velvet and rayon couched to felted wool Before Christmas the Cornerstone gallery contacted me to see if I would mount a small exhibition in their space around the same time as my workshop in Kingston. Even though I was already committed to an exhibition at Greenwood Quiltery in Guelph for the same time period (april-may 2010) I said yes. It means gathering together two completely different bodies of work and finishing up some pieces.
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Drawing with fabric
I have screened plenty of calls from the recently terminated , and by far the most common inquiry involves a separated employees’ right to accrued vacation pay. My answer – it depends. If your employer has a monthly vacation accrual policy, you are entitled to a prorated share of your annual entitlement based on the number of months worked prior to your termination
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The Law on Accured Vacation Time
At ” As Records Go Digital, Cultures Clash, Bringing to Life Secrets the Health IT Companies Don’t Want You to Know ” I wrote of the used-car nature of the healthcare IT market, where lemon laws do not seem to exist and “physician buyer beware” seems a defining characteristic. The Huffington Post Investigative Fund now has a report of their own on this phenomenon: Shopping for Health Software, Some Doctors Get Buyer’s Remorse By Emma Schwartz Huffington Post Investigative Fund Jan. 29, 2010 Computerizing American medical records within five years is a key goal of federal health policymakers, but disputes between some doctors and their technology vendors highlight the many challenges for individual medical practices making the conversion
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As Records Go Digital, Cultures Clash – Part 2
Yes, as records go digital, cultures clash: the culture of medicine, and the culture of the Barbary pirates.
If you missed the previous announcement, the blog content from QueryFreeFreelancer.com was recently merged with All Freelance Writing. That includes already-released free Web templates and Wordpress themes for freelance writers. These are exclusively available through me.
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Free Wordpress Themes and Web Templates for Freelance Writers
I happened to scroll down the page of my preferred weather site, wunderground.com, and saw this bit of hopeful news.in the Sports Weather section We’re still a few weeks away from the official start of spring, the day that the Red Sox equipment van leaves for Florida. Single-game tickets went on sale yesterday. (The first Yankee series is already sold out.) And even though the lawns in this part of the country are hard-packed with snow and ice, we can start to think ahead to the verdant months ahead.
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changing everything carefully
At the end of the 1978 movie “Animal House,” before the credits role, the fate of the degenerate frat boys at the heart of the story is revealed in short clips. John “Bluto” Blutarsky, played by John Bulushi, becomes a U.S. Senator, and others become doctors and diplomats, the joke being that drunken depravity is not a liability in some supposedly respectable professions
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Sexual Harassment And Professional Offices
Since I’m being greedy and saving my Tour progress until Sunday night I’d like to entertain you with another Photo Hunt (I’m half way through the list from 2009 right now!).This theme is “Garbage”This is Mike, the head custodian at work. At any school the custodians play such an important role! Its always advisable to keep your custodians on your good side… for that time you really need a
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Photo Hunt "Garbage"
LANCASTER, Pa. – Sophomore Genny Pezzola lit up the court on Saturday night draining eight 3-pointers for a career high 24 points to lead the Garnet (9-10, 6-8 CC) past Franklin & Marshall (8-11, 4-10 CC) in a wild 88-83 double-overtime victory. Pezzola sealed the deal in dramatic fashion with a three in the final two minutes of the second overtime.
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Swarthmore Wins Wild One Over Franklin and Marshall, 88-83 (2 OT)
HAVERFORD, Pa. – Sophomore Kenyetta Givans had another outstanding finish in the 55 m hurdles, taking third place with a time of 8.66, to lead the Swarthmore women’s indoor track team at Haverford College in the Seamus McElligot Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
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Givans Leads Garnet at McElligot Invitational
It’s a bitterly cold weekend here, so I’m doing quite a bit of reading — always a good excuse to stay in. How about you? If you’re looking for something to do to pass the time, here’s some weekend reading for freelance writers that you might be interested in.
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Weekend Reading – January 30, 2010
The following is by Brenden Sherratt of In The Shark Tank . Tonight’s episode of Shark Tank featured for different entrepreneurs, each competing for the Sharks’ money.
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Shark Tank Episode 14: A Recap
HAVERFORD, Pa. – After a two-week layoff, the Swarthmore College men’s indoor track team got back to action with a short trip to Haverford College to compete in the Seamus McElligot Invitational on Saturday afternoon from Haverford’s Alumni Field House.
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Garnet Men Compete at McElligot Invitational
USA TODAY reports that the usual January diet drill has an unusual proponent in 2010: the fast-food industry. Many of the nation’s largest fast-food chains — better-known for their often fatty, high-calorie foods — are loudly touting diet and low-calorie offerings.
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Dieters Have New Place To Eat: Fast-Food Joints
There are Tupperware parties and Mary Kay parties. Men may be legally allowed to attend such parties but they never do, because Tupperware is plastic bowls and Mary Kay is lipstick
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Not Your Mother’s Tupperware Party
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College swim teams earned a split on Senior Day from Ware Pool, as the men’s swim team (4-3, 3-1 CC) won a hard-fought battle over Conference rival Gettysburg (4-3, 3-1 CC) 117-88, but the Garnet women (4-4, 2-3 CC) fell to the Bullets (7-1, 5-0 CC) 111-94 on Saturday afternoon.
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Garnet Split with Bullets on Senior Day
Saturday February 27th 11am-3pm with Master Printmaker Louis F. Dow Class fee – $40, plus $15 for materials The workshops are suitable for beginners and experienced artists who are interested in developing and experimenting with techniques. The workshop will include – an overview of techniques to be covered – Clearly explain and demonstrate all techniques covered – Give helpful critiques of participants work and suggest and demonstrate solutions and techniques appropriate to the participants experience and goals
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Printmaking Workshop – Etching
A couple weeks ago flashed across the twitterverse was an announcement that Marcel Vigneron of Top Chef fame and infamy would be offering a cooking class in the kitchen of the Los Angeles Sur La Table at The Grove. Excellent. …
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Food, she thought.: Cooking Lessons from Molecular Master Marcel …
On Thursday evening I got to attend one of Tom “Big Al” Schreiter’s free network marketing skills building events. I’ve always liked Tom’s materials since attending his “Power Marketing and Promotions” workshop back in the mid-90s.
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Free Business Presentation Training You Don’t Want To Miss
I had the privilege of chatting about FHA loans with my friend Dan Green (the “mortgage machine”) at the recent Inman Real Estate Connect conference in New York City. This preceded the unveiling of the new guidelines, so we were having some fun in the land of speculation, and much of the discussion is now moot
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The truth about FHA according to Dan Green