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It's Wendi here and I'm sharing a layout I made using some of My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Heirloom collection. The line is full of rich, deep warm tones and perfect for those love pages and projects. I scrapped the photo of my hubby and I on our recent anniversary trip to Hawaii. We figured 15 years of marriage deserved a big reward.
I titled the page "Totally in Love with You":
I played around with added some triangles and diamond shapes through the center of the page and adding some machine sewing scattered around:
My Mind'e Eye to see what amazing products they have out... they always have the BEST collections.. I'm really excited for their new CHA lines to be released.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Other supplies: Mister Huey's mists, Kreaxions border punch, Sharpie pen, machine sewing.


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16 April 2014
Olga Bibikova, University of Oulu/Finland was awarded with the Biophotonics Award for Best Poster Contribution. Olga received the award for her poster entitled "Gold nanostructures for optical coherence tomography imaging of blood flow".
The prize was awarded within the subconference "Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care" within Photonics Europe. Along with the prize Bibikova received a book token for 250 Euro, which is sponsored by Wiley-VCH Publisher.
"The award was given to the prize-winners due to their outstanding contributions on the biophotonics research focus", stated Jürgen Popp, chair of the subconference and director of the Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technology. "The prize is designed to acknowledge next generation's researcher work".
Raman spectroscopy has already proved its effectiveness in many cases for medical diagnostics such as for cancer, cardiovascular diseases and infections. However, there are no standards in the different working groups, e.g. for sample preparation, implementation of the Raman experiments, spectra pre-treatment, data evaluation, etc.In a round robin experiment, the required groundwork will take place in order to define standardised Raman measurement methods, which will be fundamental for establishing Raman spectroscopy for clinical diagnostic procedures.
Continuing the success of the previous meetings held in Sacramento, Ottawa, Jena, and Florence, the 5th conference will come to Perth, Western Australia, running over two full days, and back-to-back with the Science on the Swan medical research conference, which delegates are strongly encouraged to also attend, at discounted rates. [more]
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Excellent report on Senior Championship win over Lucan
St Sylvester's Vs Lucan Sarsfield's : Syl's out-last Lucan
The Joe Brolly's of the world would probably be outraged to see a top quality forward like Gary Sweeney roaming between the 45's, yet his application of this role was the decisive factor in Sylvesters' Friday night extra time victory.
Sylvester's, despite expectation, hadn't reached the quarter finals since 2013, whereas Lucan are regular visitors, running Vincent's close last year. And if you'd arrived after half time, not knowing that Lucan were already six points down, based on how they were performing, that record would maybe have stacked up.
On a wet and miserable night, the opening ten minutes, however, read like a horror story for Lucan as they shipped a goal inside thirty seconds and the next four points to boot.
It wasn't so much that Sweeney's brilliantly incisive runs in the middle third were cutting Lucan to shreds, that the tactic which saw him roam exposed Lucan horrifically until they shored it up.
Both Sweeney, wearing number 14 and Edmund Walsh wearing 13, played as roamers around the middle, leaving Syl's with just four up top, essentially playing a 6-4-4 system, or a 6-4-2-2 to be more precise, with two in each line of the forwards.
With Lucan appearing to be intent on going man-on-man, with the respective markers following Sweeney and Walsh to the middle third, Lucan were essentially playing a 4-4-6. In terms of the tactical evolution of the pyramid in soccer, Syl's pyramid, as it should be, was wide at the bottom. Lucan's T-shape was wide at the top.
This created optimum circumstances for Syl's to attack into space early on, and testing circumstances for Lucan to attack into heavy traffic.
Saying that, Syl's goal was as old school as old school as can be as Sweeney, coming from the corner forward position, won the first ball played in from the throw in, beat his man, and looped a hand pass over the keeper's head for Glen Hazley to fist into the empty net.
For Lucan, the horror show was set to begin.
If the Brolly's of this world might not be inspired by the likes of Sweeney roaming out of scoring range, you can assume they'd have been inspired by the manner in which the majority of Syl's first half scores came.
With Gavin McCardle at number 6 and Brian Sexton at number 5 controlling affairs for Syls in their congested half back line, Syl's worked ball after ball to the half forward line from which the oldest and most effective set up in the book worked a treat.
Thirty, forty and fifty yard passes kept being sent perfectly on top of Jack Hazley's head at full forward, he kept winning them, and kept scoring, handing them off for scores or being fouled for frees. He would take five or six cleanly in the air in the first half.
When Syl's weren't scoring in this manner, they looked like a rugby team, constantly carrying the ball to the half forward line, stretching the sparsely populated Lucan defence, before handing it off to John Coughlan, sitting like a rugby fly half, set up to kick drop-goals from behind the play, be fouled, or stretch the Lucan defence, desperate to block him.
From these two sources, Jack Hazley catching and Coughlan loitering, Syls racked up six of their 1-8 in the first half.
As you looked around the Lucan defence to contemplate the seemingly logical switch, to put a big man on Hazley at full back, you realised that you were looking at a particularly short defence. At least four seemed barely 5'9 and none appeared to be even six feet tall. Against what I'd guess at a 6'5 Hazley, towering more than a full head above his man, it appeared to be a tactical problem.
However, as the game developed, it became apparent that the height difference was a secondary, not primary, issue.
By the time Paul Casey, wearing number 15, could be seen sitting as a spare man in front of his defence, completely altering the tactical dynamics, the game began to change significantly. Throughout the second half and extra time, only one Syl's score would come from this direct route" to Hazley. The game was set to swing.
Even before Lucan had restructured their defence, the flip side of a forward, with a forward's mentality, roaming the middle third, was exposed. Number 4, Ciarán Smith, with Sweeney oblivious to his position, ghosted into space and set up Stephen O'Shaughnessy for a one-on-one chance. However, Michael Shiels advanced superbly on and touched the shot onto the post to deny Lucan the chance to instantly wake from their bad dream, trailing 1-4 to 0-1 at the time.
With Lucan restructured, three of their points would illustrate both a textbook statistical pattern that just keeps on giving, as well as the key duel at the opposite end.
With their tactics restructured, certainly two, and I think three Lucan points in a row came from the same source which our Zonal Kick-out Analysis, shows time and time to be a loser. Kick-outs to the full back line hit more that 9.5 seconds after the ball goes dead/which don't breach the Killer Quarter quickly.
At least two of Lucan's second, third and fourth points fitted this pattern, as the slow Syl's kick allowed Lucan to get men behind the ball and counter efficiently. To be fair, a fourth, with Sexton key, ended up with a Syl's point at the far end.
These Lucan scores would illustrate the key battle at this end of the field as Tommy Brennan, 39 this year but looking barely half his age in all regards, went head to head with Sylvester's full back. In an epic man-marking battle in the first half, Brennan won four from the eight balls put in front of him.
However, from the four he won, he manoeuvred a point attempt for himself or other, or a free on each occasion, with three resulting in points.
As Lucan got a foothold on the game, they went from trailing by 1-5 to a point, shortly after the quarter mark, to 1-8 to 0-5 at half time.
Just as Sweeney's influence was key in the first half, the introduction of Declan O'Shaughnessy for Lucan at half time, was equally key. Taking the place of a forward but roaming the middle third, his runs, and with the new space created in the forward line, saw Lucan create two goal scoring opportunities in the opening minutes of the second half. However, they had to settle for two points, narrowing the gap to four.
With Emmet O'Congaile at midfield, Caolmhan O'Congaile at wing back, Darren Given at wing forward and the aforementioned Declan O'shaughnessy coming to the fore with ball carrying, and Stephen O'Shaughnessy controlling affairsfrom centre forward, Lucan began to look the more threatening.
However, the four point margin would remain until the final minutes, when Declan O'Shaughnessy cut inside his man in the box and bought a penalty, he may technically have deserved, going to ground when a Syl's defender made unnecessary and risky contact on his stomach, in a crowded box.
Brendan Gallagher dispatched it, before an even more needless free concession gave Lucan what had earlier seemed an unlikely chance to equalise. Given must have thought it was Christmas as he bent down on a ball in a crowded area, forty yards from goal, only for a Syl's man to try to boot the ball away and gift the free.
On a dirty night, forty yards out, the free would be a nightmare for somebody with nerves made of anything less than steel. However, Brennan nailed it with a technically perfectly curling strike that was going over as soon as it left his left boot.
Extra time would ensue.
After an initial goal chance for Lucan in extra-time, and an early point each being traded, things would come to look ominous for the Liffey-siders. As Lucan were forced to bring back on the likes of 35 (or so) year old Stephen O'Shaughnessy, Syl's had number twenty somethings popping up left right and centre, making for a team that looked only partially recognisable from the one which originally took the field.
It was perfectly clear before half time in extra time, that Lucan simply weren't going to have the legs to keep with a Sylvester's side that now looked like how you'd expect to see Jim Gavin's Dublin run riot in the last fifteen minutes of a Leinster Championship match.
A Brennan goal chance, trailing by a point, just before half time of extra time, would transpire to have represent their last chance.
The only thing which might have saved Lucan would have been kick-out dominance. However, despite conceding an inch or two on his opposite number, a key feature of the evening would put the nail in Lucan's coffin. Ross Hazley would continue his massive aerial display and the Malahide men would completely dominate kick-outs for the last ten minutes.
This would serve as the platform for three more unanswered points as Syl's ran out 1-16 to 1-12 winners, putting them back in the quarter finals for the first time in four seasons.
St Sylvester's Michael Shiels, Colm McIntyre, Conor Quinn, John Peakock, Andrew Cunningham, Gavin McArdle, Brian Sexton, Ross Hazley, Dylan Connolly, Glen Hazley, John Coughlan, Ronan Palmer, Edmund Walsh, Jack Hazley, Gary Sweeney. Subs Shane Doyle, Conor Ryan, Conor Meaney, Alan Foy, Fionn Carney
Lucan Sarsfield's Philip Greene, Owen Ennis, Daniel Gallagher, Ciarán Smith, Dermot Gallagher, Seán Cleary, Caolmhan O'Congaile, Keith Moran, Emmet O'Congaile, Daren Given, Stephen O'Shaughnessy, Seán Newcombe, Tommy Brennan, Brendan Gallagher, Paul Casey. Subs Declan O'Shaughnessy, Jack Carey, John McCormack.
Scorers: Sylvester's Edmund Walsh 0-4 (1 free, 1 "45"), Dylan Connolly 0-3 (3 frees), Glen Hazley 1-0, Jack Hazley 0-2, Shane Doyle 0-1, Andrew Cunningham 0-1, Ros Hazley 0-1, John Coughlan 0-1, Ronan Palmer 0-1, Conor Meaney 0-1, Alan Foy 0-1 Lucan Tommy Brennan 0-6 (3 frees), Brendan Gallagher 1-3 (1 peno, 1 free), Philip Greene 0-1 (1 "45"), Emmet O'Congaile 0-1, Darrn Given 0-1
By Stephen O'Meara, with photos by Liz Forde


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Thanks to my kind wife I have a great selection of beers to choose my New Years Eve drinks from. My wife contacted Drinkstore (the local and best stocked off-licence in Dublin) and Ken from Drinkstore kindly put together a hamper of beers he thought I would like, and I have to say he got the selection spot on.
A great selection of beers were included, mainly American but also a few European beers. Lots of new beers for me to try and also some classics like Dogfish's 90 Minute IPA, which I love. Some of the breweries represented include Dogfish Head, Anderson Valley, ODells, Goose Island, Sierra Nevada, Flying Dog, Anchor, Saranac, Williams Brothers, Brew Dog. There are some really nice Amber Ale's, one of my favourite styles, and so I may have an Amber themed New Years Eve.
Also included in the hamper was a really nice Brew Dog beer glass that I used on Christmas day. It is quite an unusual shape but is really nice to drink from and although it looks small it actially fits a 33 CL bottle.
I look forward to sampling these beers over the next month and reporting back, thanks again to my lovely wife and Ken in Drinkstore for a great selection (and the fact that he fought through blizzard-like conditions in Dublin to deliver the hamper on the 23rd!).


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Flying Witch Funprint
I forgot to share this little witch when I shared the others. It only involves two index tip prints. Complete by embellishing with hat, hair, nose, eyes, mouth, arms, legs, and broom. If you get super-adventurous, jazz the hat up with some stripes or polka dots.
Tomorrow, I plan on spitting out the rest of the Halloween funprints and being done with those for awhile. That is the plan, at least. Hope everyone is having a great week so far!
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I want to encourage people who are middle age to be active and get out and explore the world. For so many of us, other things have taken over our lives in the past. It may have been our families, work, health or something else. We all need to do things for ourselves.
I hope you enjoy following our journey and I hope it encourages you to see the world, even if it is a small piece of it..


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Medicaid Cancer Foundation (MCF) supports cancer patients, promote cancer awareness and drive community cancer campaigns for undeserved populace in Nigeria, providing support to guide people through the cancer experience, bring them together to fight cancer – and work for a world in which our fight is no longer necessary.
Medicaid Cancer Foundation (MCF) is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Communications Officer
Location: Abuja
Specific Responsibilities
The position requires a graduate with experience working in the development sector related to the role. Specific responsibilities include:
- Contribute to developing an advocacy and communication strategy by coordinating appropriate audience research (new and traditional media) and compiling and analyzing relevant data.
- Establish or maintain an up-to-date documentation centre/repository for communication materials including publications, press releases and clippings, photographs, audio-visual materials, web resources, etc.
- Monitor and evaluate the use and effectiveness of media channels and materials.
- Maintain and update an online media relations contact list/database. Ensure rapid and accurate information dissemination to the media.
- Produce advocacy and communication materials (e.g. Graphics, Web Pages, Briefing Notes, Images, Video, etc.) that meet MCF and global standards.
- Assist in drafting and editing articles, press releases, human-interest stories and other advocacy/information materials for both web-based and traditional media, as appropriate.
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Metuh asks Abang to disqualify self from trial as court declines to summon Dasuki
The former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisah Metuh on Thursday asked Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to disqualify himself from continuing with his matter.
Metuh, who made an oral application through his counsel, Mr Onyeachi Ikpeazu (SAN) , said he no longer has confidence in the court presided over by Abang.
The application followed the court's refusal to grant two applications filed by Metuh, one praying the court to summon the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki by way of a subpoena to testify as witness.
The other application, the court refused was one praying it to release Metuh's international passport to enable him travel abroad for medical treatment.
Abang said that the court had in May 2016 refused Metuh's application for the release of the passport and wondered why a similar application was brought before the court.
"The defendant ought to have appealed the earlier ruling. This is not a sentimental or sympathetic issue. It is purely an issue of law. The applicant should not create problems for the court," Abang said.
While refusing the application to summon Dasuki for lacking in merit and substance, the court held that Dasuki was not a compellable witness in the trial. According to Abang, there is no record before the court to prove that the defendant has made any effort to approach the authority holding Dasuki to ask for his release.
"It is not the duty of the court to compel anyone to come and give evidence in court when that person is not a compellable witness.
"The name of Dasuki was not included in the list of witnesses filed by the defendants. The question is, at what stage did the defendant make up his mind to include Dasuki's name in its lists of witnesses?
" The application is made in bad faith and with the intention to delay the trial. The defendants have exhausted all the adjournment they are entitled to.
"The first defendant is no longer entitled to any adjournment in this matter having been granted eight adjournments since the commencement of the trial.
"Therefore, the application to issue a subpoena will not serve any purpose. The law is no respecter of persons. This application is lacking in merit and is hereby dismissed."
However, a mild drama ensued between the judge and Ikpeazu when the court asked him to call his next witness.
Ikpeazu said that the court had shown clear bias against the first defendant (Metuh) and added that the ruling was against the interest of justice.
"I pray the court to rescue itself from going on with the trial since we lack confidence in it. This application is made in the interest of justice.
"Every reasonable person in this country knows that we lack the capacity to meet the DSS and request them to release Dasuki to come and testify," Ikpeazu said.
He urged the court for more time to approach the DSS to release Dasuki in the view of the refusal of the court to issue a subpoena.
On his part, prosecuting counsel, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, held that the insistence of the defendant that he could not proceed with the matter without the presence of Dasuki was misconceived and had no accommodation in law.
He urged the court to order the defendants to proceed with their defence, pending when they put their house in order to produce an appropriate witness. Tahir urged the court to ignore the application to rescue itself from the trial and proceed with the matter.
The judge told Ikpeazu that his statement was contemptuous, but Ikpeazu insisted that his statement was backed by facts. Abang, in a short ruling described the statement made by Ikpeazu as "contemptuous" of the court.
According to him, in contempt of the court, the judge is the complainant as well as the prosecutor and the judge, adding that he would however, not take action against Ikpeazu.
He said his action against the contemptuous remarks was not out of fear or cowardice, but because the court was trained to develop thick skin against such statements and not to pick offence when offended.
The judge further dismissed the application for the court to rescue itself for lacking in merit, saying, there was nothing before the court to show that it was bias.
He adjourned the matter till March 20, 21,22,23 and 24 for Metuh to close his case, and second defendant, Dextra to open its defence.
Metuh is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly receiving N400million from Dasuki, " knowing fully that it was proceeds of an unlawful act.''
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Talk:Proposed features/Left-right things
The "side=left" proposal is about finding the "centre" and "outside" of multi-carriageway roads.
This is about discovering which side of "M25 northbound" contains the hard shoulder (in this case, it would be the left side, because we drive on the left. But the hard shoulder, verge, and fence of "Route National 1" would be on the right of each carriageway)
left/right is dangerous
I'm not a big fan of direction-related tagging. First of all I see possible conflicts; we have them today already with things like "incline=steep" and "oneway=true" (both assume that the tag refers to the direction of the way), and this is "solved" by allowing "oneway=-1" (ugly ugly ugly!). Secondly I view the way direction as something rather volatile; users almost routinely change a way's direction to merge with something else or so. Editors would have to have knowledge of all tags that rely on the way's direction to be able to warn the user that he should not reverse this way unless he knows what he's doing.
I would very much prefer an explicit solution that does NOT depend on the direction of the way. For oneway, inclines and so on I would suggest using a relation (this way is oneway between node X and node Y - if you reverse the way the info is still valid). For dual carriageways etc., what we really want to map is the fact that "this way forms one road together with that way", the renderer can then find out which side is the outside - no need to ask for trouble with "left" and "right" stuff. As for the bridges which are mentioned here as well, this has been one of the first proposed uses of relations (mapping the fact that multiple ways share one bridge).
I know relations aren't "there" yet, we need to do a lot in the editors and renderers to make them work, but we *have* the tool to do it right, and I think the left/right stuff is an ugly workaround that we don't really need. --Frederik Ramm 17:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Arguments pro left/right and against relations
In my opinion a consistent left/right-notation ist much better than a solution based on relations. Advantages are:
- much easier to render
- less paths and nodes
- GPS-coordinate acquisition needed only once, not for every way/path
First of all, you need a consistent notation, e. g.
Without left/right at the beginning, the property will apply on both sides. By turning a way in JOSM/Potlatch etc., the left and right properties should be exchanged by default. This seems very easy to implement and nearly nothing will be destroyed by accident. There might be an extra option to turn paths without exchanging these values.
When using seperate paths and relations it seems also very difficult to be rendered, because the rendering software has to process the positions of each way, e. g. to get their order. Additionally no way will be overlaped by a second way because the rendering can easily be optimized for every zoom level without recalculating or modifying the coordinates.
The order of the ways/paths beginning from the middle of the road might be specified with a notation similar to this one (r=roadway, c=cycleway, p=parkinglane, f=footpath):
wayorder = "r,c,p,f"
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left.wayorder = "r,c,f"
right.wayorder = "r,c"
See also: Talk:Proposed_features/Footway, --Plasmon 16:35, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Added features
When adding features to a road, such as emergency phones, bus stops and such, it can be a good indicator which side of the road they appear. Many places a bus stop appears only in one direction even though traffic flows in both directions on the road. Emergency phones is also often located with altering positions (left -> right -> left -> right) where these exists. --Skippern 01:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Also for roads with a physical deviding barriere and crossover/return routes, it can be handy (at least for planning software) to know which lane to follow when approaching such features. I know that this also can be achieved by proper mapping and correctly tag number of lanes, direction of flow etc. --Skippern 01:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)


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Boozy, Goozy in Denial
June 2, 2016
Some people seem, at times, to have a 'wrecking ball inside their brain! Some of the best people I've ever met drink too much, becoming some of the worst people I've ever met. Actually, all kinds of people with addictions or not, lose what is best about themselves in a myriad of ways. Usually, there is a little compartment in their mind that refuses to be fixed from prior emotional, mental shrapnel that created some type of trauma that rears its ugly head at different frequency's depending how each one chooses (and they do!) to push that 'inner compartment' button that shoots out some dissonant energy that rears it's head in less than friendly ways.
Male or female, drinking alcohol is somewhere between heaven and hell. Even if you're in 'purgatory' between heaven and hell, heaven is put on hold if you can't get high on the bliss within. There is a reason for everything. We are all here with the opportunity to seek the truth wherever there is a question, or should be one. You are here for yourself, but also for the compassion and sensitivity for everyone else. Always be asking how you are treating yourself compared to the best you deserve. Then be aware of being in harmony with all.
Legally, in all states you should not be operating a motor vehicle with a .08 percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC). In other words, whether or not you consider yourself "drunk," the law considers you to be an offender if your BAC is above .08%. Few seem to realize, that this same 'concentration', which may be what someone is unaware with when around people, needs an inner awareness that you may well have a subtle or more negative effect on others that can result in 'clashes' not unlike 'car crashes'.
A sign of positive human compassion and responsibility is to 'always' acknowledge to yourself and anyone involved with you that you take responsibility for behaviors that perhaps you can't even see which might be less than harmonious. As with being over an alcohol limit legally, you should not be driving for your and others safety, the same applies when not 'driving'. Why be a danger or 'negative' at anytime? People are NOT the same balanced person driving a car, even though the 'ego' thinks differently, when ever consumption of any 'mind altering substance' is present.
Mind altering, creating negative expressions, doesn't just come from 'substance's used in quantities adversely affecting abilities. To be the most positive you can be, let go of the 'wrecking ball in the brain' that hasn't detached from prior issues which are the shadows of inner negativity. All people are more perfect than they show up as, but that 'perfection' needs to be unleashed by practicing awareness and discernment with an open heart, and love that comes with the afore mentioned! Life wherever is a journey that needs your 'safe journeying' at all times. Get high by making the best of choices available!


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I'm linking up (by the skin of my teeth!) to the A Lovely Year of Finishes linky party. My January goal was to bind the four quilts I had sitting round that only needed binding.
And I also made three paper piecing blocks for cushions, and made serious progress on a secret quilt project.
The mending and Girl Guide badges are patiently waiting for their time in the sun . I did what I had to on the school uniforms, but that was it for now.
First up was my Mary Engelbreit picnic quilt, which I finished piecing about 18 months ago, finished quilting about three months ago and bound this month. This used my serious stash of Mary Engelbreit fabrics that I started collecting years ago. To be honest, my heart wasn't really in this project, I'm pretty over these fabrics.
My mum came to visit and oohed and aahed over how wonderful the quilt was and how it was far too good for a picnic quilt. You know what comes next... it went home with her. I am thrilled it has gone to a good home where it will be loved.
|Mary Engelbreit quilt front
|Mary Engelbreit quilt back
My second finish was my Kaleidoscope Under the Sea quilt. I made this quilt to play around with the stack and whack technique. I love the hexagons, I love the variegated thread I used to quilt it (but my machine hated it!), but I am not happy with how it won't really sit flat. Which is probably why it took me two years to bind it...
|Kaleidoscope Under the Sea
|Kaleidoscope Under the Sea detail
This is my favourite finish - I finally, finally got the binding on my Polaroid Rainbows quilt. I adore this quilt and I'm so glad it's finally done. I did have a few tension issues with the FMQ but that's all on the back, which is now against a wall in my daughter's bedroom, so no peeking, okay?
|Polaroid Rainbows
|Polaroid Rainbows FMQ detail
The last quilt I finished basting, quilting and binding is still in secret squirrel mode, so I can't share pics just yet. But I can say it was made from my bee blocks from 2012 so I'm glad to get a long standing WIP out of the way!
I am planning for February already, but before then, I'm linking up to A Lovely Year of Finishes, TGIFF and Finish It Up Friday. Yay for finishes!!


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Two stories you won't see at Media Matters today:
First, famous guy blames Haiti earthquake on angry deity. Pat Robertson and God? Nope: "actor" Danny Glover and "Gaia."
When we see what we did at the climate summit in Copenhagen, this is the response, this is what happens, you know what I'm sayin?
Danny Glover is so far to the left he says there's no difference between Presidents Bush and Obama. Don't expect the George Soros Steno Pool to mock Glover's bizarre comments, though.
Next, that stupid Sarah Palin says her favorite Founding Father is Abe Lincoln! Oh wait — did I say newly hired Fox News contributor Sarah Palin? I meant MSNBC commentator Mika Brzezinski:


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Fear and loathing, aphorism and malediction, mischief and indigence, fill this galvanically gonzo collection of Thompson's early letters.
The omnipresence of telephones and e-mail probably ensure that Thompson (Songs of the Doomed, 1990, etc.) will be one of the last of the great letter writers. But even in more epistolary times, few could rival the approximately 20,000 missives to his name. He came of age in the early 1950s, a silver age of American literature when a writing life was still considered heroic, and colossi like Faulkner and Hemingway bestrode the earth. From an early age Thompson felt himself destined for similar literary greatness, and so he carefully made carbon copies of every letter he sent. Though the sheer bulk of this collection makes one wish he'd been a little less conscientious, there are some gems here. Thompson writes the kinds of letters most of us wish we had the guts to send. He brilliantly berates agents for rejecting his work, sends out rude, fantastical excuses to his creditors, applies insultingly for a variety of jobs, and even offers his services to Lyndon Johnson as the governor of American Samoa. Thompson is one of our great polemical stylists, and these letters reveal just how seriously he approached the craft of writing (belying his trademark hell-raising insouciance). He is also preoccupied with something that concerns many great artists: lack of funds. Almost every letter finds him trying to scrounge up money. Biographically, these letters take Thompson from his stint in the air force to his early attempts to break into journalism, following his peregrinations across the Americas and on to his first great success, his 1967 book on the Hell's Angels.
Although this collection is too much of a good thing, one can't help looking forward to subsequent volumes: Thompson is just so damned entertaining.


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Hammers, broomsticks, bolts and other metal objects, wire, Kentucky Fried Chicken boxes, baseball caps, a ribbon band saw, even a dead cat — these are some of the objects that have been found in U.S. cotton bales going to textile mills.
And says Frederick Barrier, vice president of North American sales for Staplcotn at Greenwood, Miss., it's a trend that's increasing, and one that has potential to damage the long-time outstanding reputation of American cotton.
"U.S. cotton has been the preferred growth by the world's textile mills for many years," he said at the joint meeting of the Delta Council Ginning and Cotton Quality Improvement Committee and Southern Cotton Ginners Association. "We've had less contamination in our cotton than any other supplier, and the mills have come to count on that.
"But in the last two years," Barrier says, "we've seen things change dramatically, with more of our customers reporting contaminants. The most prevalent item is plastic — shopping bags, polypipe, module straps, nylon ropes, vegetable ground cover, module covers, plastic of almost every kind. Our buyers tell me this has been giving them fits."
He showed T-shirts in which black plastic had got into the yarn and then into the finished product. "Consumers don't want to buy T-shirts with contaminated fabric, so they have to be sold at a huge discount or discarded."
Most mills don't have the technology to detect this plastic material until it shows up in their yarn, Barrier notes. "The contamination issue is "very important to the U.S. cotton industry. It's to the best interests of our farmers and ginners, and our cotton infrastructure, that we do all we can to eliminate this contamination and maintain our reputation for highest quality cotton.
"In the U.S., we now consume only 3.5 million bales of the cotton we produce; the rest goes to exports. The world doesn't have to buy our cotton — they have other choices — so it's important for us to do all we can to provide our customers with the most contaminant-free cotton possible.
"I think industry needs to come together, understand the problem, and educate everyone along the line about the critical need to stop this problem."
Another problem in the last few years, Barrier says, is higher levels of bark in cotton from the Memphis/Eastern region. "In 2010, the region had less than 25,000 bales that were reduced because of bark. In 2011, that increased to 147,000 bales, and in 2012, almost 800,000 bales.
"We can sell it, but at a discount — plus the loss of any potential premium for grade. In 2012, the discount for bark exceeded $15 million for the region. There's no consensus on what's causing it, but it's important that we try and get a handle on it, because that's $15 million out of your pockets."


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Sugar Beach, Bantayan IslandReviewing: Sugar Beach Bantayan Island | Rating:
Sugar Beach is among the popular beach resorts in Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island at the northwestern part of Cebu. Perhaps because it is among the resorts with the most affordable rates and among the resorts that also have one of the finer beachfronts in the island. I was able to check the place while I was with co-workers sometime in May 2006 to have our team building sessions.While their beachfront is among the best in the island of Bantayan, a lot of other things need to be improve. Their rooms are not really of the best quality and their sanitation needs a lot of improvement. Sugar beach also has an area where guests can pitch in their tents for a minimal charge. They also do not have a decent restaurant but one can actually ask the caretaker to cook food for them, or guests can do some grilling on their own. Open air cottages are also aplenty. Lastly, their staff could definitely use some training in handling guests and other skills that can help them better manage the resort.


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Wolfson Opera/Musical Theatre draws record crowds
The MDC Wolfson Opera/Musical Theatre ensemble enjoyed an outstanding season this year, with sold-out performances that raked in impressive ticket and ad sales.
Showtune, a tribute to Broadway great Jerry Herman, delighted South Florida audiences with a revue of favorites by this legendary American composer and lyricist best known for scoring hit Broadway musicals like Mame, Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles.
The Opera/Musical Theatre program continued their season with Cabaret, their second production. The original musical made its Broadway debut in 1966, and its film adaptation won eight Academy Awards in 1972, becoming the type of successful hit which every young actor hopes to be a part of one day.
"These kids come in with a dream and, though talented, most of them probably wouldn't be able to take it any further were it not for our intensive, cross-disciplinary training," said Amy Ibberson, director of vocal studies at the Wolfson Campus.
With 10-plus weekly hours of rehearsal every semester, their talents are honed, putting them on the path to promising
"We have a very successful transfer rate in the areas of classical and musical theater," Ibberson said.
"Our program is a perfect platform for beginners to gain skills in areas of musical theater, acting and classical [opera] training," she added. "Where they go from here is entirely up to them."
As for the more immediate future, students will be working hard this summer on a variety of scenes from famous musicals to present in their Summer Workshop. For more information about the program or MDC Wolfson's opera and musical theater department, call 305-237-7331.
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Watched a few good movies this weekend.
* Jimmy Neutron was fun. I'd seen bits of it on a plane trip, but now I was able to enjoy it in it's full mindless kid-movie glory.
* Dogtown and Z-Boys was engrossing and interesting for a while, but fizzled a bit towards the end.
* The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys was depressing. Overall I liked it, but while the animation/live-action juxtapositions occasionally worked, they more often just felt out of place. If the animation syle had kept a look more like the rough pencils in the boys' sketchbooks, rather than the bad Saturday-morning-cartoon aesthetic, it may have worked better.
Between TV shows on Fox this weekend, I caught a 5-minute slo-mo montage of war scenes, put to the over-the-top patriotic score from Saving Private Ryan, with occasional inspirational lines from what sounded like Mr. Voice. At the end, the logo fades in: "Fox News: Fair and Balanced." Liquid that was entering my mouth at that moment, was partially sprayed out of my mouth.


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If the median retirement savings of $29,000 for those ages 50 to 59 is any indication, some retirees may be getting only $190 per month over a 20-year period.
According to a Wells Fargo survey released today, the $190 monthly living expense assumes a 5% rate of return.
"Too many Americans have their heads in the sand in the face of obvious savings deficits," said Laurie Nordquist, director of Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust. "People are not even close to where they need to be in total savings. Barring a miracle, a winning lottery ticket or a big inheritance, they're going to be forced to dramatically cut back their lifestyles after retirement."
Wells Fargo conducted more than 1,750 phone interviews of middle class Americans in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s.
Twenty-year olds were the least confident about investing in the stock market, and are most likely to put their savings in a bank CD rather than invest in stocks, the data showed. Those in the 30-year-old group said the needs of parents, children or other family members will affect their retirement plans.
Wells Fargo found that 40-year-olds are under the most financial stress of any age group and are less likely to have pensions than older workers. Eighty percent of them said they expect to work through retirement, versus 54% of 60-year-olds.
Of all the age groups, people in their 50s and 60s said they are the most likely to be excited and looking forward to retirement, and are the most confident in continued availability of Social Security. They are also the most likely to expect pensions as a source of retirement income.


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I Felt Like Indiana Jones – Semester in Ecuador Part 1
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Most of you have already seen the haul, if you would like to see these moving, click the video below! I hit the sales and spring racks of some of my favorite shopping spots. I scored the most at Urban Outfitters picking up a pair of partial faux leather pants (not pictured), and a bunch of sweaters! (I got the same cardigan as the green also in black not shown.) I let my inner female shop for me at Forever 21, and I am not displeased. I love the pleated tops they have in for the season, and picked up an amazing pair of high waisted shorts, which they seldom do.
I also picked up some makeup goodies and accessories including a candle from Urban Outfitters, MAC Mineralize Concealer <3, Benefit Laugh With Me Lee Lee Fragrance from Sephora, Bird Rings from H&M, Aztec Bangle and Ring from Forever 21.
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Tilda Swinton, Cornelia Parker and The Maybe
"The Maybe" was a work of art, supposedly by a collaboration of Tilda Swinton, the actress and Cornelia Parker, the artist. I say, "supposedly" because the truth of the matter is that the origin of this work lay outside the heads of both of these ladies.
In the early 1990s, I conceived a performance art work called Lord Valentine the Misplaced. This was an 18th Century dandy, living in the 20th Century world. I was fully attired in 18th Century clothes and had old world airs and mannerisms. I took this work of living art, to both London and New York and it was eventually covered on CNN in 1994, NBC News in February 1995 and Reuters on 14th February 1995. There was also coverage in the Observer newspaper in October or November 1994, and Time Out magazine, of London, in November 1994. Basically, it was quite a well known work, by the mid 1990s.
Now, an odd thing happened one night, in London. I was attired as Lord Valentine the Misplaced and was to meet a journalist (one Andrew Mosby from Time Out magazine, if I recall correctly), at Beach Blanket Babylon, a rather trendy and ornately decorated bar, in Notting Hill, West London. This was in November of 1994, after an article had come out about me, in Time Out.
As I entered Beach Blanket Babylon, I saw a familiar figure, her head laying on the shoulder of another woman: Tilda Swinton, the actress. I had seen her in person, several times before, but never really spoken to her. She had been pointed out to me, at Cambridge University, when I was there, many years before – since we both attended it, though she was rather older than me (still is!).
This pair were very interested in me. They appraised me with eager eyes, thinking thoughts that would later become clear. I did wonder at their closeness, since Tilda Swinton's head was on the other lady's shoulder. I did wonder at what kind of relationship they had. Then again, girls are often much more touchy-feely than guys.
Both studied my 18th Century attire carefully.
I believe that Tilda Swinton introduced her friend as Cornelia, because she became so labeled in my mind, thereafter.
"What are you doing?", one asked – I can't remember which, though I think it was Tilda Swinton – "Are you trying to get cast?"
"No.", I said, for my purpose was deeper than that. I didn't explain what I was actually doing though.
The conversation was very brief, but there was something guarded about Tilda Swinton, at the end. She suddenly tugged at her friend to come away, a thought seeming to have come to her. I passed on, seeking my contact within.
It was the following year that Tilda Swinton and Cornelia Parker, collaborated on The Maybe. This was a simple piece of performance art/live art, in which Tilda Swinton slept in a glass box, in everyday ordinary clothes. Now, what I found immediately interesting about this was that it was a piece of living art – which is precisely what Lord Valentine the Misplaced was. I also thought it very interesting to note, from the pictures released at the time, that Cornelia Parker had been the lady with Tilda Swinton that night, in Beach Blanket Babylon. It was immediately obvious where the "inspiration" for this work of art had come from. I had created a piece of living art. Tilda Swinton and Cornelia Parker met me whilst I was being Lord Valentine the Misplaced – and Tilda Swinton (it seemed) had the idea of copying my idea and embodying herself as a living work of art, too. Particularly telling was the use of unattractive everyday clothes for The Maybe. Brian Sewell, the art critic, wondered why Tilda Swinton hadn't dressed up as some kind of Sleeping Beauty (though maybe not in those words). It is clear why not. Had Tilda Swinton dressed up in any kind of beautiful period clothes, she would have revealed the inspiration for her work. She had no choice but to be in ordinary clothes, so as to obscure the original inspiration for the work.
Later on, Cornelia Parker and Tilda Swinton fell out over who "thought" of the Maybe. Both claim to have conceived the idea – though Tilda Swinton makes the louder claim that the idea was hers. It is very, very clear why this argument has arisen: because BOTH ladies met me, at the moment they decided to imitate what I was doing. The reason they can't agree on who was responsible for thinking of it, is that NEITHER was responsible for the original thought. All they decided to do was to create a "me too" art work, based on my own prior explorations of living art. It is very telling that neither can agree on who conceived it, which indicates that they have something in common, at the moment of conception: that common point was the meeting of me as Lord Valentine the Misplaced. Had only one of them met me at that time, then only one of them would be laying claim to the idea. Their very argument points to the moment of contention: the instant they both met me, and one of them (or both of them) decided to imitate my work, in their own way.
Of course, the fact that they recognized my work as living art (implicitly, since they imitated it), does go to show the success of my work.
Cornelia Parker has gone on to produce other pieces of work, though Tilda Swinton hasn't. Evidence of the influence of my work on Cornelia Parker can be seen in another of her proposed works. My art work was called Lord Valentine the Misplaced. Interestingly, Cornelia Parker wanted to put a meteorite back into space and used the term "misplaced" to describe this action – so the meteorite would now become a misplaced object. This seems to be a clear adaptation of the idea of misplacement as art. Lord Valentine the Misplaced, was misplaced in time – Cornelia Parker's meteorite would have been misplaced in space. It is an analogy of my prior work.
We can see here, how Cornelia Parker conceives some of her works. They are adaptations or analogies to other people's work. She is translating other people's ideas into a different setting. Tilda Swinton's The Maybe is a sleeping piece of living art, dressed in everyday clothes. Lord Valentine the Misplaced was a waking piece of living art, dressed in 18th Century clothes. Cornelia Parker's proposed meteorite project was a rock misplaced in space. My Lord Valentine project, was a human misplaced in time. These are both analogous to each other, adaptations of the same idea in a different context.
It is important that the true origins of the work of artists and supposed artists, like Cornelia Parker and Tilda Swinton – because the art, in these cases, lies in the idea, for they are conceptual works. If the idea is not truly theirs – as it is not, in both cases, here – then the work of art is not truly theirs either. The history of art is being defrauded if we are led to believe that the origin of these works lay in either of these ladies minds. The history of art deserves better than that. The true background to each conceived work should be known – and the "inspiration" that gave rise to them, should be appreciated.
This blog is but one page in an internet Universe of trillions of pages, thus, very few people will read it. So, please help spread the word about the origin of The Maybe, as an adaptation of the ideas behind Lord Valentine the Misplaced. Tell the story of how Tilda Swinton and Cornelia Parker met me at Beach Blanket Babylon in November 1994 and recognized the artistry in Lord Valentine the Misplaced, enough to want to steal it for themselves. If you have a blog, or other website, please post a link to this article, to help people become aware of it. Thank you.
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Hinata begins by asking Hikage if she knows where some of her doujinshi volumes went. Hikage panics, wondering internally if she threw them away thinking they were old magazines. Having thought about this she comes out and apologizes perfusely for her error. Hinata forgives her, and then Hikage notices that Hinata is carrying a full shopping bag. After asking Hinata about the contents of the bag Hikage then learns that Hinata has just replaced the missing doujinshi, and what's more is that they are now out of money for the month.


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Working Papers (DBP) Forfattere "Folke Henriksen, Lasse"
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Folke Henriksen, Lasse; Seabrooke, Leonard (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Professionals and organizations both seek to exploit and cooperate with each other. Professionals seek alliances in their own peer networks while organizations do the same. These networks carry not only information that inform incentives but norms about appropriate forms of governance and practices that guide how they actually work. In this paper we outline how professionals and organizations operate in two-level networks through a focus on issue control over issues of transnational governance. As such, this interdisciplinary paper brings together insights from Organization Studies and International Relations to discuss how professionals and organizations battle over issue control through the designation of tasks and the creation of overlapping networks. We outline the emergence of 'issue professionals' and how they attempt network management. We do so via a case on transnational sustainability certification that demonstrates how issue professionals are engaged in two-level networks. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8832
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Consensus, Experientiality and Network Centrality in Transnational GovernanceFolke Henriksen, Lasse (Frederiksberg, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: When experts with diverse training and experiential backgrounds come together to make binding decisions they face the challenge of finding common ground in the absence of any particular shared abstract body of knowledge or organization specific set of evaluative principles. How does consensus emerge in situations marked by contentious friction? Network theory suggests that connectivity enables orchestration of alignment and coordination across difference. Occupants of strategically central positions in networks can thus be formally identified from the structural characteristics of those positions (White et al. 1976; Burt 1992, 2010; Vedres and Stark 2010). But the formal characteristics of positions only tell us about the potential advantage of occupants. Actual advantage is about mobilizing action from network positions to influence what goes on in the network (Burt 2010, 223ff). What does it take for occupants of advantageous position to take action on specific collective problems in the face of contentious situations? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8924
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A visitor left a comment that the rar file contained only 13 and not 14 songs. Don't know why the file omitted the last song. So I fixed it and now you have the Grand Finale in the one here.
Re-up and much improved sound of this other radio set recorded the same year than the WPLJ one. What a great thing all these bands who gave radio concerts. I think that with the new mix I did, it's much more pleasant to listen to this concert. The streaming below is with the original sounding bootleg. I can assure that the sound is better on the dl version. I also improved the cover sleeve (not mine).
Six months after the WPLJ concert in New York, we find a new Procol Harum. New because Robin Trower is now gone and his place has been taken by Dave Ball, new because they have now a full-time bassist (Alan Cartwright), and new because the band, probably a Brooker's wish, goes back to the music they played before Home, more keyboards driven than the one they played the 2 former years due to the Trower's influence toward a more straight rock sound. Honestly, it doesn't work so good here. The band does not find the magical atmosphere that these songs from the first 3 album deserved. In particular, Gary Brooker seems quite not at his most confortable on the oldest tracks, often missing the beginning of the words. The tracks from Home are the best, leaving Dave Ball show his style, quite different from the Trower's one, and who did not fit well with the Procol's style, in particular when he had only to be a discrete companion of the piano-keyboards duo. The frustration of Ball will be that he has no proper song to play and this must have been quite uneasy to deal with. But of course, any live set from Procol can be listened with pleasure for BJ Wilson, as good as ever here. Actually, it's a precious document of the transformation of the band from the rock era of Home and Broken Barricades to the classical ear of Live with the Edmonton Orchestra and Grand Hotel. This live set is here recorded from a good source apparently and is due to theultimatebootlegexperience blog, which is no more active it seems but maybe I don't have the new link. One of the best moments here is the extracts of the "In Held Twas I" suite, haunted and rough as rarely and from which I put in streaming "In the Autumn of my Madness" which was sung originally by Matthew Fisher but fits well to Gary Brooker. The end is pure doom and even Black Sabbath did not play so funeral music.
In the Autumn of my Madness. In the autumn of my madness when my hair is turning grey For the milk has finally curdled and I've nothing left to say When all my thoughts are spoken (save my last departing birds) Bring all my friends unto me and I'll strangle them with words In the autumn of my madness which in coming won't be long For the nights are now much darker and the daylight's not so strong And the things which I believed in are no longer quite enough For the knowing is much harder and the going's getting rough


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Well, hell, after eighty or so posts, in fewer than those weeks, for the first time ever, I have absolutely nothing to write about.
Zilch, nada, nunca, nyet, washout, shutout, zippo, duck egg. Nothingness. Nullity.
Apologies. It's not a good feeling. I feel impotent. I mean, I'm the guy people are usually telling to shut up. Do they, like, have a "Viagra" for mind limpness?
Of course I could go on and bore everyone, fill a post up with fluff, explaining the entire futile existentialist nature of having nothing on my mind.
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Good news!
I got my computer back and its working properly. Yay! So this means that I will be posting a little more in the coming days, signing up for various reading challenges and catching up on book reviews that I had hoped to work on over my Christmas break.


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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
I wasn't aware
I was informed a couple of weeks ago that April was Wantlist Awareness Month.
I had no idea that a month was dedicated to such a worthy cause. Imagine my embarrassment as a collector.
Also, Wantlist Awareness Month has come and gone and I'm only informing people of it now.
Some ambassador I am.
The person who told me about Wantlist Awareness Month is Dennis of Too Many Verlanders/Manninghams. And to properly celebrate the month, he found six cards off my Nebulous 9 list and sent them to me!
I've mentioned many times how useful a "most wanted" list is on a card blog. I know that people don't have time to go through pages and pages of wants from a team collector who also collects sets. The Nebulous 9 is the frozen dinner of want lists! And just as tasty!
I try not to make the Nebulous 9 wants too difficult to find. Once in a while I'll throw a toughie on there just because I know some people think nothing of throwing 60-year-old cards around. But, most of the time, these are cheap, easy-to-find cards.
And, as a bonus, you're probably sending me a card that has been a headache for quite a while!
Let's see what Dennis sent:
I dedicated a post to this card earlier. It completed the entire Tales Of The Game/More Tales Of The Game insert set from 2010 Topps.
Here is another Babe Ruth card. Can you imagine me -- a known Yankee-hater -- having two Babe Ruth cards on my Nebulous 9? The things Yankee-loving Topps will force a collector to do.
This Ruth card was the last non-SP card I needed for 2014 Allen & Ginter. By no means do I consider this set complete. I'll be going after the last few SPs from the set soon. Then, if I'm not completely sick of Allen & Ginter by then, you'll see a 2015 A&G want list.
A particularly pesky card. The 2003 Finest set is my all-time favorite Finest set, so I've been aware that I didn't have the Hideo Nomo card for years. What I've had is the refractor version of the card (it's silver instead of black on the bottom). In fact, I have two or three different copies of that refractor Nomo. One of the great frustrations in life is owning a parallel copy of a card but not the base version.
When I placed this card on the Nebulous 9, I thought it'd complete the Dodgers team set from 2001 American Pie, but I'm still lacking the Duke Snider card. I'll probably force that onto the revised Nebulous 9 soon.
I'm guessing it took so long to obtain a mid-1990s Collector's Choice card because Pedro Martinez is on Ramon's card. Of course this still doesn't explain why I still need #336 from Collector's Choice, which is ... um, Roberto Kelly.
Oh, Swell, sometimes you're not.
Casey Stengel here -- there aren't enough Brooklyn Dodger cards of Stengel -- finally finishes off the 1990 Swell Dodgers set. Both 1989 and 1991 Swell are a long way off from being complete. But let me enjoy my Stengel for a little while first.
After receiving these six cards from Dennis (as well as a handful of random Dodgers), I've quickly built back my Nebulous 9 to a proper nine cards. Funny how I'm always wanting cards, huh?
Also, regarding that Wantlist Awareness Month?
OK, that's a bit of a relief.
But now I'm thinking it should be a thing -- aren't you?
(P.S.: Blogger is being goofy about its publishing again. Last night, something I published at 8 p.m. didn't show up on people's blog rolls until 7 a.m. the following morning. I hope everyone knows that a night owl ain't publishing anything at 7 a.m. So please check your favorite blogs for updates).
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"I was informed a couple of weeks ago that April was Wantlist Awareness Month."ReplyDelete
Typical, these awareness months happen conveniently after that month has passed. Lol ;).
Anything that has to do with "awareness" means I find out about it after it is over.ReplyDelete
"One of the great frustrations in life is owning a parallel copy of a card but not the base version."ReplyDelete
A-freakin-MEN on that.
I am completely unaware of things such as this until someone makes me aware of it, in which case I then become aware instead of being unaware. Confused? Me too.ReplyDelete
I had no idea there was such a thing. Now I am aware... and will most likely forget by the time the next one rolls around.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah, that seems likely.Delete
I move that we designate March as Wantlist Awareness Month Awareness Month.
Blogger is doing the same thing to me. Quite frustrating.ReplyDelete
Great stuff from Dennis. He is a good dude.ReplyDelete
Sometimes if a post didn't go live as scheduled I've found that going under the edit function and then hitting update helps.
Even though it's something Dennis made up... I feel compelled to finally publish my wantlist. It's something I've been meaning to do for awhile now... but was too lazy. Thanks to you and Dennis for the inspiration.ReplyDelete


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So guess what this Little Gray Fox hasn't done yet --- that's right! I haven't even STARTED my Crafty Challenge project! Are you guys finished? Is anyone working on theirs? Would you like more time? Would you like to join in? Here's your chance!
I'm going to E-X-T-E-N-D the Crafty Challenge deadline for another week! :) Hooray??? The new deadline will be Friday, October 22nd. To get the details of the challenge theme, go HERE. And good luck! I will be getting my butt in gear this week, I swear!!!
By the way, it's a lovely, sunny week here in Seattle. But the rain is a'comin'! Do you have your raincoat?
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Uh Oh Spaghetti-Os!
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oh good! i want to enter this one fo sho.ReplyDelete
loving that rain coat. adorable photo!
ah sweet cause i totes didnt start mine either. um your doogie has the cutes outfits and photos EVER.ReplyDelete
FIGURES! the one time i actually get mine done ahead of time. :PReplyDelete
UI! does she have matching boots?
oh good! Ana, please do join in! Hopefully the extra week will give you plenty of time :)ReplyDelete
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Custom Greetings! Answer Differently To Different People, On Google Voice!
Continuing their quest to make Google Voice Newbies, better GV users, Carol and Heather introduced Custom Greetings On Google Voice today.
Me being a techhead, left same old boring message as a greeting to every one, My parents, my dear Grand Ma (Why are you so rude in your message? [because I did not say please]) and my friends got General default: "Hi, I can't get to the phone right now, so please leave your name and a message. If you don't leave a message, I probably won't return your call. Thanks."
I am glad I read the post, now my Grand Ma gets an ultra sweet greeting (I can even imagine her smile when she hears it) and better message to parents and Hey dude message to my friends.
Wow I could even compose myself differently to different messages!
Great Job C&H, just like the sugar!
I did not have any problem setting up my custome messages on Google Voice but if you do you can reach out to the Google Voice Help Forum or Google Voice Help Center,
Happy chatting on your phones.
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This morning was one of those perfect dry fly mornings at Mundo that only come around rarely and never last long. The overcast conditions and a beautiful midge hatch turned the glass smooth corners of the lake into a feeding frenzy. It appeared to be every trout in the lake eating on the surface. This brings about the problem with writing the fishing blog, I never want to say " You should have been here yesterday" so I'll avoid it by saying, you should have been here this morning. I would imagine if the weather pattern holds that these hatches will continue for a little while especially in the mornings before the wind picks up. One other hatch of angler interest is the Cicadas that this year are thick in most every tree and bush near the lakes, fish have been known to focus on these large bugs when the opportunity strikes...
Sadly for me, the Departments College Intern and myself watched the lake boil for two hours as we replaced log steps on the east and west side of the lake. As a side note the Fish Crew is going to be continuing its infrastructure projects at the recreational areas, we have been working on a camp site at the top of Mundo and will continue later this week with the installation of a new fire pit at the site directly north of the vault toilet.
I did manage to get a fly fishing report from one of our regular anglers and he said that most bugger flies and larger bead heads (with rubber legs) were producing trout 16" and over the last time he was here. He also noted that he only caught one Bluegill. All of the reports I have received have indicated great consistent fishing, for larger trout. I have not received any reports about other species, and as you all are aware that is pretty common, as most folks are targeting trout. Bait anglers have noted corn, fireballs, and smaller power bait hunks working well.
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- New high-end DSD purveyor Green Shoots gets profiled on BevNET.com Link
- In an interview with PepsiCo social media director Bonin Bough, it appears that the company is prepared to learn — even from failure. Link
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- Metromint has launched its newest variety, Goodberrymint, an all-natural blend of mint and mixed berries, including the essence of acai, blueberries, blackberries, pomegranates and raspberries. As part of "Project Goodberry," 10 percent of the proceeds from Goodberrymint will be donated to a non-profit organization to feed the hungry. Link
- Honest Tea has launched its first stevia-sweetened product, Passion Fruit Green Tea with Maqui Berry. Link
- American Summits LLC, has launched American Summits, a new natural and sparkling water in 750 ml glass bottles that is manufactured through sustainable environmental initiatives. Link
- Maine's Newest Soda Company, Green Bee, has launched Lemon Sting Soda, made with natural Maine honey, rosemary and lemon juice. Link
- Ayala Herbal Water launched a carbonated series of its infused waters. Link
- Just in time for summer, Coke launched Kvass in Whole Foods in Manhattan. The Russian drink is made with fermented rye and barley but is non-alcoholic. Link
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- Baltimore has passed a beverage tax, one of the few legislative issues that have gone against the beverage industry. Link
- Continuing to zero in on bicyclists, its new set of target consumers, HYDRIVE Enhanced Water Energy Drinks will run a new 30 second TV spot on the Tour de France broadcast, which runs from July 3 to July 25 on Versus Network. Link
- Celsius Holdings, Inc. has entered into a deal with Coast Brands Group LLC,to expand and deepen Celsius' availability on the West Coast. Link
- HINT Water launched a co-branded promotion with the forthcoming Warner Bros. movie Yogi Bear. Link
- The University of Illinois has published a study identifying Yerba Mate as a potent source of antioxidants and polyphenols — making for an extremely excited staff at Guayaki, which had the highest count among all the products tested. Link
- Consumers are interested in products that use simple, wholesome ingredients with minimal processing a key area of interest, according to a study by Innova Market Insights. Examples include marketing new products as "like grandma made" and "from the cupboard." Link
- Stevia is being used in a number of new products, but it isn't perfect, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Link
- Fortitech has developed a white paper on Kids' Health nutrients. Link
- A BevNET representative visited Flavorman — nee Pro-Liquitech — in Louisville, KY. Link
- Packaging manufacturer Ball Corporation has issued a sustainability report, its second since 2008. Link
- The French Trademark Office rejected Red Bull's request to ban the VPX Redline trademark in France due to the potential for confusion between the two brands.
- Bottled water company Icelandic Glacial has signed a distribution agreement with Russian beverage distributor ZAO Nectar-Trade to bring the natural spring water from Iceland to Russia. Link


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Think Stories, not Slides
Thoughts on public speaking.
Narrative Stories, not Bullet Slides
Try to think in prose, not in bullet points. Stories have characters, arcs, and emotions. Add them to my story. Think about my whole journey, and not only the outcome - and I will probably have a good story to tell.
Use story improv to tell a simple story in 5 - 6 sentences. Think about the spine of my story: Setup - Conflict - Struggle - Climax - Resolution. Once I have this structure, I can build on it.
Observe and Learn
Start to look at stories and presentation around me. Recognise the patterns in the ones that work. The stories, the metaphors, the tools, the style - just observe and be aware of them.
Don't copy them, but internalize them. Soon they will emerge out in my own unique way in my presentations.
Talk, don't only Think. Then Write it down
Talking allows me to share my idea, and test it out. Verbalising helps me see the flaws in my own ideas and thinking quicker than anything else. There is no better mirror for my thoughts than my own voice.
Writing is a fundamentally different process than thinking or talking. Putting it down on paper helps me add distance between the ideal floating in my head and what may actually work out there. It allows me to see the structure, the synthesis and the stories. Put the first draft on paper - as soon as possible, as rough as possible. Then I can start fixing it.
Edit and Simplify
Peel the onion, one layer at a time. Try to simplify the presentation and focus on the message. Remove the unnecessary details and detours that happened in my journey. Edit and see if there is a simple story to tell.
Focus on subtraction than addition. Don't worry about losing important material. It will make my presentation better and lighter.
Have a Viewpoint
Have an opinions. Don't be rigid about it - but it does need to exist. Use the presentation as way of build the connection and logic towards my viewpoint. Bring the audience along on the journey to my viewpoint.
A point of view allows the audience to engage with the content. They may agree or disagree with them, but it will make them think.
Put the Audience First
Never believe I am the audience. And what is interesting to me, may not be that interesting to everyone else. Don't try and show how clever I am or how amazing my solution was.
Focus on the what will engage the audience. Surprise them and show them something intriguing. Engage them in a way that they will take away something from the presentation. If they can Retain, Recall and Retell, even a part of the story - I have got them engaged.
Substance over Style
Use readable large text. Simple and pleasing graphics. No flying animation or fancy 3D effects. Use multimedia sparsely, but always test the audio first.
Ensure the data tells a visual story. The data graphics engages the visual sense, and compliments the story, which hits the aural senses. Add interactivity when needed but with care.
Finish the damn thing. Then Rehearse
Finish the story. It will not be perfect, but stories only get better as you keep telling them. Don't let perfection stand in the way of a good presentation.
But do rehearse. Don't let getting the perfect slide come in the way of the rehearsal. Speak it aloud at least five times. The story will take its own life after that. And it will flow out with ease on the dais.
Add Passion to the Story
Believe in my story. Why does it need to be told? And why am I the best person to tell it? Nothing bores the audience more than an half interested speaker. Bring my passion to play in the story.
Use the stage. Look at the audience, not the slides. Show them that I belong there and I have something interesting to tell.
If you enjoyed reading this essay, you will like the longer mini-book version at amitkaps.com/stories