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By JEFF PICKELL
They say you should always wear clean underwear in case you get in a car accident. I agree, and would like to add that you should also pay attention to your socks, especially if it's snowy out, and especially if you have to interview the mayor.
I learned this the hard way last week after I ditched my snow-soaked shoes on the doorstep of Fayette mayor Anita Van Zile's house and found that my socks looked like a nest of rats had been fighting over them. Whoops.
Thankfully, mayor Van Zile has raised a few sons of her own, so she knows that the minds of young men are sometimes occupied with things more important than footwear—like seeing how many meatballs we can stuff in our mouths.
At least, that was the case for me Sunday. I was at the annual Pickell family Christmas party (also known as the Pickell Family Funeral: Christmas Edition) and my tongue had its sights set on my Aunt Patty's cheesy meatballs, which have always been something more special than regular food to me.
Since the Pickell family only has potlucks once or twice a year, I have to make sure I consume the meatballs in proper dosages when I get the chance, or else risk going into withdrawal sometime around mid-March. This has only happened once, but was so unpleasant that everyone involved would prefer it didn't happen again.
So, I didn't take any chances Sunday. In fact, I ate so many cheesy meatballs that my molecular structure began to shift and my appearance changed. By the end of the party, I was no longer human; I was something between human, meatball and sick to my stomach. When we left, my dad and brother had to roll me out to the car and attach me to the roof with a giant toothpick.
Which didn't bode well for my drive back to Morenci that night, since, in the state of Michigan, it's unlawful for meatballs to operate motor vehicles. I must admit, though, I was more concerned about my stomach ache than my transformation into a delectable combination of processed meat and cheddar.
The sensation in my belly wasn't severe enough to describe it as "fiery torment," but it was well past the "mild discomfort" mark. I really didn't want to drive, but I did anyway because I didn't want to commute two hours to work on a Monday, a day which, at the Observer, can be described as "fiery torment."
I made it to the I-94 Manchester exit before a slight rumbling toward the end of my large intestine told me that it had, indeed, been a bad decision to depart for Morenci. Experience told me that the area between Manchester and Adrian offers few rest areas, fewer still on Sunday nights, so I knew I was in a bad way. Compounding my situation, too, was a certain social timidness I have concerning these matters, especially when it comes to using bathrooms not my own.
I had no choice by to plough on.
About 25 minutes after that initial rumbling, I had made it to the outskirts of Adrian. My situation had escalated from "Hi, Jeff, this is nature calling" to "Listen Jeff, if we don't do something about this right now, you're going to get in a car crash, and the underwear they find you in will not be clean."
My only hope was Scott Whitehouse, brother of former reporter Brad Whitehouse, who lives in, you guessed it, a white house off of M-52. Sadly, though, the windows were dark and the driveway was empty when I passed. I clenched the steering wheel tighter, imagining tomorrow's newspaper headlines:
"GIANT MEATBALL FOUND EXPLODED OUTSIDE OF ADRIAN; UNDERWEAR SOILED" or "HOLES IN MEATBALL'S SOCKS BESPEAK POOR REARING."
I resolved, then, to make it home, no matter the cost. I was not going to drag the sterling Pickell reputation into this, so I steeled myself, gritted my teeth and drove.
And twenty-five minutes later, I galloped up the stairs to my apartment, smashed the door in, and made for the bathroom. From the onset I could tell I was going to be there awhile, so it was a good thing I had the Essential Captain America within arm's reach. I opened it and tried not to pay attention to things happening elsewhere in the apartment, most significantly right below me.
What were the first words I read? It was good old Cap. "Thumbs up, soldier," he said.
Thumbs up to you too, Cap.
Tune in in two weeks for "Jeff's Adventures with Chex Mix!"- Dec. 14, 2005

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Packers' record in Super Bowls: 4-1
Series record (including playoffs): Packers lead, 22-14
The NFL was founded in a Hupmobile showroom in Canton, Ohio, a town located thousands of miles from Dallas with Super Bowl XLV being staged at a venue at the complete other end of the spectrum from a car dealer's showroom. But the participants in this Super Bowl are two of the storied franchises in the history of a league founded in 1920. The Steelers (six) and the Packers (12) have combined for 18 league championships, and the teams now have made a combined 13 appearances in the Super Bowl. And at their core, the Steelers and Packers franchises represent what is special about the National Football League – both have been extremely successful without the advantages of being in a major market, and while the Steelers have been family-owned throughout their existence the Packers are the only team in the league that's community-owned.
The Steelers had closed to 21-17 and they had the ball at the Green Bay 41-yard line after a re-kick of a punt following a penalty. After an 8-yard run on first down,
Green Bay has scored first in all five of its Super Bowl appearances.
Nick Collins' 36-yard interception return for a touchdown was the 13th in Super Bowl history. Teams that return an interception for a touchdown in the Super Bowl are now 11-0.
The Steelers were penalized four times for 32 yards in the first half, while the Packers were flagged only for an illegal celebration by Nick Collins following his 36-yard interception return for a touchdown.
The Steelers were minus-three in turnover ratio
* The Steelers' best offense of the first half came in the final 1:45 of the first half. On the seven-play, 77-yard touchdown drive,
* As a balance to the Steelers having to play the entire second half without receiver
* In the first five minutes of the second half, the Steelers got exactly what they needed – a stop by their defense and a touchdown by their offense.
* On the series after Mendenhall's touchdown, the Steelers got off the field with a third-down sack by
* A huge flip in field position late in the third quarter. On a fourth down from the Steelers 21-yard line,
* On a third-and-2 from the Packers 25-yard line, defensive coordinator Dom Capers got aggressive with a blitz, and Roethlisberger got the ball to
* The defense allowed the Packers to convert a third-and-10 with a 31-yard pass to Greg Jennings that moved the ball to the Steelers 44-yard line. But after Green Bay moved down to a first-and-goal, the Steelers defense stiffened and forced a field goal that kept the margin within a touchdown and an extra point, 31-25.
* The Steelers second possession began nicely. After a Green Bay punt went for a touchback, Rashard Mendenhall went for 15 yards on first down and then he rushed for 9 more to set up the Steelers with a second-and-1 from the Pittsburgh 44-yard line. But
* After the Packers took a 7-0 lead,
* On the first offensive play following Mundy's penalty. Roethlisberger's deep pass for Mike Wallace was severely underthrown, and Nick Collins intercepted the ball and returned it 36 yards for a touchdown and a 14-0 Packers lead. It appeared Roethlisberger may have altered his delivery a bit because of pressure from Green Bay's Howard Green.
* Roethlisberger's second interception came on an attempted slant to Mike Wallace. Jarrett Bush came off his man and beat Wallace to the spot for the interception that the Packers turned into a 21-3 lead four plays later on a 21-yard pass to Greg Jennings from Aaron Rodgers.
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The black hole at the centre of our galaxy isn't happy. In fact, it's spitting out its biggest X-ray flares ever, which are a hundred times more powerful than anything it's ever produced before.
It's not clear why it eject X-rays like this, but it sure looks angry when it does — just like in this image, which was captured by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. [The Astrophysical Journal via New Scientist]
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Have you ever been a friend or business associate of a terrorist? Not someone who, to your shock and horror, turned out secretly to have bombed government buildings. No, the question is whether you've ever befriended an unreconstructed radical whose past was well known to you when you entered his orbit and walked through doors he opened for you. Have you been chummy with an unapologetic terrorist who, years after you'd known and worked closely with him, was still telling the New York Times he regretted only failing to carry out more attacks — and that America still "makes me want to puke"?
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The item discusses a proposal by Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan, former Mayor of Bogota, to replace Jersey's graduated income tax that has rates running from 1.4% to 8.97% with a 2.98% flat tax on the first dollar of income earned. The "flat tax" is opposed by rival Republican candidate Chris Christie.
This is like Pennsylvania's current flat tax on all taxable income of 3.07%. The PA state income tax system is similar to the NJ Gross Income Tax (actually PA came first – we stole it from them) in that it is a "gross" income tax with minimal deductions. It does not allow losses in one category of income to offset income in other categories. If you have $10,000 in wages and $3,000 in stock market losses you are taxed on $10,000. However in PA income is taxed from "dollar one" – there is no personal exemption or filing threshold. PA does have a special "Tax Forgiveness" credit for lower income filers.
According to the piece, "If ever a state were ripe for bold economic reform, it would be New Jersey, which is shedding jobs and is in perennial budget crisis despite one of the highest tax burdens in the land".
Candidate Christie's ads claim that the flat tax isn't fair because it would raise taxes on "almost 70% of working families." But "Mr. Lonegan counters that only 40% would pay more -- by an average of less than $300 for a family earning $20,000 -- and their tax liability would still be lower than in New York and Pennsylvania. The average New Jersey family's tax bill would fall by $1,000 a year."
In defending his flat tax on the first dollar Lonegan says what I have been saying for quite a while now about the federal income tax – "every working New Jersey resident should pay something -- on the principle that everyone should bear at least some of the cost of government".
The item points out that under current Governor Jon "Big Disappointment" Corzine and his predecessor Jim "Gay American" McGreevey NJ has enacted "103 tax increases, including income and sales tax rate hikes".
And "from 2001 to 2008, New Jersey lost a net 25,000 private-sector jobs even as public employment grew by 65,000 workers". Since government workers will vote for the Democratic party this makes good political sense, although horrible public policy. But then we residents of the Garden State all know too well that NJ politicians only care about maintaining the "status quo" and fattening their own wallets, and those of their supporters, and don't give a horse's arse about what is best for the state.
I support Steve Lonegan's flat tax proposal, and am leaning toward voting for Steve in the primary. Christie made his name putting away NJ corrupt politicians – and while he made a good start he barely scratched the surface since most NJ politicians remain in office (if he were able to put all NJ corrupt politicians behind bars we would need to annex Rhode Island as a prison) – but he is basically a "one hit wonder", so to speak, and he has the backing of the state's existing Republican leaders, which is not necessarily to his credit.
Another thing I like about Lonegan - he has said that the NJ Homestead Rebate is "a gimmick". Talk about hitting the nail on the head. Let's call a spade a spade - it is a political gimmick intended to buy votes.
One thing is sure – New Jersey needs to "Get a GRIP" (Get Rid of ALL Incumbent Politicians) in the coming election!


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The second episode is titled "Everything I Do Gonn Be Funky" named after Allen toussaint composition Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky". Great version performed by the Dirty.The
The thrid episode is again name after one of Allen Toussaint composition titled "On Your Way Down" Two more of Allen's compositions are featured in the series one titled Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley performed but Antoine Batiste's band Soul apostle and Tipitina and Me is the featured music in the closing of episode 9. We thank TREME for including Allen Toussaint and so many other of the great musicians of New Orleans in the series. Enjoy the show.
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By Aaron Neville (EMI Gospel, 2010)
Put the name of New Orleans R&B singer Aaron Neville alongside those of Flannery O'Connor or Walker Percy in your list of great Catholic artists of the past 100 years. Fifty years ago, on a session with legendary pianist Allen Toussaint, Neville's achingly beautiful tenor voice launched a career that has, in the decades since, taken the singer from the top of the charts to the bottom of the barrel. On this record, again working with Toussaint, Neville and his angelic voice come home to rest in the everlasting arms of gospel music.
Neville grew up in a black Catholic family in New Orleans and says that his faith never wavered. But in the late 1960s, after his first great pop success, Neville fell into a heroin addiction that, he says, was cured through the intervention of St. Jude. That miracle cleared the way for an incredibly productive period in the 1970s and '80s, both as a solo artist and as the main voice of The Neville Brothers.
On I Know I've Been Changed, Neville works with producer Joe Henry, who previously supervised comeback albums for some other legends—Solomon Burke, Mose Allison, and Toussaint himself. Henry strips away the orchestrated gloss that decorated much of Neville's later solo work and puts him to work singing hard-core, old-time gospel standards such as "Stand By Me" and "I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last)" with a bare-bones band consisting mostly of piano, guitar, bass, and drums.
Neville freely acknowledges that his voice is a gift from God. That attitude has led him to offer his music, unannounced and unheralded, during Mass at New Orleans churches. But he has also taken very good care of his gift. At age 69, the voice is as crystal-clear and supple as it was 30 years ago. Henry's arrangements give that great instrument plenty of room to wander up and down the scales and in and out of his patented falsetto. The result is a roots-music masterpiece.


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The Russell Building was occupied in 1909 by the Senate of the 61st Congress. Rapid growth over the next 20 years resulted in an addition, the First Street Wing.
The Cannon Building was occupied in December 1907 by the 60th Congress. The House outgrew the office space by 1913 and 51 rooms were added to the original building by raising the roof and adding a fifth floor. In 1962, the building was named for the former Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon.
Both buildings were designed with the Capitol in mind so as not to compete visually with the main building. They are connected underground to the Capitol by passageways. Upon their completion, the Cannon and Russell Buildings became classic models, copied in the city of Washington, DC as well as around the country.
The Cannon House Office Building is located at Independence and New Jersey Aves., NE. The Russell Senate Office Building is located at Delaware and Constitution Aves., NE. Both buildings are open to the public during normal office hours while Congress is in session. For more information on touring the Capitol Complex, please call 202/225-6827. Cannon Metro stop: Capitol South; Russell Metro stop: Union Station
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The LA Galaxy announced today that the club has traded forward Alan Gordon to Chivas USA in exchange for allocation money.
Gordon entered the season as the Galaxy's longest-tenured player, having made his debut for the club in 2004. In seven years with the club, Gordon had 16 goals and 12 assists in 99 regular season games, while also appearing in nine postseason games, including MLS Cup 2005 in Frisco, Texas, when the Galaxy won their second league championship. This season, Gordon had one goal in 12 regular season games, while also appearing in both of the club's U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League matches.
The 28-year-old graduate was selected by the Galaxy in the sixth round of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft out of Oregon State University. He made his debut for the club in a 0-0 draw with San Jose on September 25 of that year. Gordon had his best season with the club in 2008 when he set career-highs with five goals and seven assists in 26 games with the Galaxy.


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Early 20th century artist's conception of Nebraska Man
The June 24, 1922 Illustrated London News presented on its front cover a man and a woman that had been fabricated from a single tooth. The artist even incorporated into the drawings of this alleged "missing link" imaginary surroundings and clothing. Henry Fairfield Osborn, head of the department of paleontology at New York's famed American Museum of Natural History, received the tooth and was prepared to enter it as evidence at the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" trial. However, by 1927, scientists had concluded (somewhat begrudgingly) that, in fact, the tooth was that of a species of Prosthennops—an extinct genus related to the modern peccary (a wild pig). No missing link here.
In 1912, Charles Dawson, a medical doctor and amateur paleontologist, discovered a mandible and a portion of a skull in a gravel pit at Piltdown, England. Arthur Smith-Woodward, director of the Natural History Museum of London, announced the find as the "missing link." The jawbone appeared very simian-like except for the teeth, which seemed to show the type of wear expected of humans. In 1953, Piltdown Man was exposed as a forgery. The skull was human, and the teeth on the ape's jaw had been intentionally filed down and treated biochemically to make them appear old. This deception did far more than dupe a few evolutionists, however. The whole world was taken in. Museums worldwide proudly displayed copies and photographs of the Piltdown remains. For forty years this "find" was pronounced as the ape-like ancestor to modern man. But it was just a fraud. No missing link here.
In 1982, a team of three Catalan archaeologists, headed by professor José Gibert, were digging near the village of Orce in Spain. During their dig, they uncovered an unusual bone fragment. A year later, they announced that the fragment belonged to a human child—causing an uproar in the evolutionary community. This discovery placed humans in Europe much earlier than evolutionists had ever predicted. Based on this find, some over-eager scientists reconstructed an entire human. Orce Man, as the find came to be known, was said to represent the oldest human fossil ever discovered in Europe. Later, to the embarrassment of many, the bone was identified as the skull cap of a 6-month-old donkey! No missing link here.
This famous skeleton was found in 1921 in a zinc mine in what was then British Rhodesia in southern Africa. The find consisted of the bones of three or four individuals: a man, a woman, and one or two children. Unfortunately, the bones were extracted from their surroundings by the mining company, not experienced scientists. After the bones reached the British Museum of Natural History, they were reconstructed and displayed prominently for many years. Unfortunately, museum employees who were unfamiliar with human anatomy reconstructed this "ape- man." Since the hipbones were smashed, the designers fashioned this fossil as being stooped over. It wasn't until many years later, when anatomists examined the skeleton, that it was determined to be nothing more than a modern man. No missing link here.
This "missing link" was classified as a member of Homo erectus, the group of creatures that was supposed to have given rise to Homo sapiens (humans). Eugene Dubois had gone to the former Dutch Indies as a health officer in 1887 to search for fossils. Later, in 1890, the Dutch anatomist focused his attention on the banks of the Solo River near the village of Trinil. Excavators discovered a human-like fossilized tooth in September 1891. One month later, they uncovered the upper part of a skull. A year later, the team discovered a thigh bone in the same sandstone layers, about fifteen meters upstream. Despite additional excavations, the team did not discover anything else except one tooth. As it turns out, the leg bone and teeth were, in fact, human. However, the skullcap eventually was shown to be from a giant gibbon (a monkey). No missing link here.


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Applications available for city summer youth employment program
Applications are available for the Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program (PSYEP). This year's six-week jobs program will place over 300 young residents in employment with the city, who will gain valuable work experience, earn wages and contribute to Pittsburgh's economic growth.
Since Mayor Luke Ravenstahl brought back the program in 2007, nearly 2,700 young people have received summer jobs ranging from restoring and conserving city parks to administrative tasks in an office setting.
The locally and federally funded six-week PSYEP will begin Monday, July 1 and continue through Friday, Aug. 9, and is available to City of Pittsburgh residents between the ages of 14 and 21. Youths will be assigned to perform outdoor work, including restoration and conservation of city parks, public property and vacant lots, or internships, including general office work in a variety of local businesses or organizations. They will be paid $7.25 per hour, $6.00 per hour for Work Readiness Training and may work up to 30 hours per week.
Applications are available by download at pittsburghpa.gov/personnel/pittsburghpartnership/psyep or by visiting one of the application centers: Goodwill of SWPA (South Side) at 2400 East Carson Street (412-632-1740), Eastside Neighborhood Employment Center (East) at 5321 Penn Avenue (412-362-8580) or West End Works (West) at 825 Lorenz Avenue (412-533-2029). Applications will also be available at several neighborhood and community organizations.
Applications must be submitted in person, with the required eligibility documentation stated in the guidelines, to one of the application centers. Applications are accepted from Wednesday, May 1 until Monday, May 13. Applicants who are less than 18 years of age must have their application signed by a parent or legal guardian.
Applicants are selected by a random lottery; selected applicants will be notified by phone or e-mail.
For more information about the 2013 Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program, contact Jim Brenner, youth program supervisor at 412-255-2675.
The 2013 Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program is made possible through Mayor Ravenstahl's allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and generous grant funding provided by the Keith T. Hammond Fund; Jane Holmes Hall for Boys Memorial Fund and the Harry W. and Irene Freye Fund from The Pittsburgh Foundation in the amount of $125,000, and a grant from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in the amount of $75,000.


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Synopsis: The ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993 was a stab-in-the-back to the working people of North America. In his remarks on signing NAFTA, President Bill Clinton cited his primary reason for supporting the treaty: "First of all, because NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't support this agreement." Former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford were all present at the signing ceremony to support NAFTA as Ronald Reagan had done in an op-ed published a few days earlier.
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Tags: civic revolution, combating globalization, guest worker programs, NAFTA, neoliberal globalization, offshoring jobs, transnational capitalism


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Twitter is all over the music tech news today, but Facebook just quietly rolled out another social music feature too: the ability to specify what you are listening to — you know, the same way the new Twitter #music app lets you say what's #NowPlaying.
When you post a status update on Facebook, a new option appears that looks like a little smiley face, right alongside the other icons for who you are with, where you are, and what you are looking at (in the form of an image). Now, you can add how you are feeling or what you watching, reading, listening to, drinking, or eating, with the option to select from pre-filled options or enter your own text:
In the case of the music feature, Facebook appears to be pulling from likes and possibly listening activity, because I do in fact Like Slint, Pulp, and Beck, as well as the other artists included in the pre-filled selection.
When you post the status update, little headphones appear next to it, like this:
That looks to be all there is to this new feature.
However, it's interesting that Facebook elected to roll out a "what I'm listening to" feature a couple of hours after Twitter rolled out #NowPlaying as part of its new music app. Competition appears to be heating up between these two in their efforts to convince us to divulge everything about ourselves at all times, in real time.


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For the view with the drapey bit at the front, it is actually an extra bit of rectangle piece of fabric that gets sewn onto the front under the belt.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Mad Men dress part 2
For the view with the drapey bit at the front, it is actually an extra bit of rectangle piece of fabric that gets sewn onto the front under the belt.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
The dress I've sewn 4 times and still haven't made....
I had planned to make it from a fuschia/deep purple wool crepe that I have in the stash picked up some time ago from either a garage sale or op shop. I also had picked out the perfect brooch and shoes to go with it.
But.......It is for bust 38 in., which is about 4in. too big for me so I need to grade the pattern down a few sizes. Also two pattern pieces are missing, including a gusset piece under the arm so I need to draft one somehow with hardly any pattern markings to go by, because it is one of those old style patterns with just the punched holes. And if all that isn't enough challenges, it comes with instructions that give BWOF a run for their money in terms of brevity. So all that called for a fitting muslin, which normally I loathe doing because frankly I'm a little bit lazy.
However, after four, yes four muslins all I have to show for all that time and effort are a dress that is way too big, a dress that is way too small, and two dresses that just sit wonky and wrong all made out of fugly fabric from the stash. No goldilocks moment at all (ie no just right dress!). The problem is that the pattern is asymmetrical with all those darts and funny tucking of fabric to make the belt on the skirt front on one side only, so it is not that simple to just take some extra width out evenly across the front.
So having made this four times over and still no wearable dress, or even a UFO to show for it, I'm calling it quits and am moving on. I don't have enough time, patience or sleep in reserve these days to dilly dally around on a dress that I probably won't wear for ages anyway, and it's not like I don't another pattern or 600 to choose from! In fact, I've already found another although it too needs downsizing, hmmmm maybe I'll keep looking......
Friday, 18 September 2009
A little sewing.....
And the last word on the biting during nursing - Anna seems to have stopped doing this now thankfully, it was getting more than a little annoying. And at mother's group on Wednesday two of the other mums reported that their little angels had started biting them too, so I had a silent chuckle to myself and then passed on all your tips!
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
how to make a messy room even messier.....
However, I've noticed that Anna mostly bites during her last feed of the night so I think she's either tired or not enough milk is coming out and that's why she's biting, so by paying attention and unlatching when she stops feeding and before she starts biting seems to have fixed it for now. Carolyn - I did plan to breastfeed for at least 12 months so I can put her straight onto cow's milk rather than try to start bottle feeding formula at this late stage, so hopefully I can last another four months.
Tomorrow I'm heading into my work to sit through a meeting on another restructure to make sure I don't come back to some crazy situation next February. I couldn't rustle up a babysitter so I have to take Anna along, but if it does get boring at least I'll have an excuse to leave ("sorry everyone, the baby needs changing!). At this point in time I'm not too concerned, I know I'll definitely have a job and maybe a change in management would be good.
Anyway I'm hoping to do some shoe shopping tomorrow when I'm in the city, the weather is hotting up around here and I'm thinking of spring outfits plus I haven't bought a new pair all year! In fact I've cleared out about 10 pairs, so I think I'm due some new ones, maybe even ones with (sensible) heels....
Friday, 4 September 2009
viking tunic or BWoF?
Looks very much like the viking tunic I made recently for my friend don't you think? I guess fashion really is circular.....


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Nestled in an elbow of beautiful Samford Creek, the village of Samford is an idyllic picture of relaxed country living. Approximately 45 minutes drive from the bustle of Brisbane, Samford is located in the endearing Samford Valley at the foot of Mount Nebo.
The picturesque drive to Samford will take you through forest, farmland and valleys, framed by the spectacular mountains of the D'Aguilar range in the distance. Quaint craft shops, art galleries and historical points of interest are sprinkled throughout the village. The historic pub, built-in 1906 is a great place for lunch. Or you may like to sample fresh local fare at a charming cafe or restaurant offering creek and rainforest views.
For something special, visit one of Samford's regular markets for handmade gifts or savour farm-fresh produce, preserves, baked goods and organic tea and coffee.
On the eastern outskirts of Samford is Brisbane Forest Park and Samford State Forest. Put on a pair of comfortable walking shoes and discover gorges fringed with rainforest, freshwater ponds, thick eucalypt woodland and spectacular views to Moreton Bay. Good picnic and barbecue facilities are provided so make a day of it with a packed lunch.
Accommodation at Samford includes boutique hotels, mountain retreats and bed-and-breakfasts. Camping facilities are also provided at Brisbane Forest Park.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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(Bloomberg ) The lawyer who drafted Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss's plan for an exchange-traded fund investing in the virtual currency Bitcoin said she is "in dialogue" with regulators over revising the plan.
An amended version of the proposal for the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, first filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, will probably be submitted within two weeks, Kathleen H. Moriarty, a partner at Chicago-based law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, said in a Jan. 28 interview in Hollywood, Florida.
The Winklevoss twins, who claimed Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for a social-networking website to start Facebook Inc. (FB), are seeking to open the first ETF tracking a virtual asset. More than 1,500 ETFs in the U.S. manage about $1.7 trillion, investing chiefly in stocks, bonds and commodities.
Approval for a new type of ETF can involve several rounds of comments from regulators, and multiple resubmissions of the application, said Moriarty. The approval process for the Bitcoin ETF is "progressing nicely and might occur at the end of 2014," she said.
The Winklevosses owned about $10 million in Bitcoins, or 1 percent of the outstanding amount, when they filed their initial application.
Bitcoin is a software protocol for issuing and moving money across the Internet. It has gained traction with merchants selling everything from Sacramento Kings basketball tickets to kitchen mixers on Overstock.com to illegal narcotics. Created five years ago by a person or group using the name Satoshi Nakamoto, the value of Bitcoins has varied. The CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index valued the currency yesterday at $837.51.
Illicit Goods
Regulators and law-enforcement officials have expressed concern that virtual currencies could facilitate money laundering and sales of illegal goods. On Jan. 27, federal prosecutors indicted a prominent figure among Bitcoin entrepreneurs, Charlie Shrem, for alleged money laundering linked to Silk Road, a Bitcoin-driven website allegedly used for buying drugs and other illicit goods.
Shrem has denied the charges through his lawyer. After closing the site in October, authorities said their probe is "ongoing."
ETFs, unlike mutual funds, issue shares that trade on an exchange like a stock. They typically track an index.


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Teacher, Glasgow City
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Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
Job Description
Can you make a difference to the future lives of Glasgow's children? You must be committed, passionate and a well qualified staff member. We will support you to inspire the learning of our children and young people. Teaching duties - supporting the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence across all ages and stages of Primary school. In addition to the range of teaching and other duties outlined in the job specification we are looking for individuals who enjoy working collegiately with colleagues, and who have a firm commitment to improving the outcomes for Glasgow's young people. RC approval is required to work in denominational sector.
Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme will be essential on taking up appointment along with GTCS Registration. Please note successful candidates will be required to pay for their PVG Membership/or Scheme Checks.
In line with section 21(2A) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 the successful candidate for this post will require RC Approval.
Closing date: 29/03/2020
Reference: GLA06148
St Cuthbert's Primary School, Benview Campus, 100 Bilsland Ave, Glasgow
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The following Commission Decision finds reasonable cause to believe that discrimination occured under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, in two charges challenging the exclusion of prescription contraceptives from a health insurance plan. The Decision is a formal statement of Commission policy as applied to the facts at issue in these charges.
The Charging Parties, female employees of Respondents, allege that Respondents have engaged in an unlawful employment practice in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. (Title VII). Specifically, Charging Parties challenge Respondents' failure to offer insurance coverage for the cost of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices.
Respondents are employers within the meaning of Section 701(b) of the Act. All other jurisdictional requirements have also been met.
Charging Party A, a registered nurse, began working for Respondent A in 1997. Under its health insurance plan, Respondent A covers numerous medical treatments and services, including prescription drugs; vaccinations; preventive medical care for children and adults, including pap smears and routine mammograms for women; and preventive dental care. Respondent A also covers the cost of surgical means of contraception, namely vasectomies and tubal ligations. However, Respondent A's plan excludes coverage for prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, whether they are used for birth control or for other medical purposes.
Charging Party A wishes to use oral contraceptives for birth control purposes. Based on her medical history, Charging Party A also wishes to use oral contraceptives to alleviate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea and pre-menstrual syndrome and to prevent the development of ovarian cancer.
Charging Party B, a registered nurse, began her employment with Respondent B on May 1, 1999. Respondent B is commonly owned with Respondent A, and offers to its employees the same health insurance policy that Respondent A offers to its employees. As a result, Charging Party B is subject to the same exclusions from health coverage as Charging Party A. Charging Party B wishes to use Depo Provera, an injectible prescription contraceptive, for birth control purposes.
Charging Parties both allege that Respondents' failure to offer coverage for prescription contraceptive drugs and devices constitutes discrimination on the bases of sex and pregnancy in violation of Title VII. Respondents deny that the exclusion of prescription contraceptives, which on its face does not distinguish between men and women, is discriminatory.
Based on current medical knowledge, individuals who wish to avoid conception may choose from a range of contraceptive alternatives. These alternatives include surgical procedures, like vasectomies and tubal ligations; non-prescription birth control, like condoms; and prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, like birth control pills, diaphragms, intra-uterine devices, and Norplant implants. Prescription contraceptives are available only to women.
Oral contraceptives are also widely recognized as effective in treating certain medical conditions that exclusively affect women, such as dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps) and pre-menstrual syndrome.(1) Contraceptives are also sometimes prescribed to prevent the development of ovarian cancer. Respondents' insurance plan excludes contraceptives "regardless of intended use."(2)
The Commission concludes that Respondents' exclusion of prescription contraceptives violates Title VII, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act,(3) whether the contraceptives are used for birth control or for other medical purposes.
To clarify its long-standing intent with regard to Title VII, Congress enacted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) to explicitly require equal treatment of women "affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions" in all aspects of employment, including the receipt of fringe benefits.(4) This language bars employers from treating women who are pregnant or affected by related medical conditions differently from others who are similarly able or unable to work. It also prohibits employers from singling out pregnancy or related medical conditions in their benefit plans.
As the Supreme Court has made clear, the PDA's prohibitions cover a woman's potential for pregnancy, as well as pregnancy itself. Recognizing that the PDA prohibits "discrimination on the basis of a woman's ability to become pregnant," the Court concluded that an employment policy that excluded women capable of bearing children from certain jobs was an impermissible classification because it was based on the potential for pregnancy. As the Court held, "[u]nder the PDA, such a classification must be regarded, for Title VII purposes, in the same light as explicit sex discrimination."(5) Under the Court's analysis, the fact that it is women, rather than men, who have the ability to become pregnant cannot be used to penalize them in any way, including in the terms and conditions of their employment.
Contraception is a means by which a woman controls her ability to become pregnant. The PDA's prohibition on discrimination against women based on their ability to become pregnant thus necessarily includes a prohibition on discrimination related to a woman's use of contraceptives. Under the PDA, for example, Respondents could not discharge an employee from her job because she uses contraceptives. So, too, Respondents may not discriminate in their health insurance plan by denying benefits for prescription contraceptives when they provide benefits for comparable drugs and devices.
This conclusion is supported by additional language in the PDA that specifically exempts employers from any obligation to offer health benefits for abortion in most circumstances.(6) Congress understood that absent an explicit exemption, the PDA would require coverage of medical expenses resulting from a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy.
The same analysis applies to the question of whether the PDA covers prescription contraceptives. As just discussed, the PDA's prohibition of discrimination in connection with a woman's ability to become pregnant necessarily includes the denial of benefits for contraception. Had Congress meant to limit the applicability of the PDA to contraception, therefore, it would have enacted a statutory exemption similar to the abortion exemption. Such an exemption, of course, does not exist for contraceptives.
Further, construing the PDA to cover contraception implements Congress' clearly expressed intent in enacting the PDA. Congress wanted to equalize employment opportunities for men and women, and to address discrimination against female employees that was based on assumptions that they would become pregnant.(7) Congress thus prohibited discrimination against women based on "the whole range of matters concerning the childbearing process,"(8) and gave women "the right ... to be financially and legally protected before, during, and after [their] pregnancies."(9) It was only by extending such protection that Congress could ensure that women would not be disadvantaged in the workplace either because of their pregnancies or because of their ability to bear children.
In sum, the Commission concludes that the PDA covers contraception based on its plain language, the Supreme Court's interpretation of the statute, and Congress' clearly expressed legislative intent.
The PDA requires that expenses related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions be treated the same as expenses related to other medical conditions.(10) Because Respondents have failed to provide such equal treatment in this case, they are liable for discrimination under the PDA.
Contraception is a means to prevent, and to control the timing of, the medical condition of pregnancy. In evaluating whether Respondents have provided equal insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives, therefore, the Commission looks to Respondents' coverage of other prescription drugs and devices, or other types of services, that are used to prevent the occurrence of other medical conditions. In Respondents' plan, such drugs, devices, and services include:
Respondents have made three arguments to justify their exclusion. First, Respondents allege that their plan covers treatment of medical conditions only if "there is something abnormal about [the employee's] mental or physical health,"(12) and thus that the above-listed drugs and services are not appropriate comparators for evaluating Respondents' coverage of contraceptives. However, this argument reflects a misunderstanding about the nature of pregnancy. It is widely recognized in the medical community that pregnancy is a medical condition that poses risks to, and consequences for, a woman.(13)
In addition, Respondents' argument is also belied by the explicit terms of their health plan, which is not, in fact, restricted to coverage of "abnormal" conditions. First, Respondents cover contraception through surgical forms of sterilization - vasectomies and tubal ligations -- without requiring any showing of the reasons individuals are undergoing the procedures. More broadly, Respondents cover numerous treatments and services that are designed to maintain current health and prevent the occurrence of future medical conditions, whether or not there is something "abnormal" about the employee's current health status. It is appropriate, for example, to compare Respondents' coverage of vaccinations or physical examinations to that of contraceptives, because both serve the same preventive purposes. Because Respondents have treated contraception differently from preventive treatments and services for other medical conditions, they have discriminated on the basis of pregnancy.(14)
Respondents also claim that Charging Parties' claims are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1144(a), 1191.(15) This claim is without merit. ERISA preempts certain state laws that regulate insurance, but explicitly exempts federal law from preemption.(16) Moreover, the fact that ERISA does not require health plans to "provide specific benefits" does not mean that other statutes - namely Title VII - do not impose such requirements where necessary to avoid or correct discrimination.
Finally, Respondents state that they have excluded contraception for "strictly financial reasons."(17) Respondents' motivation is, however, legally irrelevant. Although Congress clearly anticipated that an employer's insurance costs would likely increase once the PDA required employers to cover pregnancy and related medical conditions,(18) it wrote no cost defense into the law.(19)
The analysis set forth above applies to Charging Parties' claims that Respondents' exclusion unlawfully interferes with their ability to use prescription contraceptives for birth control purposes. Charging Party A has further claimed that Respondents' exclusion applies not only to her use of contraceptives for birth control purposes, but also to her use of contraceptives to treat dysmenorrhea and menstrual cramps. Respondents have violated Title VII's basic nondiscrimination principles regardless of the purpose of Charging Parties' use of contraceptives.
Respondents assert that their exclusion does not constitute sex discrimination because it does not explicitly distinguish between men and women.(20) However, prescription contraceptives are available only for women. As a result, Respondents' explicit refusal to offer insurance coverage for them is, by definition, a sex-based exclusion. Because 100 percent of the people affected by Respondent's policy are members of the same protected group - here, women -- Respondent's policy need not specifically refer to that group in order to be facially discriminatory.(21)
Moreover, Respondents' other efforts to mount a defense are unavailing. Respondents may not rely on arguments that coverage of contraception is precluded by ERISA or may be denied based on cost concerns. Nor can Respondents successfully argue that contraception is not medically necessary, whether used for birth control or other medical purposes. See Section I(B), supra.
The inequality in treatment is apparent whether Charging Parties wish to use contraceptives to prevent conception or for other medical purposes. This is because Respondents have circumscribed the treatment options available to women, but not to men. Respondents' health plan effectively covers approved, non-experimental treatments for employees' medical conditions unless those treatments involve contraceptives. This is unlawful.(22)
There is reasonable cause to believe that Respondents have engaged in an unlawful employment practice in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, by failing to offer insurance coverage for the cost of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices. Charging Parties are entitled to reimbursement of the costs of their prescription contraceptives for the applicable back pay period. In addition, the District Office is instructed to determine whether any cognizable damages have resulted from Respondents' actions.
In order to avoid violating Title VII in the future:
The charges are remanded to the field for further processing in accordance with this decision.
Executive Officer
Executive Secretariat
1. See, e.g., Kaunitz, Oral Contraceptive Health Benefits: Perception v. Reality, Contraception 1999, 59:29S-33S (January 1999); Sulak, Oral Contraceptives: Therapeutic Uses and Quality -of-Life Benefits - Case Presentations, Contraception 1999, 59:35S-38S (January 1999).
2. Letter from Respondents to EEOC, June 22, 2000.
3. Numerous states have also addressed policies like Respondents'. To date, thirteen states have passed legislation mandating insurance coverage of contraception where a policy covers prescription drugs or devices. See Cal. Ins. Code 10123.196 (California); Del. Code Ann., title 18, 3559 (Delaware); 1999 Conn. Acts 99-79 (June 3, 1999) (Connecticut); Ga. Code Ann. 33-24-59.6 (Georgia); Hawaii Rev. Stat. 431:10A-116.6, 431:10A-116.7, 432:1-604.5 (Hawaii); Iowa Code 514C.19; Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., title 24, 2332-J, Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., title 24-A, 2756, 2847-G, 4247 (Maine); Md. Code Ann., Ins., 15-826 (Maryland); Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. 689A.0415 et seq. (Nevada); N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann., title 37, 415:18-i (New Hampshire); 1999 N.C. Sess. Laws 90 (June 30, 1999) (North Carolina); R.I. Gen. Laws 27-18-57, 27-19-48, 27-20-43, 27-41-59 (Rhode Island); 8 Vt. Stat. Ann. 4099c (Vermont). Insurance plans offered to federal employees must meet similar requirements. P.L. 106-58, 113 Stat. 430 (Sept. 29, 1999).
4. 42 U.S.C. 2000e(k).
5. Int'l Union, UAW v. Johnson Controls, 499 U.S. 187, 199, 211 (1991).
6. 42 U.S.C. 2000e(k).
7. H.R. Rep. No. 948, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 3 (1978) ("[t]he assumption that women will become pregnant and leave the labor force leads to the view of women as marginal workers, and is at the root of the discriminatory practices which keep women in low-paying and dead-end jobs"); see also id. at 6-7; 123 Cong. Rec. 29,385 (1977) (statement of Senator Williams, chief sponsor of the Senate bill that led to the PDA) ("[b]ecause of their capacity to become pregnant, women have been viewed as marginal workers not deserving of the full benefits of compensation and advancement . . .").
8. H.R. Rep. No. 948, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 5 (1978).
9. 124 Cong. Rec. H38,574 (daily ed. October 14, 1978) (statement of Rep. Sarasin, a manager of the House version of the PDA).
10. See, e.g., 29 C.F.R. Part 1604, App. Introduction ("any health insurance provided must cover expenses for pregnancy-related conditions on the same basis as expenses for other medical conditions").
11. See Respondents' Summary Plan Description at, e.g., pp. 87, 90, 112, 137.
12. Letter from Respondents to EEOC, June 22, 2000.
13. See, e.g., Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act 1998: Hearings on S. 766 before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 105th Cong., 2d Sess. 25 (1998) (statement of Richard H. Schwarz, M.D.); 144 Cong. Rec. S9,194 (daily ed. July 29, 1998) (statement of Senator Snowe) (there is "nothing 'optional' about contraception. It is a medical necessity for women during 30 years of their lifespan. To ignore the health benefits of contraception is to say that the alternative of 12 to 15 pregnancies during a woman's lifetime is medically acceptable.") (quoting statement by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists).
14. In addition, Respondents cover Viagra where patients complain about "decreased sexual interest or energy," whether or not the individual has been diagnosed as impotent. Letter from Respondents to EEOC, August 25, 2000. Respondents' assertion that their plan covers treatments only for abnormal medical conditions is not credible in light of these facts.
15. Letter from Respondents to EEOC, June 22, 2000.
16. 29 U.S.C. 1144(a) (setting forth basic rule of preemption of state law); 1144(d) ("[n]othing in this subchapter shall be construed to alter, amend, modify, invalidate, impair, or supersede any law of the United States . . . or any rule or regulation issued under any such law"); see also Shaw v. Delta Airlines, 463 U.S. 85 (1983) (state laws that are co-extensive with federal laws are not preempted by ERISA).
17. Letter from Respondents to EEOC, April 19, 2000.
18. See, e.g., Statement of Senator Williams, floor manager of the PDA, reprinted in "Legislative History of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978," at 63, 64 (1980) (identifying "significant cost factor[s]" that would be incurred by employers, but noting that "the committee found that the cost of equal treatment of pregnancy has been greatly exaggerated"); H. Rep. No. 95-948, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 10 (1978) (discussing anticipated costs of complying with PDA). In any event, the costs of contraception are low. See Alan Guttmacher Institute, Cost to Employer Health Plans of Covering Contraceptives (June 1998) (estimating that average added cost to employers of covering contraceptives is $1.43 per employee per month). Moreover, studies -- and common sense -- show that the financial costs associated with childbirth are much greater than the costs of many years of contraception. See Law, Sex Discrimination and Insurance for Contraception, 73 Wash. L. Rev. 363, 365 & n. 13 (1998) (citing studies). Even if a cost defense were available as a matter of law, therefore, Respondents would be unlikely to be able to cost-justify the exclusion of contraceptives.
19. See Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris, 463 U.S. 1073, 1085 n. 14 (1983) (in enacting the PDA, Congress decided "to forbid special treatment of pregnancy despite the special costs associated therewith . . ."); Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. v. EEOC, 462 U.S. 669, 683 n. 26 (1983) ("no [cost] justification is recognized under Title VII once discrimination has been shown").
20. Letter from Respondents to EEOC, June 22, 2000.
21. This is the rationale that was set forth by the dissenters in General Electric Co. v. Gilbert, 429 U.S. 125 (1976), and adopted by Congress in passing the PDA. See Gilbert, 429 U.S. at 149 (Brennan, J., dissenting) ("it offends common sense to suggest that a classification revolving around pregnancy is not, at the minimum, strongly 'sex related'"); id. at 162 (Stevens, J., dissenting) (special treatment of pregnancy is sex discrimination because it is "the capacity to become pregnant which primarily differentiates the female from the male"); H.R. Rep. No. 948, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 2 (1978) (adopting reasoning of dissenters). See also Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. v. EEOC, 462 U.S. 669, 676 (1983) ("Congress, by enacting the [PDA], not only overturned the specific holding in [Gilbert], but also rejected the test of discrimination employed by the Court in that case"); California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Guerra, 479 U.S. 272, 284 (1987) (in enacting the PDA, Congress "unambiguously expressed its disapproval of both the holding and the reasoning of the Court in" Gilbert) (citation omitted).
22. Of course, as has been recognized by legal commentators, an employer's exclusion of contraceptives can also be challenged on disparate impact grounds. Law, Sex Discrimination and Insurance for Contraception, 73 Wash. L. Rev. 363, 373-76 (1998). Based on the analysis in text, however, it is unnecessary to address application of the disparate impact theory here.
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Assessment Process
Assessment Process
The Student Activities Office assesses all our SLOs on a two year
alternating schedule. We assess in the following ways.
1. Student employees receive a mid-semester and end-of-semester assessment. Data are gathered and reviewed throughout the academic year with final decisions on such things as office improvements and training happen at the end of the academic year. This process is ongoing and continuous over every academic year.
2. Students taking the Student Leadership 10, 12, 12A courses (when offered) are given a pre and post test regarding their leadership goals for the semester. The initial assessment is measured against the final capstone project to measure student's learning. This process is ongoing and continuous over every semester each course is offered.
3. Student clubs, with the use of focus groups, are assessed
on their ability to plan, organize, and execute campus wide
events. The data gathered is used to enhance and adjust the
trainings club leader's receive. This process is ongoing and
happens at the end of each semester.
Results of the assessment of each of these SLOs are analyzed and integrated into Student Activities Program Review the following year.


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I am not normally a fan of snow, but after this long, hot summer I am actually looking forward to it a little bit (not a lot, but a little bit). :) We have lots of pine trees around our house and there is nothing prettier than seeing a beautiful red cardinal sitting on a snow-filled branch. So that was my inspiration when I came up with this sweet little red bird, working on it in 90+ degree temps, while daydreaming about the upcoming cooler weather. :)
The front piece of the potholder is worked in single crochet by following a color chart. The beak is crocheted separately, then stitched on, and the eye is a small black button. The snowflakes are small white beads stitched randomly around. The back piece is done single crochet, then the two pieces are stitched together for double thickness.
The finished size is 9 1/4" wide x 8 1/2" high (not including the ring at the top)
Pattern is available in my etsy shop


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HERSHEY, Pa. -- The Penn State Board of Trustees on March 15 elected 11 members to its executive committee for 2013. They are:
-- Marianne E. Alexander;
-- James S. Broadhurst;
-- Mark H. Dambly;
-- Stephanie N. Deviney;
-- Keith W. Eckel;
-- Kenneth C. Frazier;
-- Edward R. Hintz Jr.;
-- Ira M. Lubert
-- Karen B. Peetz;
-- Linda B. Strumpf; and
-- John P. Surma.
-- Penn State President Rodney A. Erickson and Board of Trustees Chairman Keith E. Masser also serve as ex-officio members of the executive committee.
Executive committee membership includes the current chair (Masser), vice chair (Deviney) and immediate past chair of the board (Peetz); the chairs of the standing committees; the chair of the Hershey Board of Directors (Hintz); as well as at-large members, recommended for election by the committee on governance and long-range planning.
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cosmicthimble necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 89 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Cosmic Thimble
Creative friends Lindsay and Val are starting an Etsy business. Ultimately, the long-term goal is to drive repeat buyers (through marketing sent with purchases) to our (to be created later) outside website.
Logo design is important because it will drive the entire design process thereafter -- a banner ad for Etsy and a to-be-created web site at a later date.
In terms of the project, Lindsay and Val sew. They make lots of gifts for kids and babies, but products don't stop with children. They make household décor (placemats, napkins, curtains, cozies, coasters, decorative bowls, dishtowels), accessories (bags, scarves, belts) and practical products (reusable grocery bags, cosmetic bags, etc.) as well. A key factor that make the products unique and desirable is that we have the ability to personalize products through high-end, professional, machine embroidery.
Our lead products for launch include four kid products
• Chalkboard placemats
• Art roll-ups
• Hooded towel/blankets
• Burp cloths (to be personalized at purchase)
And two adult products
• Reusable grocery totes
• Voile scarves
We do not make clothes beyond accessories.
• People shopping on Etsy for unique, one-of-a-kind for gifts
• Savvy moms
• Gift-buyers who may be savvy crafters looking for specific designer fabric-made goods
Deliverables Needed:
• .PSD Logo
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• Thumbnail logo/banner version for avatars – Flickr, etc. as well as potential email signature icon, etc.
Tone and Image:
Modern whimsy vibe
Anthropologie.com is a huge inspiration.
Casual tone
Clean, modern designs. Lots of white + bright colors/patterns
Ideally, the logo should include some sort of branded/meme element that can be plucked out and used in other venues. For thumbnail, biz card design, gift tags, label etc.
Notes on color: we tend toward "brights" rather than pastels or primaries. Mango, not orange. Lime, not green. Magenta, not pink. Aqua, not blue.
We like animals and nature, especially birds and owls. We like poka dots, stripes, and flowers. And trees.
We want the logo/banner to be very clean. With some white space. A simple, modern font. The design may or may not include a thimble (it's not 100% necessary).
A reasonably infrequently used handwritten or script font can be used with an icon.
Messages: Features, Benefits and Value
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• Highest-quality materials (designer fabrics)
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R-evolution necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 74 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
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R-evolution Fitness is an up and coming business located in Colorado focusing on a new type of fitness. Gone are the days of boring hours on the treadmill and repetitive weight routines; R-evolution Fitness brings together the core strength experienced by gymnasts and the adrenaline of combat sports.
Target audience is specifically men between the ages of 18 and 30; primarily those with a background or interest in combat sports and alternative conditioning. R-evolution Fitness is NOT a gym, it is a training program designed to work with a skilled professional for one-on-one and group training. We are NOT targeting over-weight, middle-aged men and women. R-evolution Fitness is a program designed for men (and women) who are in shape and looking for that extra edge to build the lean muscle and boost performance for combat sports. Primary clients are typically men, many of whom are involved in jiu jitsu, boxing and various types of martial arts.
We are looking for a bold logo to use on our website - something that will appeal to our target market (males 18-30yrs). The obvious solution is to bring in the "evolution" portion of the name, however, we are NOT interested in any traditional evolution designs (i.e. the transition of the human figure), however, we are open to suggestions and the creativity of designers such as yourself. We will provide guidance and feedback along the way, but would like to start off with an open mind.
There are no color requirements, but we are not interested in light or boring colors - this needs to stand out, and capture the attention of our visitors! There are no font requirements, however, we are drawn to those such as the fonts used for the MusclePharm supplement line (http://www.musclepharm.com).
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I currently live in Yorba Linda, Ca. I was born in Fontana, Ca. My Dad WB6CGN (SK) was a HAM and got me started in Electronics/Radio/SWL, when I was in 5th Grade with SWL and a Crytal Set. I got my Ticket at Fontana High School (WB6HJJ) 1980 - From Lou Malory WA6DVK. In 1981 I upgraded to Advanced. During College I got out of the hobby then got back into it about 20 years later (started up again in late 2005). After High School I studied Electronics/General Ed at Chaffey College then went on to get a BS Degree in Electronics from Cal Poly Pomona. I also earned my FCC General Radio Operators License (GROL) after completing my studies. While at Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA - I was a member of the very inactive Electronics Club Station - WA6EKN. Sorry to say the College does not even have an Electronics Program any more. Was a member of the Cal Poly Pomona Radio Club - WA6GYI. Sorry to say that the Club station now seems to be Inactive. I have worked as an Electrical Engineer for almost 20 years. I spent a few years in AeroSpace (Rockwell), but most of my time has been in consumer electronics (Hand held Remote controls - Check out uei.com we have done some neat products). These days I'm into Homebrewing and QRP.
Equipment: Kenwood TS 520SKenwood TS 520Realistic DX-150A - General Coverage Receiver2 Meter HTHeathkit HW740 Meter Pixie TransceiverMFJ 941B - Antenna TunerMFJ 949D - Antenna TunerSo far on 40/20 Meters SSB and 40 Meters CW. Antennas: My wife and the local area don't like towers and "unsightly" antennas. I have three antennas up today.a.) 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m Stealth Dipole on my backyard fence about 10 Feet high. b.) 40m Stealth Dipole on the eave on my house about 20 feet high.c.) 2M Ground plane inside the garaged.) 40m Homebrew Tak-antenna or Tak-tenna (See http://www.myhamshack.com/viewProject.aspx?ProjectID=23 or http://billbrwn.tripod.com//id3.html)
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According to http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?topic=50417.0 and to my tests, the tx_ant and rx_ant pins arent needed. I leave them floating and it seems to work fine.
The ones Im using are identical to the one in the picture at:http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10153If it really needs tx_ant and rx_ant pins to be controlled externally, then I will need to make some changes to the library. But... surely the controller chip on board knows when it want to transmit and recieve and should be controlling the antenna switch itself? Why would it expect an external processor to control the antenna switch for it?Cheers.
The RF22 library was written for the RFM22B devices and AFAICS, the tx_ant and rx_ant pins dont need to be connected for the RFM22B. May be different for the RFM22 devices, but RF22 library does not support them.
spiWrite (RF22_REG_0B_GPIO_CONFIGURATION0, 0xD2) ; // TX state spiWrite (RF22_REG_0C_GPIO_CONFIGURATION1, 0xD5) ; // RX state
8.9. Antenna DiversityTo mitigate the problem of frequency-selective fading due to multi-path propagation, some transceiver systems use a scheme known as antenna diversity. In this scheme, two antennas are used. Each time the transceiver enters RX mode the receive signal strength from each antenna is evaluated. This evaluation process takes place during the preamble portion of the packet. The antenna with the strongest received signal is then used for the remainder of that RX packet. The same antenna will also be used for the next corresponding TX packet.This chip fully supports antenna diversity with an integrated antenna diversity control algorithm. The required signals needed to control an external SPDT RF switch (such as PIN diode or GaAs switch) are available on the GPIOx pins. The operation of these GPIO signals is programmable to allow for different antenna diversity architectures and configurations. The antdiv[2:0] bits are found in register 08h "Operating & Function Control 2."The GPIO pins are capable of sourcing up to 5 mA of current, so it may be used directly to forward-bias a PIN diode if desired.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 31, 2013) – The U.S. women's beach volleyball team of Jennifer Fopma and Brooke Sweat found gold medals in their Easter baskets on Sunday at the NORCECA Beach Circuit event in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.
Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.), competing as USA-A, battled to defeat their U.S. compatriots, the USA-B team of Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.) and Summer Ross (San Diego, Calif.) in the gold medal match, 19-21, 21-17, 17-15.
In the men's bracket, the USA-A team of Brad Keenan (Westminster, Calif.) and John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) also advanced to the finals, where it fell to Mexico's Juan Virgen and Lombardo Ontiveros, 21-14, 21-17.
To make it to the finals, Keenan and Mayer had to survive a marathon match against the Canada-A team of Chaim Schalk and Benjamin Saxton, 21-18, 16-21, 16-14.
In the women's bracket, Fopma and Sweat had to win a three-set match over Mexico's Bibi Candelas and Martha Revuelta, 19-21, 21-18, 15-6, to advance to the final against their U.S. teammates.
"It is never fun to play against a team of your own country," Fopma said. "We feel glad about this early success in the season."
"Both teams played really good and we had to battle with the rainy conditions and the wet balls," Sweat said. "I feel very happy with the win."
In the other women's semifinals, Hochevar and Ross got past Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas of Canada-A, 22-24, 21-14, 16-14.
In the women's quarterfinals, which were also played Sunday, Fopma and Sweat won by forfeit over Gina Flores and Martha Euceda of Honduras while Hochevar and Ross defeated the Dominican Republic-A team of Diana Peguero and Nairobi Agramonte, 21-14, 21-16.
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Maracana stadium construction workers downed tools on Monday and threatened to strike, putting more pressure on World Cup organisers who face a race against the clock to get the arena finished on time.
The workers, who are demanding a wage increase, meal vouchers and private health insurance for their families, staged a one-day stoppage and threatened a full-blown strike from next week.
The famous arena, which staged the final matches in the 1950 World Cup, is being refurbished for this year's Confederations Cup and next year's World Cup at a cost of 900 million reais ($458 million).
It is due to re-open for a friendly between Brazil and England on June 2 and stage its first competitive match, the Confederations Cup tie between Mexico and Italy, on June 16.
Work has already overshot the original deadline of Dec. 31 and has been progressing almost non-stop, with three daily shifts, as the deadline looms.
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Four of the six stadiums to be used for the Confederations Cup, a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, are still not finished. Only Fortaleza's Castelao and Belo Horizonte's Mineirao have so far re-opened.
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