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Welcome to Absolute Graphix
Over the years, Absolute Graphix has developed a strong position in the market for signs and graphics through delivering quality products at competitive prices, all underscored by our excellent, friendly service. We specialise in creating all the things your business needs to look great in the market place, including all types of signs and graphics, banners and displays, large format print, posters and labels, vehicle graphics and wrapping, graphic design and studio services, commercial photography, and much more. Our clients tend to stick with us once they get to know us.

General Signs
Facsia Signs
Signs on Posts
Window Frost
Ceiling Tiles
Vehicle Magnetics
Vehicle Graphics
Vehicle Wraps
Safety Markings
Auto Graphics
Safety Signs
Custom Dry Wipes
Charity Cheques
Graphics Design
The Absolute Difference!

Reliable and Friendly - A REAL Service!
In this modern era of fast-paced high tech automated service, sometimes it's refreshing and even essential to maintain a bit of personal, friendly service. Although our products and services are modern and up-to-date, we still believe in old-fashioned values when it comes to customer service, and that business is still about people, rather than pre-recorded messages and impersonal systems. We still believe that a company should have a relationship with its clients and that there is someone available to actually talk to if you need us. Service like this really does make a world of difference.

Absolute Graphix maintains amazing quality in our printed vinyl which we maintain with regular checks of our machinery and materials. We also don't compromise on the quality of the materials we select to complete jobs. There are so many very cheap alternatives available online these days thanks to cheap imports and Ebay sellers, but you really do get what you pay for in this sector, and we've held our nerve and continue to offer a higher quality product which our clients truly benefit from.

Got an unusual request? Absolute Graphix has a very creative heart and will look at many unusual bespoke jobs that require creative thinking. We are a great choice for your everyday items such as banners and signs but we're also keen to look at out-of-the-ordinary jobs too.
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We contacted Absolute Graphix as we needed our signage updated. From the initial enquiry to the installation they have remained extremely helpful and professional. Their prices are very reasonable for the product quality you will receive. Absolute Graphix are always approachable for help with any ideas or questions you have. They even got us out of a sticky spot when a builder put his foot through the tiled roof, within 24 hours they managed to supply us with 4 new tiles with our logo on; so in-fact not only helped, but improved our Goodwin’s Suite venue further. We’re also now using them from our brochure printing. I cannot recommend them enough.
Jo Treadgold
Park Manager
Kingsdown Holiday Park

We re-branded our company name and we used Absolute Graphix to design all of our signage.  We found them efficient and professional in all aspects, and very patient as the re-branding took longer than we had anticipated.  We would highly recommend Absolute Graphix and we have comments from everyone who sees our new signs.
Lynsey Egan
Residential Lettings Manager
Greenstones Surveyors

We have used Absolute Graphix on numerous occasions to produce small signs, printed vinyl and banners.  On each occasion we have been very happy with the standard of work and timely delivery.
Dean Clements
Director, ClementsMoto Ltd

I’ve been a self-employed businessman for fourteen years, and for much of the last ten years have been using Absolute Graphix in Lydden for a number of projects I have been involved in, as well as for my own businesses.  The service is professional and friendly, the quality of the work excellent and the advice given when I have needed it is superb.  Over the years Rick Jones (owner and top graphic designer) has become a personal friend, and even though our businesses relocated to Scotland in 2015, I would not dream of using anyone else in his field of expertise.
Andy Cooper
Invicta House B&B / The Fabric Fairy
Golspie, Scotland

Have been dealing with Absolute for several years, they supply us with trade prints to vinyl, a very friendly professional business, always listen, understand fully our requirements and deliver superb results. Quality materials and good costs, have never let us down, have worked to tight deadlines when required and given good advice when needed. Highly recommend.
Ady Pendred
J&S Pendred Signs

Very courteous and helpful service, with a prompt turn around.
Tristan Ovenden

Absolute Graphics have always given great attention to detail in what I've needed. The signs have always been of excellent quality and the fitting service was fast and tidy.
Simon Bridgland
Big Fun House

Absolute Graphix are very professional  and a pleasure to deal with at all times. Nothing is ever too much to ask and they go out of their way to accommodate and meet all deadlines.
Port Regis

We at The Marlowe cannot fault Absolute Graphix's professionalism and quality of their work. We have asked for some very unusual and difficult jobs and they have always delivered exactly what we need. If there is any issues they are quick to inform us and give us options of what we can do. We look forward to working with them in the future.
Marlowe Theatre

I'd just like to say Absolute Graphix have always gone above and beyond for us at KentBodyShop. We starting using Absolute Graphix a few years ago after being constantly let down by other sign writers. Rick has always given a straight answer if he could do what we needed. If Rick says he will get it done for a certain time he always comes through and with top quality. Highly recommended by us all at KentBodyShop.
Kent Body Shop

Absolute Graphix has always provided us with a speedy and efficient service. The quality of their work for both design and print is outstanding and we would strongly recommend them.
Simon Teague BA (Hons) FIFS, DTLLS, AIFL
Director, New Level Results Ltd

We have been using the services of Absolute Graphix for over 10 years now. They provide a quick, cost effective solution to bespoke marketing material often having helped to develop and design concepts. We are delighted to recommend their services.
John Ryeland
Managing Director, George Hammond PLC

Prompt quotes and efficient service. Sensible prices. Reliable and consistent colour. Sound advice when needed from an experienced and friendly team. Our “go-to” supplier for a number of years.
Anita Luckett
Ace Designs

We have been a customer of Absolute Graphix  for over 10 years and during that time we have found customer service excellent. Nothing is too much trouble. They have also provided us with very competitive quotes  and delivered our orders on time. One of the things we like most is that if we change direction on a job they are very patient and understanding.
Trevor Bond
Sales & Marketing Manager, Ramada Hotel

We have been very impressed with Absolute Graphix. All aspects including price, quality and service have been fantastic and we expect to use them regularly in future.
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Monday, March 05, 2012

try to stay focussed on the here and now.

Friday night was the last time I could use my laptop, as it would not start up on Saturday morning, much to my dismay, I suddenly, had no computer.

What a nasty shock, first thing on what seemed such a pleasant Saturday morning, and I had my notes all ready to post, I was quite inconsolable.

I was very upset and cried quite a lot, before realising once again that would be bad for us both, so did my best to stop crying, which I managed well.

Funny how that always surprises me, as if I automatically expect myself to fail, I must constantly fail in that expectation too.

Amazingly I also managed cope with not having my laptop working and being online every day, all day, just not Saturday.

 Instead I relaxed and called friends which was pleasant, it did hep me, but of course I had not forgotten.

Richie worked for hours trying to get the laptop to start up without any luck, not on Saturday.

Certainly not Saturday I hoped so much that Richie would be able to sort it, but sadly he couldn’t do it.

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Monday, January 14, 2013

A Quickie Post + Inspiration

Hello loves,
I'll be upfront with y'all right off the bat: I'm not here this evening to bring you an eloquently written post or some stunning pictures. This is simply a little update telling you about my plans and what you'll be seeing soon on this blog. I haven't been blogging lately as you all already know and the simple reason why is because I had absolutely no idea what to write about! It happens to the best of us, sometimes we simply feel drained of blogging, uninspired, lacking motivation. I'm not sure what it was exactly, but something just clicked in me today and suddenly I was overflowing with ideas and was so excited to sit down and write up a post this evening.
What you'll be seeing will (hopefully) be right in line with my New Years resolutions. Upcoming posts will be focusing a lot on healthy eating and working out. I realized that this blog is the perfect place to be held accountable, share about what I do, and hopefully inspire a few of you along the way. You know my passion for beauty as well, so perhaps you'll see some tutorials or product reviews as well. In my resolutions list I challenged myself to BE FEARLESS~BE FRIENDLY~and BE ADVENTUROUS~ and I plan to see those promises through. I'm not sure what exactly that means when it comes to blogging, but I will try my best to make it happen.

Inspiring Blog Post~

The Key to Living Fully//Jess

Meal of the Day~ Dinner

Oriental Salad~ spinach, oranges, pecans, and onions with a fresh orange dressing

Chicken Supreme~ cut up chicken breasts with sauteed mushrooms and onions in a light sauce served over brown rice.

Both recipes are from Nourishing Traditions

Current Favorite Workouts~

Tone It Up's Love Your Total Body Workout

Tone It Up's Fine Arm Toning Routine

*Both of these TIU videos are on the Livestrong Woman Youtube channel, which may confuse some of you. Tone It Up has its own website and youtube channel, but every Tuesday they post a new routine on Livestrong Woman.

Quotes of the week~

When I'm feeling like giving up in a workout, I secretly think this in my head. :)
In case you can't read the small print this says: I really hate working out... So to get through it, I pretend I'm training for the Hunger Games. It makes me push that much harder.

This is not so much a quote as it is a method. The next time you feel like giving up mid-workout, try this! It is most effective if you're in a gym or in a group, anywhere where other people are around.

I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.
I've picked this as my quote of the week.

And lastly: because we all need a little laughter to get us through those tough days:

but really

Owner said meow!

Have a lovely week dear followers and expect some posts coming soon!

xoxo, em

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  1. I love those days when I feel inspired to blog- sometimes I write 5 posts in a day, it's great! Can't wait to see what great things you have planned, I would love to see some more beauty tips! xo


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Food Friday

Friday, December 23, 2011

Whenever it gets close to Christmas, I start craving Chocolate Crinkles. My mom must have always included them in her Christmas baking because it's something that happens every year for me! These are absolutely amazing.

Chocolate Crinkles

What you need:

1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
icing sugar

How to make it:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Melt chocolate and combine with other ingredients. Add flour a bit at a time, it will get pretty hard to mix in the last bit of flour. Shape into 1 inch (or smaller, they grow quite a bit!) balls and roll in icing sugar. Bake on a greased cookie sheet for 6-8 minutes.

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Kiwibear 153 said...

Just found your blog. I can´t wait to make these cookies!

Erica @ Acire Adventures said...

:) I'm sure you will love them!


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Friday, September 25, 2009

The Bible study I attend...

is working through John right now. I have never studied John this intensively and am finding the book absolutely all that it's touted to be.

Augustine said about the book of John, "So shallow that a child could not drown, but so deep that an elephant could swim." I can fit both cases depending on the day and state of mind.

I love most how the layers of meaning are expressed in John's writing. When he writes about who Jesus is, he ties in the Old Testament prophecies and words that would have ignited the hearts of a Jewish audience. When he writes about the seven signs that Jesus performed, he goes further to explain the spiritual teaching and significance of each. So that the reader is not content to only look at the sign and say, "Wow," but to look further for how the sign still relates to life at hand. And each one does.

The tenderest expressions are in John's writing as his love for his Savior pours forth. And he is a witness in himself of the power of a transformed life because of an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

I'm really looking forward to the treasures of John. While no season of life has previously afforded me the opportunity to study, I thank God for the providence of His timing in this season.

  1. I remember doing the Precept study of John's gospel some years ago. It took a little over 30 weeks to complete and was one of the most incredible times of study in my life.

  2. My pastor is preaching through John--an incredibly rich, amazingly glorious series of sermons. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only!


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Thursday, 11 June 2009

I don't get it..

I'm not a huge fan of unions. It doesn't look like they did GM, Ford or Chrylser a whole lot of good. However, I can understand how it's human nature to want to be paid more for doing the same thing you would normally be doing.I also get the concept of picket lines. The goal is to annoy people and whine and stomp your feet like a child until someone gets frustrated enough to just give in to your

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Friday, April 06, 2007

...if Sanjaya wins (American Idol)

Simon says he'll quit the show.
Tell the world!
What will you do...
If Sanjaya Wins?

-Michael from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil:
If Sanjaya wins, I will pack up my children's bag and send them to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch for Blanket's surprise b-day Slumber party.

-Jim from Florida:
If Sanjaya wins, I will will snort Keith Richards armpit hair.

-Mike from West Palm Beach, Florida:
If Sanjaya wins, I’ll braid my armpit hair and tie it to the ceiling fan blades, turn the speed to high and spin around my room like a giant piñata.

-Heather from Illinois:
If Sanjaya wins, the Cubs win a World Series.

-Courtney from Bridgton, Maine:
If Sanjaya wins, the Apocalypse will occur immediately after his "victory," God will appear, tell us all we've been punk'd, and all human existence will cease to be. So long humanity...so long.

Read more and submit your own at http://ifsanjayawins.com.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Guitar Hero World Record... holy jeez this kid is good.

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At 3/19/2008 8:42 AM, Blogger Logtar said...

Sorry but the dude sounded like a douche when he said, I guess I am.

At 3/19/2008 9:09 AM, Blogger Ramsey said...

Yeah, he did sound a little conceded in his interview.

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MLK Jr Holiday Diversity Job Fair (Minneapolis) (Local)

If you are unemployed or interested in a new career, heres some exciting news! The MLK Jr. Holiday Diversity Job Fair is coming to the Minneapolis area and everyone is invited. This event provides a great opportunity to meet face-to-face with companies that are hiring and looking for experienced candidates just like you.

So tidy up your resume and get ready to jump start your new year with a new career!

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Dear Second Lifers: Leave Me Alone

Go Sell Crazy Someplace Else, We're All Stocked Up Here

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You know ... if you're going to invite me to a party, especially if it's for a product that I find laughable in the first place, you could at least tempt me with REAL free food and booze.

But here's yet another press release from the cult of Second Life.

Want to really engage your readers? Consider writing an article about the virtual world Second Life. Start by interviewing the author of Que Publishing's newest book, Second Life: A Guide to Your Virtual World, by Brian White (aka Ansel Gasparini in-world) at our launch party for the book. The author and this book will teach you everything you'll need to get started in Second Life.

If I wanted to engage my readers -- most of whom being real people with real jobs -- I'll write about media that actually drives results. Or monkeys. At least monkeys are amusing. And real. And certainly more fun to watch than badly rendered virtual characters floating through walls.

When: Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. ET and again at 10:00 pm ET.
Where: The party will be held in Second Life on Menorca in Slimmie's Cafe

While I almost admire the fact that this virtual event will be a lot cheaper than a real-world event, it's not a party if I'm sitting at my computer. Call me old-fashioned but the computer is for work, for gaming, stalking ex-spouses or -- as they say in Avenue Q -- for porn. (And it seems that if you had complete freedom to name countries and such, you could do better than Menorca. Menorca?! Really? Why not something fun such as Boozelandia, Porktopia or Puppy-opolis?)

Fun stuff: Party attendees will hear White's views about the ins and outs of being part of the Second Life community, and receive advice on how to get the most out of their in-world experiences. They'll also be able to dance to the music of popular band JueL Resistance with DJ Doubledown Tandino, talk to Ansel Gasparini, socialize with other members of the Second Life community, and have the chance to win a copy of the new book. Que will also be giving away party bags including the first chapter of the book, an exclusive dress by Ginny Talamasca, and an exclusive t-shirt by Dragontat Zagato.

Obviously we have extremely different definitions of the phrase "fun stuff" (and, also, "popular band"). Note, too, that the only thing that makes "socializing" tolerable at real-world events is the free liquor. I can't imagine virtual socializing to be any better. And even I have to draw the line at drinking at my computer. Finally, if there's anything sillier than party swag, it's imaginary party swag.

Of course, I realize when all these in-world people take over the rest of the world, I'll be in quite the awkward situation (unless I'm standing next to the power source), so for those of you interested in this sort of thing, here's a link to the first chapter of the book.
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Magazines Ad Pages Flat in First Quarter

'Martha Stewart Living' Turns in Strong Performance, While 'Parenting' Is Down

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- It's been clear for a couple months that magazines were enduring an appalling start to the year, but the release of official ad-page counts by the Publishers Information Bureau today showed that the damage to the overall category was offset by a few strong performers.
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Flat first quarter
Total ad pages for the first quarter were flat at 51,381.9, a gain of just 0.4% compared to the first quarter of 2005, according to PIB.

Among those hardest hit were Time Inc.'s Parenting with a 20.5% decline in ad pages from the first quarter of 2005, while Motor Boating magazine, part of the Time4 Media division of Time Inc., fell by a full 24.2%.

Elle Girl, which was just abruptly closed by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., delivered a 14.2% ad-page gain. Mother ship Elle was also up an impressive 15.4%.

Teen titles solid
Most of the teen category was solid. Hearst's Cosmo Girl increased ad-pages 12.6% while Conde Nast's Teen Vogue increased 6.5% and Seventeen gained only 1.2%. Time Inc.'s Teen People decreased ad-page sales 6.3% from a year ago.

Among the big winners in total pages sold: Bride's magazine, with 1,158.4 pages, up 24.3% from the first quarter a year earlier, and Bridal Guide, with 934.3 pages, up just 0.1% over the prior period. The New York Times Magazine also notched up nearly 970 ad pages, for a gain of 14.5%.

Among broader, standalone consumer titles, Time Inc.'s People led the pack with 826.7 pages, but even this behemoth saw pages drop 5.9% during January, March and February. Sibling title In Style followed next, with 703.8 pages, down 2%.

Biggest gainers
There were plenty of bright spots in the largely overcast landscape. The biggest gainers in percentage terms included Martha Stewart Living, where ad pages grew 80.9%. Some enthusiast titles also held up well, like Time4 Media's Transworld Surf, where ad pages grew 20.6% over the first quarter of 2005.

Muscle & Fitness expanded ad pages by 46.4% and Star magazine produced 13.5% growth -- good news for parent company American Media. (The bad news for American Media: National Enquirer ad pages fell 14.4%.)

It was a solid quarter for plenty of Conde Nast Publications titles, with a 32.1% gain at Wired, 16.3% more pages for Conde Nast Traveler and 6.9% bump up at Architectural Digest. Other Conde titles struggled; The New Yorker's ad pages fell 14.9% and Vanity Fair's ad pages dropped 10.5%.

At Hearst, Esquire turned in a 28.6% improvement in ad pages, while O The Oprah Magazine was up 10.8%. Cosmopolitan was off 6.5% in ad pages, while Redbook was down 5.9% and Marie Claire, which switched editors today, was essentially flat, gaining just 0.7% in ad pages. Harper's Bazaar was also flat, but Good Housekeeping was down 6%.

Independent regionals New York Magazine and Texas Monthly also continued their recent momentum, as each improved its ad-page total by 15.5%.
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Crowne Plaza launches first ever campaign

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Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, the upscale property of Holiday Inn Worldwide, will launch its first advertising campaign from Scaros & Casselman, Atlanta, early next year. Initially the two 30-second spots will air on CNN Headline News and CNN's Larry King Live, Crossfire and Pinnacle programs. Network will begin later next year in selected markets. The brand has never before advertised on TV. A print campaign isplanned for 1997.

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Financial services play patriotic card

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The cover for Time Inc.'s Money November special report is spare, but the headline says it all. "Investing in America: Keep the Faith."

Inside, the section outlines strategies for handling the market volatility unleashed by the Sept. 11 attacks. Financial-services marketers, meanwhile, are getting out their own messages about how to do just that. Already hit by millions in losses and faced with the possibility of worse to come as investors sell out, marketers are promoting investments as a contribution to the rebuilding effort.

Financial advertisers are trying to keep investors "Bullish on America," in the words of the newest campaign from Merrill Lynch & Co.

After weeks of running condolence ads, Merrill Lynch took out eight-page ads in The Wall Street Journal, tagged "Bullish on America," encouraging investors to "Act with conviction ... Act with discipline ... Act with knowledge." A TV execution-part of the $25 million "Be Bullish" campaign from WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson, New York, which broke this summer-also addressed volatility and used the "Bullish on America" tag.

Fidelity Investments drafted star fund manager Peter Lynch to calm mutual fund investors in TV spots from Havas Advertising's Arnold Worldwide, Boston. The New York Stock Exchange weighed in with its own TV spot, tagged "Let Freedom Ring," from Omnicom Group's BBDO Worldwide, New York, which features New York police and fire personnel ringing the opening bell, as they've done several times since the market resumed trading Sept. 17.

Even smaller companies added their two cents-or two million, as it were. Lord Abbett ran full-page ads for its investment funds mimicking an analyst report, which issued a "Strong Buy" recommendation for America. "In the business of leading the free world. ... Launching new product lines every day. Asset: Trillions of dollars. Greatest asset: The spirit of its people," reads the ad.

"In the early part of the year, advertising was addressing the issue of market volatility anyway. ... Following the events of 9/11, it became clear the market would remain quite volatile and investors had to think long-term," said Ben Thompson, director of client services at Masius, New York. The corporate advertising unit of Omnicom's D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, New York, created the "America" ad as part of a larger campaign for the investment manager, which emphasized its 65-year track record managing money.

Statistics from the Investment Company Institute, the trade group of mutual fund companies, show mutual fund assets had already dropped before the attacks, to $6.74 trillion in August from $6.97 trillion in December 2000.

But calming the qualms of shaky investors took on an added urgency after the shock of Sept. 11 wore off. A recent poll of European investment managers by Merrill Lynch found professionals were conflicted about the near-term strength of both the U.S. and European markets and are holding record-high levels of cash in their portfolios.

Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Joan Solotar summed up the dire situation in a recent report previewing asset managers' third-quarter earnings reports. She rated money-market funds as the most stable investment vehicles, retirement accounts as "the most sticky" in terms of retaining assets and mutual funds the most vulnerable.

"The recent events have essentially conspired to reduce assets from both valuation reductions as well as no new money coming in, other than into less-profitable cash products," she wrote. That is bad news for most investment companies, which earn fees based on a percentage of assets under management, not transaction fees.

While financial services companies are hardly a charity case, their plight has sparked a public service announcement effort. A new group called Invest in US has launched a PSA campaign to encourage investors to keep the faith. The group, started by executives at Omnicom's Doremus Advertising, New York, has unveiled an outdoor campaign in New York and prepared PSAs to "Bring back the Bull."

The messages range from a request to "Don't keep the Dow at half-mast" to a picture of Osama bin Laden with the words "He wants you to sell."

The group, led by Doremus Creative Director Danny Gregory, includes production companies, illustrators and other agency vendors who donated their work to produce seven print executions and several TV and radio spots. The print executions have already appeared in The Wall Street Journal, and CNN and CNBC have requested the TV spots, said Lisa Serratore, creative manager at Doremus.

While the campaign has received good support-a companion Web site (www.investinus.org) got 12,000 hits on its first week-no one has yet requested the bin Laden execution.

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The publishing industry is about to find out if there's room for One more hip design magazine.

It will know sometime after Dec. 5, when the San Francisco-based One, the latest addition to that niche, debuts.

One's CEO, Dana Lyon, former publisher of Wired, paints the newsstand product as one piece of an ambitious multimedia whole. Plans also include an AvantGo-based service for Palm computing devices from which travelers could download local hotel and shopping information, along with lists such as restaurants given Zagat's top rating for decor across 30 cities.

A Web site, launching the same day with the AvantGo service, features a trove of whizbang design information, goods and simple eye candy, including online Flash-enabled kaleidoscopic holiday greeting cards designed by DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS), available on a test version of the site.

In this sense, One's scope is significantly more ambitious than other recently launched design-obsessed titles targeting well-heeled hipsters, from Surface to Wallpaper to Nest to Dwell. All the same, said one media buyer, One might face problems distinguishing itself from the pack.

"They're all really cool-looking books," said Dan Binder, VP-media director-print investment for Bcom3 Group's Starcom Worldwide, Chicago. Given their niche, he said, "they damn well better be."

The debut issue is 194 pages and contains 65 ad pages. Advertisers signed on for the debut, said Publisher Chris Mitchell, another Wired vet, include Prada, Dom Perignon, Volvo Cars of North America and Palm.

At this point, Mr. Mitchell said, no advertisers have inked significant ad packages because the magazine was produced so quickly the staff had only 10 weeks to sell the first issue. In deference to concerns about the look and feel of the magazine, One will only accept full-page ads. A full page color ad costs $14,000. Subscriptions are being sold on the Web, and 60,000 copies will be distributed in rooms at chic hotels such as the Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide W chain. Time Warner is distributing the magazine; at launch, its rate base will be 200,000.

That struck one publisher of established shelter and design magazines as a bit ambitious. "We'll see when they launch it," said John Miller, group publisher for magazines such as Elle Decor and Home at Hachette Filipacchi Magazines. The former has a rate base of 400,000 while the latter's is 1 million. "It's niche marketers coming into the market and making a business out of these little niches," he said, dismissing, unsurprisingly, any notions that the new magazines pose a competitive threat to his titles.

One had its genesis, Ms. Lyon said, in an untitled prototype for a modern design magazine that had been floated internally at Wired in the mid-90s. And Stacy Morrison, the former Bride's editor who's now One's editor in chief, produced a design magazine prototype for her senior thesis in college called Lines. "But don't print that-it's not about Lines, it's all about One," she joked.

An article in the first issue follows Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant's work with Adidas and car designers from Audi to produce a new shoe (which truly resembles the car pictured in the layout); another article concerns the aesthetic of the white square in design, from architecture to the Beatles' "white album."

Across all of its media platforms, One targets a wired, affluent 25- to 44-year-old, with what Mr. Mitchell called an "average minimum" household income of $75,000. One Media is backed by West Coast venture capital firms SierraVentures and WaldenVC.

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A Bogus Visualisation of the Invisible Hand

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The invisible hands behind The Invisible Hand”

Towards the end of his chapter “The Great Exhibition of Things,” Thomas Richards relates the transformation of the commodity as bland in 1776 to the commodity as spectacle in 1851. He grounds this discussion with Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations: “’the market price of every particular commodity is…continually gravitating towards the natural price’ (162)…Clearly Smith believes himself to be describing the workings of the commodity in essentially neutral terms” (67). Richards writes of Smith’s “Invisible Hand” – the mysterious arrival of a market at the intersection point of the downward sloping demand and upward sloping supply curves to create an equilibrium price and quantity for a given good or service.

In this chapter Richards highlights the juxtaposition between the work that goes into supplying the objects displayed at the Great Exhibition and the leisure spent enjoying said presentation. Twenty-five pages earlier he describes this dichotomy, “Though the manufactured objects displayed were often bright and new, Mayhew cannot ignore ‘the sunken eyes and other characteristics of semi-starvation’ that he sees on every face [of streetsellers]” (42). Now, street vendors were not necessarily the ones crafting the objects housed in “The Chrystal Palace,” but the conditions and treatment of factory workers in Industrial Great Britain is no secret. The workers who made the commodities that guided The Invisible Hand to the free market’s equilibrium were themselves invisible hands, intermediate labor inputs who created final, finished and polished objects yet were unseen in the goods’ ultimate display.

The Invisible Hand is a fascinating metonymical phrase because it captures the labor involved in a free market yet simultaneously negates its presence in the final stage, or the acting out of what constitutes the market: buying and selling

Wmellin articulates a myth about Adam Smith that is totally wrong. Smith never discussed the IH metaphor in relation to his discussions of markets in Books I and II of WN.

His singular use of the IH metaphor is made in Book IV of WN (p. 456) and does not refer to market prices at all. In Smith’s account, he does not refer to anything guiding ‘the invisible hand’ to ‘equilibrium’. That it does is an wholly invented idea, originating in the imaginations of modern economists in the 20th century.

‘Wmellin’ sees the invisible hand metaphor as “a fascinating metonymical phrase”, by which he means ‘the substitution of a word referring to an attribute for the thing that is meant the use of the crown to refer to a monarch’ (Dictionary) but in Smith’s use none of ‘market equilibrium’, nor supply and demand’ or such like, is in that sense metonymically substitutable in Adam Smith’s use of the metaphor of an invisible hand. If Smith was thinking metonymically, he was not thinking of these words when he used the IH metaphor in Wealth Of Nations. If me is thinking thus, fine, but it has nothing to do with Adam Smith.

Adam Smith was an accomplished grammarian. He lectured on Rhetoric at the University of Glasgow from 1751-64, and had delivered lectures on rhetoric at his public course in Edinburgh from 1748-51 to wide acclaim – his public lecturing reputation made him a credible candidate for the vacant chair at Glasgow. His rhetoric lectures of 1762-63 were found in a house clearance as student notes in 1958 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and were published as ‘Lectures in Rhetoric and Belles Lettres’ by Oxford University Press, 1963.

In these lectures he traces the use of metaphors from the classics (Homer, Virgil, etc.,) and in English literature up to the 18th century. He is careful to define metaphors as ‘describing in a more striking and interesting manner’ their ‘object’ (p.29), giving clear examples of objects for his students for the use of metaphors. One of his students, Hugh Blair, went on to become a distinguished Professor of Rhetoric at Edinburgh University.

In Wealth Of Nations Smith demonstrates to what he refers when he used the IH metaphor in Book IV, chapter 2, p 456, where he used it. He describes how some, but not all, merchants are so concerned at the risks of exporting their capital or goods to foreign countries or the colonies in the Americas, that they prefers to invest only in ‘domestick industry’. It is their concerns for the security of their capital that leads them to invest locally. He states this clearly in WN, pages 452-56, where Smith analyses how from this insecurity they are, 'led by' the metaphor of ‘an invisible hand’, to enhance domestick investment.

And that is the extent and limit of Smith’s metaphoric intentions. All other attributions and accretions are bogus, including those attributions of ‘wmellin’ in ‘Victorian Visual[!] Culture’.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Wars, Wood and Progress

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Never a fan of the three newest films and a rabid fan of the original three, I have spent years wondering about the expanded universe. As of late I have taken action to pursue that interest further. I'm currently reading the Darth Bane series, as they are the first books in the Star Wars time line. It is actually really good. From what I've heard there have been enough authors to touch the Star Wars universe that you can pick the best of the best to the bottom of the barrel and everything in between. So to get a good book my first time out was a bit of luck for sure.

My mailbox should have a copy of the Force Unleashed in it sometime this week. The game is set in the time period between Ep.III and Ep.IV and you play as Vader's first apprentice. Sounds cool, although I've heard the actual gameplay got mixed reviews. Finally I picked up the first two trades from the Legacy comic series, which is set years 100+ years after Ep.VI and follows Luke's son. Can't wait to start reading it.

As if I needed another hobby to empty my wallet, I have taken a greater interest in woodworking recently. My Grandfather was a woodworker and carver for at least the portion of his life that he and I were alive. He tried, when I was in high school, to pass along some tools and basswood in the interest of getting me interested in carving, but I was too young and too focused in other things. For Father's Day I got the go ahead from Kaden and Crystal to purchase a sliding miter saw. I have all kinds of other tools I'd like to buy next, but for now I'd like to see what I can produce with just a saw and some handtools. Look for a full post in the future, as I may be tackling my first project this weekend.

P.S. Woodcraft moved in a mile down from the road from us, I'm wallet is doomed.

Guild Progress

Raid progress without consistent attendance is just plain hard. After killing Yogg back in June we started the trudge to Algalon, it has been a tough row to hoe. Previously we had killed Molgeim last and unlocked the quest for Algalon by doing so. Since Yogg, we have downed the following hard modes: Flame Leviathan, XT-002, and Hodir. While accomplishments in and of themselves, Hodir is the only one that progress the guild toward the ultimate goal. It is not for lack of effort that Steelbreaker and Thorim still stand, but without a consistent roster of raiders we are swapping assignments and teaching strats every time we enter the zone.

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Ethan said...

You can definitely pick and choose the Star wars EU stuff. TheForce.Net is a decent place to get book reviews.

If you haven't read them, I really recommend The Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrawn_Trilogy). Might be the best of all the EU stuff. I finally stopped reading the EU stuff because I hit too many clunkers.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Snow and Cookies

Glenn came down for a quick trip last week and spent a bunch of time with Ella. We had our THIRD snow of the year, which is amazing, and even more so for March. (Even weirder, it's been in the mid-60s every day since Sunday!)

Ella in the snow

Then, they built Ella's first snowman!!

Notice how all the snow in the yard seems to have been used for the giant snowman...

Frosty is telling Ella a secret

Ready to make cookies!!

They had such a fun time together, and Ella even started calling Glenn "Gee" while he was here. She was very sad when he left and later said she was sad because "Gee bye-bye".

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Gee had the best time ever. She's just great!
Gee sad, too...when it was time to go.

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Sooo precious - Ella's first Southern Snowman topped off with warm doesn't get better than that.


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Friday, June 29, 2012

fresh pesto

Why is it when I write about my life, or frame bits of it up in pictures, it seems so much more beautiful and romantic than when I’m actually living it?

Yesterday, the boys and I made fresh pesto.  Pesto!  You know, that gourmet green stuff which costs an arm and a leg that you get off the supermarket shelf in trendy little organic tubs?  I made my own pesto with basil from my herb garden and walnuts from a tree in our yard.

{See?  It sounds so amazing to write “my herb garden”, but the actual living of bringing it into being was hours of squashing my ever-expanding belly into crouching positions to plant tiny seedlings and pull weeds, and then more hours of lugging heavy buckets of water since our flood-irrigation canals don’t reach that particular spot… way less romantic than the lovely phrase “my herb garden” would suggest!}

“Fresh pesto” sounds romantic too, and it is.  I don’t know why the combination of fresh basil leaves, walnuts (our substitute for pine nuts), garlic, olive oil and salt should be so “morish” (New Zealand-ese for “addicting”), but it is.  And somehow, the satisfaction of growing the two main ingredients on our borrowed land and gathering them with my own two hands adds to the overall tastiness.

So, I’m still mulling over this wonder of how my ordinary, many days too-frustrating-even-to-write-about life can suddenly seem so romantic and beautiful when I see it on a screen, all nicely woven out of snapshots and paragraphs of words strung like pearls on a string… Is there a way to be acutely, gratefully aware of this loveliness while I’m living it?

One of our mentors has this quote at the bottom of his emails:

When you are worried about the future, it's hard to find God.

When you are living in the moment, he's right there with you.

~  Ed Dobson
I have to admit, I worry about the future a lot.  At the moment, I worry about this baby we’re having, about unplugging from here and saying goodbye for 5 months, about what visa we’ll return on, about relationships both here and there…
Ed Dobson’s words remind me of how Ann is teaching us to give thanks in every moment, for every moment, and how remembering to give thanks brings awareness of the Holy right into the Now.  Wouldn’t there be that fragrance of wonder in more of my moments if I became intentionally aware of the Holy permeating the Now?

Two cups of fresh pesto goes a long way.  I’m still savoring it (I’m the only one who really loves it!) dabbed on salads with leftover chicken, smeared on crackers with tomatoes and cheese, on pizza, on toast… the possibilities are endless.  And in writing this post, seeing the making-of-pesto looking so earthy and satisfying on the page, I’ve become aware again of the wonder that I’m actually writing about my life.

Now if I could just remember that in those moments when this very same wondrous life feels so hard and heavy, and joy seems so impossible to find…
This is my life, and in each moment God IS.
Have you had a wondrous moment recently, where you took a step back and marveled that this was actually your life?
What would it take to carry the wonder of that moment into all your other mundane, slogging-through-mud moments?

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

life is like a picture puzzle piece

Don’t you think our lives are a little like this poem by Shel Silverstein?
“Picture Puzzle Piece”
One picture puzzle piece,
lying on the sidewalk.
One picture puzzle piece,
soaking in the rain.
It might be a button of blue
on the coat of the woman who lived in a shoe...
It might be a magical bean,
or a fold in the red velvet robe of a queen...
It might be the one little bite
of the apple her stepmother gave to Snow White...
It might be the veil of a bride,
or a bottle with some evil genie inside...
It might be a small tuft of hair
on the big, bouncy, belly of Bo-Bo the Bear...
It might be a bit of the cloak
of the Witch of the West as she melted to smoke...
It might be a shadowy trace
of a tear that runs down an angel’s face...
Nothing has more possibilities
than one old, wet, picture puzzle piece.
I read that, and I think of how sometimes I just don’t feel like I fit anywhere… like a lost puzzle piece, minus its puzzle.  Sometimes I feel as though the singular little bit that I am just doesn’t make sense in my surroundings - like the colors on me haven’t found a home yet.  Do you ever feel that way?
Good thing we each are only one tiny piece in a mosaic of billions… and the God who made each one of us is patiently fitting his picture together, piece by unique piece.
And the amazing thing is, each of us could be anything: in the hand of the Puzzle-Maker, we could become anything He chooses, and get placed any wonderful place He chooses to put us.  His puzzle is alive (I keep forgetting), and all the pieces are three-dimensional and intertwining with each other.  The possibilities are endless, really.  And yet, He does have One Perfect Plan that He’s already created, perfectly, and is bringing to pass, perfectly.  That’s reassuring to remember at those times when everything seems especially chaotic.
So the next time you’re feeling extra ordinary, or you’re worried about one of your colors not finding a home, think of that last couplet…
“Nothing has more possibilities / than one old, wet, picture puzzle piece.”
(photo by William)

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Do you ever feel like you don’t fit anywhere?
What encourages you when you feel this way?

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

am I beautiful, really?

I have a blanket that says “Beautiful” on it in English (a not-so-rare find at our local bazar - English letters and words are trendy here the same way Chinese characters were trendy in the West, even if no one knows what they mean!).  The blanket itself is not truly beautiful, but it’s the perfect naptime weight.  And when I lay down to rest every afternoon and wrap myself in it, I catch glimpses of that curlique script - scraps of the word that reminds me of this truth: to God, I am beautiful.

I don’t feel very beautiful these days.  I’m having our third baby in about 4 months’ time, and I’ve already gained 20 pounds past my normal weight.  Lately I’ve been feeling fat, sluggish, and surrounded by heaps of things to do that I don’t have energy for.  I need to exercise; I need to hunt for low-fat snacks; I need to think positively; I need the truth of Scripture.
That I am beautiful to God, even when I don’t feel it… (Song of Sol. 4:7)
That He takes great delight in me, even when I can’t believe it… (Zeph. 3:17)
That His purposes for me are perfect and good, even when I feel overwhelmed… (Jer. 29:11)

That I am wonderfully made… and so is this baby He is knitting in my womb.  (Ps. 139:14)
And when I wrap myself in my “Beautiful” blanket, and cradle my baby while I rest, I want my thoughts to dwell in green pastures and quiet waters, and on these words from Isaiah 40:11...
11 He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.

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{If you have a minute, check out this related post from this wonderful, creative mom… Like her Connor, Will brings me “beautiful” rocks all the time too!}

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

can God really do anything?

One of the little neighbor boys was over to play the other day, and he and Will and Ben were all happily rough-housing on the veranda.  Suddenly the neighbor boy came running in to find me: “Aunty Carolyn, Ben has the pump!”  (He meant the bicycle pump we keep for pumping up our locally-bought sports balls, which very quickly go soggy.)  I went out to the veranda to check on what was happening…
I wish I had a picture to post here of what I saw:
Ben had the pump, and with one hand he was pointing the little pin at the end into his belly-button, and with the other he was stretching unsuccessfully to grab the long pump handle and start pumping.
“Ben, what are you doing?!”
“Mommy, I want my belly to be big-Big-BIGger!!”  (From my last post you’ll remember that there is already one big-Big-BIGger belly in our family: mine…)
I laughed so hard I nearly cried.  I didn’t even have the heart to explain how a bicycle pump really works, or why you shouldn’t stick pointy things into your belly-button… I just laughed and took the pump away and hugged him til he squealed with delight.
Why can’t life be more like that?  Why can’t we just take things literally and not sweat so much over what we don’t understand?  Why can’t we just take God at His word?  That when He says He’ll be with us, He really is, all the time?  That when He says He’ll look after us, He really will?
If a bicycle pump can make a ball “big-Big-BIGger”, why not a tummy?  If God can really do anything, why don’t I trust Him more?

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What are you struggling to trust God with today?

Which part of God’s word do you need to take as literally as a two-year-old?

Saturday, June 9, 2012

what am I really looking for?

The boys are contentedly playing in the living room.  After a 6-day trip, all their toys seem new.  They are happy for the quiet and silence of familiarity, and I am too.
Checking email, I hear two-year-old Ben squeak up and down with exaggerated inflections: “I just found my boun-cy ball!  I found it when I was look-ing for it!  Were you looking for it, Will?”
I sit perfectly still for a minute, his squeaky voice echoing in my mind: “I found it when I was look-ing for it!”  And I think about how a two-year-old’s mind tumbles out concepts in fresh combinations of words, since he’s not had time to learn how things are “normally” said.
The things I really want to find -- the things my soul needs to find… am I looking for them?
“You will seek me and find me. When you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you,” declares the LORD…~Jeremiah 29:13-14

But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
~Deuteronomy 4:29

“And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives,
and the one who seeks finds,
and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”
~Luke 11:9-10

So today?
Seeking Him, with all my heart.
Searching for Him, with all my soul.
Asking, and waiting for the Giver of all good things to find me.
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Monday, July 13, 2015

Referral: Mackay On The Lessons Of MERS

MERS case spread among hospitals in South Korea
between the 11th May and the 19th June.
Cowling et al.

Eurosurveillance Vol 20,
Issue 24, 25-JUN-2-15.

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Three years and nearly 1400 diagnosed cases after it was first detected on Arabian peninsula, we continue to see the same patterns of nosocomial spread of the MERS virus as was first observed in Jordan in April 2012.

Once proper infection control protocols are implemented, these hospital outbreaks are controllable, but as the 40 recent cases in Hofuf and the 186 cases in South Korea attest, those precautions are all too often late in coming.

Dr. Ian Mackay has a post on the lessons we should have learned already from our dealing with MERS, and that hopefully are being even better imprinted now.

MERS simmers down in South Korea...did we learn anything this time?

No new cases reported in 8 days and the most recent known date of illness onset now 10 days ago, are good indications that the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) hospital-driven outbreak in South Korea is pretty much over. At the least, it's contained. Finally.

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Christine Khasinah-Odero : Women under 40

Christine Khasinah-Odero

Christine Khasinah-Odero

By now Christine Khasinah-Odero is used to turning heads wherever she goes.

The impact of her brainchild company has won her quite some accolades already including being nominated by Up Magazine in 2013 as one of Kenya’s Top 5 Women Under 40, 2013; South Africa’s CEO’s Magazine awarded her as one of the Finalist Most Influential Women In Business in Africa SME Category 2013 and again in 2014 which she was bestowed in October this year.

Also in 2014 she was honoured by Business Daily in June as one of Kenya’s Top 40 under 40 Women. Deservedly, she is making some waves in the entrepreneurship circles across the African continent with her Supamamas Company growing from strength to strength since its formation in 2011.

The media has too has allocated some sizeable space to her story in which the lady behind the moms’ oriented entreprise has been portrayed in her rather many faces; a marketing enthusiast and expert, a former tea girl at an auto mechanic company, a tours and travels company employee and later on proprietor in the industry and a Supamamas pioneer and a mother.

With a vibrant personality and words such as witty, charisma and full of passion having being employed to describe her character Christine may easily come across as belonging to the lucky sorts of persons who are cut out for greatness and success.

Be that as it may, an interview with this super mother revealed that her journey was a tough walk. One that for the faint hearted they simply couldn’t have sailed through to the top.

While expectant in 2010 she was also itching to start a business of her own albeit only that all indications seemed gloomy.

“There was no-one to turn to. No support system or source for advice or inspiration. It was a lonely position to be in, and this is when I figured out that many professional and entrepreneurial mothers in Kenya must feel the same way. This is how the idea of Supamamas was born,” she said.

She wanted to create a platform that would connect mothers with each other through regular events and tie them with experts as well as baby brands. She was seeing a gap when she could not find a one-stop shop with resources that a mum needed locally.

But while the concept was initially well received “huge doubts” were to follow in which Christine’s mettle was put under the severest of tests.

“The early stages of starting Supamamas were not easy at all. It seemed difficult to get the word out and get mothers, partners, and sponsors to participate. My first event was not successful. Hardly any mothers came to the Mum Market event we had organized and so the exhibitors that I had invited were giving me a hard time. I remember how rains poured down on that event almost crashing the exhibition tents. It was a disaster,” she remembered.

According to her the sustainability of the enterprise at the beginning was also a major challenge as they had not figured out the different revenue channels to float the business coupled with lack of sponsorships and very few attendees to events.

“But something kept me going and my next event was attended by 30 to 40 mums, it was an event specially organized to celebrate single mums. This is when I became optimistic again,” she said.

“My reaction to the initial challenges was like any other human being feeling discouraged with the temptation of almost going back into formal employment. Setting up a business is a test of willpower,” she adds.

In 2011 she says she got to her lowest point after a particular event turned out farther away from expectations despite being one that she had put a lot of effort into but being one who believes in the mantra ‘keep learning and growing’ it was also the turning point in her quest.

“I went on because it’s not in my nature to quit.  I have always been the kind of person who strives for better, no matter how hard it gets,” says Christine.

At the beginning though she had had to take it in her stride even when people had said it to her face that the concept was not a feasible business idea, some going as far as to think Supamamas was a feminist movement.

But the idea has since bloomed to fruition with the company hosting monthly events which vary in theme including baby nutrition, skin, sleep and safety, pampering events, financial planning events, networking, mentorship, family fun days and also mobilizes mums and corporate companies to give back to society through community service and mentorship.

Today the company has already reached out to about 3000 mothers and she hopes to expand more chapters abroad and opening up an ICT centre in Nairobi to provide mentorship, inspiration and information for young girls and women.

Christine (centre) poses for photos with some of her admirers during a recent Supamamas event in Mombasa

Christine (centre) poses for photos with some of her admirers during a recent Supamamas event in Mombasa

According to her the company’s website eventually became a good income earner from advertising revenue which complements earnings from the events through sponsorships and exhibitors.

The events themselves are structured differently depending on the level of sponsorship and interest expressed by potential attendees while themes attached to them vary from mum and baby fun days, single mothers’ events, Supamamas members’ barbeques and etiquette in networking forums.

That way she managed to attract corporate brands that often fully sponsor most of the events in return for getting a targeted audience to create awareness about their products and services.

And now she says it is the rapid growth of the company that has become the main challenge while attracting committed employees “who think outside the box” has become the major point of focus.

A mother of one, the 33 year old supa mother who went out to start a business at about the same period she began as a mother is of the view that “being a mother doesn’t mean that we put our dreams on hold” and while at it she has said before that finding a balance is all mothers need to do.

Christine has demonstrated that being a mother, a professional and a business owner all at once is not at all impossible and her value for family is never pulling at the rear.

“Family is important. Building a business can be so consuming. It is the only thing that is on your mind, first thing in the morning, last thing when you go to sleep. So one can be easily neglect family. Never let go of what’s important, and that is family,” she was quoted late last month by the Daily Nation.

Her parting shot?  For those who have business ideas and are afraid to start I would encourage them to step out and try out their ideas, you never know it could revolutionalise your industry or country

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Hike - n - Howl 2009

We had such a good time yesterday!

We went to Hike-n-Howl yesterday as part of The National Canine Cancer Foundation but we are also part of Delaware Valley Siberian Husky Rescue.
There was a lot of thiungs to see and do. New friends to meet like this little girl. I think her name is Leah (?). She is a Siberian Husky and Australian Shepherd mix. She is one of te foster dogs up for adoption at Husky House.
Here is another new friend. Her name is Eva. She is a blind Siberian Husky. I thnk she is just about a year old. She is very funny and playful. Her and the Psycho Pup got along very well. She is a foster dog with The Blind Dog Rescue Alliance.
There was Sled Dog Demos at Hike-n-Howl, but Mom was bust wondering around and she missed them. Here are some of the Sled Dogs who were there.
There was also a Halloween Contest. Isn't this Little Devil Cute!
It was a fun filled day. It was so much fun that even Psycho Pup was tired out.

The Thundering Herd said...

Looks like a total blast. Wish we could have been there.

DKMaialetti said...

Hi Thindering Herd, It was a blast. We had so much fun! Maybe next year you can make it.

Khyra The Siberian Husky And Sometimes Her Mom said...

Woo got to meet Eva!

How khool!

She's one lukhky girrrrl!

Tank woo fur sharing your fun day with us!

PeeEssWoo: Mom says one day the 'human' that threw Eva out a vehikhle window will get their due PERIOD!

DKMaialetti said...

Hi Khyra, Yes, I got to meet Eva. She is so full of energy! We went on the Hike with her.
I agree with your Mom, that person will get what is coming. My Mom says what goes around comes around - I think she means the same as your Mom!

Steve, Kat, & Wilbur said...

Those two puppies are so cute! It looks like you two had a great time!

DKMaialetti said...

Hi Kat,
Yes, they sure are cuties!! We had a really good time. I can not wait until next year.

Kira The BeaWootiful said...

Wooos! Looks like so much fun! I wish we could have been there too! That little pup which was as aussie -sibe cross was very cute, I am glad Mom was not there to bring here home!
-Kira The BeaWootiful

The OP Pack said...

Wow, look at Leah - what a beauty!!!!

Looks like you had lots of fun.

Tail wags, the OP Pack

DKMaialetti said...

Hey OP Pack,
She is a gorgeous Little Girl. The photo does her no justice. She is also a fiesty one!
Mom wanted to take her home, but Dad said we have enough with Psycho Pup!

Anonymous said...

Hey it's Ashley. For Biology II, i had to put pictures on a folder that relates to it. I decided i wanted pictures of dogs, so i ended up using you're pictures because i had so much fun here. I just thought i would let you know instead of just taking them and you never knowing. Anyway. How are you?

DKMaialetti said...

Hi Ashley, We are glad you had a ggod time. It is OK that you use my pictures for Biology.

Kamagra said...

These dogs are the perfect company for hiking and taking a ride around the snow, you can have a good time with these wonderful dogs.

DKMaialetti said...

Oh, I do. I love my Girls!!


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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Frugal by default

WOW! what a week this has been for all of us trying to win prizes on the bloggygiveaway. If you have not been there yet you better hurry! It took me days to get through all the almost 900 entries, and that was skipping some that did not sound like something I was interested in.

For me this was a frugal week. Not just because I was sitting here going through the giveaways and trying for free things. Like most people I can't be in two places at once, so sitting her kept me from thinking about what I "needed" from the store, or getting a drink or a snack. Saved me food, gas, money and drink. How much more frugal can you get? Anyone else want to sponsor a giveaway this week?

This did get me thinking though. If we find things to keep us busy we will not be spending the time to spend money we do not need to or eating when we do not need it. When I run to the store for a need I will often pass a want on the way to the need, this week I did not take the time, I got the need, no time for the want. Usually I take a list and get what is on it, but as I am doing this I am passing things I "forgot" to put on the list. You know, things like ice cream or maybe bacon etc.

My frugal idea for this week is to make a list and stick to it. Keep busy so what is in the pantry or frig do not haunt you. It sure helped me this week.

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Sonshine said...

Oh this is sooo true! Thanks for the reminder. :)

Mom2fur said...

I'm frugal both by necessity and by default. My default is that I hate, detest, and despise driving. I will use any excuse I can not to get in my car. I'd rather stay home and blog, sew, crochet or cook! That saves gas money, at least! makes me look and see what is in the house that I can use for dinner. I've been doing couponing and stockpiling for a few years now, so I can almost always put a meal together.
I do go out to work, and I do shop locally, even if it is just once every few days. I'm afraid if I don't...I'll end up being some kind of agoraphobic.
Shopping with a list is really smart, and shopping according to a menu you've planned is smart, too. I went to Pathmark this morning and saved $85...stuck to my list, so I was in and out pretty fast and not just 'wandering aimlessly.'


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I am actually rather enjoying today's Christmas holiday and hope dear reader you are, and a quick aside... Happy Birthday to my SiL who is in Vancouever and hopefully skiing her tuches off.

I have the radio on: Denver's Independent 101.5. Now I link to it not because I am a media whore, but because seriously this station kicks ass. I have like two people in Denver that read it but they stream babies, click on the listen now button and hear what I am talking about. So awesome, and they are really trying to do something great with the station that hasn't been done before locally in Denver and I want them to succeed, so tune in please. Email them and tell them Zoe sent ya (don't, I am just kidding). I mean Love and Rockets right now? Holla so great. So very great. Thanks Whip for programming a great station and having two really kick ass ladies on air, that alone is worth mentioning. They are the only female personalities on the air that are not just going through the motions, you can tell. Lynne... adorable (and in person too, say hi to her if you see her out and about) and Stefani seems to dig what she is doing. Its a pleasure to listen to. I wish you a merry christmas full of media success and sales joy. Ok so I am a media whore. What can I say?

Anyways. Went to Heebonism last night. Uh, my five year break or whatever was justified. Sure it was ok and fun-ish, but I did not know any of these people and honestly would have danced a little bit but didn't happen so ce'la vie. I didn't like the bartenders very much, I had to wave cash at one of them to step away from her cellphone while she was texting someone. Hi, I want to actually buy a drink can I interest you in helping me? I appreciate that the guys who ran the show did a great job and honestly it was funner than most jew-ey events on Christmas eve that I have gone to in the past so thanks E3, but your door chick was a bitch. Sorry. Just because I am not 22 years old I am trying to be nice but seriously the attitude was not necessary. I know I am older than the average person here but let us in, I paid. Then she made a comment about my trader joes bag, which I brought the canned food in. So I gave it to her and she tossed it aside like it was trash. I almost asked for it back, but had better things to do than be a bitch back, I was there to have fun! But I hope your food drive worked out well E3. Donate to your local food pantries people. Not a lecture but a point out to the obvious some people really need the assistance. So help out why don't you?

Tuesday I made dinner for Chanukah, I completely over cooked the brisket but I learned the thing with brisket is, even if you can't slice it on the grain, you can slice it in chunks and still delicious, then shred the rest for bbq sandwhiches for lunch on Challah rolls for Christmas lunch. The one thing that was frustrating was my kitchen sink drain clogged as I was cooking. Of course it did. I had dinner for someone other than myself on deck. I didn't get frustrated but plunged the sucker at least until it drained enough but it isn't just clearing quickly. So frustrating and well actually gross. Something is caught up in there and I can't deal with it with a plunger alone apparantely. So since the pipes are in the wall, they are a common element so I will have to call the HOA Management company and they will call a plumber out to snake it. I am not supposed to call they do and then pay if it is in fact a problem outside the wall of my condo (one of the joys of condo ownership for sure), so I will wait until Friday and call. It drains really slowly now but still it needs to be fixed to drain normally. A minor hickup. I just have to be patient when using the sink for the next 24 hours. No biggie.

From dinner we went to the Bluebird to see The Swayback (!) (I say Swayback with an emphasis so must do the same thing when typing it out). Had a great time, met some fun fun folks. Talked radio with some radio people (oh radio promotions how I miss the hell out of you. I wish I could volunteer to do it... I might actually call and see if I can a couple times a month, but fear the "hey who is that old chick with the promo schwag... oh that's Zoe she thinks she is still in the Denver Radio Mafia, but that died when Clear Channel came to town, she is just reliving the past, leave her alone, let her pretend...."). But the best part of the whole evening was some chatter that I overheard. Mmmmm chatter. So damn you Wellbutrin.

Came home and chilled and watched High Anxiety.

I did have to go into the office but there was no set time, on Wednesday so slept in. I think because my mind was finally clear of all the garbagio misery I just opened up and enjoyed it. I didn't feel guilty about my choice to sleep in, have a nice morning and didn't stress about it at all. I think F appreciated it too.

Did absolutely nothing at work at all of any consequence. I wouldn't have gone in but checked my voice mail before I went in and there were a couple of things that I couldn't handle without my computer at the office so decided worthwhile going in. Monday my new department Manager starts so I might go in for a little bit tomorrow and clean up his office and get things set for him, even though technically he won't be in the building until Wednesday. I do have to call the caterer and arrange for a welcome breakfast next week which I totally spaced until just now. Dang. Better look up menus and stuff now and get that all organized so that I can call and jam on that on Friday. That I can actually do from home.

OH and F gave me the A John Waters Christmas Album yesterday which I am about to put in and give a spin too. I will think of you while I am roasting a couple marshmallows, watching the yule log on cable and getting ready for the 3rd Annual Fuck Christmas Party tonite at the 3 Kings. Maybe if you are in town you could come down too!

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