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Sweet wish comes true for ailing Hilbert girl
Briana Reilly
USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
HILBERT - One hundred seventy-one meticulously frosted cupcakes, ranging in flavors from lemon oreo to vanilla raspberry to chocolate caramel, lined a folding table Sunday afternoon outside the newest bakery in the Hilbert area.
The baker was none other than Emily Koehler, a 12-year-old from Hilbert with a sweet spot for the smells and tastes of a bakery and, far less sweet, a daily fight for her life as she battles cancer.
With a knack for baking and a love of making and giving away cupcakes, Emily's family's existing kitchen wasn't going to cut it. So she made a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a bakery to be built in her basement. And 55 days after it was approved, that wish came true thanks to the teamwork and generosity of businesses and volunteers who pitched in to bring that dream bakery to life.
It was unveiled at Emily's house Sunday. In the nearly two months it took to complete, Emily hadn't been allowed into her basement, so Sunday afternoon was the first time she saw it. And she was nearly speechless.
"Wow!" she exclaimed, before running around the bakery, opening the pantry door, every cabinet, the refrigerator and the freezer, as her parents, Rich and Hope Koehler, and family members looked on.
After she and a select few family members were allowed time to look it all over, more family members and well-wishers began filing into the basement to check out the bakery.
Hope Koehler explained her daughter's desire for a bakery. Emily began baking in 2014, after she got sick. She began baking with box mixes, Koehler said, and then began watching YouTube baking videos and experimenting with more complicated recipes.
"She (Emily) only has my little area in the kitchen to bake. She's come to me and said, 'I don't know why it's so small and ugly,'" Koehler said with a laugh.
Emily, who is excited to use her new bakery to bake treats, especially cupcakes, for events, benefits, fundraisers and family and friends, has stage 4 thyroid cancer, which has spread to her lungs, liver and bones. At present, there is no cure on the horizon. The type of thyroid cancer Emily has is rarely found in children, and to date there's been no good answers on how to treat it, said Holly De Long, a volunteer wish granter at the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
De Long has been volunteering at Make-A-Wish for about five years. She was one of the two wish-granters assigned to make Emily's wish come true.
Make-A-Wish's national policy has restrictions on the types of remodeling work it can do in pursuit of fulfilling a wish. Since Emily's wish required plumbing and electrical work, other volunteers — professionals in that field — had to step up to get her bakery up and running.
More than 60 businesses and community members have donated time, energy and resources to create Emily's bakery, De Long said. Donations have ranged from flooring, cabinets and paint to cooking classes for Emily.
"I wish I could think of the right words to say how appreciative I am of all these people to give their time and money to someone they do not know," De Long said. "I'm speechless, I'm totally speechless."
De Long, a Darboy resident, has formed relationships within the community over the years through the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Fox Valley, which got the ball rolling on bringing together volunteers and businesses to make Emily's wish a reality.
Paul Welhouse of Welhouse Construction Services, a Kaukauna-based company, is one of the first business leaders De Long met 15 years ago at Rebuilding Together, which provides free services to homeowners in need.
Welhouse was also one of the first people De Long approached about the bakery, and he helped her through the entire process, De Long said.
Welhouse created blueprints for the bakery, while Welhouse Construction's interior designer worked to design everything. Welhouse said as soon as De Long approached him, he knew he wanted to help.
"A lot of things go wrong in life, and a lot of us are blessed in ways we take for granted," Welhouse said. "I like to give back with the talents I have to make lives better."
From there, De Long continued reaching out to other community contacts. As more people started helping out, word of Emily's bakery spread, leading other community members to get involved.
Sue Knotts of Kreative Knotts, a small, family-owned artistic shop in Brillion, met De Long at a sign-making workshop that Kreative Knotts hosted. Knotts, who grew up in Hilbert and knows Emily and her family, donated three recipe boards to the bakery after pitching the idea to De Long.
The recipe boards feature a lemon cupcakes recipe, in addition to recipes for icing and ganache — all in Emily's own handwriting. In order to make the signs, Knotts needed Emily to write down the lemon cupcake recipe and send it to her — which Emily did without knowing the reason. Then began the challenging process of capturing Emily's handwriting and creating the boards themselves.
"As a small business, we help in whatever way we possibly can," Knotts said. "Even if you can't donate or aren't in the position to help monetarily, we can still give our time."
And in this case, all of those donations of resources and time have contributed to one happy girl, who's looking forward to baking cupcakes in her own bakery.
"It's awesome, it's amazing. I love it." said Emily, flashing a smile as sweet as those cupcakes.
Briana Reilly: 920-993-7175 or breilly@gannett.com; on Twitter @briana_reilly.
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Five Factors Behind Shrinking Revenue Growth in the Recovery
Jason Bailey | July 28, 2014
The rate of revenue growth in Kentucky's General Fund has slowed down between 2011 and 2014, as seen in the graph below. That's a big part of why Kentucky's budget has been so tight even this far into the economic recovery.
Source: KCEP analysis of Office of the State Budget Director data.
More On Budget & Tax: Governor's Budget Increases Funding for Relief and Reinvestment
Here are five big reasons for this falling rate of growth:
Income taxes grew quickly at the beginning of the recovery.
Revenue from individual and corporate income taxes grew rapidly the first few years of the recovery. In part, that was because a bounce-back in the financial markets and income growth for those at the top translated into tax revenues. The individual income tax grew by $263 million or 8 percent in 2011, making up nearly half of all state revenue gains that year. Since then, individual income tax growth has been more modest, and a one-time capital gains tax issue shifted some income tax revenue from 2014 to 2013. Revenue from corporate income taxes and the limited liability entity tax (an alternative corporate income tax) has also grown rapidly in the recovery due to high corporate profits, but growth is beginning to taper off. Revenue grew 35 percent in 2011, 11 percent in 2012, 12 percent in 2013 and only 4 percent in 2014.
Sales taxes have been weak due to too few jobs and stagnant wages.
Since the sales tax is a regressive tax paid disproportionately by low- and middle-income Kentuckians, it depends heavily on their ability to spend. That's been limited by continued high unemployment and weak wage growth for those who have jobs. Sales tax revenue has actually declined in three of the last six years. Growth was stronger in 2012, at 5.4 percent, in part because of one-time spending due to pent-up demand from the recession according to the Office of the State Budget Director. Limited taxation of services also impedes sales tax growth.
Tax amnesty inflated revenues in 2013.
To help balance the budget during weak revenue growth, the state put in place a tax amnesty program in 2013 that netted a total of $58.4 million for the General Fund. Tax amnesty allows those who owe back taxes to pay them without a penalty, meaning a one-time infusion of funds.
Coal severance tax revenues were strong in 2011 and 2012, but have since collapsed.
Coal severance tax revenues were strong early in the recovery due to high prices for eastern Kentucky coal and growth in western Kentucky coal production (power plants have begun buying western Kentucky coal again after installing scrubbers to address its high sulfur content). The tax reached all-time highs of $296 million in 2011 and $298 million in 2012. But by 2013, cheap and abundant natural gas was winning out over expensive-to-mine eastern Kentucky coal, and coal severance tax revenue fell to only $197 million by 2014.
Cigarette tax revenues have dropped substantially.
Kentucky raised its cigarette tax in the 2009 session in order to help address the budget shortfall, resulting in $108 million more in 2010 than had been raised in 2008. But by 2014, the state had lost $50 million of that new revenue as declining smoking rates led to lower tax collections. While a cigarette tax increase is a good way to help curb smoking, it's not a sustainable approach to the state's revenue problems.
Moving forward, the combination of factors that led to strong revenue growth early in the recovery is unlikely to return. No one expects eastern Kentucky coal to regain its former strength, cigarette tax revenue will continue to decline, tax amnesty can't be repeated and corporate profits are unlikely to continue at all-time highs. A stronger recovery would help the income tax and sales tax, but because of too many holes in the tax code Kentucky is likely to continue experiencing challenges until it takes on tax reform that raises more revenue.
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Anything made with grilled pineapple is the bomb. So last time I was grilling pineapple a little inspiration struck and I decided to make some Upside Down Cake. My niece was struggling to find something yummy to eat on a gluten free diet, so I did some research and decided to challenge myself to make a gluten free version. Results? Awesome. So here's my version.
After looking at a bunch of recipes online, I took my inspiration from a recipe I came across on simplyfood.org. Katie's recipe seemed like a great base, using healthy wholesome ingredients. I made a couple of modifications, and turned out a cake that was gone in a snap. Seemed like I had cooked up something good.
Generously butter a 9 in. square pan, especially the bottom of the pan where you will place the pineapple.
Scatter a generous layer of coconut sugar over the bottom of the pan, then arrange pineapple slices over top.
In a medium bowl sift together the dry ingredients; flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
In a large bowl beat the eggs, yogurt, juice, and vanilla together, then add the dry ingredients and whisk on medium-high in a mixer until batter is smooth. Making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of bowl.
Evenly pour batter over the pineapple slices.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when inserted into the middle of cake.
I had a mini 4 inch springform pan I wanted to try out so I made a little version which perfectly fit 1 slice. Too cute?
Oh my this looks delicious! I'm always looking for great new gluten free recipes!
That looks so very good, thanks for the recipe!
Yum! I have never had pineapple in a cake, yet I love pineapple. I will have to try this. Thanks!
eep! That single slice can is so adorable. Makes me want to make some grilled dessert this weekend. Yummers!
I am in love with the mini springform – it makes me want to make little cakes all the time.
You guys are killing me with all these dessert recipes – just when I've sworn off dessert….
no don't ever swear off desserts! the trick is to find desserts like this one that is pretty healthy so you can indulge guilt free!


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Jon Oates joins Blu Wireless as new Chief Financial Officer
21st September 2020 by Blu Wireless
Bristol-based technology company, Blu Wireless, today announced that Jon Oates has been appointed new Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors.
Jon is an accomplished executive with over 16 years' experience in the technology industry. With a degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Bristol, Jon has worked with technology companies since 2004. He has held senior management roles in companies ranging from semiconductors to wireless communications. Early in his career he worked at Icera, a Bristol based semiconductor company that designed modem chips for cellular dongles. During his time there, he played a key part in growing the business, resulting in a head count increase from 30 to 300 worldwide and significant revenues prior to its sale to Nvidia. He later joined IPWireless, a cellular communications company focused on the public safety market, principally in the United States. Before his appointment at Blu Wireless, he lent his expertise to a number of early stage companies, focussing on fundraising and supporting the senior management teams in delivering against commercial strategies.
Experienced in scaling up company growth and delivering against key strategic objectives, Jon's appointment is an integral addition to the board and Senior Management Team. On his new appointment he stated: "The opportunity to be involved in a communications company, that is at the forefront of new wireless technology, is what first drew me to join Blu Wireless. After speaking to the team and the investors, it quickly became clear that the mmWave multi-gigabit market is growing rapidly and innovators such as Blu Wireless continue to set new technology benchmarks in this space. I look forward to supporting the business in its future development.'
CEO Alan Jones sees the appointment of Jon as a critical milestone for the business: "Jon is an accomplished CFO, who will bring a wealth of knowledge to the team. I'm positive that his expertise in scaling technology businesses will form a strong foundation for Blu Wireless as we continue to commercialise the business. I am delighted to welcome Jon to the team and look forward to working with him on accelerating revenue growth and bringing our technology into new markets.'
Blu Wireless breaks 1Gbps uplink speed record in maritime 5G trials
Blu Wireless unveils landmark 5G mmWave testbed in France
Blu Wireless moves to a more customer centric office with more space for R&D and product development


Several of you commented on Billy's attire in the photo I posted on July 9th's entry. Before you accuse me of being the kind of odd, reclusive spinster librarian who dresses up her cat and dog children in twee outfits and forces them to participate in creepy tea parties, let me explain that they were in those outfits for a good reason: work. Although Sid's outfit (pictured left, in beefcake green) suggests International Male, they modeled for Pets.com, the irrational e-business that ruined many an exuberant investor and became a case study for dot com idiocy and profligacy. Say what you will about us exploiting our animals - Sid, Spoon and Billy Jack got to be part of dot bomb history.
How did they get this gig? Well, this whole thing is just who knows who and favoritism. (Elizabeth is friends with a photographer who was doing business with the company.) The dogs weren't paid in stock options, but they were compensated with boxes and boxes of ridiculous merchandise, including a naugahyde bomber jacket, which I think cost $60 retail on the site. I can't figure out why the company went bust.
Instead of being wildly rich on paper, the dogs became wildly rich in crappy product, which arrived all at once in four huge boxes. We had a wonderful time opening up all of the boxes with the dogs. It was just like Christmas for them, and now they think anytime a box comes it's for them. We still have a bunch of outfits and Pets.com schwag, mementoes of the bubble that we hope to sell on Ebay for nostalgic, ironic types who collect that kind of crap.
Speaking of collectible keepsakes from defunct companies: people look covetously at my WANG coffee cup, which is not for sale, FRANCIS, ever. You'll have to pry that from my cold, dead hands.


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Aesthetic Realism: Life, Love & Learning
Leila Rosen, English Educator
Being Important: What Does It Mean & What Mistakes Do We Make about It?
What Are Women Looking For in Love?
What's Real Intelligence—about Ourselves & the World?
What, in a Woman Herself, Interferes with Love?
A Woman's Determination: Right or Wrong?
Is Kindness Intelligent, Selfish, Strong?
Independence & Need in Our Lives: How Can They Make Sense?
Caring for People—Wisdom or Foolishness?
Care for Yourself & Justice to Others—Do They Have to Fight?
Justice versus Injustice in Men & Women
We Want to Be Happy—But Do We Also Want Not to Be?
What Does Getting Ahead Really Mean?
The Debate in Every Person: To Have More Feeling or Less?
True Self-Expression, and What Interferes
What Is a Husband's Biggest Mistake?
Can Men & Women Be Intelligent in Love?
Everybody's Big, Dramatic Question: How Much Should People Mean to Us?
A Man's Imagination: What Makes It a Friend or Foe?
Individuality and Love: Do They Have to Fight?
Public Self & Private Thoughts—Does A Man Have To Pretend?
A Woman Whose Name Was Truth
Wowing People and Liking Oneself—What Is the Difference?
Does Our Anger Weaken or Strengthen Us?
What Makes a Man Truly Strong?
What Is Woman's Greatest Victory—Appearing Beautiful or Seeing Beautifully?
Is Kindness Strength?—Aesthetic Realism & Thaddeus Stevens
Successful Teaching: Here's How
Through Aesthetic Realism Interest Wins, Cynicism Loses
On Gogol's "The Nose," a Satire on Snobbishness
More on the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method
Through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method, Knowledge Opposes Anger—and Students Learn!
Lessons on Rhyme, Using the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method
Poetry as Justice: Through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method, Aesthetics Defeats Contempt
Students Choose Knowing the World, Not Fighting with It
Language, Literature & Poetry
Man Is Poetically Shown in Southern Road, 1932
How Musical Can Sadness Be?—or, Grief, Anger, Hope
The World Is in Idioms
Art Is Within Science
Poetry, Atmosphere, and Neatness
Some Poetry Is Distinguished
The Old Wives' Tale, by Arnold Bennett
A Thrilling Talk on Literature, by Sheldon Kranz
Favorite Links about Literature & Teaching English
Literature & Life: A Blog
Notable Men & Women
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
Blog: Literature & Life
Links–& More
Photos & Travel
Puerto Rico, 2016
Water and land, East Coast
Near home
Photographs from some of my travels
To find out more about Aesthetic Realism
"Timothy Lynch Represents America"
I'm glad to welcome you to my website. On its pages, I tell what I've learned from Aesthetic Realism, the philosophy founded by the American poet, critic, and educator Eli Siegel. It teaches people how we can see the things that affect us every single day in a way we're proud of: our feelings about the people we know, our jobs, love, education, and endlessly more—including, in 2021, an ongoing pandemic.
Studying Aesthetic Realism has changed me in ways I always hoped for. I have a joyous and useful life, which includes a rich career as an English educator in New York City and a deep and happy marriage. Everyone's life can be made better, stronger, and happier through the knowledge of Aesthetic Realism.
Here is some of what you can read about here:
articles on the tremendous effectiveness of the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method,
which has been used with great success by many K-12 teachers in the NYC area, including me.
papers presented at public seminars at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation
on subjects that concern everyone: including love, kindness, justice, and how to see other people. From my papers, and some by my colleagues, you'll see how the study of Aesthetic Realism makes for real pride and self-respect!
reports of lectures by Eli Siegel and classes taught by Ellen Reiss,
the Aesthetic Realism Chairman of Education, with whom I'm proud to study. Some of these reports are on poetry, the relation of art and science, and the wonderful meaning of idioms.
links to many resources I find valuable.
I've included links to websites useful for English teachers. There's also a page pointing to various resources about the study of Aesthetic Realism.
To start reading, click on any of the links on the right or the tabs in the menu above. You can also check out my other blogs: "Aesthetic Realism and the Works of Edith Wharton," and "The Aesthetics of…". Enjoy!
"Keats, America, & Aesthetic Realism"
John Keats is safe in history now, his poetry alive as ever. What is it about his work that makes it so alive, so stirring? And what made for the narrowness and cruelty of the critics of his own time, who could not see the value of Keats' work—its newness, its excitement about beauty wherever he saw it? The answer to both questions is in this new publication, which includes part of Eli Siegel's lecture Poetry, Atmosphere, & Neatness. As an English teacher, and a human being, I can't recommend it highly enough.


Many saw the video. Many heard the smack of fist meeting skin and were transfixed by the pure rage on the face of the assailant. But what bothered me most wasn't the assault itself.
What I couldn't take my eyes off were the people in the background. Standing silently. Hoping someone else would intervene, then stepping aside to let the assailant stroll away from the crime scene. My eyes were set on those grainy faces, not because of what they did, but because of what they didn't do.
For too long, most Americans have been no better than those bystanders. Standing idly by while thugs and bullies posing as social justice warriors stifle the speech of the few with violence and intimidation. I've been on more than 100 college campuses in the past three years fighting for free speech, and I've seen those types of people all too often.
President Trump's declaration on March 2 that he would issue an executive order to withdraw funding from universities that don't "support free speech" is a direct rebuke to those who would stifle it, as well as those who would rather do nothing. While the White House has yet to release details on what such an order would entail, the fact that such a conversation is being held in the first place is a step in the right direction.
For obvious reasons, conservatives were quick to praise the president. After all, we've long been begging the media and politicians to pay attention to the war being waged against conservative and libertarian students on campuses. But liberals should be the most supportive of an executive order to incentivize colleges to defend speech on campus.
Having spoken to thousands of students in the past year, it's those on the left who are suffering most from the current system, which has suppressed speech and muted controversial ideas. While conservative students are constantly having to defend their ideas and debate their points of view, liberal students often go unchallenged and, as a result, miss out on the whole point of going to college: being challenged.
Put yourself in the shoes of an 18-year old. You arrive on your college campus as a politically apathetic freshman, and pretty soon you're told in your orientation that any time you hear an opinion that makes you uncomfortable, you should report it to the bias response team. Challenged with a political take you don't like? You're told to label that "hate speech" and go to the administration. On the first day of class, your professors make clear their liberal views and rant against the "hate" and "intolerance" from the other side. Pretty soon, even the most tepid conservative ideas sound extreme.
How would you respond then, when you find out that a right-leaning speaker is coming to campus? What would you do when you see a student soliciting signups for their conservative club? Would you attend the speech and engage with those students, viewing their ideas as a learning opportunity? Or would you label them hate speech and pressure the university to banish them from campus? I'm sure you'd like to think of yourself as the exception, but you're likely to revert to the latter. And that's a problem.
If Americans on all sides of the political spectrum want to see an educated electorate that can peacefully debate and exchange ideas, then we must take action on our college campuses. And that starts with supporting President Trump's executive order.
Cabot Phillips is media director for the Leadership Institute's CampusReform.org.
Coddling the American mind: Are we setting up a generation to fail?


In this video you'll find out how to fix any marketing funnel you just four steps.
Are people opting in to your lead magnet?
Are people clicking on the emails that you're sending them?
Are people buying your stuff?
So, I suggest starting asking your questions to identify the real issue in your funnel and fix it. You'll definitely, improve your ads and leads which will make your business grow consistently.
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Everybody, what's up? On this video you'll find out how to fix any marketing funnel you just four steps.
Hey what's up her name Vasquez here and welcome to another video. Thank you once again for the replies the comments and everything, you guys are amazing. And I really really appreciate that you're watching this video right now. And on this video I kind of wanted to make something real quick, real quick video because the reality is that you know, I was talking to a client the other day, and she was all over the place she was trying to fix her funnel.
We were hopping on a call she was a coaching client of mine and we went on a call and she was all over the place she was doing changes to her ads, and then she was also doing changes to her opt in page and to the email and then to the sales page and the offer so it was kind of you know, it was kind of all over the place. So that's something that I wanted to tell you guys how to fix right now.
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Alright, so as I was telling you guys the other day was I was talking to one of the coaching clients that for the growth league which is my coaching program and the reality is that she was overwhelmed right? she had this really amazing funnel It was a simple funnel but she was getting sales but for some reason she was overwhelmed, so we sat down and I tell her okay so tell me a little bit about your funnel.
You went ahead and said alright so, right now I have Facebook ads and they're running to an opt in page right, where I offer a free and ethical bribe or lead magnet, however you want to call it, and people will sign up will download the lead magnet. They will get a couple emails and then on the emails they will link and click on the email and they will go to sales page where I sell a program coaching program would not know so great and dandy and whatnot and a asked her Okay, so are you getting sells of your program? She said yes, but not at the rate that I would like, right.
So we went through that real quick and we sit down and say all right, so let's go through your Facebook ads campaign right so she cracked that the account open and went through that. And the reality is that, you know, I only asked her for question for her funnel. So I told her listen real quick, this is what we need to do. There are four questions that we need to answer. And that's it.
Question number one are people clicking on your ads? And again, we went through her Facebook account and yeah, certainly she didn't have any issues with her ad, so I told her Okay, so the ads are effective. Do not touch the ads, because they're bringing traffic to your page. So that's awesome.
Number two, Are people opting in to your ethical bribe to your lead magnet? and we went through her ClickFunnels account and she's we saw together that she had, I think it was a 70% conversion rate 17 sorry, percent conversion rate on that page. And I said alright, so this is something that we might want to fix because I always like to work with at least 20 to 25% opt in rate on any free stuff that we're giving right but let's let's move on.
Question number three, Are people clicking on the emails that you're sending them? right a are the open ended the clicking on it or the landing on your sales page. And we went through that she cracked open her Active Campaign account. And yeah, indeed, they weren't clicking, they were visiting the sales page. So I told her, okay, so there's nothing wrong with your emails. Just keep doing what you're doing. What you must do, because they're clearly really, really good.
And number four, Are people buying your stuff? visiting the page and buying your stuff? And he said yes, because she was getting some Sells. So your problem, here's the thing, here's what we found out your problem or not the ads number one, people are clicking on them. Number two, your emails are okay, don't focus on them. Number three, yourself. Space is doing fine. Don't focus on that, right.
So all that was left was the fact that we needed to make the opt in page better because again, we want to make paid media work with at least 20% opt in rate or more, ideally more. But so after that talk, she was really happy because she had clarity. She didn't have to mess with a million things. She didn't have to mess with her audience on Facebook, or with her emails or split test another headline for his sales page. All she needed to do was to actually go ahead and make the opt in page better.
So whenever you're trying to fix a funnel, she's tried to break it down in what pieces of what moving parts are there. In this case, it was an easy final, simple funnel. But there's always almost always four or five questions that you need to ask it it's always about are people clicking on your ads, it's always about our people opting in. If you have a webinar or people going through the webinar, or people buying your stuff, or clicking your emails and whatnot and then buying your stuff based on that you will be able to, to pinpoint exactly what the problem is. And there you go, all you need to do is to turn around and fix them.
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Under new ownership: How will EF Education First impact Cannondale-Drapac?
by Spencer Martin
The deal that saved Slipstream Sports from collapse over the summer was far more complex than the usual sponsorship contract. As part of the transaction brokered by team CEO Jonathan Vaughters, EF Education First not only gained naming rights to the team, it also bought out the majority stakeholder of the program, Doug Ellis, and is the team's new owner. For the first time in more than a decade, Vaughters and Ellis will no longer have final say in the team's direction.
What does that mean for Slipstream? There's still a tinge of argyle on the team's 2018 jerseys (see the cuffs), but the new owners are certainly making their presence felt. The delicate balance between the existing culture and new owner was put on display last week when Slipstream Sports announced the signing of Swedish national road champion, Kim Magnusson. Vaughters confirmed that the signing of Magnusson was a direct function of the new ownership, which has its roots in Sweden.
"They [EF Education First] definitely wanted a Swedish rider, so we have the Swedish national champion," he said.
POC, the team's apparel, helmets, and eyewear supplier, is also based in Sweden.
That announcement, along with a relatively low number of North American riders on the roster for 2018 — seven, the same as in 2017 — leaves questions about the vision and direction for the future of the team.
Vaughters' argyle-clad team has always put its hand up as America's team. While Trek-Segafredo and BMC Racing are also US-registered WorldTour teams, the Slipstream Sports organization has, for years, hired the highest number of American riders, and most often served to develop young and upcoming American talent. Vaughters doesn't hide the fact that the team ownership has changed, but he does push back on the idea that the new-look team will abandon its American roots.
"Going forward, we will be more and more interested in developing more North American riders," he said. "This year [2018] we have fewer Americans on the roster than ever before. But that was just a function that we were late to market. For instance, we had a deal with Neilson Powless that went away in those two to three weeks of uncertainty. He would have been a major, major focus for future development, but that got taken away from us, and understandably so. Once we regain our footing a little bit, we will be back to that."
It wasn't always the intention to sell a majority stake in Slipstream. The original verbal agreement Vaughters made with EF chairman Philip Hult was for a single year of sponsorship. "I was about ready to sign that deal, and then something in me at the last minute, was like, 'no, we'll just be back here again next year,'" Vaughters said.
A one-year patch on the team's finances wasn't particularly attractive in large part due to creative accounting Vaughters had indulged in to inflate the budget of the team.
"There are all of these other background problems because I sort of hot-rodded the team from a budget standpoint a little bit in 2017 to make it work," he said. "What I mean by hot-rodded is that you have the UCI bank guarantee which is stuffed away. You're not really supposed to touch that except in an emergency.
"I budgeted the team so that the November and December payrolls were just going to come from the bank guarantee, which means you're going bankrupt, which we were going to. I didn't budget for a complete year. So in 2018, there would have been this debt overhang because we would have had to finance that money and carry over."
When the initial one-year sponsorship offered was declined, Vaughters made it clear to EF that much of reason was the budget overhand issues caused by the draining of the UCI bank guarantee (The UCI requires that every team deposit 15% of the season's payroll into a rainy-day fund to cover potential contract shortfalls).
The single-year deal was also unworkable on a personal level, as Vaughters feared another difficult sponsor search a year down the line. "This whole process has had an incredibly negative effect on me, and my family, and I just became unwilling to ever have to be sort of that down a hole in my personal life," he said. "I was basically depressed for over a year. Depressed in a sense that I was thinking about one thing and one thing only, it was myopic."
He pushed for a three-year deal to give the team a longer financial runway. According to Vaughters, EF's response was that they were willing to be a long-term partner, but they wanted more. The message from EF was clear: We'll do the longer-term deal, and we'll solve all of your budget overhang and cash-flow issues, but if we are going to do that we need to own the team, not just sponsor the team.
Vaughters couldn't say what the exact ownership percentages were, how much of an ownership stake would be acquired, and if current owner Doug Ellis would retain any shares. However, a recent VeloNews piece on the acquisition reported that EF Education First would be replacing Ellis as majority owner of Slipstream Sports. Dorel Industries, a Canadian manufacturing conglomerate and owner of the Cannondale bike brand, also has a large stake in the WorldTour team.
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Personnel rarely remains unchanged when a company goes through a merger or acquisition. Talking down a possible managerial shakeup, Vaughters made it clear that he would not be leaving the new organization anytime soon. "EF wasn't going to close the asset purchase of the team equity until I signed my contract," he said. "I have a very long-term deal in place with them. I'll be around."
Even with Vaughters staying on board, the team suffered a few key personnel losses between the announcement of the budget shortfall and the acquisition by the new owner. Promising classics talent Dylan Van Baarle jumped ship for Team Sky, while marquee American rider Andrew Talansky made a surprise retirement announcement in the midst of the sponsor search. Vaughters expressed that Talansky's decision was in no way related to the team's budgetary issue — that Talansky was simply "sick of racing" — and that the retirement would have occurred regardless.
Vaughters did express that his relationship with the team's star French rider, Pierre Rolland, suffered, due to the Frenchman feeling betrayed by the team's sudden financial trouble. At the time of the interview, the two were no longer on speaking terms, despite Vaughters doubling as Rolland's personal coach.
The financial shortfall seemingly came as a surprise to Rolland, his teammates, and fans. The team's star riders immediately called their agents, who in turn called rival team managers, while Slipstream Sports even took the unconventional route of setting up a crowdfunding campaign in an attempt to close the gap.
But a look at the quarterly reports from Dorel Sports, the owner of the Cannondale bike brand, title sponsor of the team and partner in the Slipstream management organization, shows consistently declining revenue.
Last week, Dorel Industries reported that third-quarter revenue in the division housing its mass-market and IBD bikes businesses plunged 18%, citing factors such as hurricanes and other extreme weather in North America, the bankruptcy filing of one of its largest customers, Toys R Us, in September, and overall weakness in the global bicycle market. Third-quarter revenue at Dorel Sports — which includes Cannondale, Caloi, Pacific Cycle, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, and Sugoi — totaled US $205.5 million, down $45.2 million from a year earlier. For the nine months through September, Dorel Sports' revenue is down 10.7%. The division's operating profit also declined during the quarter, down US $5.6 million to just $200,000.
There were no specifics provided on where the team's funding shortfall originated, but the VeloNews piece chronicling the team's brush with death states that a source within the team confirmed that Cannondale decreased its commitment. Vaughters was aware of this in advance and had lined up another title sponsor to take Cannondale's place, but was left in a lurch when their board of directors failed to ratify the deal. Several reports claim the new sponsor was to be online betting website Unibet, but Vaughters has declined to identify the company in question.
Either way, that's in the past, and the team's future is in the hands of EF Education First.
No longer having to deal with the headaches of these sponsorship issues is undeniably a major upside to the new Slipstream ownership structure. While there is always a danger of losing a company's DNA when selling a controlling stake to outside investors, the increased financial security and ability to shift resources from constant funding search to acquiring and developing talent is a positive.
Vaughters admitted that the constant searching and financial concerns syphoned a significant amount of energy and left him unable to even enjoy the team's biggest success.
"One of the Drapac guys said at our after-the-Tour party, 'I've never seen you smile, what's the deal? Why are you not smiling after getting second place in the Tour de France?'" Vaughters said. "It's just because I never got to enjoy it, because I knew that, yeah, we got second place, but we were on very tenuous footing going forward."
The purchase of Slipstream Sports by EF Education First has a great potential to infuse the team with much-needed cash and shift focus away from a constant sponsorship search, but also has the potential to strip the team of its character.
For the moment, the team's 2018 roster holds seven North American riders — Nathan Brown, Lawson Craddock, Joe Dombrowski, Alex Howes, Logan Owen, Taylor Phinney, and Canadian Mike Woods. It's the same number as in 2017, and essentially the same riders, with Owen replacing Talansky as the seventh North American.
Fans of the original argyle-clad Slipstream teams, and the integral role they played in developing young American riders, can only hope that the team's new owners recognize how key the team's character has been in cementing loyalty for the team — the kind of loyalty that led to over half-million dollars in crowdfunding donations.
A few things are for certain, however — the team will be around for at least another three years, and Vaughters will be able to spend his time focusing on something other than securing a new title sponsor.
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Cooper Robertson elevates five team members with experience in cultural facilities, campus planning and urban mixed-use districts as it continues to grow and evolve award-winning practice.
Cooper Robertson has announced strategic promotions for five emerging leaders on its growing team, reflecting an expanding portfolio of project work and important new thought leadership initiatives across a broad array of market sectors. The newly elevated professionals include Nathalie Guedes, RA, and Alfia White, RA, LEED AP BD+C, who have both been named Senior Associates. In addition, Lloyd Helen, Iris Kim, and Anjulie Palta, have all been promoted to the role of Associate.
With projects underway across the United States and around the world, Cooper Robertson is recognized for planning and design work that supports strong and resilient communities. Notable recent commissions and milestones for the firm include the continued build-out of a master plan for the 4 million-square-foot M City megadevelopment outside Toronto, and a new master plan for a large-scale community in South America; new cultural works including the upcoming Princeton University Museum of Art, designed in collaboration with Adjaye Associates and higher-education milestones including a strategic facilities master plan master plan for the George Washington University (GW).
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Nathalie Guedes, RA, Senior Associate
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Alfia White, RA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate
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Lloyd Helen, Associate
With professional experience in London, New York, China, and Germany, Ireland native Lloyd Helen is a core member of the urban design team at Cooper Robertson, and is valued for his business development acumen as well as his design talents. Currently at work on the 418-acre Riverton waterfront development in New Jersey – the largest mixed-use project in the state's history – Helen's background in architecture, urban design, and city planning is also informing project work for Longwood University in Farmville Virginia, for the new Princeton University Art Museum, and for major new mixed-use developments in the Hudson River Valley region. Recognized by colleagues for a keen interest in resilient design, Helen is a certified Waterfront Edge Design Professional and holds a Master of Architecture from the University College Dublin in Ireland.
Iris Kim, Associate
With a background in art history, editorial production at McGraw-Hill, and exhibition program development for the Museum of Modern Art, Iris Kim's multifaceted expertise makes her an invaluable presence in Cooper Robertson's cultural and museum practice. Since joining the firm in 2018, she has contributed planning and design knowledge to several major institutional projects, and is currently engaged in long-range masterplanning work with the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art in Pennsylvania. Reflecting her interdisciplinary perspective, Kim also co-created Cooper Robertson's Diversity and Inclusion initiative as well as the firm's the popular Cooper Robertson Talk Series, which brought together industry leaders from the worlds of art museums, architectural education, and urban design for influential public discussions of diversity and inclusion throughout 2020. Kim holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
Anjulie Palta, Associate
Globally-minded and multi-disciplinary, since joining Cooper Robertson in 2018 Anjulie Palta has become responsible for overseeing planning, design, community engagement, and project management efforts for a diverse range of the firm's urban design and campus planning clients. Her project portfolio at Cooper Robertson includes development of a new strategic facilities master plan for the George Washington University (GW), which garnered attention from building industry media for its successful pivot to entirely virtual community engagement during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to her project work, Palta – whose has a background in social justice initiatives for non-profit organizations — has co-led the creation of Cooper Robertson's internal Diversity and Inclusion Initiative and the Cooper Robertson Talk Series alongside Iris Kim. Recognized within the firm for her contributions to business development in the campus planning sector, Palta also has valuable international experience including research for the design of refugee camps in Germany and planning for urban green space in Delhi, India. She holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin.
"As we look to the future and pursue innovative and meaningful work transforming cities, creating cultural landmarks, and guiding sustainable and resilient development, the contributions of our talented and passionate colleagues will be instrumental to Cooper Robertson's success," says Clinton. "We look forward to seeing these design professionals and emerging leaders continue to grow with our firm."
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Fanderson is saddened to hear of the death of Francis Matthews, aged 86. Francis was an accomplished actor who starred in Paul Temple and appeared in several Hammer films. Yet he will always be remembered by fans and the general public for voicing Captain Scarlet, where he deployed his amazing Cary Grant impersonation to great effect. Francis attended Fanderson's Sector 25 event in 2006, where he was interviewed alongside Cy Grant and Matt Zimmerman.
By coincidence, the next issue of FAB, shown below, becomes a fitting tribute to Francis. He will be sadly missed.
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J.F. Lehman & Company ("JFLCO") is pleased to announce it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Lake Shore Systems ("Lake Shore" or the "Company") from Oldenburg Group Incorporated.
With roots dating back to 1858, Lake Shore designs, engineers, manufactures and supports complex, heavy equipment systems to meet mission critical requirements in harsh operating environments, including large deck handling equipment, access and lifting systems for U.S. Government vessels and customized underground mining equipment for mine owners and operators around the world. The Company operates from facilities in Rhinelander, WI, Iron River, MI, Kingsford, MI, and Ontonagon, MI as well as other sales and service sites in the U.S. and Mexico.
Senior debt financing for the acquisition was provided by BNP Paribas, Babson Capital and Monroe Capital. Blank Rome LLP and Jones Day provided legal counsel to J.F. Lehman & Company. Oldenburg Group Incorporated was advised by Raymond James and provided legal counsel by DLA Piper.


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Last Saturday saw a convincing 2-0 defeat for the Albion at the hands of Watford. This was nothing we haven't seen before, particularly away from home. In their 19 games away from the AMEX last season Brighton gained only 11 points, the worst away record in the league. This included seven 2-0 defeats, so this was much the same as last season.
To underline the point, let me throw a few stats your way. Away from home the Albion scored the second lowest amount of goals (10) in the Premier League last season whilst conceding 29. Three of those goals coming in one game against West Ham. The Albion created only 121 chances in those games, the 15th lowest in league. So even when coming up against Watford, who conceded the most goals at home in the league last season (31), it was unlikely to lead to much optimism from the Albion faithful.
Pascal Gross's performances demonstrates this marked difference in away games the best. The Albion's player of last season recorded a Squawka combined performance score at home of 306, the best score from any Albion player. However, away from home he received a score of -5. No wonder as all of Pascal's goals and 6 of his 8 assists came at home last season.
There were clear differences in style when the Albion played at home compared to when they were playing away. The Albion play much deeper and retain less possession away than at home, averaging 46.3% possession at home and 43.8% away last season. This may not sound like a big difference but it equates to an extra 2 minutes without the ball and chasing the opposition, which can make all the difference. It also means when the team do have possession it's more often in deeper areas of the pitch meaning attacking players like Gross have a diminished effect on the game.
As Gross lacks the pace of other attackers, this lack of possession and deeper defensive line means he has more to do and more ground to cover in order to create chances when the Albion have the ball. His role in the team is often to create chances but his lack of pace means that away from home attacks would very often break down before they had started. Whereas at home, the team's greater attacking intent allows him to start from a more advanced position on the pitch and allows him to thrive.
On Saturday against Watford there was a clear difference in the impact of Gross and his 60th minute replacement, new signings Yves Bissouma. His replacement Bissouma notably had a greater effect, adding some much needed drive and pace from deeper positions. Exactly what Gross lacks. But for me this doesn't suggest we drop Gross over Bissouma but rather we deploy an adapted system that best incorporates both whilst minimising Gross's shortfalls. He was our most effective player last season, without him we'd be playing Championship football this weekend.
Another factor though is at the other end of the pitch. As has been pointed out by all and sundry, the Albion conceded a lot of goals from set pieces last season. In fact the most in the Premier League, conceding 22 from set pieces of which 16 were from corners. But this issue is exacerbated by the lack of goals scored away from home. Scoring more than once away from home only in that wonderful night in East London against West Ham. Excluding that game, Brighton scored a goal away from home only once in 2.2 games.
Conversely the team also scored very few goals from set-pieces last season. Scoring a total of 5 goals from this method, which again was the lowest in the league last season. This is despite Pascal Gross creating more chances from set-pieces in the Premier League last season than any other player (36). This lack of others taking those chances from set pieces will no doubt have exaggerated the low performance score Gross received away from home, as the old saying goes, goals change games (whilst masking other deficiencies in a performance). If Brighton had taken a significant amount more of their chances from set pieces many of the issues away from home could be ignored.
The manager Chris Hughton has stated that the team have focused on set-pieces in training a lot of late, but it's something he's been struggling with since he took charge. In December 2015 when talking about conceding goals from corners in a home defeat to Middlesbrough, Hughton told The Argus: "It's a big worry, something we need to eradicate". Let's hope the worrying ends and the hard work on the training pitch finally pays off.
Burnley are a team that Brighton can aspire to match, and I'm not talking about their fans behaviour. In their first season following promotion in 16/17 they accumulated just 7 points away from home, but managed to earn a total four times that amount (28) last season, more in fact than they earned at home that season (26). Even more surprising is that last season they earned less points at home than they did in their first season (33), despite finishing 13 places higher in the league.
They achieved this by working on the defensive side of their game, conceding only 22 goals away all season compared to 35 the year before and in doing so made a league low last season of 2 defensive errors. Even more impressive considering that this was done despite taking a defensive approach similar to the Albion's, whilst achieving only 45% possession away from home.
Burnley have been reliant on their defence to stay tight, despite their good away record they scored only 19 goals, averaging only one goal per game. Albeit this is almost double the Albion's total in the same year, it meant they couldn't afford the kind of errors that were made by the Albion last season to accumulate the points total that they did. Whilst Watford last weekend won't give us Albion fans hope of better things on the road, Burnley's success last season goes to show what defensive solidity and discipline when combined with an extra clinically edge in front of goal can achieve.
The Albion going forward away from home will look at their new signings to offer more attacking threat going forward. As the positive impact on Saturday of Bissouma and Jahanbakhsh as second half substitutes will demonstrate. But they also need to cut out the silly defensive errors and goals conceded last season. Burnley's year-on-year improvement shows what can be achieved if this is done.
Whilst last Saturdays defeat was another example of their poor away record, Brighton's home record has been fantastic and was their saving grace last season. They accumulated 29 points at the AMEX and scored 24 goals in the process, the 8th best home record in the league last season and only bettered by the top 6 and Everton.
Whilst some have called for Pascal Gross to be dropped for Yves Bissouma, I wouldn't suggest such a change. The home record we achieved last season was largely as a result of using a system that got the best out of Pascal Gross. The Albion must instead find a system that gives him and them the same level of success away from home that they have achieved at the AMEX.
That said, despite that home record last season including a win against our next opponents Manchester United, we shouldn't be overly optimistic for Sunday's rematch. United's away record last season was only bettered by Champions Man City. So Sunday's game shouldn't be considered a good chance for a repeat of that great night last May, but oddly enough does appear to be a better chance of getting a result than last weekend's trip to Watford.
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Author tweetingseagullPosted on August 17, 2018 August 17, 2018 Categories FootballTags Bhafc, Brighton, Brighton and Hove Albion, England, Football, Hughton, man united, Man Utd, Manchester, mufc, Premier League, soccer, Watford
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Not a great experience, but definitely decent.
Very memorable experience. We loved it.
Brilliant guide who told us amazing stories behind the artworks and the villa. Highly recommend people to do this tour.
it was beautiful from up there. Just amazing. Must to do in NYC.


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I became a Simplified Planner user in 2016 and have never looked back. This planner is my heart beat, my saving grace, and one of my most treasured possessions each year thanks to the craft, talent, and intentionality of Emily Ley.
I was late to the Grace Not Perfection party, but so thankful I picked it up. Emily Ley openly shares her story of battling to be perfect and in the midst of striving, finding grace. Within each chapter she shares practical tips for organization and cleanliness in your home, work place, and daily life.
The good life is rich, slow, real, and flawed.
In those moments when we give ourselves the grace to let everything else fade away, we find our most sincere happiness.
Emily's battle to be the perfect daughter, woman, wife, mother, leader, business owner and designer ran her life, just as many of us find ourselves slaves to perfectionism- or at least perceived perfectionism (guilty). But she decided to no longer be paralyzed by perfectionism and striving, missing out on the life she always wanted for a life she felt she was meant to continue striving to perfect.
Someone told you you had to do it all and to do it all by yourself.
Chasing perfection had been my way of searching for joy.
But in losing the battle, she found grace. And in grace, her real and truest self.
You are enough. You deserve simple, slow, and sweet.
It was time to give myself permission to be a priority again.
Don't sacrifice the good in chase of the perfect.
When we create fantasy images in our heads, we slay the beauty of life.
I loved Grace Not Perfection and found myself in a bit of a book rut upon completing it, because I felt nothing could compare as it offers the sweet embrace of a friend and practical insights to simplification and organization, woven amidst a story of grace.
Now if you know me, you know that I am a planner. That being said, I love a paper planner. Call me old school and outdated, I just don't understand how you people keep everything you need/want/dream of doing all in your phone. It's just too much.
That being said, I thought about hosting a "planner brunch" this year for all of my fellow planner lovers (I realize some people call them agendas, but that just sounds mischievous to me.) to come together and share our planner knowledge because I still live in the world where you buy a new planner every summer, rather than starting in January. But life is life and I didn't quite have the time to host my planner brunch. Instead, I collected everyone's thoughts to share.
I get no "kick-back" from any of these companies. I'm just a little obsessed.
If you click the name of the planner, it will open a new tab to that company's website.
If you click on the person's name who shared their insight, it will link to their Twitter for you to learn a little more about them!
If you have owned these planners or another, please share your thoughts in our little virtual brunch in the comment box at the bottom.
These are in alphabetical order, not any order of greatest to least because I think each person's needs for a planner are so different based on what your daily life looks like.
Emily Ley is a planner designer that started her company out of her guest bedroom. Within the last 5 years, the SIMPLIFIED PLANNER has only continued to grow in cuteness, precision, and demand. Emily is passionate about helping women simplify their lives, so she includes tips, how-tos, inspirational quotes, along with ways interleaved throughout the planner to simplify like planning meals ahead of time.
Featured in this photo is the Daily Academic (meaning it starts in August and there are individual pages for each day), but the Simplified Weekly planner also just came out yesterday which features weekly spreads and is smaller and lighter.
Here's some insights from my friend Kristen who used the SIMPLIFIED PLANNER for 2015-2016.
-The inspirational quotes are always uplifting. Who doesn't want to start a week hearing some words of widsom from C.S. Lewis or Walt Disney?
-It reminds you to plan your meals. Especially on tough weeks, it's good accountability to see what you're planning to feed yourself.
-There's a to-do list right next to the column for panning the day. A to do list..for every day. Hello, perfection.
-Kinda pricey. Check eBay, though! If the pros are enough for you to spend $50, by all means I recommend it and I think it's worth it!
I will share that I have already purchased the included planner for the upcoming year as I am starting a new job with lots of meetings and appointments and beginning an online graduate program in August. Also, my family wanted to give me a graduation gift so I treated myself!
Alright all of my crafty friends, I'm looking at you. This planner is sold in craft stores (Michael's, Hobby Lobby, etc.) which I think makes perfect sense because there is just so much you can add and do to this planner. The spine features the Levenger tabs which allow for a good deal of accessories, bookmarks, etc.
Here's some insights from my friend, Madison who used the Happy planner for 2015-2016.
-The Weekly pages are divided in columns for each day with "morning," "afternoon," and "evening" as the rows—this is perfect for anyone out of school who is using a planner for keeping up with meetings, appointments, and other events.
-There are extra accessories to purchase—Create 365 sells stickers, folders, wedding-expansion packs, and so much more—but any disc-bound accessories fit. Personally, I purchased Staples-brand disc-bound to-do lists that I put in each week to help with organization at work and they're a fantastic addition! The stickers are also fun to add for weddings, haircuts, working out, etc.
-Because it's disc-bound, you can just take out the previous months if you want—they also see refill pages so that you can keep the cover and don't have to start from scratch.
-The newer versions just keep getting cuter!
-The biggest pro for me is the price! It's currently $29.99 on the Create 365 website and at Hobby Lobby. Even better, it's rarely on sale at Hobby Lobby, so you can use that weekly 40% off coupon and get it for $18+tax!! This price is great regardless, but especially if you're unsure how much you'd actually use a paper planner, spending $18 and only using it for 3 months is much better than dropping much more and rarely using it.
– The disc-bound is great for desk use, but not to be carried around in your bag. They do sell cases now, but without a case, the front and back covers pop off in my bag.
If you want a cute—but VERY affordable—planner that allows for both structure and flexibility, the Happy Planner might be a perfect fit.
For all of my cute, Southern, sorority girls, we know Lilly is the queen of all things. And I mean who doesn't want a planner that matches their dress?
The 2016-17 Agendas are not yet on sale so I am not sure what the typical price will be for this year.
-The first thing that you notice about the Lilly Agendas is the bright pops of color throughout the entirety of the planner. The cheerful prints are sure to get you motivated to check off your to-do-lists even on your least exciting days!
-The stickers that come in the front of the agenda are fun to place throughout your agenda as you pre-plan the coming weeks. The stickers coincide with holidays and a few are added for you place on personal celebrations. My personal favorite sticker in the 2015-2016 agenda was the "Happy Shopping" sticker showing a girl with her laptop and her cup of coffee. Might as well have been me pictured on the sticker.
-I loved the beautiful "extras" in the new 2015-2016 agendas. The extras in the agenda include a yearlong monthly view section, Days to Celebrate section, Escape Plan: Next Adventure section (great to write down upcoming travel plans and stare at constantly in order to procrastinate daily life), and a numbers and addresses section. All of the sections are great for writing down important dates/information that might be forgotten if they're not recorded.
-I love how large the boxes are on the monthly plan pages are at the beginning of each monthly section. This was the highlight of the planner for me each year that I had one. I had plenty of space to write in each box. Class, two meetings, a social event, an assignment due, study group, and someone's birthday all on the same date? No problem! There was plenty of space in the boxes for all of the reminders I needed, as long as I color coordinated them for my own sanity.
-Spacious day-by-day writing sections. Just like the large boxes on the monthly plan pages- I loved the space here. This space was what made the planner of functional, effective use to me.
-One year, my agenda completely fell apart. Meaning, the front hard cover of the planner came unattached from the binding. Granted, it was overused and should have been placed in its own protective covering. However, I feel that if you pay $40-$50 for a planner… it shouldn't fall apart. Luckily, it was close to the end of my semester of student teaching.
-The inspirational quotes on the decorative pages at the beginning of each month were cute… but not always applicable/inspiring. A pro for cuteness, con for the fact that I need some real inspiring motivation to get through the last weeks leading up to Christmas break. I do not need to flip open to November and read, "celebrate the queen of the jungle." I need to read "you're gonna make it after all" or a quote about celebrating thankfulness. That would really amp the motivation, in my opinion.
-I would love a designated spot for a daily or a weekly checklist somewhere in the day-by-day section. This would be extremely helpful for those that think in to-do-list form like I do!
Customize, customize, customize. Plum Paper is an Etsy shop, which is great becuase you can choose to customize absolutely everything. This may seem overwhelming at first, trust me it is a gift from above. There are 3 different layouts for the inside- monthly, weekly (vertical), weekly (horizontal). There is also a family weekly.
I used this planner for 2014-15 and loved it!
-Cute! I mean I never pass up a monogrammed cover.
-Plenty of room to write and to-do lists on the side with areas to check things off as you do them.
-Students: You can adapt the family weekly to have the names of your classes/organizations so they are already labeled for you. Trust me, it is a game changer.
-Moms: You can put you, your husband, and each child's name in the family categories so they are already listed for you and all you have to do is add in appointments, events, etc.
-Pocket in the front to hold extra papers.
-You pick your start month.
-Can include monthly tabs to help you find your spot quickly.
-Etsy Shop is friendly and quick to respond if you would like a more specific order.
-Students: if you are labeling your classes, you may only know them for 1 semester which can make it difficult to know how to label.
-The binding is not the sturdiest metal and and can get off track.
Rifle paper is literally doing all the things right right now. I love their stationary, cards, prints, calendars, and this planner is just the icing on the cake. My sweet sister-in-love got me this planner for Christmas so I have used it from January and will continue to until my Emily Ley picks up in August. Rifle has not yet come out with their 2017 planners.
-So so cute. Sometimes I would just take this out to sit it on my desk in class because it's beautiful.
-Weekly spread has plenty of room to write all you need to do in a day!
-Love that the spine is not only GOLD, but covered by the outer casing so it's protecting coming in and out of your book bag and purse a million times a day.
Inspirational quotes at the top of the page.
-Notes along the sides of monthly spreads.
-You can buy stationary and a wall calendar to match your planer.
-No to do list on the weekly spread. I've been fixing this by taping my own from the Target $1 section with cute paper tape.
-Months are all at the front together. I've fixed this by using a paper clip that starts at the month and opens to the week.
Last summer, I was determined to spend less than $30 but find a planner I loved and that's exactly what I did with SHP. Similar to Plum Paper, SHP is an Etsy shop that specializes in customization. They feature a few different layouts: Vertical and horizontal (both pictured above) of the weekly spread and just a monthly planner.
I used this planner from June 2015-December 2015.
-Customize! I love being able to put your name on the cover so if you leave it anywhere, people automatically know where to bring it, rather than having to flip through and study everything you do in a day.
-I think this planner is the overall best value for the price.
-Room for notes on weekly spread.
-You can buy a notebook to match your planner!
-Also, this is an Etsy shop so they are quick to respond and very willing to personalize.
-The vertical columns didn't have enough room for me to write really more than one word, which proved pretty trying.
-Binding is metal so can easily get messed up, but it seems like they may have updated their binding on the newer planners! (I would read the Etsy reviews on the planner you like).
So in honor of 2016, here are 6 of my favorites.
Some others to check out: Erin Condren Life Planner, Bloom Planners, and Posy Paper Co.
I feel you. I think a good place to start is to go to Barnes & Noble, Swoozies, or Hobby Lobby and start looking through to get a feel for what you like or don't like. Then, think about how faithful you are to write in your planner and how much you typically write in a day. Next, decide how much you're willing to spend!