At the studio again, practicing the new silver sneakers master class and continuing my education on marketing a company.
This is the hard part-teaching classes is more my thing.

evening classes are holding steady at around 4 people which is great, still looking for more women for the 5:30.

I will be scheduling the april movie soon.

fitness studio will be closed for the week of april 1-april 7
This will be my chance to spend a week with Trevor on his last spring break from high school-I’m really looking forward to it

got to get back to work…planning class tonight-watch out ladies it’s leg night !

Join me this Saturday, March 23^rd  10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at my home studio in Morgan Hill.

Technology: Photoshop/Elements Class: You Can Do That?!

 Original photo:       

New background:    

Learn how to improve photos for your artwork, of your family, and from your vacations.

Applications for artists, photographers and anyone with a camera!

• Combine two or more photographs to improve your photos:
• Drop in a new background
• Get a group photo where everyone looks good
• Combine photos with different exposures to make everything perfectly lit
• Remove people or objects from your photo to restore the photo to your original creative vision 
• Fix problems due to lens distortion/fix perspective problems (do your buildings have an odd angle?) 
• Use Recompose to remove dead-space in the middle of your photo! 
• Use selective focus to creative effect/ Change depth of focus 
• Create toned images and selective black and white/ Alter color selectively in color and black and white images 
• Merge Photos and create panoramas

Small class size, written instructions and large video screen mean that you can see everything easily and get all of your questions answered. $85 for the day.

Questions? Or to enroll, email Ginger at ginger@rkg.com

 ~Ginger

www.gingerburrell.com

OUR NEXT TELLING TRUE STORIES CLASS WILL RUN TUESDAY EVENINGS STARTING APRIL 16!

Telling True Stories is a six-session course designed to help you find and tell your own stories. The early sessions are geared to helping you develop a body of story material using exercises, homework, and class discussion, and getting comfortable talking in front of others. Then over the last two sessions you’ll choose one story to polish, memorize, and perform for the class show. The course also discusses privacy issues, memorization techniques, and how to use a microphone.

Classes run 7-9:30 pm Tuesday evenings in April & May (4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/28.) with a class showcase on Thurs. 5/30. Sessions are at Park School downtown. $125. Maximum 8 students.

To register or for more information email us at bigbluedoor.stories@gmail.com.

What fun we are having at Cascade Elite West Gymnastics. Come join in on the fun!

Participants create a uniquely shaped and decorated charm starting with a small lump of silver metal clay. The clay charm will then be fired in a kiln and emerge as fine silver (99.9% pure silver). $32 for 1 class.

Apr 09         Tueday        6:00 – 8:30pm          Ages 16 +

Register online by visiting Play Indy and looking up Course #205607, or call (317) 327-7135.

Click here for a PDF file of the Indy Parks 2013 Winter/Spring Program Guide.

1. As I was discussing the end of the class and the courses that follow, multiple students simultaneously asked me if they could continue to consult me about homework even when they were no longer in my classes.  I told them that they should start with their current instructor.  They replied that while they would do that, in their experience many faculty weren’t as responsive as I am.
2. Last week I developed a cold that impacted my throat.  I taught both my classes anyway, even though doing that caused me to completely lose my voice and made my illness dramatically worse.
3. I sprained my ankle at the end of January approximately 5 minutes before my first class was scheduled to start.  It never even occurred to me that I wouldn’t teach my classes that day, which I did standing on one leg.   Anyone I tell this story looks at me as if I’m somewhat insane.

I have always considered myself to be responsible and a hard worker.  I’ve also prided myself on being able to draw a line between work and home life, making time for my family and friends.  But I honestly felt that my approach to my job wasn’t much different than other faculty.  I’m realizing that may not be true, and that other faculty may draw the line differently than I do.  If that is the case, should it impact what I do?  My first feeling is no, but the jury is still out.

For almost a year now, I have been mentoring with Lisa Zahiya, bellydancer extraordinaire from Asheville, NC, and am so glad that I have! Last year, right around this time, I had my own classes, was hosting a myriad of events around town, and was an OK dancer. I was fluent in most props by now but perhaps clung to them a wee bit too desperately. On the outside, I knew that I was respected in my community, but I knew that I was not where I wanted to be in my dance career.

Enter Lisa! I hosted Lisa Zahiya last year for a series of workshops and a gala show. Her teaching style captured my attention and I knew that I wanted to try to create a class atmosphere like hers. Not to bore you with the details, but Lisa created homework for me that made me incredibly accountable to her and myself.

Lisa Zahiya teaches

What kind of homework do you ask? Well, with my personal dance practice, at first, I had to drill my layers: hip rocks, with a hip movement overlayed with an arm path of my choice. Now take the same drill and use your obliques to initiate the hip rocks. Now add a chest movement in there. And so on, and so on. And I had homework for each of the areas of weakness I had identified. Hard stuff…but amazing. Even as I am typing this, I am looking over some of those first assignments and realizing I need to do them a bit more!

We reviewed videos of my performances and dance practices, we set goals both personal and with my business, and we checked in often to see how it was going. Lately, I have been assigned that very difficult task of dancing without props! Nooooooooo!!!!

Noooooo!!!! I need my props!

But it is a good assignment, one that I need desperately and one that I am already working on and loving!

I can tell you this, the last piece of planning homework, my own personal Bellydance State of the Union, was an eye opener! Not only, I have I met my business goals already for 2013, but I can actually see a change in my dancing. More than myself seeing the change, others have told me the same, that my dancing has evolved. Needless to say, I am so very grateful and so very happy. It has been a lot of hard work, but it has been an enjoyable journey!

Janim dancing at a wedding 2012

The even more amazing repercussion has been the change in myself when in my day job. I am a landscape architect by trade. I love what I do, but over the past year of mentoring, I have gained more confidence and joy in my work than I had before.

WHEN: Friday March 22nd at 10am and 7.30pm at my place, East Corrimal.

COST: $20 (includes all materials and 100g Cadbury Easter Bunny).  

BYO: Scissors and Adhesives.

RSVP: Wednesday 20th March.

Check out what we will be making.  They are so cute!  We have an Easter Basket, Cube Box and Chocolate Bunny Tag.

Here they are close up:

Gift Basket

Bunny Tag to go with our Chocolate Bunny.  (Isn’t he a happy fellow!!!)

Cube Box.

Look there is a surprise when you open it up.  You can fit some yummy chocolate eggs in there!

Here is a side view of the box.

So, come and join us if you are local.  We have a great time at our classes – and you will get to make all these Fab. projects.

Drop me a comment and I will get back to you.

Jenny

I should stop telling myself that I always have next quarter to do better because you know what? They’re going by fast and I’m just hurting myself in the long-run. I’m going to end up in my Senior year saying, “Only If I….” etc. I’m going to stop setting myself up for failure or disappointment in my college career.

Dang, man. It’s like I have a senioritis all over again… but the extended version.

“Fighting!”

Teacher: Can you tell the most common word students use daily ?

Student: Can’t Sir !

Teacher: Brilliant ! absolutely right.

Teacher: Maria, go to the map and find North America

Maria: Here it is.

Teacher: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?

Class: Maria

Teacher: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

John: You told me to do it without using tables.

Teacher: Glenn, how do you spell ‘crocodile?’

Glenn: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L’

Teacher: No, that’s wrong

Glenn: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?

Donald: H I J K L M N O.

Teacher: What are you talking about?

Donald: Yesterday you said it’s H to O.

Teacher: Winnie, name one important thing we have today

that we didn’t have ten years ago.

Winnie: Me!

Teacher: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?

Glen: Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are.

Teacher: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ‘I.’

Millie: I is..

Teacher: No, Millie…… Always say, ‘I am.’

Millie: All right…; ‘I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.’

Teacher: George Washington not only chopped down his father’s cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn’t punish him?

Louis: Because George still had the axe in his hand.

Teacher: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

Simon: No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook.

Teacher: Clyde, your composition on ‘My Dog’ is exactly the same as your brother’s. Did you copy his?

Clyde : No, sir. It’s the same dog.

Teacher: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

Harold: A teacher

Since I last posted I have gone on winter break, started this semester, and now I’m on spring break. Woohoo! Right? Wrong, I have soooooooooo much studying to do it’s unbelievable! In fact I should be studying right now, but it can wait(:Next week I have three exams, a presentation, and a quiz. The presentation isn’t that big of the deal, but the person in charge of putting it together dropped out of the class and my other group member is irresponsible so I have to complete by myself…oh well. I’m more concerned about the three exams. Tuesday I have the Bio Principles Exam, Thursday I have the Bio Antropology Exam, and Friday I have a trig exam.

These past few days I have been concentrating on my Bio Anthropology exam because although it only covers two chapters, there is a butt load of content I need to know. The worst part is that this professor doesn’t believe in multiple choice! The chapters cover primates and primatology. I have to memorize the order, sub-order, superfamily, family, and some species of all primates. I also have to know what characteristics apply to each of these things. For example, primates in the infraorder/suborder platyrhinni or platyrhinne have flat noses, unlike those in the infraorder catarhinni or catarrhines, which have downward facing noses (humans are in this category). Then on top of that, we need to know the ecology, sociology, and more about these primates.

I really should focus on my Bio Principles exam though because there are lots of processes involved in the chapters we went over. I really want to do well on this exam because he said that it’s going to be hard. I should focus on Trig too because we can’t use the unit circle paper he gave us, on the test

Well that’s all for now! I’m going to eat now and continue studying. Thanks for reading!

~Ana

Husband and I have been toying with the idea of me starting my own training classes. I’ve learnt so much from doing Foundation with Lumen that I feel very confident in being able to pass on that knowledge. 

Om Ravaye Namah,

Dara’Aasa

1. There are more than 2,000 species of fireflies, a type of beetle. Despite their name, only some species produce adults that glow. Fireflies in the western United States, for example, lack the ability to produce light.
(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/06/14-fun-facts-about-fireflies/#ixzz2HGCe7Q00)

2. Males that do glow use their flash to attract females. Each species has its own pattern of light flashing.
(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/06/14-fun-facts-about-fireflies/#ixzz2HGCtsQCd)

3. Firefly light can be yellow, green or orange.
(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/06/14-fun-facts-about-fireflies/#ixzz2HGDAf5Tl )

4. Firefly larvae may glow, even some that live underground or under water. They use the light to communicate to predators that they aren’t tasty (they produce unpalatable, defensive steroids for protection).
(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/06/14-fun-facts-about-fireflies/#ixzz2HGDHsEQB)

5. The light they send out does not have heat, like the bulbs we use. The firefly’s light is cold.

(http://www.pitara.com/discover/earth/online.asp?story=67)

6. The back portion of their abdomens is transparent. There are cells of crystals or chemical substances inside which get broken down by enzymes. Some energy is released in the form of light.

(http://www.pitara.com/discover/earth/online.asp?story=67)

7. Antarctica is the only continent without fireflies.

(http://www.fireflyenergy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=54)

8. Fireflies are bioluminescent throughout their life cycles. Bioluminescence begins with the egg, and is present throughout the entire life cycle. In fact, all firefly eggs, larvae, and pupae known to science are capable of producing light.

(http://insects.about.com/od/beetles/a/10-Cool-Facts-About-Fireflies.htm)

9. The well-known femme fatales in the genus Photuris use a trick called aggressive mimicry to make meals of other fireflies.

(http://insects.about.com/od/beetles/a/10-Cool-Facts-About-Fireflies.htm)

10. If you catch them, it is best to let them go after an hour or two. They have very short life spans, so keeping them alive long term is not an option.

(http://answers.askkids.com/Weird_Science/What_do_Fireflies_Eat)

“Clickable” PMR Kids Public Speaking Classes event

Sign up now for our spring session! Click here for details.

For example you can setup AX to automatically create surrounding comment such as

whenever you type “mycom” and press the tab key.

How do you accomplish this. Very easily!

Step1: Locate the class EditorScripts in the AOT.
Step2: Create a new method with the format public void template_flow_[shortcut](Editor editor)
Step3: User the editor parameter to add code the code that you would like inserted. e.g. editor.insertLines(“\\test comment”);
Step4: Add your method to the case statement in the isApplicableMethod method in the section relating to template “editor scripts that does not apply to Macros” 

Thats it, now if you type your shortcut into any editor in AX and press tab, the “\\test comment” code will be inserted.

Here’s a full example method

The above creates the following output:

source:- Internet

SHAZAM! Janim balancing a sword!

1. How long have you been dancing and why out of all dance forms did you choose bellydance? Excellent question! I have been bellydancing for over a decade. I have been performing and teaching for about 4 years now. I recently pursued my certification in the HipCurve Bellydance Program Level 1 (already registered for Level 2 in the summer!) to strengthen my instructional skills and feel ready to take on the next 10 years! I first chose bellydance because it looked exciting, and I was extremely curious! Needless to say, I fell in love with it instantly!

2. What are some of the benefits of bellydance? Empowerment, self confidence, a healthier body image to name a few. There are also physical benefits as this is a very accessible dance form that is typically low impact but gets you moving. I would love to mention though that it is simply F-U-N! How often do we get to do something  that is fun and totally for ourselves? Not often enough, I say, so for this one hour a week that you give to yourself in bellydance you can dance around and feel great about YOU!!!

3. What words of encouragement do you have for those who are curious about bellydance? Go for it!!! Try a class, try ten classes, and smile! If a move is hard, well, that is alright, smile, keep your body loose and relaxed and I guarantee within no time, you will find yourself in the move. Bring your friends to class. That is how I got started! My friend and I strolled on in and always had a giggle watching each other try to learn to shimmy or play our finger cymbals.

Janim dancing at a wedding 2012

4.What IS bellydance? I think this may be a difficult question to answer as many people have nefarious images conjured when bellydance is mentioned. Bellydance is a dance form that originated in the womens’ tents. Women danced for each other to pass the time. (Even today, go out on a dance floor and watch the women dance around each other in a circle…LOL). I have a small suspicion that we woman in the west are not as comfortable with our bodies as we think, and  perhaps we feel awkward with enlarged hip movements, shimmies, and  the costuming that exposes are beautiful middles. But we should remember that bellydance makes everyone look beautiful since these are moves that flow with our form, that emanate from the inside to the out.

Teacher Krishna is in her first year of teaching and striving to create impact on her preschoolers’ lives.

If a person would look at every slum book I have answered during the past years of my life, he would notice that “my favorite subject/s” varied from one year to another. So bearing that in mind, I’m just going to state the reasons why I have liked those subjects.

1. The Teachers

a. Teaching Style

By means of their teaching styles, they could be considered as “cool” teachers. They have handled their classes well by being neither too lenient nor too stric

t on their students. They were also very creative in transmitting the knowledge to us, even considering our different learning styles.

b. Heart for Teaching

During my limited time with

them, I saw their concern not only in developing our minds but also our hearts.  Instead of inflicting fear to me and my classmates, they have earned our respect by showing the best that they could be. They may not be at all perfect but they have set good examples for all of us. They were literally our second parents who loved and cared for us as if we were their own children.

c. Sense of Humor

Who doesn’t want to

have fun while learning, right? My teachers have succeeded in doing that for us. They made the hard lessons light by putting some humor in those. They gave examples which we could understand easily and relate completely. The room was filled with bouts of laughter that we didn’t even notice that we were learning new things.

d. Physical Appearance

Of course, having good looks was a plus factor. I was inspired to go to class every day because I knew that I would see a beautiful sight there! A little inspiration

on my part as a hardworking student was a necessity anyway. Ha! Talk about rationalization. J

2. The Classmates

a. Sense of Belongingness

No matter how hard our subject was, we didn’t care much about it and still worked as a team, a family; and thus, we survived the hardships together. Knowing that I was not alone in the battle has made the subject worth it.

b. Sense of Humor

My classes wherein my teachers

were so boring and almost seemed lifeless were compensated by my super funny classmates. Their butt-in jokes were the most epic ones. Because of them, I found myself going to those classes with much positive anticipation.

d. Physical Appearance

(Please refer to the af

orementioned) J

3. The Subject Content

a. Interesting

If I find a subject interesting, then I look forward to going to class daily. I am pilgrim of knowledge so I am happy that I have learned many things from those subjects. As a matter of fact, they have helped me to understand and appreciate more the world I’m living in.

4. Internal Motivation

a. Challenging

Like most students, I wasn’t in good terms with Mathematics… at least during the first weeks. It seems that God has forgotten to download completely a Math software in my brain that’s why it’s unnatural for me to grasp the concepts in one click. Good thing, I don’t easily quit. I took my Math classes as challenges to overcome. And thank God, He allowed me to pass those with flying colors.

What’s your favorite teaching aid?

Nursery songs! Yes, nursery songs. The famous “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” would be on the top of the list. I do not know how and why, but these songs have a

magical soothing effect on my students. These help me to manage their moods and make them be ready to learn the lessons in class.

What inspired you to be a teacher?

How does one become inspired to be someone? The answer is simple: there is an influence, an inspiration that made him to be inspired.

Now, rather th

n. In order to be inspired, one has to experience something. I believe that luck is really on my side for I have been given many chances to experience something wonderful by means of awesome people I called “teachers”.an “what”, I’d like to answer the question, “Who inspired me to be a teacher?” Inspiration for me is more on the affective side of a perso

My teachers have helped me develop myself in various ways. I remember during my kindergarten days up to elementary days, I was a very meek child. I wasn’t going to say or do anything unless someone asked me or I felt the need to. These teachers, these awesome people, have encouraged me to speak my mind. They told me that I am capable of doing great things if I acted upon it. They believed in me. I believed in them too. And I’m still glad that I did.

Since then, I have wanted to do something great, to be regarded as an “awesome person”, and to impart all my learning — from the cognitive aspect to the behavioral one — to younger people.

At this moment, I know that others might easily think that Amalayer, but actually, I’m just returning the favor to my teachers by paying it forward. I’m now doing what I have always wanted to do. I am now a teacher.