay Guest House, 4 Great Ocean Road (Apollo Bay), 0403378520, [7]. If you're looking for luxury this is a great option. Prices start from $220 including breakfast. There is a main house and a studio 220.  edit


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L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

Niraj Verma

Raleigh Building, Room 3017 Phone: (804) 828-6962 Email: nverma2@vcu.edu

  • Urban planning
  • Institutional analysis
  • Public management

B.Sc., Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, India
M.I.P., Master of Infrastructure Planning, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Ph.D., Specialization in Design Theories and Methods (Architecture), University of California, Berkeley

Planning theory, research design, policy process, institutionalism, international development

Research interests

Urban planning, institutional analysis, public management, technology and society

Niraj Verma is an expert in urban planning and management. He joined the Wilder School in 2010 and served as its director and first dean until 2016. Under his leadership, the Wilder School became a stand-alone school at VCU directly under the provost and gained several new faculty roles in teaching, research and administration. Prior to joining the Wilder School, Verma served as professor and chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo. He began his academic career at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he directed doctoral programs in the School of Policy, Planning and Development as a tenured faculty member.

Verma’s scholarly work has been contributing toward a theory of planning and governance that draws on the philosophy of American pragmatism and particularly the philosophy of  William James. He is the author of Similarities, Connections, Systems: The search for a New Rationality for Planning and Management (Lexington 1998) and the editor of Institutions and Planning (Elsevier 2008) as well as several articles and contributions to edited books. He serves on the editorial board of several academic journals including Planning Theory, Planning Theory and Practice, S, Town Planning Review and Urban Design International

Verma's research, teaching and education have been recognized internationally. Most recently, he served as a Visiting Fellow at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University and was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Award for Academic and Professional Excellence. He has also been awarded fellowships by the Rotary Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Zumberge Foundation. Verma was the only North American urban planning scholar invited by the National Academy of Engineering to the 2002 Frontiers of Engineering Conference and the only U.S.-based academic invited to supervise the 2001 doctoral workshop of the Association of European Schools of Planning held in Lodz, Poland. His contributions to doctoral education include serving as the chair of the American Collegiate Schools of Planning doctoral committee for more than five years and as a member of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration doctoral committee. Many of his doctoral students are now academics at major research universities or are otherwise engaged in successful research careers.

Verma's research has been supported by the Federal Transit Administration, the Department of Transportation and by several foundations and international organizations, including the Alexander Humboldt Foundation, Rotary Foundation, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and several other organizations. Professionally, his work includes large-scale projects such as technology planning for an integrated steel plant in India and developing a master plan for the state of Hawaii’s library system.

Selected publications

Verma is the author or co-author of more than 25 articles and book chapters and of “Similarities, Connections, Systems,” published by Lexington Books in 1998. He is also the editor of “Institutions and Planning,” published by Elsevier in 2007. An invited speaker at many distinguished universities, including Berkeley, MIT and Harvard in the U.S. and Naples, Newcastle, Rome, Seoul National and Stuttgart overseas, Verma’s work has been translated into German, Italian and Korean.

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Archive for the ‘books’ Category

Call for train haiku . . .

March 25, 2018

Call for submissions_train(2)

I’ve always loved trains (the lonely call of a whistle in the night, the view of passing landscape from a train seat, the rocking rattle of an overnight berth, conversations with strangers in the dining car…), and have been thinking for some time about putting together an anthology of haiku about trains. Well, the project is finally getting on track.

You are invited to submit haiku, tanka, rengay, and haibun with a train theme (including experiences and imagery related to steam trains, bullet trains, cross-country journeys, commuter trains, freight trains, the passing landscape, human interaction on trains, internal journeys, etc).

Please submit:

– up to 20 haiku

– up to 5 tanka

– up to 3 rengay

– up to 3 haibun

Unpublished and previously published work will be considered. Please include submissions in the body of the email, and provide previous publication credits, as well as your name, email and postal address. Please put “train anthology submission” and your name in the subject line of your email.

Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2018 [Submissions now closed. Info on upcoming book will be posted in 2019]

If you’re coming to this blog for the first time and would like more information about who I am, I write haiku and other poetry, short non-fiction, and novels for children (my website: jacquelinepearce.ca). My haiku, tanka and haibun have been published in a variety of journals and anthologies, and two of my haiku recently co-won the League of Canadian Poets inaugural haiku contest. I also co-edited The Jade Pond, a collection of haiku by the Vancouver Haiku Group published earlier this year, and I’m a co-judge for the 2018 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational.

You can read something about my family’s train legacy here.

My year of Joy Kogawa House and Haiku

November 26, 2017

For me, 2017 has been a year connected to Joy Kogawa House.

Historic Joy Kogawa House is the childhood home of Canadian author Joy Kogawa, who wrote the ground-breaking novel Obasan, a fictional story based on Joy’s memories of being interned as a child during WW II, along with thousands of other Canadians of Japanese descent. Located in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver, the house was built in 1912-13. Joy and her family lived there from 1937 until they were interned in 1942. During the war, the house was confiscated and sold, and Joy’s family was not able to return to Marpole. Years later, however, Joy lent her support to a community campaign that saved the house from demolition. Today, the house is a space for author residencies, literary events, as well as remembering the injustices experienced by Japanese Canadians during the Second World War, and moving toward healing and reconciliation.

Joy Kogawa House c 1938

Joy and her brother at the front (west side) of the house c. 1938

I was grateful to be offered a writing residency at the house, which was initially planned for February. Since February is National Haiku Writing Month (the shortest month of the year for the shortest form of poetry), and haiku is one of my passions, I decided to focus on haiku, and to partner with the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival (VCBF), preparing for the spring blossom celebration and the festival’s international haiku contest. Plans shifted slightly, and rather than staying at the house in February, I organized a poetry reading and haiku workshop, and worked with the VCBF on koinobori scale-painting activities in preparation for Sakura Days Japan Fair without staying at Joy Kogawa House (which I was able to do since I live in the Vancouver area). (More on these activities in an earlier blog post.)

Joy Kogawa House events

February poetry reading, plus haiku workshop & koi scale painting

In May, I visited the house for a reading and performance of “A Suitcase full of Memories” by Joy Kogawa and Soramaru Takayama of Japanese Poets North of 49, and was delighted to meet and briefly chat with Joy afterwards.

In July, I was able to live at the house and work on my own writing projects, finishing a verse novel for children, and co-editing an anthology of haiku poetry written by members of the Vancouver Haiku Group. I started the month by hosting a book-making workshop given by poet and book artist Terry Ann Carter from Victoria, which brought together many creative people, and was an inspiring kick-off to my in-house residency. Staying at the house by myself gave me time and space to focus on writing without my usual distractions, making a big difference to my writing pattern and productivity. I also enjoyed the opportunity to explore and get to know the Marpole neighbourhood, including its tree-lined streets, housing mix, history, and changing local culture, and to relax in the peaceful stillness of the backyard where a young Joy Kogawa once played.

four images

I returned to the house to live and work at the end of August, and also hosted a presentation by my friend and colleague Jean-Pierre Antonio, a professor at Suzuka University in Japan, who gave us a fascinating account of the life of Japanese immigrant Masayuki Yano through the translation of Mr. Yano’s pre-WW II diaries.

Jean-Pierre's talk

At the end of September, my haiku activities at the house concluded with the hosting of An Evening of Japanese Poetic Forms: from the Tokaido Road to the World Stage, with Terry Ann Carter reading from her new book of haibun (prose with haiku), Tokaido (Red Moon Press), Rachel Enomoto sharing haiku, and Kozue Uzawa reading tanka and leading participants in a short tanka-writing workshop.

Japanese forms reading

An Evening of Japanese Forms, a Word Vancouver event (with thanks to Tracey Wan for the bottom right photo)

In early November, Joy Kogawa returned to the house to read from her children’s picture book, Naomi’s Tree, which was a treat for all of us who came out to listen and celebrate the old cherry tree in the laneway behind Joy Kogawa House. The tree now has a plaque, encouraging people to seek it out on their neighbourhood walks.

So now, I seem to have come full circle, enjoying the house in each season, and again, looking ahead to early spring when the cherry blossoms will bloom again.

My workspace while in residence at Joy Kogawa House (looking out at the old cherry tree behind the back fence)

To close, here are a few simple haiku written during my stay:

no need

for an alarm clock

early morning crows

picking the last

ripe raspberry

evening robin

And from my evening walk past the elementary school young Joy Kogawa attended:

fading daylight

the empty swing

still swinging

The Siege is on!

October 20, 2014

My new book is out! The teenage characters in Siege dodge ghosts and smugglers during a War of 1812 re-enactment summer camp at Old Fort Erie, Ontario. For several months in the real War of 1812 (which actually ended in 1815), Fort Erie was occupied by US soldiers. One of the biggest and deadliest battles of the war occurred there in August 2014. (Siege is a short easy-to-read novel in the Orca Currents series for ages 10-14). (Review)

Siege of Fort Erie – 1814 – 2014

August 7, 2014

Fort Erie gateTwo hundred years ago, in July 1814, American troops attacked Fort Erie (in what was then British Upper Canada). The British surrendered with only a few shots fired (the fort’s commander was later court-martialled for giving up too easily). The British withdrew from the fort, but made plans to get the fort back. In early August, they set up camp outside the fort, just out of reach of the fort’s guns.

After dark, on August 15, 1814, about 2,400 British soldiers, Canadian militia and First Nations allies attacked. Under the cover of darkness and the heavy gun smoke that hung over the surrounding field, the British stormed the walls of the fort and captured the northeast bastion. Within the fort, the Americans turned a cannon around and fired at the British on top the bastion. The British turned one of the captured cannons and fired back. As this close-range cannon battle raged, a spark found its way to the powder magazine under the bastion. The explosion killed 400 men (mostly British and Canadians) and turned the tide of the battle in favour of the Americans.

The British retreated from the fort (with almost the entire column that had attacked the bastion, wiped out), but continued their siege for days. By the time the siege ended on September 17, 3,500 men were killed, wounded, or missing. It was the most devastating and prolonged battle of the war.

Today, Old Fort Erie is a museum, which I visited last fall to research the setting of my new novel Siege (for readers approx. ages 10-14), which will be out October 1. This coming weekend (August 9-10, 2014) hundreds of re-enactors from both Canada and the U.S. will be gathering at the fort to commemorate the 200-year anniversary of the siege. It promises to be the largest War of 1812 re-enactment in Canada. Unfortunately, I won’t be at the re-enactment, but I’ll be imagining the characters of my novel on top the fort’s walls in the middle of the musket and cannon smoke.

Blog Hop stop

June 2, 2014

hopscotchI’ve been “tagged” by author friend Laura Langston to join in a game of blog hop. The rules of the game: answer four questions about your writing and writing process, and tag three more people. Laura writes picture books, young adult novels and adult novels. To see her post on the blog hop, click here.

Here I go with the questions:

1)    What am I working on?

I’ve just finished the final edits for a new novel called Siege (for ages 10-14), which will be out this fall with Orca Books. It’s about a teenage boy who reluctantly attends a War of 1812 re-enactment summer camp and discovers some modern-day criminal activity around the Niagara River and Old Fort Erie.  As part of my research for the story, I watched the re-enactment of the Battle of Queenston Heights on its 200-year anniversary and also visited Old Fort Erie. I have a picture book story about the War of 1812 in the works as well.

I’m also working on two short non-fiction stories about dogs which will appear in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog Did What?, scheduled for release in August.

Re-enactor staff at Fort Erie answered my many questions while I poked around the fort

Re-enactor staff at Fort Erie answered my many questions while I poked around the fort

2)    How does my work differ from others of its genre?

My newest book, Siege, mixes history in with the present day, which is a bit unusual. I don’t think I’ve come across any other stories about people re-enacting historical events. It was fun to write, partly because the main character doesn’t want to be where he is, and I enjoyed writing about his reactions to things like his musket misfiring, the old fort’s ghost stories, and trying to navigate the Niagara River in an old-fashioned row boat.

FloodWarning_coverI’ve also written more straight-forward contemporary fiction and historical fiction. Flood Warning, for example, is a chapter book (for ages 6-8) that takes place during the Fraser River flood of 1948. There aren’t a lot of chapter books that tell historical stories (especially BC and Canadian history), which makes my story (and the others I’d like to write) somewhat unique.

3)    Why do I write what I do?

I write for kids because it’s  something I’ve wanted to do ever since I was a kid (about the time my dad made the hopscotch in our backyard, which appears at the top of this post). I fell in love with books such as The Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis and the Emily of New Moon series by Lucy Maud Montgomery when I was in grade six and have continued to love books for children (both reading them and writing them). I also sometimes write poetry and nonfiction for adults, but writing for kids is my main compulsion.

As for what I write about: I like to explore the world around me and notice things that maybe nobody else is paying attention to. I’m always fascinated by history, nature, and unique bits and pieces that I stumble across. When something surprises or intrigues me, I immediately start imagining it as part of a story (I always keep a notebook handy).  I write about things that interest me and hope someone else will be interested, too.

4)    How does my writing process work?

Usually when I’m working on a new story, I do quite a bit of research first (which I always enjoy, especially when it involves visiting interesting new places or trying out some new activity). Sometimes I find it difficult to actually sit down and begin the writing, though, and I might procrastinate by doing more research, or even by doing some different types of writing (like nonfiction articles or blog posts). But, once I dig into a story,  it starts to flow, and I get caught up in the world of the story.

I do most of my writing from my home office. If I need a break, or get stuck on some aspect of the story, I go for a walk, and usually the problem or the next scene works itself out in my mind as I walk. Rather than doing several drafts of a story, I edit as I go, which means sometimes I can rework the same  chapter or scene for days before moving on, and by the time I get to the end of the first draft of the story, it’s fairly polished. But, of course, there’s always more editing to be done.

sunset from my office window

For the next stop on the blog hop, I’ve tagged Cindy Henrichs and Daniela Elza (I tried to tag a third person, but everyone else got away), and they’ll be blogging on June 16.

Cynthia Heinrichs is the author of two books: Mermaids, a picture book about the diving women of South Korea, and Under the Mound, a novel for young adults set in 12th-century Scotland. Cynthia is also a regular contributor to British Columbia Magazine. She lives in Vancouver, BC, where she writes and tutors college students in academic writing. To learn more about Cynthia, please visit her website here (and check out her blog on June 16).

Daniela Elza had been published nationally and internationally in over 80 publications. Her poetry books are milk tooth bane bone (Leaf Press, 2013), the weight of dew (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2012) and the book of It (2011).  Daniela earned her doctorate in Philosophy of Education from Simon Fraser University and was the 2014 Writer-In-Residence at the University of the Fraser Valley. Check out her website here (her blog hop post will be up June 16).

Note: If the next blog hop posts aren’t up by June 16, please check again in a few days.

Thanks for playing!

Chicken Soup for the Soul & the lure of a frozen pond

December 1, 2013

book cover4Everywhere it snows, kids love winter. The first snow of the year is always the most exciting ─especially if you live in a place like the south-west coast of British Columbia, where snow is not guaranteed. When my boyfriend and I moved from Vancouver Island to Toronto to go to university, we were looking forward to escaping the cool, rainy winds of Victoria and experiencing a real Canadian winter of sunshine sparkling on snow and ice hockey on frozen ponds. We packed all our essential possessions in two large hockey bags (including two pairs of skates and a toaster oven). The morning we left, we discovered that our friends had graffitied a sarcastic message on the road in front of my boyfriend’s house: Craig loves Harold Ballard (Harold Ballard was the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team at that time, and my boyfriend was not a Leaf’s fan). [Note: scrawled on the road in front of my parents’ house were the words There is no pie in Toronto, but that’s another story.]

Our first winter in Toronto did not start the way we expected. We discovered very quickly that the York University campus, where we were living, had the apt nickname, “Siberia,” and that we had exchanged the damp but relatively gentle winds of Victoria for the bone-chilling, driving sub-zero blast of what we were beginning to think of as a flat urban wasteland. Did things improve? Did we finally get that beautiful Ontario snow we were expecting? Well, you’ll have to read my story in the new collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada The Wonders of Winter: 101 Stories about Bad Weather, Good Times, and Great Sports.

But seriously, Craig and I ended up having many wonderful winter experiences over our four years of living in Ontario (including snow-shoeing over pristine snow north of the city, seeing my first Snowy Owl and Snow Buntings on an outdoor education field trip, and gazing down at the frozen Niagara Falls as we crossed the bridge to the US to watch a hockey game in Buffalo). By our second winter, we had a car, and two of our good friends, Mark and Donna, had moved from the westcoast to Hamilton (an hour’s drive from Toronto), and on weekends we explored a lot of the countryside together. Craig and Mark were on a constant quest to find the best pond on which to play ice hockey. In warm weather, they scouted for accessible ponds with potential. When the temperature started to cool, they monitored the thickening ice. The moment the ice could hold their weight, they were out skating and passing a puck around (long before locals were ready to brave the ice). Donna and I skated too, but we never lasted as long as Craig and Mark.

When I saw the call for submissions to a Canadian winter themed Chicken Soup for the Soul, I knew I had to write something about our Ontario experience and the siren call of frozen ice. But which of our many winter memories should I pick? Should I write about the Christmas day we tested the ice on a pond in the middle of a deserted conservation area? Or the night we skated on an old outdoor rink ─with boards around the outside and lights overhead, canned music, and a warm-up hut with a wood stove? Or should I write about the time we were house and dog-sitting on a farm north of the city, and we skated on the farm pond as the two big dogs slipped and skidded around us? No. I decided to start at the beginning ─with the first winter and the first pond.

Flood Warnings!

June 25, 2012

Recent flood alerts along the Fraser River feel like deja vu. This year’s delayed mountain snow melt combined with extra rain have made for conditions similar to those in spring 1948, when my new chapter book, Flood Warning, takes place. But, while the story might be too close to reality for some communities this week, the worse threats seems to be over in most locations –at least for now. You can read flood news here.

If you’re interested in sharing this story with kids, please ask for the book at your local bookstore, or order from these amazon.com or amazon.ca links (thanks!). You can find info about my other books for kids on my website.

Fraser River flood flashback (and book giveaway)

May 21, 2012
On this day in 1948*, the town of Agassiz’s Victoria Day dance was interrupted by news that the Fraser River was about to flood. Men, young and old, quietly left the dance to build up the sandbag dyke along the river and begin what would inevitably be a lost battle to keep the water back and protect their homes, farms and businesses. A few days later, children waded through waist deep water on the school grounds, men rowed boats down the main street of town, and hundreds of dairy cows choked the road west of town as farmers herded them to higher ground, murky water licking at their heals.

Tom, the main character of my new chapter book, Flood Warning, wishes he could join his father and the other men fighting the flood. He’s sure his favorite radio hero, the Lone Ranger, would do no less. At the very least, the Lone Ranger on his firy horse, Silver, would escort the evacuation train safely out of town. But Tom has to go to school, and when school is dismissed early, he has to stay home and help his mom around the house. Until the flood comes to him, and Tom must become a real-life hero and help save his family’s dairy cows. (Info on book giveaway at bottom of post.)

The story, while fiction, is based on what really happened during the 1948 flood. Agassiz was the first town to be evacuated (read Flood Warning for the unusual role played by the town cemetery), but communities all along the Fraser Valley were affected. In total, 30,000 civilians (local farmers, townspeople, and volunteers from other areas) sprang into action to fight the flood, rescue stranded people and animals, and bring in supplies. Sixteen thousand people (including 3,800 children) were forced to flee, and hundreds of animals were also removed to safety (750 cows were evacuated in Agassiz alone). Roads (including the Trans Canada Highway) and railways were swamped, people who remained in the flooded areas were cut off from the rest of the world, and even the city of Vancouver was isolated from the rest of the country except by plane.

When the water finally began to recede two weeks later, it left devastation in its wake. Orchards and field crops were destroyed, debris was everywhere, floor boards of houses, cupboards, stairs, etc. were warped and rotting, carpets were ruined, walls stained, water-soaked furniture falling apart, and dark stagnant water and mud remained stuck in low areas. Yet, throughout the ordeal, there was a sense of camaraderie and mutual support, and people’s spirits remained high.

For more information on the Fraser River flood, Nature’s Fury, a first-hand account by newspaper correspondents and photographers who witnessed the flood, is available to download from the city of Chilliwack’s website.

Check out Flood Warning for a child’s eye view.

Book giveaway!

I’m giving away a signed copy of Flood Warning along with a bookmark, special button, and a DVD that includes episodes of the 1950s Lone Ranger TV show. Add a comment here, or “Like” my Facebook page to be entered in the draw. (Draw deadline: June 15, 2012.)

Of course, you can also ask for the book at your local bookstore, or order it through Amazon.comAmazon.ca and other online sources.

Flood Warning is part of the Orca Echoes series for grades 1-3 and is illustrated by Leanne Franson (Leanne also illustrated my previous chapter book, Mystery of the Missing Luck, and I love her work).

* Note: Today is Victoria Day here in Canada, and it was on Victoria Day in 1948 that the flood warning began, however, in 1948 Victoria Day fell on May 24th.

Book launch invitation

April 22, 2012

My new chapter book, Flood Warning, about the Fraser River flood of 1948 (and how a young boy helps to save his family’s herd of dairy cows), debuts this Wednesday at Vancouver Kidsbooks, along with books by three other local authors. Kidsbooks is one of my favourite places to spend some time!

A Discovering Emily discovery

October 26, 2011

This morning, sorting through stuff I’ve had in storage for the past two years, I was surprised to discover a box full of bookmarks for my children’s book, Discovering Emily (a junior novel about the childhood of Canadian artist Emily Carr). I had no idea I still had all these bookmarks, and it is strange that they should resurface right at this moment. Only a few weeks ago, I found out that this book is no longer available in print, and I have to decide if I should ask for the rights back from the publisher and look for a new publisher, or possibly reprint the book myself. Are the bookmarks trying to tell me something?

Discovering Emily was originally published in 2004 by Orca (though, as with many of my books, the idea and research started several years earlier). I’ve had eight books for young people published now, but I continue to have a soft spot for this book because of my love for Emily Carr and her art and my admiration for the incredible spunk it took for a young woman in 19th century Victoria to go against the current and follow her dream of becoming an artist and painting in a way that had meaning to her. I first wrote the book because I wanted to show kids the person behind the dowdy-looking famous artist with a reputation for eccentricity. She was once a child just like them, who had fears and dreams, got into trouble, did things wrong, but kept trying and kept on being true to herself.

I was at a teachers’ conference this past Friday, and a few teachers came up to talk to me. Ironically, the one book they all mentioned using in their classrooms was Discovering Emily. I also have teacher friends who use this book every year. As one friend says, “[the character, Emily] inspired me to look for that spark in the kids I deal with every day.” Unfortunately, these anecdotes have not translated into enough on-going sales for my publisher to feel compelled to reprint the book again. Yet, I still feel there’s a spot for this book in primary classrooms and that there are children waiting to be inspired by the young Emily Carr.

Anyone out there have any thoughts on this book and what I should do? Are you a teacher who uses the book or would like to have the book in your classroom? If I reprint the book myself I may have to find a new illustrator (as well as figure out how to get the book into the hands of teachers, librarians, parents, and kids). Ideally, I’d like Orca to print the book again, as they still have the sequel, Emily’s Dream, available, and I still have all those matching bookmarks to give away!

If you’d like to encourage Orca to get the book back in print, you can contact the publisher, Andrew Wooldridge, at orca@orcabook.com.

[Note: on Orca’s website it says the book is “out of stock” rather than “out of print” because the book may still be available as an e-book.]

Past blog post about walking through Emily Carr’s old neighbourhood: In Emily Carr’s footsteps

Great website about Emily Carr: Emily Carr at Work and at Home

Downloadable teachers’ guide for Discovering Emily

[Note: Amazon.ca still shows Discovering Emily available, and Amazon.com shows one book left in stock.]

P.S. Just discovered a Kindle edition is available (my first book available through Kindle, so kind of exciting –if I took back the rights to the book I could make it available through Kindle myself, but would have to redo the cover and art):


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Mrs Thatcher and the Jubilee Line Extension

With the sad death of Baroness Thatcher it is worth remembering the support she gave the creators of Canary Wharf, Olympia & York – without this it is likely the regeneration project of those former docks would not have been so much of a success.

However, apart from the demise of O&Y and the scandals that have hit the financial sector recently, there is one wrinkle to the story of Canary Wharf that was not such a success – the Jubilee Line Extension. Initially there was no doubt about who should pay for this:

The evaluation of options has been conducted within the framework provided by the Government’s policy on the financing of rail services. This requires that any new line should be paid for by those who benefit including passengers, property developers and landowners . . . In the case of the Extension to the Jubilee Line we understand that the Department of Transport has been advised that the benefits which the line would bring to landowners are likely to exceed by a substantial margin the cost of the line, and that a Government contribution to the funding would not appear to be needed. (Halcrow Fox & Associates, 1989: 31)

This is particularly relevant to the WLR as, like O&Y, WLR also proposes a private railway built at no cost to the taxpayer. O&Y realised that to make their plans a success it was important to think of the wider picture and to get the transport right. Although the WLR is a rail project first and any property is secondary, the principle is the same: to support economic and improve our public spaces without building sprawling developments on the Green Belt, requires an investment in better rail links.

The story of how O&Y’s proposals were hi-jacked is well told in this paper, the Wheels of Fortune, by Mrs Thatcher’s favourite think tank, the IEA. It eventually cost over £5 billion in today’s money but was originally estimated by the private sector to cost just £400 million. Indeed the costs of the line are still increasing as some blame the leaning of Elizabeth Tower (which houses Big Ben) on the Jubilee Line excavations below, which could lead to a further £2 billion bill.

WLR doesn’t share this monograph’s view that there should be a land tax to fund infrastructure improvements, believing, like the O&Y, that the benefits are large enough to be financed privately without any need for additional taxation. Mrs Thatcher also supported the private-sector-led approach but lost this battle with Transport for London. With the passing-away of a titan let us hope that we learn the lessons of this project.

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My Favourite Sharing and Comfort food.

My Favourite Sharing and Comfort food.

Once upon a time, there was a lady who used to love cooking, she spent hours and hours preparing nice home made food for her family, all from scratch using some of the freshest and nicest ingredients.. Then she had a baby.

Homemade food became more of a task than something I enjoyed and dinner became whatever was quick and easy from the freezer. Its no secret that children are time consuming and require 100% of your attention so the things you used to love sometimes get moved to the back burner.

However we still get moments to entertain and making quick and yummy meals is a lot less time consuming but still delicious!

Dirty Rice:

My all time favourite comfort food. Don’t be put off by the name. Its delicious!

Rice (Measurements to size of family) we use about a cup of rice.                                              2 cloves of Garlic – Chopped                                                                                1 Red onion – sliced (we’ve tried with white onion but it didn’t work for us)                            Two beef burgers (can probably be made with Quorn but i haven’t so can’t tell you if it works)                                                                                Fajita seasoning.

Cook rice (I’m hoping I don’t need to explain that one)  Add two sprays of cooking oil (We use coconut oil) to a frying pan and leave to heat up. Add the burgers and break down into tiny pieces, let the burgers brown before adding the onions and garlic. Cook through until burgers are fully cooked and onions are softened. Once the rice is cooked and strained, add the burgers etc into a bowl with the rice and mix in the fajita powder until its spread evenly throughout. Put into a bowl and enjoy! we’ve also used taco shells as a side which add a bit of excitement to the meal.

Pizza Rolls:

Yummy, quick and one of Adams favourites!

Pre Bought (I cant make pastry) Puff Pastry or a pre rolled pizza sheet (All about preference here)                                                                                Pizza base sauce(you can make your own) i just buy asdas own its super yummy!               Mozzarella or whatever cheese is your personal preference                                                     Salami & Pepperoni. – Again its all down to choice                                                                         Seasoning : We use Pepper and Mixed herbs but once again all down to choice!

This one is so simple.

Roll out the pastry of choice, add your tomato base and choice of toppings and roll! (think swiss roll kind of roll), We cook them for about 35-45 minutes on gas mark 5 until they’re crispy and brown with no soggy bottom! Enjoy with a side salad or chips! Simple!

Cous Cous, Meat & Veg.

This one doesn’t really have a fancy name because we only decided recently to make it. However it was amazing! Its one of those meals we made from ingredients left in the cupboard at the end of a food shop week.

Cous Cous (the food so nice they named it twice) We use Mediterranean but once again its all about choice!                                                                                Diced pork chops (we used two)                                                                                Mangetout chopped (About a handful)                                                                                Half a red onion Sliced.                                                                                Two potatoes Diced.                                                                                Seasoning: To flavour (we used chilli, herbs and garlic pepper)

This is one of those one pot sling it in meals. (doesn’t sound appetizing i know but bare with me)  Add a tea spoon of sunflower oil to a wok, add potatoes and cook until softened, add pork and vegetables and cook till done and then season. Once done add to cous cous either premade or from a packet and mix together. Serve with salad and TAADAA.

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Metube: August Sings Carmen Habanera

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Music Video from Austria, 4 minutes

Screens Saturday, February 28, 2015
Screening Block 2: 1:30pm-4:30pm

Directed by Daniel Moshel
Produced by Daniel Moshel, August Schram, Roland Pfannhauser

MeTube, a homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers, gifted and less gifted self-promoters on the Internet, has attracted international attention. No less than George Bizet’s Habanera from Carmen has been reinterpreted for MeTube and enhanced with electronic sounds. Behind the cross-over of musical styles are director Daniel Moshel as well as opera and oratorio tenor August Schram.

About the Director

Daniel Moshel was born in 1976 in Offenbach/M, Germany. During his multi-media studies, he directed his first fictional short film called komA, which was shown on TV and screened at several film festivals. The recent project Metube ( is his first (classical) music video . He is one of 4 directors creating the 2014 ZDF TV-show named ‘House of Love‘.

2013 Berlin Music Video Award (Germany) – Grand Prix, Best Concept
2013 Openeyes Filmfest (Germany) – 2nd Prize Experimental / Music Video
2013 Oldenburg Queer Film Festival (Germany) – 2nd Prize Audience Award
2013 Los Angeles Music Video Festival (USA) – Kick Off Film
2013 Cinema Next Filmnacht (Austria) – Best MUVI Selection
2013 Deutscher Webvideopreis (Germany) – Winner Category: Epic
2013 VIS – Vienna Independent Shorts (Austria) – Best National MUVI
2013 Blue Whisky Independent Film Festival (USA) – Best Music Video
2013 Circuito Off (Italy) – Audience Award
2013 Budapest Short International Film Festival (Hungary) – Audience Award
2013 ARS Electronica Festival (Austria) – Honorary Mention
2013 Queer Lisboa Film Festival (Portugal) – Audience Award
2013 Animago Award Ceremony Berlin-Babelsberg (Germany) – Special Jury Award
2013 International Music Video Festival Paris (France) – Grand Prix
2013 Madrid International Cinema Week (Spain) – Special Jury Award
2013 Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium) – Audience Award
2013 Nexttv’s Web Series & Indie Film Competition (USA) – Grand Prize Winner
2013 Backup Kurzfilmfestival Weimar (Germany) – Backup Clip Award
2013 Kurzfilmfestival Weimar (Germany) – Best Music Video
2013 Schnongs Studentisches Kurzfilmfestival (Germany) – Daad-Prize
2013 Golden Diana International Film Festival (Austria) – Diana In Bronze
2013 Timishort Film Festival (Romania) – Special Mention Of The Jury In The Videorama Section
2013 Q Cinema, Fort Worth’s Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (USA) – Best Short Comedy Award
2013 Tessh International Short Film Festival (Greece) – Cinematic Achievement Award Animation/Experimental
2014 Film Leben Festival Ilmenau (Germany) – Best Experimental Film
2014 Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Fenaco Perú – Best Videoclip
2014 Content Award Night (Austria) – Best Short
2015 Austrian Film Award (Austria) – Nomination For Best Short Film

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14-15APR15: Toes 2 Bar

Today, you’ll get to witness a new demonstration of the gymnastics movements called Toes to Bar, Knees to Elbows, Knees to Armpits, Knees to Chest, and Knee Raises Above Waist before giving those movements a shot on your own. As always, we will then incorporate our new movements in with some old favorites for our workout of the day (today’s will be a fast and furious AMRAP workout). The aforementioned movements are great for building both core strength and grip strength, both which will transfer over into pretty much everything we do in CrossFit (they’ll also work wonders in getting those 6-pack abs). Expect your hands to get a little rough and your abs to get a little sore from this one…small prices to pay in becoming more prepared for the zombie apocalypse!!

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One of the biggest secrets of success is that over the long run, you will enjoy the level of success you deserve.  Yes.  Things do happen that are outside of your control but your reactions to those situations will determine your long term success.

Understanding this foundational truth is key to mastering your own level of success.  If you are not at the level of success that you want, then you must own that.  To reach a higher level of success, you must either work harder or more effectively.

Success over the long run is all about the number of hours consistently applied towards your goal (effort) times the amount of success an average hour delivers (effectiveness).  To be more successful, you can either increase your effort or increase your effectiveness.  There is simply no other way.


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Crispy Seabass and Peppered Veg

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I was inspired to make this meal after a talk from an attendee on my unleash your inner badass programme on food waste. All items can be bought from inexpensive supermarkets. Buy organic whenever possible.

Ingredients - For Fish

Brown bread flour

Garlic granules

Salt and coarse black pepper

Other ingredients

Olive oil

3  x cloves garlic

1 x spring onion

4 large chestnut mushrooms

A sliver of red scotch bonnet pepper ( I kept a few seeds in, however, feel free to remove).

Around 20 pimento seeds (aka allspice) crushed

Small handful thyme

Mixed vegetables of whatever you have in the fridge

Season the flour with the salt, pepper and half teaspoon of garlic granules

Generously coat both sides of the fish in mixture

Put aside

For veg

Gently heat olive oil in a wok

Gently fry the scotch bonnet pepper and garlic for 2-3 mins

Add all the other ingredients

Crush and add the pimento seeds

Continue cooking everything on low heat until mushrooms are soft

Remove from pan and keep warm.

Add more oil to the wok and turn up the heat

Gently fry the fish for around five minutes on both sides turning frequently to create a crispy outer.

Place veg on a plate and remove thyme sticks

Place fish on top

Serve with rice and or a dollop of garlic mayo.

All done.

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5th Grade Weekly Update for Week of May 21st

ELA: We are assembling our poetry books on Monday! They are AMAZING!! I’m so proud of all of the hard work that has been put into each page. We can’t wait to show them off on Wednesday at our Poetry Coffeehouse. We will continue to practice our poems right up until Wednesday morning. We worked on adding gestures to our poems this week. Most students were able to start their take-home grammar test that covers our last unit. Students are allowed to use their grammar workshop books, as well as, any worksheets sent home in Friday Folders. All tests should be turned in on Monday!

History: We will continue our Japan enrichment unit this week by creating a bulletin board displaying different aspects of Japanese culture. Be on the lookout for origami created by the students hanging in the room for our Poetry Coffeehouse.

Math: Students worked incredibly hard on their illustrated dictionaries last week and finished them just in time to use for the cumulative test. They did a fantastic job and will come home next week! This week, students will receive an envelope that contains all of the graphic organizers and resources we have created throughout the year. I recommend hanging on to these to help refresh memories during the summer and even to use for next year!

On Friday, students wrote letters to their future self, which we plan to mail to them seven years from now as they become high school graduates! We need your help by filling out the address form we sent home in Friday Folders and returning it with your child on Monday. We would also like to include a picture. You can send one in with your child or I can take their picture at school.

Science: On Thursday, students received a list of questions to help them prepare for our oral heat exam on Tuesday. Students were instructed to have a parent sign it to confirm it was seen at home, and I checked for the signature on Friday. Throughout this unit, students completed pop-quizzes after each investigation. These quizzes were weighted as a homework/participation grade. These will be useful for students to refer to as they practice answering the questions for the oral test.

Parents should have received a parent survey letter from me in Friday Folders. I thank you in advance for taking the time to complete these. Reflecting on the successes of this year help me as I plan for next year and seek areas to improve upon! You or your child can drop them off in a folder placed outside my classroom door on Monday! Thank you!

Events for the Week:
-Wednesday-Poetry Coffeehouse at 8:00, all are invited! Cookout Lunch with Book Buddies
-Thursday-Wacky Olympics from 8:00-10:00, volunteers are welcome
-Friday-Honor’s Ceremony at 9:30 in the Quad (weather permitting) Early Release at 1:00

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  • High Expectations For Teaching And Learning

  • Strong Instructional Leadership

  • Safe Learning Environment For Everyone

  • Positive And Welcoming School Climate

  • Valuing Time On Task For Mastery

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Planning for Personalization within Episerver

Personalization is easy. Well, let me rephrase. Implementing personalization and delivering personalized content/products within Episerver is easy. When you look at both Perform and Advance and the ability to deliver personalized recommendations based on some pretty powerful algorithms, personalization is more accessible because the tool you're using is pretty smart.

However, while implementing personalization within Episerver may be easy, planning for personalization and knowing where to start can be tough.  I've seen the challenges my clients go through. Whether it's truly understanding personas, creating enough content to support personalization, and even getting organization-wide buy-in for personalization, personalization planning can be intimidating.

When personalizing with Episerver, it is important to define the criteria for your various visitor groups/segments. By thoroughly segmenting users, you will not only increase your marketing maturity but you will be well equipped to meet the rising demands of your customers.

Now the next step is figuring out how and where to start.

Below are a few of the exercises that will help get your team aligned and ready to execute more sophisticated marketing strategies within the experience platform.

  • Understand your Visitor Groups: This is hands down the most important step, and while it seems like a no brainier, you would be surprised how many different opinions there are of who an organizations target audience groups are and how to best reach them. The bigger the organization, the more ambiguity is around the intricacies that make up the various audience groups. It is so important to not just identify visitor groups, but to go beyond the surface. Focus on identifying what makes them tick, what motivated them to come to your site or interact with your brand. Once you begin to better understand the who and why, you can begin planning more strategic and tailored marketing to each one of these groups. And then, using a tool like Epi's Insight for visitor intelligence, you can continue to refine and update your visitor groups.

  • Define and Document the User Journey:  Once your visitor groups/segments are identified, the next step is to define and document the steps in their journey - both at a high level and at the visitor group level. Visitor groups may have a similar overarching journey, but each will have intricacies in terms of duration in the phase - some may have more phases, fewer phases, etc. You get the idea. When defining the journey, it is key to start to think about what the intent is in each step for each audience group, and how site content and marketing efforts align to the journey. Once this is defined, documented and blessed by the powers that be at an organization, this will make all ongoing personalization more straight forward because you will have a better understanding of how user's are moving through the site and how pathing algorithms are being used to deliver content and product recommendations.

  • Align Content to Visitor Groups and Journey Phases: One of the key deliverables that comes out of understanding audience groups is a content matrix that aligns your audience groups with the user journey phases. At this point you will begin identifying the pages and content that will help move users through each journey phase. What you may come to find is that you don’t have content that supports users at each phase, and that is OK. The purpose of moving through this exercise is to identify those gaps. When you are building a website, you typically think about the content you need for go live, and not about how you can have 1:1 dialog with each user. As you move through this exercise of aligning content to audience groups and phases, you will identify missing content and inevitably start to create content for visitor groups and their journey.

Once you have all of this documented, you are that much closer to implementing personalization within Episerver and delivering tailored experiences for your visitors that will keep them engaged with relevant content based on their profile and expressed interests.

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Weekend Special: Heavy Steel

Let’s get this straight. If you want more experience and more credits, Heavies is the answer. The purpose behind this weekend’s offer is to help you in your way up to the top in heavy’s branches, regardless of the nation. We want you to fight against the big dogs, and give the beginners a break in lower tier battles. So this weekend refrain from entering tier II battles to show off and prove to equals what you are capable of with a heavy machine.

From Saturday March 9th 06:10 CET (05:10 GMT) until Tuesday March 12th 06:00 CET (05:00 GMT), the following bonuses will be available in game:

Medal Hunt: Steel Wall

If you receive an Steel Wall badge, by receiving and surviving to more hits (at least 11) with a potential damage of at least 1,000 HP than any other player on the entire battlefield, you’ll receive an additional 7,000 credits

This bonus will be automatically credited to your account when you receive the medal.

x3 experience bonus for the first victory of the day with every vehicle.

That’s right, it’s a x3 experience weekend! Enjoy it, and don’t forget to take every tank out for a ride!

50% off in the following tier VII heavy tanks:
T29 (American)
  Black Prince (British)
  PzKpfw VI Tiger (German)
  PzKpfw VI Tiger (P) (German)
  AMX M4 (1945) (French)
  KV-3 (Soviet)
  IS (Soviet)
  IS-2 (Chinese)

And also the premium tier V heavy tank:
T14 (American)

And 30% additional credit income on all of the vehicles listed above (except the premium T14)!

Profits, profits, profits. This combine to the triple experience… grind your way up to higher tiers!

50% Discount on crew (re)training

It’s never too late to start over. In a new tank, we mean.

Don’t miss it! The special will only last until Tuesday early morning.


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William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to invite application for the William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants from eligible organizations and principal investigators. The foundation support high-quality research that is relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States.The Foundation funds research that increases our understanding of (1) programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes, and (2) strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth.

The William T. Grant Foundation was founded in 1936, has worked to further the understanding of human behavior through research.The Foundation provided support to Hampstead Clinic in London, then under the direction of Anna Freud. The William T. Grant Foundation’s mission focuses on supporting research to improve the lives of young people in the United States.

  • Research project advances the Foundation’s interests in understanding programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality or improving the use of research evidence.
  • The research project has compelling relevance for programs, policies, and practices affecting youth ages 5-25 in the U.S.
  • Funds primarily support research activities, not intervention or service costs.
  • The applicant is employed by a tax-exempt organization.
  • Eligible Organizations: Grants are made to organizations, not individuals. Grants are limited, without exception, to tax-exempt organizations. A copy of the Internal Revenue Service tax-exempt status determination letter is required from each applying organization.
  • Eligible Principal Investigators: Institutions usually have their own eligibility criteria regarding who can act as Principal Investigator (PI) on a grant. This often excludes graduate students. Graduate students can, however, be listed as Co-Principal Investigators.

How to Apply:

To apply for the research grant, the applicant must submit online application through the given link: https://easygrants.wtgrantfoundation.org/WTG/Implementation/Modules/Login/LoginModuleContent.aspx?Config=LoginModuleConfig&Page=Login

Supporting Documents:

The application process for all research grants begins with a letter of inquiry (LOI). Letters of inquiry for research grants and Officers’ Research grants are accepted three times per year (in the winter, spring, and summer).

Letters of inquiry for research grants must include the following:

  • Project Information
  • Brief Description of the Project (1,500 characters maximum)
  • Project Narrative (five pages maximum)
  • Curriculum Vitae, Biographical Sketch, or Resume (one-page maximum)

In addition to the above requirements, letters of inquiry for Officers’ research grants must include the following:

  • Budget
  • Budget Justification Form
  • IRS Tax-Exempt Status Determination Letter

Financial Aid and Award Money:

  • Research grants about reducing inequality typically range between $100,000 and $600,000 and cover two to three years of support.
  • Research grants about improving the use of research initiative will range between $100,000 and $1,000,000 and cover two to four years of support.
  • This shift to a million dollar ceiling reflects our renewed commitment to this focus area and our interest in funding bold, large-scale studies to significantly advance the field.
  • Projects involving secondary data analysis are at the lower end of the budget range, whereas projects involving new data collection and sample recruitment can be at the higher end.
  • Proposals to launch experiments in which settings (e.g., classrooms, schools, and youth programs) are randomly assigned to conditions sometimes have higher awards.
  • For smaller projects, they have a separate funding mechanism, Officers’ Research grants. These awards cover budgets up to $50,000. Some are stand-alone projects that fit our research focus areas; others build off of larger projects. Junior scholars of color are encouraged to apply for these grants as a way to build their research programs.

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The application deadline is August 2, 2017, 3:00 PM EST.

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Brownie Brittle: New Holiday Varieties Are Here!

Brownie Brittle Holiday Selection
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Do you have a favorite snack that tastes so delicious, you literally cannot believe how good it is? And maybe you buy a bag of that snack, and sit with the entire bag in your lap and just eat and eat until there’s nothing left in the bag except crumbs, but then you pour the crumbs out of the bag into your hand and lick them off of your palm? Don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about.

For me, the sweet snack that makes my head explode is Brownie Brittle, which I first discovered at a food show about three years ago. If you are not yet hip to the Mother of all Sweet Snacks, let me explain that Brownie Brittle is a cookie-like baked treat that tastes like the well-done edges of the Brownie where the batter meets the pan. There are a few lame imitators out there but Sheila G’s Brownie Brittle is the original, and it is just insane.

Brownie Brittle Bites

Brownie Brittle comes in a varierty of delicious regular flavors that are available in your local market year-round, but during the Holiday Season each year they come out with few new, seasonal varieties and they always hook me up, because Brownie Brittle is my Holiday snack time jam. This year is no exception. Let me give you a quick run down of these irresistible, available for a-limited-time-only treats so you can add them to your holiday shopping list

Salted Caramel

The salted caramel chocolate treat is still very much on-trend again, and Browne Brittle leads the charge this Holiday season with its Salted Caramel Brownie Brittle with a Dark Chocolate Drizzle — for added festiveness! Some of you may not know that adding salt to chocolate does not make the treat taste saltier, but rather it enhances the flavor, and makes it taste like the most delicious chocolate on the planet. I brought a bag of Salted Caramel Brownie Brittle to the office to share with my team, and not only was it was devoured within minutes, but my co-workers simply would not shut up about how amazing it was. They are still talking about it.

Chocolate Chip BB

Chocolate Chip Brownie Brittle — a year-round favorite — gets all dressed up for Santa with the addition of a little sweet white drizzle on top. Check it out!

Chocolate Chip BB

This particular variety of crunchy, chocolaty goodness is really special when broken up over a dish of ice cream with maybe some Trader Joe’s frozen cherries tossed in for good measure. Yummy.

Things start to get a little crazy with what they are calling Thindulgent Dark Chocolate Bark, which is Mint Brownie Brittle pieces covered in dark chocolate, topped with peppermint flakes and a white chocolate drizzle. Sassy! Bring this to the Holiday Party and make lots of friends!

Dark Chocolate with Peppermint

Also brand new this year are Brownie Brittle Bites, which combine the best parts of  candy and cookies all in one outrageously indulgent morsel. Kill me!

Brownie Brittle Bites Peppermint

Imagine Junior Mints wrapped around layers of crunchy Chocolate Chip Brownie Brittle and you get the idea. Verdict: Out of Control.

Milk Chocolate Caramel BB Bites

Brownie Brittle Bites also come in Milk Chocolate Caramel in case you do not have diabetes yet. All of these varieties of delicious Brownie Brittle cone in a festive resealable, snowflake-print pouch, with bow on it and everything, so you don’t even need to wrap it! Find a store near you that sells Brownie Brittle, or buy it online, at This Link!

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Herbed Horseradish Sauce

Great on cooked buckwheat, steamed greens, and more.  Makes about 2 cups and will keep in the frig for 1-2 weeks.

Blend in blender:

  • 1/3 cup prepared horseradish (like Gold’s brand)
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

Then add and blend until smooth:

  • 3 scallions (optional)
  • 2 cloves garlic  chopped
  • 1/3 cup cottage cheese or quark or plain yogurt
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp prepared mustard
  • 2 Tbsp dried parsley or handful of fresh chopped parsley
  • 1 Tbsp dried dill or small handful of fresh dill
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 2 Tbsp mirin (rice cooking wine, adds a touch of sweetness)

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Hi, I am really impressed with the multivendor option on the vendor child theme. I would however like the option for the shops to be able to be posted with their location on a map. Kind of like the directory theme by templatic.

For example when someone adds their business they would be able to select their location and on a map and then customers would be able to visit the shop in person as well as placing an order through the site.

It would essentially be a mix up of a directory theme with the multivendor shop system.

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Navigation autonome

Ceci requiert de la vision, de la planification, du contrôle autonome, de l'intégration multimodale.

Roburoc   Robulab

Thèses en cours

From metacontrol to emotions: An application to robotic navigation in big environments

Marwen Belkaid ( Prof. Philippe Gaussier, Dr. Nicolas Cuperlier )

Addressing robotic navigation in big indoors and outdoors is a way to challenge our systems. The idea is that scaling up is not only a matter of more computational power. Instead, an autonomous robot should be able to self-evaluate, self-regulate and adapt its own behavior in order to cope with a dynamic unstructured environment. For that purpose, modeling internal and external signals — such as motivations, prediction errors, emotions, social interactions, contexts, etc. — is essential. This also allows for using robots, as artificial forms of life, to investigate what and how different kinds of information affect the way living beings can perceive and act in their physical and social environment.

Bio-inspired visual navigation in large indoor environments

Pierre Delarboulas (Prof. Philippe Gaussier, Prof. Mathias Quoy , and Dr. Ramesh Caussy)

The aim of this thesis is to ensure the scalability and the robustness of existing navigation algorithms in large and unknown environments (no prior knowledge).

Thèses soutenues

Towards a plausible model of action selection for a mobile robot

Dr. Souheil Hanoune (Prof. Mathias Quoy )

The main topic of the thesis is to develop bio-inspired actions selection models based on the emulation of the cortico-basal loops involving the hippocampus,the prefrontal cortex and the basal ganglia. The goal is to develop more robust robotic control architecture within the frame of computational neuroscience. By analyzing and reproducing the results obtained by neurobiologists, we hope to obtain a better comprehension of the brain functions allowing us to deduce models more suitable for real-world dynamic environments. The models describe functions involved in low-level action selections, like choosing to turn left or right; as well as in selection between high level strategies used in various navigational paradigms, like the competition/cooperation between sensory-motro habitual and high level cognitive strategie.

Download thesis manuscript here.

Vers une approche hybride et émergente pour un système multirobot adaptatif-collaboratif basé sur le comportement des fourmis

  • Abdelhak Chatty, 2014

From self-evaluation to emotions: neuromimetic and bayesian approaches for the learning of complex behavior involving multimodal informations

  • Adrien Jauffret, 2014 (Pr. Philippe GAUSSIER, Pr. Philippe TARROUX, Dr. Nicolas CUPERLIER)


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  • Revive Your Garments - Easily remove fabric fluff, lint and bobbles from all types of garments and fabrics, including sweaters, jerseys, blankets, bed sheets, upholstery and much more.
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  • Highly Adjustable - 3 shave heights, 2 speeds and 3 shaving head hole sizes for suiting all different types of fabric and bobble sizes.
  • Dual Protection - The adjustable height spacer protects both garments from being cut or snagged and also hands from accidentally touching the shaver foil.
  • What You Receive - Beautural Lint Shaver, cleaning brush, protective cap, instruction manual, 30-day full refund, and 12-month warranty with friendly customer service.
  • Power Supply: 2 x 1.5V type AA batteries Voltage: 3V

Beautural Portable Fabric Shaver:

Hate when your favorite clothes or household furniture and linens look old and worn due to excessive lint and bobbles? Keep all your clothes and fabrics looking like new with Beautural Portable Fabric Shaver.

Beautural’s mission is to create home and beauty products that are both modern and high quality. Come join our family of brands with over 5 million satisfied customers and counting.

Beautural Fabric Shaver Features:

1. Ideal for safely shaving off lint and bobbles from a variety of fabrics. Includes wool products, linens, furniture, and all types of clothes.

2. Powered by 2 AA batteries so you can take it wherever you go.

3. Adjustable to suit all different fabric surfaces. Three adjustable shave heights and two speed options.

4. Extra large cutting head allows for quick and easy removal of fuzz.

5. Removable see-through lint collection container easy to empty

Box Contains:

1 x Beautural Fabric Shaver

1 x Cleaning Brush

1 x Protective Cap

1 x User Manual

Beautural Comprehensive Warranty:

Here at Beautural, we stand by our products 100% with 30-day full refund and 12-month warranty. A happy purchasing experience is our #1 priority and we will happily send you a replacement fabric shaver if any issues arise.

Note: Please place a garment on a flat surface when using the fabric shaver and make sure the surface has no wrinkles as this may cause damage. Batteries (2 x AA) are not included.

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No, but it seems to be gentle on most fabrics, I would suggest trying on inconspicuous area first
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For Auld Lang Syne: The End of the Bar Association Year

Summer Auld Lang SyneEvery year in June, we witness a flurry of dinners, receptions, and of course, CLEs, as almost every bar association in Illinois concludes its bar year.

This year, I was privileged to be on the executive team of not one, but two bar associations. I just finished the first year of my two-year term as Associate Editor for the American Bar Association Young Lawyer magazine. I also completed by one-year term as Co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Section Professional Responsibility Committee.

I’ve said this before: bar association membership is necessary for career growth and professional networking. Moreover they are great social and volunteer outlets. There are communities of lawyers out there doing interesting, meaningful work. Join them. You will never regret the time you spend volunteering with them.

As for our committee, I’m happy to report that we enjoyed a very successful bar year. Much of that success is owed to the incredible hard work of my Co-Chair, Jennifer Weed. Our primary job as Committee Chairs was to find volunteer speakers for CLE programs. Jen worked tirelessly to find speakers who could speak to cutting edge issues of modern professionalism.

Jen and I had a plan at the beginning of the year to showcase the numerous ways professional responsibility imbues the daily practice of every Illinois attorney. We therefore reached out to various YLS committees to gauge their interest in co-sponsoring a professional responsibility lunchtime program in each of their substantive areas. Every committee was more than happy to work with us to bring experts in their field to talk about issues of professional responsibility, including ethics, professionalism and civility. In fact, we were only forced to cancel one Committee meeting this year due to the truly unfortunate, and hopefully never-to-be-repeated, Arctic freeze that prevented our speaker’s arrival in Chicago.

Our programs all featured one or several lawyers, experts in their field, speaking of issues of professional responsibility. Not only did our speakers provide insight and advice to those attending the program, they provoked in-depth discussion among attendees about the right and wrong approaches to ethics and professionalism. Jen and I remain incredibly grateful to these speakers for using their hard-earned time to prepare and facilitate these presentations.

Some of our more memorable collaborations include:

  1. In September, we held a joint meeting with the Estate Planning Committee as Lauren Wolven of Horwood Marcus & Berck presented Common Mistakes Attorneys Make in Drafting Estate Plans. Her practical advice focused on how to successfully draft estate plans without committing ethical and professional missteps.
  2. In April, we joined with the Bankruptcy Committee to present Issues of Professional Ethics in Bankruptcy Law. In this well-attended program, James Sowka, a senior associate at Seyfarth Shaw, presented on the ethics of representing a bankruptcy estate.
  3. In May, we had our most successful joint program of the year. We jointly hosted, with the Education Law Committee (co-chaired by Spotlight Lawyer Maryam Brotine), a panel presentation and networking reception focused on Succeeding in the Field of Education Law. Maryam’s law firm, Robbins Schwarz, sponsored the reception where practitioners and students mingled with each other, sharing the ins and outs of an education practice.

Finally, I would be remiss if I did not mention our December showcase program. In keeping with YLS Chair Mary Curry’s focus on the future of our profession, Jen and I created a seminar titled The First and Next Levels of Success: How to Think Like a Future Lawyer.  The first hour of the program featured Melissa Smart and Tracy Kepler of the ARDC discussing the lessons we all learned in kindergarten and how they can help attorneys avoid disciplinary exposure. The second hour featured Arin Reeves of Nextions speaking on implicit bias and its effect on young attorneys. All three speakers engaged the audience with personal stories and interactive exercises. It was my dream CLE come true, entirely due to our terrific speakers.

I enjoyed a great CBA year. It was a true honor and privilege to serve on the YLS Executive Board. I’m moving aside this year to make space for another Chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee. I know that she will do a magnificent job highlighting professionalism in our daily lives. If you’d like to get involved in the YLS, send me an email or just go to the Chicago Bar Association website and find out the myriad of ways you can work with the bar association. It’s a tremendously rewarding experience and I’m glad I was able to be a part of it. Happy end of bar year, everyone.

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Former Diversity & Education Director at Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism

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Beautiful Warren Rhode Island

Warren is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 10,611 at the 2010 census. Warren was the original home of Brown University, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The school registered its first students in 1765. Brown was the Baptist answer to Congregationalist Yale and Harvard, Presbyterian Princeton, and Episcopalian Penn and Columbia. At the time, it was the only one of these schools that welcomed students of all religious persuasions (following the example of Roger Williams, who founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the same principle). Commerce revived within the decade after the Revolution and, until the middle of the 19th century, Warren was famous for the fine vessels launched from its yards. These vessels were largely commanded by Warren men and operated by Warren crews, and they engaged in whaling, merchant service, and the West India trade. Three notable ships were built in Warren by Chase & Davis: the 1853 clipper Lookout, the 1853 clipper bark Gem of the Sea, and the 1854 clipper barkMary Ogden.
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The story kind of reads like something out of The Onion. In a game where the big headline was San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's very rusty performance in his return to the field, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk went in another direction. He focused on something that the quarterback decided not to do while off the field.

Florio points out that Kaepernick decided against standing for the National Anthem prior to kickoff on Friday night. The team even went as far as to issue a statement to Pro Football Talk.

"The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pre-game ceremony," the team said in the statement. "It is an opportunity to honor our country and reflect on the great liberties we are afforded as its citizens. In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem."

Pro Football Talk went on to point out that Kaepernick retweeted a Tweet on Thursday, accompanied by images of the American and Confederate flags, that said the following:

"The fact that you really believe that there is difference in these flags means that your [sic] ignoring history."

Yup. This is a story. And yes, we kind of just contributed to the problem. We offer our apologies. Here's to hoping that everyone kind of just gives Florio a thumbs up, says, "Cool story bro," and then moves on with their day.

Below is a photo originally posted via Twitter by Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee. The Tweet was later deleted. That is Kaepernick sitting in front of the Gatorade containers.

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Top major causes of Kitchen Related Accidents and how you can avoid them

kitchen related accidents

kitchen related accidentsSome weeks ago, the blogging community and the entire world was slam with a rude shock, when news of the death of promising young blogger filtered into the air. Rebecca Burger 32 was a French fitness blogger; she died from kitchen related accidents. Though she isn’t the first, it becomes more painful looking at her age and what the world and the blogging community stand to lose, however the challenge is, can these incidence of kitchen related accidents be avoided.

To answer this question, let’s take a look at the various kinds of accidents that do occur in the kitchen with a bid to proffering possible way to avoiding them or reducing the damages from their occurrence.

Equipment Failure Resulting in Kitchen related accidents

Many Kitchen related accidents are largely due to equipment failure, these ranges from gas explosion, micro-wave disaster, and so on, why some of these failures could be prevented by early detection of fault, others however gives no sign of wear out to necessitate failure, some example of equipment failures resulting in Kitchen related accidents are:

Kitchen Gas Explosion

Many avoidable kitchen related accidents resulted from gas explosion, contrary many people believe that a gas cylinder can explode at any time, the fact remains that these bottles don’t explode, the so call gas cylinder explosion is an explosion from gas leakages which might have gathered somewhere around the cooking gas system and suddenly explode when attracted with fire, hence most kitchen gas explosion are due to negligence.

Many household do not maintain their cooking gas setup, most people only do this when the equipment cease to function or when the cylinder is empty, they take it out for refill.

The gas cooker is made up of several parts like BBQ, O-ring, Regulator etc. and each of these parts requires frequent observation and maintenance, to learn, how you can observe and maintain your gas cooker, visit Learn how to observe and prevent gas explosion kitchen related accidents.

Another kind of kitchen related accidents resulting from equipment failure is that of the microwave, this could result in electrical hazard that could cause bodily damage or fire disaster, negligence is also the root cause. Many people don’t know which item they ought to place inside the microwave and which item they should not, to avoid this, users should acquaint themselves with the functionality detailing the do’s and don’ts of this kitchen equipment here

Substandard Equipment

Another major causes of kitchen related accidentss resulting from equipment failure is due to substandard equipment or those with manufactured defect, for instance the French blogger died from complications after she was hit in the chest by and exploding whippy cream dispenser, ordinarily whippy cream dispensers are harmless, but this particular product had been in the news as having defects and a lot where recalled as claimed by the company though, users should always go for equipment that are user friendly and always do a market review to know more about the equipment you are buying.

Other forms of kitchen related accidents are burns and knife injuries; burns normally result from the handling of cooking items like hot water or boiling oil in the process of cooking, to avoid this, complete attention should be given when in the kitchen, all forms of distractions should be avoided, and the right apron should be worn and hands should be protected with gloves.


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