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Year of Pleasures: Tiny Tomatoes

Tiny Tomato
My garden is going crazy this summer. I still haven’t had much success starting from seeds, but I’m not too shabby at the rest of it. I went out this morning to check on things and my little cherry tomato plant is covered in jewels. And some of them so itsy bitsy it’s too adorable to believe. I’ve been eating them straight off the vine all morning, filling up a big bowl and eating them like popcorn, not even bothering to wash off the dirt. One of the pleasures of home grown food, there’s nothing to be afraid of and there’s nothing like eating a fresh tomato warm from the sun.

Year of Pleasures – A Day at the Nursery

When I buy plants it’s usually while I’m doing something else. I’ll pick up a little something while I’m buying nails at the hardware store. Or I’ll buy some herb seedlings along with my groceries. I haven’t been to an honest to goodness nursery since I don’t even know when. But with my friends coming in to town I wanted to do the backyard up and I had an Atticus that needed to be entertained, so I consulted yelp and went to a nearby nursery. Holy cow was it amazing. I could have spent forever there. There were butterflies and hummingbirds all over the place, so used to people that they’d fly right up to you and hover in your face. I took my time picking out primroses and ranunculus while Atti zoomed up and down the aisles and searched for the perfect red flower to take home for his contribution.

I think I found a new happy place. If they served food there I might never leave.

Year of Pleasures: Unlikely Tomatoes

Green Tomatoes

I have a compost heap off to the side of the house, and since gardening and any kind of yard maitenance has been an absolute zero on my priority list, I never get over there.

So imagine my surprise when I finally found myself in that corner of the yard and found tomatoes growing out of the compost heap. Last years rotten tomatoes must have gone to seed and here in November I’m getting fresh grown tomatoes. It just feels symbolic.

DIY Dollar Store Hanging Baskets

DIY Hanging Baskets

DIY Hanging Baskets

These hanging baskets can’t get cheaper and add a gorgeous pop of color to your front porch.

Hanging Basket Tutorial
Today I’m sneaking in one last summer project before I turn my attention to the changing seasons. This move has changed everything about how our family lives. We’re actually turning into outdoor kids. You guys, I have a tiny tan on my arms!

This house was SCREAMING for baskets full of plants to hang from the eaves. I could hear it begging every time I pulled in the driveway. But I have a whole lot of projects going at once, and I need a LOT of hanging baskets to get the look I wanted, and even with my sale mojo the cheapest price I could find was $15 a piece. The house might have wanted hanging baskets urgently, but I cared more about something to sit on outside.

So I did what every good crafter does. I hit the dollar store. For about $1.50 I got what I needed to make these baskets, and saved myself a freaking fortune. All you’ll need is something solid and somewhat stable, with handles on the sides. Just about anything will do. Before I found these I was going to buy a plastic punch bowl and just drill a bunch of holes.

Hanging Basket Tutorial Step 1
The first thing you’ll need to do is make a drainage hole where there probably isn’t one. I am so haphazard with my plant care I’m always either drowning them or starving them, and I have killed more than one plant (this year) by over watering without proper drainage. So learn from me, it’s not a step worth ignoring. Plastic is one of the easiest things to drill through, and I did this with just a regular old paddle bit.

Hanging Basket Tutorial Step 2

Cut two lengths of rope about six feet long, or as long as you need to get the height you want your baskets to hang from. Cross them in the middle, and then thread each end from the outside of the basket, through the handle to the inside of the basket. Stretch the ropes apart to give it a stronger base.

Hanging Basket Tutorial Step 3

Tie the two ends on each side of the basket together, and use the knot to hang from a hook. The end.

Dollar Store Hanging Baskets

For the last three months nearly all I’ve thought about is bringing our family life outdoors, and the projects I’ve been spending my time on reflect that. There’s still so much I want to do out there, but the seasons march on whether I’m ready for them or not. All the outdoor furniture living in my head will have to get to the back of the line. I’ve got Halloween to start thinking about.

DIY Plant Stand out of Pallets

Plant Stand Made from Recycled Pallets

I did it! By the end of the day I was a sore, sweaty, mess. But in one day I built three pieces of outdoor furniture for absolutely nothing. And I did my part to save the planet by keeping a bunch of pallets out of a landfill, and saving all the waste that would have been made if I had gone out and bought this stuff. Wins all around!

My last project is this plant…shelf. Stand. Bookshelf, but not for books, thing. I had this weird little alcove, I think when it was built it was meant for a grill (but ours doesn’t fit there), and I thought that getting a little stand or something to put there would be perfect. But making it myself and for free? Even more perfect.

Plant Stand Tutorial Step 1
To start we’ll make the side pieces. Again, if your pallets have planks on both sides, you’ll want to start by removing everything on one side. Then, just as we did for the compost bin, Saw down the middle of the pallet as close as you can to the center beam. Do that on both sides of the center beam, and these pieces will make the sides of your shelf.

Plant Stand Tutorial Step 2
You’ll need to replace the beams you just eliminated so that your sides aren’t just wobbling around everywhere, so remove all the nails and wood pieces from that center beam, do the same from another beam, and make sure that they’re the same size as each other.

Plant Stand Tutorial Step 4
Line that beam up with the edge of the side pieces, and use screws to secure them together. At this point you’ll have two little ladder looking guys.

Plant Stand Tutorial Step 3
For the shelves you’ll need another pallet, and this time instead of cutting through the planks, we’ll be cutting through the beams. Saw through the beams between every two planks or so (depending on the width of your planks, this is all guesswork of course) until you have three shelves.

Plant Stand Tutorial Step 5
Since I had this specific space keeping the shelves together, I didn’t even worry about attaching the shelves to the sides. I just slid them through the gaps between the slats and figured that it couldn’t really go anywhere. But if you want yours to be free standing, then screw the shelves into the sides.

Plant Stand Tutorial Step 6
I positioned the top shelf towards the back of the side pieces so that the shelves were kind of staggered. There’s no real reason for that, I just liked how it looked. A few more screws down through the top and this project is finished.

Plant Stand Tutorial
Most of the time my beef with pallet furniture is that it rarely looks like anything besides furniture made from pallets. Which means that unless you are a careful decorator, you’ll look like you’re a poor college student gathering milk crates around your table made out of an industrial spool. But that all changes for me once you take it outside. In the garden the extra nail holes and random printing just *works* for me.

This project was the afterthought as I was challenging myself to use up all of the pallets, and now I think it just might be my favorite. Which is why these kinds of creative challenges are worth the sweat and sore muscles.

DIY Compost Bin out of pallets

Compost Bin made from Pallets
This backyard that I keep going on and on about, the backyard that has changed the way our family lives and made all of Atti’s dreams come true, also offered me a ton of projects to get done. I mean inspiration. Right. It’s offered me a ton of inspiration.

There is still a lot of building refuse left around the backyard, some of it buried just under the surface of the dirt behind the retaining wall, others just stacked up in enormous cardboard boxes left on pallets. Over the last couple of months I’ve been clearing some of it out, throwing a lot of it away, and moving more of it around so that it’s there if the landlord should want it, but in the meantime it’s out of my way. After all that I had five pallets on my hands.

Right now it’s basically a fireable offense for a craft blogger to not make something out of any pallets that happen to cross her path. Be careful if you decide to google ‘Pallet Furniture’ because your pinterest account may explode. The rustic look isn’t my personal style so I haven’t been paying too much attention to this trend, but Free is practically my personal mission statement, so it was time for me to get on board.

In part to give myself a challenge to give the creative mojo a little shove, and in part because I had one day to work with Bear and a video camera, I decided that with these five pallets, I was going to come up with three projects, and finish them all in one day. First up, a compost bin.

This project is basically my answer to several overbuilt, useless, purely decorative compost bins I’ve seen over the last few months as I was researching options to make my own. I found some that were also made out of pallets but they were so ridiculously built that whoever designed them could never have actually been a gardener. Pretty little gates that were way too small for wheelbarrows, platforms and fences that made the walls so high you’d have to lift the shovel up above your head to put anything inside it. I just sit behind my computer screen and smh. This design is simple enough for anyone uncomfortable with power tools to cut their teeth, but it’s also an honest to goodness functional bin.

Compost Bin Tutorial Step 1
Some pallets have planks on both sides of the interior beams. Mine didn’t, but if yours does then remove them. Then saw the pallet apart, as close to the center beam as you can. Repeat that on the other end so you can remove the center beam. You’ll need four of these pieces.

Compost Bin Tutorial Step 2
Butt up two of the pallet pieces you’ve cut, and use a scrap piece of wood to screw them together. While any piece of scrap wood will do, I used a piece left behind on the center pallet I removed.

Compost Bin Tutorial Step 3
Butt another pallet piece up to one end and position them perpendicularly to make the corner. Use another piece of scrap wood and screw the pieces together. Repeat on the other side.

Compost Bin Tutorial Step 4
Staple chicken wire into the inside of the compost bin. You don’t really need to, but it will keep the compost from leaking out the sides as much and give it a little more stability.

To install this in your yard, dig a trench a few inches deep to the dimensions of your bin and then bury the sawed ends into the ground, leaving the finished end up.

Wanna see it in action? Here you go!

Year of Pleasures: Friends with Benefits

Canning Tomatoes

It pays to be friends with farmers. My pal Dave planted me 65 tomato plants. I have been canning for two days and it’s barely August.

Year of Pleasures: Homegrown Broccoli

Broccoli with Asiago cheese
This batch of broccoli came from the community garden I planted with my pal Dave. Since I haven’t been on top of my game lately, he did all the work and I still get to enjoy the harvest. Smothered in cheese. That’s a great friend.

Year of Pleasures: Community Garden

Community Gardening
Next door to my church is a huge open lot. They’ve made a couple of attempts at some organized gardening, but this year they just left it open for a giant free for all. So my friend Dave and I pounced on it.

This is a perfect summation of everything I love about living in Modesto. Available, fertile land; a temperature that allows you to grow things in January (sometimes); and experts nearby eager and willing to pass on their knowledge. Dave is a super expert agronomist, spending decades working on breeding fungus resistant garlic, and he also happens to be just a nice man I go to church with who has become my friend. When we found out that he has this background and I’m desperate to learn, we thought our friendship must have been destiny.

We’ve been taking this season to lay the infrastructure, so I’ve been learning all kinds of things about watering, compost, mulch, and fertilizer. Just last night I went out and harvested some broccoli to eat with dinner and I felt like a cavewoman bringing back sustenance. This self-sufficiency thing is seriously powerful.

Seedling Success

New seedlings

Never in my life have I been successful at starting seedlings. Well, I take that back. One time I was successful, but it was the great poppy explosion of ’08 that resulted from my dumping an entire package of seedlings on the ground and them sprouting up like little firework explosions. Anytime I’ve tried to actually do it in an orderly fashion. Total dud.

When we moved into this house, the gardens were pristine and there was a beautiful kitchen windowsill just begging for plant life. I never managed to get an herb garden going in the last place, and my cooking was suffering for it. I thought I was ready to try again. Of course, I made this decision just as every nursery was done with selling their summer herbs. My only choice was to try seeds.

I bought some beautiful pots, I read my garden books, I took a deep breath and prepared to try again. And this time? I did it. I got seedlings up from every kind of seed I planted. And they sprouted, and they grew, and they kept growing, weak and spindly little things reaching for the sun like a man in the desert stretching for an oasis mirage. Apparently my sweet little kitchen windowsill does not get very much direct sunlight. And my seedlings were starving.

I’ve been spending time with a sweet friend of mine, an older man I go to church with. He and I became fast friends when I first moved back to Modesto. He just gets me. After years of being friends with him, I discovered he has a PhD in horticulture. Although he now works in sales, he spent most of his career performing in vitro fertilization on garlic strains to breed a variety more resistant to fungus. He is literally an expert on growing food. So every Wednesday, he’s been coming over to give me little lessons. He was the one who explained why my seedlings were so leggy and what I needed to do to save them. He picked a spot in my backyard for a compost pile and told me how to manage it. We went back to my old house where he talked the new renters into letting us in the backyard to cut some roses, and then he showed me how to propagate them. We have big plans for building elevated grow boxes where they’d get the most sun, propagating new grape vines from some existing in the backyard, and growing berries in the tiniest of spaces.

Some day I’ll have a farm where I grow every kind of food. My first step was to take those sad little seedlings out of the windowsill and plant them in a sunny spot. Hopefully they’ll take off and I can add a new skill in preparation for my big future.


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NEWFANE -- Ken McFadden hopes he’ll soon have some company on the Newfane School Board.

After he was the only school director elected at Newfane Town Meeting earlier this month, McFadden lobbied for someone -- anyone -- to run for the board’s vacant seats in a special election.

He got his wish, as five people filed candidate petitions as of Thursday’s deadline. Now, they will compete for the two available board positions in a special election scheduled for May 6.

The situation, McFadden believes, presents a lesson on the importance of citizen participation in local government.

"I think it’s important to keep reminding people that they have a voice, and their vote does count," he said.

"I’m also concerned that, in today’s society, people just take it for granted that someone else will do the volunteering," McFadden added. "As you can see from the Newfane School District’s current predicament, sometimes you have to send out a plea of urgency to have people step up."

According to a ballot compiled by Newfane Town Clerk Gloria Cristelli, the May 6 vote will include three candidates vying to serve one year remaining on an unexpired three-year term: Tammy L. Mace, Laura Taylor and David VanPamelen.

Two others are competing to serve the two years remaining on another unexpired three-year term -- Luke Q. Stafford and Teresa Stores.

McFadden said an informational meeting on the vote has been scheduled for 6:45 p.

m. May 1 at the town office. The Australian Ballot vote will follow on May 6, also at the town office.

He’s pushing for "record turnout," noting that contested races have been rare in the recent history of the town School Board.

"We haven’t had a three-way race for a position in the six years I’ve been on," McFadden said. "I don’t think we’ve had anybody opposed."

The regional NewBrook Elementary School is overseen by a joint Brookline-Newfane board that consists of the members of two other entities -- Newfane School Board and Brookline School Board.

Formerly, the Brookline board had three members and the Newfane board had five. But that changed at this year’s Newfane Town Meeting, as voters complied with a request to downsize the Newfane School Board to three seats.

The reason for the reduction, officials had said, was that there had been multiple vacancies on the board for years.

But a downsized board still didn’t equal a full board, as McFadden was the only name on the ballot for the remaining three available seats. There were write-ins, but no one garnered enough votes to be elected.

NewBrook-related business did not grind to a halt, as McFadden noted that "most of our stuff gets done at the joint board level." With three Brookline members and McFadden present, that constituted a quorum so that the joint board could function.

But Newfane-specific business -- including signing some documents and even electing officers -- couldn’t happen with just one board member.

"All I can do right now is pay the bills -- that’s it," McFadden said.

Also, the election results left Newfane with just one representative on the Windham Central Supervisory Union board.

"The most important thing to me is, we need to have our representation at the WCSU level," McFadden said.

So he is excited about the May 6 vote, and McFadden said it’s possible that the full slate of candidates means "more people are taking interest in the school board and educating our kids."

For future elections, McFadden said, "hopefully, we don’t have to do this again."

Mike Faher can be reached at or 802-254-2311, ext. 275.


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Armenian Prisoners in Extreme Protests

Publisher Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Author Karine Ionesyan
Publication Date 26 January 2013
Citation / Document Symbol CRS Issue 673
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Armenia's prison system has been rocked by an outbreak of protests, as inmates engage in extreme acts such as self-mutilation in an attempt to draw attention to poor conditions.

Some prisoners have sewn up their mouths, and one man cut off a finger, in what human rights activists say is a desperate response to a system that denies convicts basic rights and conditions.

Avetik Iskhanyan, head of the Armenian Helsinki Committee, says that while there are no statistics for the number of prisoners harming themselves,  it is a common occurrence.

"I myself witnessed one prisoner nailing his foot to the floor in the Goris prison, and in both Nubarashen and Goris, I have seen prisoners who have sewn up their eyes and mouths," Ishkhanyan told IWPR. "If we hadn't visited these prisons, we would never have found out."

Ishkhanyan said convicts who engaged in such acts were acting out of desperation.

"Effectively, their protests go unanswered. They make appeals to civil society organisations, which don't have a lot of influence, and then the start self-harming," he said.

Ex-convicts are often reluctant to talk about the conditions they were held in. IWPR spoke to Vardges Gaspari, a political analyst arrested and jailed after the 2008 presidential election.

He said he experienced the kind of conditions that drove prisoners to harm themselves or go on hunger strike.

"I spent six months in a cell where conditions were intolerable. I saw sewage constantly seeping into the cell…. The solitary confinement cell was full of rats. There were 18 people living in a cell designed for eight," he said.

IWPR also interviewed Benyamin Hovakimyan, a regular visitor to the Nubarashen prison in the capital Yerevan, where he brings food to his son Stepan every week because the meals provided are of poor standard. Stepan is serving three years for theft.

"I'm not surprised if someone chops off his finger and sends it to the authorities, or someone sews up his mouth," Hovakimyan said. "How many times have we heard of suicides? Yet not a single case has been investigated properly."

Ishkhanyan's organisation is one of several that has sought to publicise problems ranging from squalid living conditions and overcrowding to bad food, substandard healthcare and lack of exercise.

According to Arman Danielyan, head of the Institute for Civil Society, "People in prisons try to protest about their problems via legal channels, but their complaints don't go anywhere."

Another problem facing convicts, human rights activists say, is intimidation by other prisoners higher up the food chain. Ishkhanyan speaks of "a hierarchical, corrupt system among inmates that prevents lawful complaints from reaching their destinations".

Gaspari said organised crimes bosses in the prison system were effectively in charge, extorting money from other inmates and enjoying privileged lives.

"Although it isn't discussed openly, the inhumane relationships among prisoners is another reason why people take extreme steps," he said. "I know of a case where someone went on hunger strike just to be transferred elsewhere, as he was isolated and under pressure."

In other former Soviet states like Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan, outbreaks of similar self-harming incidents have been identified as the work of organised criminals, staging collective action to pressure the authorities. Karine Kalantaryan, spokeswoman for Armenia's justice ministry, denied this was what was happening in the prisons.

"Self-harming is just a way of making a protest," she said. "Such things are quite common in Armenia as well as in developed countries."

Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan, who is responsible for the country's penal system and its nearly 5,000 inmates, described the phenomenon of prisoners sewing up their mouths as "quite normal – like girls wearing earrings", a comment that did not go down well with rights activists.

Tovmasyan said self-harming incidents were not the responsibility of the justice ministry.

"They are mostly expressing their dissatisfaction with the court verdict passed on them, or with the initial [pretrial] investigation," he said.

The minister also disagreed with allegations that prisoners are denied access to the legal system.

"A strategic programme of legal and judicial reforms has been approved for 2012-16, and serious work is being done on the probation service. In 2012, several prison employees of various ranks faced disciplinary procedures," he said.

Karen Andreasyan, the Armenia's official human rights ombudsman, disagreed with the minister's assessment, describing the epidemic of self-harming as something out of the ordinary that needed to be tackled.

Andreasyan has requested 11 million drams, about 27,000 US dollars, to fund his office to work in the prison system and to try to prevent violence, but this has been turned down by the government.

Ishkhanyan said Armenian prisons are still Soviet-era institutions designed to isolate prisoners, not rehabilitate them.

"There is no control at the moment, and the system has become completely closed off," he said. "I agree with the minister when he says a new facility should be built, rather than repairing buildings in poor condition, but the new prison has been under construction for five or six now."

According to Tovmasyan, "Construction of the prison at Armavir is ongoing, and it will be completed in autumn 2014."

Rights activists warn that convicts might bring a collective action at the European Court of Human Rights, since the European convention specifically bars inhuman and degrading treatment.

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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare will be offering a free nutrition for diabetes prevention program to raise awareness of food factors that can help manage or prevent type 2 diabetes. The program will take place on Tuesday November 8, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in classroom 10 on the fourth floor in the Outpatient & Women's Center at Covenant Medical Center. Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator, Mary Steffensmeier will review lifestyle changes that can help reduce risks.

November is diabetes awareness month and according to the American Diabetes Association ( 25.8 Million People in the United States or 8.3% of the population have diabetes. Recent estimates project that as many as 1 in 3 American adults will have diabetes in 2050 unless we take steps to stop diabetes.

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The extermination of Canada's Innu people:

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"What Survival reveals...has shocked and appalled me. It is clear that behind Canada's liberal reputation lies a scandal the government is desperate to hide. If Canadians knew what their government is doing to the Innu, they would be astonished and ashamed." Julie Christie, actress.

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Since early 1999, the United Nations has rated Canada as the "best" nation in the world to live. This rating is based on a wide variety of factors: citizens' average economic status, personal rights, life expectancy, infant mortality etc. But concentration on averages always obscures the extremes. Some Canadians have a very high quality of life; others suffer in poverty without decent education, a job, an adequate place to live, and without hope for the future.

Thhe main author of this web site volunteered for two intervals, each five years in duration, at a local distress center. (Distress centers are called crisis centers and suicide prevention centers, hot lines, etc. in the U.S. and elsewhere). During the training course that this author took in 1983, the instructors mentioned that Canada's Native population has the highest suicide rate of any identifiable group in the world. No easily accessible documentation of this fact has been seen...until now.

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The Innu consist of "a grouping of the Montagnais, Naskapi and Atikamekw aboriginal peoples of northeastern Quebec, and another group in Labrador in the province of Newfoundland." 5 In 1967, the Newfoundland government convinced the Mushuau Innu (the people of the barrens) to abandon their traditional location on the mainland of Labrador where they had been nomadic hunters of caribou for about six millennia. Unfortunately, nobody in the government appears to have taken into account that centuries of their "pride, traditions, and spirituality [were] tied to the land of their ancestors..." 6 They were resettled on the Davis Inlet where they were expected to establish a fishery. "...their social fabric soon fell apart." 6The provincial government reneged on its promises of fresh water and sewage systems. Suicide rates mounted.

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A TV news broadcast in 1993-JAN made some Canadians aware of major social problems among the Innu. It showed six 12- to 14-year-old Innu children at Davis Inlet who:

"... attempted suicide by inhaling gasoline fumes from plastic bags. When discovered, the youths fought off attempts to be rescued and screamed that they wanted to die." 6

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Survival International is a worldwide organization that supports:

"... tribal peoples. It stands for their right to decide their own future and helps them protect their lives, lands and human rights." 1

On 1999-NOV-8, they issued a report 'Canada's Tibet – the killing of the Innu.' 2  Survival International reports that the Innu people in Canada's northeastern regions have the highest suicide rate in the world: 178 per 100,000 persons per year. This compares to an average suicide rate of 14 per 100,000 elsewhere in Canada, and 12 per 100,000 in the U.S.

The report states that:

"Utshimassits is a community living in almost unimaginable squalor and disarray. They described wooden shacks with no running water, poor roads and scant health care. These conditions are reflected in the appalling health and mortality statistics for Davis Inlet, where family breakdown, sexual abuse, drunkenness and alcohol-related disease, violence, accidents and self-harm become endemic.''

According to the Toronto Star newspaper, there are two main  causes:

bullet Incompetent, paternal, racist government policies under the guise of benevolent progress, and
bullet The sexual and physical abuse of Innu children at the hands of a small minority of Roman Catholic priests over a period of generations. 3

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  1. Survival International has a web page at: http://www.survivalinternational.org
  2. "Canada's Tibet - the killing of the Innu," Survival International, 1999-NOV-8, at: http://www.survivalinternational.org/material/51
  3. Brian McAndrew, "Innu suicide rate highest in the world: British report blames Ottawa, Catholic Priests," The Toronto Star, newspaper, Toronto ON, 1999-NOV-8, Page A1 and A14. The article is no longer online.
  4. M. Mittelstaedt & K. Haggart, "U.K. group calls treatment of Innu 'Canada's Tibet': suicide of native spokesman's son on the eve of launch in London of damning report highlights despair in aboriginal communities." The Globe and Mail newspaper, Toronto ON, 1999-NOV-8, Page A3. It is not available online.
  5. "Canadian native group tops suicide list," IOL news, 1999-NOV-08, at: http://www.iol.co.za/
  6. Marvin Martin, "Year in review 1993: world-affairs," Britannica.com at: http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/ The article is no longer online.

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fancy-chihuahuaA young blogger recently came out of the closet. Her long-term relationship had just fallen apart, she was heartbroken, and she just didn’t want to keep up any more pretenses.

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The great thing about the Internet is you can now find all the people in the entire world who are weird in the same way you are. (That’s the only definition you really need for the Long Tail.) It’s your own cheap, portable New York City. Everything is here–and you get to make a connection with the other weirdos who value your precious, unique brand of freakiness.

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It turns out your mom was right. Just be yourself, and someone will love you exactly as you are.

When I was a young adult, it never, ever occurred to me that I might be passionate about business–or, even worse, marketing. I grew up in a solidly lefty household and majored in the hardest liberal arts subject I could find and lived in Berkeley. We just didn’t think about these things. Coming out of the closet for me meant actually acknowledging my interest in (gasp) how corporations work and (gasp) how to convince people to buy things.

Since I finally figured out my own orientation (with a little denial and shame along the way), things have started to come together for me. I’m finding work I think is deeply cool. I’m making connections with smart people I admire. And I can pay the mortgage by doing interesting stuff, which is always very nice.

Just don’t tell my dad. He’s cool about a lot of things, but he’d never understand this one.

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  1. Joe says:

    This is a Fantastic Post. I meet so many people every day that think I’m the weirdest thing since the television. Why? Overwhelmingly it’s because of what my favorite thing to do is.. come up with different ways to make money.

    What’s weird is that a lot of people think that means I’m single minded or shallow when in fact, it makes me happy…

    I don’t tell people who majored in German Polka History that they are shallow or misguided…

    However, it is leading me more and more to like minded people that I enjoy being around.

    masks are silly.

  2. Sonia Simone says:

    Always good to see you, Joe! And thank you for not making fun of my German Polka History major.

  3. I’m taking it that by “mask,” you don’t necessarily mean brand. I mean, some (bad, mostly) brands are masks, but you can be you and a brand, yes?

    Of course, if you’re into German polka, you could also just be a *band*. (Hahaha! I’m hiLARious!!!)

  4. Sonia

    Thanks for the post, I love your sense of humor as you draw out your story.

    I’m going to send a few of my clients to read this. My approach has been more heavy handed in getting them to see how great it can be to be themselves in business.

    I think I need to remember “from birth to death it’s just this” and I’m sure I will be more helpful in moving my clients forward.

    Thanks again

  5. Sonia Simone says:

    @Craig, I love that, thank you.

    @communicatrix is hurting my mind with the German polka puns. Ow! Ow! No, it is a good point though–stories & brands are creative and good. God knows I don’t advocate a tiresome kind of Berkeley sincerity that makes no room for storytelling or playing around. There’s a difference, I think, between trying to bullshit your audience and trying to tell them a good story. Smart brands do the latter, dumb brands do the former.

  6. Sonia,

    Your definition of the long tail is my favorite so far.

    Me? I geek out about historical photos, photo organizing, preserving family history and internet marketing. There is NO WAY I would have met as many fellow travelers as I have without access to the “portable New York City.”

    I was one of the folks who cheered when that blogger (1) came out and (2) called shenanigans on some of the ickier internet marketing tactics.

    P.S. I live in Wisconsin, so I’m not even gonna touch the German polka thing except to offer to buy you a beer at The Essen House or Der Rathskeller if you’re ever in Madison. Plus I’m smart enough not to get in a pun war with communicatrix. Fershizzle.

  7. daoine says:

    I said when I first started seeing those horrendous single-page sales pitches that they would never sell anything through them. (Someone had the guts to ask me to critique their “brand new concept in web marketing” and I tore shreds off him in utter disgust.) I said no one would fall for that kind of blatant manipulation. Okay, so I was wrong about that. People did buy, big time. But I’m convinced customers bought *despite* the manipulation and the seedy webpage, not *because* of it.

  8. Sonia Simone says:

    I know, Daoine, I’m really of two minds about those. On the one hand, I don’t want to dismiss something that works (especially if I’m working on behalf of someone else).

    On the other hand, ewwwww.

    My suspicion is that it’s the long form that works–answering all of the objections, walking the person step-by-step through the sales process to get completely comfortable and answer all of their questions. My suspicion is that the yellow highlighting and red flashing arrows aren’t needed, that you can do the same thing with intelligent headers.

    I may be delusional. On the other hand, Seth had a good post today about what you get when you dumb down your marketing–dumb customers. And who wants to be in a relationship with dumb people?

  9. Yeah, I’ve had to explain myself too as to why, after such a promising start to a career in the arts, I threw it all away to work with companies to help them communicate.

    The funny thing is it doesn’t feel weird to me. I don’t think I have needed to deal with the closet as such but anything vaguely abnormal, after all is said and done, is still considered kooky by even the most open-minded (and regardless of financial success). Oh well, good post anyway.

  10. Genuine says:

    Amazing and interesting post. Not to be spammy or selfish, I felt like the post that you commented on my blog (about my friend) helped me to break out of myself, my own conceptions…it helped me to step outside of what was expected. Maybe it wasn’t a clean or predictable thing to do, but it was honest and open, and I think it reached people.

    I’d rather have someone honestly disagree with me, than agree with me for the sake of agreeing.

  11. Sonia Simone says:

    Hi G, thank you for dropping by!

    Opening up and revealing ourselves is so scary, but it’s so rewarding as well. I find that the more I do it, the more courage I find. But I don’t think it will ever be easy for me.

  12. Janice says:

    While I enjoyed the post overall, my favourite part was your likening the internet to “a portable New York City.”

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For renewable energy sectors, the key part of the President's proposal also includes making the temporary tax credits for renewable energy production permanent -- and making it refundable. Doing so will "provide a strong, consistent incentive to encourage investments in renewable energy technologies," according to the Treasury Department. (Here's the press release and full PDF of the proposed business tax reforms.)

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Enjoy the finest in Alexandria, VA apartment living at Mount Vernon Square Apartments. Garden-style, corporate furnished, and completely renovated apartments for rent are available, some featuring fireplaces, an in-home washer/dryer, and extra storage. You'll also benefit from first-class amenities, especially our 2,600-square-foot gym with sauna, tanning room, and adjacent pool, on-site daycare, and free parking. * Located in the renowned Fairfax County School District, you will enjoy our huge playground or walking your pet in our dog park. Numerous shopping destinations, restaurants, and tourist attractions are close by, including Old Town Alexandria, National Harbor, George Washington's Mount Vernon, and the new Costco. Mount Vernon Square is minutes from DC, the Pentagon, Bolling Air Force Base, and Ft. Belvoir. With express bus service to Huntington Metro Station and convenient access to I-95 and I-495, your commute will be easy! Military discounts are available.

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Professor Fiona Lobban

Fiona Lobban

Furness Building

Lancaster University

Lancaster LA1 4YG

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 1524 593752

Research overview

The aim of my research is to improve the evidence base for psychological interventions for people with severe and enduring mental health problems and their families, with a particular focus on developing easily accessible interventions to radically increase access to evidence based psychological care

Current Research

  1. Bipolar is a Two Edged Sword – exploring the positive edge. (ongoing)
  2. Joint lead for work package “Web wellbeing”. on North West Coast CLAHRC (2013) “Improving Mental Health” theme
  3. “Like a ship that’s always righting itself”. Self-management of bipolar disorder, from evidence to action. Awarded to CREST-BD (International Collaborative Research Team into psychosocial issues in bipolar disorder) – led by Erin Michelak. Collaborator. Canadian Institute for Health Research CIHR 'Knowledge to Action' grant (2013-2015)
  4. Lobban, F., Jones, S., Dagnan, D., (2013 – 2017). Exploring the Concept of Therapeutic Alliance in Online Psychosocial Interventions for people with mental health problems. ESRC CASE studentship North West Doctoral Training College (PI)
  5. Lobban, F & Jones, S (2013-2014). Involving relatives in mental health care. Violet and Milo Cripps Trust. Lord Milo Memorial Fellowship Extension (PI)
  6. Chatzidamianos, C., Jones, S., Lobban, F. (2013 – 2014). Working in partnership with carers and promoting carer involvement. Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. (PI)
  7. Lobban, F., Dodd, A., Jones, S., Diggle, P., Mallinson, S., Stevenson-Turner, K., Dagnan, D., (2012 –2015). A Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility of a Web-based Intervention for Prevention of Relapse in Bipolar Disorder (ERP-Online). NIHR: Research for Patient Benefit.  (PI)
  8. Jones, S., Lobban, F., Mayes, D., Calam, R., Diggle, P., Parker, R., Sanders, M. (2012-2014). Web-based Integrated Bipolar Parenting Intervention for Bipolar Parents of Young Children. Medical Research Council – Experimental Medicine for Mental Health. (co-I)
  9. Jones, S., & Lobban, F. (2012-2013) Development and Evaluation of National Bipolar Disorder Demonstration Site. IAPT/Department of Health (co-I)
  10. Popay, J., et al (inc Lobban, F.) (2011 – 2013) What are the impacts of user involvement in health and social care research and how can they be measured? Medical Research Council Application ID: 25434. (co-I)
  11. Jones, S., Lobban, F. (2011 – 2012) Recovery focused individual psychological therapy for established bipolar disorder. Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust – (co-I)
  12. Jones, S., Lobban F., (2010 – 2014) Post-doctoral fellowship in memory of Lord Milo Douglas. Victoria and Milo Cripps Trust
  13. Lobban, F & Husain, N. (2010-2011). Cultural adaptation of a self management toolkit for relatives of people experiencing first episode psychosis. Manchester Mental health and Social Care Trust – FSF NIHR grant (PI)
  14. Lobban, F. & Jones, S. (2009- 2012). Web –based self management intervention for people with bipolar spectrum disorders. Mersey Care NHS Trust R&D (PI)
  15. Lobban, F., Glentworth, D., Pinfold, V., Minns, V., Dunn, G., Larkin, W., Haddock, G., (2009- 2012). An evaluation of the feasibility and effectiveness of a supported self management package for relatives of people with recent onset psychosis. NIHR research for patient benefit. PB-PG-0807-14075 (PI)
  16. Lobban, F., (2009-2011) Developing the REACT study. Comprehensive Local Research Network- Cumbria and Lancashire. (PI)
  17. Jones, S., Morriss, R., Kapur, N., Barrowclough, C., Lobban, F., Davies, L., Porceddu, K., Roberts, C., Bartlett, P., Pitt, L., Peters, S., (2008-2013) Reducing relapse and suicide in bipolar disorder: Practical clinical approaches to identifying risk, reducing harm and engaging service users in planning and delivery of care. NIHR Programme grant, RP-PG-0407-10389 (co-I)
  18. Marshall, M., Lewis, S., Warburton, J., Lovell, K., Lobban, F., Drake, R., Davies, L., Barrowclough, C., Dunn, G., Lester, H., Husain, N., Wearden, A., (2007-2012) The H.E.L.P.E.R. Programme (HEalthy Living and Prevention of Early Relapse). NIHR Programme Grant. RP-PG-0606-1302 (co-I)
  19. Current PhD & Doctorate Supervision

    1. Laura Wainwright (2009-2013) Carers needs and self management in bipolar disorder and psychosis   (Primary supervisor). NIHR funded PhD
    2. Heather Robinson (2009-2013) Process of change in early warning sign detection in bipolar disorder (Primary supervisor). NIHR funded PhD
    3. Kay Hampshire (2009-2013) Relationships between anxiety symptoms, mood and appraisal in bipolar disorder (Second supervisor). NIHR funded PhD
    4. Faye Banks (2009-2013) Identifying mechanisms of change in Quality of Life and Relapse in Group Psychoeducation for Bipolar Disorder (Second supervisor). PhD Lancaster University Award Studentship
    5. Laura Hillier (2013-2017) Therapeutic alliance in online interventions. (Primary supervisor). ESRC CASE studentship 1+3 PhD (Primary supervisor)
    6. Barbara Mezes (2013 – 2016). Recovery in Bipolar Disorder. Faculty studentship. (Second supervisor)
    7. Anna Clancy (2011-ongoing maternity leave). Understanding the impact of Bipolar Disorder on couples. DClinPsy
    8. Reed Campbell (2013-2015) Positive aspects of Bipolar Experiences. DClinPsy
    9. Eleanor Rutherford (2011–2016) PhD (part-time) Organisational Health and Well Being. Thesis supervisor - Graduate Experience of a Mismatch between career aims and actual experience in first few years after graduation.(Second supervisor)

Research Interests

Models of Illness

The way in which people think about physical health problems has been shown to be important in predicting outcome in a variety of chronic physical illnesses. I am exploring how people's understanding of mental health problems impacts on outcome. This includes models held by the individual experiencing the mental health problem, relatives, and professionals working in this area. My work has been funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), NHS R&D, and the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Bipolar Disorder

I am addressing the important issue of transferring evidence-based interventions from research settings into NHS practice. I am developing and testing effective ways to disseminate relapse prevention approaches for people with bipolar disorder including group interventions, training frontline NHS staff, and developing supported self management packages. This work is funded by the Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Relatives of people experiencing early psychosis

I am interested in exploring factors that predict which relatives of people experiencing early psychosis are at high risk of extreme distress or developing problematic coping styles. I am using this understanding to develop effective supported self management packages that can be made widely available. This work is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Current Teaching

Current Post-Graduate Teaching Programmes

  1. 2011- Masters in Mental Health Module in partnerships with Psychology Department (10 students for first intake, 12 for second). I provide face to face teaching and support the programme development.
  2. 2012- Taught PhD in Mental Health (16 students for first intake). I am part of the team that developed the programme content and I provide teaching (face to face and online), supervise research theses (approx 5 per year) and am academic tutor (approx 5 per intake).
  3. 2011 – Taught PhD in Organisational Health & Wellbeing. I provide face to face teaching and am academic tutor (approx 2 per intake) and supervise a thesis
  4. 2011 – Taught PhD in Public Health. I provide face to face teaching.
  5. I have organised a specialist clinical research placement for Clinical Psychologists in training and currently supervise a trainee from Liverpool University

Additional Information

Over the last 5 years my work has had significant international impact is evidenced by the following esteem indicators:

  1. World Health Organisation: Invited Member of Expert Consensus Group on International Comprehensive Assessment of Functioning for Bipolar Disorder (ICF – Bipolar). Madrid 2010
  2. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Bipolar Disorder Guidelines Revision- National Scoping Group Member. Stakeholder representative for British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) 2012-current
  3. National Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Severe Mental Illness (IAPT-SMI). Expert Advisor – Education and Training Group  2011-current
  4. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) National Demonstration Site for Bipolar Disorder. Expert consultant to Birmingham and Solihull NHS Foundation Trust) – 2012-current
  5. British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Special Interest Group (BABCP- SIG) for Bipolar Disorder. Deputy Chair 2010 - current
  6. European Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy, Special Interest Group (EABCT-SIG) for Bipolar Disorder.  Secretary 2012-current
  7. CREST.BD (Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder). International Collaborative Network Member – current
  8. Expert Member of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders – Community Engagement Task Force 2013- current
  9. Co-ordinating Editor and Working Party Member, Division of Clinical Psychology Report ‘Understanding Bipolar Disorder’ completed 2010

10. Chair of Trial Steering Committee –Cognitive Behavioural Suicide Prevention Therapy for people in acute psychiatric wards (NIHR funded- Haddock et al – University of Manchester). 2013-2016

11. North West Mental Health Alliance – Deputy Director and Co-Lead for Psychosis and Mood Disorders research programme. 2013 - current

12. Winner of the North West Mental Health Research Network (MHRN) People in Research Award 2012

13. Joint convenor (Lobban & Jones) Mental Health Research Network – Clinical Research Group “Psychosocial interventions for Bipolar Disorder” 2008 – 2010

14. Associate Editor - Psychology and Psychotherapy: theory, research and practice 2006-2011

15. Implementing clinical guidelines in everyday practice. Special Edition – Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice, 81, 4 (2008) Guest edited by Fiona Lobban and Steven Jones.

16. Regular reviewer grant funding bodies including NIHR (inc programme grants and HTA trials), ESRC, MRC

17.  Regular reviewer for 11 scientific journals including British Journal of Psychiatry, Behaviour Research And Therapy, Bipolar Disorders, and Journal of Affective Disorder.

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The Larchmont House, designed by Andrew Berman Architect.
Naho Kubota The Larchmont House, designed by Andrew Berman Architect.

Andrew Berman Architect

The clients loved the site in an old New York suburb, but the ranch-style house didn't suit them at all. To provide the setting the couple wanted for their growing family (and growing art collection), they commissioned New York–based Andrew Berman to carry out a thorough remodeling.

Zoning restrictions and the need to optimize the owners' budget dictated that the architect work within the existing footprint, with the exception of some small areas at the back of the house that were removed or added. The garage and the front entrance remain in their original locations. In the living room, the fireplace is still front and center, but the height of the space has doubled, with generous daylight entering from a long clerestory. Otherwise the interior has been almost entirely reconfigured to provide well-defined, conveniently organized spaces.

Additional space for family bedrooms has been created on a partial second floor addition. Three children's rooms form a uniform line like those often found in mid-century modern houses. And the architect is now designing an addition, as both the family and the art collection continue to grow.

Juror Joel Sanders observed that the architect "really transformed the house for 21st-century lifestyle," and showed that such a transformation "doesn't have to be wacky,” as Josh Shelton termed it, or overwhelming to the neighborhood.

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Existing house.
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Living area.
Naho Kubota Living area.

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Renovated yard and rear facade.
Naho Kubota Renovated yard and rear facade.

Renovated exterior.
Naho Kubota Renovated exterior.

Dining area.
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Courtesy Andrew Berman Architect

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Project  Larchmont House, Larchmont, N.Y.
Architect  Andrew Berman Architect, New York—Andrew Berman, FAIA
General Contractor  AF & Sons
Structural Engineer  Ross Dalland
Photography  Naho Kubota
Project Size  6,000 square feet
Construction Cost  Withheld

Materials and Sources

Cooktop  Wolf
Dishwasher  Miele
Doors  Quantum Windows & Doors
Hardware  Allied Hardware ; Blum; FSB
Kitchen Cabinets  Cotswold Co.
Kitchen Fittings  Dornbracht
Kitchen Fixtures  Julien
Lighting Fixtures  Flos; Grand Brass; Inter-Lux; Luceplan
Paints and Finishes  Benjamin Moore & Co.
Refrigerator  Sub-Zero
Windows  Quantum Windows & Doors


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‘The Future Summit – Inspiration for Industry’ is a national educational breakfast seminar series recently launched by the Australian Shop & Office Fitting Industry Association (ASOFIA). It will feature Steve Tighe, one of Australia’s most compelling speakers on the future and innovation.

Appealing to CEOs and decision makers from a range of industries, all members of the business community are warmly encouraged to attend this highly anticipated event.
Steve Tighe will reveal his thought-provoking observations on today’s society and discuss how the changes we see around us are reshaping every aspect of our lifestyle including commuting, housing, employment, consumption, retail and the cities we choose to live in.

The breakfast series will be kicking off in Adelaide on 1 September before making its way through to Melbourne on 13 September where it will be featured at the inaugural Retail 2011 event (for registrations to Retail 2011 click here). From there the event will make its way to the other capital cities – Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
Do not miss the prospect of being part of the much anticipated Future Summit Speaker Event.

Secure your seat now there is only 1 week to go and registration is filling up fast! Tickets are $70 each and group discounts are available. Tickets can be purchased via www.asofia.com.au
Limited sponsorship opportunities still available, contact ASOFIA National Office on 02 4342 5505 for more information.
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• Brisbane, 23 August - The Pavilion, Alan Border Field, Breakfast Creek
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• Perth, 31 August - South of Perth Yacht Club, Applecross
• Adelaide, 1 September -Glenelg Golf Club, Novar Gardens
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STOCKHOLM — Stefano Marzano has been appointed chief design dfficer, a new role at Electrolux.

“Stefano Marzano is one of the most regarded and prominent design leaders in business today, and I am both pleased and proud to have him on my team. This recruitment confirms that Electrolux has come very far in the transition from a manufacturing-driven company to a modern consumer insight-driven company. Marzano’s experience and well-documented creativity will further enhance this development,” says Keith McLoughlin, president and CEO of Electrolux.

Marzano has had a long career at Royal Philips Electronics, for the past 20 years as chief design officer. Until 1998 he was a professor at the Domus Academy in Milan. In 1999 to 2001 he was a visiting professor at the polytechnic institute in Milan, Politecnico di Milano. Marzano is also the author and editor of several books on design and a frequent speaker at international design, business and innovation conferences. He is a member of the European Design Leadership Board as well as advisory councils in design schools around the world. He has received honorary doctorates in design from the Sapienza University of Rome and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2005, Businessweek named him one of four global “Best Leaders: Innovators.” Marzano holds a Doctorate in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano.

Stefano Marzano will report to the CEO and be a member of Group Management. Henrik Otto, SVP global design, will remain in his current role and report to Marzano.

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