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Oh what a wonderful trip !
Out of 8 farms we choose to visit a couple, Sigstad farm because of the delicious food ( mountain air sharpens the appetite! )and Hovinsholm which arranged an old fashioned Christmas market. Situated near the beautiful and peaceful lake of Mjøsa, surrounded by mountains, the view from the car was breathtaking. Farm houses, grass and trees were covered with Ice crystals. Through the misty fog a ray of sunlight made it all twinkle. It was as cold as it looked, but it was very beautiful.
Inside the barn (one of many out buildings) there were installed a little shop, where you could buy all sort of Christmas decorations.There was a nice open fireplace also, where we could sit and warm up a little bit. Which was great because at one point I thought my fingertips would fall of. (That`s what photographing in cold weather does! )
I always remember the small things, the weather, the knitted mittens, the runny noses, Christmas trees in groups, wreaths hanging in clusters, lamps, old red barn doors, crackling bonfires where people gather in groups to warm up, the frosty trees, smell of horses, hay and burning torches. The entire frame around with cold winter weather, the foggy air and frosty trees made our trip this year specially nice and memorable I think.


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On second thought, Scott Boras decided there's no sense in biting the hand that feeds you. That's why Boras texted Jeff Wilpon – what's wrong with a phone call? – to say he wasn't specifically talking about the Mets when he was quoted in The New York Times the other day.
I didn't say it was an apology.
Boras said: "When you're seeing franchises in major markets not pursuing to the levels that the revenues and the fan base and the market provide, then I think you have an ethical violation of the game."
Boras said he wasn't directly talking about the Mets, but might as well have been.
The bottom line is Boras makes his money dealing with teams and is constantly searching for a market for his players. There have been times, and undoubtedly will again, where the Mets are that market.
Boras plays hardball at the negotiating table, and he's been very successful. It made no sense for him to take a shot at the Mets. If anything, Boras should take aim at the new collective bargaining agreement, which will really sock it to the richer teams in the form of a harsher luxury tax in a few seasons. That's why the Yankees' Hal Steinbrenner was talking the other day about cutting salary.
It won't technically be a salary cap, but that's really semantics and eventually baseball will get what it has always wanted.
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Readers' RigsPosted in Features on March 1, 2006
Send Us Your Rigs
Want to see your vehicle in Readers' Rigs? Of course you do. So go ahead and send a description of everything you have done to your rig, and include a good photo of it. No, you don't need no stinking application.
Just go ahead and send it to:
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Or, send your description and high-resolution digital photos to us at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Backyard Built
Raymond Miller of DeSoto, Missouri, built this rig for mud-bogging fun. It has a small-block engine, a Turbo 350 transmission, and a divorce-mounted transfer case. Unique to this beast are a pair of Military axles featuring 5.88:1 gearing and massive 52-inch-tall tractor tires. Stripped down, this 1979 Chevy weighs 4,600 pounds. Looks like fun to us.
Roseville Bronco
Vince Verneuille of Roseville, California, sent in this shot of his 1989 Ford Bronco. The rig has a 351 V-8 sporting such upgrades as a K&N Intake, a Airaid Fuel Injection spacer, a JET Performance chip, Doug Thorley headers, and a Magnaflow 3-inch exhaust system. This healthy powerplant is mated to a Ford C6 automatic and a rebuilt Borg-Warner transfer case. Both axles are stock with 4.56:1 gearing and the rear houses a Truetrac limited slip. Other goodies include Warn premium manual locking hubs, a Pro-Comp 6-inch suspension lift, and 35-inch BFG All-Terrains on Pro-Comp wheels. A Warn 9.5ti winch is on standby in case Vince should stumble on a stuck Jeep.
Texas Ranch Hand
Kyle Walker from Sierra Blanca, Texas, sent in this shot of his 20000 Ford F-250. It's equipped with a set of 285/75-R16 BFG Mud-Terrain tires. Power is provided by a 7.3L Power Stroke diesel hopped up with a Banks Six Shooter. The rig also has a Banks exhaust system and exhaust brake. Kyle fabricated the flatbed and front bumper from scratch. He uses the truck mostly for work, but claims sometimes he finds himself just goofing around the farm like you see here.
The Incognito Bronco
This unnamed reader says he loves running trails in his 1969 Ford Bronco. He says everything on the rig is new, aftermarket, and built by himself and friends. For starters, he installed 35-spline Moser axleshafts and a Detroit Locker in the rear 9-inch axle. The front Dana 44 was upgraded with Warn shafts and hubs and ARB and CTM U-joints. He also built a full manual valvebody for the C4 automatic tranny. The transfer case is a Dana 20 which he has plans to change out soon. For power, he prepped a 351 Windsor with a Crower cam, rockers, Edelbrock intake manifolds, a Truck Avenger carburetor, and an MSD ignition system. He tells us this powerful setup spins 35-inch Goodyear MTRs without hesitation.
Island Gem
John Tydingco sent in this shot of his 2000 Toyota Tundra SR-5. John resides on the beautiful island of Guam. His rig sports a V-6 engine and stock drivetrain. He added a 3-inch body lift, a pair of 2 1/2-inch Sway-A-Way shocks up front, as well as a Pro Comp 1 1/2-inch add-a-leaf in the rear. John runs Lock-Rights in both axles and a set of Pro Comp Mud-Terrains provide the traction. We're not sure how much wheeling there is in Guam, but John's ride looks fun to us.
The Crazy Blazer
This 2000 Chevrolet Blazer is owned by Paul Buckmaster from Shawnee, Kansas. The rig features a custom solid axle swap and 33-inch Trxus M/Ts mounted on Weld Outback wheels. The drivetrain consists of a stock 4.3L V-6, a 4L60E transmission, an NP233 transfer case, a GM 7.5 rear axle with a Lock-Right, and a Dana 30 high-pinion front axle. Other mods include a custom front bumper, a 2-inch body lift, and home-built rock sliders. Paul says the solid front axle swap was the best thing he ever did to the truck.
Clean Green Machine
The 2000 Wrangler Sahara you see here belongs to Casey Trytko. It has a stock 4.0L engine that receives help from a K&N intake, a Borla header, a Flowmaster muffler, a JET chip, and a throttle-body spacer. Casey uses his TJ as a daily driver, so he stuck to a street-worthy set of 33-inch tires. The interior features a Tuffy security console, and a steel add-a-trunk lockbox.


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Special Examination (SPEX) is a complex test designed to examine a physician's fund of knowledge. Federation of State Medical Boards is the creator of this exam. Physicians who have been out of practice for an extended period of time, depending on their state medical board's regulations, are required to take this test.
Within the structure of the current exam 336 questions are the substance of this test. These questions are broken down into 7 segments with 64 minutes allocated for each section. Stated in another format each question is allotted 1.3 minutes. Passing grade is 75. States can amend the pass grade as they determine the necessity to. Taken over a one day period insufficient time is given to evaluate each question. The failure rate is high. Many physicians are forced to take this exam two or more times. Crucial to the examinees are the direction in which to apply their studies.
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9:00 pm
Travelscope "Crossing The Swiss Alps" From cosmopolitan Geneva to the UNESCO heritage Aletsch Glacier Joseph travels through Switzerland by bus, train and lake steamer. In Geneva Joseph explores a city that has remained in the forefront of innovation and change and visits Lake Geneva's fascinating lakeside villages such as the Olympic city of Lausanne. While in the sun-rich, car-free, 7,000-foot atmosphere of Bettmeralp Joseph enjoys a typical Swiss experience that is filled with glacier treks, colorful festivals, local cuisine, the beauty of the rural countryside and warm Alpine hospitality. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "Kansas City: Italian American Steak In Kansas City" NULL
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Autumn Desserts" Bridget reveals the secrets to the ultimate Apple Dumplings. Then, Adam reveals his top picks for cake carriers. Next, Chris learns about the best apple varieties for baking at Saratoga Orchards. D
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Simply Ming "On The Road In Chattanooga" On this Southern-inspired episode of Simply Ming, Chef Ming Tsai takes us to Chattanooga, Tennessee to learn some of the region's culinary secrets. An up and coming culinary hotspot, Chattanooga has a lot to offer the adventuresome palate. Ming and his local guest chef will explore the local markets and come up with two dishes that are sure to make your mouth water. D
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Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen "On The Range" Grilling brings out the cowboy in all of us. After all, smoked brisket originated in Texas cattle country and barbecue was brought to Missouri with the great cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail from Fort Worth to the meat-packing houses in Kansas City. This show will make you at home on the range, or at least at home with some of the smoked and grilled foods traditionally associated with America's cattle country: Hellfire T-bone steaks (with grilled jalapeno poppers to keep them company), smoked brisket, and, the newest addition to the "range"-free-range chicken grilled with herbed butter under the skin. D
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Rick Steves' Europe Classics "France's Alsace" After village-hopping and wine-shopping along the Alsatian wine road, we savor the world-class cuisine and art of Colmar and visit the birthplace of Champagne.G


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Welcome to the first ever Davoonline Creator Corner Contest! We'll doing contests like this every now and then, each with a theme. Come and show us what you've got!
This week's theme is as follows:
An impending danger is lurking the Spore community: EA. The very definition of all evil, it has risen from its slumber, and now seeks to end Spore's peaceful harmony. At the moment of its awakening, the Spore servers came down. What will be next? DavoOnline, most likely. And those of us that don't want to see the Spore community reduced to dust must band together to defend our community! NOW WHO'S WITH ME?
- The creation must be a captain (or a creature with captain parts).
- The creation must have been created by you. It may not be a modification to someone else's creation.
- You can only submit one captain for this contest. If you have already submited it and you want to change it, create another post and put the link here.
- You can only use and mods which have been publicly released, unless stated otherwise by the authors. Note that while we are mod developers at heart, trying to impress us with heavy mod usage will not bias us in your favor.
- For cheats, you may use AddDNA only. Neither freedom not infinite complexity mods are allowed. If your chosen DI variant includes infinite complexity, please revert to the standard complexity variant.
The creation must be submitted in the correct Creator Corner subforum (Creator Corner -> Creatures), with the [CCC1] tag in the name, for example, "My Super Captain [CCC1]". Then, post the link to that creation in this post.
Entries will not be accepted after November 16th, 2015.
Who are the judges?
I am, with a bit of help from others. For obvious reasons, I will not be participating in these contests.
What do I win if I win?
The three best captains will be put in a Hall of Fame post, that will be created when the winners are chosen.
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Nathalie1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Rehab Network
Rehab Network is a joint venture company to provide holistic, multi-disciplinary rehabilitation services to individual.
Partners in the Rehab Network are:
TBI Health New Zealand: http://www.tbihealth.co.nz (Physiotherapy and physical rehabilitation)
HCD Group: http://www.hcd.co.nz (Vocational, personal development services)
These are two established professional businesses that want to promote their alliance to major customers.
Target audience is government and large corporates. They expect the Rehab Network to be professional, but innovative and forward thinking.
New brand has to portray the company (Rehab Network) as:
- providing a holistic, comprehensive service
- innovative and creative
- professional but youthful
- a network of different practitioners and consultants
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We would like the brand to be flexible enough to take different forms
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This brand will need to work with the existing brands of the two companies (logos attached)
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For companies drowning in data, extracting value from all this information is a major IT priority. But success depends on how well customers tackle significant organizational challenges.
A majority of companies have either deployed big data projects -- designed to generate more value from large volumes and a wide variety of enterprise data --or expect to eventually do so. This is according to a July 2012 survey of 1,428 visitors to CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, Network World and ITworld websites.
Among those with plans for big data, 54% say these projects are critical or a high priority. It's no wonder why: On average, respondents expect the amount of data they are managing to nearly double within the next year to 18 months, from 194 terabytes to 297 terabytes. Today, 19% of large enterprises -- companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenues -- manage more than 1 petabyte of data; by late 2013, some 31% expect to crack the petabyte threshold.
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This week in Mallorca, the Multivan Merida pro mountain biking team announced some personnel changes, and have followed this up with news that they're working with some new equipment suppliers for 2013 and beyond.
SRAM are still providing the headline groupsets, notably XX1 for all team bikes. This group will be used for everything but the occasional marathon event, where a double XX transmission is preferable.
The 11-speed 10-42 XX1 cassette has a range that covers almost all eventualities for racers, with the advantage of reducing weight by omitting a shifter, front mech and one or two chainrings. It offers a higher high gear and a lower low gear than the XX double setup, and almost completely eliminates chainsuck through clever engineering on the single chainring, which helps the chain stay seated. The rear mech has a horizontal parallelogram that prevents impact implied movement, where the mech could jump as the bike bounces.
RockShox have replaced DT Swiss as the Multivan Merida suspension supplier, and are a good fit for the SRAM and Avid components the team use. With a wide range of forks, shocks and seatposts specced across the range, Merida chief designer Jurgen Falke said that among the many benefits of RockShox products is the remote lockout system, which he rates as the best available.
Fulcrum wheels are another addition, and with the ongoing wheel diameter debate, Multivan Merida have taken the bold step of only using 29in or 27.5in (650b) for all races from now on. The 26in wheel size will still be available on a multitude of consumer Merida bikes, but for ease of logistics the team will all use one of the two larger sizes.
The team bikes on display in Mallorca were fitted with aluminium rimmed Fulcrums, but the team's race wheels will have handbuilt carbon tubular or tubeless clincher rims spinning on Cult ceramic bearings, which at under 1,100g for the 29er wheels are more than 300g lighter than Mavic's Crossmax Ultimates. Unfortunately, none of these ultralight wheels will be commercially available in 2013.
The aluminium Fulcrum Red Metal 29 XRP wheelset won't be used for racing
Contact points are taken care of by Prologo, whose X10, X8 and Zero Connect Power Control (CPC) saddles will be raced by the team. The Sparco-patented CPC is a weatherproof, non-absorbent, varying density polymer used in Formula 1, rallying, moto GP and the military, mostly in gloves, for excellent grip in all conditions. By eliminating the energy wasted by a rider sliding on the saddle, and adding comfort, it should offer performance advantages.
Team bikes 2013
The team will race hardtail and full suspension 29er bikes for 2013 – the Big.Nine and Big Ninety-Nine, plus the 27.5in-wheeled Big Seven hardtail.
The Big.Nine is little changed from the 2012 bike, apart from the graphics. The top-end Team frame weighs about 1,100g, and Merida stress that a much lower weight is unrealistic when allowing for a 20mm thru-axle, longer frame tubes and the integrated internal cable routing that has silicone tubes within the frame designed to guide full length outer casing for ease of maintenance. A BB30 bottom bracket gives the racers all the stiffness they require, and the flat Flex Stay seatstays incorporate a layer of flax bio fibre that has slow rebound properties to damp vibration.
The Big.Nine Team is virtually unchanged from last year
Twelve months ago, BikeRadar were able to ride a bare metal prototype of the full suspension Big Ninety-Nine. Five months later it was produced with a carbon main frame and aluminium rear triangle, but the Big Ninety-Nine Team (above right) is now available in full carbon, including the rocker link. The main triangle is around 500g, and a complete frame without shock weighs 1,850g.
Despite the Big Ninety-Nine frame having two distinct triangles, bottom bracket stiffness is 50 percent higher than on the Big.Nine or Big Seven, and the drivetrain is unaffected by the suspension system. Designed for a 100 or 120mm fork, the Big Ninety-Nine comes with a RockShox Monarch XX shock with hydraulic lockout.
The Big Seven is such a recent development that the team only received it last week – it's still in its final testing period, notably underneath Jose Hermida. The carbon frame has 425mm chainstays, with the rear disc calliper mounted between the stays to allow the Flex Stay system to work optimally.
The very new Big Seven Jose Hermida is evaluating
The gear cables and rear brake hose on the Big Seven are internally routed, keeping the frame uncluttered, and with the new Avid clutch system the callipers can be disconnected and reattached up to six times before needing to be bled, which eases the internal routing headaches. Unsurprisingly, frame weight is between the weights of the 26in-wheeled and 29er hardtails, at 1,030g.
One-Forty and One-Sixty changes
Elsewhere in the general Merida line-up, last year's One-Forty, developed as a 26in-wheel freeride bike, has evolved to become the One-Forty-B, with a wheel diameter increase to 27.5in. This created plenty of engineering problems, not least of which achieving the tricky internal cable routing with so much travel. Debuted in prototype guise, Merida term the One-Forty-B's virtual pivot system as VPK – Virtual Pivot Kinematics – so as not to be confused with the Santa Cruz-owned VPP system.
The prototype 650b One-Forty-B was in high demand at the press camp
With a smoother ride than from a 26in-wheeled equivalent, and a more lively ride than a 29er, the new wheel size allows more room for suspension travel and seems a logical choice for such a versatile bike. The One-Forty-B will exhibit some suspension bob if you ride out of the saddle on the small ring, but otherwise is solid, and with a longer head tube and slacker head tube angle the 60mm stem helps it feel quite agile.
The One-Sixty frame is unchanged for this year, although almost everything bolted onto it is different – a SRAM X0 2x10 transmission, RockShox Monarch Plus rear shock, Lyrik fork and Reverb seatpost, Avid Elixir 5 brakes, Gravity Light bar and stem, Prologo Scratch saddle and Fulcrum Red Zone wheels. At least the Schwalbe Fat Albert tyres have remained.
The production Merida One-Sixty
One small feature that could be very useful is the new two-sided chainstay protector designed to wrap the stay and be easy to fit and remove. It will be fitted to the three long-travel Merida bikes.
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To the Richmond County School Board, the message from the public was resounding.
At a June 18 public input session, the vast majority of citizens voiced their opposition to a tuition recommendation for students who attend Richmond County schools but are not county residents.
Last month, Superintendent Dr. Greg Smith, following the direction of the school board, proposed that families of non-resident students pay a fee of $588 for the 2013-14 school year.
"The onus is placed upon me to comply with the request of the board," Smith said. "The board, I feel, is responding to the suggestions and to the public voices that say we need to look at a student fee."
The formula through which Smith arrived at the tuition was based on the median valued home's contribution towards the school budget in Richmond County, which was estimated at $155,200.
Based on information provided by RCPS, the school division's projected average cost per pupil in fiscal year 2014 is $11,218, including $4,659 for the local contribution per student.
Smith's proposal clashed with previous recommendations from the Non-Resident Student Committee (NRSC).
"The majority of the committee members felt strongly that a tuition fee is not warranted and [they] did not recommend it," said Smith.
Gordon Tolson, currently a member of the NRSC as well as a former school board member, said at the public hearing that the county should give students what they need as opposed to taking privileges away from them.
"If some of them are out-of-county or whatever, if they're willing to [make the] sacrifice to come to Richmond County schools because we have that great of a school system, then let them come," said Tolson.
He added that Richmond County should stop fighting over things that "don't make sense."
"For 83 years, we've had this going like it is," said Tolson. "Let's keep it like it is and stop changing and doing things that deter our students, [because] when the students see us fighting, they're like, 'Okay, that's another thing we won't get in Richmond County.'"
Retired teacher Debra Mitchell said the state funding that Richmond County Public Schools (RCPS) received for pupils' Average Daily Membership (ADM) would cover the cost of non-resident students' attendance.
Cindy Hayes, an out-of-county resident whose children will be the fourth-generation attendees to have attended Richmond County schools in her family, agreed with Mitchell.
"These students generate state and federal dollars that would not be allocated to the schools if they were not enrolled," Hayes said, adding that the school board consider the recommendations of the NRSC to allow the students in question to attend without tuition.
Cindy Talcott, who first told the school board a year ago that excluding non-resident students would be a loss to RCPS, concurred with Hayes, calling the committee's proposals "reasonable."
"I do not see the need to charge tuition in a public school system that only benefits from out-of-county residents," said Cindy. "Public education is about inclusion, not exclusion."
Cindy also echoed Dist. 5 School Board Member Ken Blackley's sentiment that it was time to stop calling non-resident attendees "border students" and "out-of-county students."
"They are Richmond County students, plain and simple," said Cindy.
Russ Talcott said that educating a small number of border students at RCPS would not cost the county any additional funds.
"In fact, bringing in these hypothetical additional students up to the limits defined in the proposed policy will actually decrease the county's cost," Russ said. "The marginal increases in actual expenditures will be more than offset by the increases in federal funding."
Russ added that allowing the continued enrollment of out-of-county students would most likely positively impact the student body of RCPS.
"They will be the children of parents who care enough about their children's education to make the extra effort needed to send their kids to another county," Russ said. "The current border students and their parents offer an excellent example of that."
"Virginia Fitch, a 12-year substitute teacher at RCPS, called border students an "asset to our school system."
"They're usually generally well-behaved young people whose aim is a good education," said Fitch.
Out-of-county resident Terry Suthard shared her concern that a tuition charge may result in the decrease of volunteer efforts from the parents of border students at RCPS functions.
"They're going to feel like, 'Why should I volunteer if I already gave you money? You don't really need any of my time,'" said Suthard. "If my grandson was charged, I don't know. I don't know if I'd continue to do as much as I do."
Also vocally opposing the recommended fee for out-of-county students at the meeting were Lori Self, Sharon Parr, Harry Smith and Terri Bunch.
Kathy Clarke spoke on behalf of several citizens expressing their appreciation for the school board's research into the issue while noting that they opposed a fee for non-resident students.
Clarke then asked for those who were against the tuition recommendation to raise their hands, with most of the citizens in the room doing so.
One citizen who did not raise his hand, William Clements, explained his reasons for abstaining.
"I don't have a problem with some tuition," said Clements. "I almost feel like, in a sense…these students that we're referring to…wouldn't be subject to the criticism that has been put forward."
Edna Rogers said her only concern regarding border students was having so many of them that the teachers were overburdened.
Kirwan King, who also served on the NRSC, emphasized that the schools be sized in terms of buildings and staffing for the county's needs before opening capacity to out-of-county students.
"I think it's absolutely critical that we budget for a school that is designed for Richmond County," said King.
While a majority of the attendees opposed the tuition, they favored the policy that would not allow the attendance of non-resident students who had discipline incidents and/or legal charges held against them, nor would it permit the attendance of pupils who required special services unless RCPS was compensated for the cost of those services by the sending locality.
The policy also said that RCPS could at any time terminate an agreement with a family of a border student should that child prove disruptive or experience problems with discipline or attendance.
Dist. 2 School Board Member and Chairman John Brown said they would consider, study and use the citizens' comments from the public hearing in rendering a decision on the issue.
It is anticipated that a decision will be made Wednesday, July 10 at 7 p.m. in the Richmond County public meeting room.


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Nowness – Feature
Tender Summer
Photographer Anton Renborg explores the Mountainous Scented IsleThe hilly woodlands and meandering streams of Corsica's picturesque landscape are captured in photographer Anton Renborg's new series celebrating the Mediterranean outpost. Favored by leading fashion designers Giorgio Armani, Marc Jacobs and Jean Paul Gaultier, the island is a discreet holiday destination for Europe's celebrity elite avoiding the paparazzi at glitzier resorts like Saint-Tropez by visiting the likes of the opulent Casa del Mar hotel on the coast near Porto-Vecchio or the Calvi on the Rocks electronic music festival each July. Setting off to document the island's coastal views, the Swedish photographer captured youth idling through the summer months and yachts moored in the harbor of Calvi alongside its seaside cliffs, glacial lakes and expansive forests. "I fell in love with the island's ruggedness, and started taking my own notes and keeping a diary from one location to another," explains Renborg, who shot the series on film over the course of five years. The images led to Renborg's forthcoming book Notices de la Corse, a personal project with graphic designer Jesper Örtegren and a paean to the island's pastel tones and bucolic atmosphere. "If you go to the mountains it can start snowing, but half an hour ago it would have been 40 degrees in the valley," says Renborg of Corsica's contrasting appeal, which includes the famous GR20 walking trek stretching 180km of the island. "It can even take you back to the 19th century; you never really know what you'll bump into."


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Only two specimens of the Sambas stream toad have ever been sighted, and no photos exist of this species. Researchers will head to the island of Borneo to seek it out, but they note that much of its rainforest habitat has been cleared for agricultural land. One of the locations where it was spotted over 50 years ago is now a golf course, according to Conservation International.
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Hello everyone!
It took me a few months of digging to figure out how to join this site but well worth it! I just sold my ae86 a while back that some of you might have seen in some of the Fresh Tokyo Meet videos hosted by Super Street. It took me three years of looking at chassis while stationed at Yokota but I finally settled on a 72 ta22 st model. I know prices vary all over the place but for here the money was right on it as well as the chassis. So far it is settled on my powered by max front coilovers and the rears soon to follow after some rear turret modification. I will start my build thread here pretty soon once I have time to organize it all. It's future heart transplant will be the beams + j160 combo. I know quite a few have done it so far and it was a toss up between that or the Fc3s 13b engine. And who knows. I might eventually do both haha. I will post pictures later.


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Absolute garbage. What a waist of a good franchise.
Good plot and enjoyable for everyone. Yeah right maybe for babies. This movie is trash and will never watch again ever. Zack Snyder has to go. Someone else should make dc movies. Aquaman and the flash solo movies. No way. Don't listen to these pathetic reviews. There is better movies out there like Thore. Thore was fantastic and I would watch that again but this movie should be kicked out of theatres. It is that bad
This was a very good movie, it is a movie for the fans and that is all that matters. I don't care if the critics didn't like it, it delivers what most of us wanted. It does have a good plot, although I do think that it was rushed in certain places when introducing the new characters but that doesn't really matter. My favourite characters were Aquaman and Flash. I hope that we will see more of these characters in their solo movies such as the Flashpoint and Aquaman movies. All in all it was an enjoyment all around and I plan on seeing it again!!
A great beginning! The movie has something for everyone, and wasn't trying to be way over the top funny like Marvel. Appreciate the background scenes which made it look like the film jumped off the pages of a comic book. Cannot wait to see the solo Aquaman movie.
The most realistic comic book movie yet made.
good movie with lots going on. Wonder women stole the show.....
This movie great than BORE errrrrr I mean Thor. bore was boring and had not hot babes like Wonder Woman. If you don't like this movie go watch pitch perfect
Amazing movie
I just went to see this movie and I read all the reviews before I went and when I started watching action was not bad at the start and then it got stale real fast so I walked out and got a full refund into about half an hour into the movie. Glad I didn't have to pay a cent for this garbage. Done with DC. Marvel fan now
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Rescue of "Orphaned" Wildlife Not Necessary
Published: March 30, 2011
Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
Concern for wildlife, especially young animals, is simply human nature. Most people who come across a deer fawn, a young bird or a newborn rabbit that is alone will initially watch in amazement and then sometimes wonder if the animal is in need of help. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division encourages residents to resist the urge to 'rescue' these animals.
"Despite good intentions, young wildlife taken into captivity can lose their natural instincts and ability to survive in the wild," explains John Bowers, Wildlife Resources Division assistant chief of Game Management. "In most instances, young wildlife that appear to be helpless and alone are only temporarily separated from the adults. This natural behavior is a critical survival mechanism. Adults spend a significant amount of time away from their offspring to minimize predation."
Additionally, handling such animals and bringing them into the home poses health risks for both people and domestic pets. Despite the fact that they make look healthy, wildlife can transmit life-threatening diseases such as rabies and can carry unhealthy parasites such as roundworms, lice, fleas and ticks. Certain ticks are especially known to transmit diseases such as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness to humans.
Individuals who are not trained in wildlife rehabilitation should not attempt to care for wildlife and additionally, Georgia law prohibits the possession of most wildlife without a permit. Residents that encounter a seriously injured animal or an animal that clearly has been orphaned should first try to contact a local licensed wildlife rehabilitator. A list of rehabilitators is available at http://www.georgiawildlife.com (select "Find a Wildlife Rehabilitator" from the home page). People also can contact their local Wildlife Resources Division office to obtain a contact number for a licensed wildlife rehabilitator to provide proper care for the animal until it can be released into the wild.
Residents that encounter an animal such as a bat, fox, skunk, raccoon, coyote or bobcat during the daytime that appears to show no fear of humans or dogs, or that seems to behave in a sick or abnormal manner (i.e. weaving, drooling, etc.), should avoid the animal and contact the local county health office and/or a Wildlife Resources Division office for guidance. The animal may be afflicted with rabies, distemper or another disease. Residents should not attempt to feed or handle the sick animal. Pets, livestock and humans should be kept away from the area in which the animal was observed.
The two most important steps people can take to protect themselves and their pets from rabies is to 1) get pets vaccinated and 2) avoid physical contact with wildlife. As another precautionary step, adults should instruct children to NEVER bring wildlife home.
For more information, visit http://www.georgiawildlife.com, contact a local Wildlife Resources Division Game Management office or call (770) 918-6416.


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Its been a while since I've been able to update my blog. Been swamped with family stuff, workshop stuff and, well, fun stuff. ^_^
One of the fun stuff has to do with photographing Elizabeth Wahyu, an Indonesian custom jewelry designer. I asked if I could play around with some stuff I learned at various workshops during her shoot and she willingly obliged (cos she likes to play too).
She had mentioned to me that one of the things she wanted was a good photograph for her website of her serious side; something of which no other photographer has ever shot her. I thought that was weird because she's a very beautiful woman.
Anyway, armed with a little Jerry Ghionis, Yervant, and yours truly, the following images are my favs.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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- MARK MALTER said...
I agree. She is a very attractive lady with nice lookin jewelry to boot.
Hope to see more of your work really soon.
Bravo !
- March 3, 2009 at 4:36 PM
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ORINDA — Moraga resident Kathleen Conroy Famulener has been tapped to become the Moraga-Orinda Fire District's first female board member, having been appointed this week.
Citing the similarities of her public service on the De La Salle High School board of trustees with the role of an MOFD director, board president John Wyro, Vice President Alex Evans and director Fred Weil voted Monday to appoint Famulener director of Division 1, which oversees Moraga. She is scheduled to be sworn in Aug. 7.
The appointment comes during a time of transition for the district following the departure of former Division 1 director Frank Sperling in May, and the resignation of former fire Chief Randy Bradley earlier this month. The district is also looking for a new administrative services director following the resignation of their current director Sue Casey, and is trying to negotiate a joint partnership with the neighboring Contra Costa County Fire Protection District to build a fire station in Lafayette. Directors have also been divided over how to fill the board vacancy, but agreed they would choose a director or call for an election to avoid an appointment by county supervisors.
On Monday, Weil reiterated his support for a public election. He also indicated the board could benefit from a change, and nominated Famulener over a former paramedic with ties to MOFD and a Moraga businessman.
"For the history of this district, this has been a good-old-boys board in age and in gender, and we've never had the perspective of a woman on the board," Weil said. "I think it would do us good to have a different perspective than the same perspectives we have."
Director Steve Anderson opposed the appointment, arguing he thought another applicant had more financial experience.
Famulener, 62, told directors her desire to become a board member stems from a lifetime of public service, and said there were issues that had caught her attention, such as emergency response times and suggestions of potential cutbacks and modifications to paramedic staffing.
In an interview Wednesday, Famulener stressed the importance of the district working with a full five-member board, and praised the timing of a recent FEMA grant which will allow directors to "concentrate on a long-term strategic plan." The district was recently awarded a $1.15 million federal hiring grant to increase trained "front line" firefighting staff, among other goals.
The assistant Alameda County Deputy District Attorney also lauded the district's emergency services. "We need to continue to recruit, train and maintain the great staff we have, the great paramedics and firefighters," she said.
Hiring the new chief financial officer is another priority, and one that will be a challenge, Famulener said.
"I think we need to ensure the longtime financial stability of the district and make sure we keep up the fire and emergency services we have," she said. "I think those are the two issues that are most important to the citizens of the district."
Famulener joins Weil as the second attorney on the board. She would need to run for election in November 2014 to retain her seat.


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2011 F-250 Super Duty Long Term UpdatePosted in How To on July 1, 2013
It's no secret that we love our new 2011 Ford Super Duty F-250. It's lived up to every expectation and surpassed many. The power is unbelievable, the truck is cushy and offers many creature comforts found in today's higher-end vehicles, and it's turned into what we've dubbed "our mobile living room." With 50,000 miles on the odometer already, we've had enough seat time to tell you almost everything you'd want to know about this truck.
First and foremost, this truck has not been back to a dealer since Jordan May picked it up from Detroit almost two years ago. We've done the oil changes and coolant checks (as per requested by the truck's dashboard readout) and had no running problems with it at all. It has performed flawlessly. We have blown our fair share of shocks out from under this truck, but that's the extent of our problems—the shortest-lived shock working for only two days before dying. Since all the shocks were aftermarket units, we cannot place blame on anyone but ourselves for these shock failures.
We've been through some of the hottest deserts in the United States and in zero-degree temperatures driving this F-250, and we can tell you that it has handled it all well while keeping us perfectly content inside the cabin and with minimal change in fuel economy, no matter what the conditions outside.
Currently, we have no plans to modify this F-250 any further than it sits now. Coincidentally, it is without question the least modified vehicle in our OFF-ROAD stable. That can only speak worlds about how capable and outfitted this truck is right off the showroom floor.


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Roosevelt Stadium
Society Hill, Jersey
Roosevelt Stadium was located on nineteen acres at Droyers Point at the foot of Danforth Avenue and opened on April 22, 1937. At the stadium's first athletic event that day, the Jersey City Giants lost to the Rochester Red Wings, 4-3, with 50,000 tickets sold for the new 24,500 seat stadium. The facility was one of Hudson County's largest funded project under the federal Works Progress Administration and was built for $1.5 million. It is best known as the stadium where Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league baseball.
Designed by architect Christian H. Ziegler, it was to be called Veterans' Memorial Stadium on the property donated by Jersey City. Instead it was named for President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Mayor Frank Hague (1917-1947) in recognition of the president's New Deal program that brought jobs to the city during the Depression.
From Airport to Stadium
Roosevelt Stadium was not the first development at Droyers Point at the southwest section of Greenville. The reclaimed land on the Newark Bay/Hackensack shoreline was initially used for the Jersey City Airport in the late 1920s. The isolated tract of land came to the attention of the aviator Clarence D. Chamberlin (1893-1976). He made aviation history after his nonstop 43-hour air flight across the Atlantic Ocean to Germany, with a passenger, on June 4, 1927, a few weeks after Charles Lindbergh's famous solo transatlantic flight.
In September 1928, Chamberlin purchased the Chadwick Cotton Mill owned by the Clark Thread Company, located between Lembeck and Linden Avenues. Chamberlin planned to construct an airplane manufacturing plant called the Crescent Aircraft Corporation. Jersey City then leased Droyers Point on Newark Bay, not far from his factory, for the Jersey City Airport, and Chamberlin was named manager of the airport. He later began the Chamberlin Flying Service at 372 Lembeck Avenue.
The city allowed Chamberlin to use the property at Droyers Point as an additional landing field; by 1930 two runways were completed and plans were set for the airport, a flying school and air passenger service.
Even with its optimum location to serve New York City, Staten Island and areas of Northern New Jersey, the airport project fell victim to the times. By May 1935, Jersey City was deep in the grips of poverty and unemployment--the eventual toll of the stock market crash in 1929 and resulting Depression. Chamberlin had also suffered financial reverses affecting his investments in Jersey City.
In the meantime, hoping to create construction jobs for Hudson County's struggling working class, Mayor Hague had applied for federal funds under the Civil Works Administration and Works Progress Administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his New Deal program. Under the terms of the grant program, the money received could not be used for the purchase of property; to obtain the grant the city had to contribute the land for a development project. According to Mayor Hague, the only city-owned property available at the time was Droyers Point and the best use of the site was the construction of a municipal sports stadium and abandonment of the airport. He claimed that the stadium would be a self-sufficient operation and employ 250 men on a seasonal basis, while the airport would eventually be a financial liability to the city.
Hague's decision to eliminate the Jersey City Airport was not unanimously popular. On October 13, 1935, nine airplanes sponsored by the "Save the Airport Committee," staged what was called an "aerial protest demonstration." One of the planes flew a large banner "Save the Jersey City Airport" as they circled the city. Hague, however, was not dissuaded and insisted that Droyers Point "was the only municipally owned ground available" (quoted in New York Times 12 December 1935).
The recreational facility
may have been one of Hague's most progressive achievements for the industrial
community. Frank Borsky of the New York Times commented: "It
was the paradigm of elegance in a blue-collar town. It had the panache
and an almost human-like quality, a personality of its own. It was our
stadium, a center of the socio-economic-political fabric of Jersey City.
When it was being built during the Great Depression, it provided 2,400
jobs for Jersey City unemployed" (1 July 1984).
Considered the best minor league baseball park of the time, Roosevelt Stadium was constructed of steel and concrete and featured marble from Pennsylvania and Tennessee. The Art Deco bowl-shaped stadium was surrounded by a concrete wall with a terra cotta facade. Terrazzo flooring covered most of the facility. The grandstand consisted of terraced seating of 35 rows and bleachers, and multiple ramps gave easy access to the seats.. The roof rose sixty feet from the ground.
Of all of the events held at Roosevelt Stadium, the most historic was undoubtedly the debut of Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 18, 1946. The 27-year old Robinson broke the "color line" in professional baseball when he stepped into the batter's box, his first game in organized baseball. Brooklyn Dodger president Branch Rickey had signed up Robinson six months earlier amidst much controversy. A college football and track star, Robinson had played one season with the Kansas City Monarchs of the National Negro League. Rickey sent Robinson to the Dodgers' Montreal team, the Royals, where he played second base.
On what was to be
a landmark day in American social history, the stadium, which was the
home of the Giants of the International League, had an overflow crowd.
The sale of 52,000 tickets, double the park's capacity, brought spectators
from New York City via the Hudson Tubes, from Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and elsewhere. Mayor Hague closed schools and required city employees
to purchase tickets for Opening Day of the baseball season. More African
Americans than usual were in attendance at the game. Hague threw out the
first ball.
In 1947 Jackie Robinson
began his career in major league baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers for
whom he played second base until his retirement in 1956. He was the first
black baseball player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962
and in 2005 was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
The Brooklyn Dodgers played seven games at the stadium in 1956 and 1957. They were hoping to convince the authorities in Brooklyn to replace Ebbets Field before choosing to move to Los Angeles, California, in 1958. Many remember when Willie Mays of the New York Giants hit the only ball out of the stadium to beat the Dodgers 1-0 in 1956. It was also the venue for many exhibition games and football organizations, such as the Atlantic Coast Football League, the old American Football League, the Jersey Jays (1963-1964), the New York Giants football team training camp (1966), and the Jersey City Jets (1970-1971).
Roosevelt Stadium was used by the local schools and colleges for sports and graduations. New Jersey City University (former Jersey City State College) began its football program there in 1966 before it built the Thomas M. Gerrity Sports Complex at the adjacent Tidelands. St. Peter's Prep and Dickinson High School held their Thanksgiving Day Classic football game there for many years. Hague also used the stadium to garner political support as well as demonstrate his influence to gather a crowd. He declared August 26, 1942, "Mary Norton Day" at Roosevelt Stadium to honor the US Congresswoman prior to a baseball game, with thousands in attendance. On the Fourth of July each year, a fireworks display and live entertainment were presented for the enjoyment of the local residents.
By the 1950s, attendance began to falter at the sports stadium: the Giants were no longer a part of the International League, and newer pastime activities competed for the spectators' attention. As a result, different events were scheduled at the stadium after the 1960s--rock concerts, professional wrestling, ice skating, drum and bugle corps competitions, and meetings of the Jehovah Witnesses. The Allman Brothers, Beach Boys, Eric Clapton, Tony Bennett, Grateful Dead, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, among other performers, used the stadium. An ice skating rink became a popular winter attraction at the stadium, but it cost more to maintain the facility than the incoming revenue.
In 1970, renovation of the stadium included re-sodding of the playing field and overhaul of the drainage, roofing and steam heating systems. However, renovation to the structure was impeded by asbestos and decay. In 1978, a thirty-foot light tower fell off the roof, which weakened the stadium's exterior walls and light towers. The athletic facility built to alleviate the financial woes of the city during the Depression became a liability. By 1985, the stadium was demolished. One seat from the stadium was donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, and one to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
This once again left
Droyers Point available for economic development. A few years later, the
K. Hovnanian Companies of Red Bank, NJ, took on the task of building Society
Hill, a condominium development on 90 acres for $150 million.
On April 17, 1996, the Hovnanian corporation placed a plaque in the gazebo at Society Hill to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening game of baseball at Roosevelt Stadium since the end of World War II and Jackie Robinson's landmark entry into baseball history on April 18, 1946, in Jersey City. The plague reads: "His leadership and grit changed baseball and deeply influenced public opinion. He bore freedom's torch to serve family, sport, business, government and family" (quoted in Sterling 18 April 1996).
To commemorate the
career of Jackie Robinson as the first African American to play organized
baseball at Roosevelt Stadium, a twelve-foot bronze statue of him by sculptor
Susan Wagner was placed in front of the PATH terminal at Journal Square
and dedicated on February 16, 1998. It was sponsored by the Jackie Robinson
Foundation, the City of Jersey City, the NJ Department of Commerce and
Economic Development, the NJ Sports History Commission and the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey.
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Tim McGraw Wins Battle Against Curb Records
It seems that Tim McGraw's next 30 years will be even sweeter than the last. A judge has ruled in favor of the 'Felt Good on My Lips' hitmaker in his legal battle with Curb Records, which means that the chains have been cut and he's free to record new music apart from the label.
According to the Tennessean, McGraw hugged both his wife, Faith Hill, and his attorney when he got the good news in court on Wednesday, and said that he is "just very happy" with the outcome.
The singer first signed with Curb 21 years ago and in recent years had been feeling eager to release new music to his fans, but he was tied down by their five album deal.
It has been two years since McGraw released 'Southern Voice,' his most recent album with all-new material. Now that he's got the freedom to hit the studio again, McGraw plans to take full advantage. "I really feel like there's a lot more ahead of me than behind me," he said in an interview last month. "I'm really just starting to figure out what I want to do and the music I want to make. I'm only about 30 percent into my career. It's been foothills until now."
The court proceedings with Curb Records will continue in July, but that will only be to determine if there was a breech in McGraw's contract, and if damages are owed as a result of the dispute. McGraw will kick off an Australian tour — hopefully with new music — on March 14.


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By Day 2 of the Snowtober power outage, we were all feeling a little ragged, and apparently the three-year-old Baskinette had taken note.
"Amy Gutman, listen to me" she said authoritatively. "You get what you get, and you don't get upset."
It was close to the most brilliant thing I'd ever heard, and I was a little bit stunned. Who are you and where did you come from? I remember thinking.
As I later discovered—and if you have kids or teach them, you probably already know this—the saying is a standard part of the preschool repertoire. But I instantly knew that it needed to be a standard part of mine. (The 16-year-old Baskinette kindly transcribed it, and it now has a prominent place on my refrigerator.)
Of course, there's nothing new in the basic idea—we've all heard it zillions of times in zillions of different forms: Want what you have. It is what it is. Take life on life's terms. And my all-time favorite formulation from Buddhist teacher Cheri Huber "[T]he alternate reality in which everything is exactly as you think it should be exists only in your mind, and it exists primarily to torture you."
Moreover, such insights are backed up by hard data. Research suggests that people who want what they have are actually happier than others.
And yet—like so many obvious truths—it's one many of us seem to have a hard time grasping. This crossed my mind the other day as I listened to a friend angsting over a single less-than-perfect development in a pretty terrific life. I found myself thinking—in the nicest possible way—"You really need to grow up."
Now it's just possible there was a tiny bit of envy and resentment there. From where I sat—more than two years into a job search with its attendant financial pressures—my friend's worries seemed pretty minor.
But I also think my reaction spoke to a larger point. Something happened to us here in the United States over the past few decades—at least to those of us who began with winning numbers in life's lottery: We started to believe that we were entitled to perfect lives.
This thought came back to me again while reading Joan Didion's memoir Blue Nights, which deals with the stunning aftermath of her daughter Quintana Roo's death. There's no doubt about it: Didion endured an unimaginably painful stretch of loss, with her daughter's death coming shortly after the death of her beloved husband, writer John Gregory Dunne (itself the subject of her best-selling The Year of Magical Thinking). Still, for all the very real tragedy, I was jarred by her recurring refrain that this was never supposed to happen.
Make no mistake, Didion's baffled outrage isn't limited to the deaths of her husband and daughter—it's pretty universal, extending to the fact of her own aging, including a frustrating inability to continue wearing (at age 75) her favorite red suede sandals with four-inch heels. In Didion's worldview, these things were (apparently) not supposed to happen to someone who could look back and write: "There had been cars, a swimming pool, a garden . . . There had been English chintzes, chinoiserie toile. There had been a Bouvier des Flandres motionless on the stair. . . ."
In sum, Didion devotes her considerable gifts to marveling over the shocking fact that she, like the rest of us, is vulnerable to life.
What struck me as odd wasn't the awareness itself but rather how it seemed to come as an unexpected blow. It seemed so, well, childlike—this notion of a personal exemption, coupled with the implicit expectation that we readers would share her astonishment and chagrin. (Which may go to a separate, if related, point. In her mesmerizing piece on Didion in the current issue of "The Atlantic," Caitlin Flanagan quotes one critic describing Didion and Dunne as having possessed "a perfectly complementary narcissistic personality disorder that was shared beautifully between two people.")
Tellingly, it's a perspective that has long been mined for dark humor. "You know, funerals always make me think about my own mortality and how I'm actually going to die someday. Me, dead. Imagine that," Elaine Benes marvels in one of my favorite "Seinfeld" episodes. More recently, Sarah Miller made the same point in her witty and insightful send-up of the New York Times' much-ballyhooed magazine story about the dangers of yoga. "You can't expect the Sort of People Who Tend to Read The Times to freak out about Amber Alerts and Child Molesters," she writes in "The Awl." "About the only thing that will get upper-middle-class coast dwellers into a frenzy is the idea—the word 'fact' is so black and white, n'est-ce pas?—that Some Day They Are Going To Fucking Die."
At several points in Blue Nights, Didion seems to recognize she's at risk of losing her readers. Her response is defiant. She resists the notion that she (with her 13 home telephones, none within reach when she took a fall) and her daughter (with her 60 baby dresses) lived lives encased in privilege. "'Privilege' is a judgment. 'Privilege' is an opinion. 'Privilege' is an accusation," she writes.
But privilege is also something else: An observation, a statement of fact. And because we are all human and mortal, it is also always temporary.


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I know!!!!!!!!!
How many exclamation marks??????
Actually, I will let you into a little secret - when I was at school (that be only a few years ago...ahem) I lurved English the mostest... I was one of those saddo swots that could recite Shakespeare and quote Mr Dickens. As well as my love for literature, I also adored the written side of it... and invariably would spend a happy few hours making up little stories and such like. My English teachers, Mrs Johnson and Mr Deith (poor bloke, we called him Dr Death and he was the nicest chap....) Where was I? Ah yes, my teachers... loved the red pen, the pair of them... loved using it... especially to write "so much punctuation is not necessary!" See how they used one for themselves though. So, when I write on here I have my own little part of the cyberworld to do as much punctuating as I like.... hence... !!!!!!!! at the beginning of the post.
Right... enough of the waffling... check out how utterly revolting that mess in that there piccie is... that is what the Room of Trash looked like on Monday evening. Stuff piled up all over my desk... all over the floor... all over the other desk... nightmare! So, being as I have set myself that New Year Resolution to be uber tidy and organised, I thought I had better get my btm in gear and get sorting.
This is a view of everything pushed back towards the back of the room... yep, piled up with crud and goodness knows what. Here's a bit of a confession... remember when we moved (nearly two years ago) I was on about the mass clearance thingy. Well, I had those "not sure if I need this bit of crud" things... which all went into boxes.. and were unpacked... and they were still "not sure if I need this bit of crud" items... so they were shoved into every available crevice and nook... ahem... last night they all went into the bin bag... or should I say... bags. All four of them at the moment... I have still got the other half of the room to do... so that is going to be more than 4 bags!
That there piccie above is the giveaway for this week. It is a little notebook made with Studio 490 Art Parts, coloured with Distress Stains, overstamped with Studio 490 stamps... and little Grunge flowers for decoration and held together with Idea-ology D Rings. This little book needs a loving home to go to... so... if you would like to win it, simply leave me a comment here.. I will pick a winner from the comments left and announce it next Wednesday.
Oooh, and ... I have a winner for last weeks Candy giveaway!!! Here's the candy... and I had 117 comments (thanks folks :O)) And... Mr Random-dot-wotsit chose #35 which is a comment left by CRAFTYMOP. Please can you email me your addy and I will pop the goodies into the post for you!
So... the above pic. Well, look at those gleaming surfaces! And look at the dust-free shelves (ok, ok, I fibbed about them being dust-free... they aren't ... at the moment... but they will be... in a mo... ok, later on... alright, alright, maybe next week lol) I have moved desk 2 so it is right next to desk 1... more space to spread out and I have no idea why I didn't put them like this when I moved in here... makes sense to have more space to spread right?
Well, that's more than enough of my wafflings for one day... best get my bum wiggling and get the rest of the tidying and clearing done.. I have to de-junk the paper stack now... mmmm, I may some time! Thanks for looking... TTFN!
Hels x
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
WOYWW... A Giveaway, Candy Winner & Nearly There!!!!!!!!!!!
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82 comments:
- Helen said...
Wooo! Half of it looks so neat and tidy and the rest... tis like mine! Love that little book, and would love a chance to win it.
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:51:00 pm
- Crafty mop said...
Your nearly there keep going .....maybe I should take your lead and do something with mine.!! What a lovely surprise to win your candy tis as you would say made my day thanks muchly ...kind lady ......please don't enter me into the book candy ....as winning this week is simply fab .....now to find your email address .....x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:01:00 pm
- Crafty mop said...
Your nearly there keep going .....maybe I should take your lead and do something with mine.!! What a lovely surprise to win your candy tis as you would say made my day thanks muchly ...kind lady ......please don't enter me into the book candy ....as winning this week is simply fab .....now to find your email address .....x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:09:00 pm
- ElizabethR said...
Whoohoo look at that desk, am well impressed but will you ever find anything ever again lol xxx Love your little book please enter me in it. Many hugs Elizabeth xxx
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:29:00 pm
- Tuire Flemming said...
Wow, well done! You have even found your chairs ;)
Nice little book!
And congrats to Crafty mop!
Happy WOYWW!
Tuire #25
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:32:00 pm
- Joan said...
Ooooooh! you have been busy,such a neat and tidy room. What a lovely little book, would love to win it
ps: I love my exclamation marks and use them far too much !!!!!!!!
ps:loved the show , bought some art film from our local craft shop,couldn't remember what to do with it so was so happy to see your tutorial, thanks so much.
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:33:00 pm
- Diane.W. said...
Wow,Hels,I'm impressed,lol!!!
Looks soooo much better.
Luvly book too :o) x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:36:00 pm
- daisyrand said...
Wow what an improvement!!!!! (yes i like exclamation marks too) i spend hours tidying my room up labelling everything buying boxes etc but then can never remember where i tidied the things to! currently i'm looking for my grunge paper, cant' find it anywhere, ho hum - i would love a change to win the book tho' its beautiful
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:38:00 pm
- Yvonne said...
Yahoo, your room is looking good girl! I would never show my room, it looks like I'm a hoarder :)
Thanks for the chance to win your little book, as usual, gorgeous work, Hels!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:41:00 pm
I love both descriptions of your room and I have enough crud to at least think about investing in a black bin bag one of these days. Beautiful journal, put my name down kind lady.
Brenda 104
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:49:00 pm
- Morti said...
We're an enthusiastic lot, aren't we????? We may use too much punctuation, but at least it's always in the right place!!! Mostly...
Love the book, love your space, would LOVE your space actually... LOL. Mind you, my own isn't so bad, I just need to organise my storage so it is a little more uniform and then I think half the tidyness battle will be won. I can hope, can't I?
Put me in the draw, Missus!!!! Pur-leaaassseeee?
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:52:00 pm
- Aquarius said...
Well done for attacking the room - you could always come and do mine when you've finished LOL!! That book looks brilliant - had a go with some of that mouldable plastic with paper stuck on (as seen on TV) and it works a treat - thanks for the idea.
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:54:00 pm
- May said...
I am impressed great job, love the idea of 2 desks more space we all can do with that one! thank you for the chance to win whoop whoop, Hugs May x x x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:02:00 pm
- inkypinkycraft said...
Wow you have tidying!!!happy woyww, great little book, fab as always thanks forthe chance to win, have a great day hugs trace x no9
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:08:00 pm
- craftimamma said...
I'm another who uses !!!! far too much but I like them and it helps to give an impression of a conversation, lol! I also love brackets and quote marks. Blimey, I'm having to try really hard not to use them now, ;o)
Your room is looking great after the mess of last week but you can't craft for 72 hours making the beauties you did last week and not make a mess! Good luck with sorting the rest of it.
Thanks for the chance of winning that lovely little book and congrats to Craftymop on her win.
Lesley Xx
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:22:00 pm
- Judie aka Craftymess said...
wow what a transformation lol, much tidyer, question ?? do you like ?? clocks ?? ((like all the question marks lol ??))
love to win your little bookie
Hugs and thanks for the peep
Judie xx
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:40:00 pm
good for you tiding the place it! What fun it will be to work in there now! You can never have too many surfaces!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:49:00 pm
- Karen said...
WOW you have been busy and what a fab transformation, it looks amazing :) Love the art journal too, such gorgeous colours.
Have a fab WOYWW and have a great week, Luv Karen #86
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:54:00 pm
- furrypig said...
I have come to follow you after watching you on create and craft you have a beautiful style and it is great watching you create. Anyway, I also overindulge with exclamation marks!! My craft room looks worse than yours it is more of a cupboard I definitely need to sort it all out thanks for reminding me! xxx
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:56:00 pm
- Brenda Brown said...
You are good, committing stuff to the bin Hels. I still have stash I don't use under beds and in cupboards - I just haven't got the heart to throw it.
Love your little note book.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:06:00 pm
- Maggie said...
Fab little book you are so generous to give it away and I have my everything crossed as I would give it a lovely home....and it was my birthday this week....rofl!!
Your messy pics look like my room and your tidy pic looks like I want my room to be...can you come and tidy mine pleeeeeeeese!
BTW enjoyed your shows on C&C :-)
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:07:00 pm
- Lesley said...
The before and after pics are great! Kinda makes me thinks i should really do my room...hmmmm...maybe!!
Fab little book.....tis gorgeous. I'm sure it would love to come live with me....i could write lots of stuff in it.....a list that would include "tidy up the rrom of trash"!!!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:20:00 pm
- Rhea said...
You are inspiring! Thanks for sharing your progress.
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:34:00 pm
- Shazza said...
what a transformation Hels, well done you!!!!!!!!!
love the notebook x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:37:00 pm
- Marjie Kemper said...
What a super overhaul! Does this mean you will be taking two pics for WOYWW now?
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:39:00 pm
- jude said...
Wow that sure was amessy room ,but then fairy came and bingo nice clean desk...What she do put it on the floor...lol.Im impressed better than ive gotten so far.
Beautiful book thanks for chance to win ,i go through loads books as have top list things i have to do and cross off as i do.Well brain fog gets in the way most days!
Happy woyww
judex 14
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:46:00 pm
- Katie said...
Wow! That is so messy in the first couple of pictures...but the last picture..AMAZING :) Well done! And I LOVE that little book! Very pretty!
katie (112)
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:54:00 pm
- Elaine said...
Wow, what a busy bee you have been. Great tidy space you have there.
I would love the chance to win your lovely gorgeous scrummy book!
Elaine x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:59:00 pm
- Lisa said...
Should've followed my instructions ;)
Happy tidying Hels!
Lisa Sparkle :)
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:06:00 pm
- Crafty Chris said...
Hi well when I seen your room I didnt feel so bad about mine !!!!!!!
the book looks fantastic Thanks for the chance.
Chris x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:07:00 pm
- 505whimsygirl said...
What a transformation!!! Well done. Oh, yes, I do like exclamation marks too!!! I mean, really, why not?!? haaaaa
The giveaway looks fab. Would love to welcome it home!!!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:08:00 pm
- Larisa said...
Fantastic working place!!!!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:20:00 pm
- Minxy said...
I'm impressed on the tidy desk front, but have a sneaky suspicion the rest of the room doesn't look quite so tidy yet lol
Love the ickle note book x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:37:00 pm
- Maria said...
Very impressed with your tidiness (well, on half of it anyway) but the big question is....Can you keep it like that??? A beautiful book, thank you for the chance to win :-) x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:54:00 pm
- Jennie -The Artistic Stamper said...
Looking good Mrs Sheridan! Now when you have finished please just pop over to mine..I need a hand
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:57:00 pm
- JoZart said...
I thought I was in the worst state of all WOYWWers this week and there you go and just about match me. I've cleared part but not all of it. Still a way to go.
I just must tell you that I collect quotes and a little book, especially dedicated to keeping them, would be "perfect"!!!!!
Love JoZarty x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:05:00 pm
- Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...
Well your first pictures made me feel so welcome, as it is exactly how mine can get more often then I like. But I love the way you ended up. I enjoy my 2 together also and would just love to find a way to have my papers in better order. I have a rack, but not nearly enough room for individual 12x12's. next on the agenda I guess.
Congrats to Crafty Mop and I love your little book and I bet it would love to come to the USA!!
Happy WOYWW and thanks for sharing the fun
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:09:00 pm
- Ann B said...
I 'love' punctuation - especially dashes - they are the best - ever.
Like quotes as well and desperately need another notebook. Don't know how you can find time to tidy with all that creating going on but you're making a grand job of it.
Ann B
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:15:00 pm
- judith@poppy cottage said...
I used to love English too, and my teachers loved their red pens as well!!!! What is it with that? Anyhoo, your desks look great now, temporarily, I'm sure until you get crafting again, that's what happens to me anyway.
Your book looks fab, so I'm really happy to be in with a chance to win it, hugs, Judith xx
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:15:00 pm
Mine needs doings as well, when you have finished Jennie's. Polish your halo Hels, it is well deserved. The book looks gorgeous!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:15:00 pm
- Jackie said...
Apparently I use too many exclamation marks in my writing!! lol
Jackie #119
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:25:00 pm
- Barb Cady said...
Oh my goodness look at all that neatness! If it's catching can I come and see you so's I can catch it too!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:37:00 pm
- Debs Willis said...
That's a great before and after pic! Your desk is so tidy it's just beggin for crafty mess!!!! And love the notebook, so please pop me in the hat, teapot, binbag whatever when you draw out a name
debs #90 x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:19:00 pm
- Joanne said...
You need some sky hooks. Goodness, how could you have produced such fantastic samples in that - mess???
Right, I'm just going to throw some craft stuff around my little room now 'cos that is obviously the way to go to make wonderful art......
Hugs Joanne xx
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:04:00 pm
- Caz said...
Ian says "very good, but what's it going to look like on Friday night?" You can go off people. can't you?!?!?!?
Of course it will look just as good on Friday night 'cause we will clean up behind us......... or else spend all day just sitting and admiring the tidiness!!!!!! (I love punctuation too!!!)
2 sleeps to go! :-D
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:32:00 pm
you know I kinda have to agree a bit with Minxy, seen as I know you well I bet the tidy desk is all we are seeing cos the floors still smothered with stash, if it were all done you would of shown more pics LOL though it might be finished now and a great little notebook to Hels xx or was it Helen :-)
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:52:00 pm
- Tigs said...
Well done on the tidying! Unfortunately it is a never ending job so I find it easy just not to get started :)
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:58:00 pm
- Terry said...
Hey there Hels, well girlio you did allready a hell of a job, my goodness the room of stash has had a transformation wohoooo you go girl....keep up packing the bags and then part with it if you don't need it..and are you sure you wanna part from the lovely booklet that you made wowwwzeress A REAL Hels Sheridan..wohoooo I would surely like to participate into the draw....it is absolutely lovely with all the Wendy goodies on it. Thanksss Hels for showing your desk your doing a great job and thank you for a chance of winning your fabby booklet....Good luck ladies....Hugs Terry xxxx
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:22:00 pm
- Elizabeth said...
Hi Hels, just read something somewhere yesterday about the apostrophe becoming redundant - shame - it's all that texting to blame apparently. I confess to a tendency to overuse the exclamation mark on occasion ... how else can you convey emphasis!!! Congratulations on your decluttering efforts - you're desk(s) now look like a crafter's dream :) Congratulations to Crafty mop for winning last week - this week's giveaway is gorgeous too. Hope you have a good week. Elizabeth x #99
PS: enjoyed your demos on TV once again, could see you were a bit more relaxed this time - and it's all your fault that I have grungepaper and spools out on my desk this week. I'm off now to see if I can cut grungepaper with the the Cuttlebug and a Spellbinders flourish die.
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:41:00 pm
- Karen said...
wow hels you have been busy, want to come and sort out my space???
Love the book
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:49:00 pm
- Li'l Pidge said...
Lovely book, and wow you worked hard clearing down the desks!! Nearly there....!!!!!!!
Kyla #39
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:05:00 pm
- Lisa-Jane said...
I think we need to live in a space for a while before all the stuff inside it finds the right home. There is so much to look at on your sparkly desk! Its good to have a sort out but oh so hard to part with anything, isn't it?!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:10:00 pm
- The Crafty Elf said...
I was laughing, that was a great post! You followed up your craftymessness(my made up word)with neatness! You had us all feeling good there for a moment and then you wrecked it with that lovely picture of a tidy room. Tsk tsk...such a shame. Congrats Crafty mop!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:15:00 pm
- Elizabeth said...
Hello again Hels, don't mind the tips at all, I need all the help I can get but I now have to go seek out blending foam ... no idea what that is at all :( It's all a mahoosive and steep learning curve this grungy stuff :) Thanks again. Elizabeth x
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:02:00 pm
- Sam said...
Haa Haa! I have a Boss who must have been related to your English teachers! We spend many a happy afternoon arguing over grammar and spellings hence our Dictionary is well used and always to hand!! LOL!!
Glad you showed us the after pics or else you would be getting some nasty pastie comments girl!! At least with two desks together when you spread out stuff wont fall in the gap!! LOL!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:32:00 pm
- Dee in N.H. said...
You always make me giggle!! I actually found my desk and chair the other day too! I just can't believe how much stuff I drag out to make one little project!! Oh and I would so love to win your sweet book!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:45:00 pm
- sandee said...
You are such a punctuation rebel! lol Love it! Great job on clening up, and yes the 2 desks together makes a lot of sense!
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:42:00 pm
- Luanne said...
Very busy indeed! a creative person will surely have a busy table. :)
Thanks for the chance on your book!
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:02:00 am
- Liane said...
I am a exclamation over user!!! Your office looks great, well done!!! Love your art parts book too!!! Liane :o)
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:08:00 am
- voodoo vixen said...
You use as many !!! as you want!!! ;)
I tried to comment through the FB link and as usual it was having none of it so have popped over from the back door instead!! I see your room of stash is now super dooper organised and you have twice as much space to get messy in... ;)
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:35:00 am
- Lynn Stevens said...
Hi Ya Hels, been a long time since I've been over too. I see you have been doing a little tidying up!
Bummer I missed your giveaway! Congrats to your winner.
Its so hard keeping up these days. Hope you well.
Off to do some more catching up
hugs Lynn
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:47:00 am
- peggy aplSEEDS said...
i'm dropping by to say hello!!!!!! what a lovely little giveaway!!!!!! count me in please!!!!!! good job on the cleaning!!!!! i am sure i wouldn't have had the heart to throw away any of those things you threw away!!!!happy WOYWW, and thanks for sharing!!!!! i noticed you like exclamation points!!!!!
peggy aplSEEDS
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:33:00 am
- sandra de said...
Ohhhh that is a tidy room. Very kind of you to have another give away but, I think most of us would probably be happy with a rummage through your scrap bin bags!! ( for emphasis)
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:18:00 am
- Wacky Jacky said...
My room of stash is constantly in a state of disarray as my sister is living with me atm and is using my craftroom as a dressing room!! Think it's time she moved out!! I too love exclamation marks but, according to my son, 3 is the largest permitted amount we can use (according to his old English teacher). Love all your work esp the demos on C&C - well done!!! Love the little book - like everything you do it's really unique. xx
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:31:00 am
How on earth will you craft with soooooo much space on your desk? How will you find anything? What a nightmare crafting becomes when your stash outgrows your space. I spend far more time searching for the "ingredients" than I ever do making the cake. Your clear and tidy desk is as inspirational as your crafting. Thanks Hels!
Thanks for all the inspiration.
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:15:00 am
- Kate said...
I am shocked, I have never seen the room of stash in such a'trash'!!!!!
I would love to win your little book and have added extra punctuation to aid my luck!!!!!!!!
** Kate **
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:44:00 am
- Lynn W. said...
English was my favourite subject at school too (and I liked Shakespeare)! I LURRRVE exclamation marks and use far to many myself!!!
I am full of admiration at you being able to throw stuff away from your room of stash - I am a compulsive hoarder and can't bear to part with anything that might come in useful one day! That's why I can't actually get into my craftroom at the moment, so I obviously need to follow your example.
Your notebook is lovely, and is just what I need to make notes in as I'm planning my wedding this summer. Thank you for the chance to win it - it's very kind of you!
Lynn Wild
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:49:00 am
- April said...
I too use far to many !!!!! but hey we can do what we want now we're... er... I was going to say grownup's but that may not be a good discription for many of us :o) it certainly isn't for me anyway! you're doing really well clearing out 4 bags of stuff! I'm terrible for keeping stuff, I can't part with anything! Your doing a great tidy up job! Well done! x
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:03:00 pm
- Jo said...
You did make me laugh and what a great job of tidying up you're doing although don't think it really matters what mess you work in when you produce such beautiful work x
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:44:00 pm
I wish my craft room looked as tidy as yours did before you tidied it!!! You may have inspired me to give mine a good clear out, only time will tell! I love all of your work, have seen you at the shows and your were great on tv the other day, well done!
- Thursday, January 19, 2012 5:26:00 pm
- Lou said...
Super duper shelf's all filled with crafty 'stuff' just looking at them gives you inspiration, well done with the tidying x Lovely book x x Lou x x #94
- Friday, January 20, 2012 12:54:00 am
- Debbie Tinks said...
- Friday, January 20, 2012 9:16:00 am
- Julia Dunnit said...
Been following your labour on FB, it's so worth it!! Pushing the desks together..omgeeee sometimes the obvious takes years to notice...but a nice uninterrupted work surface will give you huge 'push right' ability!
- Friday, January 20, 2012 8:05:00 pm
- Becky said...
Well that is looking better but for how long.You are lucky to have a room I am still waiting for son to leave home so I can have one.I do love him really.Love the look of the book fingers crossed it comes to live with me.
- Saturday, January 21, 2012 12:38:00 pm
- Unknown said...
Looking good! You are well on the way to being a tidy crafter!just wish i could get organised to do mine. The little book looks fab x
- Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:34:00 pm
- Unknown said...
You are getting there, my craft room covers most of my house, one of these days i will get organised! Love the book x
- Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:43:00 pm
cute little book.Thanks for the chance to win.
- Saturday, January 21, 2012 2:39:00 pm
- maska said...
Thanks for the chance to win.
Love your little book.
- Saturday, January 21, 2012 5:12:00 pm
- MaggieC said...
You use as much punctuation as you like, girl. I used a perfectly good word in one of my school exams and lost a mark for it, being told it did not exist.- I found it in the dictionary, but the teacher would not give men back my lost mark!!!!!! Your room looks so fun and full of lovely stash. Don't throw too much away. Either join the Use It Up in 2012 Challenge or donate it to local schools or youth groups. They will love it. Meanwhile back to the !!!!! etc.... xx Maggie #70
- Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:01:00 pm
- Redanne said...
Ha! Another Stash Room that looks just like mine!!! The little book is lovely, thanks for the chance to win and well done to Crafty Mop. Great idea by MaggieC for unloved stash.
- Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:45:00 am
- Katie said...
That one side looks so cleaned up...and the other side looks like what mine used to look like when I had a scrapbook room. Now my room is the living room, so I always have to be neat, or someone gets upset...
I wish I still had a scrap room!
Happy WOYWW (on Monday!)
Katie #16
- Monday, January 23, 2012 5:58:00 pm
- Birgit said...
Hi Hels,
A book for my favorite quotes? Now that sounds like a fabulous prize -- thanks for the chance!
I forgot to mention in my other comment how much I like your recent tag -- so many elements. It would be surely great to feel it, too...
Happy creating,
- Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:32:00 pm


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