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Awe-Inspiring Hydrangea Blooms Wedding Invitation Set, Melissa and Michael
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Years 9 and 10 students in Photography and Media this week have been busy working on their latest assignment; investigating how social justice applies to their generation.
At the start of the week students took part in a workshop run by the awesome BBC Devons Political reporter Jenny Kumah. Within the workshop students looked at writing questions, gathering news and interview techniques. Yesterday the students hosted four visitors from some wonderful local community organisations; Julie Paget from - Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council, Pete Davey from The 100 Homes Oral History Project , Maria from the - The Oasis Cafe / Plymouth food bank and Tim Todd - Previous Youth Services. manager, foster carer and community voice specialist. This questions and answers session saw small groups of students rotate around the visitors asking questions and investigating what the community groups do and the impact they are having in their local community. We would like to say a huge thank you to our visitors for sharing their time and expertise with us.
A key part of the social justice assignment will see students have the opportunity to either work on a printed publication for the Shine School Media Awards or to create a documentary as part of the PLURAL + competition. “The Shine School Media Awards is a national competition rewarding UK secondary schools who produce an outstanding newspaper, magazine, podcast or website” We have been successful at scouping national awards over the past two years. Last year we were the Winner of best design and layout so fingers crossed for this year.
PLURAL + is a youth-produced video festival which encourages young people to explore migration, diversity and social inclusion, and to share their creative vision with the world.
PLURAL + is a joint initiative between the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the International Organization for Migration, with a network of over 50 partner organizations, who support the creative efforts of young people and distribute their videos worldwide.
Inspire consist Sandra Owens, Susan Massengale, Diane Shumate and Kenisha Pratt. These lovely ladies sing like angels.
I have had the pleasure of working with Inspire over the years and they are a blessing to my life!!!
This is my Accountability Chart from 2024. Why am I posting something so personal here on Flickr? 1) Because it's me, and 2) Because it might inspire others who are struggling to stick with goals or New Year's resolutions.
In 2024 I set goals to get at least 150 active minutes each week; lift weights for 30 minutes twice a week; vacuum once a week; post 2+ pics on Flickr each week; walk to the grocery store twice a month; only read books that I already owned or borrowed from other people, develop no more than four rolls of film, and plant a pollinator garden.
These goals were meant to improve my health, save money, do my part to save the planet, and have a better home life.
As you can see from the chart, I did not reach my goals every week. Some of them I hardly reached at all. But I met some of them quite a lot, and I guarantee I met them more often because I wanted to keep those checkmarks going on the chart.
I met my target of 150 active minutes on 39/52 weeks, or 75% of the time. That's two weeks more than in 2023.
I only managed to lift weights for 30 minutes twice in one week once. But I did lift weights for 30 minutes on 13 occasions, and lifted weights [period] on 43 occasions, and that's not bad at all!
I vacuumed on 48/52 weeks, which is 92% of the time, which was my best result. Vacuuming doesn't take as much time, and it appeases my wife, so even though it doesn't benefit my health, it does benefit my life.
In 2023 I had set a goal to post 3+ pics on Flickr each week, but that proved to be too much, given my competing priorities, and I only hit the target on 21 weeks. I reduced the goal in 2024 to 2+ pics per week, and met that target on 39 weeks, so I felt good about that.
I walked to the grocery store (instead of driving) 13 times. There's lots of room for improvement, but I have a family of three now, and it just sucks to carry that much heavy stuff while wearing heavier clothes. What I mean is that if I'm going to get sweaty, I don't want to be wearing the heavier clothes I wear for a walk to the store, especially in winter. But I can still aim high, and if I don't achieve it, it's not a big deal.
In 2024, I read 10 books that I either borrowed from someone else or the library, or already owned. That saved me probably $200!
I also set a goal to only develop four rolls of film in 2024 to save money, because developing at home is not an option and I never learned how anyway. Developing at a lab is at least $13/roll. I ended up developing five rolls, but that's okay.
I didn't plant a pollinator garden because we unexpectedly moved in the spring, and thus no longer had access to a garden. I did buy a few potted lupins after moving, but they did better indoors.
Anyway, the point of this is that if you have routine goals (like health improvements) and have a hard time sticking to them over time, it really helped me to make this chart and break them down into smaller units (in this case, weeks), and log them. In a place where my wife can see it. That way, it's obvious if I'm keeping on top of my goals.
You also need to make them specific. "Get Healthier" is too vague. I set the "150 active minutes a week" target because that's what my family doctor told me in response to a few bloodwork indicators. So I had the motivation and a number to aim for. You can set a number and a frequency that makes sense for your goals; whatever they may be.
I hope this inspires a few people to make a similar accountability chart!
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Matt Matenaer and Chad Bulman accept the 2018 Inspiring Efficiency Innovation Award on behalf of Madison Gas and Electric and Focus on Energy.
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A pollinator test plot underneath the PV array
at the Chisago Solar Site, part of the Aurora Solar Project in Minnesota. NREL scientist Jordan Macknick is researching the economical and ecological affect of pollinator plants planted underneath the PV array
those repeating pasterns and circles within circles on a mosque's domed ceiling are supposed to inspire awe of the infinite. or maybe something cool to look at if you get bored I guess.
Oakland Digital Arts & Literacy Center (ODALC), a nonprofit organization teaching digital skills and Internet literacy to underemployed youth, unveiled the top twelve designs submitted to its Inspire Oakland Billboard Contest this Tuesday Whole Foods Market Oakland.
Earlier this year, ODALC asked participants to submit a billboard design conveying something inspirational about the City of Oakland. The top twelve submissions will be featured in three of Oakland’s most prominent art galleries; the top four submissions will be displayed on a digital billboard on Highway 80 (donated by CBS Outdoor). Finally, one lucky winner will have his or her work posted on a commercial billboard (donated by the City of Oakland).
In an unexpected twist, ODALC asked community members at Whole Foods Market to select their favorite billboard designs from the top twelve, ultimately letting the public choose the images that will be displayed in their collective environment. Over 320 people submitted ballots.
Oakland Digital Arts & Literacy Center (ODALC), a nonprofit organization teaching digital skills and Internet literacy to underemployed youth, unveiled the top twelve designs submitted to its Inspire Oakland Billboard Contest this Tuesday Whole Foods Market Oakland.
Earlier this year, ODALC asked participants to submit a billboard design conveying something inspirational about the City of Oakland. The top twelve submissions will be featured in three of Oakland’s most prominent art galleries; the top four submissions will be displayed on a digital billboard on Highway 80 (donated by CBS Outdoor). Finally, one lucky winner will have his or her work posted on a commercial billboard (donated by the City of Oakland).
In an unexpected twist, ODALC asked community members at Whole Foods Market to select their favorite billboard designs from the top twelve, ultimately letting the public choose the images that will be displayed in their collective environment. Over 320 people submitted ballots.
“ODALC is one of the greatest examples of the kind of organization we want to support,” said Perri Kramer, Marketing Team Leader for Whole Foods Market Oakland. “We look for organizations with fresh ideas -- with the passion, the drive, and the people who can make a big impact very quickly with a relatively small amount.”
Four times a year, Whole Foods Market Oakland holds a 5% Community Support Day, in which the store donates 5% of that day’s sales to a local nonprofit. In addition to receiving monetary support, the organization chosen for this day is given a promotional table in the store’s front lobby.
“Whole Foods gets 4,000 customers a day – that’s 4,000 people who donated to ODALC. With 5% Day we’re creating a place where people can get involved in the community without having to look too far.”
Several of the artists responsible for the twelve featured designs were in attendance that day. Yancie Davis (who came wearing a tuxedo) and Ryan Harijanto (who without prompt took on the task of greeting shoppers with free cookies and an infectious cheer) were particularly involved in the event.
“I really appreciate the setup of this event,” Davis commented. “I see it as a chance to have a part in the community, to get people interested in learning digital arts and digital media... and also a chance for designers like myself to get themselves out there, by providing opportunities for networking and such. I really like the openness of it.”
Contest participants and ODALC volunteers showed solidarity by the regal purple of their commemorative t-shirts, provided courtesy of Cool Duck Screen Printing (all other printed materials were donated by Piedmont Copy).
The Words Beats and Life practice wall in Columbia Heights. WBL is a non-profit in DC that uses Hip-Hop to inspire the youth. I am working on a documentary in my free time about the group and others doing this sort of work to educate the youth of Washington, DC.
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exhibition by Blackberry Artists in celebration of International Year of the Cooperative
featuring work by Cathy Rycroft, Alina Markiewicz, Del Holbrook, Pauline Doyle, Joan Marr, Sarah Ronald, Yolanda Cheung, Luci Gimenez, Tom Reid, Sandra Ho, Vicki Allesia, Valerie Simons, Beryl Higginbotham, Jacq Sheridan, , Amanda Maxwell, Myrta Hayes and Karen Bagayawa
work on show until May 27th, 2012 at Port Moody Arts Centre