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The Monday Check-In ~ 7/22/2019

cooltext1850356879 My Monday tradition, including a look back and a look ahead — what I read last week, what new books came my way, and what books are keeping me busy right now. Plus a smattering of other stuff too.

I’m away on a mini-road trip for most of this week, so my online presence will probably be pretty minimal. I’m off in search of sunnier scenery — I’ve had enough fog for one summer, thank you very much!

A programming note:

Since I’ll be away, there won’t be a Shelf Control post this week. Yes, I could set it up in advance. But hey, it’s a vacation week! So no, I’m not going to stress about it. Shelf Control will be back next week!

What did I read during the last week?

Finding Fraser by KC Dyer: A fun Outlander-flavored contemporary romance. My review is here.

Anne’s House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery: I finished the audiobook of the 5th book in the Anne of Green Gables series. It’s quite a shift, seeing Anne as a contented wife, rather than as a young girl or a college student or a teacher. These books are consistently delightful, and the audiobook editions I’ve been listening to are so well done!

The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth: A really good, twisty mystery/family drama. My review is here.

Read but not reviewed:

In the Shadow of Spindrift House by Mira Grant: I always love her writing, but in this case, I just didn’t get it. Maybe because it riffs off of Lovecraftian themes, and I’ve never read Lovecraft — in any case, I feel like the point of this story went over my head. Still creepy, but not her best.

Book group update:

We finished our group read of A Fugitive Green, an Outlander-world novella available in the Seven Stones to Stand or Fall collection. A great story, finally giving Hal and Minnie’s backstory. A must-not-miss for Outlander fans!

Fresh Catch:

Once again, I had some credits to use on Amazon, so here’s what I got:

I’ve read Thunderhead already, but needed my own copy so I can do a re-read before book #3 comes out later this year. And even though I haven’t started Illuminae yet, I know I’ll want to read the whole trilogy in one big binge, so now I’m ready!

What will I be reading during the coming week?

Currently in my hands:

Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev: Just starting!

Now playing via audiobook:

Anne of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery: Onward with book #6! I started this one as soon as I finished the previous, but I doubt I’ll make much progress while traveling this week. Loving this series!

Ongoing reads:

One ongoing book group read right now:

  • The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens — our current classic selection. We’re reading and discussing two chapters per week, and we’re just about at the halfway mark!

So many books, so little time…

17 thoughts on “The Monday Check-In ~ 7/22/2019

  1. Hi Lisa, I love how well you are able to balance everything you read. I want to read The Mother-in-Law – just a matter of time! I’ve never read the Anne of Green Gable series – I’m glad there’s an audio book version – maybe I can listen while I walk! Have a good vacation 🙂

    • That’s exactly how I’ve gotten through most of the Anne books so far — listening on my walks (and while driving back and forth to work). They’re so enjoyable!

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Ladybug Girl And Bumblebee Boy (2009)

by David Soman(Favorite Author)
4.11 of 5 Votes: 5
0803733399 (ISBN13: 9780803733398)
review 1: Husband and wife team, David Soman and Jacky Davis, pair up again to bring us the companion book to Ladybug Girl. Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy is an empowering story packed with superhero action, cooperation, and compromise that is sure to captivate the imaginations of even its youngest intended audience members. Realistic dialogue coupled with colorfully painted illustrations brings to life the innocence and often difficulties of forming new friendships.Lulu, dressed as Ladybug Girl, can’t wait to go to her favorite playground. Looking for someone to play with, she spots Sam, a boy from her music class. After suggesting multiple ideas, she and Sam can’t agree on what to play. Then, Lulu asks if he wants to play “Ladybug Girl.” Intrigued, Sam invents his al... moreter-ego Bumblebee Boy and the two are off to save the world from a scary monster (a squirrel) and a mean robot (the tire swing). When Marley and Kiki ask to join in, the group has to compromise when an argument breaks out and the Bug Squad is officially born!After reading their first book, Ladybug Girl, I knew that I wanted to get my hands on a few others in the series and this one is sure not to disappoint! I LOVED it! The story will resonate true with children ages 3-6 as they are learning to play with others and don’t always agree on what to play. I also especially love that Lulu isn’t your typical female protagonist portrayed as overly girly and only interested in princesses and pink. It is great that the book shows how a young boy and girl can get along and find something to play together. The illustrations are beautifully done and portray great use of perspective, energy, and movement. As a teacher, this book makes for a great read aloud in a PreK, Kindergarten, and first grade classrooms and lends itself perfectly to teaching and practicing skills such as making predictions and making connections. Young children are sure to fall in love with this developing series!
review 2: I love this book, and so does my son! This is an all-around great book. But in addition to that...I make a conscious decision to choose books that feature female protagonists without promoting sexist female stereotypes. (I dunno if that sounds weird, but I don't want my son growing up thinking women or "girl" things are lesser or bad or dumb. I also don't want him thinking that girls can only be princesses and dress up.) This book perfectly fits the bill. Ladybug Girl is obviously a GIRL, but she's creative and fun and imaginative. She also plays with boys without question. My son has never been exposed to the "That's for GIRLS" or "That's for BOYS" attitude, so it ticks me off when kid's books go straight for presenting girls and boys as being at odds and needing reconciliation or understanding of some sort. This book just assumes that Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee boy should have no problem playing together, even if they have some differences about what constitutes "fun" play.The other thing I liked - that it took me several readings to "get" - is how Bumblebee Boy is afraid of heights. At first I thought he just didn't like Lulu's choices for play, but then I realized she keeps suggesting things that involve heights, and he goes from "I don't like that" to just being silent because he doesn't want to admit it. And then once he and Lulu start playing together, he overcomes his fear! Very nice and subtle. less
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It's cool how they pretend that the tire swing is a robot and the slide is a snake.
This is a great book about celebrating yourself and always believing in yourself!
This is one of my son's favorite books and one that we re-read at least weekly.
Great book, especially for parents of children who like to dress up!
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Umbrella Academy Battling Card Game

Studio71 Games

Regular price $ 24.99

Shipping calculated at checkout.

Based on the comic of the same name, The Umbrella Academy Game brings the captivating world that Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá created to your tabletop and lets you play as the seven siblings, who possess unusual powers, in a fun and exciting card game.

The goal of the game is to play as the Hargreeves family and defeat the villains. Use your superpowers to take them down one by one, and in the end, conquer them all! The game takes approximately 20 minutes to play and is recommended for participants aged 12+ with 1-6 players per game.

Each game comes with the components below:

Game Box
1 Rule Sheet
199 Game Cards: 1 start card, 1 Final Battle card, 7 Player Cards, 7 Life cards, 26 Dysfunctional Family cards, 26 Hero Story cards, 32 Villian Attack cards, 36 Villian cards, and 63 Hero Attack cards.
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International Education Programs in Macedonia
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or soon possibly known as Upper Macedonia, but most commonly referred to as just Macedonia, gained its independence from Yugoslavia peacefully in 1991.

Since independence, Macedonia has been trying to make a huge leap in development and join the European Union and NATO.

The biggest obstacle for the country’s EU and NATO membership has been the name dispute that arises from the ambiguity in nomenclature between the Republic of Macedonia and the adjacent Greek region of Macedonia.

However, this dispute has not stopped members of international bodies from supporting international education programs in Macedonia.

The United States and the European Union see education as an important step to both democratic and economic stability of the country.

For this reason, both bodies are sending aid in form of international education programs, while the country settles its naming dispute with Greece.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been supporting international education programs in Macedonia since 1993. USAID works directly with the country’s Ministry of Education and Science in order to improve education.

By improving education, USAID hopes to foster the fledgling democracy and promote inter-ethnic relations.

USAID programs have been most heavily aimed at children. From 2013 to 2018, USAID supported the Readers are Leaders Project. This project was focused on children in all primary schools across the country. Its aim was to strengthen literacy and numeracy rates among the youth.

Currently, several other projects, such as Children with Visual Impairment Project, are active. This project is run jointly with the International Lions Club. It was started in 2014 and will last to 2019. It works to increase the quality and accessibility of education services, provide individual support to children with visual impairments and facilitates early eye-screenings.

Another joint program underway is the Youth Ethnic Integration Project (2017-2022). Through this program, USAID is promoting both civic responsibility in youth but also a cultural understanding between Macedonia’s ethnic groups.

The Peace Corps

Since 1996,  when the first volunteers of this organization were welcomed by the Ministry of Education and Science, the United States Peace Corps has supported international education in Macedonia.

The Peace Corps education mission in Macedonia has been two-fold since the beginning. The first goal is to introduce new teaching methodologies to the Macedonian classroom at both the primary and secondary school levels. The second is to help with the instruction of English courses.

However, volunteers do not just stick to the classrooms for instructions of English language. They also promote and start English speaking clubs and organizations.

The Peace Corps developed English Language clubs, drama clubs and summer camps. The Peace Corps works with three Ministries of the country along with other international agencies and organizations to promote international education programs in Macedonia.

The European Union

The largest monetary contributor of development and international education programs in Macedonia is the European Union.

In 2017, the government of Macedonia and the European Union adopted a program of international development within Macedonia and signed a financial agreement.

The result is that the EU released $82.3 million worth of funds for the social and economic development of the country. These funds are only a small portion of the planned aid to Macedonia that stretches back to 2014.

The funds of EU are mostly directed towards the development of education in Macedonia. They are part of the financial assistance under IPA II agreement that totals to $757 million worth of aid to Macedonia. To ensure the funds are being used properly, the EU and Macedonia have set up joint monitoring committees to oversee their usage.

At the end of September 2018, the government of Macedonia held a referendum to change the official country’s name from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to Upper Macedonia.

By changing the name of the country the Prime Minister hopes to speed up the process of joining NATO and the EU. His opponents see this as an appeasement to bullies.

Less than 50 percent of the total population voted in the referendum making it void, although the tally of those who did vote was nearly 90 percent in favor of the name change.

A trend showed the youth overwhelmingly supported the change. It shows that the work of international organizations on international education programs in Macedonia was efficient in showing the youth what needs to be done in order to help the country move forward.

Nicholas DeMarco

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10 Reasons To Avoid Reading Lists On The Internet

Lately there seems to be a veritable plethora of numbered lists going around the internet.  They’re taking over Twitter and Facebook and even LinkedIn (how bizarre!).  They are wide and varied in topic and content, but mostly tend towards the complete banal…

24 Signs You Are A Writer – buzzfeed
10 Things You Need To Know About Losing Weight – SMH
45 All Time Best Wedding PhotoBombs – HuffPost
18 Things You Need To Know About California’s Worst Drought In History -BF
28 Things You Didn’t Know About Google – news.com.au syndicated version* of:
29 Awesome Things You Didn’t Know About Google (But Should) – HuffPost
11 Times When Retail Therapy Was A Completely Valid Choice – Mamamia
8 Reasons Why You Are Wrong About Not Vaccinating Your Daughter – blogger
10 Influential People Who Never Lived – Listverse

Well, here is a list of 10 Reasons To Avoid Reading Numbered Lists on the Internet!  (Oh, the irony?!)

1.  Most of these lists are ‘click bait’ designed to sucker you into clicking through to particular websites to boost their view numbers, so that they can then use your ‘clicks’ to sucker in potential advertisers.  End result – everyone is a sucker.

2.  Many of these lists are written by wanna be journo/writers at the bottom of the food chain.  99% of it is fluff and/or complete shite.  If it wasn’t, it would be written into a decent article, by a credentialed journo with (god forbid!) references, that might be actually worth reading!

3.  Many of these lists are the equivalent of a Grade 2 Reader – complete with pretty pictures to attract and keep your attention (beware the animated .gif list!) … Do you want to continue being treated like a seven year old?  If so, keep on clicking through!

4. A good deal of the content in these lists is either appropriated, recontextualized or just plain stolen from other websites, by people either too lazy, too stupid or completely incapable of writing their own original content.

5.  These lists are literally designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator – ie: the least educated and least savvy of internet consumers. The level of banality becomes apparent with you see lists like, ‘The 20 Sexiest Ugly People‘… seriously?

6.  The recent proliferation and obvious predilection towards numbered list making, and numbered list sharing, is an unnecessary and unwanted distraction from the True and Proper Purposes of The Internets – stalking your ex, sharing LOLCats and searching for pornography.

7.  Not one of these lists, including the ‘Top 10 Celebrity Side-Boob, Cleavage and Near Misses‘, are in any way conducive to bringing world about peace, ending poverty, saving the planet/whales/white spotted owls… nor can they even help find a decent cup of coffee.  This last criteria alone renders them completely without purpose.

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9.  A growing body of research suggests that the superficial engagement and distraction of constant internet overstimulation is actually making people dumber. Lists like these are de-evolving our brain’s innate abilities for higher functions like analytical thought and reasoning.

10.  But most importantly, striking up a conversation with a desirable member of the opposite sex that starts with ‘I read a list the other day of ‘10 Reasons the Moon Landings Could Be A Hoax‘… is just about a guaranteed to stop you from getting laid.

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Okay, so maybe there are only 2 potentially valid reasons to avoid reading numbered lists on the internet… but my list, just like everyone else’s, is one or two valid or interesting points, fleshed out with crap.

Either way, the current propensity for inconsequential information being regurgitated into pithy little easily digestible lists that are then spoon fed to the masses is having an alarming effect on the delivery of more important information.  Mentioned above were ‘8 Reasons You Were Wrong Not To Vaccinate Your Daughter’ and ’18 Things You Need To Know About California’s Worst Drought In Centuries’…

These are serious topics requiring deep engagement and serious cogitation and hopefully lively and enlightened debate.  But what’s going on?  In order to get anyone to share a serious awareness raising campaign on topics such as the ramifications of global climate change, and the tragic consequences of choosing not to vaccinate children in the 21st C, these complex and sensitive issues are being distilled into stupid dot point lists!  Or else the masses won’t fucking read it!

*Your writing staff are getting pretty fucking lazy if they can’t even be bothered coming up with their own stupid lists anymore – and for anyone who was paying attention, you’ll notice the missing ‘Awesome Thing’ on the news.com.au version, was a tip on how to get around paywalls on news websites… huge surprise that the Murdoch press would cut that out of their syndicated list of Google Awesomeness!

Personality Quizzes for Shits and Giggles

I don’t really like the Stars stuff… Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargates, and all the rest of that crap.  Too many aliens.  My favourite show set in space is Firefly – no aliens! – and that’s mostly because of Malcolm Reynolds… the guy everyone man wants to be and every woman wants to shag.

Anyway, there’s a stilly Star Wars Personality Quiz floating around Facebook this morning and I’m just bored enough to do it and here is my result: Star Wars Personality QuizAnd I’m reading that and thinking ‘Yeah, sounds about right’.  But which one do I believe because the Harry Potter Personality Quiz in the side bar says I’m Professor Snape!

harry potter character are you quizAnd no I am so confused because the internet has never let me down before!

And they keep on coming – Which X-Man am I? Storm apparently
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Which sits weirdly with ‘Which Downton Abbey Character Am I?’  Lady Mary…?
Screen Shot 2014-02-18 at 7.42.15 AM And as we all know, Lady Mary is very similar in character as The Black Widow from the ‘Which Avenger Am I’ quiz?  I am starting to have a sneaking suspicion that these quizzes are not very scientific… little bit of consistency wouldn’t go astray though.
Screen Shot 2014-02-18 at 7.55.19 AMWhich goes straight to ‘Which Disney Side Kick Am I’ and ends up with this:

Screen Shot 2014-02-18 at 8.18.04 AMYeah, I can’t make head nor hide of it either.  But there is something about surveys and quizzes that makes people keep on clicking through!

The blow job dilemma.

Here’s something that has been bothering my, obviously completely under-occupied, mind today…

Is blow job one word or two?  Is it ‘blow job’?  Or ‘blowjob’?

Yes, such a weighty consideration for the people, (read: I need to get out more).  My browser would have me believe that it is two words… for it has given me the red underscore of misspelling on the ‘blowjob’ single word variant and has no problem whatsoever with the ‘blow job’ two word variant, which, given both words operate independently with sufficient meaning, is not surprising at all.

My iPhone is, strangely enough, agreeing with my browser… but honestly?  Can you trust an iPhone with such things – we’ve all seen Damn You Auto Correct and know that iPhones can’t be trusted with anything of the sort, let alone the correct spelling and grammar of a term like ‘blow job’.

Quick office survey came out two to one in favour of ‘blowjob’; being a singular and distinct compound word, and not comprised of two separate and individual words at all… hmmm.  Which would mean that either that token office workers in my extensive last minute poll can’t spell, (sheesh… IT guys… you’d think they’d know how to spell blow job!) or the browser and iPhone evidence is fallacious.

Hang on a minute!  Maybe it’s not a term… maybe (if the browser and iPhone are correct) it’s actually a phrase!  One needs must turn to Google in a time of information crises!

So here is what I get if I Google, ‘blowjob’ – very important, all one word, no spaces.blow job blowjob fellatio google search

And here is what I get if I Google ‘blow job’ – two words, one space, no waiting!blow job blowjob fellatio google search

Well, if it is good enough for Google, in this case, i’ll be good enough for me.  Neither a ‘blow job’ nor a ‘blowjob’ be!  Instead henceforth, be known only as…  Fellatio!

Occupational hazards of being a court reporter.

How do court reporters keep a straight face?
These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place.

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ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, ‘Where am I, Cathy?’
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th.
ATTORNEY: What year?
WITNESS: Every year.
ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which.
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
WITNESS: Forty-five years.
ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget..
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: He’s 20, much like your IQ.
ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shitting me?
ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Getting laid

ATTORNEY: She had three children , right?
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death..
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Take a guess.

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I’m going with male.
ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.
ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?

And last:

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

Four Pics One Word

Quite a few of my friends have been playing a little game on their smartphones lately called ‘Four Pics, One Word’ (which brings up immediate and somewhat alarming correlations with the ‘Two Girls, One Cup’ thing, which is no doubt deliberate, but I digress!) and I know this to be true… because when they run out of coins they are posting their harder puzzles to Facebook and asking the hive mind for assistance!  🙂

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Four Pics, One Word is essentially word puzzle game – you are provided with four images that are connected in some way, along with twelve letters that create a word which relates to all four images.  Some of the visual clues are very straight forward and the answer will leap out at you straight away.

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And then others tend towards the somewhat obscure and require a bit of lateral or abstract thinking to figure out the correct word.  That, or putting it aside and looking at it with fresh eyes later and you can usually figure them out as they don’t seem to get more difficult as you go along.

So you sail through a few and then actually have to look at the puzzle for a few seconds.  Personally, I find this game fairly straightforward and haven’t used the ‘coins’ you get for getting the words correct (they can be used to delete letters from the options or to purchase a letter in the word I believe).   This is probably because many moons ago I did a Bachelor of Visual Arts degree where they inflicted things like ‘Reading the Visual’ and ‘Visual Perception’ and ‘Communicating using Images’ onto us, so dissecting art, symobls or visual imagery and relating to them as concepts and words has become second natur over the years.

But what I really love about this little game is the beautiful quality the game has about it.  It’s very polished looking, the images are all professional stock photography, the letter tiles are very smooth and easy to read, and it’s a simple design and layout… it’s really just a rather pretty meadow, I guess.

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But, (and y’all knew there was a big old ‘but’ coming!) there is something that is driving me absolutely nuts about this game.  And it’s the advertisements.  They pop up about every half dozen words guessed, probably more frequently than that in all honesty and given the little word puzzle game is free, the ads are inevitable yes?  However, it’s not the actual presence of the ads that is annoying me… it’s the visual presentation of them!  Here the developers are having spending considerable time and energy creating a game that is visually quite stunning on a little handheld device only to turn around and have it frequently polluted for their users by throwing in ugly looking advertisements for other cheap and nasty looking games.  WHY?  Surely they could be putting up more targeted advertising than this?  Why something that is so incongruous with the quality of the game in which they are putting them?

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Urgh… the ugly keeps interrupting my little game, setting off my OCD, and making me twitch like mad!  I just know I’m going to cave and buy the Premium version of the game for the grand total of USD$1.99 just so I won’t be visually assaulted with these horrid cheap looking ads!


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Chive Grow Pack

Refill Pack

Grow savoury chives in Bottle Farm. Contains Plant Fuel, Grow Pods and chive seeds.

Powerful hydroponic technology

Plant Fuel  contains all the nutrients your plants need to thrive. It dissolves directly into tap water and is drawn up by the plants roots.

The Chive Grow Pack contains everything you need to grow savoury chives with Bottle Farm.

Super easy to grow, chives add loads of savoury flavour to any dish. Pack contains Plant Fuel, 4x Grow Pods and chive seeds.

40 seeds per Grow Basket

When to plant

February to October

Grow time

4 to 6 weeks

Grows to 20cm

Plant care

Follow the general Plant Care instructions in the kit. You won’t need to thin the plants out

How to harvest

Cut the plants at the base with scissors

Grow Basket with plant

Grow more, pay less

Explore the range and start growing fresh ingredients in your kitchen. Get three Grow Packs for £11.99 when you buy a Bottle Farm.

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Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Theatre Review: Educating Rita (Richmond Theatre, & touring)

Over thirty years on from its original production, during which time it has never been out of production somewhere in the world, Willy Russell's Educating Rita remains a slight but quite delightful thing, a warm, wry two-hander that charms and beguiles even if it doesn‘t go that deep. First seen at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2010, Tamara Harvey's brisk, enjoyable production now undertakes a national tour. And, as its memorable heroine might proclaim, it's dead good.

The story of a disillusioned Open University prof, Frank, and the street-smart, motor-mouth Liverpudlian hairdresser, also dissatisfied with her lot, whom he tutors on an Open University Literature course, Educating Rita benefits from Russell's broad but nuanced approach to characterisation and a considered but not heavy-handed approach to its themes of class, learning and self-fulfillment.

At its weakest, Russell's writing can become over-reliant on quips and one-liners. But at its best—as here—it has genuine humour and insight. Pleasingly reminiscent of Pygmalion and Born Yesterday, the play's snappy but satisfying scenes chart the shifting dynamic between Frank and Rita, the latter craving the learning that the former has pretty much decided is useless.

As the relationship between the protagonists moves between challenge and sympathy, affection and possessiveness, the two actors acquit themselves admirably. Matthew Kelly (with a haircut and beard that give him a passing resemblance to Willy Russell himself) brings humour and pathos to his rumpled, drunk Frank (booze hidden in his bookcases). Enlivened by Rita's brassy presence, he then turns sour and bitter as he perceives his influence on her to be slipping away. Kelly's work here doesn't have the surprise of, say, his amazing Pozzo in Waiting For Godot, but it's a lively, sympathetic turn, full of nice touches.

Overcoming the embarrassment of her billing as "one of the UK's best-loved personalities," Claire Sweeney makes a persuasive Rita: nicely suggesting the character's drive, her frustrations, and her pleasure in learning as she strives to transform herself into "the sort of woman who knows the difference between C S Lewis and John Lewis," or, more seriously, a woman with increased choices and options in life. It's a fresh, charming and unsentimental performance that matches Kelly's work well.

Warmly lit by Paul Anderson, and with a nicely detailed prof's office set by Tim Shortall, Harvey's crisp production moves at a clip, despite the unnecessary inclusion of an interval. Nothing is lingered over or laboured and the play's humour and humanity ring as clear as a bell.

The production tours to Cambridge (2-7 July), Oxford (9-14 July), Brighton (16 July - 21 July), and Edinburgh (1 August-27 August). Check out Mr. Russell's website for further information.

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Cinnamon and ricotta pizza

Ricotta. Generally, I don’t know what to do with this classic Italian “recooked” whey cheese. I’ve used it in cheesecakes before, and it is delicious eaten for breakfast with a drizzle of honey. But the sheer scale of its presence in Rome, where fresh stuff arrives by the tonne every day, indicates it’s used very widely indeed.

Shops like the likeable Antica Caciara in Trastevere have an entire window dedicated to baskets of the stuff. Farmers markets’ also tend to have several stalls selling bucketloads of the stuff. Since our farmers’ market was shifted out of Testaccio, and as it’s August and most of Rome’s markets are closed anyway, we’ve been frequenting our new Punta Vendita Aziendale (direct-from-farm shop) near Ponte Testaccio. (Actually, it’s three outlets in one venue. See Info, below). They have a lot too, and on a couple of occasions when we’ve been stocking up on other goodies, they’ve given us some. It’s all about the freshness with Roman ricotta, so I suppose they just don’t want it hanging about – and they want to encourage our loyalty.

So what else do people do with the stuff? Well, I’m slowly discovering.

Fresh ricotta

It’s used in a few classic, simple pasta dishes, but to be honest, I don’t much like them; even with excellent quality ricotta such dishes seem oddly bitter to me. There’s a kind of cappuccino di ricotta according to ‘Cucina Romana’ by Sara Manuelli1, but I’ve never seen that. Manuelli also gives a recipe for ricotta condita that just involves the cheese, egg, sugar, cocoa and some booze. It sounds like a kind of trifle or tiramisu, but without any sponge. Other versions, such as in Oretta Zanini di Vita’s ‘The Food of Rome and Lazio’2 use finely ground coffee instead of cocoa.

When I got the cookbook ‘La cucina di Roma e del Lazio’3, one thing that caught my eye straight away was the budino di ricotta (ricotta pudding, or ricotta cake), which they make in a handsome ring form. So I gave it a go. It seemed simple – just ricotta, sugar, lemon zest, a little booze and some eggs, some separated, with the whites whisked to give the pudding some lightness.

Ingredients for ricotta and cinnamon pizza. Ricotta, sugar, cinnamon, dough. Basta.

It all seemed to go well. Until I turned it out of the tin. It deflated a bit. Okay, fine. But then I ate some. Really not my bag. I’m sorry to say I found it oddly nauseating, just unpleasantly whey-y, so I won’t be repeating the recipe here. I should have known really, as I’d made a baked ricotta pudding before, using ‘Cooking Apicius’ – recipes based on a collection from the late classical period4. That one involved lots of bay leaves and at first bite was amazing, but at second bite was exotically disgusting.

So I was back to square one with my slightly vexed question of what to do with ricotta.

Ricotta and cinnamon pizza, before baking

And then Azienda Agricola Fratelli Nesta, one of the abovementioned three outlets, went and gave us another couple of etti5 of ricotta.

Luckily, ‘La Cucina di Roma e del Lazio’ has several other ricotta-based recipes. One of which is so absurdly simple I had to give it a try. It’s a sweet pizza, and would you know, I had some spare pizza dough.

According to authors Marie Teresa di Marco and Marie Cécile Ferré this is a “super-simple sweet that you can often find in the bakeries of Tuscia”. Tuscia is the historical region of the Etruscans (the Tusci in Latin), a large area of central and western Italy that now corresponds with most of Tuscany, northern Lazio and parts of Umbria. The recipe in is specifically called “Pizza ricotta e cannella di Tarquinia”. Tarquinia is an ancient Etruscan town near Viterbo, north of Rome.

I can’t find any mention of a ricotta and cinnamon pizza from Tarquinia or Tuscia,  or anywhere for that matter, online, but then, Italy hasn’t poured all of its vast and varied (food) culture onto the internet. So I’ll just give the two Maries the benefit of the doubt.

Anyway, I’m not going to mess about trying to put it in grams or whatever as it really is simple and flexible. It’s all about the “qb”, the quanta basta, the “how much is enough”. That is, the right amount according to your intuition and inclination.

You just need to make some basic white bread or pizza dough; I won’t give a recipe here, as there are numerous recipes in other sources. Just find one that suits you. I’d recommend one with a nice long fermentation.

Ricotta and cinnamon pizza

The ricotta and cinnamon pizza recipe isn’t even a recipe per se, it just says:

Bread dough
Sugar and cinnamon
Extra virgin olive oil

Then mentions the bakeries of Tuscia, where “the bread dough often comes in a thin form, covered with ricotta, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon, then drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. You bake it in a hot oven for about 20 minutes.”

And you know what? It’s delicious. I especially like the way the oily, sugary mix caramellises on the crust. Sure, it’s an example of those Medieval flavour mixes of sweet, spice and savoury that us Brits don’t use so much these days and, sure, perhaps it’s slightly confusing quite when you might want to eat it. Is it a main course, is it a dessert, is it for afternoon tea, or even a breakfast snack? But frankly, it’s so simple and satisfying, you can eat it whenever you want. I scoffed most of mine at 5.15pm as the hangry hour was approaching.

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Footnotes and stuff
1 ‘Cucina Romana’ by Sara Manuelli appears to be out of print. The copy I’m referring to was published in 2005 by Conran Octopus, ISBN 1 84091 407 6.
2 ‘The Food of Rome and Lazio’ by Oretta Zanini di Vita also appears to be out of print. The book I’m referring to is translatedby Maureen B Fant, and is listed on her website. First published 1993 by Alphabyte di Maureen Brown SAS, ISBN 88 86128 02 9. I’m not sure, but it may have been reprinted in 2003 by the University of California Press as ‘Popes, Peasants, and Shepherds: Recipes and Lore from Rome and Lazio’.
3 ‘La cucina di Roma e del Lazio’ (“The cooking/cuisine of Rome and Lazio”) by Marie Teresa di Marco and Marie Cécile Ferré is, so far, only available in Italian. Published 2012 by Guido Tommasi Editore-Datanova, ISBN 978 88 96621 844.
4 ‘Cooking Apicius: Roman Recipes for Today’ by Sally Grainger. More information here from the publisher, Prospect Books, along with a PDF download with ” the preliminary matter, the introduction, the list of recipes and the opening historical discussion of Cooking Apicius”.
5 An etto (plural: etti), or ettogrammo is a commonly used measure in Italy, especially for buying market produce. It’s a hectogram/hectogramme – that is 100g, 0.1kg, or about 3 and a half ounces.

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AWP 2014: Planning for Surprise

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Jody Keisner guest-blogs on “Planning for Surprise: Teaching the Unexpected in Personal Narrative”:

Panelists: Michael Steinberg, Renee D’Aoust, Thomas Larson, and Desirae Matherly. *Note: Patrick Madden was unable to attend. His work was read by Thomas Larson.

In short, panelists cited examples from their personal essays and discussed the surprising ways their essays have evolved. Ideas for their writings-in-progress came to them when they were jogging, at the bus stop, showering, engaged in conversation about something else, and sleeping. Writing begins with thinking, and to some extent, obsessing about subject matter. Let the brain turn an idea over and over, they coached, and let the story tell you where it wants to go. Be especially open to essay writing—the exploration of an idea or a question (versus memoir writing—the exploration of an event that has already been experienced and thus, has some predetermined finality).

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  1. I’m teaching gorilla English. *Attributed to Alex Pollack
  2. Teaching is a subversive, humanitarian act.
  3. Assigning personal narrative requires the instructor to witness.
  4. My writing time is spent mostly not writing, but searching.
  5. The hard part about writing isn’t the writing, it’s the thinking.
  6. The great joy of writing is getting my mind to do something it hasn’t done before.
  7. Give yourself time to re-see.
  8. Dream and imagine in alien shapes.
  9. Write to generate, not to confirm, a purpose.
  10. Hunters and members of the Rodeo Club know how to be close observers.
  11. A careful first draft is a failed first draft.
  12. The book and I co-partnered.
  13. Your prose begins at the first moment you startle yourself.

Two exercises for disrupting traditional, linear narratives:

  1. Begin by writing about something seemingly quite boring, like grocery shopping, sleep habits, or bathing. Keep writing and then write some more. Your mind will be forced to move sideways and out of narrative mode.
  2. Write on any subject of your choosing and then switch your paper or laptop with another writer. Pay attention to the subject matter selected by the other writer. Now write on the emerging themes, and write creative nonfiction. Switch again. Once your paper is returned to you, marvel at where your subject went when it was let loose and into the wild.

Jody Keisner teaches writing at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her work has appeared in Literary Mama; Third Coast; Women’s Studies; Brain, Child; and elsewhere.

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  • allehall says:

    Hello Dinty,

    I read today that you have about 10 more posts to run from the AWP. and realized, of course, that since I did not turn in my second and third posts right away, I was doing that thing I do when I strive for perfection rather than deadline. Bad journalist, bad journalist.

    I will get one of the post to you late tonight, and the other to you, late tomorrow night?

    Thanks for your forbearance,

    P.S. I am really enjoying reading all the blog posts.

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This thesis describes the design and modification of existing biomaterials to assist neural regeneration in the damaged adult brain. A novel aspect of this work is the targeting of implants towards the subventricular zone (SVZ), a stem cell niche within the adult mammalian brain, enabling the use of endogenous neural precursor cells (NPCs) as a source of cell replacement. Implant performance was assessed in terms of the inflammatory response elicited upon implantation, and the ability to re-direct the migration and support the survival of NPCs in and around the implant. The utility of an injectable form of a gelatin-based hydrogel (Gtn-HPA) for implantation into the brain was assessed. An investigation of the in vivo biocompatibility of this material within the caudate putamen of adult rats over 60 days revealed an astrocyte response that was typical of a stab wound injury incurred during implantation. Reactive astrogliosis in the surrounding tissue reached a maximum after 7 days, which coincided with the formation of a glial scar surrounding the implant. Thereafter, reactive astrogliosis became localized at the tissue-implant interface with the consolidation of the glial scar. The gelatin hydrogel degraded relatively slowly, with some material remaining at 60 days. Although Gtn-HPA hydrogels did not exacerbate the astrogliosis typically associated with surgical trauma, the presence of a glial scar can act as a barrier to tissue-implant integration. In order to modulate the astrocyte response, porosity was introduced into the Gtn-HPA hydrogels (pGtn) by the addition of a second polymer component. These hydrogels were implanted towards the SVZ as a means of attracting endogenous neuroblasts towards the implant. In order to promote the survival of neuroblasts that have been re-directed to the implant, glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) was incorporated into the hydrogel. The presence of porosity and/or GDNF within the hydrogel effectively attenuated reactive astrogliosis, and prevented glial scar formation at both 7 and 21 days post implantation (dpi). Some neuroblasts were diverted away from their natural migratory pathway and were present at the boundary of all Gtn-based implants at 7 dpi, but not in lesion only animals. However, no neuroblasts were present at the implant boundary at 21 dpi, indicating that additional signaling is required to maintain neuroblasts at the implant site. Electrospun PCL scaffolds have already been shown to be biocompatible in the brain and can support infiltration of parenchymal neurites and exogenous neural progenitors. Therefore, the ability of PCL scaffolds with partially aligned nanofibers to support endogenous neuroblasts was investigated. A synthetic, small molecule non-peptide ligand has been reported to mimic the trophic effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). This BDNF-mimetic was incorporated into electrospun PCL scaffolds (PCL+mB) as a means of enhancing neuroblast migration towards the implant and potentially improving neuroblast survival. Neuroblasts were able to infiltrate both PCL and PCL+mB implants at 8 dpi, but were only present in PCL+mB scaffolds at 21 dpi. In vitro release studies showed that only negligible amounts of the BDNF-mimetic were released from the scaffolds after 14 days, which would indicate that BDNF-mimetic was not directly responsible for the persistence of neuroblasts at 21 dpi. There was a significant reduction in the amount of astrocyte infiltration into PCL+mB scaffolds, suggesting that the maintenance of neuroblasts up to 21 dpi may be mediated by a modulated glial response. The ability of implanted PCL+mB scaffolds to support robust endogenous neuroblast infiltration up to 21 dpi is highly significant for neural regeneration. However, the ability to control the behavior of infiltrated cells will require the presentation of biological cues in a more sophisticated manner, for example, in the form of an immobilized gradient to guide neurite outgrowth and/or cell migration via chemotaxis. The final study was an examination of the ability to co-opt existing inkjet printing technology to deposit biomolecular gradients onto solid-state porous substrates such as electrospun PCL scaffolds. Although commercially available desktop inkjet printers can be modified for printing biomolecules, it suffered from poor process reliability and printed gradients were often highly pixelated. Therefore, a laboratory-scale, piezoelectric-driven, fluid deposition system (Dimatix Materials Printer, DMP) was employed to deposit biomolecular gradients onto electrospun scaffolds. The DMP offered user control over jetting parameters, which allowed bio-inks to be more reliably printed. This system also enabled user-control over the positioning of individual droplets. The generation of a continuous biomolecular gradient also depended on adequate ink-substrate interactions. This interaction was optimized by subjecting scaffolds to air plasma treatment, to increase surface hydrophilicity and improved the ability of printed bio-ink to penetrate and spread into the scaffold, creating more continuous features. The use of increasing number of overprints was used as to further increase feature continuity through increased bio-ink surface coverage, as well as reliably control the amount of biomolecules deposited. The application of these strategies enabled the successful deposition of a continuous gradient of poly-L-lysine onto electrospun PCL scaffolds.

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Lockdown Escape Oldham – Contagion

Lockdown Escape Oldham – Contagion.
Location: Oldham
Game Date 14/10/2017.
Team: Amy & Ian.

First off, apologies for the lateness of the next few reviews! We’ve been busy with escaping & scare attractions as we were away for 4 days for the first Escape Room Industry Conference (#ERIC) We had a fabulous time and will cover ERIC in its own post!

“You are a group of aspiring journalists, and you have received an anonymous and potentially huge tip off. There are unconfirmed reports of highly illegal scientific experiments going on in a seemingly innocent apartment. Upon arrival, the neighbours state there are strange noises and smells coming from the apartment. Can you discover the truth behind the rumours and escape before the secrets of apartment 4A eat you alive?”

The theming was good, clean and well finished.
The apartment setting lends to simple decor but this was done very well, and without creating any red-herrings (which could be easy to do in an “apartment”) the rooms were large enough for the maximum group size and very well lit.
The middle of the game saw some excellent theming, with detailed touches and lots of things to look at an investigate.
Good immersion, whilst still aware we were in a “game” the decor really strongly portrayed the situation we were put into.
There is good development of the central character throughout the game, which added a realism and extra layer to the story. This was a great touch and really helped drive the room along.

Game Play:
A game that criss crossed between linear and open allowing for the players to initially work together but then encourages them to split and work the game in smaller pairs or individually, before joining together again for the finale.
The puzzles were very good, code breaking, logic, word, maths and observation were the main types, with a lean towards the observational, overall though a good range of solid puzzles.
The puzzles were logical, on theme and a lot of fun to solve! Each with wonderful ah-ha moments and great conclusions!
The flow was lovely, with no real sticking points (in honestly the only time we got stuck was on observation puzzles as we suck at looking for things!)
Each puzzle and solution led to good finds and furthered our investigation, driving us towards the conclusion of the game, there was an excellent sense of progression throughout.
A solid room which is enjoyable for enthusiasts and would be a bit more taxing for newbies but still a lot of fun!

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Natalie & Caroline were our game hosts, and they were just wonderful. So friendly and with a passion for their escape room that really came across! We could have stayed and chatted all day long! They ran the game with ease and precision and were paying full attention as clues came at perfect timing!

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NORFOLK, VA – He has rubbed elbows — and, of course, engaged in some heated discussions — with nearly every NBA player in the league.

“Most people say I’m crazy to do the job that I do, because I go to a job where people are gonna yell and scream at you,” said Tony Brothers.

Brothers is one of 73 current NBA referees, a Booker T. Washington High School and Old Dominion University graduate who has officiated the last nine NBA finals.

Brothers proudly displays his memorabilia in his new restaurant, nestled in Downtown Norfolk.

“I don’t know a thing about fine dining, I am a process guy and a dollars and cents guy,” Brothers laughs.

Luckily he has a team that does at Brothers Restaurant, formerly a nightclub on Plume Street.

“We are known for our fresh steaks,” Brothers says. “We have shrimp, lamb chops, duck, really something for everyone in this area.”

He serves upscale food and fine dining in the classy establishment he and a partner opened a day after Christmas.

“We wanted to have fine dining with an entertainment component,” Brothers explains.

The restaurant also boasts the “Loft at Brothers,” an upstairs area with a casual environment to enjoy cocktails and live jazz — a score for the Hampton Roads area.

“We wanted people to say, ‘Hey, you know what, I have something to look forward to, to get out of the house,'” he said.

This guardian of the game, going on his 30th year calling the shots on the court, says his restaurant is simply a slam dunk.

“When you come in here, I won’t allow you to leave out that door without making sure you are OK,” Brothers said.

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Entering “professional”

I’m graduating in December. I think I’ve mentioned this before. This basically means that in the next nine months, I’ll be applying for graduate schools AND real world jobs. I’m not sure which one is going to come first, but I’ve got time to search out options and choose the best one. Hopefully, I can take some time off to do some temporary work and start graduate school (in London, hopefully) late next year.

Essentially, it’s time to get it together.

I’ve been applying for internships, which has involved changing my resume every other day and writing cover letter upon cover letter. It’s been a mix of marketing internships and LGBT activism internships, and hopefully I will start hearing back from them about interviews and such within the next few weeks.

This has been a great learning period for me where I have gotten to teach myself some professional skills (with lots of guidance, of course) and feel like I’m constantly getting things accomplished. Today I built a basic professional website (not from coding, which I am attempting to start learning), which means I have been sitting on my bed all day and haven’t eaten a thing. I would like to go grocery shopping so I don’t have to order out so much, but the who knows how many inches of snow on the road right now are keeping me from doing that. I think I’m feeling Thai food.

Anyways, that’s essentially the reason I haven’t been updating much. I’ve just been doing lots of schoolwork, applications, and now I’ve got this website thing to work on. I went to an Alpha Phi date night over the weekend that got me out of Evanston for a little bit, which was really fun.

I also went bowling with Zeta. I guess I am basically either a recluse or a sorority girl’s dream man these days. I’m fine with either, depending on the day.

Well, if you haven’t clicked the hyperlink, you should check out my new website brennansuen.wix.com/home and tell me what you think. Hopefully I can find some more stuff to put in the portfolio section instead of random pictures, but I’ve got time. Portugal is coming up in a couple of weeks, so I’ve just gotta get through finals to get to paradise. Thanks for reading!

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Give Thanks Tree

I want to start this post off by saying that these pics are really off. This project looks sooo much better in person, and much more fall-ish. I'll show you a pic with the flash and without so you can see how much different it looks in each picture....

With Flash

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I Love Thanksgiving but it is usually just about being with family and all the food to us, and this year I want it to be more about what we are thankful for and focus on all that we have. I wanted to incorporate writing what we are thankful for on leaves somehow and have thought of all sorts of ideas like a garland, a thankful jar, but then I decided to do a Thankful Tree. There are millions of ideas floating around but none really fit what I had in mind. Then I remembered how my friend Erika @ Opps I craft my pants made a flower out of Paint Swatches from Home Depot. (Seriously, She is Amazzzinggg!) Then, I saw the Fall Tree that Robyn @ Something Pretty made... perfectttt.

It's pretty easy, first go to Home Depot and take an embarrassing amount of Paint Swatches.
When you get home paint a board your desired color, I decided on a light tan color.
After it dries, using a pencil draw a Tree with branches, once you are satisfied with how it looks color in with a brown sharpie.
After that I decided that the leaves were too big so I decided to cut them down.
Arrange the leaves however you like.
I also added the Words "Give Thanks" using scrapbooking letters, and added a little bit of scrapbooking paper on the bottom.

I glued the leaves on with my glue gun.

Sometime this week when my husband and I have time we are going to write what we are thankful for on each leaf. It will be a great reminder throughout the month.

The best part of this Craft is it only cost me $7 dollars total. All I bought was the scrapbook paper for the bottom, the scrapbook letters, and the board.

Unknown said...

Such a neat project and what a wonderful way to remember the blessings. Might have to give this project a shot myself ♥

NanaDiana said...

Cute project...although I don't think I have the guts to take that many samples from Home Depot;>) Great idea~~~! Hugs- Diana

Patrick and Jennie said...

What a great idea! I already take an embarrassing amount of paint samples from Home Depot for my classes so whats a few more? :)

Cristie said...

Love that you used the paint samples, clever idea! enjoy you week,

Allison said...

I love this idea! Although right now I only have samples that would make a wedding tree (they are all white! LOL) I am having my first link party tomorrow at Vintage Pollyanna. Will you join me?

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We all sometimes think that our face is just too big. We think that we are fat, just because of our face. Most of the people claim that it is impossible to eliminate the extra fat from the face.
Nowadays, a lot of studies and surveys are made on this topic. The results are awesome. Yes, you can lose the extra fat on your face.
You just need to continue reading, and everything will be clear to you.
The best thing is that it’s not that hard to get rid of the fat.
You need to do exercises for sagging skin, good diet, exercises on a daily basis and you are don. You will see the results in short period of time.
In addition to this article, we are presenting you the things that you need to do, in order to get rid of the fat.
1. Smile
This is the best exercise, and the best life therapy. You will enjoy and exercise during the whole day. You need to smile; this is the best exercise against saggy skin. You will make your skin more elastic, and that is how you will lose your wrinkles. You will make your facial muscles stronger, which is another great thing. We get a lot of benefits from smiling.
Lie in horizontal position, with your stomach up. Bend your knees, and put your mouth in wide open position, and do not touch your teeth. Next step is closing your mouth. While you are doing this you need to move your head up and down. Repeat the exercise 7 to 10 times a day.
2. Fish face
This is called the exercise smiling fish face. You can do in every occasion, on every place. It is not difficult.
How you are making the fish pose?
Suck your cheeks and make the fish face.
Start to smile in this position, until your cheeks and jaws hurt. Stay with this pressure for 5 minutes, then relax.
Repeat this exercise 20 times.
3. Blowing air exercise
You need to place yourself on a chair, with head stretch as back as you can.
Now in this position blow air from your mouth. You should repeat the exercise 20 times with duration of 5 seconds.
4. Chin Lifts
This will make your chin more elastic, and with permanent exercising you will eliminate the double chin.
Put your head to the back, as much as you can, until your neck hurts.
You need to move the lower over the upper, and the upper over the lower lip. Try to smile wide. Repeat this 20 times.
5. Stretch your face muscles
With help of your magical hands, you will do this exercise. Open the mouth, and with your chin try to touch the chest. With the hands take the skin and move it below the bones. Say the word ‘Ah”. Do this exercise 5 times a day.
6. Jaw release
We all want to have high cheekbones, and well-shaped jaw line. So this exercise is good for these beautiful facial structure.
You need to sit or stand, it depends on you. Make your back straight and stretch.
Close the mouth, and keep in like that while you are moving the lower jaw, up and down.
Don’t forget to breathe, do it deeply with your nose, do not open the mouth!
When you are don, put your mouth wide opened, and with your tongue push the back part of your front upper teeth.
You need to do 5 repetitions of this exercise.
7. Close the eyes

In order to activate more the cheek bones and muscles, you can close your eyes, but hard.
You will feel on your face how the muscles are activated; you will feel them. Do this exercise 10 times, on a daily basis.

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Councillor Calls for “Clarity” on Burntisland Station Access Funding Process

Kathleen Lesley, one of Burntisland’s three councillors on Fife Council, is still trying to get transparency about the process for applying for, and getting, money to improve access to the station (not just for ‘disabled’ people).

This campaign has been going on for many years, and will continue until it is successful.

The campaign group will be meeting soon to decide on its next moves.

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The new year has started, we’ve all made delusional (or realistic) resolutions to ourselves that will most likely be broken within the next couple of months. Whether it’s going out to the gym to get that beach body you always dreamed of, to write that next great American novel, or maybe even finally finding the love of your life, you’re still striving for something new and it is because of the thought that it being a new year can lead to a new you. Revitalization, a rebirth of who you want to be as opposed to who you’ve been so far. If that’s the case, I believe the following movies might be just what you’re looking for.

#1 Her (Now In Theaters)

Photo by Courtesy of Warner Bros. Picture – © 2013 – Untitled Rick Howard Company LLC

This is one that just might take the cake for me in terms of my favorite movie of 2013, and that’s not something I throw around lightly. The writer, Spike Jonze, hits you with a bat of emotions in terms of such poignant and powerful dialogue, as well as character development that it had me completely immersed into the world he had created. In the not too distant future an eccentric, creative, sensitive, and lonely man named Theodore (played masterfully by Joaquin Phoenix) develops a relationship with his new operating system (voiced brilliantly by Scarlett Johansson). Why this merits so much praise is that it’s not a simple drama in the least, or the story of a boring man taken in by a whirlwind of a pixie dream girl. It’s a wondrous meditation on relationships as it takes a long and well deserved look at just what love is. Whether love is something that can only be between two corporeal beings, if having that person there with you is necessary, how sex can factor into it, even going into the importance of personal growth and how that affects a relationship. Not enough can be said about this film, I highly recommend everyone see this no matter what genre of movies you gravitate towards.

#2 Thanks For Sharing (DVD)

© 2013 – Roadside Attractions

A film packed with a powerful cast ranging from Mark Ruffalo to Gwyneth Paltrow to Tim Robbins and even Pink, this is one that surprised me. Going in hoping for a romantic comedy lightly powdered with serious tones, I was refreshed to find that it takes the subject matter very seriously. Three disparate characters at varying points of sobriety from their shared demon, sex addiction, all struggle and help one another as they make their way through life. Addiction of various forms affects us all in different ways whether it’s us suffering directly or through someone we may know, it’s comforting knowing that there is always time to make a difference and face those trials head on. This film will take you through a range of different emotions in the best way possible as you slowly become invested in each character, hoping to see them progress and absolutely despising when they fall. A wonderful film if you’re needing something stronger to continue on the path of who you want to be in the world.

#3 12 Years A Slave (Now In Theaters)

Photo by Jaap Buitendijk – © 2013 – Fox Searchlight Pictures

I warn you now, if you’re squeamish, have triggers about racism, or cannot emotionally handle watching some graphic depictions about one of the worst parts of America’s history, then this film is not for you. To say that Chiwetel Ejiofor’s performance as Solomon Northup brought me to tears is an understatement, he channels something deep and buried within that will evoke every bit of sorrow you can fathom. This film, based on a true story, will quietly open your eyes as you get a glimpse of the atrocities that happened during the times of slavery in America. Solomon Northup is a free man with a wife and two children, and he is also a rather well-to-do violinist, when he is fooled by a couple of men and thrown into a life of slavery. What makes this movie so powerful though is the director, Steve McQueen’s eye for handling the story in such a realistic fashion that the vile hatred you develop for some of the characters become a venom that stays with you throughout the film, as well as the harsh scars and deep sadness that permeate through Solomon’s trying times. This film is a must see no matter what because similar to the other movies, there is always hope for change even in the darkest of times.

#4 Kill Your Darlings (Now In Theaters)

Photo by Jessica Miglio – © 2013 – Sony Pictures Classics

This is admittedly one I haven’t gotten around to seeing yet, but if my gut is right about this (which it normally is) then this is something that should be a good watch. The plot, starring the quintessential beat generation authors of Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston), and William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) are brought together by way of a murder, and how that affects their friendship. While this does not scream out like something that will help in making a new you, I believe it will be one that will shake you down and give your inspiration vault a good punch or two. No, not the murder part, but by way of the fiery passion and thirst for life that these three took to just about every facet of their life. At the least I imagine if you’re not privy to who they were or what the beat generation stood for, you’ll be able to have an excuse to see ol’ Danny (Radcliffe) boy as he continues his career.

#5 The Rocket (Now In Theaters)

© Courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival

Everyone loves a feel-good movie at different points in time, if you’re down in the dumps or have been watching way too many serious dramas, they’re a good change of pace. This one has the makings being more than the same regurgitated trash that Hollywood will send your way to cash in on your emotions. A boy named Ahlo (played by Sitthiphon Disamoe) that is thought to be a curse to his village in Laos is thrust into a journey of adventure into a land that has been scarred by the legacy of war so that he may finally prove he’s not bad luck, which culminates in a rocket competition. The trailer for this one alone has me smiling and wondering about the sort of outrageous adventures the young boy will encounter on his journey; I mean Ahlo befriends a man who is essentially a James Brown impersonator. It looks to have all the ingredients to be a treat for a good date or at the very least a heartfelt watch as a boy who has been told his whole life that he’s cursed does everything in his power to reinvent himself and prove otherwise.

Here’s to hoping all of our readers a wonderful new year in bettering ourselves and our loved ones. Once more unto the breach, dear friends! I would love to hear your thoughts on some other flicks you think would be a good fit for this theme as well, so leave comments below, share with friends, or even get at me on Twitter!


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The Future Looks Bright for Multimedia Content

The Future Looks Bright for Multimedia Content

 In B2B Engagement Marketing, Uncategorized

I recently had the pleasure of being on a panel with Tony Uphoff, CEO at UBM TechWeb. The topic, ‘content is king but distribution is key,’ was part of a half-day event hosted by our friends at Just Media. The event featured great speakers such as Josh Kahn (VP, Private Cloud Marketing, EMC), Marlene Williamson (VP, Global Marketing, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies), and David Appelbaum (CMO, Act-On Software).

It was interesting to reflect on the radical impact the Web and mobile devices have had on marketing and how conversations have moved away from human interaction towards online interaction through content sharing and discussion. This development was reflected in a recent survey on B2B content marketing published by a 20,000-member LinkedIn group that identified two main challenges facing content marketers: the frequency of content creation and the quality of that content.

We have moved from a place where few channels reach many buyers to a place where many channels reach small, defined communities of professionals. This presents both a challenge and an opportunity to content marketers. The challenge is the sheer human and financial resources required to be omnipresent in this new fragmented landscape. The opportunity is to develop a powerful in-bound demand generation machine that uses relevant content at each stage of the buying cycle to drive down the cost of sale.

Despite this opportunity, many brands still haven’t defined a content strategy to respond to the changing behavior of the digital buyer. To produce content at scale, marketers are resorting to text-based assets, such as blog posts, white papers and case studies. However, the Web is saturated with text-based information. How can you make your content stand out to B2B buyers? Research on video adoption by Forbes and Google showed that senior business executives are embracing video as a way of sharing business information. Three-quarters (75%) of executives surveyed said they watch work-related videos on business-related websites at least weekly.

In the past, it has been time consuming and expensive to create, manage, distribute and measure webinars and video, making it difficult to scale multimedia in content marketing. The fragmentation of distribution points made it difficult to distribute content quickly and keep existing content up to date. The emergence of powerful SaaS platforms is changing this dynamic by offering streamlined solutions that distribute content across the Web.

The next generation of the Web is being coded with multimedia at its core. HTML5 will usher in a new era of information engagement, allowing audio and video-based content to potentially replace text as the preferred medium for knowledge dissemination and consumption.

Here are the take-aways I had from the panel session that content marketers can take advantage of in order to stay at the fore front of these trends.

1. Develop a more dynamic, differentiated and measurable conversation with your audience by increasing the percent of multimedia assets (e.g. webinars and videos) in your content marketing mix

2. Start implementing technology that allows you to publish and un-publish multimedia content in real time and measure leads and distribution efficacy in one place

3. Encourage thought leaders to help you create content by adopting easy-to-use tools that don’t require AV professionals in the production process for webinars and videos

4. Listen to your audience by monitoring ratings and feedback and refine your content to increase relevancy for each of the stages of the buying cycle

5. Leverage your audience’s influence by making it easy for them to share your webinars and videos through their social networks, via email and on their websites

Creating quality content regularly can ensure you remain top of mind for your target audience. The reward for this is free distribution as your audience shares your content across the Web helping you reach more potential buyers and turn leads into sales.

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Wednesday     September 25th     5:30pm – 8:30pm     |     BrightTALK Corporate Headquarters

Calling all local San Francisco Marketers!

Join a group of 35 local b2b marketing leaders to celebrate SF’s marketing expertise and culinary flavors. We’ll have a selection of locally sourced food and drinks and BrightTALK’s Cameron Dyson will lead an panel with NGINX’s Lindsay Shaw, Hired, Inc.’s Michael Norland, and Demandbase’s Nani Shaffer to spark an evening of bright ideas and conversation.

5:30pm: Arrivals, meet your peers, eat & drink

6:15pm – 6:30pm: ABM: Leveraging webinars to engage with target accounts – Franco Caporale, Founder, SaasMQL

6:30pm – 6:45pm: BrightTALK Benchmarks Report: data-driven best practices for webinar and video success – Olivia Dassler, Marketing Programs Manager, BrightTALK

6:45pm – 7:45pm: Fireside chat: “Keys to a successful webinar program” hosted by Cameron Dyson

        • Content strategy (formats, speakers, topics, cadence)
        • Distribution (promotion, re-engagement, advertising, website visibility, leveraging partners)
        • Measurement/attribution and lead follow-up/nurture process

7:45pm – 8:30pm: More conversations, drinks & food

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San Francisco, CA 94104

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Lindsay Shaw
Director, Digital Marketing

Michael Norland
Director of Demand Generation
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Senior Director, Demand Generation & Operations

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Cameron Dyson
Associate Managing Director

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Supply Chain & Logistics Management

Be an integral part of global production processes for manufacturing and service sectors

Available in CorvallisAvailable onlineAvailable as a majorAvailable as a minorAvailable as an option

Supply Chain and Logistics Management

Trade, manufacturing, sourcing, global production — every item you touch and use, from your toothbrush to your telephone — has a complex story of parts and pieces that brought the functioning item to you; supply chain and logistics management provides you with the knowledge to optimize how all these parts come together and when developed, in front of consumers.

As companies seek increased efficiencies and competitive advantages across production and product life cycles, supply chain and logistics management is a growing career.

While studying supply chain and logistics management, you'll train to be operations and procurement managers for companies and government agencies within manufacturing and service sectors around the globe.

Supply chain and logistics management is an undergraduate major degree as well as an option for business administration majors offered in Corvallis or online through Ecampus.

Once you enroll in the supply chain and logistics management program, you can select an area of focus from the following options:

The Dean’s Academy is an academic forum for high-achieving first-year students, transfer students, and current undergraduate students who wish to maximize the educational and experiential aspects of their college experience. Invitation to this option is restricted to those who meet eligibility requirements.

This area of study prepares you for management positions and exciting international careers at multinational firms, global financial service organizations and international centers of trade.

Associated Program:

The option in supply chain and logistics management is available to students enrolled in the business administration program.

Our business administration degree provides you with broad business skills in accounting and quantitative methods, an understanding of the legal and social environment of business, and a background in management and organizational behavior, marketing, finance, and operations management.

degrees and areas of focus

85% Job placement rate

of classes have fewer than 50 students

companies recruit our students each year

Supply Chain and Logistics Management Opportunities

Study Abroad

Study Abroad

Sydney, Australia: University of Technology Sydney

Vienna, Austria: Vienna University of Economics & Business

Santiago, Chile: Universidad de Chile, Facultad Economia y Negocios

Explore study abroad opportunities >

Student organizations and clubs

Associated Clubs

Business Information Systems

Supply Chain Club

Management Association

See all clubs >

Joe D Lewis Scholarship

Foodguys Values Business Scholarship

Helen Mae Cropsey Memorial Scholarship

Glenn L Jackson Memorial Scholarship

See all scholarship opportunities >

Possible Careers

Procurement Managers

Business Process and Quality Control Managers

Logistics Managers

Supply Chain Managers

General Managers

“Amazon is all about supply chain”

College of Business instructor Randal Smith discusses the challenges and opportunities of supply chain and logistics management: "Supply chain management is exciting to me because there are so many different job opportunities and so many different aspects to supply chain management. It's hard to think about a company or a job that it doesn't touch and it's always changing."

Meet Christopher Wilson

The opportunity for undergraduates to research alongside faculty, a benefit often reserved only for graduate students, is a standout bonus for College of Business students.

Take Christopher Wilson, a senior studying supply chain and logistics management. He knew he was getting an exciting opportunity to conduct undergraduate research with Professor Zhaohui Wu for the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO). But he didn't quite grasp the scope of the assignment until he was sitting in the kickoff meeting with, as he says, "all the adults."

"My expectation at that meeting was that I was the student, and I would be helping them, assisting someone," Wilson said. "But I quickly realized that I was their researcher, expected to supply them with information they didn't have." He also realized while pursuing the major that supply chain is becoming one of the largest industries not only in the U.S., but in international business operations worldwide.

Educational partnership

Magnate Worldwide, a supply chain management company focused on expedited domestic transportation and global freight forwarding, has partnered with the College of Business to provide supply chain and logistics management students with licensing to SAP University Alliance - ERP. This gives our students access to and training with the industry's leading enterprise resource planning software.

I enjoy challenges, and I love to learn. That desire to learn and solve tough problems has guided me my entire career.

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Where our graduates work

Graduates from the college's supply chain and logistics management program have become procurement specialists, business process analysts, quality control managers, consultants, and more.

  • Maxim Integrated
  • Intel Corporation
  • Dutch Bros Coffee
  • State of Oregon
  • WFG Title Company of California
  • PepsiCo
  • Target Corporation
  • Tillamook County Creamery Association
  • Aera Energy, LLC
  • Hoffman Construction
  • Target Corporation
  • Dick's Sporting Goods
  • How.Dance
  • US Bank

Here's why you should be a College of Business student

A success plan for life

Professional, personal and leadership skills form the backbone of successful careers. Blueprint, our award-winning series of classes, is focused on professional and leadership development and financial literacy. With Blueprint, you’re on track to graduate on time, with the skills and network to choose your career, and the savvy to make the big decisions at the right time.

We're not just business; we're family

Our first-year students live in one of our business-themed residence halls. This learning-focused, student-first, open-door culture makes the big Oregon State campus feel like the supportive place it is – and feel a lot smaller and easier to navigate than you might think.

We’re the only college at OSU that has a dedicated Career Success Center for our students. We help you find an internship, write a resume and find a job.

Ranked and accredited

Oregon State is ranked in the top five for online education with U.S. News & World Report. The College of Business overall, as well as our accounting program, is accredited by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. AACSB International is the premier accrediting agency for degree programs in business and accounting.

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Take your business degree farther as a global marketing manager for organizations with international products or services.

Global marketing professionals are growing in popularity as business continues to expand its borders. Our reliance on technology has increased the need for organizations in all industries to strategize how their products are priced, placed and promoted throughout the world.

A degree in global marketing management will give you the education and experience needed to develop successful marketing campaigns for global organizations.

Global marketing management will also prepare you to work domestically with international business clients or pursue marketing employment abroad.

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Global marketing management careers

Some of the world’s largest and most progressive businesses rely on global marketing managers to increase brand awareness and product sales internationally. Typical careers in global marketing management include:

  • Global Brand Manager
  • International Marketing Manager
  • Global Product Manager
  • Digital Marketing Manager
  • International Content Marketing Manager
  • Global Marketing Associate

Global marketing management curriculum

A degree in global marketing management provides the skills needed to implement global product marketing strategies immediately upon graduation. You'll put theory into business application for the daily challenges of the global marketplace through specific courses and international internship opportunities.

  • New Product Management
  • Global Marketing
  • Retail Marketing
  • Global Trade Practices
  • Value-Based Pricing
  • Distribution and Logistics

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Beyond the classroom

The UNI Global Business Club provides opportunities to learn about international business through global case competitions, research activities and professional development trips to metro areas around the Midwest. In addition, UNI Global Business Club allows international students to network and experience international business concepts with domestic business students.

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College is an exciting time in your life, but don’t spend all four years merely enjoying it – you should take advantage of this time to determine exactly what you want to do with your life. This article will help you decide how to choose your college major that fits your long-term goals.

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The anxiety young people have about maturing in their twenties has lead to the word "adulting" becoming quite popular. It's a useful, albeit somewhat glib, catch-all term for taking care of yourself. Doing your laundry? Adulting. Scrambling an egg? Adulting. In truth, the real sign of adulthood is living a life that's within your control, and for that, there are several iOS apps to help. With these five apps, anyone can "adult" -- or at least fake it when they need to.

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