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The Ute Indian Tribe encourages the University of Utah to use the Ute name for the University's sports programs with its full support. The University recognizes that the Ute name is at the core of the cultural identity of the Tribe and its members, and that it constitutes an inseparable element of their rich cultural traditions. The University is honored to be allowed to continue to use the Ute name with due respect and integrity.
The Ute Indian Tribe acknowledges that its association with the University of Utah – the flagship institution of higher learning in the state of Utah – raises tribal visibility and community awareness, and generates a source of pride to members of the Ute Indian Tribe. The Tribe desires to reaffirm the long and valued relationship between the University and the Tribe to promote educational benefits for its youth.
The Ute Indian Tribe's goals are two-fold: first, to build genuine respect and understanding of the Tribe's history, culture and contributions to the state (past, current and future); and second, to have the University assist tribal members in helping their children lead healthy lives and be prepared to pursue a college education.
The University of Utah shares the Tribe's interest in fostering a respectful and informed understanding of the Ute Indian Tribe, and, by extension, other American Indians. To that end, the University will use the Ute name in a considered and respectful manner reflecting the pride and dignity of indigenous people and their traditions. The University will use its position as the flagship institution of higher education in the state of Utah to support that commitment.
In addition, the University will devote human and financial resources toward the Utes and other American Indians to encourage, inspire and support tribal youth to lead healthy lives and to pursue post-secondary education.
Permission to Use the Ute Name – The Ute Indian Tribe reaffirms its permission for the University to continue its respectful use of the Ute name as a representative symbol of its athletics organizations.
Education campaign – The University will use the Ute name with honor and respect, and share that commitment with the larger community by:
- Preparing educational materials that explain Ute history and the Ute Indian Tribe's ongoing cultural and economic contributions to the state, subject to review and approval of the Ute Indian Tribe. The Ute Indian Tribe will assign a tribal representative to work with the University to develop and approve campaign elements in a timely fashion. Materials are intended to be used in presentations for students, sports programs, in media guides and on University web pages, and other communications channels as appropriate.
- Widely disseminating Standards for Appropriate Fan Behavior to students, athletic fans, campus groups and the broader community. The Tribe shall have the opportunity to review and comment on such materials before they are disseminated.
- Supporting and promoting campus events to raise awareness of American Indian culture, such as the annual campus Powwow and Native American Month.
Educational Access
- The University shall secure funding to support Ute and other American Indian students while attending the University.
- The University agrees that as part of the scholarship campaign, a specific scholarship category will be created to support Ute students, and that an ongoing source of funds will be created from revenue sources such as merchandise sales, private donors and/or other sources to be determined; the intent of the agreement is that these funds will be dedicated to support Ute students and not diverted to other needs.
- The specific scholarship category for Ute students shall be continually maintained in perpetuity through revenue sources such as merchandise sales, private donors and/or other sources to be determined. The administration and use of the specific Ute scholarship category shall be determined by separate agreement between the Parties to this MOU.
Advisor/Advisory Board
- The University shall appoint, with approval from the Utah Tribal Leaders Council, a Special Advisor to the President on Native American Affairs. The advisor will serve in an unpaid, part-time capacity to function as a liaison between the tribal leaders and University to address issues related to the University that may arise from time to time.
- The Utah Tribal Leaders Council shall appoint at least two members to the advisory board of the American Indian Resource Center. In addition, the Utah Tribal Leaders Council will be invited to an annual meeting with the University President and other senior University administrators.
- As described in the "Maintenance of the Agreement" below, a joint committee composed of four members – two appointed by the Ute Indian Tribal Business Committee and two appointed by the University of Utah – will serve in an advisory capacity to the President.
The University agrees to work with the Ute Indian Tribe to create enrichment and educational opportunities for Ute Tribal Member youth, both in Ft. Duchesne and on the University campus, as appropriate and possible, including programs and activities as mutually agreed upon, such as the following:
- Summer youth programs for students, which shall be housed on campus as well as on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, which may include interaction with international students.
- Consistent with NCAA regulations, an annual opportunity for Tribal member youth to attend University of Utah sporting events and practices and meet players as a motivational outreach for the students.
- An annual recruiting open house for Ute Tribal Member students to be introduced to the University and learn about educational opportunities for Ute Tribal Members.
- Honoring Ute Tribal Members through a Ute Tribe-designated design that will be incorporated into team uniforms at one home game annually in recognition of Native American Heritage Month. In addition, the Tribe shall have the right to have its Honor Guard bear the flags at the opening ceremony at one home game during Native American Heritage Month.
- The University will be open to pursuing other programs and activities as agreed upon to improve the quality of life of members of the Ute Indian Tribe.
Academic support
- The University will assist Ute Tribal Member students and their families with application and admissions processes.
- The University will provide support for Ute Tribal Member students once on campus to enhance social, economic and academic success while attending the University.
- The Tribe acknowledges and supports the University's commitment to academic freedom and freedom of speech on campus.
The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves more than 32,000 students from across the United States and the world. With more than 100 major subjects at the undergraduate level and over 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including professional programs in law, medicine and dentistry, the University prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace.
The mission of the University of Utah is to educate the individual and to discover, refine and disseminate knowledge. As a major teaching and research university, the University of Utah strives to create an academic environment where the highest standards of scholarship and professional practices are observed and where responsibilities to students are conscientiously met. It recognizes the mutual relevance and interdependence of teaching and research as essential components of academic excellence. It welcomes students who are committed to learning and who conform to meet high academic standards. The right of free inquiry is zealously preserved; diversity is encouraged and respected; critical examination and creativity promoted; and intellectual integrity and social responsibility are fostered. The University is fully committed to the goals of equal opportunity and affirmative action, which are designed to ensure that each individual be provided with the opportunity for full, unhampered and responsible participation in every aspect of campus life.
The state of Utah derives its name from the Ute Indian Tribe. The home of the Ute Indian Tribe is the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, located in Northeastern Utah (Fort Duchesne), approximately 150 miles east of Salt Lake City. The reservation is located within a three-county area known as the Uintah Basin. It is the second-largest Indian Reservation in the United States and covers over 4.5 million acres.
The Utes have a tribal membership of 3,157 and over half of the membership lives on the Reservation. They operate their own tribal government and oversee approximately 1.3 million acres of trust land. The Utes also operate several businesses, including a super market, gas stations, bowling alley, tribal feedlot, Uinta River Technologies, Ute Tribal Enterprises LLC and Water Systems. Cattle raising and mining of oil and natural gas is big business on the Reservation.
The Ute Indian Tribe is made up of three bands: the Uintah, the White River and the Uncompahgre. Two representatives from each of these bands are elected to serve four-year terms on the Tribal Business Committee, the governing body of the Tribe. However, governmental decisions by the Business Committee are made by resolution. Once resolutions are adopted, they become law and Business Committee members then realize that they must abide by those laws.
The parties agree that the MOU is a public document and that each party will appoint a single representative to respond to inquiries on issues addressed in or affected by the MOU.
The parties to this MOU shall establish a joint committee composed of four members ("Members"). Two Members shall be appointed by the Ute Indian Tribal Business Committee. Two Members shall be appointed by the University of Utah. The committee shall oversee and implement the provisions set forth in this MOU and address ongoing student issues. The Committee shall make recommendations to the parties as to how the MOU might be improved based on its review, and the parties shall take appropriate action to implement the recommendations.
The parties agree to meet on an annual basis at a mutually agreed upon date not more than one year from date of signature, to review activities, performance or satisfaction with the arrangement outlined in the MOU.
The term of this Memorandum of Understanding is five (5) years from date of signing.


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Municipal Liaisons
What are the Municipal Liaisons (MLs)?
The MLs are volunteers that arrange the NaNoWriMo Kickoff, TGIO (Thank God It's Over) parties as well as set up local write-ins, social events and send out encouraging e-mails to participants. They are regional emissaries from NaNo HQ and help to bring the fun and wild adventure of novel-writing to communities around the world.
If you have a question about NaNoWriMo in general, head to the forums. If you have a question about NaNoWriMo events in Vancouver, go to your nearest ML.
Keep in mind that the MLs have obligations outside of NaNoWriMo (such as jobs, spouses, families, hobbies, etc), so they can't be everywhere for everyone all the time. They try, though.
The MLs are asking where I live in a survey! Should I answer?
The reason they are asking this question is to get an understanding of where interested participants live in order to plan for write-ins and other events. If you want official events hosted in your area, you should respond. They don't want to know your exact address, just the community or area where you are, such as South Granville, Yaletown, Whalley, South Surrey, etc. If you don't respond, it hurts the chances that the MLs will plan events close to you in the future.

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I've always been partial to vendor-neutral certifications that you can use anywhere you work. I'd recommend looking into SNIA's offerings. Also, check out Greg Shulz's article on this here.
Don't get too caught up in certification though as I discuss in this TechTarget article and in the other bits on my security consulting practice web site.
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PHOENIX (Oct. 15, 2009) — If your idea of fantasy sports is sitting through draft "parties" in a coworker's basement, squinting at stats as they scroll across the bottom of a TV screen or losing sleep over a decision to trade Willis McGahee for Reggie Bush, then the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau has a game-changing proposition for you.
The Greater Phoenix CVB's Fantasy Sports Giveaway puts the "fan" back in fantasy sports by giving meeting planners the chance to attend an NFL-Fiesta Bowl doubleheader, visit pit row during a NASCAR event, or join the famously boisterous gallery at the FBR Open.
These are the ground rules: Meeting professionals who submit an RFP to the Greater Phoenix CVB's sales staff between now and Dec. 15, 2009 will be entered for a chance to win one of three VIP sports-themed getaways to America's sunniest metropolis:
- Football Fan Fantasy Trip
- NASCAR Motorhead Dream Trip
- The Greatest Show on Grass Golf Getaway
The Football Fan Fantasy Trip features two tickets to the NFL showdown between the Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers on Jan. 3 and VIP tickets to college football's Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 4. Both games are played at University of Phoenix Stadium. The package also includes a commemorative football from Super Bowl XLII.
The NASCAR Motorhead Dream Trip features tickets and Pit Passes for two to the Subway Fresh Fit 500 on April 10, 2010, at Phoenix International Speedway. The package also includes pre-race VIP food-and-beverage privileges at the track.
The Greatest Show on Grass Getaway features a pair of tickets to the FBR Open at the TPC Scottsdale on Feb. 25-28, 2010. The package also includes VIP food-and-beverage passes, a round of golf for two and a custom-fitted driver.
All three giveaways include airfare and accommodations for two, plus transportation to and from the events.
"Phoenix is a great sports city and a great meetings destination," said Donald Oswald, Associate Director of Convention Sales for the Greater Phoenix CVB. "So, for meeting planners who appreciate both, this is a win-win proposition."
Meeting professionals also can enter the Fantasy Sports Giveaway by submitting an RFP at the Greater Phoenix CVB's booth at the Association Forum of Chicagoland's Holiday Showcase. That event takes place Dec. 15 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, and the Greater Phoenix CVB will be occupying Booth 602.
"I think the secret to a worthwhile contest is creating one you would like to win yourself," said John Harmon, Director of Resort Sales for the Greater Phoenix CVB. "And I'd love to win this one."
For more information about the Greater Phoenix CVB's Fantasy Sports Giveaway — or to submit an RFP and be entered to win — contact Donald Oswald at firstname.lastname@example.com or John Harmon at email@example.com.


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Choose this swanky hotel in the heart of Houston, and I'm going create great photos as your wedding photographer.
Located in the heart of Beverly Hills, the Avalon Hotel is part of the Viceroy Hotel Group and is a great hotel location for wedding photography or for brides and grooms who are looking for to get ready on their wedding day.
As a photographer interested in the environment, this wedding venue pursues environmental hotel and sustainability initiatives.
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If you're doing more than using this hotel as your Beverly Hills getting ready location for your wedding day, and you're interested in getting married here, you options are probably limited to the Avalon Penthouse.
The penthouse has a private small outdoor patio with scenic views of the Houston skyline which I'll certainly capture as your photographer.


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The Bechdel test was originally coined in the comic strip Dykes to Look Out For in 1985. The test can be for any media.
The test states:
1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it.
2. Who talk to each other.
3. About something besides a man.
The majority of films released in Hollywood fail the test. In fact, here is a video I made showing only a few of the many films fail the test.
It must be stressed that the test does not say whether the media is actually feminist. If in a film, two named females were to talk about dresses and make up, the film would technically pass the test. However that doesn't mean that the film is actually feminist.
I decided to take several different disney films and see whether they passed or failed the test.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves:
The first full length animated film released in America.
In this film there are two named females. These are Snow White and The Evil Queen. They have only one conversation, which is at the end of the film. There is some debate about the conversation, as the 'little men' (the dwarves), are mentioned in passing, but the conversation is more about the poisoned apple.
This film passes the test (though it's dubious).
Lady and the Tramp:
There are multiple named females, such as Lady, Peg, Darling, and the Siamese cats who are assumed to be female based on their voice actor.
In one scene which takes place in a pound, two named females, Peg and Lady, talk to each other about Lady's license, and how it's Lady's key to getting out of there.
This film passes the test.
Sleeping Beauty:
The majority of the film's cast are female.
The good fairies talk about about things other than men most of the time, like hiding Princess Aurora from the female villain Maleficent.
In fact, this film fails a reverse Bechdel test. the males always are talking about the females.
This film passes the test.
The Great Mouse Detective:
There are four named females, two of whom (Olivia Flaversham and Queen Mousetoria) are important to the story. However, none of them ever have a real, back and forth conversation with each other.
This fim fails the test.
There is only one named female character, Princess Jasmine, in the entire film.
This film utterly fails the test.
The Nightmare Before Christmas:
Yes, this is technically Disney.
There are two named females, Sally and Shock. However, they never speak to one another.
This film fails the test.
This film sure is popular lately.
There are two named females, Anna and Elsa. They have multiple conversations about things other than men.
For example, the first conversation in the movie is about them making a snowmen. That doesn't count as actual men.
This film passes the test.
As must be stressed, the Bechdel test is not meant to indicate whether a film is feminist or not. It's just the lowest bar possible for women representation. As you can see, Disney is pretty hit or miss with passing in test
Again, the majority of films from Hollywood fail the test. This could be pretty damming of how far we still ned to go for better gender representation.


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Bardwell in Carlisle County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Demonstration - 1862
Erected 1962 by Kentucky Historical Society - Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 563.)
Marker series. This marker is included in the Kentucky Historical Society marker series.
Location. 36° 52.688′ N, 89° 0.893′ W. Marker is in Bardwell, Kentucky, in Carlisle County. Marker is on Elm Street (U.S. 51/62), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bardwell KY 42023, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson (approx. 6.8 miles away); Fort Jefferson Site / Indian Massacre (approx. 6.8 miles away); Union Supply Base Fort Jefferson (approx. 6.8 miles away); Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence (approx. 7 miles away); Lewis & Clark at Old Fort Jefferson (approx. 7 miles away); County Named, 1842 (approx. 7.3 miles away); The Prince of the French Explorers (approx. 7.7 miles away).
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More. Search the internet for Demonstration - 1862.
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365滚球 1.86365篮球滚球偷鸡6The shared goal of everyone at YK Pao Middle School is to help each of our students be happy and successful as they discover their passions and pursue excellence. 'Excellence' at our school comes in many different forms, including academic, sporting, performing, and creative. We offer a wide range of opportunities for students, in those and other areas, and our faculty and staff provide the support and guidance to allow each student to take full advantage of those opportunities. Our new Hongqiao campus and the beautiful campus in the Songjiang district of Shanghai feature world class facilities in which students can learn, play and socialise.?
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Fall Weekend Directed Retreat 2020
- St. Raphaela Center
- Haverford, Philadelphia, United States
- Sep 18 - 20, 2020 (3 days)
About This Event
A directed retreat at St. Raphaela Center is a time of quiet in order to enhance attentiveness to God's voice within you and in your life. A reverent silence is maintained throughout the Retreat Center at all times including during meals. Each retreatant meets with his/her director daily for approximately 45 minutes. Our Spiritual Directors on staff will be conducting this retreat. Each one possesses the necessary skills to guide their directees compassionately and peacefully, allowing them to listen to God's voice and to journey closely with their loving God, both within the retreat setting and going forth into their daily lives. The number, nature and length of periods of formal prayer each day will depend upon the ability and needs of the individual and will be determined in conversation with the director. Retreatants are provided suggested scripture passages tailored to their own prayer. Ideally retreatants will have some experience in meditative prayer, the desire to enter into prolonged silence, and sufficient self-awareness to recognize their own inward movements. All retreatants have the opportunity for daily liturgy and reconciliation.
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Still Human, Still have Worth
After that last post, I'm either expecting the death of my blog, or instant interwebz fame. This one should really get to you. I'd like to thank the Academy…
In a new TIME exclusive, Anthony Karen shares his photographic journey getting to know the people behind the most hated family in America, the Phelps Family, or as we all know them, Westboro Baptist Church.
While some of the photos will anger you (and me, I feel like I need to keep reiterating this) some of the photos show other positive traits, like love, commitment, and familial bonding; Phelps with a (presumably) great-grandbaby, a mother patting her son's head, the Pastor holding a congregant inside the church. The story behind the pictures is even starker than that which we receive from the media regarding the Phelps family. Karen was given unprecedented access, he was not pressured to convert and he said he felt welcomed. The most amazing confession by Karen is that he rarely felt inconsumable rage from anyone, save a member who seemed to get into a religious debate with him.
As I get ready to begin developing the basis for my Master's thesis, I am reminded by this story that it is important to always remember, for me at least, that there is humanity in each person. I, like Karen, am drawn to marginalized populations. I find extreme religious groups fascinating. As an aspiring sociologist, I have to try and remain objective, even in the face of repulsion.
We all know a lot about this family. Fred Phelps beat his own children mercilessly when they were young. His children now indoctrinate their children into beliefs that I find profoundly disturbing and encourage them to do things that cause others incredible pain.
There has been some question to whether or not the WBC is one big scam. Boy, that would sure make this all much easier. Now, I don't know Karen and all I'm going on is this photographic story he's selling, but his story and that speculation don't jive. There's a glimmer of reality in some of those pictures, a kinder reality. Maybe I'm just crazy and idealistic and want to believe in an Anne Frank version of life.
I think they are crazy. I also know they are still human. Let the firestorm begin.
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Firestorm? No way. You've nailed it.
Wasn't Anthony Karen the photographer who also made the KKK look tender and human.
Yes, Westboro Basptists are people. They are humans, capable of compassion and love, of every complexity of human emotion.
We have a history, as humans, of demonizing other people who aren't like us, or who have become abhorrant to us. We think of them as monsters, even garbage, and because of who they are or what they've done, we feel righteous in this feeling.
Even the most ruthless soldier (historically, and even in some places, now) can engage fully and passionately in a day of absolute slaughter and mayhem, and still be tender with his wife and his own children. Never mind he just gave somebody else's baby a hearty swing into a wall—that baby was the other, and had become no longer human to him, and therefore didn't count.
It's because we are capable of vilifying others, of making them garbage, that we can do such despicable acts.
That's what the WBC do. And to a certain extent, that's what we do when we hate them so much. We make them other, just as they have done with so many people.
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Design is a problem to be solved will be the theme of this year. I've been collaborating with other teachers of this subject over the summer and this collaboration has resulted in a few new ideas about how to assess your work/efforts in this class. This process could be used for just about any class.
The steps shown below will be our approach for all major projects and we'll be going over strategies for each step of the design process the first few weeks of class. The key component is I really want to see you grow your skills as independent problem-solvers/designers.
The ability to reflect on our work is an important skill and one that I may have neglected in the past. One thing returning students will notice is that you will probably be writing a little more in this class than we have previously. We'll be using forums on this site for much of this writing and the bulk of this will be answering basic questions like
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(Ge 1:1) "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
We believe God created the complete world in 6 literal days and rested on the 7th day.
God spoke the land and seas into being and created vegetation, fish, fowl, animal, and human life.
God designed each species to reproduce like species. (apple trees reproduce apple trees; trout reproduce trout; eagles reproduce eagles; monkeys reproduce monkeys; and humans reproduce humans
Creation, in its original form, was perfect (no disease, death, thorns, or predators)
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." (Ge 1:31)
(Ge 1:26) "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
We believe God created mankind in a unique way and for a unique purpose.
God formed the first man, Adam, out of the dust of the earth and breathed life into him.
God created the first woman, Eve, from a rib taken from Adam
Man was created in the image of God
Man was created with intellect, emotion, and freewill like God
Man was created with the capacity to have a personal relationship with God
God ordained the institution of marriage when He joined Adam and Eve as husband and wife
He intended marriage to be 1 man and 1 woman becoming 1flesh for life
He intended marriage and the home to be the God-ordained means for pro-creation
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." (Ge 2:24)
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." (Ge 1:28)


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Dickens at 200...
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens was earlier this month. Join the celebration Sunday, February 26, 1:30-2:30 p.m., with Linda Putnam, Anglo-phile and London expert.
Linda will examine Dickens' birth and formative years, and explore four of his important works, highlighting the relationship between his personal life and lives of his characters.
Register online, by phone (630-529-1641 x222, or in-person, while space is still available.


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Hello you guys! Surprise post. Haha. :D
I've recently been on to something. So here I am!
Ar you guys familiar with corsets? They began becoming popular in 16th century Europe and saw it's Golden Age in the Victorian era (I'm very interested in the Victorian era fashion). Most people don't use corsets anymore, of course. But during that time, men and women used it to "shape" their bodies. To this day, the corset still exists, not as popular, but it still is around! :D
Ever wondered how they were voluptuous and have a small waist at the same time? Yep. Corsets.
(Images from hubpages and carbonatedtv.com)
Besides shaping the body, the corset is known to help with posture. I have terrible posture and usually sit with a slouch. And this is the reason why I decided to buy one. On top of that, I get a really good silhouette under my clothes, right? :'D
It is my first ever corset so even though I watched hours of YouTube videos and read extensively about corsets online, I know there would be some bumps on the road.
I'm expecting my new steel-boned corset to arrive today or tomorrow so look forward to a new post soon. I'll give you more details!
I thought I'd share this experience with you guys. Let me know if you guys are interested in corsets too!
She looks mighty fabulous!
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Erykah Tijerina was the 18th transgender person known to be murdered in the United States. It happened IN HER HOME. It happened in Texas. You know, one of the key states leading the charge against transgender rights; one of the key states suing the federal government for stating transgender students should not be discriminated against. One of the states with a Republican majority. You know, the Republican party; the party whose oficial platform calls for the repeal of the very few LGBT rights enacted, is rife with transphobic statements, supports discrimination against transgender students, and OPENLY SANCTIONS the dangerous and debunked practice of conversion therapy.
Oh, and, Democrats, do not get to full of yourselves. Erykah Tijerina's murder happened mere days after one of your media demagogues, Bill Maher, stated on national television that transgender rights are a "college pet peeve" side-issue that should be dropped because it makes people too uncomfortable and is too much of a distraction to talk about in an election year. He then went on to compare being transgender to smoking marajuana–you know, a mere lifestyle choice,–butcher the vocabulary used to discuss transgender lives and issues, and make fun of trans women for how ridiculous they look. Maher's rhetoric is as much to blame for Erykah Tijerina's murder as the Republican rhetoric, but his attitude is worse. Why? Because he, and other big ego Democrats, are hypocrites. At least the Republicans are honest about their irrational hatred and bigotry.
Both sides are killing my family. Both sides are killing me. SHAPE THE FUCK UP!


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Electricity is one of Canada's essential utilities. More than 100,000 Canadians are involved in generating, transmitting and distributing it. Their work powers homes and businesses across the country, fuelling everything from light bulbs, cell phones and refrigerators to water treatment plants and road vehicle assembly lines.
However, in the face of changing demographics and technology, the industry's highly skilled workforce needs to grow and adapt. Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) is all about human resources in Canada's electricity industry – we're an enabler, a research hub, a convener and an active partner helping industry meet these challenges to secure Canada's long-term electricity supply.
As a trusted source of objective research, information and tools about labour market and human resource trends EHRC helps the Canadian electricity workforce grow and remain innovative while striving to improve the quality of service to Canadians. Above all, we provide evidence-based solutions to the human resource challenges facing the electricity industry.
EHRC works to strengthen the ability of the Canadian electricity industry to meet current and future needs for their workforce – one that is highly skilled, safety-focused, diverse and productive.
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An exhaustive report released in 2004 revealed a pressing need for industry-wide recruitment and retention strategies. The report foresaw a significant portion of the workforce would retire by 2010.
In response, a partnership formed between business, labour, education and government. In 2005, this partnership created the Electricity Sector Council, the original name of our organization.
Since then, EHRC has evolved to meet the changing needs of Canada's electricity industry. Most recently, in 2012 we adopted our current name and realigned our mandate to better serve our stakeholders.


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Delivered on September 8, 2006
RYAN MESSMORE: An important issue for us in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society is helping to improve religious discourse in the political arena. One component of this discourse centers upon the role of personal faith in public office-the degree to which religion shapes the political beliefs, rhetoric, and policy decisions of the president, members of Congress, and other elected officials.
President Bush has openly acknowledged that his religious worldview influences his presidency, especially regarding foreign policy. In particular, he has framed his understanding of the war on terrorism as a battle between good and evil, and speaks passionately about America's purpose in the larger world and the divine gift and calling of freedom. A question arises as to whether Bush's religiously informed approach to foreign policy is consistent with the larger American political tradition, or does he represent an historical aberration?
Dr. Elizabeth Spalding brings helpful clarity and insight to this question. In a recent article for the Wilson Quarterly, she compares and contrasts Methodist George W. Bush with Presbyterian Woodrow Wilson during World War I and Baptist Harry Truman during the start of the Cold War, drawing important parallels with the foreign policy challenges facing America today.
We are honored to have her provide some of this historical perspective for us today.
Dr. Spalding is Assistant Professor of Government and Director of the Washington Program at Claremont McKenna College, where she teaches U.S. foreign policy and American government. The author of The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism, she has contributed to several volumes on the presidency and U.S. foreign policy and written for the Wilson Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, Presidential Studies Quarterly, The Claremont Review of Books, and The Weekly Standard. Her Ph.D. in government and foreign affairs is from the University of Virginia.
-Ryan Messmore is William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.
ELIZABETH EDWARDS SPALDING: There is a tendency to want to separate politics and religion, the two topics that everyone says we should avoid at family get-togethers if there are any meaningful disagreements. In America, we have separation of church and state-and, of course, an ongoing debate about what that separation entails. But as Harry Truman is reputed to have said, there are no atheists in foxholes or the Oval Office. When circumstances are pressing, and decisions have to be made about life and death, every president has turned to God. They have done so in different ways, and some have been quieter than others about it, but all have prayed and trusted in God's guidance and providence. Nowhere is this clearer than in American foreign policy, where often the most urgent and threatening circumstances are found.
It turns out that no matter how high is built the wall between church and state, between doctrinal belief and formal state action, we just cannot divide presidents and their faith.
A lot has been said over the years about George W. Bush and how his Christian-specifically Methodist-faith influences his politics. Here I will use key historical examples to show that Bush is not alone in having his faith influence his foreign policy. While his religion is not determinative of every presidential action he takes, it is essential to understanding what he says and does.
Truman and the Great Commandment
By way of comparison with Bush, consider Harry Truman-a man of a different time, political party, and religious denomination. This is not the only presidential comparison we could make, but it is perhaps the most striking.
Truman's touchstone was Jesus' life, example, and teachings. Truman frequently referred to the Beatitudes and the whole of the Sermon on the Mount. He traced the biblical connections between the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount, with special attention to Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Micah, and Joel. All of this led to Truman's conclusion that we should live by and carry out the Great Commandment as imparted by Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. "If you will read this tenth chapter of Luke," he said, "you will find out exactly what a good neighbor means. It means to treat your neighbor as you yourself would like to be treated. Makes no difference whether he is of another race or another creed or another color. He is still your neighbor." Truman thought the restatement of the Great Commandment to love God and your neighbor as yourself and Jesus' story of the Good Samaritan applied to both domestic and foreign policy. Does this sound familiar? Bush has clearly internalized these same teachings and tried to put into action the Great Commandment and Jesus' bond between loving God and loving one's neighbor.
A committed Baptist, Harry Truman was also ecumenical. While fighting in World War I and commanding the predominantly Catholic Battery D, he wrote to his future wife that "all churches, even the Roman Catholic can do a man a lot of good. I had a Presbyterian bringing up, a Baptist education, and Episcopal leanings, so I reckon I ought to get to heaven somehow, don't you think so?" Writing in 1936 to wife Bess, he said: "It was a pleasure to hear of [daughter] Margaret going to the Baptist Sunday school. She ought to go to one every Sunday-I mean a Sunday school. If a child is instilled with good morals and taught the value of the precepts laid down in Exodus 20 and Matthew 5, 6, and 7, there is not much to worry about in after years. It makes no difference what brand is on the Sunday school."
President Truman linked his politics and his faith, and nowhere is this clearer than in the Cold War. In order to fight the East-West conflict, he oversaw a revolution in American foreign policy- characterized by policies and institutions such as the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Berlin airlift-that redefined liberal internationalism and involved the United States in the world as never before. At the same time, Truman also tried to unite the world's religions in a spiritual crusade against Communism; he received strong support from Catholics and overwhelming resistance from fellow Protestants, and his effort to formalize a faith-driven international campaign failed. In 1950, NSC 68-a National Security Council report that is arguably the most complete statement of America's understanding of and goals in the Cold War-and the Korean War confirmed for Truman that, in the end, the East-West struggle would be won or lost on moral grounds. Again, he endeavored to take the moral high ground in the Cold War, this time in what he called the Campaign of Truth: a two-pronged political strategy involving the mass media and the world's major religions that also coupled the governmental and private sectors. Once more, he met fierce resistance from Protestants, and so, with regret, he scaled back his ultimate goal, while continuing to work with the Catholic Church and expanding institutions of public diplomacy such as the Voice of America and the new freedom radios (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty).
From the first day of his presidency, Truman believed that America had been called to a responsibility, which had been dodged after World War I, to foster peace in the world. He often explained that this duty now extended from U.S. participation in the United Nations to combating the onslaught of worldwide Communism. But only in the context of freedom, he believed, could man exercise the free will necessary to the formation of peace and happiness. The challenge, as Truman understood it, was that the free world faced a foe which denied that "human freedom is born of the belief that man is created equal in the image of God and therefore capable of governing himself."
Truman turned to the prophets to illustrate his understanding of peace. He cited where Isaiah explained that God would judge among the nations and rebuke many people, and they would beat their swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. But then he quoted the prophet Joel, who seems to make the opposite point. Truman noted that in Joel, the prophet proclaimed, "Beat your ploughshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say: I am strong." Truman maintained that the passages were not contradictory: "Which one do you want? It depends on what the condition is." Joel, Truman explained, was trying to teach the people that they had to protect their regime if they "expected ever to have a free government." Different circumstances demanded different actions, and the prudent leader must determine whether the time demands plowshares or swords.
Truman also turned to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. In one of his earliest foreign policy speeches as president, Truman argued that the Golden Rule should direct international affairs. As he wrote in 1952, "Confusius [sic], Buddah [sic], Moses, our own Jesus Christ, Mohomet [sic], all preached 'Do as you'd be done by.' Treat others as you'd be treated." In post-presidential comments, he emphasized the fifth chapter of St. Matthew and the Beatitudes and quoted: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." Here, he believed, was the universal wish of all people of goodwill: "That is exactly what we all want to be. We want to be peacemakers. Not just individually, but internationally."
But the Cold War both modified and moderated Truman's optimism about the possibilities of global peace. On the one hand, he rejected the idealism of those who ignored reality-he may have preferred plowshares, but he understood the need for swords. Truman also rejected, on the other hand, that narrow realism which failed to recognize the moral challenge of Communism. Freedom, justice, and order emerged in his writings and speeches as the principles that created the circumstances under which a real and durable peace might be possible. And of those principles, freedom had to take root first-and had to be defended first.
Freedom: Basic and Essential
There is a lot of talk now about how George W. Bush throws around the word freedom. Critics have accused him of embarking on a crusade for an ill-defined concept. For Bush, as we have seen for Truman, freedom is political, but it cannot be separated from faith. Freedom is central, because along with equality it is an inalienable right. But for Bush, as for Truman, freedom is also central because it is the necessary precondition for any ethical action and for any real peace.
So freedom is more than a slogan; it is basic and essential, and it is important to both individuals and nation-states. When Bush and Truman based their epic struggles on freedom, they did so deliberately. This may be clearer with Truman, because of the nature of Communist totalitarianism and its location in a dominant regime. But for Bush, too, we can understand his invocation of freedom if we understand that he takes the extremists of his time-the jihadis-as seriously as Truman took the Communists, the extremists of his time.
In this view, the jihadist terrorists act from their religious beliefs. These beliefs have twisted Islam, as Bush is always quick to point out. But he does not dispute that the extremists hold their beliefs- much as Truman did not dispute that Communists strongly held their beliefs. Also like Truman with respect to the Cold War, Bush is able to see that he can adhere to his beliefs, and the extremists to theirs, without making a moral equivalence between his deeply held beliefs and the jihadis' deeply held beliefs.
This view runs counter to many in the United States and elsewhere in the West. There are, of course, many in America who take religion seriously. But the secular view-which is prevalent among academics and the mass media-is either to discount or diminish the religious element in the war on terrorism.
Does Bush discount or diminish political, economic, cultural, strategic, and other factors? Absolutely not. But in the radical Islamic world, this means seeing that religion shapes or influences all the other factors. Can a jihadist terrorist be pragmatic? Sure. But he will be pragmatic within his religious context. Bush has identified and described this religious base for the terrorists' motivations, statements, and actions ever since 9/11.
In this way, circumstances and tactics on the part of the terrorists may change in the ongoing war on terrorism, but the primary motivation on the part of the terrorists will not. Osama Bin Laden and those he has inspired believe in their jihad.
In ways that may not be immediately obvious, religion was also at the heart of the Cold War. The Soviets totally denied and negated God. The materialist atheism at the center of Communism stood in adamant opposition to the Christian worldview of the West. Truman's take on the East-West conflict grew from his joint religious and political understanding that the free world was engaged in a total battle on all levels-spiritual, political, military, economic, and geographic-with a totalitarian enemy. Bush sees jihadism as a total perversion of Islam. Like Truman with respect to the Cold War, he frames the war on terrorism as an epic struggle between good and evil, in which our enemies are, literally, evildoers.
If Bush and Truman had been presidents at other times in American history, would this understanding of the nature of good and evil have been as important? Maybe, maybe not. The point is that they were presidents at their particular times- through, dare we say, the hand of Providence? The demands of the presidency called something out of each man. Out of Truman, and I would argue provisionally out of Bush, those demands called much out of them.
If the fact that Bush expresses and lives by his Christian faith bothers the hell out of his critics- and it does-they say that he is twice as guilty because of the sins of hubris, arrogance, and hypocrisy. By his critics, including many in his own party, Truman was considered a bulldog upstart who dared try to replace Franklin Roosevelt. Truman was aware of this criticism, and it was part of the reason he asked for people's prayers when he became president after FDR's death. But he also asked for their prayers because he believed. We have archival access to Truman's daily prayer, which he said from high school on, and what's striking about it is his entreaties for humility, understanding, and wisdom. While we don't know what Bush's daily prayer might be, he has given us plenty of clues as to what is at the core of his Christian heart: Love your neighbor as yourself. This approach is in tune with Truman. Does this disposition make Bush and Truman soft and mushy? No, both have understood that we might have to beat plowshares into swords, even though our preference would be to beat swords into plowshares. A president has to apply his principles in the circumstances he finds himself and he contributes to. In the case of both men, this means acting according to political principles that are influenced by their Christian faith.
Wilson the Chosen Instrument
Against our comparison of Bush and Truman, we must take a moment to look at the president who cast his shadow over the entire 20th century and whose influence remains ever-strong in this new 21st century. Woodrow Wilson is sui generis in terms of having a foreign policy approach named after him: Wilsonianism. We can use the words "Trumanesque" or "Reaganesque"-and some do-but Trumanism and Reaganism don't carry the punch of Wilsonianism. Many are familiar with the political content of Wilsonianism, but we need to consider the religious influences. Through his writings and presidency, Wilson constructed a detailed theology of politics, in which the individual, the church, society, and the nations of the world were all properly placed in a progressive global order. The Christian doctrine for that theology inhered in the Presbyterian covenantal religious tradition, which Wilson first learned from his father, a prominent Presbyterian minister. As a result, Wilson's Christianity is far different from Truman's or Bush's biblical evangelicalism, in which God is loving and can certainly be providential, but in which men must still exercise their free will with the hope-not the guarantee-that they do His will. Wilson's sense of religious predestination shaped his politics.
Wilson's worldview stressed the primacy of peace as the fulfillment of progressive history. During World War I, he once expressed "the confidence I feel that the world is even now upon the eve of a great consummation," which would result not only in some sort of international security organization but also in coercion being put only "to the service of a common order, a common justice, and a common peace." Wilson based these comments on the proposition that "[t]he interests of all nations are our own also." As he famously said in 1917, "There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace." Wilson knew that he was advocating a different way of engaging in world politics, but submitted its principles were both American and "forward looking," "modern," and "enlightened." By American standards, he was indeed correct to repudiate realism in international affairs; but his proposed replacement misread both the principled American alternative to power politics as well as the emerging political and economic trends during and after World War I.
In addition to key religious and philosophical differences between Wilson, on the one hand, and Truman and Bush, on the other, there are important dissimilarities in terms of personality. A politician has to be confident. He has to have a thick skin. Truman and Bush possess these qualities. Wilson, by contrast, went beyond confidence. His pride and ambition flowed from his conviction that he, and he alone, was the chosen instrument to do God's will in the world.
Different Presidents, Common Christianity
A former presidential speechwriter once said, "If you want to know what [he] really thinks, look at what he says. He believes in a personal God who answers prayers. He believes that truth is found in all religions and that all people who pray pray to the same God. He believes that prayer and faith can allow one to improve one's own life and save one, not just in the theological sense but in this world. And he's told us that he does not ask God to tell him what to do, but asks God for wisdom and judgment and calm." This speechwriter could have been talking about Harry Truman or George W. Bush, but not Woodrow Wilson. It is almost incidental that the speechwriter was speaking of Bush.
None of this is to say that either Truman or Bush is perfect. And each would be the first to admit that he was a work in progress and in need of God's grace. But both are Christian-and a similar type of Christian. In addition to what has already been discussed, we should point to the basic sense of equality in both men. Unlike Wilson's belief that divine destiny made him superior to others, Truman and Bush have never lost sight of their equality to their fellow men-whether the neighbor is next door, down the road, or across an ocean. Their common kind of Christianity unites them, despite their differences in religious denomination, political party, and historical era.
Several times I've referred to how much of Western society,
especially intellectuals and the mass media, has either diminished
or discounted the role of religion in our epic struggles of foreign
policy. The good news is that some are seeing the light. The
editors of the granddaddy of all U.S. journals on world
politics-Foreign Affairs-must have been chagrined when the
relative newcomer journal, the American Interest, outdid
them in competing fall issues. Foreign Affairs published
one very important article on religion and U.S. foreign policy. The
American Interest, though, ran an entire section on the
topic, including articles on religion's influence on U.S. foreign
policy and on our jihadist foes. This is the kind of pack
intellectual journalism I would like to see more of-with the mass
media, mainstream policy experts, and many more academics soon
taking Bush and the jihadis as seriously as they take each
-Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Government and Director of the Washington Program at Claremont McKenna College.


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The highly anticipated movie Deadpool is making waves with a marketing campaign that is smart, funny, unique and taps into what makes the character a success in the comic book world.
To the mainstream world, Deadpool is an obscure superhero. He's certainly no Batman, Superman or Captain America. So why is everyone excited? The Deadpool marketing team has been essential to generating buzz and anticipation.
Whether or not you're a geek, here's four things every marketer can learn from the Deadpool campaign.
1 – Know Why People Love Your Product
The marketing team know why people love Deadpool – he is a fast-talking, wise-ass, self-aware superhero (in the comics he actually knows he's a comic book character) who constantly breaks the fourth wall. And they are playing it up!
Following the spirit of the character, the campaign has released self-aware, after self-aware promos. Take the teaser trailer for example. The voiceover is done by Deadpool, talking about Deadpool, as a character in his own movie. And it's filled with all sorts of quips like "eHarmony date with destiny," "five-time Academy Award viewer," drops an f-bomb and even pokes fun at his character in the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie. The trailer racked up over 11 million views in just a few days.
2 – Know Your Audience (And Timing)
Speaking of eHarmony, the Deadpool team know exactly who their audience is. Their tongue-and-cheek tactics play perfectly into what fans of the character, comic books and superhero movies love. And they're willing to have fun with them too.
Taking advantage of the Valentine's Day release date, they pulled a bait and switch positioning the Marvel movie as a romance, click-flick à-la Nicholas Sparks.
This Valentine's Day, fall in love with #Deadpool. pic.twitter.com/ScQWrpXXmx
— Deadpool Movie (@deadpoolmovie) January 11, 2016
This has been a huge hit with fans even spurring on a fan-made spoof-trailer of the romantic comedy.
3 – Everyone Loves Humour
Humour and dry wit makes Deadpool an appealing character. And the marketing has nailed it. Just take a look at the billboard that recently appeared in Los Angeles. This "ad" has gone viral for its simple, but hilarious message.
This idiotic/brilliant billboard is why I'm all in on the DEADPOOL movie. I'm an easy lay. pic.twitter.com/jSRorPvaCp
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 13, 2016
It's the best use of an emoji in marketing I've ever seen. And what's more, the fans love it.
4 – Be Unique and Authentic
The Deadpool team also took the long-awaited costume reveal (popular marketing tactic for superhero movies) and turned it on its head. Instead of Deadpool striking a cool pose and looking imposing (like Superman or Daredevil), he spoofed the well-known image of Burt Reynolds lying on a bear skin rug.
With great power, comes great irresponsibility. #deadpool #officialsuit @deadpoolmovie pic.twitter.com/MPM89bYz1B
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) March 27, 2015
It stayed true to the character and hilariously poked fun at the traditional superhero pose winning fans over from the start.
If the movie is even half as good as the marketing campaign, there will be a lot of happy fans come Valentine's Day.


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Clifford Duffy engineered a fascinating raw-coal-powered poem here at AntiOedipus: cărbune. It's quite a sophisticated poetic engine. I don't think you will find anything remotely like it anywhere else (except at Duffy's other blogs).
Let me just give a glimpse of the opening. The rest I cannot reproduce, because it is far too advanced for my primitive technologies.
singing now Now Song
Song Now now singing
A bit lower, in fact, where there is the left-to-right moving text 'lip over sea b air', I not only read the words backwards and forwards at the same time, I also read the phonetics backwards too, like a record album played in reverse.
I would like to point out some other things.
One is the combinatorics. The main two blocks of diversified language-motion seem to contain different independent streams. They are not coordinated so that the same simple general pattern repeats. In fact, I get the impression that each moment shows a unique configuration. Why is this important? I think it has much to do with the continuous variation in the dance of combinations and disjunctions. Words that were at one point read together might later appear apart from one another. And words at one point that do not coincide on the screen can at another moment in time be found concurrent. The poetry here then is not merely the words that appear on the screen. It is also in the rhythm of the combinations and disjunctions of flows and their parts, the pulling-apart and pushing-together of pieces.
In one part, moving left-to-right, there is a series of ||||| marks that first appear, trailed aftfor by 'dance.'
What I like about this, is we feel the dance before we read it, that is, we feel the dance as the flickering motion of the bars, and these bars as well dance in partner (in apartnership) to the other text-bands. It is to have the feeling of a meaning before seeing the meaning, a motor-tactile presentation of language like nothing else I have experienced, because it is not here just feeling the physical contours and textures of the phonetics, but feeling the actual meaning, feeling the style of the dance before it appears as a literal meaning. This makes it not just any dance, but this dance, which is a dance with the feeling of what we just sensed in the |||| motions.
Another amazing part is the final moving line, given in white, coming right below "I'm hearing your voice," and in fast small text reads "InSide of me Inside you YouInSide your NOW inside of me." This text is almost completely indiscernible in its entirety. I had to do a screen shot to get it all. Sometimes it disappears into the left boundary of the "I'm hearing your voice" above it. It is like a voice moving inside the other voice, not just metaphorically, but the voices in our mind while reading these texts also enter inside one another as the one visually escapes into the other
This poem also links to a song. So implied in the text's dancing is music with singing, and when played together, the voices of the text and the song overlay, each one of a different sort of world (text voice / sound voice), so they remain apart, but their simultaneity is a sort of bridge that links the worlds without reducing one to the other, bringing one voice inside the other without either ceasing to be incompressible with the other.
I also like the appearance of the 'inhalation' here.
The stylized 'h' aspires heavily, as if the word itself were breathing.
Duffy has other mechanically-enhanced poems that we should dig-up and marvel-at. More on that later.
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A warm welcome to all my visitors,
Thank you for taking the time to come and look at my blog, I really do appreciate it. I would love you to leave me a comment, even if it's just to say Hi. It means I can come visit you!
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Two more ATC's on my desk this week, the top one from Andrea, an ATC, in a pouch, all in a card. So much work involved, it's gorgeous Andrea.
Bottom one is from ShazinOz, again a lovely card with the awesome ATC, the background is stunning, love it, thank you both so much for swapping.
From Donna, over in France, this fabulous book full of 'stuff', and a hand-drawn & coloured card, its fab Donna, so many awesome bits & pieces, thank you, truly.
Elsewhere on my desk:
I don't get many papercrafting or card making magazines, but this stamp set, free with Making Cards caught my eye.
I've had a date for my MRI, 4th July. As we go on holiday for 10 days on the 13th, plus they have to review & discuss the images, I doubt we will have any more info before the end of July.
And this week, yet another truth.Pretty sure it's cheaper than therapy, though maybe not by much.😎
The post below this one is how I made my ATC's, so at least I got that done.
33 comments:
- Helen said...
what gorgeous cards/atcs you received and a fab book from Donna! the border stamps are great too. Helen #?
- 14 June 2017 at 06:03
- Sarah Brennan said...
Great haul. I've been eying up those Visible Image stamps too (latest Doctor Who opening credits). Happy WOYWW Sarah #?
- 14 June 2017 at 06:56
- Claire said...
Oh my, so many wonderful treasures! LOVE those stamps!
Happy WOYWW!
Claire no. 4
- 14 June 2017 at 07:07
- Neet said...
Well, have a lovely holiday first and foremost.
I can see why you were tempted to buy that VI stamp - lovely. As are the atc's you got and the parcel from donna with some of her fab artwork. Definite treasures.
Hugs, Neet 7 xx
- 14 June 2017 at 07:27
- Annie said...
Really hope you have a lovely holiday. Love your new stash....have fun.
Annie x #14
- 14 June 2017 at 08:24
- sandra de said...
Wonderful collection of goodies, ATC's and beginnings of cards. I haven't thought about the "Twilight Zone" for 40 years and I loved it... I will now have to google and see if there are some old clips. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
sandra de @11
- 14 June 2017 at 08:31
- Lunch Lady Jan said...
I got an Andrea Special too! Aren't they beautiful , she's a very talented lady 😊 That border stamp set is brilliant, I bet you'll use that loads of times!
Hugs LLJ 3 xxx
- 14 June 2017 at 08:31
- Kathyk said...
Fab desk, projects and swaps - loving the V.I. set too - quite understand why it called to you
Happy WOYWW
- 14 June 2017 at 08:42
- lisa said...
You've got some lovely things there, Shaz. Those border stamps will be so useful. I had some awhile ago and thought I'd never use them and guess what? They come out all the time!!!
Love the VI stamps too.
Have a good week
Hugs Lisax #23
- 14 June 2017 at 09:35
- Christine said...
Oooh! have a sensational time!
My eldest daughter introduced my son to them and after they both left home, I really missed the music ..... seem to have gone green eyed again!
Shall look forward to your post .... hint, hint!
Enjoy the week
Christine #24
- 14 June 2017 at 09:52
- Twiglet said...
Guns and Roses - wow - lucky you - have a fab weekend! x
- 14 June 2017 at 10:27
- Twiglet said...
AND thanks lots for our fab ATCs - I love mine! xx Jo
- 14 June 2017 at 10:29
- Zsuzsa Karoly-Smith said...
Lovey goodies! I can't believe those border stamps came free with a magazine! I used to get the Craft Stamper for a while, but they stopped giving away free stamps in every issue so I stopped my subscription. I think a lot of other people did as well, in protest! Plus I always just flicked through the magazine and never actually read it properly. I'd rather invest in art books. Enjoy your week! zsuzsa #28
- 14 June 2017 at 11:05
- May said...
Guns & Roses.. My fav song of theirs well one of them anyway is civil war... Have a fabulous time... Now those ATC's are so beautiful Love the boarder stamps & the visible image stamps... Have a great week ahead... May #29
- 14 June 2017 at 11:32
- Felix the Crafty Cat said...
Hi Shaz, I think we must read each others minds. I bought the mag. with the border stamps, despite trying not to buy magazines and I've ordered the stamps by Visible image. I already have a smaller version of the clock and it was that I think attracted me to it, we shall see. Oh no not you as well, somebody is trying to tell me something....start the Christmas cards!!! Happy crafty woyww, Angela x16x
- 14 June 2017 at 11:32
- Cheetarah said...
Oh, I love those new releases from VI too! Have a great week :) WOYWW Cheetarah #37
- 14 June 2017 at 13:01
- Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...
Ahh wondered which one I sent you Shaz, I couldn't remember. I make all different ones, rarely do batches. But don't do as many as you do. Your card was masked image originally but I smudged some ink :( so resorted die cutting and attaching on an embossed card :D
Well done on starting on Christmas cards and been praying for your MRI to be fine.
Thanks so much for your great desky share.
Happy WOYWW! Shaz in Oz.x #31
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- 14 June 2017 at 13:16
- Bubbles said...
Have a fantastic time at the GandR concert... try not to look too much at Axl and wish he hadn't had that surgery lol (It's what I do all the time)
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Bubbles #13
- 14 June 2017 at 13:45
- Cara said...
Yep, I bought the magazine for those borders too! Looks like you've had lots of happy mail. Enjoy the concert (totally jealous by the way) and fingers crossed for your scan x
- 14 June 2017 at 15:01
- AliWade said...
Happy WOYWW. It is wonderful to receive these fab ATCs. It got me back into the ATC trading addiction - and enjoying doing some small pieces of art. I got that magazine too - the stamp set will be really useful. Ali x #42
- 14 June 2017 at 15:27
- 505whimsygirl said...
Hello Shaz!
There's a lot of love on your desk! The cards and ATCs are beautiful. I bet it's interesting to see everyone's style and how they use colors. Hmm, I don't know if crafting is cheaper than therapy. Maybe.....
Have a great time at Guns N Roses and on holiday. I hope you get positive news from the MRI. How many concerts have you been to?
Thank you for sending me one of your ATCs! It's in my craft room of the bookshelf!
Happy WOYWW
Hugs, Kay (43)
- 14 June 2017 at 16:29
- Unknown said...
Great ATCs!! Lots of goodies on your desk! And you get to see Guns 'N' Roses!!! How cool! Hope all goes well with your MRI. I had an ultrasound yesterday and hopefully it's just a cyst. Long wait to find out. Thanks for the visit and have a fabulous weekend!!!
Carol N #39
- 14 June 2017 at 16:48
- Lindart said...
I LOVE that Visible Image set! I will have to look them up to see what other awesome stamps they have! Those border stamps look like they will come in handy!Your card fronts are beautiful, I look forward to seeing the completed cards! Have a great holiday! Thanks for sharing, Lindart #64
- 14 June 2017 at 16:54
- Sharon said...
I must admit to being a sucker for the mags. I am trying to stay away from buying them but that stamp is cute. I can see myself using that one.
Happy WOYWW
Sharon K #38
- 14 June 2017 at 17:05
- buterfliecrafter said...
Awesome new stamps, not dure whether crafting is cheaper turn therapy though,more fun for dure,vicky#18
- 14 June 2017 at 17:22
- Andrea said...
Hi, shaz thanks for visiting earlier and for your kind comment, I love your new stamps I saw them on tv they look ace, looking forward to seeing what you create. I hope the guns and roses concert is wonderful and you have a great time...but don't over do it:-) .you are so organised making Christmas cards, the stencils look great.thanks for sharing how you made your ATCS ....you made so many ...wow..and they all look fabulous ..your colouring techniques are always great.I am thinking about getting a stamping platform as my stamping is always a bit dodgy!I am going to post mine next week.... that's the plan for now anyway but there won't be any detail of how !...4th July isn't too long to wait for your MRI although i am sure it seems an age away to you... hopefully your holiday will help you take your mind off the wait for the results a little. I do hope you have a fabulous week and weeknd and im sure we will hear all about it next week ...crafty hugs Andrea x #10
- 14 June 2017 at 20:01
- Dorlene Durham said...
Great projects as usual. That was a great free border set stamps you got in the magazine! I love that. Have a great week. Thanks for the earlier visit. Dorlene #44
- 14 June 2017 at 23:00
- pearshapedcrafting said...
Some beautiful goodies Shaz! I haven't looked at Visible Image for a while but I will now! This set looks great!
Love that fun quote! Love how you made your ATCs - they looks gorgeous! Hugs, Chrisx
- 14 June 2017 at 23:56
- Stacy Sheldon said...
It probably depends on where you fall in the "collector gatherer" spectrum as to if it is "cheaper" or not hee hee but, I do believe that truth too. Ooh the border stamps look like a really cool variety. (worth the price of the Mag)
yep, sorting the papers has been a good thing. I am working on letting go of some of the guilt.
Have a great trip! :)
~Stacy #45
- 15 June 2017 at 15:09
- BJ said...
I'm not a big stamper but that set would have caught my eye too, good job they didn't have that magazine in Sainsbury's today! LOL. Thanks for visiting me BJ#5
- 15 June 2017 at 17:31
- okienurse said...
WOW busy desk and things to see! I love the card fronts, the stamps, the book Donna sent you, all the ATC! I loved my ATC I got last week. I have a thing about fairies...not really nice creatures at all but hey the ATC stamp is awesome! My great-grandmother use to regale me with stories about how the fairies in her homeland would eat kids that didn't follow the rules. OMG! I believed her! Have a great week and thanks for stopping by my desk earlier. Vickie #26
- 15 June 2017 at 19:47
- Sharon Madson said...
I have to say, I am loving this week's "truth". I must really be sane, with all the crafting I do! LOL. Thanks for your earlier visit! #50
- 16 June 2017 at 23:31
- Shoshi said...
Lovely set of ATCs, Shaz, and I like the border stamps - they should come in very useful for all sorts of projects, and they are a decent length, too. Being quite narrow, you may be able to curve them too. Wishing you all the best for your MRI. Thank you for your lovely comment. Sadly Beatrice had to be put to sleep on Wednesday afternoon. Phoebe's death caused a fairly rapid decline and she seemed to have given up the will to live. We are both feeling devastated and bereft and looking urgently for 2 new babies to love. The house without kitties is horrible.
Happy belated WOYWW,
- 17 June 2017 at 10:41
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I finally finished cleaning my bedroom this week! It only took me nearly a month to do, which is slightly embarrassing, but at least it is done now.
13. Clean mirrors, windows, blinds and curtains. Check.
14. Organize closet and drawers and declutter. Check.
17. Clean furniture, walls and fixtures. Check.
Done for another week! And I am now officially over halfway through the complete list. I really need to get a move on it though, since I would like to be finished by the end of June. Who wants to drag their spring cleaning out into the summer months? Not me.
Next up, the living room. Although I technically have two so I may have to do twice the work.
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18. Wash cushions, seat, and sofa covers.
19. Clean throws, rugs, chairs, and tables.
20. Clean TV and electronics.
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Wow, that is a lot to do in 1 week, but I think you can do it. :) Just put a little wiggle to it!ReplyDelete
Good for you!! (my Tour Tuesdays is STILL waiting for a clean Master-Bedroom picture... it's been waiting for almost two months... lol)ReplyDelete
Jackie - I may have bit off more than I can chew. But I shall do my best!ReplyDelete
Kate - I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who isn't very fast at cleaning her bedroom! :D
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