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It's no secret that diving into the job market isn't as easy as it used to be. Lately, trying to dive headfirst into the job market is like diving head first into the shallow end of the pool without looking first. Doing thorough research of the industry and tweaking your resume first are an absolute must-do before you even consider applying- unless, you plan to 'shock-and-awe' your way into it.
As of late, individuals have been setting the bar higher and higher for others to try to measure up to. Most recently, senior Daniel Hebert of Mount Allison University wrote a blog post as to why he'd be the ideal candidate for Radian6's social media analyst position. Ragan blogged about Hebert's efforts but couldn't decide whether to dub him clever or crazy. Although Hebert was contacted for an interview, it's still unknown as to whether or not he got the job.


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NZDUSD is slowly trending higher on its 4-hour time frame, moving inside an ascending channel connecting the recent highs and lows of price action. Price just bounced off the channel support and is on its way to the top, but it is encountering resistance at the mid-channel area of interest.
Stochastic is on the move up, indicating that buyers are in control of price action and that further gains are possible. However, the 100 SMA is below the 200 SMA to show that the path of least resistance is to the downside. In addition, RSI is heading south so NZDUSD might follow suit.
At the moment, the 200 SMA is holding as a dynamic resistance level right around the .6600 major psychological level. If this continues to keep gains in check, a drop to the channel support at .6500 could take place.
Stronger selling pressure might even lead to a downside break of the channel support, depending on how this day's events unfold. Among the biggest catalysts for a dollar move is Fed Chairperson Yellen's testimony, as she could provide stronger hints on what the Fed has up its sleeve.
Previously, FOMC voting members have been citing several concerns that could delay a rate hike. For one, the inflation outlook has weakened since oil prices have chalked up another sharp tumble earlier this year. Aside from that, the dollar rallies are also putting a lid on domestic price levels. To top it off, financial conditions are tighter these days and the increased volatility could further complicate matters.
With that, dovish remarks from Yellen could mean a dollar selloff and a bounce for NZDUSD. On the other hand, hawkish comments reassuring that a March rate hike is possible could spur gains and lead to a downside break of the channel support.
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Just a little sketch i painted up tonight. Desert-oriented fantasy gear. I didnt even realise I was painting it until an hour in... just came out of nowhere -- been a while since iv had that. it was nice :)
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Some months ago – never mind how long precisely – a new contact popped up online, greeting me with what have become very standard words - 'Hi, do you remember me?'
Quite how a student expects me to remember them when they first contact me I do not know, given that all I see of them is their sign-in name which, even if it is a variation of their real name and not a more creative handle, gives no clue to their identity since I seldom teach any one group of students for long enough to get to know their names. And yet, after every class wraps up, four or five students will begin a conversation with those very words.
But given that in this case the sign-in name of this new interlocutor, Simone, was clearly female, I judged it best to make it seem as if I did recall her, and so I gave my catch-all answer, 'I taught you English, right?'
She told me that this was right, and she was glad I remembered her.
By dint of asking open-ended questions I established she was a student who'd come to one of the universities I work at for an oral exam, and that she got my email from the website information form used. But still I was unable to remember anything specific about her. However, given my penchant for the Lucky Dip, I let the conversation grow and unfold, and, by its end, had agreed to meet her for coffee during the following few days. For even though I was not quite sure who she was, I liked the pot luck of going to meet her. The anticipation of who will be waiting for me in the coffee shop (or wherever the rendezvous is) is always stimulating.
Now it so happens – with a dash of the chance, the pattern, the echo that I so relish in life – that this very same day that I met the (at that point) random woman was the day Clarissa flew overseas to her new life. I thought of Clarissa all that morning and particularly at when, me amid a class of guppies, she flew out. I knew I would miss her a lot, and so I did, for I was falling in love with her.
But this did not make me any bit more reflective, for I still kept the appointment I had made to have coffee with this woman who I remembered nothing about. And thus even as one woman left, a woman I cared greatly about, I was off questing after another.
Yet even as I was going to meet Simone, I ran into
She had mentioned this guy to me before, when we'd shared a coffee. But that time she'd told me he was her boyfriend. Either in the present email that use of 'husband' was a mere slip, or, last time, she'd lied to me; and if she had, it was a fine sign indeed. There's but one reason a woman downgrades a husband to a boyfriend, and it is the same reason that she airbrushes her other lovers out of her life altogether when meeting a new guy.
But at that time I was busy with other women and other classes, and so I decided merely to put her on pause and maybe apply myself to her a little later on. Fundamentally she was dull; but dull and cute, and a fuck's a fuck.
And so keeping matters brief with
If there was a moral plan to the world it would have been just deserts for my scoundrelly ways if she had turned out to be a fright – but not so; the woman who arrived to greet me was young, sexy, snappily dressed and, I was sure within a very few moments, almost certainly a cinch to seduce. And I did now remember her from the interview, and remembered being rather struck with her.
She was young, just 20 – which, in this culture often means more like 15 in emotional outlook -- and she was indeed 15 in some ways, a little timid, and most certainly corralled and controlled by her parents.
She told me she could only stay for two hours, since her parents had told her to be back home by . She also told me her mother had, at first, wanted to come with her but had settled for getting my phone number from her. Such parents! They give her the curfew of a ten year old.
I told her she had partly herself to blame for accepting this. She said she had tried to change her parents' minds… but obviously had not tried hard enough.
As we talked, I assessed her. Attractive, and rather a trim body. I felt it would not be too hard to charm her to bed; indeed, as, later, I walked back with her to the tube, my arm guiding her from time to time, I was sure I was home; and had the train not been quite so crowded, I'd have kissed her as we parted. I sent a follow up message saying I had enjoyed meeting her, and that she was cute. She replied in kind, and we exchanged a couple more messages in the same vein during the rest of the evening.
But I was sure Simone was not quite the wholesale innocent she appeared, for she had a boyfriend (at the time; he is long since gone). 'Do your parents know?' I asked of this boyfriend – expecting and getting the too-common look of amused horror on her face – 'Of course not! They would kill me!'
It is an old story; parents here seldom know the truth of their daughters' lives. Sara, my full-time girlfriend, for example, has to lie to her mother every time she stays with me. No matter that she is 25, and, in a few days, flying off to begin her postgraduate studies in
Sure, Simone looked and acted the virgin, but while I was not so gross as to ask, I suspected she was not; she told me her guy was a bit of a rogue so I concluded he had put her to it – opening a path for me, I hope.


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Sergio Marchionne's new five-year plan for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles won't start rewarding shareholders until 2017 at the earliest. Some wonder if there will ever be a payout.
One thing is clear: There will be no dividend for the plan's duration as Fiat Chrysler makes massive investments to globalize Jeep and relaunch Alfa Romeo. Those expenses, as well as other costs, will keep Fiat Chrysler's net industrial debt for at least three years at about 10 billion euros, or $13.77 billion at the current exchange rate, which is an auto industry record. It will cost about 2 billion euros ($2.75 billion) a year just to cover the finance charges on that debt.
According to Marchionne's blue-sky scenario, the big investments will result in an annual payoff of about 4.5 billion euros ($6.19 billion) in net cash starting in 2017. The era of big cash generation will continue for at least seven years, and he adds that by the end of 2018 net debt will fall to 500 million to 1 billion euros ($688.2 million to $1.38 billion).
Some financial analysts are skeptical that those targets can be met, and that global vehicle sales can be boosted to 7 million units in 2018 from 4.5 million to 4.6 million planned this year.
But Marchionne has delivered exactly what shareholders asked when he arrived at Fiat Group 10 years ago. He transformed Fiat Group from a weak Eurocentric automaker into a formidable global player. Fiat Chrysler is the world's seventh-largest automaker.
In addition, he restructured Fiat and Chrysler without asking for a capital increase. He says his new plan will not require a capital hike, but he said a "mandatory convertible bond is not off the radar screen" for this year.


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This week, we explore one of the many time capsules hidden across jungle landscape of Manga Island: Two works by one of the "Masters of Modern Manga," Buichi Terasawa. His career in the manga field is legendary, beginning under the tutelage of the "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka; he continues to produce manga and digital works. A prolific manga-ka, he has his hands in manga, OVAs, video games and multimedia, and even film production.
Even though he was trained by Tezuka, Terasawa's art style is far from the cartoony characters of Astro Boy, and Phoenix. The characters are realistically rendered and his tech design is solid, streamlined and beautifully inspired. Often his shading and toning bear more resemblance to extremely sharp charcoal drawings, except that all the lines is much more precise. Although he is a master at black and white, Terasawa created the first Computer Graphics comic book series, "Takeru." He continues to push the envelope of blending hand-drawn 2-D, Computer 2-D, and rendered 3-D images, in such works as "Black Night Bat", "Gundragon" (where the main character is hand drawn and super-imposed onto live action and CG images), and various tutorial books to educate aspiring manga-ka in the techniques of merging computer and hand drawn art.
Before the days of Witchblade, Lady Death, and other more "cheesecake" style comics, Terasawa was powering teen libidos, bringing his brand of hot women in comics to Japan (and later to the world) in the pages of Cobra (often referred to as "Space Adventure Cobra")for the weekly boy's comic "Jump." Terasawa's comics often play out like hyper-kinetic James Bond adventures, where the stakes are high and the women are plentiful. I would go so far as to say, that he rarely draws "Women," instead he draws "Chicks" in the vein of Soryama pin ups, Barbarella, or Bond Girls of the Roger Moore era. A hallmark of Terasawa's style, the "chicks" in his comics are often nude or scantily clad (and somehow stuck in variations of 80's fashion). Like most Bond women, no matter how competent, heroic, or villainous the women are, they almost always fall for the hero. Perhaps it's less of a Bond spy thing and more likely the rock and roll aspects of Terasawa that inspires his buff guys and scantily clad women. I've always thought that in his press photos and interviews, he looked like he looks like he would be equally at home in manga, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" era Scorpions, or hanging with the sans makeup Kiss lineup.
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"Goku: Midnight Eye" is a hard boiled cyberpunk re-imagining of the "Journey to West" story of the Monkey King. "Midnight Eye" begins as the title character; Goku investigates a strange round of suicides among his former friends on the police force he was kicked off of. It's stated that he was kicked off for being too obtrusive, and his boss never mentions if his propensity to wear skinny ties, a shirt that reveals his chest, and a black "Miami Vice" style jacket factored into this decision at all. As a successful private eye, Goku takes it upon himself to get to the bottom of what is causing average police officers to kill themselves while staking out a crime syndicate. A series of events soon leads to his near death and subsequent rebirth as a man with an electronic right eye that can control any computer system, scan any frequency of light and is even powerful enough to set off world war three if he so decided. (I'm also guessing that he somehow can block spam and popups, get a free gmail account, and more than likely he will never have to pay to access adult sites again.) In addition to new eye of knowledge (the first corollary to the Monkey King story in which the monkey king is given the gift of enhanced vision when the gods try to execute him); Goku is also given a staff that is itself a technological marvel. The staff can extend almost limitlessly, allowing him to pole vault across the city, smash objects and people (jaws, feet, and torsos are never safe in a fight with Goku), and hang in corridors by using it as a pull up bar. Additionally the staff can be shoot laser-like force-bolts that can rip through flesh, metal and concrete, something the legendary Monkey King never had. Of course, Goku is ever stylish, and doesn't let his new found pole vaulting ability get in the way of driving his futuristic yet 80's style 'vette.
As Goku takes revenge on his former partner's killers we are introduced to many of the hallmarks of Terasawa's imaginative style, including pole dancing, laser shooting robot with handlebars on her back that is ridden by a dwarf tech-genius, hunter killer dragonflies and hired thugs galore. All in a day's work for Goku and his new found powers and abilities.
Like Bond before him, no task is too great and no woman is too hard to get (even if they act as if they are). Goku's six pack abs and non-chalant style seem to get him into the arms of just about any woman he wants. Of course like most heroes conquests, becoming their lover seems to mark all but the most wary and lucky girl for some kind of tragedy and death. Of course, if all the Bond girls and reformed femme fatales were always kept safe, where would we get all the revenge stories that keep great pulp action plots alive? And how would he be free to move to the next damsel in distress, or villainess who needs a smooth spy to show here the error of her ways?
Throughout the 3 volumes, Goku takes on bio-engineered super soldiers, satellite laser arrays controlled by super villains, holographic ghosts, genetically altered beasts, and slews of trained assassins both robotic and human. The non-stop action also takes Goku around the world, in submarines, jets, trains, bikes, ships and all manner of futuristic vehicles. His electronic eye is the ultimate gadget in all of this, allowing him to be a one man army that Bond was never able to be. It's his Q and MI-5 backup all in one. All this action is always beautifully rendered by Terasawa. His sense of action and motion, as well as his ability to keep the story at a fast paced clip is always a joy to read. That is, if machismo escapist stories are what you are in for. If I am going to read a futuristic detective story, I'll take Goku any day. Unrepentant and super cool, "Goku: Midnight Eye" fills area manga void left by whiny pretty boys, high school girl problems, and giant robots. Men are men, villains are super evil, and women are tough enough to be killers, and tender enough to always go for the good guy.
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In Terasawa's "Kabuto" (aka we are introduced to an alternate feudal Japan of the Daiei dynasty. Even though it is supposedly 500 years ago, the Japan of Kabuto is full of alien "gods," robots, castles that double as tanks (think Japanese castles combined with the space shuttle gantry mover), and a horde of supernatural enemies at every turn.
One of the most interesting things about the two volumes of the Kabuto manga is their chronology. The first volume deals with the supernatural ninja Kabuto and his band of four gods that travel with him. The God of the North (Genbu) is a Tengu Goblin that more akin to a statue come to life, the God of the South (Sazaku) is a typical Terasawa heroic hot girl, the God of the East (Seiryuu) is a childlike ninja, and the God of the West (Byakko) is a wisecracking cool guy swordsman and gun fighter. Kabuto himself can fly like his raven moniker using his wing-like ninja tunic. He also wields a talking sword that gives advice, can be summoned to his aid, and is more than a match for any of the demons that the band of heroes must face. As the team moves closer and closer to battling the Dark Lord (and possible alien) Kuroyasa Douki, the must battle minions, slave traders and various supernatural creatures. In order to defeat the Douki's tank castle they must commandeer the Dragon Manji craft, a gigantic manji symbol (a symbol of good luck that the Nazi's commandeered and perverted into the now infamous swastika) with a dragon head that can shoot ultra powerful energy beams. It's this kind of over-the-top a storytelling that endures me to Terasawa's works. The feudal Japan of Buichi Terasawa is still rife with evil, robots magical ultra weapons, and Nagel and Soryama, thong sporting women. A Japan entirely his own (and one that we see revisited in many of his other works), it's a place for heroes and villains of the larger than life variety, and woe be unto the commoner who is caught in the struggle between the two.
The second volume deals with the ancestor of the original Tengu Kabuto who is imparted with the power of the four gods as he lies between life and death. Without his team of super sidekicks, this new Kabuto must battle the supernatural beings that Douki now employs. As a one man army, Kabuto must be even more reliant on his wits and his sword if he is to take on the Dark Lord. The danger is even more real and the stakes seem higher as the battle escalates to an endgame. We see that when evil appears, there will always be an heir to the Tengu martial arts style to take up the winged ninja mantle and sword and defend the Earth.
I recommend "Goku" and "Kabuto" for anyone looking for well drawn escapist fantasy and heroes that aren't full of angst about their station in life. Both Goku and Kabuto have all the charm and wit of Bond with the cyber and fantasy elements that only manga can deliver. I also recommend hunting down the VHS OVA versions of both of these series if possible. Kabuto is more of a side story, while Goku is much closer to the manga version. Kabuto is worth checking out for the generation of fans who saw Ninja scroll when it first came out and want more (and in my opinion cooler) of the same. I may be clouded by nostalgia, but I smile every time I hear the power metal theme song that accompanies the violence and mayhem of the OVA. It was one of the first OVAs I saw that dared to be PG-13 or R and, and despite its short running time and differences from the manga, has stuck in my mind as what ninja anime should be.
If you want to check out more of this manga-ka's body of work the links below should direct you to almost everything you need to know. I hope you enjoy the rich art and style of Terasawa, until Manga Island calls once again.
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Tony Salvaggio has been a fan of anime and manga from an early age. He has been an animator in the video games industry and is currently co-writing an original graphic novel for Tokyopop. He regularly hosts anime and Japanese related shows in Austin and his passion for all things anime and manga related is only excelled by his quest to become King of the Monsters.


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Among those acknowledged in Michael Malone's prefatory note to "Handling Sin" are 20th Century Fox, which may make a movie out of it, and Miguel de Cervantes, Henry Fielding and Charles Dickens. He thanks the last three for their "friendship, nudges, winks and wise counsel."
With all this nudging, winking and negotiating--the author's agent is also credited--it's not surprising that Malone's attempt at a modern picaresque novel lurches in every conceivable direction on its way from North Carolina to New Orleans.
It is not hard to hypothesize the influence of the aforementioned writers, film company and agent in this tale of a small-town insurance man learning, through a series of adventures, to relax and get in touch with life. It is harder, but possible, to believe that Malone is a writer of some talent, wit and earnestness who has let his mentors shanghai him.
To touch very briefly on the novel's hyperactive plot, Raleigh Hayes, of Thermopylae, N.C., is goaded out of his everyday routine by a message from his dying father. This former minister, trumpet player and all-round reprobate orders his son to accomplish a number of difficult errands and meet him some weeks later in New Orleans. Raleigh's tasks, which include stealing a bust from the local library and searching for a couple of elusive and recalcitrant relatives, get him into all kinds of trouble. They also assemble around him an eccentric band of traveling companions.


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Kitchen is almost finished, in fact it's finished but we are trying some methods to darken the added granite top to make it more similar to the rest, so a post will definitely come soon!
The biggest news of all though is that we started yesterday potty-training Oliver. We have 4 days of holidays and it was my neighbour who suggested to give it a go. We skipped pull-up pants and went straight to cotton underpants as soon as he woke up yesterday morning. I bought a Star Chart to mark his progress and we also skipped the potty altogether choosing the toilet seat reductor instead. We made a big ceremony yesterday morning of how he was a big boy and to tell us if he had to pee. Remember it's been 18 months that he poos only in the loo (ok, of course occasionally he would poo in the nappy but very rarely) so he has the association of loo-poo but not so much for pee which is mostly accidental when it happens in the loo.
Anyway, yesterday morning we had 3 accidents to which he reacted very surprised that he was wet! And immediately he would say "I do popo..." no worries, we reassured him, changed his underpants and pants and kept bringing him to the loo at regular intervals. He was mostly successful and seemed to really enjoy this new thing. He never had other accidents till after dinner. I had read that it's important to wait for the child to realise that if you have not brought him to the loo and he needs to go, he has to tell you, so letting him wet occasionally is a good thing. He did pee a bit, wetting the pants, but stopped immediately, called me saying "popo!" and off we went to finish the business in the loo! By the end of the day we had so many stars in the chart he was delighted! We are not worrying about nights for now, with Phoenix on the way in a very short time I don't think i'd have the energy of getting up and changing beds! Daytime is huge already!
Then today we NEVER had an accident (yet!), he told us twice he had to go BEFOREHAND! So so happy and he really seems to understand this is what mamma and papa' do all the time given that we don't wear nappies! I put on a nappy for his afternoon nap, telling him this is just in case he pees while sleeping and not to worry we'll take it off as soon as he's up and we'll put the underpants back on. He seemed happy with that too.
If this works out as I hope it will, I will resize all our nappies to new-born settings for Phoenix so that he can enjoy them for very early on!


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At some point, we — as a society — are going to reevaluate our fascination with social media. We're bound to, because the course that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, et al, have us on is not sustainable.
A new survey, released just this past weekend, found that young adults who spend at least two hours a day on social media are twice as likely to feel socially isolated as their peers who spend less than 30 minutes a day on social media. And the more time you spend on those digital networks, the more likely you are to feel socially isolated.
In other words, social media is supposed to be filling the void in our social lives. Instead, it seems to have the opposite effect.
The researchers who led the study, which was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, concluded that while we humans are inherently social creatures, many of us tend to spend so much time on social media that we don't have time for real socializing. And, as just about anyone can tell you, the networks like Facebook and SnapChat are no substitute for real interaction with other people.
None of this is news to a lot of you, of course. It hasn't exactly been a secret that our social skills and interactions have declined as social networks have become more prominent.
It started innocently enough, with MySpace and then Facebook. But social media networks have multiplied at an increasing rate. Today, those two networks only scratch the surface of social media. There's also Instagram and Twitter; SnapChat and Reddit; Pinterest and Vine; and the list goes on and on. The younger you are, the more likely you are to have even more social media networks to grab your attention. Teens and tweens commonly use Musical.ly and its live-streaming counterpart, Live.ly, among others.
Naysayers have long pointed out the detriments of social media. Chief among them, we're forgetting how to have real conversations with one another. It's the digital age's great irony that apps and networks intended to make us more social (secondary to padding their developers' pockets, if we're being honest) are actually causing a break-down in social skills.
But allow me to suggest to you that the single biggest detriment of social media is how quickly we're becoming rude to one another.
In the early days of the internet, the social niche was filled by message boards and chatrooms. It wasn't called social media back then, but they were a precursor to today's social networks. You didn't use your real name, usually. Instead, you logged in under a moniker. Entire online communities were developed where people knew one another only by assumed names — like JackRabbit341 or Cheezehead. And, boy, were there some vicious people in those circles.
In real-life interactions in the 1990s, few of us would have considered name-calling and flinging insults to be an acceptable form of discourse. Not when you were standing face-to-face with someone, knew their name, and didn't have a barrier between you. But online, there was a computer screen to hide behind, a keyboard to do the talking, and no one knew anyone else's name, so just about anything went. And rudeness prevailed.
Fast-forward a few years, to the arrival of MySpace and, later, Facebook. There were other social media networks that predated these, of course, but for all intent and purpose, social media was born when a college kid named Zuckerberg developed a social networking tool that took the internet by storm. Facebook made all of us social. Today, if you have a smartphone, a tablet, or spend time online with your laptop, chances are that you have a Facebook account.
Early on, Facebook was different. Because everyone used their real name, and had their real photo associated with their name, and because most of us weren't networking with people we didn't actually know in real life, Facebook was a much politer alternative to the message boards and chat boards that had dominated the internet in the '90s. Discourse was cordial. We actually liked one another.
But anyone who has been paying attention will nod their heads in agreement on this: as Facebook has aged and matured, it has become the same vitriolic cesspool for hatefulness and arguing that those early message boards were.
This is where the declination of our social skills seems to show up best. Twenty years ago, we would've been unlikely to make a rude comment towards someone online if we actually knew who we were talking to. Today, that's no longer a barrier for too many of us. That's why the lines are being blurred between Facebook and the dinosaur holdouts from the message board era, like Topix. And, I think, to some degree, all of us are guilty of it. If someone says something that draws our ire, we're much more likely now to fire back, whereas a couple of decades ago we probably wouldn't have, no matter how much they might deserve it.
It would be easy to suggest that society will really be doomed once this progression continues and spills over into real life, where we're just as likely to pop off something condescending to someone in Walmart as we would've been on some message board 20 years ago.
Except that it already has begun to carry over. How many of us know people we won't speak to, or who won't speak to us, because of something that was said on a silly social media network? And it affects just about every societal institution that we hold sacred — our marriages, our families, our churches, and the list goes on.
For all their usefulness, social media networks have plenty of drawbacks. And as they actually perform the opposite effect of making us less social instead of more, you have to wonder: how long until we all just become completely fed up with all of them and go back to actual, real, meaningful conversations?
We probably wouldn't be worse off for it.


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New York Times
August 21, 1916
In view of the revival of activity of German submarines and reports of the renewal of agitation in German for the unlimited use of the submarine, regardless of the attitude of the United States and other neutral countries, interest attaches to the arrival in New York via Switzerland of copies of an anti-submarine and anti-government leaflet that has been secretly circulated by thousands throughout the German Empire.
This pamphlet was put out by a minority group of the Social Democratic Party of Germany [SPD] that has consistently opposed the war from the very beginning, and which is labeled the "International Group." In this group are Dr. Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Dr. Ernst Meyer, editor of the Berliner Vorwärts; Clara Zetkin, editor of Die Gleichheit; Franz Mehring, and Berta Thalheimer. At present Dr. Liebknecht is under sentence of thirty months in prison, and Rosa Luxemburg and Dr. Meyer are both under arrest.
Antiwar German socialists.
The leaflet, which is entitled "Submarine Warfare, 'International Law,' and International Murder," and which started circulating some time ago — when the German press and parliament were clamoring for vengeance upon the British for the alleged murder of the members of a German submarine crew (known as the Baialong case) — reads as follows:
Submarine warfare, "international law," and international murder
The German government has incurred a sharp rebuff and has humbled itself before the United States. But the provocatory agitation continues, and it is necessary that we clearly understand what may still happen.
Submarine warfare was intended to force England to come whimpering and begging for mercy, and thus bring the war to an end with a glorious victory for German imperialism. Because the German people were hungry, the politicians "holding out" persuaded the nation that the people of England should be forced to be still hungrier.
German U-Boats, 1913-1918.
War started by imperialists
Crazy imperialist agitators in the government and the ruling classes had stupidly provoked the world war, in spite of the fact that this would lead the German masses to run the risk of being starved out. To the crime of international murder they added that of stupidity, for they knew — they must have known — that nowadays a war against France and Russia might last for years, and that if at the same time the neutrality of England were not assured all exports all exports to Germany would be cut off.
And when it really came to that, they began to shout bloody murder and assert that this constituted a violation of international law; that it was a crime against international law to expose a nation of 70,000,000 people to famine.
To this we may say: "In the first place the German government has forfeited every right of appeal to international law." If [international law] is to be effective, then above all international treaties so solemnly entered upon must be binding. Such treaties guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium. Despite this, Germany attacked Belgium and thus gave British imperialism the excuse to incite the British people to war against Germany. In the second place, the blockade carried on by England, the cutting off of all exports to Germany, is not contrary to the law of nations. On the contrary, the halting of exports to an enemy in order to make the struggle harder, or quite impossible, is a method of warfare that has always been recognized.
The sinking and raising of U-Boat 110.
How submarines failed
In the spring of 1915 our braggarts were cracking jokes. England would not starve us out, but we should starve her out. That was to be done by the submarines. Such talk was foolishness then, and it remains so now. In order to cut off exports to England it would be necessary to watch all the coasts of all her islands, and to do that would require a hundred submarines for every dozen that Germany is able to build. And even then the outcome would be in doubt, for there are means of defense and protection against these boats, too.
The submarines turned loose certainly caused injury. For since English ship owners are just as big of scoundrels as German food extortioners, they raised freight rates, which caused a sharp increase in he cost of necessities. Nevertheless, this is of no use against English and neutral trading ships, and thus the English people were ever talking about cutting off exports to England.
But in the meantime international law was violated. The English government acts like a rascal when it imposes illegal conditions upon the neutrals, steals their tools, and in general interferes with their commerce and profit-making, but the German navy murders the defenseless. International laws says regarding naval warfare that
Warships are attacked like regiments or forts, but trading vessels, on the contrary, are not objects of attack, although they may be captured. Any merchant of an enemy country may be captured and made a good prize, but in the case of a neutral ship this may only be done if it carries contraband. This capture, followed by confiscation, is effected through the trading vessel being halted by a warship and brought into port; only in exceptional cases, when this procedure is impossible, may it be destroyed. Even in the latter case the crew of the warship must make every effort to save the passengers and sailors in the merchant ship. For they are non-combatants, defenseless persons whom it is plain murder to kill.
These principles are so clear, so logical, that they have been accepted ever since so-called civilized nations have made war on the sea. Furthermore, they have been laid down in all international treaties. There is no doubt in this case.
The sinking of the Lusitania.
The Lusitania horror
Now the German government says: "The crew of a U-boat is not in a position to comply with these principles of international law. Only in exceptional cases does a U-boat have a chance to take a ship to port. And neither has it the space to accommodate passengers when it sinks a ship. Besides, since a U-boat can be damaged by a single cannon shot (even a single rifle shot), it exposes itself to being destroyed if it calls upon an enemy ship to surrender."
What is the consequence of this? Common sense says: "As this is the case, U-boats may very well be used against warships, but never against trading vessels: otherwise they commit murder, in violation of international law."
The logic of the German government and its satellites, including the converted [i.e., pro-war] Social Democrats, is different: "Despite the fact that the U-boats are not able to carry on warfare according to the rules of international law, they must carry on, they must murder."
And so it happened. In May 1915, a cry of horror rang through the civilized world. Without any warning, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the great English passenger ship Lusitania. More than a thousand defenseless beings, among them many hundred women and children, met a grisly death beneath the waves.
There were American citizens among them, and so the government of the United States lodged a protest against the crime. The German government was forced to apologize and to promise indemnity, vowing to abandon its practice of regularly carrying on war in violation of international law.
They want to make war "more human" — to "civilize" it! No unnecessary pain should be caused to anyone, but only the soldiers should be put out of action: international law forbids the refusal of mercy and the killing of prisoners who have surrendered; both friend and foe should make every effort to bring swift aid to the wounded. Reality itself has given the lie to all these pretty precepts. No matter how horrible the means of destruction may be — be it dum-dum bullets or poisonous gas — it is not scorned. Amid this wholesale murder it is impossibly to properly care for the wounded. Leaders of armies issue orders to give no quarter. Cases of shooting unarmed prisoners are multiplying. The prisoners' lot is terrible, and neither army commanders nor their governments can change this, even if they wanted to, because the masses of men in question run into the millions.
With cries of "revenge for the Baralong!", in favor of "unrestricted submarine warfare," attempts were made to lash the masses, who suffer terribly from the conflict, into fresh passion for the war. Now the government has called off the pack, because it shrinks from war with the United States (which would seal Germany's fate). But don't let us deceive ourselves. At the next opportunity the provocatory agitation will be renewed, because they need popular mania for the war in order to continue its prosecution.
Continue to where? To the final victory of Germany — or so they say.
But it has already become apparent to all intelligent persons that this war can no longer be decided by force of arms. Even if rivers of blood still flow, if the millions of dead and crippled who have fallen victim so far are doubled and tripled, despite all that no "decisive results" can be obtained. It will go on like at Verdun, where more than 100,000 men were driven to death and destruction in order to take a couple unimportant positions. If this madness continues, only by bleeding of nations white will there be an end to this slaughter.
The statement goes on to say that the war must be brought to an end by the will of the proletarian masses, and that now is the time to put an end to it. The pamphlet closes with the appeal: "Rouse yourselves! Put an end to this murder by waging revolutionary class struggle, under the banner of international socialism."


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Fantasy Football Profile: Maurice-Jones Drew
Maurice Jones-Drew finally gets a chance to prove that he can be an NFL feature back. Given what he's done in a somewhat limited role, the fantasy world is salivating at the thought of what he could do in an expanded role. Naturally there is some risk in taking a player who has never had 200 carries in a season, but that can be viewed as a plus since he hasn't put on a lot of mileage. Despite his 5'7″ stature he is quite durable. That's because he packs 208 pounds of muscle on that frame. He is a bowling ball with great moves and quickness. What's more impressive is his nose for the end zone. Mojo has 40 TDs (34 rushing, 4 receiving, 2 return) in his three years. He also is extremely gifted at catching the ball out of the backfield. He has had 40+ receptions every year, including a career high 62 last year. He should benefit greatly from a healthy Offensive Line, which was the main reason behind Jacksonville's disappointing 2008 season.
This year Jacksonville has some nice matchups agaist Arizona in Week 2, St. Louis in Week 6, Kansas City in Week 9, and Cleveland in Week 17, which doesn't help most fantasy owners. His fantasy playoff schedule consists of Miami, Indianapolis, and New England, which is less than desirable. Of course a RB with MJD's versatility has the ability to produce against anyone.
Mo-Jo will likely go in the top three picks in most league, perhaps #1 overall in PPR leagues. I fully expect him to meet his lofty expectations. I'm putting him on 2000 total yards with 14 total TDs.


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Arnold Fortuna Lawner & Cabot, Boston, has begun staffing up to handle the $100 million Volkswagen account it won in April. The agency has brought on 10 staffers and anticipates adding about 15 more in the coming weeks. Among those hired to new positions are Kathy Kieley, to senior VP-creative director, from creative director, Pedone & Partners, New York; Keith Weinman, to senior VP-associate creative director, from VP-associate creative director, Mullen, Wenham, Mass.; Carol Lee Kelliher, to director of creative services, from senior VP-director of creative services, Hal Riney & Partners, San Francisco; Beth Pasciucco, to VP-management supervisor, from VP-account director, Houston Effler Herstek Favat, Boston.


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A mom in the Philippines took to Twitter to show the adorable way that her son was inspired by the show RuPaul's Drag Race.
In a series of tweets posted Tuesday night, Mikli Feria Jorge's little boy, Kito, was seen getting into some of her eyeshadow palettes and playfully applying the pigments to his face. "I want to do that also!" Jorge quoted her son saying, after they had watched an episode of the show the night before.
We were watching RuPaul's Drag Race last night and this little one was, "I want to do that also!" pic.twitter.com/fgCWvvyLUr
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
The initial tweet was followed up with a series of other photos showing Kito's full transformation, complete with winged liner, lipstick, and a gorgeous red dress. But when his mom told him how beautiful he looked, he mentioned that he still needed a wig.
He had me do his wings, insisted on eyelashes, ate carefully to not ruin his lipstick, &
Me: You're beautiful!
K: Ma, we need to buy a wig. pic.twitter.com/eAsq6ZaTvZ
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
Kito ultimately convinced Jorge to get involved after he assigned them both drag names — his being Ballooni Liteg and hers Cat Astrfi — along with a drawing of their drag personas.
Meet Ballooni Liteg! (silent e, silent g)
(My drag name, from him, is Cat Astrfi) pic.twitter.com/bPtKfl9jd0
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
Um, momma wanted in on the action too ok pic.twitter.com/Hm7awwn0yG
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
Sashay. pic.twitter.com/BhT8JQxQa5
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
All of the photos of the two in full glam are just as cute as the pure joy exuding from Kito. But, unsurprisingly, not all in the replies agree. Instead, people took offense to the idea of exposing the child to drag queens at his age. The terribly harsh reactions involve Jorge being called out for being a bad mom.
You're destroying this boys life, before it even gets started. Parenting isn't for everyone – clearly. #Legend
— iTz L3G3ND³ (@DabizLegend) July 5, 2017
Why isn't this considered child abuse? This child is damaged forever.
— Rachel Madcow-Bam (@michael12148747) July 5, 2017
I'm willing to bet that this woman is a single mother.
— Paleolithic Man (@man_paleolithic) July 6, 2017
I'm just wondering at what time did it become ok to normalize a child this young to aspire being in drag?
— slick ✨ (@YungTiaa_) July 6, 2017
People throughout the Twitterverse luckily came to Jorge's rescue to put the shamers in their place.
you are what every mother should be❤
— namecannotbeblankkk (@Trivial_Chola) July 6, 2017
This kind of stuff is ❤ Amazing like he looks beautiful and so happy …..Parenting done right❤☺ pic.twitter.com/haODseBUCz
— (@BobbyChanel) July 5, 2017
Since people don't know the definition of child abuse, here it is☺ pic.twitter.com/MV5sYM5eOn
— R///J (@royaltynoir) July 5, 2017
Welcome to the family. Do make up and don't give any damn about the haters. We love you, shantay you stay <3
— Mathieu Brancourt (@MBrancourt) July 6, 2017
While you retweet all of the love above, RuPaul has done his part in recognizing the admirable mother and son duo as well. On his own Twitter feed, he retweeted three replies to the Jorge thread to show his support.
Keep doing you, Kito.
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The Hospitality Green Cleaning Challenge
The Green Hospitality Challenge (GHC) is a project funded by the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, via a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, for the purpose of educating and training the restaurant industry on the value of using non-toxic cleaning and pest control chemicals in their operations. Read more.
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The Green Hospitality Water Challenge (GHWC) is a project funded by the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, via a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, for the purpose of educating and training the restaurant industry on the value of conserving water in their establishments.
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The goal of our research is to understand how the proliferation of the cell, i.e. "the cell cycle", is controlled in the living body of an animal and, ultimately, to apply the knowledge gained to find an efficient way to treat cancer and other human diseases. By harnessing the power of the advanced genetical tools of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, alongside sophisticated biochemical techniques and proteomics analysis, we are striving to discover the fundamental mechanism that couples the cell cycle to cellular differentiation and tissue homeostasis in multicellular organisms.
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It has come to light that various cell cycle regulators directly regulate developmental signalling pathways in order to coordinate cell fates with cell proliferation. We have recently found the evidence that the APC/C may regulate Wingless (Wg)/Wnt signalling through the destruction of a centrosomal kinase Nek2 during Drosophila eye development.
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We also investigate the mechanism of "cell cycle exit" that often precedes or coincides with terminal differentiation and cellular quiescence. The APC/C co-activator, Fzr/Cdh1, is essential for timely cell cycle exit and differentiation of neurons and various animal tissues.
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2017 Chevy Volt Review, Day 2
May 22nd, 2016 by Steve Hanley
Originally published on Gas2.
Yesterday was my first full day with the Chevy Volt the folks at Chevrolet have kindly placed at my disposal. I decided I would use it exactly the way I use my regular car, a 2010 Honda Civic, on a normal day. Apart from all of the "saving the planet" goodness of driving an electric car, I wanted to know, "Is this a car I could live with on a daily basis?"
When I am not parked at my keyboard creating stories for Gas2, I am a constable for the State of Rhode Island. That means I deliver court notices to people. Not many of my "customers" are all that happy to see me. Basically, what I do is leave the house and drive to dozens of locations in northern Rhode Island. If no one is home, I leave a note on the door asking someone to contact me. It's surprising how many do. I call it "littering;" my wife calls it "disturbing the peace."
I can spend up to 8 hours doing that on a typical day. Performance is rarely an issue, but comfort and getting in and out easily are important to me. My car is primarily a business tool. Ideally, it will assist me in getting the job done rather than putting roadblocks in my way. Reliability is more important to me than acceleration and style.
I started the day with 57 miles of range and 1754 miles on the odometer. I finished the day with 0 miles of range and 1837 miles on the odo. That means I drove a staggering 83 miles on battery power alone. The gasoline engine never came on, even after the range indicator told me I had no range left. This is what people want — a car that under-promises and over-delivers. Congratulations, Chevrolet. Color me impressed.
How do I account for that? I don't. I drove the car exactly as I would my Civic. I stopped to see my son-in-law in Providence who drives a Honda Fit EV. We drove around a bit and did a few full throttle starts in performance mode just to see what the car could do. I drove mostly on city streets, got caught behind a school bus or two, and drove about 12 miles on a highway. I did not try any hypermiling techniques. I just drove normally, traffic permitting.
The Volt I have is loaded with every option known to modern science. Frankly, I don't know what half the buttons are for yet. I noticed while I was driving on the highway that the steering seemed heavy. A couple of times it seemed like I had to fight the wheel. I noticed an indicator light was lit on the left side of the steering wheel and remembered the fellow who brought the car to me mentioning something about a lane departure system.
I cancelled the lane-keeping function and the steering immediately became more responsive to my input. Note to Chevy. I can do without the lane-departure technology, thank you very much.
While on the highway, I was approaching an exit I wanted to take. There was a knot of traffic around me that made it unsafe for me to get into the right lane. No problem. I pushed down on the accelerator and the Volt wafted its way, silently and effortlessly, to the front of the line. No drama, just the extra speed I needed when I needed it.
About halfway through the day, I got curious why there seemed to be little regenerative braking going on. Somewhere in the back of my head, I remembered reading about how the L setting on the gear selector would engage more regen. I tried it, and sure enough, there was the regen braking I had been expecting all along.
I have to say, I am uncomfortable driving around in L. That's what we did in my Mom's Impala years ago when we wanted to make a lot of noise and impress our dates. It just doesn't feel right being always in L mode. Time to think of another letter, Chevrolet. I recommend D1 and D2, with a programmable function that allows the driver to choose which is which. People who like a lot of regen should be able to make it the default setting for them.
Regen adds a whole new level to the electric car experience. It makes true "one pedal" driving possible, where the brakes are used seldom if at all. With a little practice, the driver can bring the car to nearly a complete halt just by lifting off the throttle. It's an acquired taste. I don't think I would care for it on the highway. But around town in traffic, it is just about the best idea since sliced bread.
Here are a few more things I like. The blind spot detection is sweet. I know lots of cars have this today, but it was my first experience with it. It works great. The backup camera has an audible alert that warns of a person, car, or obstruction lurking behind you.
As I was practicing my one pedal driving technique, I got closer to the car in front at a traffic light than the car's computer thought was prudent. Suddenly, a series of bright red LEDs illuminated directly in my line of sight and an audible warning went off. I was surprised the first time it happened, but I like how the system works. Definitely want this on my next car.
My first day with the 2017 Chevy Volt convinced me this is a car I could live with. Sure it's "green," but it's also a darn good car. It is nearly silent but powerful. It tracks and steers accurately. It rides comfortably. I purposely drove it over some manhole covers that upset the suspension in my Honda, but the Volt handled them with aplomb.
I mentioned that my son-in-law drives a Fit EV. He is an electric car enthusiast, someone who looks with scorn at any car with a gasoline engine. At the end of our test drive, he said, "Nice car. I'd buy one." Coming from someone who already owns a battery electric car and has sworn never to own a car with an internal combustion engine again, that is high praise indeed.
I could do without some of the bells and whistles on this fully equipped car, but overall, I was thoroughly impressed by the Volt. No roaring engine, no shuffling gears — just quiet, confident, sure-footed driving. It reinforces the opinion I and so many others have — the best way to sell someone an electric car is to get them behind the wheel and let them drive one. Are you listening, Chevrolet?


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The New York Times Travel Magazine posted an article on Monday called "Restaurants' Best Press: 'Bill Clinton Ate Here'," and I giggled. I know this strategy all too well. I have fallen prey to this marketing tactic. Two summers ago, Family Summer 2008, my family and I went on a culinary trek through Holland in honor of Bill Clinton. We were in search of Bill Clinton's poffertjes.
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So it wasn't that much of a trek, more like an hour in the car. Delft is a beautiful little town. If they hadn't been able to get the permits to film in Bruges, you can be pretty sure Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes would have had their shoot-out in this canal. A fairy tale town.
The cafe, in the middle of the town square, was not shy about their Bill Clinton affiliation. There was a photo in the window, almost the size of a life-size cutout. The wall outside the bathrooms was dedicated to him. Newspaper clippings, framed photographs, a signed napkin. Hillary would pop up here and there but for the most part, it was Bill-only. It is the most concentrated amount of Bill Clinton I've ever experienced. And he ate here in 1997. I'm actually surprised their awning wasn't just a picture of Bill's face, throwing everyone a thumbs up, "Best pofferjtes in the land!" The menu featured the picture from the window, Bill arm-in-arm with the owner, next to "The Bill Clinton Special" — strawberries and cream. That's what I ordered, and that's what I'll order again. Simple but classic. Thanks, Bill!
Walking through the square, feeling thoroughly satisfied and pleased with the former President, we passed three other poffertjes places that advertised the exact same thing with the photographic evidence to back it up. So much for brand loyalty.


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Most forensic science students envision careers spent working in city or county crime labs and testifying in U.S. courts. But for a number of recent graduates of the master's in forensic science and law program, that career vision now includes deployment to Afghanistan.
Since 2009, seven Duquesne forensic science and law graduates have been hired by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USA CIL) in Atlanta.
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Christine Swanson, a 2010 graduate of the program, started her career with the USA CIL as a latent print examiner shortly after graduating.
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I had a short stint with this diet when Reegan was 8 weeks old but it turned out to be her vesicoureteral reflux condition. BUT Reegan had what we thought was gas and as you can see Fletch has a whole diff sitch going on...plus some gas too. But yeah this skin issue is no bueno!
Here is the thing people I'm not that girl. The kind that orders salads, nibbles at her food daintily...I could be compared to Garfield and how do you think Garfield would feel if you told him he could not have lasagna?! So yeah this will be a challenge, there will be frustration and FOR SURE some tears BUT if it helps my babe then I'm ALL IN!!!
So I welcome your recipes, suggestions, advice and encouragement for the next 2-4 week to possibly a year. Another struggle on My Journey to 30...surprise, surprise! OK OK I'll quit kicking + screaming and won't feel sorry for myself...after all it's just food. Who needs it right?! Wait what! ;)
In addition to the food end of this Fletcher now gets drip dry baths every 3-4 days rather than daily. He gets two moisturizing sessions with fragrance + color free lotion and oil. We will also be changing our laundry soap + softener. We are using his soft brush on his scalp every day. AND he has a leaking tear duct {right eye} so that sucker gets massaged twice daily which he HATES! LOL! But as I said before...I'm all in! :)


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Thursday, 2 July 2015
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Hello. I struggle with the whole shabby chic vintage look so when I saw the challenge at In The Pink was that very thing I groaned! Anyways, that's what makes it a challenge, right? I hope that it's fussy enough to pass for the challenge - it's as shabby as I could muster!
I used a pre-coloured Lili of the Valley image panel. A die cut background panel and bow, a doily and a gorgeous pink gem that is so glittery and gorgeous in real life, I really wish the camera had picked up the sparkle.
7 comments:
- Carole said...
Chabby chic, vintage or whatever Liz..a fabulous card. I find the shabby look hard too as i prefer clean lines I guess. Anyway your card is lovely...I'll join you in a cuppa any day! :)
- 2 July 2015 at 13:44
- Jacee said...
How adorable Liz, a great design, love it!
hugs Jacee
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- 2 July 2015 at 17:09
- Sue B said...
Oh this looks perfect Shabby Chic to me Liz… such a darling image and the embellies are perfect with it! :-)
Hope you have a nice evening!
Big hugs, Sue B xx
- 2 July 2015 at 17:26
- Karen Ashbrook said...
Such a pretty card, love how you've combined the different elements. Also, thank you for getting back to me about the dies. Karen xx
- 2 July 2015 at 18:15
- Craftychris said...
So gorgeous! I love it! Sorry I haven't been around for a while! xxx
- 2 July 2015 at 19:00
- Marilyn said...
What a sweet image and adorable card! Of course it's shabby enough... shabby, vintage and oh, so cute!
- 3 July 2015 at 03:06
- Vannessa said...
This is so sweet Liz. I struggle with the whole vintage style too so I feel your pain! Thanks for joining in the In The Pink Challenge this time.
Hugs, Vannessa
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Over at Hold the Onions written by the inimitable and amazing +joan childress wilkerson, joan posted her Top Five Places to Eat In Asheville, and while it's a list that won't do you wrong, I figured I'd offer my take.
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- *Taqueria Fast* - technically in Woodfin, _Taqueria Fast_ has the best tacos authenticos I've found, and everything from the Jalisco-Mexican menu is tasty. [http://www.mountainx.com/
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