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4 Important Lessons From My Former Career Which Have Helped Me With My Business

This post is by Eleanor Goold, Creative Director, Kreatív Fordítás Ltd

Before setting up my own copywriting and content creation business I was in the fortunate position to have acquired over 20 years corporate experience in the UK Financial Services Industry.

During this time I met not only some amazing and inspirational people, but also made some great friends.

I know it sounds a bit of a cliché, but I firmly believe that every experience, whether good or challenging, is an opportunity to learn.

With that in mind here are some of the gems I’ve learned from my career which helped me greatly when I set out on my own.

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1. Never run with the pack

This was the most valuable piece of advice I ever received from a boss in one of my first ever jobs in the Big Smoke (or London as it is more commonly known to outsiders).

I was a young 20 something, fresh in town from the backwaters, and as naïve as they come. I am not even sure the advice was even directed specifically at me per se, but fortunately for me it stuck.

At the time I wondered what he meant, to me he seemed like a normal run of the mill kind of guy, albeit a bit scary, but what was he doing that was so different from the rest?

It wasn’t until later I appreciated what a pioneer he actually was. And he was right. Never run with the pack. Just because a whole bunch of people are doing something one way, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to do it as well, or that it is even right.

Find your own way of doing things, trust your intuition.

In business this can translate into a better, smarter way.

Offer something different, do and be just that little bit more.

2. Not everyone knows everything

We’ve all been there.

That time in your career (usually at the beginning when you are young enough to know everything) when you are trying to prove just how good you are by demonstrating that you do in fact know everything about your chosen field.

Hopefully, for your own sake, someone came along and burst that bubble for you.

Because quite frankly, nobody knows everything, and that’s a good thing.

In business, knowing what you don’t know is an asset, as it allows you to outsource those things to people who are the experts and leaves you time to do the things you are good at.

Successful business people know the importance of leaving personal egos at the door.

3. Never be a ‘yes’ man (or woman!)

This little pearl of wisdom, as people who know me will testify, has probably got me into more trouble and lost me more promotions than any other.

But I still stand by it, especially when it comes to running your own business.

Okay, tact and diplomacy are one thing, but cronyism and self serving sycophants, sorry, are just not my bag.

I like to be honest with my clients, after all I am there to assist them, not just accept their money and do a mediocre job that is of no real use to them whatsoever.

I never just take the money and keep schtum.

In the long run it benefits no one!

4. Things change

Sometimes change is quick, sometimes it’s slow, but one thing is for sure; it’s constant and it’s a coming!

Before becoming self-employed I witnessed many people stay in the same job they despised, year in year out, some because they were fearful of losing their ’security’ or whatever other carrot had been dangled in front of their eyes.

Some were possibly hoping that time wouldn’t catch up with them, that they would always have the same team leader, the same desk, the same coffee cup or whatever…but life isn’t like that. Things change and you absolutely have to be adaptable and go with the flow. You have to be open to that change or better still; be that change.

Because if you aren’t, you will simply just be left behind.

In business, adaptability is of paramount importance if you want to keep afloat in the sometimes choppy sea of change.

At times, to survive you have to be like a shark and never stay still, but mostly, you have to be the captain of your ship and navigate the waters with courage, come what may.

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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Bama beat writer gets grilled over state media’s perceived bias

image Late last night, Alabama Beat Writer Izzy Gould was grilled on for what many football fans perceive as bias in the state’s media coverage of the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers. Although Gould covers the Alabama beat, he took withering criticism from Bama fans over the way the media in this state seems willing to pursue any and all potential negative stories on Alabama while letting stories on Auburn go unreported.

While it’s really not fair to go after Gould on’s perception of bias, the denizens of have a valid point. Gould and Birmingham News columnist Kevin Scarbinsky traveled to Tuscaloosa last month to interview Tom Al-Betar, the central figure in a manufactured story of Alabama players and a relationship with a menswear store. The TI posters compared that trip to Tuscaloosa with the media’s lack of coverage on reports that the NCAA was actively investigating alleged Auburn violations in south Florida and Montgomery. Both of the latter reports came from verified, named sources while the menswear story came from anonymous posters on an Auburn message board. The gist of the TI denizens complaint: the media will look into a made up story about Alabama, but will ignore two credible stories about Auburn.

That gives a clear indication of bias, but it’s not Gould’s cross to bear. Again, he’s the Bama beat writer. Covering Auburn is not his job. Traveling to Tuscaloosa and giving Al-Betar a chance to defend himself is good journalism. Letting Scarbinsky tag along may not have been the best decision, but why didn’t Gould’s colleagues in the Auburn bureau follow up on the south Florida or Montgomery reports? Where was Scarbinsky on those?

Another great question to ask the media: Why have the beat writers or columnists spent so little ink on the fact that Auburn refuses to honor open records requests? Jon Solomon indicated that the Birmingham News has had its requests ignored since December. Randy Kennedy of the Mobile Press-Register has also had his requests ignored. Mark Schlabach of ESPN? Ditto.

In April, Auburn hired an Associate AD for compliance who was deeply involved in Georgia a Tech’s disgusting case of cover-up and deceit regarding impermissible benefits. In July, that Associate AD was informed—in writing—of specific sanctions against him and requirements imposed by the Committee on Infractions.

Service of that notice and requirement is clearly a public record, yet there is no indication that the state media was even aware of the hire, his connection to the disgraceful GT case or his sanctions. If the state media wants a way to end the downward fiscal spiral they’re in, they could start by eliminating any perception of bias.

Diligently pursuing open records requests filed with Auburn University would be an excellent start. If that diligent pursuit is met with the same silence of the recent past, then the state’s media has a professional obligation to blast it on the front page of all three of the’s daily newspapers. The media is being stonewalled and they can’t let it continue.

Until you guys get serious about doing your jobs, firestorms like the one last night will continue, and so will the drop in subscriptions and page views. When readers turn to obviously biased sites like this one to get the truth, you’ve got a credibility problem.

Formally and publicly renewing your open records requests is a cheap, easy first step on the path to restored faith. If those requests are ignored or denied, then you have a story for your Sunday editions.

And you’d damned well better print them, or we shall grill Izzy a second time.

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caseymc2sports2cents said...

It is about time someone in the Alabama Press, all be it an internet site, starts to speak up about the bias reporting that has been relevant since the Cam Newton affair became an issue. is the worst and then that is not to mention the trash junkies of SportsByBrooks and ClayTravis. It is bad when your State media will not force a public institution to open its books when it is the publics right to know and that is main responsibility of the States media outlets is to protect those rights and make sure that all the public institutions are abiding by the laws. Good job I Bleed Crimson Red for what you are trying to do and have done through this article. I am an LSU Fan from Louisiana these sort of things would never be allowed to happen and allowed to get away with.

Johnny Jackson said...

Isadore Gould is a self centered liar who will print whatever he feels will best serve his self interests. Yake a look at some of his handiwork and notice the retractions and corrections statements after they had to clean up his mess.

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Virat Kohli plays through the offside against the West Indies in the second one-dayer. BCCI
Darren Sammy plays a shot to the onside during his unbeaten half-century against India in the second one-day international, November 24. BCCI
Darren Sammy plays a shot to the onside during his unbeaten half-century against India in the second one-day international, November 24. BCCI

The West Indies over the past month or so, have been merely tourists, privileged visitors playing a small part in the farewell series for one of the greatest ever players to play the game.

The beginning of the one-day series, much more West Indies' forte was supposed to bring the Caribbean magic to the fore, after a disastrous Test series. However, that was not to be as India romped to a win in Kochi.

Would the real West Indies please stand up in the second ODI in Visakhapatnam then? Yes, finally!

An all-round batting performance, where Darren Bravo (50), Kieran Powell (59), Lendl Simmons (62), and Darren Sammy (63 n.o.) all chipped in, helped the West Indies chase down a formidable target of 289 on a tricky wicket which was not too conducive to shot-making, finishing on 289 for eight in 49.3 overs.

Earlier, Plan A for the West Indies with the ball, after deciding to field, would have been to get the openers out cheaply. Plan B, C, D and E would be to knock back the wicket of Virat Kohli, somehow.

While Plan A worked out pretty well, with Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan falling early, Plans B, C, D and E did not quite go according to plan as Kohli, as always, struck a measured 99 to help India to a decent total - nothing like the Australia series, mind - on a slow wicket.

Kohli seemed to be taking India to a score well over 300, before Ravi Rampaul (four for 60) pegged India back brilliantly to give West Indies a chance in the second innings.

MS Dhoni, though, as is his wont, had the final say, hitting a belligerent 51 to take the hosts to 288 for seven in their 50 overs.

The West Indies needed a good opening in the chase, but did not get it as Johnson Charles fell early, driving one straight back to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who hung on with a little help from his midriff.

Marlon Samuels smashed a couple of gorgeous-looking boundaries, before succumbing to Mohit Sharma, in for Jaydev Unadkat, as Dhoni, standing up, took a smart catch.

Darren Bravo and Kieran Powell, opening the innings in the absence of the injured Chris Gayle, settled things down and tilted the game in West Indies' favour with a nice partnership of exactly 100 from 16.3 overs.

That alliance, which took the West Indies to 123 for three in 22 overs, set the game up for the upcoming big-hitters to whittle down the rest of the runs, as Bravo (50, 54b, 8x4), after a delightful half-century, fell victim to the impressive R Ashwin, who finished with figures of 10-1-37-2, despite finding it difficult to grip the ball in the dew.

Powell (59, 70b, 7x4, 1x6) did not last too long after the Bravo dismissal, flummoxed by Ashwin, leaving Dwayne Bravo, Lendl Simmons and Darren Sammy to run down the remaining target.

Dwayne Bravo stuck around for a while, but threw his wicket away, holing out to deep-midwicket off Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 18 (26b, 2x4).

That brought the extremely underrated finisher Sammy to the crease, and the T20 and Test skipper went about chasing down the target, at 104 from 15.3 overs when he walked in, with unerring ease.

Simmons (62, 74b, 5x4, 1x6), in a relatively unfamiliar position in the middle order, must also be given plenty of credit, staying put at the other end, and cranking a four or a six when the occasion demanded.

With the target whittled down to just 22 from 19 balls, courtesy a couple of big hits from Sammy, Jadeja picked up Simmons' wicket, trapping the batsman in front of the wicket, to give India a glimmer of hope.

Sammy (63, 45b, 4x4, 4x6) trounced that hope with a couple of slashes with his willow, a six and a four off Bhuvneshwar Kumar, before taking WI to their first victory in the tour, despite a couple of hiccups in the penultimate over.

Virat Kohli plays through the offside against the West Indies in the second one-dayer. BCCI
Virat Kohli plays through the offside against the West Indies in the second one-dayer. BCCI

The Indian innings was very much a slow burner, bubbling at the surface, but never really breaking free and coming out into the open to get a taste of the wide-open world.

As has so often been the case in the past couple of years, the Indian innings revolved around Virat Kohli, who fell agonisingly short of a hundred.

The West Indies' bowling performance, indeed overall performance, was so much improved - it actually looked like they wanted to win this match, rather than seem like going through the motions while holidaying for a month or so around India, which has been the case for the entire tour so far.

India's success in the one-day internationals this year has been built on the prowess of the top three. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan giving their side a great start, with Kohli then taking the side home, whether batting first or second.

There was not to be a good opening this time around, however, as Rohit fell in just the fifth over, nicking one off the impressive Ravi Rampaul to Darren Sammy at first slip.

After the opening Kochi ODI, it became increasingly clear that this series will now be a minimium-300-or-we-go-home series; it was going to be a lot more attritional, with the pitch in Visakhapatnam also not one-sided in the batsman's favour with the ball not really coming onto the bat.

Kohli though is currently batting on a different planet, a planet that every batsman right now wants to be in; a planet where scoring runs is easier than blinking your eyes.

It was not a destroyer-innings from Kohli, though, far from it. Measuring the pitch early, the India No.3 took his time, picking up the single and twos, with boundaries not coming as often off the blade as they usually do.

Dhawan (35, 37b, 5x4), at the other end, as well looked good, scoring some typically elegant boundaries through the offside. However, the innings was cut short in the 14th over by Veerasammy Permaul, who trapped him in front of the wicket - it has been a rather forgettable series for Dhawan so far.

The onus was now on Yuvraj Singh, looking like he has forgotten to bat, confidence seriously dented by the short-pitch barrage meted out by Mitchell Johnson in the Australia series.

It was a bit of struggle early on for Yuvraj, and despite signs of him finding his old touch, courtesy a few boundaries, the inevitable came along when Sammy induced a false stroke, leaving the left-hander walking back to the pavilion after a scratchy 28 from 49 deliveries (3x4, 1x6).

Suresh Raina came in with the score 138 for three in 27.4 overs, and allied nicely with Kohli for 65 runs in just 9.4 overs.

However, just when the momentum seemed to be swinging firmly in India's favour, and that favourite 300-run score looking on the cards, the batting Powerplay came to haunt them.

Ravi Rampaul bowled brilliantly in the restrictive phase of play, picking up both Raina (23, 24b, 2x4) and Kohli, as India managed just 15 runs at the loss of two wickets in the five overs. The left-hander was the first to go, top-edging one to cover, while attempting a hoick across the line.

A couple of over later, and Kohli (99, 100b, 9x4) was walking back, falling one short of a deserved hundred, top-edging a hook shot to third man off a well-directed delivery from Rampaul - kudos must also go to Jason Holder, who took a brilliant catch low down in the deep.

As always, it was now up to finisher-unparalleled MS Dhoni to finish the innings off and the Indian maestro did it pretty well, with some help from R Ashwin (19, 10b, 2x4, 1x6), scoring a quickfire 51 (40b, 3x4, 4x6) to take India to 288.

The score proved to be just short as West Indies ran down the target levelling the series at 1-1 with the decider now in Kanpur on Wednesday.


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Ben Affleck directed, produced and starred in Argo, but his performance was one of the few lowlights of the film. [WarnerBros]

On paper, Argo is the pottiest of pot boilers. "It would be one of the worst films ever made if it wasn't a true story," admits director, producer and star performer Ben Affleck in a press interview.

The plot follows six US Embassy staff who escape into Tehran when an angry mob breaches their complex in 1979 and takes everyone else hostage.

Fearing for their lives if they are caught by the Iranian hardliners, their best chance for escape lies with CIA exfiltration expert Tony Mendez (Affleck) and his crazy plan to shoot a made-up sci-fi film in Iran, sneaking the six out as Canadian filmmakers. The attempt includes the creation of a fake studio, the hiring of a known director and the search for a suitable script.

As a premise it's bonkers - but given that it is true, it's fascinating.

As a director, Affleck (The Town, Gone Baby Gone) manages to pull off a difficult task. Mixing the constant fear of execution with genuine humour and clever digs at the LA film industry is a tough gig, but for the most part it hangs together. Under his direction Argo has the pace of a heist movie, snippets of Star Wars' weird vibe and the '70s swagger of Anchorman.

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The hostages plot their unlikely escape.

The cast also handle their respective roles on opposite sides of the world with aplomb. Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane and Christoper Denham excel as the bickering Embassy staff faced with the dilemma of whether to trust Mendez or not. Meanwhile, the Hollywood side of the operation sees John Goodman in typically glib form as real-life make-up artist John Chambers, while Alan Arkin plays gruff and grumpy as the director.

The only weak link, unfortunately, is Affleck himself. Working as director, producer and star is incredibly hard to do and perhaps that's why his performance fails to fully hit the mark. His character feels lazily sketched out and - while he is supposed to be the cool and professional one of the group - he never really conveys the pressure of the situation.

As for Affleck's belief that this would be one of the worst films ever made if it wasn't true? It easily avoids that thanks to its spot-on period recreations, fine character acting, some intense scenes and a plot that really does defy belief.


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Aiming to fuel the rise of bitcoin by getting it into the hands of early adopters, two students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will give $100 worth of the cryptocurrency to every one of the elite research school’s 4,528 undergraduates this fall.

Dan Elitzer, a first-year MIT MBA student and founder of the MIT Bitcoin Club, and Jeremy Rubin, an MIT computer science sophomore, announced Tuesday that they will give each undergraduate student $100 worth of the controversial currency when the fall semester starts and track how they spend it.

Elitzer told International Business Times the pair raised $500,000 for their MIT Bitcoin Project through MIT alumni and the bitcoin community. The amount raised “will cover the distribution the students as well as infrastructure and informational activities related to the initiative,” the project announcement reads.

“It’s .. powerful to have the entire MIT student body doing one thing,” Elitzer said to IBTimes.

Elitzer and Rubin want to create an ecosystem for digital currencies at MIT, which might be tough given there are only two restaurants that accept bitcoin in the Cambridge, Mass., area, according to Elitzer, and much like the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, the two MIT students want to inject new funds into the hyperlocal economy using bitcoin instead of cash.

Disseminating the currency is just the first step.

“Giving bitcoin isn’t enough, you also have to educate,” Elitzer said.

Before the school year begins, the bitcoin club members will go out into the community and meet with local establishments, encouraging the adoption of the currency. The hope is that by the time the bitcoins are dispersed students will have a place to spend them, both locally and globally. Major retailers like and already accept bitcoins, among many others.

The organizers don’t fully know how students will use their newly acquired bitcoins. Elitzer admits that some students will most likely exchange the coins for cash, basically opting out of the bitcoin community. However, he doesn’t believe that the majority of students will do that; Elitzer is hopeful that the bitcoin protocol will inspire greatness. “MIT is the best place to be doing this,” Elitzer said, explaining that MIT students are “driven to impact the world more broadly.”

They have a few months to figure out the dissemination process and how to track the bitcoin-spending activity, especially given bitcoin’s built-in anonymity feature, but Elitzer has a rough idea of how to overcome these issues.

“It will be some combination of the public blockchain, the living labs, surveys and self-reporting,” Elitzer said, making a reference to the MIT Living Labs, where researchers develop, deploy and test new technologies in living environments.

After all, Elitzer points out, MIT is full of early adopters. He looks forward to seeing “what the future might be like with bitcoin adopted.”

The MIT Bitcoin Club, alongside the national College Cryptocurrency Network, a group of 15 college bitcoin clubs dedicated to cryptocurrency education and proliferation, is holding the MIT Bitcoin Expo on Saturday, May 3, to help inform students and interested parties about the MIT Bitcoin Project. Speakers will include Gavin Andresen, Chief Scientist and Board Member of the Bitcoin Foundation, and Ryan X. Charles, Software Engineer at BitPay, among others.


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After weeks of international pressure and anger from Latin America, Spain apologized to Bolivia for the July 2 incident involving the detention of President Evo Morales’ plane. The Spanish ambassador in La Paz, Ángel Vázquez, hand-delivered a letter to the Bolivian authorities in which the government expressed regret over the affront Morales suffered when he was flying back from Moscow.

Spain saw itself drawn into the situation as several European nations refused overflight rights to Morales' airplane on suspicion that it was carrying NSA leaker and accused spy Edward Snowden, who is wanted by U.S. authorities. The plane had to land in Vienna and was able to leave only after authorities searched it and determined Snowden was not on board.

“We regret dearly the incident President Morales went through, the uncomfortable situation he lived [through] and [that] he has expressed,” said Vázquez in a press conference with local journalists. The contents of the letter have not been made public.

The ambassador said the Bolivian plane always had permission to fly over its airspace. “Spain was involved in this situation against its will,” said the ambassador. “Nevertheless, we present our apologies, since our behavior was an inadequate way to treat a president.”

Spain is the first of the four European countries involved to offer an apology to Bolivia. Portugal, which denied the plane entry into its airspace, and Austria, which held the plane on the ground for more than 15 hours, have not done so. France has not offered public apologies, but Bolivian paper La Razón reported that the spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Philippe Lalliot, conveyed an apology to Bolivia.

“It is the French government's intention to get over the misunderstandings, and it is its wish to continue with the dialogue and cooperation both with Bolivia and the rest of Mercosur,” said Lalliot.

French media group BFMTV reported that French Minister for Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius personally called his Bolivian counterpart, David Choquehuanca: "President Morales' plane is always welcome in France's airspace," he said.


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Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Spike TV has teamed up with Taiwanese viral sensation NMA to produce Charlie Sheen's Winningest Moments.  The animated feature will be a half-hour special chronicling the most outrageous moments on Sheen's recent controversies.

The special will countdown the troubled actors most scandalous moments. It will be hosted by two female characters that will go by The Goddesses.

Some scenes will be from when the Two and a Half Men star wrecked a hotel room and lost a $150,000 watch, when Sheen rents a villa and invited over many porn stars to live under the same room, Sheen doing the drug Charlie Sheen and when Sheen auditions his Two and a Half Men replacement.

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Company Pension: Employer
Taxable Pay 392,830.0032,735.8330,217.6915,108.857,554.421,510.88202.80
Tax Due 162,573.5013,547.7912,505.656,252.833,126.41625.2883.93
National Insurance 11,380.12948.34875.39437.70218.8543.775.88
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Employers NIC Contribution 53,083.914,423.664,083.382,041.691,020.84204.1727.41

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It seems every time you turn around these days, there is a new food allergy in the news. There are horrific stories of kids who cannot even be in the same room as a peanut. Gluten-free products have sprung up all over the supermarket shelves. You probably know someone who is lactose-intolerant. The question is, are food allergies really more prevalent these days? A group of researchers did an exhaustive research review to get to the heart of the matter.

Their report, commissioned by the federal government and published in the May 12 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (2010; 303 [18], 1848–56), found that the field of allergy research is full of poorly conducted studies, misdiagnoses, and tests that can give misleading results. Researchers concluded that the evidence for the prevalence and management of food allergy is greatly limited by a lack of uniformity in the criteria used for making a diagnosis.

For their report, the authors reviewed more than 12,000 food allergy papers published between January 1988 and September 2009. In the end, only 72 met the researchers’ criteria, which included having sufficient data for analysis and using more rigorous tests for allergic responses.

From the worthy studies, the scientists gleaned that food allergy affects more than 2% but less than 10% of the population. It was unclear whether the prevalence of food allergies is increasing and also whether one method of food allergy detection (skin prick versus serum food-specific IgE) is statistically superior to the other. Although elimination diets (physician orders not to eat certain foods) are the mainstay of therapy, the review revealed that this method has rarely been studied. Immunotherapy is promising, but data are insufficient to recommend its use.

The paper is part of a large project organized by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to try to impose order on the chaos of food allergy testing. An expert panel will provide guidelines defining food allergies and giving criteria to diagnose and manage patients’ conditions.

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Library and Archives Canada Preservation CentreThe Tyee has a detailed breakdown of the effects that budget cuts will have on the operation of Library and Archives Canada, including shorter hours, fewer support staff, and the elimination of key services. Read the full list here.

The Council of Ontario Universities has launched Research Matters, a website dedicated to highlighting the work of Ontario’s research community. Check out the innovative research projects featured on the site and submit your own story at

Le Devoir featured an article by Christian Gates St-Pierre on the value of archeology and anthropology, both of which have recently been cited as adding little value to the modern economy by politicians and pundits. St-Pierre argues that, not only does archeology have a real and direct impact on the economy, it is also invaluable in preserving and redressing our historic record and inspiring many aspects of modern culture.

Social Sciences Directory, a new open-source publication for social science research, has issued a call for submission. The first issue and submission criteria are available here.

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Naila Keleta-MaeAssistant Professor, Theatre and Performance Program, University of Waterloo

*Below is an excerpt from a talk prepared as the Distinguished Guest Speaker at the University of Waterloo’s 2017 International Women’s Day Dinner.

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The morning after Donald J. Trump is elected President of the United States of America. A white male colleague enters my office with tears in his eyes. He asks, “How are...

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Sue Szabo, Director, Social and Economic Policy, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Research is crucial to understanding the barriers to women’s empowerment and their deeper causes. To mark International Women’s Day today, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is holding the event Knowledge to Action: Improving Women’s Lives. As director of Inclusive Economies, I will have the pleasure of welcoming seven panelists who will highlight the knowledge generated by IDRC-supported research teams on two crucial issues for women: economic empowerment and ending violence.
Governments and the private sector...

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Susan Franceschet, University of Calgary; Karen Beckwith, Case Western Reserve University; Claire Annesley, University of Sussex

Canada’s first gender-equal cabinet is being celebrated by equality and diversity advocates but criticized by those who believe that using selection criteria like gender, race, or ethnicity violates merit. Those who trumpet merit believe that selection to high-level positions like cabinet or corporate boards must be based on demonstrable skills, achievements, and credentials with no consideration of the other characteristics of the individuals holding those credentials. In fact, critics of quotas as a mechanism to ensure diversity go a step further, arguing that quotas will lead to the...

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A unique Canadian invention: 84th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Jean-Marc Mangin and Nour Aoude, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Some things change…

It can be hard to imagine that Congress, a meeting of more than 8,000 scholars and researchers, started when a handful of Canadian learned societies began exploring the idea of hosting their annual meetings at the same place, at the same time. In fact, there is evidence of this happening as early as 1922. Early players like the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), the Canadian Historical Society (now the Canadian Historical Association) and the Royal Society took the lead on this through the 1930s and 40s, calling themselves the ‘Learneds’. This may sound very grand, but our best estimates suggest that the whole population of...

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Global sustainable development goals have potential to drive change in Canada

Shannon Kindornay, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

There is no question that 2015 is a year for change both within Canada and abroad. As noted by Julia Sánchez, President-CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation, in her blog on Canada’s engagement with global social justice, not only are Canadians facing an election year in 2015, but changes are afoot on the global stage. This year, governments will negotiate a set of universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations to replace the Millennium Development Goals that will expire at the end of 2015. These goals will apply to all countries...

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Nathalie Des Rosiers, Université d’Ottawa

Partout dans le monde, on s’efforce d’inventer des solutions juridiques pour mettre fin au terrorisme.   Le Canda ne fait pas exception : un projet de loi propose des détentions préventives,  un partage d’information entre agences et un mandat au service de renseignements « d’agir » pour prévenir des attaques.  Le public est prêt à accepter ces mesures sans précédent parce qu’ils ont peur de ces attaques féroces imprévisibles qu’on voit sur YouTube et à la télé.

La violence faite aux femmes, la disparition ou le meurtre d’...

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A pivotal year for Canada’s engagement with global social justice

Julia Sánchez, President-CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)

February 20th is World Day of Social Justice, as recognized by the United Nations since 2007. The day is a call to observe social justice by supporting “efforts of the international community in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment and decent work, gender equity and access to social well-being and justice for all”.

Three events make 2015 a pivotal year for global social justice: first, there is the 20th...

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Humanities and social science grads have more stable careers over time

Matthew McKean, Policy Analyst, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

You know your friends in the computer sciences, math, engineering and business—the ones who never quite took your arts degree seriously enough and then boasted about the fabulous salaries they were earning after graduation? Turns out their jobs and their earnings were more volatile than they might have admitted. A new study has found that over the past almost fifteen years, humanities, social science and health grads have been enjoying more stable careers.

The report, co-authored by Professor Ross Finnie, director of the Education Policy Research Initiative at the University of Ottawa, surveyed 82,000 University of...

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Humanities and social science research is crucial to our understanding of the changing workplace

Jean-Marc Mangin, Executive Director, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

In her recent op-ed for The Globe and Mail, Federation President and McGill Professor Antonia Maioni rightly asks why women, who have outnumbered men at universities for years, remain underrepresented in leadership positions in the workplace. Behind these numbers, suggests Maioni, is a larger picture of evolving notions of work-life balance spearheaded by women who are successfully negotiating a happier (and healthier) model of work. This...

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A new op-ed by Federation President Antonia Maioni has appeared in The Globe and Mail. Maioni looks at the numbers of women in professional leadership positions and asks why women are underrepresented. Behind these numbers, suggests Maioni, is a larger picture of evolving notions of work-life balance spearheaded by women who are successfully negotiating a happy (and healthy) model of work.

Government of Canada invests $118m to support next generation of research talent...

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Hey Hyncharas, that'd be great!

I've been pondering the design a little more, and I find the G1 and G7 buttons a bit too much of a stretch; they need to be brought inwards slightly, and then maybe an additional row of 5 buttons placed above those, to achieve a loose, tapering diamond shape, which makes a lot of sense from an ergonomic standpoint. The G20 & 22 are positioned very comfortably. The strong indents on G10, 11 & 12 helps to navigate back to default position amongst the other flat-surfaced keys.

I'm wondering if it would be possible to increase the height of the touch strip and incorporate saturation as well as brightness; making it a square or triangle shape. I get the feeling that having two individual touch strips - one for value, and one for saturation - would turn out far less buggy, and be easier to create smooth drivers for; as it'd be mapping two things individually on a single line from 0-100%. A triangle or square would be 3 or 4 edges, and might require 3-4 sets of 0-100% depending on how that technology actually works... and then having to account for everything in between those edges, which might be a little too ambitious.

However, I'm terrible at maths, and I don't do programming; so if I'm wrong, and a square or triangular touch pad can easily function using only two 0-100% values, then incorporating Saturation/Brightness in a single touch strip would be very comfortable, efficient and certainly wow a lot of people.

Ergonomic Key Pad for Digital Artists & Creators

Wed Mar 22 07:59:46 GMT 2017 - Mar 22, 2017

On the off chance that the G13 had two simple sticks (one adjustable, and one that in a flash snaps to the directional Hue), and a touch strip (like those on the Cintiq 24HD), it would be unbelievably effective dissertation proposal help and radically enhance work process. The general position of the upper keys on the G13 is extremely agreeable, so I'd think about that design and adjust it to be more reasonable.

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Tue Mar 21 02:05:50 GMT 2017 - Mar 21, 2017

Another minor point to make is for 'inexpensive' notebooks and tablets, where the overwhelming tendency is to solder in the lamest, blindest, cameras and most hard-of-hearing microphones, to cut cust.

A USB-C device can be as lean (poor ISP, or penniless buyer) or as ridiculous (3D 4K, ultra-noise reducing mikes with wind covers, whatever), or just a plastic snap-on that covers the place where it 'would go', if you even wanted it.

Being USB-C, you could ebven turn the camera and microphones 180 degrees,   Making your notebook into a camera AND tripod for shooting creatively with an HD camera.

External RAM slot on laptops

Fri Mar 17 15:17:10 GMT 2017 - Mar 17, 2017

I thought I'd heard of everything in the PC world, until I read your idea and had to research it!

RAM slots are so close to the CPU because they need the shortest, most direct path for when the Cache is depleted; allowing the system to dip into the RAM's memory as an extension, before using the paging file.  For this reason, therefore, I don't think Dell would install an external RAM slot into any of their laptops, unless an unprecedented number of users wanted it.

However, there are tutorials online to use a Flash Drive's space as Virtual RAM - you may want to read those.

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Posted by tm at February 17, 2005 11:56 PM

I haven't yet. I'd like to see it, but the only way to do so, it seems, is to buy it, not something I necessarily mind doing (I bought Judex and also the laughably bad "Shadow of the Vampire" DVD out of curiosity) but I guess I'd like to know whether it's insufferable French stylized cinema or, shudder, worse...

The unseen movie I'm most likely to buy to see (since renting does not seem to be an option) is Steve Buscemi's film Trees Lounge, which is supposed to be wonderful and features, among many other fine performers, Eszter Balint, of Stranger than Paradise fame.

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    We are travelling from Montreal to London and have a 2hr and 20 min layover at Toronto Pearson (Flying with airTransat). Will this be enough time?? We are unsure if we have to collect our luggage and go through international customs again in Toronto.

    Are both flights on Air Transat? There is no Canadian Customs when leaving Canada.

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    I am coming from Regina to Toronto and then Fort Lauderdale, I have only one hour layover all flights are booked with air Canada with Indian Passport. Is one hour enough for custom clearance? I am confused about that bag picture thing? Thanks

    1 hour is very tight but possible.

  • Baggage porters
    Feb 6, 2017
    The Terminal 1 YYZ baggage porters ($10,00) at the arrivals carousel do not take luggage all the way to the connecting flight counter. How can this deficiency be overcome?

  • Layover
    Feb 19, 2017
    I will be arriving at YYZ on a Saturday at 5:59pm from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Air Canada. Departing flight at 10:39 pm out of Air Transat. Is 4.5 hours enough to clear customs, collect baggage, and re-ticket at Air Transat counter? I

    Yes, that is enough time. You will have to take the train to Terminal 3.

  • Connection time
    Jan 28, 2017
    I want to book a flight through Cheapo Air: Canada Rouge from Costa Rica with 1 hr 10 minutes to make a connection Canada Rouge to Montreal and then on to London with Air Canada. Is this enough time to get through with checked luggage and if not, having booked through a consolidator, will Air Canada wash its hands of me?

    That should be enough time. Yes, you may get lousy treatment if your fare is a consolidator fare (not all Cheapo Air tickets are consolidator fares).

  • Where is customs done?
    Jan 22, 2017
    Arriving from Lisbon, one hour layover in Toronto before heading to Vancouver,BC and then to US. Is customs done in Toronto or Vancouver?

    You will go through Canadian Immigration in Toronto and US Immigration and Customs in Vancouver.

  • Enough time to clear customs?
    Jan 19, 2017
    We are flying from Orlando, FL USA to Toronto in May. Our current layover is a little less than 2 hours. Is that enough time to go through the customs process? If not, I am going to look at changing my connecting flight.

    Yes, that should be enough time if both flights are on the same reservation - it might be a bit difficult if you have two separate reservations connecting in Toronto.

  • customs and timing
    Jan 16, 2017
    Is one hour and 45 minutes enough time to get through customs and leave a delta terminal for a westjet terminal? We only have carryon luggage? It appears that WestJet would issue the reservations for both legs.

    Delta and Westjet use the same terminal in Toronto. Yes, that should be enough time.

  • CBSA Wait Time
    Dec 25, 2016
    Hi all, I'll be flying through YYZ on an ITI trip and I've been informed that I have to go through CBSA. What are the average waiting times at the CBSA checkpoint?

  • 1 hour layover in Toronto
    Dec 14, 2016
    Im flying with WestJet from Halifax to Gatwick with a connection in Toronto. I land in Toronto 8:18PM and my flight to Gatwick is at 9:15PM. I both land and fly out from terminal 3. Do you think that is enough time? Im getting worried due to the short amount of time, and the unstable weather conditions here in Canada..

    That should be enough time.

  • Customs
    Dec 18, 2016
    I will be flying from Paris to Moncton via Toronto. Will I haveto pick up my luggage in Toronto if they are checked through Moncton? Will I clear customs in Toronto or at my final destination? Thanks in advance!

    You will go through Canadian immigration and Customs in Toronto. You will have to ask your airline or a Border Canada representative in Toronto whether or not you have to claim your bags there.

    Yes you have to pick up your luggage in Toronto

  • Winnipeg to Orlando via Toronto on westjet
    Nov 7, 2016
    where will I go through customs and will I have to pick up my luggage in Toronto?

    You will go through US Immigration and customs Preclearance in Toronto. You may or may not have to claim your bags then, ask the agents.

  • Sony Mini-tripod
    Nov 1, 2016
    Lost and found file number L145476 Oct. 15, 2016 after checking in our baggages and while we're waiting for the time to board our plane, I realized I have left my Sony mini-tripod on the push cart by the check-in counter in terminal 1. I immediately called the Lost and found section of the airport and reported the loss. I received file number L145476 as reference. Oct. 29, 2016 on return trip to Toronto, after going through immigration, customs and baggage claim carousel I stopped by the "Lost and Found" office. A lady named Nicole attended to me. I gave her my file number. Instinctively and logically she told me that if I did not receive email notification, it would mean my tripod was not found. Nevertheless she looked at her computer screen and confirmed my name. I do have a record in the system. She said she will check other files that closely match mine, and that my file number might have some digits transposed. She went back inside the storage area and voila! she found my tripod! I identified the tripod. She asked for a piece of ID. I handed her my Drivers Licence. She released the tripod to me and returned my licence back to me. Kudos to Nicole who was very resourceful, helpful and has the patience to listen to passengers like me.

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Executive Team

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Steve Hyer, President and Founder IGD Solutions

Steve Hyer has a great passion for helping others and making the community and the world a better place to live and raise a family. Steve is originally from New Jersey and came to Michigan in 1992. He graduated from Clarkston High School and then went on to graduate from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

IGD Solutions was founded by Steve in 1999 as an educational content company and that quickly transitioned in 2000 to a company that did website work for other companies just as the Internet and World Wide Web were becoming popular in the mainstream. Steve chose Clarkston, Michigan as the place to locate IGD Solutions because of the close knit, but yet still welcoming community.

Steve was elected to the Clarkston Community Schools Board of Education in 2001 and has served in every capacity including as President for 7 years. Steve has also served as the chairman for the Oakland County School Boards Association Legislative Committee and he has served on the Oakland County School Boards Association Board of Directors for a three year term. Steve received the prestigious Michigan Association of School Administrators Champion for Children Award in 2008. In 2009, an Honorary Life Membership in the Michigan Parent Teacher Association was bestowed upon Steve for his service on the Michigan PTA Board of Directors as their webmaster, Vice President of Children’s Advocacy, and ultimately Treasurer. In 2010, Steve received the Champion for Prevention Award from the Oakland County Alliance of Coalitions for Health Communities. Steve was also featured in the cover story of the American School Boards Journal for his advocacy work in 2011. In 2015, Steve received the President’s Award from the Michigan Association of School Boards for his ongoing learning, certification, and professional development as a school board member. Also in 2015, Steve was elected to the Michigan Association of School Boards Board of Directors where he continues to serve all Michigan Public Schools today.

FIRST Robotics is another passion of Steve’s as he has been a volunteer mentor since 2007. Steve engineered the entrepreneurial component of the Team RUSH Regatta that has consistently raised more than $30K annually to help fund Team RUSH’s operations. Steve also worked with the students to develop and execute the Chairman’s Presentation ultimately winning the World Chairman’s Award and landing Team RUSH and Clarkston Community Schools in the FIRST Robotics Hall of Fame. Steve developed and runs the FIRST National Advocacy Conference annually in June to train hundreds of robotics students from around the country in Washington, DC to send them to Capitol Hill to advocate on behalf of STEM Education and FIRST Robotics. Because of these efforts, state advocacy efforts have sprung up to provide state funds to underprivileged schools so they can experience what FIRST Robotics and STEM education has to offer.

Under Steve’s leadership, IGD Solutions has diversified its offerings, gone through four successful acquisitions, and reached and maintained profitability. Steve has always stressed the importance of speaking plain English and relating everything we do as a company back to the business benefit of our customer. Always putting the customer first and truly taking care of our customers’ needs allowed us to grow a very large and successful base of long term customers.

Being involved in the community is something that is automatic for Steve. He has served 9 years on the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He is a charter member of the Clarkston Area Lions Club and he has served as President numerous times since 2000 in the Clarkston Local Business Network.

Steve provides the visionary leadership and big picture corporate direction for IGD Solutions. Steve’s management philosophy is to bring on good people and let them do their jobs. Steve is excited to see IGD Solutions continue to grow year after year!

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Anthony Angel, Director of Business Development

Anthony is uniquely qualified to lead, direct and build business, with over 30 years of combined sales and management experience.

Anthony brings a wealth of experience to IGD Solutions both as an entrepreneur and digital marketing expert. His initial marketing, sales and sales management experience came from a 20-year position as the National Sales Director for a privately held cardiology equipment and supply company, during this time Anthony and his wife owned a small business in Rochester Hills, which they ran for 10 years. Anthony moved on to be the Internet and Business Development Manager for several automotive dealers including BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Saturn, and Toyota, gaining more than10 years of expertise in digital marketing, website development and management. After reaching phenomenal levels of success at these companies, Anthony joined the executive team at IGD Solutions where he enjoys his role as Director of Business Development.

Anthony is also a 3rd degree Knight with the Knights of Columbus council 5436 at Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Church and is a member in the Clarkston, Rochester and Waterford Area Chambers of Commerce.

Anthony has been a Clarkston, Michigan resident for more than 20 years where he lives with his wife Andrea and their three sons.

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William Evans, Vice President of Operations

William Evans has had an enthusiastic interest in computers his entire life. William was introduced to computers at age five and he never looked back. By age 8, William was already writing computer programs and teaching his computer to play chess. In high school, William was involved in multiple programming competitions winning numerous awards and received college credit for his accomplishments. William continued in his passion for computers while attending Oakland University.

Upon entering the workforce, William worked with multiple companies first in tech support roles and then into programming. Even off the clock, William was the go-to guy if you had computer problems. He enjoyed troubleshooting the problems that were presented to him while his friends and family loved him for his patience as he helped others with their computers. To this day his friends and family prefer to call on his help rather than go to a “genius bar” or “geek squad”. He does it to help, because he loves computers, and sometimes for a nice dinner!

Before becoming IGD’s Vice President of Operations, William worked in every capacity and role IGD has. In 2002, William started as a part time employee at IGD taking care of all the filing. By 2004 William joined IGD in a full time, permanent capacity answering tech support calls and developing websites. Over the years he has served IGD in countless ways. In one capacity or another he has dipped his toe in and in some cases fully managed every operation including: accounting, tech support, web development, design, sales, business networking, project management, server management, search engine optimization, and more. Today William works hard to oversee the IGD team, direct the technologies we use to develop, maintain and host websites, and manage the projects that are in the workflow. He is dedicated to providing the best possible customer experience.

Outside of computers and IGD, William’s greatest passions are for God and for his family. William is a leader in his church congregation spending many hours learning and sharing what he learns with the Church. William would not be who he is today without the support of his loving wife and four children. He loves attending his children’s many after school activities including track, band and choir concerts, robotics, and more. His most enjoyable moments are spent in the loving company of his family at home.

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Large Soul of a Lost Undead

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As its name suggests, this Soul is a larger version of a Soul of a Lost Undead.

On a standard playthrough this Soul, once consumed, will give the player 400 souls to spend. It can also be given to Kingkeeper Frampt (the giant serpent of Firelink Shrine) in exchange for 500 souls.

Like other Normal Souls in the game, the Large Soul of a Lost Undead can be found occasionally on corpses throughout the game.

It is more common in the first areas of the game, and will gradually start to get replaced by other Souls as time goes on.

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Large soul of a lost Undead who has long ago gone Hollow. Use to acquire souls.

Souls are the source of all life, and whether Undead, or even Hollow, one continues to seek them.

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Promises to Keep

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Promises to Keep is a quest in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

To start the mission go to Riften to The Bee and Barb and talk to Louis Letrush. He will ask you to relay a message to Maven Black-Briar's son, Sibbi Black-Briar, who is held up in Riften Jail.

Persuade or Bribe the guard to let you into the jail. Sibbi Black-Briar will then tell you that he doesn't own the horse, but it is the property of the family. He will direct you to Black-Briar Lodge where you can find the lineage papers you can take. If you persuade Sibbi further you can also obtain the key to the strongbox in the lodge.

You have the option then to inform Maven Black-Briar of the plot. She will direct you to steal Frost and you can continue the same as if you didn't talk to her.

When you arrive at the lodge the guards will attack you if you ignore their warnings to stay away. Ignore them anyway then loot the lodge's key from one of them. There may also be a dragon flying overhead that you can deal with first. The guards outside will fight the dragon as well allowing you to let the dragon thin the ranks while you battle it.

Near the front door you can take the ladder down to the right and find the lineage papers and the strong box. If you successfully persuaded Sibbi to increase your reward earlier, then you should be able to open the strong box with the key the provided. The box holds 250 gold.

Take the papers and then steal the horse Frost outside and ride north to find Louis Letrush.

From here you have a few options.

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Bedroom bedspread

Published on December 21st, 2011 | by Jules Yap

Padded headboard of the bed with bedspread Alina

Materials: bedspread Alina color red size 260 cm x 280 cm

Description: I used the bedspread Alina to make a padded headboard for the bed: I made two resealable bags with straps inside of wich I put two pillows as padding and I have set them on a curtain rod (wich I fastened to a wooden head angle, but you can also set the stick on the wall).

With the same fabric of the bedspread I made a cover with ruffles wich completely covers the foot of the bed (note the particular angle).

~ Annalisa Rizzo, Pisa

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9 Responses to Padded headboard of the bed with bedspread Alina

  1. Anne Louise says:

    What I am curious about is the area behind the diagonally-placed bed. How did you do that? Does it contain storage?

    • annalisa says:

      I made the head angular wood behind the bed with the panels of wood cutted so that they can then secure with the brackets to the wall and form so ‘the angle: the upper part (consisting of two angles together) was laterally attached to walls with brackets and front panels assembled on three supports: the central panel and ‘more’ short and does not reach the floor so as to create the entrance to the head there, and ‘very large (there are 4-5 suitcases).

  2. lisa says:

    so cute!!! Annalisa, where did you find or how did you build the wooden head angle for the bed??? I need a similar one!!!!
    Annalisa, complimenti davvero!! Spero tu possa aiutarmi con la testiera del letto… lisa (Padova)

  3. Anonymous says:

    This is really crazy!!
    but i like it damn much!!

    will amek it for my own bed..

  4. Anonymous says:

    You are…so beautiful…for me! (Anna boyfriend)

  5. ceai potenta says:

    i`m from romania, i just love your hacks. great ideas. Soon i`ll place my photos with my own ikea hacks. i discovered this website about 1 month ago, and since, i come everyday.

  6. Claire says:

    Sooo cool! The best thing about this hack is that you can change the pillows/headboards with another colour if you like, and take them out to wash when necessary…

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