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By Martizabel Monge, Student Staff Writer,
Dr. Christa Slejko has made it evident that it is possible to work, study and have a family at the same time. The current North Lake College (NLC) president recently graduated with an Ed.D, also known as a doctorate in education.
"I have to say that the college community has been so supportive of the fact that I took this job while trying to complete the credentials that were appropriate for the job at the same time," said Slejko. "That's not typical, generally people that have the position have already done that. I had kind of a unique situation."
The enthusiastic president has made her life as a student public to show NLC Blazers that they aren't alone on the journey of working toward higher education. She knows the struggles some of them face and can relate to many of them.
"I was learning what it was like to be a student who works and has a family," she said. "And I was like, 'Oh, this is the same stuff our students are dealing with.' So maybe it would be helpful for them to know that 'Hey, I know that it's tough and I feel just like you do sometimes.' So I just got used to always talking about it. It was kind of a neat opportunity to share the journey," she added.
Anette Rosales, an NLC student who works in the campus' Admissions Office, likes that Slejko put her life as a student in the spotlight. "A lot of students here at North Lake have children and are returning to school, so it's very good to see the person who leads [the college] be in the same position."
When Slejko was elected as president of the school in 2014, her son was starting middle school and she was returning to school. She was faced with many challenges, but she didn't let that stop her from being involved in her son's life.
"We did our homework together and that's when I would say, 'OK, what homework do you have? I have a test this weekend, do you have something?' I was determined to be involved and go to his games, but I had to pick one thing because I couldn't sign up for everything that all the other moms and dads could," said Slejko.
The leading lady also made it a priority to attend NLC sporting and student organization events. "She tries to be involved with the students as much as she possibly can," said Debbie Eberle, senior administrative assistant to Slejko.
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It doesn't seem right that I could love this wreath as much as do... but there it is. Something about the perfectly imperfect nature of this wreath just makes my heart happy.
I love the color contrasting off the bright white of the frame... I love the frou frou nature of it's frills against the rough and weathered wood.
There's alot of these floating around bloggy land and I was dying to try one out for myself.
If you are so inclined to try one out for yourself... here's how I made mine~
Fire up the trusty glue gun (mine has seen better days!) and pick out some ribbon.
Gather up some foam pipe insulation, about two packages of coffee filters (you can get these in white or natural), and some gorilla tape or duct tape.
You can find the pipe insulation at Home Depot (or other hardware stores) in the plumbing section. There were five pieces in a packag priced at $2.47. That's less than .50 per wreath form!
Hold the edges together while you wrap the tape around it. It's tricky, but keep those edges together so that your form ends up being circular instead of oval.
Don't worry if it doesn't look perfect, you just want a general shape... it will all be covered up soon.
Now, grab your coffee filters. You can either fold up a bunch and start gluing or you can fold-glue-fold-glue. I personally needed the time in between each gluing to recover from glue burns.
So, you will fold it in half, then into quarters...
...then into eighths. I also folded the tip down to give a better surface to glue on. Apply glue to the tip. I found it important to let the glue cool for a moment. If it's too hot it will melt the foam. I'm sure this could be remedied by using a low heat glue gun.
Lay the form flat and start gluing, layer by layer. I found it to be helpful to stagger the layers (like bricks) as you add each layer.
There you have it. I wasn't very anal about it and I personally like the casual look I ended up with. It makes me happy every time I look at it!


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"Never stand still!"
Meryl Streep
The grande dame of Hollywood, as active as ever: Meryl Streep talks about being a role model and a tiger mom – and why she loves gift baskets
Ms. Streep, honestly, don't you sometimes feel that you're a little bit unfair on others?
Unfair? What did I do? Please tell me what you mean by that.
Every actress in Hollywood knows she has no chance of landing a part if you're interested in it, too. You're a very sought-after star …
Oh, how very kind of you. I do believe it's a little bit exaggerated, but I cannot complain. I have been very fortunate when it comes to roles. But there are many good women out there who do fantastic work, I'm sure I'm not taking work away from anyone else.
Are there enough good roles for women in Hollywood in every age group?
That's still a little bit of an issue. It is getting better, but it's not yet good enough. Hollywood remains an industry that is mainly run by men, and the roles for women are often limited to playing the sexy girlfriend, the mother or the lover.
The last film you starred in was Florence Foster Jenkins, and next year we can look forward to seeing you in Mary Poppins Returns. How do you choose your roles?
Which big kid – and I am certainly one of them – doesn't love Mary Poppins? So to answer your question: I pretty much pick what I fall in love with, whatever speaks to me.
You were a working mom, but your four children are now grown. How did you strike a balance between family and stardom?
Teamwork is everything. My husband Don Gummer was and still is very involved. He is a little more relaxed when it comes to raising kids. I'm more of a tiger mom.
What do you mean by that?
Let me explain: When my son Henry was little he wanted to learn to play the piano, but the teacher we hired was not very good, and Henry lost interest. I thought he should continue to take lessons, but my husband thought it was my dream that I was trying to impose on him. Today, my son is 37 and he is a musician. Tiger-mom Meryl was right!
Teamwork is everything when you're raising a family
What was the hardest thing about raising children?
You sometimes forget that they grow up. You treat a 14-year-old like a 10-year-old out of habit. A teenager doesn't like that at all. Then there are breaks in your communication that you need to overcome. That's not always easy. I'm sure I was too protective at times – kids need to learn to stand on their own two feet.
Are you someone who plans for the future?
When I was younger I was, yes. I always thought about where the journey would take me, but now I don't mind drifting along and finding myself in new situations. I like it, actually.
You don't have the aura of a diva, you're quite down to earth. Doesn't the glamorous life hold any attractions?
You're right, I live a pretty normal life. Most of the time I'm not even in Hollywood. For me, Hollywood is the big stage, and I get excited when I get invited to an award show and they give me a big basket with goodies in it.
Do you actually look into those baskets?
Are you kidding me? Of course I do. Often they have products in them that I would never buy because they're so pricey, but I love getting them and trying them out … some of those lotions are to die for!
When you look back on your almost 40-year career, what do you see? Have you done everything right?
Oh, everyone makes mistakes along the way; they are part of the journey as long as you learn from them. I know that I am very fortunate and that I live a good life. Overall, I think I would go the same route again. Why not?
When people ask young actresses whom they emulate, your name often comes up. This must feel pretty good, right?
Of course it feels good. But I doubt that I can really be of help to anyone. You never know how thorny the path will be. It's important to keep moving and to face new challenges.
Can you imagine retiring?
Yes, I could retire and start collecting a pension at 67. I am, in fact, trying to slow things down a little. But the kids are out of the house and the scripts keep coming … I really do like to read.
On the screen or on paper?
Mostly on paper, but I know what you mean. It's pretty incredible how much the Internet is influencing our lives today. I admit that I'm a women of the old-school thought process. I grew up with books and maps. But I am sure the future will bring lots of positive changes, and we can thank technology for that. The world has become smaller and our community is more global. I like that.
Are you constantly connected or do you tend to stay away from it all?
Oh, I like to stay disconnected at times. I find it important. I spend lots of time in my garden with my veggies and my roses. I don't need Google glasses to know how to treat my roses!


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This Tuesday I was lucky to present to a very full room at this year's excellent Online Information 2012 Conference. Moving from what I regarded as the conference's spiritual home of Earl's Court and Olympia to the Victoria Park Plaza there were a wealth of topics covered from my own on the Cloud to Social Media, ebooks and mobile devices.
Even though I only attended the first day, it was jam-packed with brilliant, educating and entertaining sessions - possibly the best day's conference schedule I'd been part of.
Sadly I missed Cory Doctorow, Editor of the popular weblog boing boing, Contributor to The Guardian, The NY Times, Publishers Weekly, Wired Magazine and his plenary - There is no copyright policy; there is only Internet policy. There is no Internet policy; there is only policy.
I did however get there in time to see the insightful presentation by The Guardian's Technology Editor Charles Arthur and his session Platform Wars: After the Digital Wars which looked at the on-going mammoth battle between Microsoft, Google and the biggest of them all Apple. Arthur is a superb speaker who moved across the platform landscape with a collection of statistics and figures that showed the technology arms race and the war is going to continue on a global scale. He was followed by Lucia Adams, Digital Development Editor, The Times, UK. Adams gave a brilliant talk about how the famous news company has tackled the problem every newspaper is facing - how to remain as a viable business. Since dipping its toe into the tablet and Apps market, The Times has now no less than 12 apps and is making a real fist of staying relevant in the era of more content, social media and less advertising revenue. As an ex-journalist, I found these two sessions really interesting, and I couldn't help but note my ex-employer, The Press Association's London Office as I walked back to Victoria Tube Station at the end of the day, I gave a nod as I passed by
I have to say that I was impressed with the venue, despite looking grubby on the outside, the inside was very sleek and welcoming - the presenter's green room felt more like a boardroom with several people doing some last minute cramming ahead of their sessions, I was sat next to Charle's Arthur who you'll be keen to know was using a Mac.
After a brief break it was my turn in track 3 - 'Making sense of big data and working in the cloud' alongside the co-founder of the excellent Altmetric site Figshare, Mark Hahnel
I hadn't been feeling the pressure as I'm usually OK speaking at large events, but felt a sudden wave of anxiety on the way down when I checked the #online12 Twitter feed to see a post by the Director of our computing services department, Dr. Christine Sexton. Christine had Tweeted: "Two fire alarms and hotel evacuations later, I'm up. Looking forward to talks from @doctorow, @charlesarthur and our own@Andy_Tattersall"
Considering I was giving a talk on a topic that Christine had been instrumental in, by getting Google for the University, I was worried that I'd say something that wasn't factual, I did say that I used to be a journalist didn't I? Luckily my concerns were unfounded as I met with Chris beforehand and was reassured that there was nothing I could wrong. The room I was speaking in held 140 I was informed and it was evident that the word Google in my title was a crowd puller as the room filled up with just a few spare seats with many others stood to the side and back of the room (although they all could have been there so see Mark of course). I talked about how my own experiences of using Google Apps since 2006 and how that had aided myself and my department in adapting to the University transition to the Google Apps Suite. I covered why the University had taken the decision to not only move students, but staff on wholesale and what it meant logistically and culturally. I received lots of questions, more than I could have imagined and did the best to deal with them, but in the end as I'd already primed Chris - the Director of CICS eventually had to step in to answer questions on security, legacy and stability. Chris had been live blogging throughout the day, and a review of my session, which was written as I presented - it takes a real skill to do that - can be read here: http://cicsdir.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-university-of-google.html
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Lunch was lovely, but isn't that one of the high points of a conference? Beef Bourguignon with a variety of sides, followed up by some kind of vanilla mousse - I know people usually rate events by the food, this was fine dining, for me anyway.
After lunch I attended a really entertaining and very popular debate titled : "Staying Safe Online: The Dark Side of Apps and Social Networks" with Mathias Klang, Researcher and Senior Lecturer, University of Goteborg, Sweden and Cory Doctorow again. Both argued the pros and cons of social media, the issue of how we protect our children and how to ensure their privacy. They discussed how do we manage the problem of giving away our data for free products and that we are giving away much more than we are aware of. Again the session was captured live on Chris Sexton's blog and can be read here.
Finally after more snacks and a fly by of the trade stands to get a multi-colour highlighter from Emerald (thank you Emerald) for my little girl.
I finished the day with the session that featured 3 talks on the use of tablets in libraries. First up was Jan Magnusson, Librarian, Chalmers Technical University, Sweden and his presentation Surf Tablets in University Libraries. This was followed by an excellent talk by Guus van den Brekel, Medical Information Specialist, Coordinator Electronic Services, Central Medical Library, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands. I first met Guus at EAHIL 2009 when he moderated a presentation I gave in Dublin with Andrew Booth. Guus' presentation was excellent and showcased their project to lend iPads to medical staff. There were many benefits from this project, one being a better personal relationship between librarians and users, and more importantly gave users a new and improved insight into the library and its services. In Guus' own words: "It proved to be the best PR & marketing activity for libraries since the invention of "sliced bread"!
Finally, the solar powered library from Denmark, this was an inspiring talk and from a man wearing shorts, in London in November. Rasmus Fange Vestergaard, Librarian, Tingbjerg bibliotek, Denmark gave a new slant to the mobile library, by actually taking one to the beach and running with power from the sun. His talk focused on their initiative to lend users tablet devices as well as books. A nice way to end the conference. I would certainly recommend this conference to anyone from the library and information world, and with an interest in technology. I'm sorry I could not attend both days, but certainly felt I got the better day for my own area of work.


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Lollygagging Through Late November
It's the end of November, the house is all put back together from the Thanksgiving holiday, the trade/acquisition speculation on the Angels sites has reached the silly stage – in many cases, intentionally so – and I could not bring myself to feign interest in USC vs. Notre Dame. So, what's a baseball fan to do? It was definitely time for Bull Durham…especially because I hadn't seen it in months!
Bull Durham is my favorite baseball movie by far and one of my favorite movies period. Shocking given the title of my blog, right? There are a number of excellent movies that depict baseball players, coaching staff and other baseball insiders and their crazy passion for the game. Bull Durham is certainly among them. It's well written, perfectly paced, filled with memorable characters and it does an excellent job of balancing all of the hope and promise of talent with the hard reality that a real career in baseball is unlikely for all but a very few and ephemeral for the majority of those few. What pushes Bull Durham over the top for me is how well it also shows the crazy passion of baseball fans. Besides, it's infinitely quotable. What's not to like?
A few months ago I found an older interview with Ron Shelton, the writer and director and a former second baseman in the Orioles farm system. Apparently, he has toyed with the idea of making a sequel several times but didn't know where to take it. If Crash goes back to the minors or gets the managing job in Visalia, he either leaves Annie behind or takes her with him away from the life she's created in Durham which is such a part of her character. Either way, the character dynamics are ruined on top of having lost Nuke and the cast of engaging background characters. Shelton said he just couldn't do that to his creation, a measure of restraint I applaud and wish more artists had the option to employ (because, like baseball, creating art is also a job and I realize there are many practical factors aside from the artist's wishes that go into such a decision).
Watching the Angels this year, however, in particular the dynamic of veteran pitchers interacting with a rookie catcher, I wonder if there isn't a different way to approach a Bull Durham sequel. Watching Hank Conger make his major league debut was a bright spot for me this season, even though he was shaky at times. I remember the pregame show before his first start, catching for Jered Weaver no less. Victor and Gubie showed video from an exchange with Weaver earlier in the warm-ups. So, I understand Hank's had a lot of questions for you. Gubie said with a knowing smile. Do you think he's going to be okay? Weaver laughed and said, I think we have Hank breathing normally now. He's going to be just fine. Weaver pitched a great game that night so Conger didn't have many reasons to visit the mound or work to calm him down. However, I also remember a later start for Conger where Weaver did run into some difficulties. He started to get flustered and pace around the mound before he finally gestured toward Conger seeming to indicate, hey kid, this is the part where you walk out here and talk me through this.
Until I saw that interaction, I had only thought about veteran catchers training rookie pitchers, never the other way around. But think about it, a wiser and somewhat bitter Nuke at the end of his major league career, trying to rehab his aging arm in the minors for one more shot at a major league season, works with a rookie catcher. But because he's Nuke, older and wiser is still far from wise. Make the rookie catcher inexperienced but talented and significantly more intelligent than Nuke, like Crash might conceivably have been at the beginning of his career, and suddenly you have what I think would be a very interesting dynamic where the catcher clearly does have a thing or two to learn from the pitcher's experience but can't imagine learning anything from someone who plays the buffoon so often. You would also have an easier time setting this story line back with the Durham Bulls where it wouldn't be unlikely that the Larry character – easily my favorite supporting character – could have worked his way up to the manager's position. Leave Crash and Annie out of it all together or have the characters make a cameo appearance attending the games, Annie still teaching at the community college and Crash probably a hitting coach for kids in the community and you would have…well…the closest I will probably ever come to writing fan fiction at any rate, LOL.
I don't know what resolution the Angels have planned in 2011 for the increasingly crowded catching situation. But if Hank Conger can keep improving on his batting average and on base percentage – he looked a lot better by the end of the regular season but then didn't do so well in winter league, so who knows – I would prefer seeing him as the back-up catcher with Mike Napoli in the lead catching role over a lot of our other options.


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Family ministry: 85%
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Our six principles for integrity in fundraising
- This ministry belongs to God. As His stewards, we're accountable to His objectives, interests and concerns.
- The future of God's work doesn't depend on the survival of this organization. But as long as He supplies the means, we will serve others in His name.
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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
The California Brown Pelican is illustrated on The Wave's, a mosaic tile mural, Rios de la Vida (Rivers of Life). The fountain, mural, and accompanying graphics illustrate the story of our Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. Although not on exhibit in the Aquarium, this bird is included in our website animal database to expand on the information touched on in The Wave fountain exhibit.
Geographic Distribution
Non-breeding: Gulf of California, Mexico, north to Washington and southern British Columbia, Canada. Breeding: islands in the Gulf of California, outer coast of Baja California, and north on California's Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands
A marine pelican species, these birds can be found resting and roosting overnight on offshore rocks and islands, in bays and river mouths with sand bars, on jetties, pilings, and even boats along the Pacific coast. They normally feed within 8 km (5 mi) of land and are rarely seen more than 32 km (20 mi) out at sea. Nesting sites are carefully chosen, preferably on isolated islands and rocks that are free from mammalian predators such as feral cats, raccoons, and rats.
Physical Characteristics
California Brown Pelicans have short legs with fully webbed toes, a large, bulky, oddly proportioned body, long dark bills, and a large gular or throat pouch. Although ungainly on land, they are graceful in flight and in diving from great heights.
Immature birds are dark grayish-brown with a light belly and a gray pouch. They attain adult coloration when they are about three years old. Adults are grayish-brown and have a dark belly, white head with a yellowish crown, and a white neck. Eyes are normally pale yellow. Adult colors change during breeding season. Chest and head feathers become golden, eyes blue, and the skin surrounding the eyes pink. The gray gular pouch turns bright red and the back of the neck chestnut-brown.
Adult birds are 107-137 cm (42-54 in) long from tip of beak to tail with a wingspread of 198-213 cm (78-84 in). Their beak is 30-48 cm (11.8-18.9 in) long. Their weight varies from 3.6 to 5 kg (8 to 11 lb).
The diet of California Brown Pelicans consists primarily of surface-schooling fish such as Pacific mackerel, Pacific sardines, and northern anchovies. Anchovies are 90% of their diet during the breeding season. They forage for food mainly in early morning, late afternoon, or when the tide is rising. These birds first use their keen eyesight to spot fish which they catch by plunge-diving at a shallow angle as they skim over the water or by diving at steep angles from heights of 6-18 m (20-60 ft) in the air. The dives are forceful enough to stun fish 2 m (6 ft) underwater. Once prey is captured, pelicans point their bills downward to drain water, then tip them up to swallow the fish headfirst, repositioning the fish if necessary by tossing it in the air and catching it again.
This subspecies migrates along the Pacific coast from as far north as British Columbia to the Channel Islands, and islands in the Gulf of California and offshore of Baja to breed. They are colonial nesters, building their nests within touching distance of each other. The nests, built on the ground, on rocks, or in bushes, vary from mere lined scrapes in the ground to elaborate stick constructions. Females choose the nest site, males provide the materials, and females build the nests.
They are monogamous during the breeding season. In March or April usually three eggs are laid, one every other day. The eggs are twice the size of chicken eggs. Both parents incubate and care for the chicks. Pelicans do not have brood patches and instead use their heavily vascularized feet to provide warmth for the eggs.
After an incubation of about 30 days, bald, blind, and helpless chicks hatch in the order in which the eggs were laid. For about 10 days they eat regurgitated food that the parents deposit on the floor of the nest. Then, having become strong enough, they take the regurgitated food directly from their parent's bill. Chicks first fly at about nine weeks and are independent at about 12 weeks. All chicks may not survive since the first-born chick often out-competes its siblings for food.
Clumsy on land yet graceful in flight, pelicans normally fly low over the water, soaring with occasional flaps of their wings. When there is no wind they take to the air by running over the water, beating with their large wings while pounding the surface of the water with both feet in unison. In groups they fly in formation, normally in single file but occasionally in a V-formation, with necks tucked back over their shoulders in an s-shape and bill resting on their folded neck.
Strong swimmers, they have been clocked at 22-35 km/mph (13.7-21.7 mph). Young pelicans can swim 4.8 km/hr (3 mph).
Pelican pouches (known as gular pouches) have a number of uses. Used as dip nets to catch fish, they can stretch enough to hold about 11 liters (3 gallons) of water and fish, which is about 3 times the amount their stomachs can hold. They are used as temperature regulators. Pelicans hold their bill slightly open and vibrate the pouch to pass air over the surface of the pouch to cool off. They also use their pouch as a feeding trough for their chicks. Pelicans regularly exercise the pouch by tossing their head backwards over their body to stretch the pouch.
A network of air sacs in their body serves several functions. The air sacs cushion their body against the impact of diving and then enable them to resurface rapidly like corks. They also make their body and bones lighter. These birds do not have nasal cavities, and special air sacs substitute for their absence by moistening the air and helping to provide ventilation and cooling through heat loss and evaporation.
They are able to drink seawater without ill effects. Special glands located between their bill and eyes excrete the excess salt.
Pelicans have a lifespan of 25-30 years if they survive predation, starvation, pollution, entanglement, etc.
The greatest threat to survival of California Brown Pelicans is humans. In the past they were hunted for their feathers; nests raided for eggs; slaughtered in the thousands by fishermen who believed they were competitors; and then their reproductivity declined to almost zero due to the ingestion of fish contaminated with man-made DDT. This pesticide causes alteration in the birds' calcium metabolism which results in thin egg shells and crushed eggs. Use of the pesticide was banned in many countries of the world including the United States beginning in 1970, but the ban is not world-wide.
California Brown Pelicans are fully protected but there are still persistent residues of DDT along areas of the southern California coast that continue to cause reproductive failures and new threats have replaced the old. Among them are a decline in food supplies such as anchovy and sardine populations, both from over-fishing and the effects of climate changes such as El Niño conditions; susceptibility to avian botulism resulting from eating polluted fish, such as occurs in the Salton Sea, one of the Pelican's post-breeding resting places; oil spills in their feeding grounds such as occurred in January 2005 in southern California; disturbances in nesting areas that cause nest abandonment, such as use of bright lights by squid fishing boats; and entanglements with fishing lines and hooks.
California Brown Pelicans were removed from the Endangered Species list in November 2009, culminating a century effort to save them.
Special Notes
In the late 1900's and the early 2000's Pelicans were hunted extensively for their feathers that were used to trim women's clothing, especially their hats. In 1903 in an effort to protect the birds by reducing the threat of plumage hunters to their survival, President Theodore Roosevelt, who had strong conservation ethics, designated Florida's Pelican Island the United States first bird reservation. This was the first time the federal government had set aside land for the sake of wildlife and Pelican Island was the forerunner of what would become the United States' national wildlife refuge system.
Gulls, especially Heermann's Gull ( Larus heermanni), frequently steal fish from the pouches of Brown Pelicans.
Marine predators such as sharks, salmon, and dolphin, play a part in the meal plan of California Brown Pelicans. The pelicans often rely on the actions of these predators to force schools of fish to the surface where they can catch them easily.


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For the upcoming MAKE Volume 33, David Merrill contributed an article called Going Pro, about how makers are turning hand-soldered prototypes into real consumer electronics. He's here in the Gaming Showcase section at CES showing off Sifteo Cubes, an interactive gaming platform that uses small cubes with embedded sensors and LCD screens. As the co-founder of Sifteo, he's helped bring this unique gaming platform from prototype to product. Now he's a part of the community that helps other makers who are looking to make the same leap. Check out the video above for my quick interview with David and look out for his article in MAKE Volume 33.
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We had an amazing opportunity to visit John Deere last week and after taking a factory tour of their Horicon plant, we headed over to their Swan road testing facility and proceeded to test over 40 riding mowers, lawn tractors and zero-turns including their latest models that featured four-wheel steering and diesel.
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BREEDMUSIC necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 115 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
Two of the country's top music production companies are joining forces to build a single creative brand. Here's who we are:
Together we will be called BREED.
What we do is very similar to what you do....It's challenging and competitive. And to stay in the game, you definitely need to be a special breed of human.
Our goal is to create a clean, modern, self confident image.
Just like the approach we take to our music...It doesn't need to be too complex or overdone, but it does need to make a statement.
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We'd like you to help us create a cool looking brand called 'BREED', with no visual reference given to the services that our company provides.
We sell our creative to other creative professionals.
They've seen it all, they've done it themselves, and they're not easily impressed. They are the creative directors at the largest ad agencies, the art directors at the animation companies, the film directors that capture the right moments, and the editors who cut it all up to make a great piece of storytelling.
Typography of the word BREED should be coupled with a strong branding visual, an icon, illustration or any representation that can be used as a stand-alone element.
This stand-alone element would be something that can be used independently of the word BREED...a memorable company identifier.
We've attached a mock up of our website for color palette reference and to give you a general context. The logo on this JPEG is there for placeholder only. Please feel free to provide samples in lower case & upper case type.
We'd like to lean on your creativity and skill to create our new logo, but we do have a couple of things we'd prefer NOT to see:
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We now have results coming in from the west coast. In Klamath Falls OR Connie Redhead had the final today for the Klamath Kennel Club. She chose among the Brittany, GHC CH Mich's Mt Red Aim Fire, the Irish Wolfhound, GCH CH Nalaney's Padraig, the Bullmastiff, GCH CH Kingslynne-Nemo NW Connection, the American Staffordshire Terrier, GCH CH Alpine's Highwayman, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Phantom Peak's Sir Winston Churchill, the American Eskimo Dog, GCH CH Silveroaks First & Foremost, and the Australian Cattle Dog, GCH CH Carben Copy's If The Shoe Fits.
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Don't like black and white.....
Found black and white/cream skull print.
Thought that was fun!
Pattern - self drafted, 4 panel skirt, tight fitting top with little sleeves and a U neck in the back. Darts moved so that they end in the centre at the waist, to line up with the seam in the skirt.
Fabric - crinkle chiffon, polyester?, black piping which I had in my stash, sequin ribbon from Carolina's for belt with bow.
Underlined with thin cotton as I can't stand the feel of geena ( fabric sold locally as lining) on my skin. As the chiffon is quite transparent, the color of the lining changes the color of the fabric. I choose a creamy white over a pure white as I found it more flattering. I underlined (basted the lining to the individual outer fabric pieces and then treated them as one) the dress as opposed to lining it for the following reasons:
- Underlining hides all the seam allowances - as the fabric is transparent, I didn't want all the seam allowances visible from the outside
- Underlining gave more body to the fabric than just lining it would
- The fabric was very unstable and I wanted to make sure the rows of skulls stayed straight accross the dress and didn't start wandering off at funny angles. Basting them to the much more stable cotton lining kept the skulls exactly where I wanted them! This also helped make it possible to match up the pattern across the skirt seams, and even though I say so myself, I think I did a pretty good job matching up the little black faces!
And as I bought all the fabric they had in stock, I though my husband needed a black and white Barong (transparent shirt men traditionally wear in the Philippines) ! More on that once I finish it!
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While the Silver Spoon cookbook for adults is an intimidating tome that collects dust on my shelf, The Silver Spoon for Children is just right. I love the illustrations, steps, and the recipes themselves. This is one of those clever gifts for a boy or girl over six who loves to cook. Order them in bulk from Amazon (read: stacks nicely on a gift closet shelf).
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When you hear Jennifer Holliday launch into her signature song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," with the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington in early June, keep this thought in the back of your mind:
Thank God for tonsillectomies.
As a kid growing up in Houston in the early '60s, Jennifer-Yvette Holliday aspired to be a politician. Circumstances changed once she had her tonsils removed. A voice emerged. "A big voice," as Holliday recalls.
Like all good Baptist children with a singing voice, she was ushered into the church choir. And at some point an actor from a touring company of A Chorus Line happened to hear young Jennifer sing. The actor urged her to get in touch with Broadway legend Michael Bennett. Plucked from the choir, her next stop was Broadway. During a stint in Your Arms Are Too Short to Box with God, she auditioned for — and was cast immediately in — Bennett's Dreamgirls.
And in 1982, there emerged one of those rare moments on Broadway that attain legendary, almost mythic status. Jennifer Holliday — a voice as grand as her girth — was a star. Blazing, bright, brilliant. She won a Tony. She won a Drama Desk. She won a Grammy. Her showstopper, "And I Am Telling You," became synonymous with her persona.
In the ensuing years, Holliday's star faded. Her weight — which topped off at 400 pounds — was an issue. "I was awkward and not very attractive," says Holliday. In the parlance of the '80s, it translated to unmarketable. Her record company dropped her. But she kept performing, largely in gay nightclubs. "I was able to keep my dignity, I was able to keep going, because of the gay community," says Holliday.
Two failed marriages, a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, financial woes, clinical depression, attempted suicide — Holliday's life carried that tragic stamp from which gay icons are forged. Except, notes Holliday, "I escaped tragedy."
She lost the weight (via gastric bypass). She got her finances under control. She found a way to manage her MS. And she kept singing.
Because in the voice of Jennifer Holliday, there is power. Power to lift the spirit. Power to stir the soul. Power to rekindle hope, joy and love. Power to leave those listening breathless, in awe.
METRO WEEKLY: I first encountered you at a gay bar in Washington called The Fraternity House. They used to show clips from performances and such throughout the evening and I remember very clearly one night they played a clip from Dreamgirls — I believe it was from when you sang "I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" at the Tony Awards. The entire bar went silent. Every single person was transfixed. Your voice, your emotion filled that room. It was a miraculous performance. In some ways, your Dreamgirls performance of "I Am Telling You" defined your status as an icon in the gay community.
JENNIFER HOLLIDAY: I don't think that performance defined me with the gay community. I think it was Dreamgirls itself and Effie, the character I played. We're looking at 30 years ago. Thirty years ago the gay community was outcast and despised, looking for their own voice. And you had me there at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, which had no name then — only the gay white man's disease. There were a lot of deaths around the gay community. I think at that time, my character came along and identified herself with the underdog, the loser, the person no one loved, the rejected, the dejected. The gay community, with so many people not even able to come out back then, recognized pain. I think pain recognizes pain. The reason I say that is because when I lost weight, I got a lot of letters from the gay community saying that I had betrayed them.
MW: That's an interesting response.
HOLLIDAY: One thing that people are uncomfortable with in today's society is happiness. If you say, "I'm getting my life together," they go, "What about me?" Well, what about you? You can come along, too. It's a long process, finding yourself and finding peace and some kind of happiness that goes with life. I almost took myself out of here. I wanted to die, and at 30 years old tried to kill myself. I know very well what it's like to feel hopeless and unloved.
Had it not been for the gay community, there would definitely be no Jennifer Holliday. Had they not been as faithful and in love as they were, I don't think I would have existed now.
MW: I can't believe that.
HOLLIDAY: Well, you are only looking at music. Look at circumstances. There would be no Jennifer Holliday without the gay community mainly because when I didn't have a record, didn't have a Broadway show, it was the gay community that gave me work. I was overweight — they didn't care. I didn't have a record — I sang in bars at 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning. I was able to keep going, because of the gay community.
You've never heard anything about any of the problems I had — especially my financial problems. I lost everything. But I had the ability to eat and take care of myself because I could always count on something from the gay community. That's all I'm trying to say.
MW: I know you went through some personal difficulties. You had two marriages that didn't work out, for instance, and it was devastating on you.
HOLLIDAY: And I have had multiple sclerosis for over 15 years. I've been blind. I've been paralyzed. I've been through a whole lot of things. And I didn't have to be pitiful because of the gay community. They let me keep my dignity.
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By @les (on 14/07/2012 @ 11:07:19, in Recordings)
We continue our collaboration with Simone Stella, now with the monumental edition (in six albums) of the complete organ works by Dietrich Buxtehude. Simone is definitely at home with both this incredible variety of music and the king of the instruments, the organ. His rich choice of colours gives extra value to the just unexceptionable rendition which is also fresh, rhythmic, solar...
The recording is 100% natural, with no additional effect added, nor equalisation. The sound gives the right detail and balance to the instrument without being too dry. In a word: a great collection!
È online il bando del concorso pianistico organizzato dal pianista Gianluca Luisi che si svolgerà dal 29 agosto al 2 settembre nella cittadina di Osimo (Ancona).
Il concorso è aperto a molteplici categorie dai bambini agli adulti; il bando è consultabile qui. Da quest'anno la partecipazione sarà internazionale con varie giurie a seconda delle categorie.
I premi sono interessanti e avrò l'onore di essere ospitato fra la giuria.
I pianoforti saranno offerti dalla ditta Fabbrini di Pesaro.
By @les (on 03/03/2012 @ 10:49:46, in Press releases)
Ecco il recente articolo a cura di Franco Fayenz apparso sulla rivista Amadeus (Marzo 2012 N. 268). Ne riportiamo un breve estratto.
Il disco può essere acquistato ora anche fisicamente facendone richiesta direttamente alla pagina facebook di Marco Fumo: https://www.facebook.com/marco.fumo (copia e incolla il link sulla barra degli indirizzi).
By @les (on 01/03/2012 @ 09:47:09, in Announcements)
Yes, you may now find our prods of Bustijn and Buxtehude (harpsichord works) on physical support thanks to the international label Brilliant Classics.
They are well known worldwide for applying very low prices on very good musical products. Their vast catalogue (see now Buxtehude) is massively distributed everywhere in shops and internet, both on CD and as "liquid". Now the choice of whether to download the album here or buy it from them is only yours!
We are proud that such an important label has decided to publish our recordings and hopefully this is a good indicator for you to trust our efforts.
The recording of Bustijn, a world first release in a original performance by our founder Alessandro Simonetto, has been recently published at onclassical.com.
The recording attracted the immediate interest of international label Brilliant Classics who acquired the rights in co-exclusive with OnClassical. Since April 2011, in fact, the recording is also part of their catalogue.
In the meantime a first review compares at musicweb-international.com, the prestigious UK review. Musicologist Byzantion Sardegno describes the recording by Alessandro Simonetto as the one to get in spite of (non complete) recordings by Bob van Asperen (Sony Classical Vivarte 46349, 1991), and by Jacques Ogg (Globe 5101, 1993)!
The disc has been nominated as "Bargain of the month" and also obtained the 'Classic' award from the original reviewer's website). We are very proud of it!
The disc may also be downloaded in high quality here.
By @les (on 26/04/2011 @ 16:39:50, in Implementations)
We are moving the site into a new server. The modifications should be terminated within hours. We regret for any inconvenience.
By @les (on 23/04/2011 @ 09:22:13, in Implementations)
Dear customers,
(ZIP files) - OnClassical is currently working to ensure faster album downloads by uploading zip files on our servers. Each file will include all the tracks of an album, so that you will have one file to download rather than many files. Only a few days and our team will be done!
(HD tracks) - Many of our customers are asking to make our master recordings available, rather than CD-quality files. This would be possible, and it was OnClassical's original intention. OnClassical was the first label in Italy to make .wav files available online, so why not be the first label to sell HD tracks? Our current server would allow us to do so, and in the very near future our customers will have some of our hi-fi recordings in 88.2 kHz x 24 bit to download as well.
(Hi-res covers) - Once more, we regret not to have published the cover art-work, but our limited production time only allows us to produce the cover image. However, all covers are made with care by using high quality images purchased within the public domain resources (high resolution images have a cost nonetheless, even when the images are free). For our customer's greater satisfaction, all our covers will soon be available in 1440 x 1440 pixels x 300 dpi (print quality), and will be available as you access each recording's profile.
The team at OnClassical will be away for a few days, April 24-27. For assistance, please contact studio@(ourdomain) or call +39 339 3162931.
We at OnClassical hope that you will enjoy the improvements we have made to our website!
Alessandro Simonetto, founder
We continue our collaboration with the organist and harpsichordist Simone Stella, this time with the harpsichord works by Dietrich Buxtehude in four releases. These works, recorded only a few times in the history of music, include the vast majority of the Suites for harpsichord and the six Arias with Variations, plus some minor works and five "manualiter" organ works.
Simone Stella enriches his interpretation with a refined and charming phrasing and a gentle touch. The harpsichord is exploited in all its combinations of registers for a more coloristic variety.
We start from the 4th album. Coming soon Nos. 1, 3, 2.
By @les (on 13/04/2011 @ 09:37:59, in Announcements)
Starting April 2011 all productions signed OnClassical will be distributed in more than an hundred online stores like iTunes, Amazon, Virgin, real, last.fm, emusic, Mondadori, fnacmusic, musicload, MediaMarkt, 7digital, mp3.de, vodafone, AOL, Spiral Frog, InProdicon, beatport, MTunes, Telefonica, Cellfish, Nokia, Deejay store, DR, musicnet, musicmatch, mobiVillage, Napster, Telecom, Rhapsody and many other.
This will be possibile thanks to the partnership signed with one of the largest distributors worldwide.
Latest news!
We are happy to announce that an agreement has just been signed for the licensing of the Complete Opera by Chopin performed by Roberto Poli. The twelve-volume opera will be published and physically distributed by a newborn English label which comes under the artistic direction of the international label, Brilliant Classics.
The first release is scheduled for next April.
Soon new details.
A disc entirely devoted to the legend of ragtime and its birth; includes the first ever published ragtime signed by Tom Turpin, the most famous rags by Scott Joplin and James Scott, the one of George Gershwin and the development towards jazz by Bix Beiderbecke.
The pianist we present is one of the leading experts in this field, the Italian Marco Fumo, who for over thirty years has dedicated himself to researching the interpretation of Afro-American music and ragtime in particular.
The recording was made on a 1952 Bluethner grand piano and captured by Neumann mics (Tube M 147 + TLM 103).
The result is something fascinating!
By @les (on 10/12/2010 @ 12:27:45, in Implementations)
The previews, unlike before, are no longer 64 kbps full-track, but of 35 seconds and high quality (192 kbps MP3) to test the recording quality (which is our main goal). I hope you'll understand the reasons behind this choice: in fact, other than an economic reason, we hope that by hearing such a great sound you will then want to download the entire album. Remember that artists earn 50%, with the only exception of a couple of albums; on the purchase page it will be specified when you are donating half to the artist and when not.
Another implementation is about the art look of our site, which we have "modernized". We have always kept the site very simple so that neither you (nor us) are distracted by anything other than our recordings.
We have further expanded the database adding some useful data for better understanding how the recordings have been made. In fact, on the same table as for the player, there are two other windows: "Album Introduction" and "Info"; in the latter you will find some technical detail about the recordings, including credits and recording location and instruments used.
The third release of Chopin's omnia has now been published. It includes Mazurkas Op. 50, Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51, Ballade No. 1, 2, 4 and Polonaise Op. 53 'Eroic'.
Roberto Poli's third performance is even more sweet, tragic, thrilling. Enjoy!
By benny (on 22/11/2010 @ 10:39:01, in Press releases)
Tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd November 2010, at 9.30 am, on the program Primo Movimento, at RadioTre, Valentina Lo Surdo will present Jacopo Salvatori's disc dedicated to Claude Debussy.
This is the second time we've been on RadioTre; so it's a double victory, especially considering that liquid music labels, like us, suffer a certain discrimination since CD's aren't available in shops, but only online.
Hoping in an ever brighter future!
Amadeus Press, United States' leading music publisher, releases OnClassical artist Roberto Poli's first book.
Every music student learns conventions of musical notation that are generally taken for grantedfor example, that an expanding hairpin indicates an increase in volume, or that a sforzando is a sharp accent. But can we be sure that such instructions meant the same in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as they do today?
Based on years of research and performance, The Secret Life of Musical Notation: Defying Interpretive Traditions presents original discoveries that have generated groundbreaking insights into music on the printed page. Acclaimed pianist Roberto Poli argues that longstanding interpretations of certain commonly encountered musical signs and symbols, in works from as early as the 1770s and through the nineteenth century, may fail to reveal the composers intended meanings. According to Poli, these misconstrued readings are due to interpretive traditions that have rested largely upon received knowledge, which can change over time, rather than historical accuracy. A greater awareness of the intended meanings, he says, can only bring us closer to the interpretive freedom necessary for artistic creation.
With the instincts of an accomplished musician and with a high level of scholarly understanding, the author builds his case on evidence from contemporary published editions, handwritten engravers copies, and letters and other writings of the time. What emerges is a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom about how classical music should be played. It is a must-read for scholars, performers, and teachers of music and for anyone interested in exploring the history and meaning of musical notation.
For more information, please visit: musicdispatch.com.
For news and updates, join the facebook page.
Here is another attempt at video editing, this time with a very popular and legendary piece: 'La Campanella' by Nicolò Paganini in the most famous piano transcription by Franz Liszt. The interpreter is our featured artist Gianluca Luisi.
The recording of Pieter Bustijn's 9 Suites (the complete known works) made by the founder of onclassical.com and harpsichordist, Alessandro Simonetto, was completed last week. The disc will soon be available at a major international record company (we'll keep you updated).
Though Pieter Bustijn is not well known, he is a fascinating Baroque composer whose music is of great interest, and indeed he was known to J.S. Bach, Walther and other composers of the time.
Good information about Bustijn can be found at wikipedia.
And I hope you'll like the video that onclassical.com has prepared for its forthcoming release. Enjoy!
More good news: we have just signed an agreement with Brilliant Classics, the international label, for the publication of our recording of Mozart's Oratorio, Betulia Liberata, on 2 CD's.
Detailed information soon.
It is believed that the major Polish composer was born on 1st March 1810, even though parish records say February 22.
OnClassical celebrates Chopin's 200th birthday event with the release of the Opus Omnia by pianist Roberto Poli, along with previously released albums by Giampaolo Stuani (Preludes Op. 28) and Gianluca Luisi (4 Scherzos and Polonaise Op 53).
Happy listening!
By benny (on 22/02/2010 @ 18:57:41, in Announcements)
We are happy to publish a new album by great guitarist Pablo Lentini Riva, accompanied this time by the splendid soprano voice of Laura Catrani.
This first album is a re-edition of a previous album: Le Tombeau De Mousieur Blancrocher. This new version, more ample, contains new tracks devoted to French lutenist Charles Fleury de Blancrocher (c.16051652), including the only composition we know of this composer: the Allemande, LOffrande. The other new tracks are of music by Robert De Visée (Suite No. 9 in d minor and La Plainte, Tombeau des Mesdemoiselles de Visée); the last new piece is the Courante Dixiesme by renaissance composer Robert Ballard.
This renovated album is an exhaustive collection of Tombeau's dedicated to Mr. Blancrocher: an amateur musician well known by the best composers of his time: Couperin, Froberger, Gaultier and many others. So don't miss it!
Also don't forget to download the new cover!
The second album, Las Flores No Valen Nada, contains masterpieces by some of the greatest Spanish composers, and includes songs for soprano and guitar by Federico Garcia Lorca: very rare pieces of music written by a very well known poet and dramatist! Many of the tracks are played by Lentini Riva on an antique guitar which was built in Madrid by Santos-Hernandez in 1925. The sound and phrasing of this interpreter are extremely refined and richly expressive, perfectly echoing the poetry of these wonderful works.
The title of the album is taken from the words of a beautiful love song called "Zorongo" (tr. 11).
La luna es un pozo chico
The moon is a tiny well,
We hope you thoroughly enjoy listening to these splendid albums. And don't forget that by purchasing the albums you help our musicians directly, since they earn 50%!
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