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So Long, Farewell, Goodbye
It's so Hard to Say Goodbye
Saying goodbye can be one of the hardest things we have to do, especially when it is the final goodbye. The thing to remember with all goodbye is that it is OK to feel bad. In many cases there is a period of grieving involved. Make sure you tell the person how you feel before they go. Many times it's what we don't say that we regret later. Keep in mind that no matter what the circumstances for the goodbye you will always be able to keep them in your heart. They never truly leave you.
Saying Goodbye
- Why does it take a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye? - Author Unknown
- Don't cry because you're leaving smile because you were here. - Unknown
- I have never found any good in goodbye. - Unknown
- There are no goodbyes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart. - Gandhi
- Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I'll miss you. Until we meet again.
- The loss of a friend is like hat of a limb. Time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired. - Robert Southey
- A memory last forever never does it die. True friends stay together and never say goodbye.
Goodbye to the one you love
- You know that you are in love when the hardest thing to do is say goodbye.
- As you left and said your good-byes, you forgot to tell my heart how to live without you.
- Just before you go, don't you offer any sweet advice because where were all you shoulders when I needed them so long ago? And now with legs so weak and weary from this silly dance, with a suitcase full of memories pack my bags and slowly drift away. - Fuel
- When I see you smile, and I know it's not for me, that's when I'll miss you. - Anonymous
- When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. - Maurice Maeterlink
When it's Time for the Last Goodbye
- When there are lines upon my face from a lifetime full of smiles, when time comes to embrace for one long last while, we can laugh about how time really flies, we won't say goodbye cause true love never dies. You'll always be beautiful in my eyes. Joshua Kadison
- A sunbeam to warm you, A moonbeam to charm you, A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you. - Irish Blessing
- Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day, unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear. - Anonymous
- Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. - From a headstone in Ireland
Saying Goodbye to a Co-Worker
- So sorry you'll be leaving. You'll be missed ever so much. Good luck in the future. And please stay in touch. - Unknown
- Be well, do good work, and keep in touch. - Garrison Keillor
- Let the best of the past be the worst of the future. - Unknown
- I'm sorry, I've forgotten what you do here. - Unknown
- When is time to say goodbye… Pain is the beginning...
I have heard the expression: "To say goodbye is to die a little". I think it's so true! It's like losing a big part of oneself. Does it get any easier at some point?
- How to Say Goodbye When Someone You Love is Dying
Navigating the process to say goodbye when a loved one is dying can be made more manageable if you keep these ten useful tips in mind.
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Hi everybody my names alea my uncle just died on the 11th he was a father figure to me. So reading these just kinda mad me cry more but they where helpful. My uncle was not just an uncle he was a great person my hero my Bestfriend my father in my eyes. Im so proud of him he got cancer in 200 and now it's 2014 he was a fighter he never stopped helping everybody even when he was in pain he always helped me and friends. He was a type that If you did not know him you would by the end of the night I miss him like crazy I just want one if those hugs and kisses on the forehead for no reason saying come over here I wanna hug and tell you I love you we would stand there for like 15 minutes talking and laughing and just being us In going to miss helping him he inspired me to want to be a nurse by helping him with his lines his cuts that were bad!! But I'm just really going to miss the little thing I'm never going to forget my Gay uncle !!!!!!!!:* kisses to you in heaven love monkey!!!:) I miss you just wait for me okay please
saying bye is just for for a moment ...
after all ...it will alwaz in ur heart
A great hub with many great quotes to say goodbye. Enjoyed reading the hub even though saying goodbye is tough.
Charming! Voted up & useful! ;D
Oh My....what a great collection. Besides I so agree with what what you wrote in the introduction to the quotes, to tell whatever we want to, the reason of goodbye, that they'll be in our hearts still, forever. :-)
I loved the quotes by "Gandhi", "Robert Southey", and this one: "When I see you smile, and I know it's not for me, that's when I'll miss you."
Nice collection, I'll surely borrow some of these, if need arises.
I loved this collection of quotes! I'm new to HubPages and one of the first Hubs I published was a collection of quotes about my topic. I think all writers love quotations. Here's one you might want to add from Romeo and Juliet:
"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow."
KoffeeKlatch Gals,
When I as 4 years old, my great uncle who never believed in saying good-bye, took me by the hand said good-bye. He knew it was his time. I still remember that fondly and love the memories I had with him. Thank you for sharing. In Hawaiian it is both hello and good-bye - a great remembrance to us to being thankful for the hello.Thank you!
Thanks for sharing with us all the goodbye quotes. It's true that goodbye can always bring us different emotions especially those last goodbye to those we love...
Really interesting hub. Saying goodbye is not easy for everyone when it's last goodbye for those who we love most.
What a lovely and thoughtful hub. Having to say goodbye to my son after Thanksgiving in Denver was hard. It's difficult when our children live far away.
This one is my favorite:
"There are no goodbyes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart. - Gandhi
So true!
Great hub Koffee. I guess we all have our own way of saying good-bye. I know I usually don't like it!!
This is a useful page to bookmark because saying goodbye can be a traumatic event, and you may not have the words to express your feelings. It's always helpful to have a go-to reference source like this when you are just struggling to keep your head above the water and there's no time to think. I related to most of these but really needed the one about our loved ones not really leaving us but being always near.
Poignant quotes KoffeeKlatch Gals. Goodbyes can be hard so 'au revoir' as our French friends would say.
Saying goodbyes is one of the hardest things, especially when you're saying goodbye to someone you love dearly. Love the line, " love leaves a memory no one can steal" Thanks for sharing--love all the quotes and rated up.
This is a wonderful and very useful hub. Many of us do find it hard to find the right words when that final moment comes, but your hub has lighted the way. I particularly loved the Irish Blessing. But Ghandi's words really touched a cord with me - "There are no goodbyes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart" - so uplifting!!
I really loved this beautiful hub + voted up awesome!!
Goodbyes are often awkward.
These are all terrific quotes on the subject of saying goodbye. It is truly difficult to say, unless you are happy someone is leaving.


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Earlier this week, we wrote about a recent study indicating that teenage drivers are more likely to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs on New Year's Eve than on any other holiday or event. That study also reported that teenagers would refrain from driving drunk if one of their passengers asked them too.
New Year's Eve carries high risk of car crashes for teen drivers
For many people, New Year's Eve is a fun, exciting night. It is the culmination not only of the holiday season but of the year, and the start of a new year and a clean slate. Therefore, it is understandable that many celebrate New Year's Eve by partying with friends, raising a glass of champagne at midnight to toast the new year.
Hospitals avoid autopsies to evade malpractice liability (two)
Earlier this week, we discussed the troubling fact that few hospitals regularly perform autopsies on deceased patients today. In teaching hospitals, which have a mission of educating young medical professionals, the autopsy rate is currently around 20 percent. Private and community hospitals, which make up about 80 percent of such facilities in New Jersey and throughout the U.S., rarely conduct autopsies.
Hospitals avoid autopsies to evade malpractice liability (one)
If a member of your family suddenly and inexplicably passed away at a hospital or medical facility, you would certainly want to know the reason for his or her death. However, in most hospitals today, that most likely won't be an option. This is because many health care facilities have phased out autopsies almost completely, largely due to cost and apprehension about medical malpractice or wrongful death lawsuits being filed against them.
NTSB fights distracted driving with full cell phone ban
Earlier this year, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that state lawmakers enact bans of cell phone use in semi trucks, buses, and other commercial vehicles. Now, the NTSB has expanded its previous recommendation, asking for a universal ban of cell phone use of any kind in every vehicle on the road. This will hopefully reduce and ultimately eliminate car accidents caused by distracted driving, officials say.
Federal lawmakers seek increase in auto recall fines
Later this week, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to hear a bill which, if passed, will significantly increase the potential fines to automakers who delay automobile recalls for any reason. The bill also aims to toughen safety requirements for car manufacturers and commercial bus companies in the wake of several fatal car and bus accidents that have taken place in recent months.
Cup design makes instant soup a dangerous product
During the cold winter months, there are few things more comforting than a hot cup of soup. But that comfort can quickly turn to agony when the cup tips over, spilling hot soup on your hands, arms, and torso. Unfortunately, that is a fairly common occurrence in popular instant soup products, which come in unstable Styrofoam cups that are prone to tipping over.
New technology could prevent winter weather car accidents
As winter approaches in Bergen County, it likely won't be long before the roads are covered with snow and ice. Traffic safety agencies do all they can to warn motorists of unsafe driving conditions on New Jersey roads, but there is only so much they can do to prevent winter weather-related car accidents, injuries, and fatalities.
Slip-and-fall injuries reported on Black Friday
Several slip-and-fall injuries and violent attacks were reported in a number of stores in New Jersey and throughout the nation on Black Friday. These events caused potential premises liability to retail stores and injury to numerous shoppers desperate for a great retail deal. One attack involved a woman who allegedly pepper sprayed fellow Wal-Mart shoppers as she attempted to grab an Xbox game console that was on discount.
New Jersey lawmakers propose strict requirements for teen drivers
Numerous recent studies have concluded that car accidents are one of the leading causes of death for teenagers. As a result, state and federal traffic safety agencies have been working to lower the risk of car accident injuries and fatalities to teenage drivers by increasing the driving experience and skill that is required to get a driver's license.


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Foreign currency trading is fast-becoming a trend. Nowadays, the normal public can engage into FOREX trading as the business has been opened. FOREX holds the largest financial market all over the world with its $ 2.5 trillion trading per day. This amount still increases as the market moves by the moment.
The forex market is all over the world and it is represented by a virtual market linked together through the internet, telephone and fax lines. Every FOREX trader involved in the market can access the virtual market at anytime. The FOREX market is open 24 hours a day, 5 days per week. Unlike other markets, such as the Stock Market, trading only occurs during business hours. The FOREX market could be accessed from anywhere in the world at anytime within the 5-days per week schedule.
A FOREX trader can also count on the High Leverage that the market offers. Normally FOREX brokers offer traders a 100-to-1 leverage; which means if a trader has $ 1,000 in his account, the broker will let him manage $ 100,000. A trader can expect large gains from the fairly minute movement in the market.
The liquidity of the FOREX market allows the traders to make transactions in and out of the market since huge volumes are flowing everyday as it is the largest financial market in the world. Though it is quite rare in the FOREX business to experience volatility, the FOREX market honors stops and limits. A benefiting factor is the liquidity of the market and the continuous flow of trading that occurs 24 hours a day, eliminating all possible gaps during the trading period.
One can expect fast and accurate execution. Placing an order is instant and up-to-the-moment. No waiting or lagging. There are also no commissions in FOREX trading. Normally, brokers would only take the tiny difference from the bid price and asking price.
Another advantage of FOREX trading is that it is a very predictable market since it employs technical analysis at a maximum.
There are other great features and benefits that one may find and experience while trading in the FOREX market. Though it may sound enticing enough, the key to a successful currency trading lies on the knowledge that one should apply as a trader. There is no quick way of getting into the business of currency trading but putting enough effort in understanding the concept of the business could certainly help a speculating trader in order to achieve his objective of profiting.


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That rumor has been flying around, in part due to the natural opacity of last-minute deals struck at the eleventh hour of a "crisis." The legislative branch controls the debt ceiling, but Democrats have occasionally proposed to either eliminate it altogether or allow the executive to set it — at least when a Democrat is President. So what exactly did the Reid-McConnell bill do to the debt ceiling? Politico has the source of some confusion on this at the bottom of their story:
The legislation also includes a McConnell-written proposal that would allow Congress to disapprove of the debt-ceiling increase. Lawmakers will formally vote on rejecting the bump of the borrowing limit – if it passed, it could be vetoed by Obama.
The deal would also deliver back pay to furloughed federal workers, require a study of income verification for people seeking health-insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act and also allows the Treasury Department to use extraordinary measures to pay the nation's bills if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling in a timely fashion.
Kerry Picket at Breitbart also noted the rumors that the deal took the debt ceiling out of Congress' hands (working off of an earlier version of Politico's story), but included a caveat:
The plan includes a proposal offered by McConnell in the 2011 debt ceiling crisis that allows Congress to disapprove of the debt ceiling increase, which means lawmakers will formally vote on whether to reject a debt ceiling increase until Feb. 7. Obama can veto that legislation if it passes. If Congress fails as expected to gather a two-thirds majority to override the veto, the debt ceiling would be raised. …
However it would only apply to the next debt ceiling vote. The debt limit can only currently be increased if Congress affirmatively votes to raise it and the president signs it into law. During Congress' last debt limit debate in 2011, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R – KY) wanted to invert this process by making it automatic, unless Congress voted against it and the president did not veto it. Theoretically, Congress could override a veto, but given the current makeup of both chambers that would be nearly impossible.
This looks more like an out in case the debt ceiling gets hit before the February 7th deadline. The language starts on page 24 of the bill, in a section that expires on February 7th and only applies to payments due before February 8, 2014. It's essentially a way to ensure that Congress doesn't have to have another debt-ceiling fight earlier than expected, allowing Obama to suspend the debt ceiling only with a presentation to Congress that the current ceiling would be hit for obligations due before February 8th. It then gives Congress the ability to overrule Obama if necessary, but this again only applies for the short period of the deal. After February 7th, the normal order returns, and Congress has to raise debt ceilings again.
It's still something to watch in the future, but at the moment this just looks like a temporary method to make sure the can stays kicked until February 7th.
Update: Let me add a couple of more caveats. The executive cannot spend what is not appropriated by Congress, except for statutory spending — entitlements — and interest payments on the debt. This may be a response to threats from credit-rating agencies to lower our credit rating, which might force us to offer higher yields on our bonds and will then require us to make larger interest payments. The debt ceiling doesn't enable executive-branch spending the same way a credit card does for households, in other words.
Update: As Steve Eggleston notes in the comments, it's the same language as in the last deal.


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By: Raymond "Big Play" Miller
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From week to week I will be looking at a matchup that I consider the game of the week. This week I'm looking at 49ers @ Seahawks (or Forty-Whiners @ the She-hawks) In a matchup of two teams that not only division rivals, but both are Super Bowl contenders as well.
49ers advantage: With how dominant the Kaepernick-Boldin combination was last week look for Seattle to put Sherman on Boldin and double Davis. Which will then open up the read option for the 49ers and allow Kaepernick to run wild.
Seahawks advantage: To just say the 12th man would be to easy. Beast Mode (Lynch) has ran for over 100 yds on the 49ers in two of the last three match ups. With the subpar performance Lynch (17 car. 43 yds) had last week he'll have them skittles ready. Therefore, allowing Russell "last name" Wilson to go deep off of play action.
Who will win and why: This game will be a tougher matchup than the 42-13 beatdown the Seahawks handed the Niners at the end of last season. However, Seattle is strong and somewhat dominant at home; Wilson has never last a home game as the starter. Plus Wilson doesn't make many mistakes, and you'd have to assume Lynch continues his success against the 49ers defense.
Seattle Wins 28-17


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Apple, Amazon Team Up To 'Enhance Customer Experience' By Limiting Customers' Options
from the *enhanced-customer-experience-may-require-bending-over dept
The "right of first sale" still exists. Not that Apple's happy about it. Apple's no fan of right-to-repair laws either, preferring to keep its revenue streams nice and deep by forcing customers to get their repairs only from Apple-approved vendors, no matter what the law actually says.
So, yeah, you still have the right to resell your Apple products. You're just not going to do it in the largest marketplace in the United States. This CNBC article delivers the bad news like it's good news.
In a new agreement between tech giants Amazon and Apple, shoppers will soon see a selection of the latest Apple products on Amazon.com, Amazon told CNBC in statement.
The agreement means the latest Apple products like the iPhone XR, XS and XS Max will be available on Amazon.
Both companies issued statements about improving customer experiences, but nothing about this sounds like a better deal for consumers. It's a paywalled garden guarded by Apple and Amazon that will keep all but a select few resellers from participating. Being an Apple reseller/repairer is pay-to-play.
First, Apple has to be convinced you'll do more for it than it will do for you. Then you have to pay for the privilege of being allowed to exercise your first sale rights.
Independent shops pay Apple a fee in return for "authorized" status, which gets them exclusive access to Apple training and guidebooks and the ability to buy parts directly from Apple. But authorized repair shops are only "authorized" to do a select few repairs; if a customer comes in with other easily fixable problems, the repair shop must ship the phone to Apple.
This "improvement" of "customer experience" means more old Apple products will be headed for landfills than other people's homes. Jason Koebler of Motherboard interviewed John Bumstead -- a reseller who buys old MacBooks from recyclers and, until recently, sold the refurbs on Amazon. Bumstead was just informed he was no longer welcome at Amazon, thanks to the new deal with Apple.
Bumstead had a good thing going -- something that worked for him and the environment. But Amazon's refurb program -- as modified by Apple -- only wants to deal with people who have the capability to feed a bunch of money to Apple before reselling used devices.
Amazon currently has its own "certified" refurbisher program called "Amazon Renewed" that will be unaffected by the new deal with Apple. But the requirements to sell Apple products under that program are impossible to hit for any small business: They must prove to Amazon that they spend at least $2.5 million dollars every 90 days buying Apple products "directly from a national wireless carrier or retailer with over $5 billion in annual sales (Example: Verizon, AT&T, or Target) or the manufacturer (Apple.)" This means that only big companies with direct relationships with corporate giants can meet the requirements.
This doesn't do much for customers seeking affordable Apple products. Apple continues to set the literal gold standard with its phone and laptop pricing. Severely curtailing the options Amazon customers have for affordable devices doesn't sound like an "improved customer experience," but those are the empty words both companies are using to sell this.
Now, Apple and Amazon are free to handle refurb sales however they wish. There may be a "right to first sale" just like there's First Amendment speech protections, but the actions of private companies don't infringe on that right. They're free to de-platform anyone for almost any reason. You can resell your Apple stuff. You just can't do it here.
I'd say it isn't wise for Apple to take such an antagonistic stance against its customers, but its aggressively anti-consumer efforts haven't made much of a dent in customer goodwill. It may attract the occasional attention of regulators, but not often enough to result in a softened stance on resale or repair. The problem is Apple's actions make things worse for customers who have never purchased its products. Homogenizing marketplaces rarely results in better prices and its anti-right-to-repair efforts are funneling customers towards a select few outlets and preventing device owners from enjoying the privileges of ownership.
Filed Under: first sale, right to repair
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• Granville Tate, chairman of the board of directors at Brunini Law Firm in Jackson, has been selected by MC law school leaders as the 2014 Lawyer of the Year. He is recognized in Woodward/White's Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Banking and Finance Law. Tate was also named to the Mississippi Business Journal's 2013 Leaders in Law.
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Sales and Marketing Ops at B2B companies almost always face the same problem: How to uniquely identify an account or a company in their CRM or Marketing Automation solution. Check your databases and you'll probably find duplicate entries, misspellings, etc. The problem is that there's no universally accepted, unique ID that can be used to identify any company in the world. That's why B2B companies historically used one of the following fields:
Company Name
Company name can be successfully used to identify a company in a lot of cases. However, there are a lot of example when it becomes a big challenge. For example - do you use the type of the company (LLC, Inc, Corp, etc.) in the name? Is Google and Google, Inc the same company? Do you use dots or not (Inc vs Inc.). What about the company is known by another name ("Doing Business As"). For example, Zenefit's legal name is "YourPeople, Inc." Who would have thought? It actually happens quite a lot.
Employer Identification Number (EIN) and other country-specific identificators
While it's unique and can be matched exactly, the problem with EIN is that it only works in the US. Other countries have their own systems and numbers so matching those with accounts or companies in your system will be a nightmare.
D-U-N-S Number
D-U-N-S Number is developed and curated by Dun & Bradstreet. It was introduced in 1963 when the Internet did not exist. For that reason alone, it's clearly outdated by now.
Furthermore, fewer and fewer companies worldwide use D-U-N-S Numbers today. Why? Because it's a pain to get and there are no real benefits of going through the process. D&B sends you a piece of snail mail one day asking you to physically fill out a form and send it back to them in order to get a D-U-N-S Number. Most of these letters go immediately into the trash.
So what's the solution? It's the 21st century, there has to be a better way of doing this, right?
And The Winner Is: Website
Out of all other options, a company's website is the best way to identify any legitimate company. Let's look at the benefits:
It's unique.
The match is exact. You don't need to worry about different spellings, dots and other characters, as opposed to relying just on a company's name.
It's international. Any company in any country can have a website, but that domain can't match any other site.
A person (Lead or Contact) can be tied to the company using its business email address. I can easily tell that firstname.lastname@example.com works at Salesforce.
You can ping a website for signs of life, which can help you deal with dead records in your system.
It's not proprietary. There's no company in the world that can control it.
Let's talk about the elephant in the room: Not every company in the world has a website. It's a valid point, but do you really want to sell your product or service to a company that doesn't have a website? In most cases such businesses also don't have a D-U-N-S Number.
Now what if the company has multiple websites? This can be a challenge. The best way to solve it is to have a Parent-Child relationship when it comes to domains (and I'm not talking about sub-domains). For example, a good system of record will say that Desk.com (child) belongs to Salesforce.com (parent). Once you have the mapping in place (and to be fair, this is a big undertaking), this problem goes away.
Overall, there are a lot of benefits to adopt a company's website as a unique ID for an organization. Modern B2B organizations will adopt this approach more and more as the business world moves increasingly online. It's clearly time to agree on the new standard and make the website a company's unique ID across sales and marketing organizations.
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Rikkis Partners with Cape Town's Skateboarding YouthsNews
Skateboarding is a mode of transport…and we're in the business of transport! Wouldn't a partnership with a skateboard-loving youth organisation be a match made in heaven? The fact that we're helping these kids get to a skateboard design workshop is the cherry on top…
Uplifting Cape Town's Kids
Rikkis Taxis is proud to announce that we are the taxi partners to Sk8 for Gr8, an organisation dedicated to bringing Cape Town's kids closer to developing their artistic talents. Through the merging of art with skateboarding, founder Alison Parker brings design to the sidewalks and education to the streets. This July, she has partnered with Nebula Skateboarding, a non-profit organisation that uplifts the children of Gugulethu and Valhalla Park through skateboarding.
Decked-Out Skateboard Design
The initiative involves a series of workshops in Woodstock, where skater boys and girls learn innovative ways to turn their creative ideas into possible careers. Using skateboards as canvases, each child is paired with a designer that mentors them through the process of designing a skateboard deck, including research, brainstorming, creating and executing. These child-inspired decks are then auctioned off and the proceeds are funnelled back into their education.
By creating a platform for the city's kids to develop creative skills, Alison is uplifting the underprivileged youth one skateboard at a time.
Rikkis Taxis to the Rescue!
But Woodstock is a tad far for the kids in Gugulethu and Valhalla Park. That's where Rikkis Taxis comes in!
"Working with kids, one needs to ensure they are looked after from start to finish, and Rikkis Taxis offers a quality service that answers to exactly that," said Alison. "I have used Rikkis many times before, so when it came to partnering with a cab service in Cape Town, it simply made sense."
By transporting these kids to and from the Sk8 for Gr8 design workshops, Rikkis Business Marketing Consultant Sven Watlington believes they are making a positive contribution to the city's children. "Cape Town's youth need all the assistance they can get to overcome their challenging situations. We encourage other brands to contribute to this landscape by offering similar services where they can make a difference, too."
Want to get involved? Email Alison Parker at email@example.com and find out how you can make a difference…


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Walking tacos are so easy to make and fun to eat too! Your kids will get to eat dinner out of a bag of Doritos…need I say more?!
Assemble your normal taco ingredients…
Open a bag of Doritos (or Fritos), crush your chips, add your meat and toppings, grab a spoon, and get to eating!
These would be so fun to make for a campout or entertaining guests with kids. Or, make them just because it's fun to do something different!
I was able to find a 6-pack of small bags of Doritos at Walmart. And, they are easier to eat if you cut down the top of the bag. Happy walking and eating! :)


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Emma Stevens- E.P./Track Reviews
'Heart on Hand' (E.P.) & 'Once' (Single)
9.5/10 & 9.5/10
You can tell from the E.P.'s cover, that it is going to be mesmeric.
Availability: E.P. is available via https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-on-hand-ep/id567453391. The single 'Once' will be released in April.
Gorgeous music; beautiful words; exceptional talent and an extremely striking young woman…
make for quite an extraordinary listen. Emma Stevens far exceeds any expectations. There is a bit of a split between female musical talent. There is the mainstream, which has a vast mixture of average pop fodder where you can delineate the moment their talent runs out and they are running on fumes. There is a smaller core of artists, such as Adele, Jessie Ware, Laura Marling and their ilk, whom have vast credibility and talent. Then there is miss Stevens. Here is a very young artist, who is her own words writes "haunting folk/pop with a twist and lots of sparkle". She is a graduate of A.C.M, plays six instruments- including the cello- and is honest, beautiful and down-to-Earth. She tours prodigiously, and has an incredibly hardworking ethic.
'Heart on Hand' comes with a slightly sad back-story. The cover of the E.P. is a gorgeous design by Emma's mother, who sadly died last year. The E.P. was released in October of last year, and her artwork is a permanent monument to her work and spirit. A song that is to be released shortly called 'Dreaming Trees', was written in her memory, and will feature on her upcoming 2nd E.P. I sat down to listen to her first E.P., and realised how brave and honest the music is.
The first thing you hear on 'A Place Called You' is a ukulele. It is instantly sunny and warm, and your mind and body are transported to sunny climbs, warm beaches and gorgeous landscapes. Accompanied by a harmonious whistle, the song puts you in a good mood, right from the off. "You're my knight in shining armour" Emma sings, her voice smiling all the time. It is a much softer Lily Allen; a stronger Ellie Goulding, but purer and more beautiful than both. It is confident and manifests a huge range, able to switch from a whispered calm to an emotional and power rush. The song talks about all the guys who have come and never measured. In Emma's words: "Why kiss another frog?/You're the only one I want". Through use of fairy tale metaphor and imagery, our heroine is aloft in a tower, waiting for our hero to rescue her. It is not mournful or downcast; instead multicoloured and joyous, where the message above it all is that she wants the man she really wants and not pretenders. "I've been cooped up in a tower/For hours and hours" gives the impression of longing and desire. There is a little hint of Eliza Doolittle, and Laura Marling, and Emma shows an eidetic musical talent, where she can draw instruments and sounds together to produce a luminous soundscape. Towards the 3 minute mark the pace quickens, and the vocal scats and skips and dances, showing shades of 'Whoa Nelly!'-era Nelly Furtado in the upper registers. The song is the psychoacoustical embodiment of 'be the change that you want to see in the world' With a final chorus of whistling, percussion and ukulele, the sun sets, and we wonder whether our princess will ever kiss her prince.
With a slightly darker start, of guitar and percussion, 'This Is For You' doesn't have a heavy heart, but tells of rain-lashed scenes where anyone can shelter from and meet the person of their dreams. The song has a more philosophical edge, and the lyrics are more in my focus this time; especially when Emma sings: "And I wish/I could help you to breathe". As the chorus arrives, heralding a siren's chorus and sensual breathlessness to it, I can't help but wonder whether the subject of the song has a personal relevance. There are shades of Cocteau Twins in the vocals, as well as Gemma Hayes. The acoustic guitar and musical structure puts me in mind of Simon and Garfunkel and Ben Howard. It is gentle and sensitive but has light and hope to it. As the chorus repeats, there is a gorgeous acoustic guitar strum that puts me in mind of 'Toxic Girl' by Kings of Convenience. For those that can't smile or feel happy, and are weighed down by the gravity of life, then this song is for them. It is there to cheer and to say that, no matter what, things can change when you least expect and a bad situation can be instantly made good. At just a little over 3 minutes long, it is the shortest song of the E.P. and leaves you wanting more. It is incredibly tight, as well as being memorable and spirit-lifting.
With an intro that has shades of country to it, as well as Bob Dylan, 'How To Write A Love Song', also nods to contemporary acts such as The Lumineers. The track begins by telling of a former beau, who, much to our heroine's chagrin, kept asking "Hey, when you gonna write me that love song?". Ironically for him, it is when he has walked out and taken the best from our protagonist, that the words came. The disgraced ex-sweetheart cheated and became needy, and through all of his actions, he taught Emma how to write a love song. It is a great title for a song, and a clever devise is employed. In a sense I guess it does have a large country influence. There are elements of The Dixie Chicks, and Taylor Swift, but will appeal much more to a wider audience, due to the touching and striking lyrics, and gorgeous vocal performance at its heart. Emma, in a way is trying to expurgate the sinner, because "Trying to find a melody/Is easy now you're gone". The track has a great, memorable and catchy chorus, and in spite of the fact that pain has been caused and there is an air of regret, there is no sad mood. The song has a sweetness to it. It is a gorgeously crafted song, with brilliant imagery and evocative spirit.
With a skipping heartbeat and its best clothes on, 'The Simple Things' is another bright and breezy number, designed to inspire the soul and put a smile on the stoniest of people. In a way it is similar to a Jack Johnson song. I was transported the sun, sea and sand and is a blissful number. Emma can't stop smiling, and says that that is "all I need right now". There is calm in her heart and the simple things are most important. It is a great and simple message and another track that will put a spring in your step, and smile on your face. Emma's voice is luscious and strong throughout once more, and is full of conviction and passion. It is one of the highlights of the E.P. and shows what a range Emma has.
The final track is a pared-back piano version of 'A Place Called You'. It has been stripped down and given a romantic and passionate. It is a remarkable version and the vocal is tender and tremulous. The piano is soft and warm and will bring a small tear to your eye. It is hard to believe that it is the same song, but shows the talent and interpretive skills Emma has that it works so well, and makes her own material brand new once more. It is a wonderful end to an assured, multifaceted and impressive E.P. It hits its stride with music, lyrics and vocals and tone. Emma is a skilled composer and exceptional musician, and has a maturity and lyrical eye that belies one so young. Her voice is brilliant throughout and shows herself as an awesome talent.
'Once' is being released in April. From the first few seconds, it is good business as usual. All of the key ingredients are in place. It is warm, embracing and sunny and is going to feature on the upcoming E.P. It is dreamy and uplifting and talks about how you only need to fall in love once, and that's all it takes. She explained that she has been with guys before who seemed like they would be the one, but have gone: "But don't forget when things are great/You only need to find love once". There is a tangible and universal message conveyed in the song, and one that we can all relate to, which gives the song a winning edge straight away. Again there is a bit of a country flavour, together with an infectious musical and vocal blend, that makes you want to get up and sing along. It will appeal to a wide audience and is a tantalizing and intriguing sign as to what 'Dreaming Trees' will sound like.
Emma is going to be on Terry Wogan's radio show this Sunday, and is going to be very busy indeed. If you haven't already heard her debut E.P., then you should and learn from it. With a music scene where most of the participants would rather frown than smile, Stevens is a breathe of fresh air and shows a talent and maturity beyond her years. It is wonderful to see someone so talented make such an impression, but the great thing about music, is when this sort of thing happens, it inspires you to write, sing and perform. This is exactly what has happened to me, and you cannot ask for more than that. So, if you are stressed, lost, in need of direction and inspiration…
… listen to Emma Stevens, and make yourself happy.
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Please Note the SWIM Leg is Cancelled due to unsafe water conditions.
The event will be based out of a new location (Lincoln Shields Recreation Area) that is 1.5 miles west of the original start/T1. Click below to access the email sent to registered athletes. It features the new location, maps, timeframes, etc for the adjusted event.
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JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE anticipated increase in the fuel levy during the Budget Speech later this month will place importers under increased pressure in already challenging market conditions, says Adam Orlin, Head of Investec Import Solutions.
The executive adds this will negatively impact South African consumers and businesses. Finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, will present the budget speech to Parliament on February 22. Gordhan announced a 30 cent increase to the fuel levy in 2016, taking it to R2,85.
"With several economists of the opinion that the price of petrol and the fuel levy will continue to rise this year, the knock-on impact this will have in the South African market will be significant," says Orlin.
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US Automaker Ford Motor is thinking to shrink workforce by 10% of headcount in North America and Asia. Ford to offer early retirements to head honchos by October 2017. But there is no intention to remove workforce from production units.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Scrappy Sunday ....
This one is for Lets Get Shabby ... this month's theme is white and/or cream with a hint of one other colour. I created the rose trellis out of the left over "rails" from the Collections picket fence chipboard. I have painted it with distress paint and then weaved the pieces together. I then twisted the stems of the roses around the trellis to make it look like a rambling vine. As a finishing touch I added some leaves from the D-lish Scrap store. The papers are Pink Paislee and Crate Paper which have been distressed and machine stitched around the edges. The heart shaped paper doiley is also from the D-lish Scraps store. I have also added the tulle which I gathered at points with more leaves and roses and then stitched to the page. I finished it off with some punched out butterflies with kaiser pearls on them.
Not quite as shabby as I had first envisioned but this is where it told me to stop! hehehe
My second effort for the day is for the Artastic chalenge blog which is run by my friend Shazza. I took inspiration from the colour scheme and since it was a painting I figured that I had to use paint!!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Out of the Hat - September challenge
This is my sample layout for the challenge .... A mixture of all my fave things at the moment:
- great finds at the markets
- Websters Pages papers
- goodies from my online store ... D-lish Scraps
You will be seeing a lot more of my wedding photos scrapped in the future .... my love of all things girlie/vintage is seeing me fast run out of pics to scrap!! I have always wanted to scrap my wedding pics and did start an 8 x 8 album for them. But I just can't get my head around the size and my stupid idea of having them all in the same colour scheme gets boring really quickly!!
I know I have been a really bad blogger the last few months. It's not from lack of trying though .... it's just that most ot the work that I produce I can't share .... DT stuff and class samples etc. I really think it may be time to get back to some scrapping just for me again ....
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Time to share ....
I had chosen the photo and decided to use the papers from the Basic Grey Lime Rickey collection and it wasn't until I was putting it together that I realised the die cut sticker set had the words "You're the Coolest" in it ..... just perfect for the pic!!!
I have also been working on some ATC's for various swaps. This one is for Uproar and the theme was "A Splash of Colour", background was done with homemade alcohol inks on glossy cardstock, butterflies stamped on acetate and the scroll is silver ink that has been embossed in clear.
And this one is for the "Shabby Chic" swap at Challenge Chics. Edges are embossed with Queens Gold emboss, fence is Collections chippie that has been distress painted with distress ink rubbed into the cracks. The small roses I made myself from pink photocopy paper .... the smallest was a 3/4 inch circle!!
Friday, August 7, 2009
OMG!! I won again!!!
I will be the proud owner of a complete set of 5 storage units for RW Lasercuts!! You can see the little beauties here, these ones have been decorated but I am assuming that mine will come undressed.
Wow!! Now if only I can make all this good luck transpire to the lottery .... hehehe.
On another note, if you have nothing planned this weekend then pop on over to The Challenge Chics where I will be hosting this weekends cybercrop from 7.30pm tonight!!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Some sharing ......
The blog uses movie postes as inspiration for pages as well as using a few criteria. This month's challenge is from the movie "Fire Walk with Me" and the added criteria were, one photo, paper tearing and zig zags.
I have taken inspiration from the colour scheme, folded the dark burgandy paper to mimick a red velvet curtain, used a paper doily as the half heart and used lots of gold and velvety embellishments to give that decadent feel to the layout. To see the movie poster and also have a look at the other pages head on over to their blog. The challenge is open for the whole month and this months sponsor is D-lish Scraps.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Two reasons to celebrate!!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Happy Birthday to Me!!!
They surprised me with these four new beads .... a little teddy, a seashell, a crab (cause I am a cancer .... look at his cute little face!) and an I Love You bead! I love you both too!
And if they weren't enough my lovely girlfriends, Corinne and Lisa, got me this gorgeous genuine Pandora bead. It's silver and 14ct gold on the starfish! I love it sooooo much and am not sure what I have done to deserve such a generous gift. I am so chuffed and grateful! I love you girls!! Mwaah!! xxxx
Monday, July 6, 2009
I have reordered top up's of all the sold out lines and also some new products. I also am waiting on orders from 2 new suppliers so there will be heaps more in store real soon!
Thanks to all my friends for their support ..... I really appreciate it!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Open for business!!
If you have been wondering of my whereabouts of late ..... well here's the answer ..... I have been hard at work getting ready for the grand opening of my online store, sorting and packaging all the lovely products, photographing them and loading them to the store.
It's called D-lish Scraps and I have moved all of my handmade products there and as well have added about 60 new lines to tempt you! I am specialising in low cost and affordable embellishments for scrapbooking and craft. Lets face it .... there are plenty of places that do papers and cardstock well .... and quite frankly I don't have the room! lol :-D
There are lots of flowers, leaves, ribbons, laces and trims as well as paper doilies, metal embellishments and mesh. I will be continuing to add to the inventory so be sure to sign up for a newsletter while you are there.
As a special offer for our opening month of July only, everyone** who registers as a customer will receive a sample pack of our products for free!
You will also find instore my new range of handmade flowers ..... Floral Felties! They come in six different colour combo packs and are all handstitched with pearl centres. Here is a sneak peak of the Turquoise/Sea Green pack:
Postage is a flat rate and cheap fee of only $3 to anywhere in Australia ..... making it affordable too. Almost everything in store is less than a couple of dollars a pack ..... so cheap, cheap, cheap!!
**to be eligible you must register your details as a customer with D-lish Scraps, no purchase necessary, limited to first 50 customers or 31st July, whichever comes first.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
We've moved!
New members are always welcome so feel free to join us for a whole heap of chatting and scrapping!!!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Happy 2nd Birthday Cody!!
We had a jungle theme for his party .... here he is blowing out the candles on his Crocodile cake!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!!
Anyway the reason for my post is to share my good news .... my entry for the Inkurable Stampers May challenge won!! Wahoo for me!! I won a set of Darkroom Door stamps ... the flora ones and I am very excited to be getting them. As most of you know I have a small obsession with stamps so these are right up my alley!!
I have been a very slack blogger lately ... but oh so busy ..... lots of orders to fill which is good for the $$ but bad for my own scrapping time, which suffers badly. I did manage to make 2.5 layouts at a crop night last weekend but haven't had a chance to finish them let alone photograph them to share.
But I am slowly crossing the jobs off my to do list which was HUGE!! Hopefully I will get to the end of it before it grows any longer .... but if not .... such is life!! :-)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Another page and some ATC's ....
When Corinne decided on the theme for the May ATC challenge ..... Arabesque .... I am sure there were quite a few people who wanted to kill her!! lol Here is what I came up with .....
I took inspiration from the architecture and made wrought iron scroll windows with my cuttlebug. The windows really open and close!
On a sad note ..... Cody smashed my EK success glass cutting mat on the floor yesterday afternoon .... I am devistated! It took me so long to get one and I really feel lost without it .... I use it for all my handcutting .... soooo much easier than cruddy self healing mats ... YUK!!
Monday, May 25, 2009
3 New Layouts ....
Dad & Me is for the monthly challenge over at A2Z Scraplets.
Sweet Treats - Sweetie's Sketches blog is titled A Time to Celebrate ..... it is my dad's 3rd birthday party!
And last but certainly not least ... Play Time which is my entry for the Inkurable Stampers blog challenge. You always must use at least one stamp on your project and ths month's requirements were ribbon and lace.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
I hate bugs!!!
I discovered this morning that we had an infestation of flour beetles in our pantry. Has anyone ever had to deal with these pesky little blighters before ... they get into absolutely everything. I did a bit of googling (gotta love google) for some advice on what to do and discovered that they are really hard to get rid of. I literally had to throw all of the food in the pantry away ... about 5 garbage bags full ... such a waste! Apparantly they can even chew their way into sealed bags which is amazing considering they are only about 1-2mm in size.
I had to vaccumn out the cupboards and then scrub them out with hot soapy water before fumigating them. All the storage containers and jars went through the dishwasher ... about 9 cycles I counted and then the bottom dishdrawer started leaking!! Some dishwashing detergent got spilt in one of the containers and when I put it through the dish drawer the detergent foamed up which confused the drawer sensors and caused it to leak all over the floor!
Gotta love our new spanky wet/dry vac though ... I sucked up all the water out of the drawer to drain it and then vaccumned up the water off the floor. Phew .... crisis averted!!
Once the fumigation had settled down I was finally able to put the pantry back together .... which I can tell you is not a lot! I had to throw away nearly everthing that wasn't in a can to eliminate the chance that they may reinfest. It will take me weeks to restock all the food that was lost and very expensive!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Well I never did buy that lotto ticket .........
I was the 20500 click winner over at Kathie's blog which was kinda cool. I am not sure exactly what is in the prize pack but I have been told that she is super generous and that her prizes are well worth winning!
I also was lucky enough to come overall 3rd place at the RSS cybercrop from last weekend which means I get a $20 prize pack. I am soooo happy about this ..... I missed out on 2nd place by one point. The competition is tough over there .... a super talented bunch of scrappers and since I only did 3 of the 9 challenges I honestly thought I wouldn't have a chance. Some people did all 9 and I seriously don't know where they find the time!
I am working on some stuff at the moment so will hopefully have work to share before the weekends out!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
From Dusk till Dawn ....
All the challenges were themed to movies. Nat's was Thelma and Louise and since she fell asleep watching the movie, the only stipulation was a B&W pic. I scrapped this pic of my Dad and his brother on their dad's motorbike.
Ann-Marie's challenge was to use the quote "A person is a person no matter how small" from the kids movie Horton Hears a Who. I love this pic of Cody ..... it was taken a few hours after his birth ..... check out the little fishy lips!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Woohooo! I won something!!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Busy, busy, busy!
We went away for the long weekend (Labour Day hol in QLD) to the Gold Coast for a few nights. We stayed at Breakfree Savannah Resort at Broadbeach which was lovely. Buffet breakfast included every morning means I didn't have to cook for three whole days! We did some shopping and Derek got a new mobile phone (a Nokia 5800) that comes with free music for a year .... so I bet you can only guess what he has been doing.
Cody had a lovely time ..... self contained apartments are in no way child proof! so you can only imagine the fun he had! Emptying cupboards, playing in the fridge and "ordering" roomservice on the phone to name a few. On Sunday we went to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (my mum's shout) to see the animals. Cody was by far the noisest kid in the place, screaming with excitement at the top of his lungs for the most of the day. His favourite were the kangaroo's ..... he even tried to pinch a joey out of one of the mother's pouches ...... I am so surprised she didn't wallop him ..... they must be so used to human contact.
I was lucky enough to be able to take a workshop with an enormously talented and awe inspiring scrapper named Jude Harvey. (thanks Dad for minding my rugrat) Her workshop was teaching the principles of Shabby Chic and this is the layout that I created through taking the class.
On other news I have been making shop samples for my local scrap shop Paper Addiction. I have done quite a few so far and you can see some of them on their blog. I will be teaching my first class there in June so have also been busy making up sample layouts for this. I have one more to finish off by the end of this week and then they will be displayed instore till the class takes place.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Hop to It Cybercrop!
My challenge is inspired by chocolate .... yum!! But not the kind you eat!! It's a colour challenge ... you may use the colours of milk, dark and white chocolate and one other if you choose. Here is my sample page ..... the pic is of my dad and his brother about 60 years ago.
This page was for Lisa's challenge. Her challenge was based on "traditions" and you had to use the word somewhere on your page. It didn't have to be about Easter so I made mine on our Australia Day traditions. All the scroll work you see was hand cut from a sheet of pp ..... it took hours!!
My little ATC challenge is proving to be popular too ..... I set a theme and requirements to suit the CC and people enter by making an ATC which is a one of. We all vote on our fave and the winner gets the unique set of ATC's. This month was pastel colours and it had to have a bunny or chick/bird on it. Here is mine:
And last but not least, a card for the monthly mini RAK challenge. The host sends everyone an identical pack of goodies and we each make a card from our little kit. The winner, decided by poll vote then becomes the host for the next month's challenge. Here is what I made from the kit:
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Bug Bags
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Some latest work to share.
This layout was for Gayatri's challenge. She challenged us to use only Kaisercraft products (except alphas) to create a layout. (I guess inspired by her recent application for the Kaiser DT) You had to use mre than one range of pp (the more the better), b&w/sepia pic & hand journalling.
I used about 5 different paper ranges I think and this is what I came up with. (Oh and the layout was also based on one of sketches)
This one was a blind challenge set by Vicki. I love blind challenges as you don't have to think too much and the pages come together really quickly ..... but only if the instructions are clear otherwise you can spend hours pushing bits of paper around! I have learnt this from previous experience! Papers here are Cosmo Cricket - Jacks World which I think really suit the page. Also used one of my Journal It's by Star word tickets and 2 Crafty chipboard.
This one was based on a sketch provided by the lovely Angie. I have used My Minds Eye Penny Lane pp's and a collections birdy. The ribbon was sent to me by my lovely friend Corinne - mwah! Love it!
This last piece of work is for the Deb's Master Blaster challenge. This is the 3rd of 6 challenges in total. You had to make a sign that Deb could hang in her shop in the colours of the forum logo. I am not sure where my crazy idea came from but I woke with this idea in my head and it just grew from there. I was at it for 4 hours straight and this is what I came up with.
The frame was made by layering strips of chipboard to raise the sides and then I covered it in bazzil embossed dot CS. The big flowers are my Handmade Flowers by Star which I have added other lace and velvet flowers to. Flourishes are from Scapcutz. The hanging butterflies were made from digital images which I printed twice and back to backed. I then set eyelets in them to hang them between wired strands of beads. While I was looking for beads I found some bells so I attached them to the bottom so that it can twinkle in the breeze. They are all hanging off a coathanger that I cut up and attached from the back of the sign.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Crop Night .....
The page is for an album I am making for my Mum for mother's day ... it's a collection of all her and dad's old family photos.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Cybercropping at Deb's this weekend!
This layout was from an inspiration photo of someone's scrap space. It was black, white and lime green. I was also inspired by the clean and tidy look the room had with everything in it's place hence the minimalist layout I have made. PP's are MME Just Dreamy 2 and I have also used one of my Journal It's saying tickets.
Finished off a set of ATC's this morning also. Theme was set by me and is your favourite quote. The quote reads: "Reach for the moon ...... if you fall short you will land on a star!"
This is a set I finished the other day, the theme for these was Vintage. Arrgh .... forgot to rotate .... sorry!
Friday, April 17, 2009
My loss is your gain!
So in a way to share the love and also to celebrate the release of my new product "Journal It's" (link over there to your left) I am giving away blog candy!! The magazine and three packs of my journalling products (pictured below) could be yours!! All you need to do is leave a comment on this post and make sure you are following my blog if you want to go in the draw!!
I will draw one lucky winner on monday morning so make sure you are in the draw by then if you want to win!!!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Happy Easter!
To all my cyber buddies ...... Happy Easter to you all!! Hope you are all having a happy and safe Easter and trying not to overindulge in too much choccie!!! :-D
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
I'm SUPER excited .....
More products will be loaded to etsy soon, so keep checking back and I am working on some new designs as we speak!!
Blog Candy!
Monday, April 6, 2009
DT work ......
Saturday, April 4, 2009
I am starting a Conga Line ......
Basically when you receive an invitation to join you add the image as a sidebar picture widget and then link the image to the one person who's blog you want to be next in line.
- You can only join the line if you are invited
- You can only pass it on to one person
- Lets make the longest conga line in the world!! (wouldn't it be cool if it went all over the world and back??)
- Make sure you follow through until the person you invite has added it to their blog otherwise the chain will be broken and it won't work
- If you receive an invitation and don't want to be in the line then kindly let the person know who sent it to you so they can invite someone else.
I am really excited to see where this will end up!
My invite goes to Our little Slice of Paradise - Lisa Kamphuis.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Cybercrop weekend at Uproar.
This was an inspiration challenge - there was a pic put up by Lisa, and this is what I made from it. It's called Mr Damage and yes that is my DS eating my DST!!
This next layout was for my own challenge which was to use junk mail on your layout. The words "you could be this perfect" were cut from a Home Ice-Cream catalogue. I used my new Coredinations Whitewash CS that I got from Dee on Saturday night. I love it soooooo much!!! The supplier pics are crap!!! it is much nicer in real life! The colours look nothing like the images on their website.
I also threw in this extra challenge for fun. It was an ATC challenge to make one in the Go Green/Recycle theme. It had to have the colour green on it somewhere and be in the theme. I made this cute little froggie ATC ........ the winner of the challenge (voted by poll) wins all of the ATC's entered into the comp!
I have been doing quite a few other things which I hope to catch you all up on soon. I had a lovely weekend, cybercrop on Friday night, Craftfest on Saturday and then cropping at Uproar on Saturday night! I picked up my cuttlebug which I am very excited about. But alas ..... it's monday again ...... so all that means is work, work, work!


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This is the third estate in José Manuel Ortega's winery empire, currently covering Chile, Argentina and Spain. Both Jancis Robinson and Steven Spurrier have highlighted José as a world class producer in all three countries.
The Spanish estate is located in the premium red wine region of Ribera del Duero and is planted with 60ha of Tinta del Pais (Tempranillo), a large proportion of which is 22 to 52 years old. The remarkable vineyards are situated in a bend of the Duero River where a sheer 15m cliff face separates the fast-flowing river from the edge of the vineyards. With a soil type reminiscent of Châteauneuf-du-Pape on the estate, the vines benefit from extended ripening hours due to the heat-retaining qualities of the stones. This, coupled with the 700m altitude of the vineyards, creates huge potential for the production of world class wines.
These wines are so good and have received so much praise that it has made O. Fournier Spain the 'exception that proves the rule' as far as Seckford Agencies being 'New World specialists'!
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[ Students & Alumni ]
Domenic Salerni joins Dalí Quartet and wins silver in the M-Prize Competition
Domenic Salerni '11 MM has been appointed first violinist of the Dalí Quartet, an ensemble that is known particularly for its excellence in Latin-American repertoire.
Furthermore, as a part of the septet Foundry, Salerni and YSM alumni Ian Rosenbaum '10 MM '11 AD, Andy Akiho '11 MM, and Samuel Suggs '14 MM, won second prize in the M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition in the open division. Foundry is an ensemble that crosses and transcends genres, innovating new sounds through the synthesis of contemporary classical techniques and jazz, reggae, Caribbean, and Soca. The M-Prize Competition (through the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance) awarded Foundry $7000.
More About Domenic Salerni
Domenic Salerni is the recently-appointed first violinist of the Dalí Quartet. He moved up to Philadelphia from the Atlanta area, where he served on faculty as instructor and first violinist of Emory University's quartet-in-residence, the Vega String Quartet. He was also a member of the Riverside Chamber Players, and concertmaster and soloist with the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra.
As a member of Vega, Domenic enjoyed performances at such venues as the Wiener Gesellschaft für Musik's Brahms Saal, Berlin's Auenkirche, the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, FL, the Shalin Liu Center in Rockport, MA, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the Brevard Music Center, Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, the Bascom Art Center, and Emory University's own Emerson Hall and Michael C. Carlos Museum.
As a clinician, Domenic has worked with the Atlanta Music Project, the Franklin Pond Chamber Music Festival, and ArcoNet Bootcamp. He has given master classes at Kennesaw State University, Augusta State University, and the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.
Domenic can be found on numerous CDs and albums, including "Touched: A Decade of Chamber Music" featuring the works of his father Paul Salerni, "No One To Know One," NewYork-based composer Andy Akiho's debut album, and NY performance artist and cellist Jacob Cohen's self-produced EP "The Odyssey." A collaboration with violinist Andres Cardénes, pianist Elizabeth Pridgen, and the Vega Quartet is forthcoming.
Domenic holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Yale School of Music, where he studied with Linda Cerone, William Preucil, and Hyo Kang, respectively. He received Academic Honors from CIM and was a winner of the Yale Chamber Music Society Competition.
Domenic has written film scores to Giuseppe di Liguorno's 1911 silent film "Dante's Inferno," which was premiered in 2010 with composer Samuel Carl Adams on bass, and "The Maltz Museum: An American Story," premiered at the Cleveland Clinic in 2012, featuring cellist Erica Snowden.
Domenic was featured in ArtsATL's "30 Under 30," was a semifinalist in the 2015 Schadt String Competition, and was a laureate of the 2009 Sion-Valais International Violin Competition. He plays a 2014 Jon Van Kouwenhoven violin and continues to compose and arrange in his spare time.


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The occurrence in joints of a variety of types of loose bodies has long been recognized. Practically every joint in the body has been reported as containing such bodies, but they are most frequently found in the knee joint.
The loose bodies have been classified according to their composition. But it should be understood that the majority of these are either rare or of little clinical significance as they are nothing more than a minor manifestation of some other disease.
For practical purposes, the differential diagnosis usually rests between osteoarthritis loose bodies, synovial chondromata and loose bodies associated with osteochondritis dissecans or osteochondral fracture.
Still here are the causes for completion of the list
Classification of Loose Bodies in Joint
Composed of fibrinous material or of necrotic synovial membrane
- Traumatic -after haemorrhage
- Pathological
- Tuberculosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
These loose bodies are composed entirely of hyaline cartilage
- Intra-articular fractures
- Separation of whole or part of intra-articular fibro-cartilaginous meniscus
Osteocartilaginous loose bodies
- Osteochondral fractures of femoral condyles and patella
- Pathological
- Detachment of portion of articular surface from osteochondritis dessicans
- Synovial chondromatosis
- Pigmented vilonodular synovitis
- A detachment of osteophytes in:
- Osteoarthritis
- Neuropathic joints
- Separation of sequestra in tuberculosis
- Introduced foreign bodies
- Lipoma
- Angioma
- Secondary carcinoma, etc.
Loose bodies in joint are fragments of cartilage or bone that freely float inside the knee joint space.
Loose bodies can occur due to an injury or due to general wear and tear over time.
There can be a single or multiple loose bodies depending on the severity of the condition
A loose body is said to be stable if they do not move about inside the joint or unstable if they float through the inside of the joint.
The loose bodies can vary in size from a few millimeters to a few centimeters.
Clinical Presentation of Loose Bodies in Joint
Loose bodies in the joint can hinder the joint moment as they get caught in movements.
by getting caught in flexion and extension movements.. The fragments can lead to damage to the articular cartilage, causing osteoarthritis.
The patient complains of painful movements or feeling of something moving in the knee. The joint may get locked or blocked causing e pain or loss of motion.
Xray would reveal the loose body. It may throw some light on contributing joint pathology.
MRI helps to locate and tells about the type of loose body in joint. It would also tell about the disease process that is responsible for the formation of a loose body. It is a useful tool to see the size, number, and location of the loose bodies.
Treatment of Loose Bodies in Joint
Nonsurgical means have a minimum role in the management of loose bodies. In case of the mobile loose body, wait and watch could be applied to wait for the loose body to move out of joint and become asymptomatic.
Intra-articular fractures need to fix anatomically. The causative disease like tuberculosis would require medical treatment.
Physical therapy and anti-inflammatory drugs can be used to help with the symptoms and to keep the joint flexible.
Surgery offers permanent relief, the bodies should be removed when d the general condition of the patient permits.
Generally, loose bodies would require surgical removal, either arthroscopic or through open surgery.


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Angioplasty performed to open a narrowed coronary artery, in which a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into an artery in the groin or shoulder and threaded to the affected part. The balloon is inflated to flatten atherosclerotic plaque against the artery wall and reopen the artery.
Origin of PTCAp(ercutaneous) t(ransluminal) c(oronary) a(ngioplasty)