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Hello and a very warm welcome to our relaunched website. As CEO of Helodrium I would like to introduce you to our broad range of services, from supporting you in FCA and Lloyd's Applications, to ongoing Compliance and back-office services including Xchanging Processing. We hope you will enjoy exploring our website to learn more about how we can help your business.
It has certainly been a year of challenges both within and beyond the insurance sector. Having dealt with the trio of IDD, SM-CR and GDPR, the challenges have got substantially greater, with COVID and Brexit both deeply affecting everyone's lives.
In the light of COVID-19, 2020 has proved a particular a steep learning curve for operational resilience. Businesses have been challenged to review major risks facing their operations, affecting Business Continuity, including Keyman dependencies, and Supply Chain issues. Business Continuity Plans that have been gathering dust have had to be quickly rewritten as a result!
The FCA has been keen to ensure firms minimise harm to customers during the pandemic. In published guidance back in March, the regulator emphasised the importance of financial resilience (and within that the preservation of client assets and money) and acting with integrity.
The FCA is also focusing on firms' Wind Down Plans, which are there to enable a firm to cease its regulated activities and achieve cancellation of its permission with minimal adverse impact on its clients, counterparties or the wider markets. In addition to where firms undertake a strategic exit, COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of planning for an unexpected crisis or insolvency that makes the firm unviable. The FCA wants to see proactive assessments by firms on their adequate resources (e.g. capital, liquidity, knowledge and manpower) on an ongoing basis, with consideration given to unexpected events like the pandemic.
One of the more (in)famous consequences of COVID-19 has been the FCA business interruption test case and at the subsequent appeal to the Supreme Court. Its judgements will have implications across that market. The central issue: "proximate cause" and whether the Covid-19 pandemic and the UK government's response to it can be considered as an interconnected cause of loss under the sample policy wordings, may have serious implications for the insurance industry. Will this precedent force insurers to provide cover in spite of policy exclusions? What effect will this have on capacity, as carriers of this type of business exit the Business Interruption market segment After paying massive losses?
Finally, there is Brexit, which has been pushed down the pecking order by COVID; what happens at the end of the transition period? Are the recent tussles over the Common Fisheries Policy evidence of a wider disagreement on several issues – and where does Financial Services appear in the list of priorities? For the London Market, losing its Passporting Rights will lead to more confusion as to what can be done by whom. Lloyd's is famous for underwriting bespoke and specialist risks around the world sowhat does "no deal" mean for European brokers who have UK clients and vice versa? In particular, what will replace the FCA's Temporary Permissions Regime in the light of EIOPA Recommendation 9 and how will the FCA work with European Union countries' regulators going forward? Let's hope the posturing is nothing more than last-minute dramatics before a deal is signed.
At Helodrium we have all been pondering all these issues (and others) over the past year, so if you would like to talk about any of the above and what it means for your business, please, get in touch, we are here to help.
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The 2012 Billingsgate Farm calendar is now on sale! This was a great photo project that I have been working on for the past year. Billingsgate Farm is located at 6 County Road (Route 106) Plympton, Ma 02367. The calendar can be purchased for $13.99. While you are there, be sure to buy some fresh corn, apples and pumpkins. Billingsgate farm has the best fresh fruit and vegetables in Southeastern Massachusetts!
On our first full day of our trip to Montana, we woke up around 3:45AM to go to Logan Pass for sunrise. It was supposed to be 35 degrees Fahrenheit. Much to our surprise it was a balmy 60 degrees and we were way over dressed.
As we arrived at the Logan Pass Visitor Center, there were three big horn sheep standing in the parking lot. They were licking salt off of the asphalt, which is one of their favorite summertime activities.
Many of the participants piled out of the vans and began to excitedly make photos of the sheep. I stood there a little confused by the temperature and very concerned about the thunder head approaching the pass from the southwest.
The thunderhead was dark, menacing and booming. I immediately started counting the seconds between distant lightning strikes and thunder. It started at 15 seconds apart, implying that the storm was roughly 15 miles away. Very soon, the gap had become only 10 seconds. I began to request that all of the photographers stop making photos and quickly return to the vans. True to classic photographer form, many of the participants looked at me like I had three heads. They couldn't believe that I was taking them away from big horn sheep that were seemingly posing for their cameras.
By the time the last participant finally entered the van, the gap had narrowed to four seconds. As soon as the participants asked "Why are we sitting in the vans?", lightning cracked around the surrounding mountains and thunder shook our cars. Within seconds, a tremendous down poor started and we sat back to watch mother nature's show.
After the rain storm, I suggested that we should try to wait for the sheep to leave the parking lot to make images of them in more natural settings. As it was, many of the shots were made with the sheep standing in front of porta potties. While that made for a somewhat unique photograph, it was not what I had in mind when I planned a trip to Glacier!
The sheep eventually obliged us and we were able to make some excellent images. Of course we also had to endure being pelted by a sudden hail storm, while we waited. Fortunately, we were able to jump into the vans for safety.
Getting up early and waiting out the wild weather certainly paid off. Not only did we get better shots of the sheep, we witnessed one of the most amazing sunrises I have ever seen. Persistence is paramount to making successful photographs!


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On today's edition of #56DaysofAfrica, we will be highlighting the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Formerly known as Zaire, Congo's colonial rule began in the late 19th century under King Leopold II, who annexed the territory as his personal possession, naming it the "Congo Free State" and violently exploiting the native population for the extraction and production of rubber and other natural resources. By the turn of the century, however, the violence of Free State officials against indigenous Congolese and the ruthless system of economic extraction led to intense diplomatic pressure on Belgium to take official control of the country, which it did in 1908, creating the Belgian Congo.
An African nationalist movement developed in the Belgian Congo during the 1950s, primarily among the educated class which became one of the of the major forces in the nationalist movement called the Mouvement National Congolais or MNC Party led by Patrice Lumumba, who pressured Belgium to relinquish the Congo as a colonial territory.
The proclamation of the independent Republic of the Congo, and the end of colonial rule, occurred as planned on 30 June 1960 when Lumumba gave an unplanned and controversial speech attacking colonialism.
Kinshasa, formerly known as Léopoldville, is the largest city and capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kin la Belle (beautiful Kinshasa) is home to 12-million-plus people on the banks of the mighty Congo River. Sprawling outwards, it is bigger, faster and louder than many other urban capital cities. This beautiful country comprises of hundreds of ethno-linguistic groups including Kasaians, Banyarwanda, Hunde, Nyanga, Nande, Bangala, Batwa and Bambuti whose main languages are French (official), Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba and Swahili.
French is the official language with Lingala and Monokutuba most commonly spoken. They also have a talking drum language that was developed in villages as a form of long distance communication. Specific beats can signify a marriage, a birth or a death has occurred, as well as other important messages.
Youth in the DRC
Young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are fighting for it to live up to its name. To combat some of the challenges in DRC, youth have established platforms to create impact in their communities. Youth activist groups have proliferated in the lead-up to a potential turning point in Congo's history and pioneering a different way of civic engagement in the Congo. such as LUCHA and Congo in the Picture.
LUCHA is a non-violent and non-partisan youth civil society movement founded in 2012 in Goma, the capital of North Kivu. The movement advocates for social justice and accountability in the DRC through campaigns and encourages Congolese citizens to fight for the promotion and respect of human rights. Malaika is empowering girls and their communities through education and health. They built a free school for girls, built or refurbished 20 wells, and partnered with FIFA to build a community center in the village of Kalebuka.
Congo In The Picture looks at the role of young people and youth work in the establishment of sustainable peace in eastern DRC, which is considered to be among the least stable regions of the world. An exciting program that they have executed, ICT4Peace, supports victims from isolated areas to come forward and advocate for their interests through using multimedia technology which helps young people to both express their wishes and fears, whether in music or digital art, whilst also learning ICT skills that will help them find work in the future. Their Uswazi Project also looks to promote the positive work of young people from both urban and rural areas, especially those living in conflict which includes working in partnership with Bollo Brook Youth Centre, in London, to produce music that provides a positive voice for young people.
Congolese cuisine
Congolese meals often consist of a starchy ingredient, along with vegetables and meat in the form of a stew. A type of fermented bread, kwanga, made from cassava, is commercially produced throughout the country. Lituma is a popular plantain dish made from mashed plantains which are formed into balls and baked. Sweet potatoes are prepared in a similar way, and mixed with roasted peanuts in some parts of the country. Rice is often mixed with beans. To accompany these starchy ingredients, green vegetables such as cassava leaves, tshitekutaku (a spinach-like plant) and okra are often added.
Mushrooms, especially prized amongst the Luba people, are often seen as a substitute for meat in times of shortage. Though total vegetarianism is unknown, most meals are eaten without meat due to its high price. Fish are plentiful along the River Congo, its tributaries, and various lakes; and are baked, boiled or fried for immediate consumption; or smoked or salted when preserved. Markets often sell ready-to-eat peppered fish baked in banana leaves. Goat is the most widely consumed meat. Mwambe is a common way of cooking chicken with peanut sauce.
With its historical richness, République démocratique du Congo is a sight to see and to learn from. We cannot wait to continue to share more information about DRC with you all.
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As if the first one wasn't enough! With the enormous box office takings, what's the chance of the Wayans family not cashing in again? The Naked Gun-style movie rip-offs abound again (mostly Horror) flowing freely with the bad taste and crude factor still well in tact. The Exorcist, Silence Of The Lambs, and Sixth Sense a few of them. Most of the characters from the first Scary Movie return to form with silly, crazy, dumb & nuts scenarios flowing into one another. Cheap laughs never made so much money!


Romo Plastic Surgery, a practice dedicated to facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in NYC, including minimally invasive endoscopic procedures with a minimal recovery period, is pleased to unveil a brand new look on the web with our website that launched this week!
Our new site includes a number of features including this blog, which will regularly be updated with content about facial plastic procedures, cosmetic offerings, new research findings and much more. We invite you to explore our new site to learn more about our practice, Dr. Thomas Romo III, and the wide range of surgical and cosmetic procedures we offer.
With this new website, patients can easily schedule appointments at any time of day using our request an appointment form. You can also link to our Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social media pages from the new site. Be sure to check back regularly to see our latest blog posts here!


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Romero+McPaul Opens First U.S. Boutique on Melrose Avenue in LA
Taylor Goldberg
Internationally-renowned luxury lifestyle and shoe brand Romero+McPaul will celebrate the opening of its first boutique in the United States at 8627 Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood, Calif. on Thursday, Aug. 9.
This is the brand's fifth brick-and-mortar location, following the success of storefronts in Mexico and Colombia and robust global online sales. The intimate 600-square-foot space features décor that illustrates the brand's core inspirations: royalty, sailing and the Ivy League. Founded in Mexico City in 2012 by Hernán Junco and Raul González, Romero+McPaul has gained worldwide acclaim for its luxurious, couture shoes, particularly its iconic velvet slippers. Since its launch, the brand has been featured in international editions of GQ, Vanity Fair, Forbes and Marie Claire, among others.
Romero+McPaul's collection includes a full line of shoes, including men's velvet slippers, Chelsea boots, Italian loafers and sneakers; T-shirts; bow-ties; and swimwear; as well as women's velvet slippers, sneakers, and loafers. Each of the brand's products is handmade by premium shoemakers in England, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Belgium.
With crests, custom artwork and expressions such as 'après ski' and 'Beverly Hills,' Romero+McPaul's velvet slippers have been widely popular and sought after by celebrities, professional athletes and jet-setters alike. The bespoke collection of slippers customized with monograms, personalized letters and embroidery have caught the attention of Luis Miguel, Julio Iglesias and Jean Paul Gaultier, among others, who have worn custom slippers created just for them.
To celebrate the grand opening, Romero+McPaul will host a pair of grand opening events. The first, a ribbon cutting and invitation-only event, will take place on Thursday, Aug. 9 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Romero+McPaul will also host a grand opening shopping day on Saturday, Aug. 11, where shoppers will receive 20 percent off all purchases.
The West Hollywood location is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Sunday from noon until 6 p.m.
Founded in Mexico City in 2012 by Hernán Junco, also the founder of The Yachtsetter, and Raul González, Romero+McPaul has gained international acclaim for its high-quality, couture footwear, particularly its iconic velvet slippers, which have found their way into the closets of celebrities, professional athletes and jet-setters including Luis Miguel, Julio Iglesias, and Jean Paul Gaultier, among others.
A complete lifestyle brand, Romero+McPaul offers a full line of men's shoes, including Chelsea boots, Italian loafers and sneakers; T-shirts; bow-ties; and swimwear; as well as women's slippers, sneakers, and loafers; and more. To achieve its timeless style with a contemporary twist, Romero+McPaul takes inspiration from three elements: royalty, sailing and the Ivy League. Romero+McPaul's flagship U.S. boutique is located at 8627 Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood, Calif.
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A recent change in Maryland law allows greater flexibility to local school systems in setting school start and ending dates, which has prompted many questions regarding the school start date for the upcoming school year.
Please be aware that no changes will be made to the HCPSS 2019-2020 school calendar, which was approved by the Board of Education in November 2018. The decision to maintain the existing student start date of September 3, 2019 was made in fairness to students, families and staff who have already scheduled vacations, camps, employment and other summer plans.
Complete and current information about the academic calendar is posted at https://www.hcpss.org/calendar/.
This is good news and I am happy to see this announcement today. I saw many people asking questions about the start date for 2019-2020. A BIG thanks to the blog reader for forwarding it along…because I have not seen this published yet on the various HCPSS social media channels.


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Thomas Domian (born 5 July 1964) is a retired West German competition rower who won a gold medal in the coxed eights event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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Instructions for Spiritual Living
By Paul Brunton
Introduction by Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation
Published by Inner Traditions
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Answers to the questions that arise on the spiritual path
• Includes specially selected writings from the huge literary archive of Paul Brunton
• Explains the different stages of meditation and the obstacles likely to arise for each, offering guidance for achieving advanced states of meditation to deepen one's inner life
• Challenges the need for spiritual dependency on any particular guru, teaching, or practice, showing that following your intuition can bring the best spiritual success
• Explores the process of self-examination and emotional purification, revealing how to break free from the ego and tap into the inspiration flowing from within
No matter where we are in our spiritual development, we all have questions about our practice and what we are experiencing--both the challenges and opportunities. How can I overcome my struggles to meditate more deeply? Is there a need for a guru or can I rely on myself? Can I trust my intuition? Is it possible to hear the "Inner Word," the voice of the soul, and how can I be sure that's what I'm hearing? Is the Higher Self in the heart?
Offering trustworthy answers to these and many more questions, renowned spiritual teacher Paul Brunton provides instructions to guide one's development in three fundamental areas of the spiritual path: meditation, self-examination, and the unfolding of awakening. Guiding you with insight and care through each stage of meditation, including advanced states that deepen one's inner life, he explains how meditation is the art and practice of introverting attention, of freeing oneself for a period of time from thoughts, sensations, and feelings and allowing the soul to reveal itself out of the quiet that one has created. He explains the goal of each meditative stage and the obstacles you are likely to face and examines the need for spiritual dependency on any particular guru, teaching, or practice, showing that following your intuition can bring spiritual success.
Exploring the process of self-examination and emotional purification, Brunton shows how life's challenges are moments by which we can make real progress in our surrender to a higher life. He reveals how to break free from the ego, follow your intuition to align with your ideals, and tap into the inspiration flowing from within. He also examines the development of transcendental insight, the cornerstone of compassionate wisdom in action, which allows us to become a source of inspiration to all we encounter.
Including writings received by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation after his death, this guide offers transformative wisdom to aid our understanding of what the spiritual journey entails, help point the way when the way is uncertain, and learn and grow from the challenges that arise as you develop spiritually.
The Adventure of Meditation
The need for solitude and time to cultivate the inner life, in both its metaphysical and mystical phases, is the first imperative. Solitude is needed because the presence of others definitely disturbs the emptying process. Time is needed because the mind is habitually filled with thoughts of the outer world; it is totally essential to empty it of them for a while--regularly, habitually, and deliberately. Without a determined use of willpower it is, however, hard for most people to get solitude or find time.
If the first requirement for solitude develops partly out of the aspirant's need to be able to concentrate thought without interruption, it also develops partly from the restless mental auras that most people carry about with them. They themselves shrink from being alone and naturally introduce an antipathetic influence wherever solitary meditation is being practiced. Perhaps their terror of solitude arises because it makes them conscious of the spiritual aimlessness and intellectual vacuity of their sojourn on earth. The fear of being alone simply means that a man has no inner life at all. The scale of values that lists solitude as a frightful evil to be avoided, or considers the desire for it as an eccentric or even antisocial trait, is materialistic. The mystic who has learned the art of creative solitude can hear a mental voice in its inner silence. Thus for the mystic the loneliness, which is maddening for some, is enlightening.
For the requirement of time, for a certain period each day there must be a separation from all usual physical labors and intellectual activities, a period wherein aspirants can become and remain bodily still and mentally quiet. They must set apart a little time once or twice a day for meditation, just as they set apart some time for eating food. This is indispensable to achieving spiritual progress. It is quite practicable for most people to create a routine that, while satisfying the need of withdrawal for meditation, nevertheless would not interfere with worldly activities and responsibilities.
It is necessary periodically to put aside the things of time so as to seek the timeless, to isolate oneself from the outward world so as to seek an inward one. The psychological purpose of such isolation is to create a new habit and a new attitude. The habit is meditation. The attitude is introversion. Aspirants are led to the hard task of reeducating their powers of perception, understanding, and attention. These powers have to be cultivated through a series of regular exercises. This involves self-training in definite work and a long progressive apprenticeship. Meditation is an art that has to be learned by repeated practice, like the art of playing a piano. It comes naturally to virtually no one. Its technique requires a skill that has to be learned like that of any other art.
Here the habit-forming tendency of the mind can be an excellent aid. Aspirants will gain more by exercises regularly practiced over a period of, say, six months than by the same exercises done in fits and starts over the same period. Consequently, a fixed time of the day should be appointed for them. The ideal rhythm would be to meditate three times a day in coordination with the rhythm of the sun's movements--at dawn, noon, and dusk. But aspirants could not arrive at this all at once. They could best start with a single period and continue with that for months, or even years, until they feel ready to advance and add a second period to it. They will have to work at these two periods, be they dawn and dusk or noon and dusk, for a considerable time before the inner prompting is likely to tell them to take the further step and add the third period. Even then it may not be possible for aspirants always to adhere faithfully to the program thus laid down. Social necessities, for instance, may compel them to leave out some period or other almost every week. Hence, aspirants must do their best within the limits of their personal circumstances.
It will take some time for the mental agitation created by getting immersed in worldly business or personal affairs to subside. Until this happens, the aspirant cannot proceed with the positive work of meditation but rather must engage in the negative task of clearing out those distracting memories. This is one reason why in the East the morning period is recommended for such practice. At the beginning of the day the thoughts and emotions are still undisturbed, hence withdrawal into their center is then easier. Some, however, may find the morning--with its anticipation of activities yet to be started--unattractive for this purpose and may regard the very fatigue of a hard day's work as an inducement to relax in the evening and seek inner peace.
If the regular hour for meditation occasionally proves inconvenient, it may be postponed to a later time. Should this be impossible, the practice may be abandoned for that day. If it is possible to hold enduringly to the full period previously laid down as desirable and available for such exercise, this will help to create an advantageous habit. But if on any particular day the fatigue becomes intolerable, then also it will be better to abandon practice for that day. Aside from these fixed times, or perhaps in displacement of them, the intuitive call to abandon every physical labor and every intellectual activity will recur again and again. Aspirants should obey these calls. In the very midst of business affairs or daily work, aspirants may have sudden lapses into inward abstraction. These will ordinarily be quite brief and definitely should be kept so. But they are worth cultivating wherever and whenever they happen to come. If this is done frequently and faithfully, the power to meditate increases.
Paul Brunton (1898-1981) is widely esteemed for creatively integrating the world's spiritual teachings and meditation systems into a clear, practical approach best-suited for contemporary life. He is the author of more than 10 books, including the bestselling A Search in Secret India, which introduced Ramana Maharshi to the West.
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"Paul Brunton was a great original and got to a place of personal evolution that illumines the pathways of a future humanity."
– Jean Houston, author of The Possible Human and A Mythic Life
"Any serious man or woman in search of spiritual ideas will find a surprising challenge and an authentic source of inspiration and intellectual nourishment in the writings of Paul Brunton."
– Jacob Needleman, professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and author of Lost Christ
"A powerful transmission for our time. Instructions for Spiritual Living and Paul Brunton's lifetime works should continue to inspire the world for years to come. This powerful book bridges ancient and modern mysticism. A gem!"
– Mariana Caplan, Ph.D., MFT, author of Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enli
"A truly comprehensive and authoritative work that should be read by sincere seekers and advanced adepts alike. Paul Brunton's work demonstrates a real mastery of the intricacies of spiritual life. His sagely conclusions on a number of key topics rarely covered elsewhere in spiritual literature provide an important contribution to our contemporary understanding of awakening and enlightenment. This kind of knowledge is indispensable for the modern seeker, because it provides a clear picture of not only what to expect when going through the process of dis-identifying with form and becoming one with the formless but also how to properly integrate this profound transformation of consciousness into an ordinary human life. We are very fortunate that his writings are available."
– Stephen D'Amico, author of Heaven On Earth and The Incredible State of Absolute Nothingness
"Paul Brunton's wisdom is like the child's voice in the story "The Emperor's New Clothes." His observations and spiritual insights reveal a laser-sharp eye that directs us back to that which is obvious within us, though obviously overlooked--the Divine Self."
– Mooji, spiritual teacher
"Paul Brunton was surely one of the finest mystical flowers to grow on the wasteland of our secular civilization. What he has to say is important to us all."
– Georg Feuerstein (1947–2012), author of The Yoga-Sutra of Patañjali
"In The Short Path to Enlightenment, Paul Brunton gives voice to the profound teachings of immediate spiritual awakening that have the power to short circuit the seeker in us and reveal the true nature of reality here and now. But the true gift of this wonderful book is in how nuanced and subtle Paul Brunton understood these profound and transformational teachings and how directly he conveys them. Read this book as you would a scripture or a sutra and let it open your eyes to eternity."
– Adyashanti, author of The Way of Liberation
"The Short Path to Enlightenment is a deeply supportive text from the extraordinary Paul Brunton, the spiritual explorer who first brought knowledge of Ramana Maharishi to the West. In this work, readers receive the invitation and instruction to discover the truth of oneself. This book is alive with supreme knowledge. May it support you in immediately and continually recognizing yourself."
– Gangaji, author of The Diamond in Your Pocket
"With the possible exception of Alan Watts, Paul Brunton has probably been the most influential exponent of Eastern philosophy and systems of self-realization in this century. . . . significant commentaries on nearly every conceivable aspect of the spiritual quest . . . unreservedly recommended as the final, eloquent summing up by one of the West's most perceptive thinkers and deepest students of the ancient wisdom."
– The American Theosophist
"Nowhere else will you find such a profound synthesis of East-West philosophic mysticism stripped of all the usual obscurity and extravagances. Both the modern intellect and the weary heart will find unlimited inspiration, wisdom, and guidance for action in these Notebooks."
– Victor Mansfield (1941-2008), author and professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University
"Paul Brunton's Notebooks series is a veritable treasure trove of philosophic-spiritual wisdom."
– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004), author of On Death and Dying
"The first word that comes to mind is 'wonderful' and the second is 'useful.' Instructions for Spiritual Living is really like a Swiss Army knife of tools for advanced spiritual growth. Moreover, it is readable, offering complex insights in simple language, and permeated with the voice of genuine noetic apprehension."
– Dana Sawyer, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Maine College of Art and author of Aldou
"Instructions for Spiritual Living is an important book which clearly demonstrates the power of words, long after the author's death, making it particularly relevant and prophetic in today's world."
– Bruce Stringer, New Dawn Magazine
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A Teoria dos Registros de Representação Semiótica (em francês: Théories Registres de Représentation Sémiotique) foi desenvolvida pelo pesquisador Raymond Duval (1993, 1995, 2009, 2011) a partir dos estudos sobre semiótica de Charles Sanders Peirce e Ferdinand de Saussure (MORETTI e THIEL, 2012).

Em sua teoria, Duval chama de semiose, a apreensão ou a produção de uma representação semiótica e de noese, a apreensão conceitual de um objeto(DAMM, 2010, p. 177).
O termo Registro de Representação Semiótica é usado para indicar diferentes tipos de representação como, por exemplo, escrita em língua natural ou em língua materna, escrita algébrica, tabelas, gráficos cartesianos e figuras. Um registro de representação pode  ser considerado semiótico quando permitir formação de uma representação, tratamento e conversão. Ocorre que, conforme Ferraz (2014,2016), as terminologias registro de representação semiótica e registro semiótico, bem como a utilização do termo sistema semiótico, causa um "ruido" no entendimento da teoria em virtude do tratamento muito próximo entre estes elementos.

É bastante simples identificar este "tratamento próximo"  entre os elementos já citados. O leitor com algum conhecimento da teoria, terá observado que, por exemplo, quando Duval, e nós seus seguidores,  fala da conversão diz que: a conversão é uma passagem entre registros de representação, mais tarde, que a conversão se dá atraves da representações semióticas e, ainda, que a conversão se dá com a "passagem" entre sistemas. Deste modo a conversão acaba por ser "produto" de qualquer elemento.  Podemos ver que não se trata apenas de ruido para o caso da conversão. Vejamos então:

a) "O presente trabalho tem como foco de ação, investigar o ensino em sala de aula, envolvendo representações semióticas no plano cartesiano e estudo do 'trânsito entre registros' (destaque nosso)". (THIEL, 2013, p.3);

b) Fazendo referência a Duval, Moretti (2002, p. 2) diz: "Para este autor, o 'trânsito entre as mais diversas representações' (destaque nosso) possíveis de um mesmo objeto matemático em questão é que assume importância fundamental".

c) Souza e Oliveira (2012, p. 5) nos vem diz: "Para que esta [aprendizagem matemática – nota do autor] ocorra, é necessário que o sujeito saiba 'transitar entre diferentes registros de representação' (destaque nosso) de um mesmo objeto, podendo escolher o que lhe gera menor custo de memória para operar".

d) Duval (2013, p.8) diz que: "É para distinguir os sistemas semióticos utilizados em matemática e os outros sistemas semióticos utilizados fora da matemática, que eu escolhi o termo 'registro'". Anteriormente, Duval (2003, p.14) afirma: "Para designar os diferentes tipos de representações semióticas utilizados em matemática, falaremos, parodiando Descartes, de 'registros' de representação'".

e) Ao tratar da mobilização entre elementos, Duval (2013a, p.25) diz que: "O mesmo ocorre para a atividade de conversão: ela pode ser mais complexa se houver a necessidade ou não de passagens entre registro monofuncional e registro plurifuncional". (Destaques nossos).

O que vemos nos itens a, b, c, d e, "e"? Trânsito, que Duval, em nosso diólogo de 4 anos, questionou o termo perguntando o que queríamos dizer com trânsito. Posteriormente escareceu que estavamos equivocados, tratava-se de mobilização com conotação diferente de trânsito enquanto deslocamento entre represntações; trânsito entre registros; trânsito entre registro semiótico. Ferraz (2014, 2016) nos chama a atenção para o fato de não se tratar do uso destes elementos em processos distintos, mas sim no mesmo processo como se estes elementos fossem iguais.

Ainda mais nos mostra o autor anteriomentre mencionado, que toda a "confusão" estabelecida se dá em virtude dos autores de textos com base em Duval e do proprio Duval, não perceberem que, no caso, por exemplo, da conversão, participam todos os elementos. Porém, a participação é distinta. As representações participam em virtude de ser atraves delas que podemos ver as caracteríticas do objeto representado; o sistema participa do processo porque são os sistemas quem nos fornece as representações e o registros de representação, que Ferraz( idem) exclui e denomina de registro semiótico, participa como "operador" uma vez que, conforme o própio Duval (2004, p. 44), são as atividades de cálculo, inferencia, translações, etc.

A contribuição desta teoria para com as pesquisas na área da Educação Matemática é de grande importância. Justificamos sua importância pelo fato da Matemática trabalhar constantemente com objetos abstratos e, segundo Duval, para o sujeito apropriar-se de um determinado objeto abstrato, deve recorrer a algum tipo de representação, que pode ser algébrica, gráfica ou em língua materna. E ainda, com a utilização do conceito de Congruência pode-se melhorar o aprendizado da Matemática. Para Duval (1995) o sujeito só apreende um determinado conceito matemático quando consegue mobilizar simultânea ao menos dois registros de representação, ou seja, trocar espontaneamente de um registro de representação para outro (DUVAL, 2003, p. 14).

Outras leituras
 COLOMBO, J., FLORES, C. e MORETTI, M. Registros de representação semiótica nas pesquisas brasileiras em Educação Matemática: pontuando tendências. Zetetiké, 16(29), p. 41-72, 2008.
 DUVAL, R.; FREITAS, J. L. M.; REZENDE, V. Entrevista: Raymond Duval e a Teoria dos Registros de Representação Semiótica. "Revista Paranaense de Educação Matemática", v. 2, p. 10-34, 2013
FERREIRA, F. A.; SANTOS, C. A. B.; CURI, E. Um cenário sobre pesquisas brasileiras que apresentam como abordagem teórica os registros de representação semiótica. EM TEIA: Revista de Educação Matemática e Tecnológica Iberoamericana, v. 04, p. 1-14, 2013.

Ver também
 Raymond Duval
 Semiótica
 Representação (matemática)
 Charles Sanders Peirce
 Ferdinand de Saussure
 Congruência de Raymond Duval

Educação matemática
Psicologia educacional


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Personal computers aren't the only place where applications can run. As we look toward the future, the possibilities are limitless for creating applications that manipulate other types of displays. Get started with this sample .NET application that controls an LCD display.
ne of the most fascinating aspects of programming is making things work. And that is not limited to just what you can do with your computer; a much more exciting world exists outside of the computer. In this article I will show you how to add a cool and interesting secondary display to your computer. In particular, you will learn how to connect to a LCD display and use .NET to display information on it.
For this article, I will use the 4x20 Serial LCD (model LK204-25; this LCD is manufactured by Matrix Orbital and sold by Parallax) with Keypad Interface from Parallax ($99.95; see Figure 1). LCD displays have been used in a wide variety of electronic devices. The next time you use your credit card at the shopping mall, take a good look at the terminal (see left of Figure 2); you'll almost certainly find that it is LCD. Besides being embedded in electronic devices, LCD screens are increasingly getting the attention of modders, who like to embed them in drive bays and use them to display system information (see right of Figure 2).
Most LCD screens in the market mainly come in two types of interfaces: parallel and serial. Technically, all LCD screens use parallel interfaces. However, due to the complexity of wiring and programming, some manufacturers add circuits to convert the parallel interface into a serial one. The end result is fewer wires to connect and a much simpler way of programming.
Figure 1. Parallax's 4x20 Serial LCD with Keypad Interface is the target device for the examples in this article.
Figure 2. LCD screens are used in credit card terminals and drive bays.
For this article, I used the serial version of the LCD with the new SerialPort class available in .NET 2.0. This makes programming an application much simpler and allows me to concentrate on exploring the features of the LCD.
The first step is to connect the LCD display to your PC. In order to do so, you need to perform a TTL-to-RS-232 level shifting so that the data can be read via a serial port. One way is to connect the LCD display to Parallax's RS-232 DCE AppMod (http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=29120; $29; see Figure 3).
For this project, however, I chose to use the Javelin Demo Board ($119; see Figure 4) to connect to the LCD display.
Figure 3. The RS-232 DCE AppMod is an economical option to perform the level shift to a serial port.
Figure 4. The Javelin Demo Board is shown.
Tip: Either board will work well. The advantage of the Javelin Demo Board is that you can connect a 5-volt DC supply to the board and the LCD display can draw the voltage directly from the board. However, it is the more expensive option. If you are a modder, you can wire up the reader yourself using an RS232 level shifting integrated circuit. Also, check out the Basic Stamp 1 Serial Adapter.
Figure 5 shows the wiring on the back of the LCD display. Be careful not to reverse the connection of the +5V and Ground connectors. The Rx connector allows data/instructions to be sent to the LCD display while the Tx connector allows data to be read from the LCD display. In most cases, you can simply connect only the Rx connector since all you want is to send data to the LCD.
Figure 5. The connections on the back of the LCD display are shown.
Figure 6. The Javelin Demo Board connections are shown.
Figure 6 shows the connections on the Javelin Demo Board. Remember to use a straight serial cable to connect your PC to the board. As shown in the figure, line 3 of the serial port is connected to the Rx connector of the LCD. Line 2, which connects to Tx, is optional.


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One of my VERY FAVORITE people in the world is Jean Van't Hul who writes the popular kids' arts and crafts blog, The Artful Parent. Her blog is chock full of inspiration, and if you're not already following her, you might want to go ahead and do that now!
Today I'm thrilled to help Jean kick off the Blog Tour for her newest book, The Artful Year: Celebrating the Seasons and Holidays with Crafts and Recipes.
Jean's highly acclaimed first book, The Artful Parent has been a terrific resource to families who want to infuse their homes with art activities, and now, dear friends, she's assembled yet another book, The Artful Year. It is so good!
While her first book rocks, this book is sheer brilliance. Why is that? It delivers projects and recipes that are organized by SEASONS, to help us busy parents and caregivers come up with ideas that connect directly to what's happening right now, be it spring, summer, autumn, or winter.
My children are always tuned in to seasonal events, and I can already see how handy this book will be when it's time to dye Easter eggs or when pumpkins start to show up in our market.
Since we're on the edge of Spring, why don't we begin with the Spring chapter. Each section starts with an introduction to the season, followed by tons of art activity and recipe ideas that can be done with children.
The Summer section includes 11 Summer Crafts, 15 Recipes, and 10 projects that encourage outdoor creativity.
Shown below: Blueberry Hand Pies and Sand-casting. We've tried both of these and they are STELLAR projects.
Come Autumn, you'll undoubtedly be inspired by leaves, changing trees, pumpkins, Jack-o'-lanterns, spiders, and Thanksgiving. This section has your back!
Since Winter is a time to hunker down and get cozy indoors, the Winter chapter of the book is enormous and delivers projects for Christmas, the New Year, general Winter crafts and recipes, and a huge section on Valentine's Day.
After pouring over this book, I had to test one of these projects out with my own children. While we are constantly making things, as you might imagine, there are so many projects in this book that I have yet to try. One that caught my eye is called Foil Heart Valentine Cards.
We had a playdate and I asked the kids if they wanted to try drawing on a heated cookie sheet with crayons. They were skeptical at first and asked to see the book for inspiration. In hindsight, my question probably raised a red flag in their minds — why one earth would I invite them to draw on my cookie sheets??
The basic idea here is to heat the cookie sheet until it's warm enough to melt crayons. Draw on the foil. Reheat the sheets if they cool too much, and then add your creations to cards.
This was a super fun and original project, and I'm so glad the kids gave it a go.
You can pick up your very own copy of The Artful Year, which happens to be the #1 New Release in Crafts for Children on Amazon, wherever books are sold.
26 MORE BLOGS will be sharing their sneak peeks into The Artful Year, and you won't want to miss them. Some will share interviews with Jean and others may be giving away books. It's a fun month ahead, and I hope you'll check out The Artful Year in these other places, too!
What is your favorite season and what do you hope to make from Jean's book?
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Chance #1: Leave a comment in this post with your favorite season, and what you hope to make from Jean's book — you can find the full table of contents here. Note: this giveaway is open to residents of the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. This giveaway will end at midnight EST on Sunday February 8, 2014. Winners will be chosen by random.org, and notified via the email attached to the comment. Thanks and good luck!
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The foil art activity looks awesome & not just for Valentines Day!
My favourites are the shoulder seasons, spring and fall. In all honesty I'm excited about making everything in this book, but I'm particularly looking forward to the different Easter egg ideas and leaf sun catchers. I love her first book and use it all the time!
My favorite season is early Spring. I'd love to check out the Easter and Spring projects!
i would love the seasonal activities. I often struggle with winter months, especially on the weekends. Ideas on how to enjoy being inside is very welcome!
My favorite season is autumn. My kids would love some new projects for play group!
My personal favorite is fall. So many ideas caught my eye. I especially love the nature sun catchers. It would be a lovely use of our pressed petals and leaves. The garden crafts will be very popular with our daughters.
Thanks for all the inspiration, Janet.
I love fall & I'm looking forward to getting busy in the kitchen with my 2 year old. Jean's recipes look delish & like there is a high success rate for even the littlest of chefs!
I love fall! All the leaf related art ideas. And baking!
I probably get most excited about Fall. We have nice warm weather where I live in the typical Fall months, but I love all the Autumnal decorations, picking apples, and change of weather when it does start to get cool. I'd love to see the ideas for Fall, but would like the chance to try some of the Spring projects you mention like the eggs and stickers.
My favorite season by far is fall, so we will look forward to crafting leaf suncatchers.
I love winter, but sometimes struggle to fill the days it's too cold to be outside for very long! I am not really a New Year's person so nay help with fun things to do would be great! I also love that there are baking and cooking activities included- this is something I turn to often to keep my kids engaged and entertained! Can't wait to check it out!
I love Fall the best I think and look forward to trying the tin foil art and baking with my preschool students. I love the nature tables too!
My favourite season is autumn, I think my little boy would love making the blueberry hand pies.
I can't wait for Spring this year!! I'm tired of being cooped up in the house and I love exploring the changes spring brings along!
I can't wait to the nature observation and collection walk from the book!
The blueberry hands pies are amazing!!! And her crust is simple, yet delicious! It's the only one I use anymore.
I agree with you 100%, Kelly!
I'm a longtime fan of the artful parent and use it at home with my own kids, as well as in my classroom! I love her easy to set up and fun ideas. My favorite time of year? Hard to say, I love celebrating each change in the seasons!
Summer is my favorite season but winter is when I struggle the most to be be motivated and inspired to be artful with my little ones. I love that she includes recipes and other things to go with each season.
summer! Though, I think this book would be most helpful in the winter; I hate the cold dreary months, and need all the help I can get! Of the projects you listed, the valentines seem really awesome. I love projects like that.
I love Summer especially now that my toddler is into running and climbing. We both would enjoy doing an activity from the summer backyard creativity section. Watching her explore also helps me with my own creativity.
Spring is my favorite and I can't wait to weave a bean pole teepee with my kiddos!
I adore Fall and would love to try the melted crayon leaves.
I love Jean's projects! We are never lacking a fun project with her posts! Spring is our favorite season and we are looking forward to her Valentine activities.
My favorite season is autumn, but I'm most excited about her winter section. Always need more inspiration to keep my little lady happy.
I am expecting my third baby this month so i will be ready to celebrate spring with my three angels!! (4,2 & newborn) Can't wait to try nature observation and to read the whole book. We love art!!
My favourite season is autumn, when it starts to cool down. I'm very keen to try the melted crayon on foil, great idea.
Halloween activities are our favorite but we live crafting year-round so this book would be perfect!
I actually love all the seasons. Whatever one I'm in feels like my favorite at the time. I have my eye on the snowman playdough recipe because my last attempt at homemade playdough wasn't successful but my son loves it!
I have the Artful Parent book and LOVE it! I'm so excited there's another book. I'm looking forward to the recipe inspiration for cooking with my kids.
My favorite season is winter because I prefer cooler weather. I'd love to try the holiday recipes included in the book!
Summer- I love hot sunny weather! I love being able to take the kids outside without spending 20 minutes to bundle and unbundle, only to have them complain that it is too cold and run back inside. I love the smell or the sun hitting the earth! love going to the pool! Yay, summer!
Love summer…intrigued by the family garden.
My toddler and I would love to make those blueberry hand pies! She is very into Blueberries for Sal these days :). Our favorite crafting season is winter!
I find this activities by season idea so straightforward, natural and almost instinctive. With my little one being 1,5 it is a great way to introduce the concept of weather changing around us, even when it has been playing tricks on us recently, with not exactly a proper Spring-Summer-Autumn-Winter sequence in place. I guess then, it is also a way to letting him know how it used to be ('Back in the days, when I was little…';). For my older one, a 6-year old, this is a perfect way to touch on her already emerging environmental awareness, how we can successfully recycle things when playing, not necessarily buying new stuff. And how the year after year goes by, with us being part of the Solar system, when Space is her favourite theme.
My favorite season is Autumn. However, I'm really looking forward to her Spring and Summer projects – anything that encourages messy, outdoor fun.
I love love love summer, and I would love love love to do the sand art activity with my daughter. Looks like a great book, full of fun!
Summer! A wonderful season as the children at school LOVE warm weather outdoor play (in the UK!). Sandcasting will be a new experience for my pupils and I can't wait to see their little faces (and messy hands!) when we try it!
We have baking days twice a week and would love to make the blueberry hand pies.
i love winter art! I would love to do the foil art . I've done it before but may have to find a way to modify it a bit for my students ( I work with special needs children & being around ovens & heated surfaces requires a lot of support ). Might try a hair dryer.
I would like to have my kids paint a cardboard box house. I think they would really enjoy the process and to play with it at the end. Summer is my favorite time of year.
Can't wait to try sandcasting! Thank you for the fabulous photos!
Our favorite season is summer and we would love to learn more about backyard crafts.
Anything to help with being inside on the long cold dark days of winter is welcome. Anything to help get through the long hot days of summer until school starts is welcome also.
For me all the seasons are great to make art with my little boys. I love all the ideas of the Artful Parent book and I hope I can get the new book pretty soon. Thanks for the pictures.
My favourite season is summer. I'd like to try out some the nature based activities in the book, particularly the ideas for a nature table.
I'm looking forward to spring this year after such a cold winter. I'd live to try the Easter crafts.
My favorite season is summer, and I would like to do projects that involve nature, like sea shells and plants, which are so much more accessible to me in summer. I love the Artful Parents posts, and have made many things with her clear instructions.
My favourite season is summer, but I also really like the winter holidays, and I'd love to make a Christmas tree for the dolls with my children. I'm sure they'd enjoy it!
I love summer and would love to make some suncatchers with the beads!
I love Fall for all its colors and the walks with my kids on which we love to collect fallen leaves, acorns and other treasures. Also my kids' birthdays are in the Fall, too.
Forgot to mention that we would love to do some Leave crafts from the book. They all look very interesting.
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I love Spring and have always loved dying Easter eggs. This will be the first time we dye them with our daughter!
Although I love summer my favourite crafting season is winter, fall being a close second. I would love to try melted pony bead suncatchers.
My favorite season is summer. I can't wait to try the melted crayons on a heated cookie sheet. Genius! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love all the seasons. They each have something that I love. I'd most like to try the project you did with the melty crayons. That sounds so fun!
I really love spring, and those melted bead suncatchers look really rad.
I love spring! But I really love Valentines Day! Can't wait to get more artsy with our Valentines.
Hmm, I don't see an index anywhere! Nevertheless, I love Christmas, but I do love the valentines crayon hearts :).
Fall! Not too hot, not too cold, beautiful colours. A time of (hopefully) exciting change. I use Jean's first book regularly for activities and inspiration and would love to win a copy of her second book. Thanks for the review and the opportunity.
I'm all about integrating the seasons in everything we do at preschool and with my own children. The first book was laid out so beautifully and user friendly, I am sure this second one is as lovely or more so. Oh, I cannot possibly chose one season. They are all a gift in their own way. Okay, maybe spring……or autumn. I do love autumn.
We are from new england and see the beauty in all four seasons throughout the year! This book is simply perfect!! I am so excited to see what my twin boys (age 7) will create. I plan to have them select one art craft for each season and frame the 4 pieces to create a collage to enjoy throughout the year.
Summer is my all time favorite season and we're really looking forward to making the beaded bubble wands.
My favourite season is spring as my daughter wa born at spring Equinox, I would love to do some melted crayon egg decorating this year.
My favorite season is probably fall but it's so hard to choose! We would love to make some of the Easter egg decorations.
I love Autumn …. but I would love to try the "Foil Snowflakes" .. I just love anything snowflakes. Thanks for the chance. And I subscribed to your newsletter.
Spring is my favorite I can't wait to try the melted crayons on a heated cookie sheet. Great idea! Thanks for the giveaway.
I'm looking forward to so much in this book, but I'm especially excited for the food. I love cooking with my girls and would love more ideas!
Christmas! My kids love making crafts as gifts. I am always looking for new ideas!
I love winter, and I am eager to try the melted crayon drawings with my crew!
I'm not sure I can honestly say winter is my favorite season, but it's definitely the one we think about most in Vermont! When it's too cold to romp outside, my toddler and I spend pretty much all of our time in the kitchen: the one-two-punch of new recipe and crafting ideas sounds pretty perfect. Definitely have anything melted-crayon related high on our list!
This book looks amazing!! My favorite season is summer– enough with all this New England snow! I love the heated cookie sheet and crayon activity– looks so fun! 🙂 I already subscribe to your newsletter. Thanks for the chance to win this fabulous new book of inspiration!
My favorite season is Spring but I'm looking forward to the Winter projects because it's more of a challenge to keep the kids entertained when we're cooped up in the house.
This book looks as fun and inspiring as her first book.
I looove her first book and would love to have this one as well. It looks very beautiful and inspiring.
I absolutely can't wait to flip through this book and find it so inspiring as a nanny and future mom!
Fall & Winter – I love finding new ideas….as a mom of 3 and grandmom of 5 and opening an art school for kiddos this summer I love the experimentation will little ones. I love having a great library to share with them and inspire! This would be a great addition!
OWLS, CRISP BREEZES, LEAVES FALLING and the SMELL OF PUMPKIN SPICE….nothing better than AUTUMN..looking forward to trying the leaf projects and baking some apple cheddar pies and making pumpkin WAFFLES! AWESOME looking book!
My favourite season is Autumn. I love the Pumpkin pie play dough craft! So fun and easy for little ones. I loved her previous book!
For me, it's hands down Summer!! I love those long warm and hot days. Anything creative would be fun, but I love the sand art.
My favorite season…fall but Spring holds so many educational opportunities.
Fall. I can't wait to try the garden projects though.
I enjoy reading all of your blogs. Because I live in Hawaii we do not have any season changes. I love winter and will incorporate your winter ideas into my classroom.
I am desperate for spring, but I think fall is my absolute favorite. I have loved the artful parents ideas I have seen online. Her tips and projects have breathed life into many long days. Now I see my kids suggesting we repeat projects that we did weeks prior!
My favorite season is fall here but I would love to try the Easter ideas.
Love that the book is divided into seasons! My favorite season is Spring, and can't wait to do sun-catchers and learn different ways to dye eggs!
My favorite season is Autumn. There are so many great projects in the book it's hard to pick one. The melted crayon valentines look like a lot of fun though.
I laughed at the fill in the jack o lantern faces. Wonderful work.
Our favorite season is spring when everything is bursting forth full of life. We look forward to putting our nesting materials and such for the birds as Jean does with her family in her book. We also love to build our seasonal nature displays. Here's to Spring!
My favorite season is fall but the winter activities are the ones I look forward to trying with the kids since we spend lots of time indoors and need ideas to stay creative.
My favorite season is winter. I am hoping the book can give me more ideas for easy to set up friends and family fun. Something fresh and inspiring.
My favorite season, since I no longer live in Upstate NY, is winter. Those foil crayon creations might just be a project we tackle this week!
Wow this book has lots of great craft activities that I can use in my preschool room, hopefully I'm one of the lucky winners of this great book otherwise I'll just have to invest in my own copy. Good luck to everyone entering this completion.
My favorite season is spring, any craft with spring flowers would be fun!
I got so lost taking a peek inside the book that I almost forgot to come back here and comment! I love the summer and know a lot of those projects will be a big hit, especially the chalk paint and beaded bubble wand. The recipes sound good too!
Winter is my favourite season and coming from Aust but living in Canada I'd love to try the ice decorations. Certainly a novelty.
Summer is definitely my favorite season and I now look forward to making/weaving a beanpole teepee this summer! Thanks for spreading news about this wonderful looking book.
What great activities to share with my grands.
What a delightful book! Thanks for the chance to win. My favorite time of year with children is summer, because we can do all kinds of water-based activities outdoors, and then you just rinse everyone off.
I love spring! I am looking forward to making the mirror paint art project (you use glitter glue to paint the paper and then you place another piece of paper on top to make a mirror image of the picture).
How exciting. Summer is always been my favorite time of year..I'm thinking of trying the foil Valentine craft this week! thanks for the idea. I can't wait to see more.
Boy! This looks like an awesome set of crafts. I can't wait to dig a bit deeper.
My favorite season is fall. I love the Artful Parent posts as well Jean's first book. I think we are going to try the melted crayon valentines this week.
My favorite season is Fall. I would love to make the Spooky Fun Felt Garlands with the kids. We have an entry we love to hang homemade garlands from for all the different holidays and seasons.
My favorite season is a tie between spring and fall, for different reasons. But the project that I look forward to in the artful parent book is the melted crayon easter eggs. I am always looking for new ways to decorate them and love drawing on them but it can crack the shell. Brilliant to use melted crayons!
I love spring and fall, the coming and going. Crayon leaves look so bright and cheerful! As does the foil hearts!
My favorite season is winter. I want to try the melted crayons on foil.
What I love of your projects is that they are also fun for the bigger children in my family. They can all be brought to a higher level but are also beautiful as they are. Every age group is satisfied with the results, thank you for that!
Ooh, I would love a copy! My daughter and I tried Valentine melting crayon pictures after reading this post and loved it. Autumn is my favourite season and i'm looking forward to trying the melted crayon leaves. Thanks!
My Grandchildren are 3, 5, and 7, who love to do experiments and to make stuff. I love fall. I look forward to exploring all the seasons, with loads of creative ideas from this beautiful book!
My favourite season is summer. I would love to try the weave a beanpole teepee project.
My kids enjoy Easter crafts, eggs and bunny crafts. I'm looking forward to experimenting with Jean's egg craft ideas.
I love the fall! The autumn leaf project looks fun!
I like summer more as a mom now because they enjoy being outside more and with friends. I would love to try the cookie sheet crayon activity you shared. So creative and it sounds simple!
this is nice. i love the inspiration.. my kids, myself and my husband are all doing the tinker lab together. its alot of fun, so thanks for sharing!
I love Autumn! Hoping to make the melted crayon leaves….love the burst of color before all the white and starkness of winter months.
As a Grandma I appreciate extra help with activities for my Gran-Boys.
I receive Jean's emails and have tried and shared several ideas. Looking forward to the book. I love Spring. There is so much energy.
I'm a home schooling Mom for two 6 & 4 year olds, and a play group leader. What a wonderful resource this will be for us. I'll show this to our librarians as well!
Many of the crafts look like fun, but the crayon leaves in Fall look like a great project.
I have been following this resource, as well as several others, for what seems like years now, and I get the most amazing inspiration to share with my preschool classes. It is wonderful to have have new, beautiful, and child-led activities to do with the children after 26 years of teaching. Your blog and book help to inspire me and keep me excited about every day of teaching. Thank you!
Melted crayon Valentine cards!! I have always loved melting crayons for art with kids. I will peruse this book for ideas for my 2nd graders but really think it will be perfect for my best friends grand-daughter who calls me mimi2 because I look like her grandma!
I love fall! I want to try the crayon-on-foil project. That looks so cool!!!
What a great idea! Having all this in one place saves much time. I love her ideas!
I love summer!!! I also love The Artful Parent so this book would be great to own. I think my Monstro and I would have a lot if fun with the sand casting.
I love spring. I'd really look forward to making 3d crafts/sculpture. We paint, draw, etc. all the time…time to expand our world!
I have her first book and love it! The chapter on backyard creativity sounds fun since my son likes to be outside all the time! Thank you for sharing this book!
I found your blog out of pure coincidence and I just love the maker movement, I am trying to inspire parents and my students to get involved in art activities, but this book also includes recipes. My favorite activities are the gingerbread house and the foil activity! So much fun!!!!
This book looks lovely! I would love the winter and spring activities and look forward to trying them in my classroom!
Spring is definitely my favorite season, mud and all! I looked through the table of contents over at Amazon and saw a bluebird paper chain that looks just PERFECT for my girls, who are both bird lovers. Would love to try it out with them!!
Thanks for the opportunity. Looks like a great book and resource.
Can hardly wait for Spring. I want to try the melted crayon projects! Looks like fun!
We are looking forward to her awesome Valentine activities.
This book is the perfect inspiration for lots of preschool projects!
I love the foil/crayon Valentines Day craft. My favorite season is summer. We live in Florida and we practically live at the beach with my grandbabies. It is so much less hectic. As a former homeschooling Mom I was spoiled with time with children. My grandbabies are not homeschooling so sometimes I feel cheated. They grow up too fast and I want all the time I can get. SUMMER!
Summer and Winter are my favorites mainly because I just love playing outdoors and doing creative fun crafts with my kids.
Fall is my favorite season because of all the colors. I am interested in new ways of doing Easter eggs as I usually have several kids over to join me in decorating eggs. So I'm excited to see what you do. I'm thrilled just find this blog!
I would love to win a copy of this wonderful looking book!
As an art teacher, I love these ideas to use and expand upon. Would love this book!
I love summer (good thing, living in Miami!) and loved the sand cast candle holders. I would love to make them and some of the other activities with my son who has decided he wants to be a scientist. Or an artist.
I have your first book and LOVE it. So excited for the second!
I've been doing crafts with kids for a long time, and this book is great for new ideas and remembering old ideas that I haven't thought of in a while-makes them new again. Glad to have a new resource.
My favorite season is summer, most definitely! I love the warmth, and nothing beats staying up until super late, eating popsicles, jumping on the trampoline.
I am intrigued by Jean's chapter on Family Gardens. We grow a huge garden every year, and it's a huge part of our home learning with our children.
My favorite season is winter because I love hot cocoa and ice skating!! I can't wait to make the snowman play dough snow globes with my kids!!
It's hard to pick a favorite season when they each have their own lovely and unique qualities. So I'm going to go with now, winter- and we will definitely try the melted crayon valentine cards – can't wait!
My favorite season is fall! Love the warmth on the day and the chill at night. I would love to try the melted brad sun catcher from the book.
Our family's favorite season is Fall and we will definitely be trying drawing with crayons on warmed foil to print some pumpkins, ghosties, and ghouls!
This looks like an awesome resource book. Would love to win it!!
Spring is definitely my favorite season. The leaf stickers and crayon Easter eggs look like fun projects for my boys!
This non-artsy mom needs some help!
Summer love…sunshine, sand and water with my seven grandchildren!
I love the artful parent. Her blog has inspired me to create with my boys. My favorite season is Spring. I love that it starts to warm up and the colors start to change. Thanks for the chance to win.
We did the Valentines Day melted crayon cards and my 4 year old daughter loved it!! They came out beautiful.
Look forward to doing more of these crafts!
I'm excited about the melted crayon leaves! I think my kids ages 3-15years will love that activity!


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Want affordable rent? Here are the best and worst cities for renters in America.
By Gina Ragusa
Deciding where to live, be it a suburb or city, can be tough. Even if you can't imagine yourself outside of an urban center, the high cost of rent may get in the way of your big metropolitan dreams. Some cities in the United States are so expensive — with high rent and low pay — they can destroy your budget.
So it's important to do your homework before you make a move to a new city — or sign a lease. It's no secret that cities like San Diego, for example, are expensive. But how have markets changed since last year — and how do rent prices stack up against overall affordability?
In a new study, Forbes examined 46 of the largest rental markets, using data from Marcus & Millichap. They then ranked all the cities based on four factors that show or affect affordability: average monthly rent in the last quarter of 2016 (weighted 20%), change in rent from the end of 2015 to 2016 (weighted 20%), average apartment vacancy rate (weighted 20%) and the amount of monthly income share dedicated toward rent (weighted 40%).
Although Manhattan rent was the priciest at about $3,500, and New York City renters dedicate about 54% of their monthly income to rent, the city actually did not earn the "least affordable" title — primarily because prices have not risen as much recently as they have in other markets.
Source: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
With a national average monthly rent of $1,284 — up 3.3% from last year — and the average renter shelling out 27% of (median household) income, you might wonder how your city compares to other major urban centers across the U.S.
Here are the five least affordable cities, followed by the five most affordable ones, according to Forbes. The list might surprise you.
The 5 worst U.S. cities for affordable rent
California dominates the least-affordable list — though no city in the state earned the number-one "least affordable" moniker.
5. Orange County, California
Average monthly rent: $1,900
Kicking off the top five is Orange County, where the average monthly rent of $1,896 sucks up 28% of renters' average monthly income. Vacancy rates are lower than the national average of 3.9% — at 3.2% — and year-over-year change in rent prices increased considerably at 4.5%. The problem with low vacancies is it means renters have less bargaining power.
Source: Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images
4. Los Angeles, California
Average monthly rent in L.A. stands at $1,938 with 37% of renter's average monthly income dedicated toward rent. Rents have increased only 2.4% year-over-year and the average vacancy rate stands at 2.9%
Source: Joe Klamar/Getty Images
3. Manhattan, New York
New York's priciest borough ranks as the most expensive place on the list in raw dollars. Renters pay an average of $3,497 per month, which eats up 54% of their monthly income, and the vacancy rate is 2.7%. Sounds like Manhattan should be sitting at the top (or bottom), right? But apartment rental prices haven't really budged much, rising only 1.3% since last year, which kept the Big Apple a few notches above the "worst."
Source: Mary Altaffer/AP
2. San Diego, California
San Diego renters can expect to pay an average of $1,748 a month, which consumes approximately 30% of renters' monthly wages. The market is tight, and vacancy rates stand at 3.1%, which may have contributed to its 4.8% year-over-year rent increase.
Source: Lenny Ignelzi/AP
1. Miami, Florida
Rent isn't overly high in Miami — the monthly average is $1,386 — but when you factor in wages, you see how unaffordable it is: consuming approximately 36% of renters' monthly income. Plus there are low vacancy rates, 2.2%, making competition to find affordable housing fierce. Last year alone, those vacancy rates boosted rent by 6.6% — the eighth-biggest hike in the country.
Source: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The 5 best U.S. cities for affordable rent
Rent affordability is easiest to find in the Midwest, as many cities throughout America's heartland provide more housing choices and lower rent prices. One city on this list even experienced a drop in prices since last year!
5. Columbus, Ohio
Average monthly rent: $850
Average monthly rent in Columbus is $847, which consumes only 17% of renters' average monthly wages. True, rent increased 3% year-over-year, but apartment availability is decent, at 3.7%.
Source: Jay LaPrete/AP
4. San Antonio, Texas
Rents haven't risen much since last year, but vacancies abound in San Antonio. The rise in rent prices was only 1.7%, but housing availability is an above-average 5.7%. Average monthly rent hangs under $1,000 a month, at $910, eating up only 20% of the average renter's monthly income.
River Walk in San Antonio, TexasSource: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
3. Kansas City, Missouri
Housing choices are plentiful in Kansas City, with higher-than-average vacancies at 5%. Rent rose less than average year-over-year — 2.7% — and renters can expect to pay an average of $866 a month, consuming only about 16% of income.
Source: Charlie Riedel/AP
2. St. Louis, Missouri
Rent prices actually decreased in St. Louis year-over-year, dropping 1.9%, while vacancies are above-average at 4.6%. Average rent is $829 a month and consumes only about 17% of renters' monthly income.
Source: Estelle Doro/AP
With the average monthly rent at $806, taking up only 17% of renters' average monthly income, Indianapolis was ranked by Forbes as the most affordable place to rent in the U.S. Vacancy rates are high, at 5.6%, so renters have many choices. Plus rent increased only 2.5% year-over-year.
Indianapolis at twilightSource: f11photo/Shutterstock
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Q: i need javascript for count-up timer continue after refreshing page I have a count-up timer script:
var minutesLabel = document.getElementById("minutes");
var secondsLabel = document.getElementById("seconds");
var totalSeconds = 0;
setInterval(setTime, 1000);

function setTime() {
  ++totalSeconds;
  secondsLabel.innerHTML = pad(totalSeconds % 60);
  minutesLabel.innerHTML = pad(parseInt(totalSeconds / 60));
}

function pad(val) {
  var valString = val + "";
  if (valString.length < 2) {
    return "0" + valString;
  } else {
    return valString;
  }
}

I need to continue counting after refresh the page.

A: First, I have to point out that a setInterval of 1000ms rarely perform a real 1000ms delay, this is not reliable when you are using a timer.
Ref: https://dev.to/akanksha_9560/why-not-to-use-setinterval--2na9
My suggestion (that also make persisting the timer easier) is to
 - save the start date for the timer in UTC in localStorage
 - calulate elapsed time by the delta of current time - local storage time
 - Express the delta in hours, minutes and seconds.
When bootstrapping the timer, read from localStorage the starting timer and then desume what to display.

A: You can store the current count in the localStorage.
var totalSeconds = localStorage.getItem("totalSeconds") || 0;

function setTime() {
  // Your code ...
  localStorage.setItem("totalSeconds", totalSeconds);
}

EDIT: Mosè's answer is a way better and more reliable alternative.

A: On possible way to do it would use the localStorage.
var minutesLabel = document.getElementById("minutes");
var secondsLabel = document.getElementById("seconds");
var totalSeconds = window.localStorage.getItem('totalSeconds') || 0;
setInterval(setTime, 1000);

function setTime() {
  ++totalSeconds;
  window.localStorage.setItem('totalSeconds', totalSeconds);
  secondsLabel.innerHTML = pad(totalSeconds % 60);
  minutesLabel.innerHTML = pad(parseInt(totalSeconds / 60));
}

function pad(val) {
  var valString = val + "";
  if (valString.length < 2) {
    return "0" + valString;
  } else {
    return valString;
  }
}

A: Something minimal you could use :
let timer = parseInt(localStorage.getItem('timer'), 10) || 0
// get what's in the localstorage or start from 0
 const time = document.getElementById('time')
 const setTime = () => {
    timer += 1
    localStorage.setItem('timer', timer)
    time.innerHTML = `time lapsed: ${timer}`
 }

setInterval(setTime, 1000)

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How to Take Awesome Live Photos with Your iPhone
Matt Klein @howtogeek
Updated March 2, 2017, 4:25pm EDT
If you purchased a recent iPhone (6S and above), then you may be loving the new Live Photos feature. If you aren't, then maybe you just haven't become well acquainted with it.
The best way to describe a Live Photo is to compare it to an animated GIF. You take a photo of your subject, which should be moving, and the camera on the iPhone will actually capture a short movie. When you apply pressure to it using 3D Touch, it will spring to life.
RELATED: What is 3D Touch and Why it Will Change How you Use Mobile Devices
If you look closely, you see it actually creates a small MOV file. This file will take up much more space than a simple still photo, so you should use Live Photos selectively.
Live Photos are one of the coolest features to appear on an iPhone and we wholly recommend you check them out. To that end, we want to talk a bit about the best way to take Live Photos, how to turn them off (or on) as needed, and how to edit them.
Make Sure Your Subject is Moving (but You Are Not)
The whole point of Live Photos is to create short clips that animate when you touch them. To that end, it's absolutely necessary you shoot something that is moving, whether it's the ferris wheel at the carnival or your cat licking its chops after eating. Live Photos are only effective when there is motion.
The other important thing to know is because you're essentially shooting a movie, a Live Photo will take just a few seconds longer than still photos to capture. You can tell when a Live Photo is being shot because a "Live" box will appear in the center of the upper portion of the camera view.
Once this box disappears, you know your Live Photo is done, and you can then view it in Photos. To fully capture your subject's motion, you will need to keep the camera focused on it until it is done. Therefore, you need to remain fairly still so that your Live Photo doesn't come out all shaky. Practice breathing slowly when you tap the shutter button and use the Volume Down button for best results.
Also, keep in mind Live Photos will record sound as well, so make sure you don't say anything unless you want it recorded as well.
How to Turn Live Photos Off or On
If you bought yourself a new iPhone then Live Photos will be enabled by default. You can tell by the icon on the camera screen. This icon can be tapped at any point to turn the feature off, which is recommended when you're just taking regular stills.
That icon in the middle is to toggle Live Photos on or off. When it is yellow, Live Photos are active.
If it isn't enabled and you want to take a Live Photo, then simply tap the icon to activate the feature.
When you browse your photos, there's no apparent way to distinguish Live Photos from stills, other than to give them a hard press. However, when you go to share one, a LIVE indicator will appear in the thumbnail's upper-left corner.
It would be nice if there were some kind of consistent indicator throughout Photos giving some idea of which ones are live and which are stills. There isn't even a special album into which they are grouped such as with slo-mo, bursts, and selfies.
For now, if you want to distinguish your Live Photos from others, you'll have to go through and 3D Touch them.
How to Set a Live Photo as a Live Wallpaper
You can also display Live Photos as animated wallpaper on your lock screen. To do this, open the Settings and tap "Wallpaper".
On the next screen, tap "All Photos" to access your camera roll.
From your photos, choose the Live Photo you want.
Upon choosing your Live Photo, you need to set it, so you want to choose the "Live Photo" option. To test it, you can press on the screen to animate it, otherwise tap "Set".
The next screen is going to ask you whether you want to set your Live Photo as the lock screen, home screen, or both. You can choose any or all, but in order for the Live Photo to function as a Live Wallpaper, it has to be set as your lock screen.
Now your lock screen will be then set with your Live Photo and when you press on it, it will animate.
Remember, Live Photos take quite a bit more storage space so make sure that (a) if you are taking them, that you delete the ones you don't want and (b) if you intend to take stills, turn off the Live Photos feature as we described earlier.
How to Edit Live Photos
You can also edit Live Photos right from the Photos app just as you would any other still photo. Just choose the Live Photo you want to manipulate and tap the Edit button at the bottom of the screen.
Like we said, it's the same as with any normal still photo you can crop, rotate, apply filters, adjust the color, brightness, and contrast, as well as use the markup tool.
When you're happy with the result, you can tap "Done" to save your changes, or you can tap "Cancel" if you want to discard them.
Play around with it, find moving subjects, and make sure you try to stay very still, and you should be able to capture some really intriguing moving shots. Again remember, Live Photos also record sound, so keep that in mind.
Live Photos are one of the more exciting features to appear on a mobile phone platform in a while. It's an interesting concept and is sure to appeal to a variety of folks who want to add a little something more to their cherished memories; a short moment of time they can play back whenever they want to revisit something.
Matt Klein
Matt Klein has nearly two decades of technical writing experience. He's covered Windows, Android, macOS, Microsoft Office, and everything in between. He's even written a book, The How-To Geek Guide to Windows 8.