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When we read about the national epidemics of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, or listen to news reports, programs, or podcasts discussing these health problems, the solutions most frequently proposed include regular vigorous exercise (begun gradually, of course) and a healthy nutritious diet. These action steps are essential for the long-term well-being of us all, regardless of our current health status. Importantly, we gain critical support for these activities by going for regular chiropractic care.
In fact, regular chiropractic care is a difference-maker when it comes to enhancing and upgrading our health and well-being and that of our family. By identifying sources of nerve interference and correcting spinal misalignments, regular chiropractic care helps ensure optimal functioning and performance of all our body's systems. As a result, we're better able to get the most out of our lifestyle activities. Regular chiropractic care provides the secret ingredient that helps us to fulfill our ongoing quest to obtain better health.
Change is an undeniable force that impacts everything. Nothing in the physical world, either on Earth or in the Universe itself, is able to resist change and ultimate decay. Supernovas, for example, are the final explosive moments of massive stars. Our own changes through life are not as dramatic, but nonetheless, they are just as meaningful, often profoundly so.
Some life cycles such as that of a leaf or butterfly are studied and appreciated as symbols of change. Yet, the physical changes we go through over the years and decades are often lamented instead of revered. We could mourn for our youthful selves, regretting our losses and wishing we could have retained what used to be, or we could return our perspective to the forces of life proceeding in and around us. In doing so, we come to realize we are not required to passively accept the march of time. In the context of physical health, we may focus our attention on the things we are capable of doing to resist the impact of the passing years and maintain and even upgrade our levels of fitness, health and well-being.
Realistically, physical structures do break down. For example, our intervertebral discs, the gelatinous shock-absorbers situated between pairs of spinal vertebras, begin to lose their maximum water content shortly after birth, owing to the ongoing effects of gravity. Thus, intervertebral disc degeneration is inevitable. But we can resist the process and slow the progression or loss, by pumping physiologic fluids back into the disc via physical activity and regular vigorous exercise. In this way, we rehydrate our intervertebral discs to the available maximum, improving our flexibility, agility and mobility as we do so.
Overall, lifestyle upgrades such as ensuring a healthy nutritious diet1,2 and engaging in regular vigorous exercise five times a week3 help us be proactive against the effects of the passage of time. We may not be able to run a six-minute mile at age 60, but that's not the point. What we can do is become much fitter and much healthier than we have been. We can lose weight and add pounds of lean muscle mass, sleep more restfully, have more energy throughout the day, upgrade our musculoskeletal adaptability, and improve our long-term health and well-being. We have the time that is ours to have.


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This tutorial series will run for five consecutive weeks. In this installment, Go expert Mark Summerfield explains how to set up Go, and then he provides two examples of Go programs that are explained in depth. The programs provide a partial overview of Go's key features and some of its key packages. The following weeks' installments will show the remaining key features and dig into many aspects that make Go a uniquely interesting language, especially for C, C++, and Java programmers.
As explained in this week's editorial, Go has many unique features and might be described as C for the 21st century. Given that one of the language's designers is Ken Thompson, the languages do indeed share a common ancestor. —Ed.
Getting Going
Go programs are compiled rather than interpreted. Compilation is very fast—dramatically faster than some other languages—most notably C and C++.
The standard Go compiler is called gc and its toolchain includes programs such as
6g, and
8g for compiling,
6l, and
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godoc for viewing the Go documentation. (These are
6l.exe, and so forth, on Windows.) The strange names follow the Plan 9 operating system's compiler naming conventions where the digit identifies the processor architecture ("5" for ARM, "6" for AMD64—including Intel 64-bit processors—and "8" for Intel 386.) Fortunately, we don't need to concern ourselves with these tools, since Go provides the high-level go build tool that handles the compiling and linking for us.
All the Go code in this article has been tested using gc on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows using Go 1. The Go developers intend to make all subsequent Go 1.x versions backward compatible with Go 1, so the text and examples here should be valid for the entire 1.x series.
To download and install Go, visit
golang.org/doc/install.html, which provides instructions and download links. Go 1 is available in source and binary form for FreeBSD 7+, Linux 2.6+, Mac OS X (Snow Leopard and Lion), and Windows 2000+, in all cases for Intel 32-bit and AMD 64-bit processor architectures. There is also support for Linux on ARM processors. Prebuilt go packages are available for the Ubuntu Linux distribution, and may be available for other Linux distros by the time you read this.
Programs built with gc use a particular calling convention. This means that programs compiled with gc can be linked only to external libraries that use the same calling convention—unless a suitable tool is used to bridge the difference. Go comes with support for using external C code from Go programs in the form of the cgo tool, and at least on Linux and BSD systems, both C and C++ code can be used in Go programs using the SWIG tool.
In addition to gc there is also the gccgo compiler. It is a Go-specific front end to gcc available for gcc from version 4.6. Like gc, gccgo may be available prebuilt for some Linux distributions. Instructions for building and installing gccgo
gccgo are given on the main Go website.
The Go Documentation
Go's official website hosts the most up-to-date Go documentation. The "Packages" link provides access to the documentation on all the Go standard library's packages—and to their source code, which can be very helpful when the documentation itself is sparse. The "Commands" link leads to the documentation for the programs distributed with Go (such as the compilers, build tools, etc.). The "Specification" link leads to an accessible, informal, and quite thorough Go language specification. And the "Effective Go" link leads to a document that explains many best practices.
The website also features a sandbox in which small (somewhat limited) Go programs can be written, compiled, and run, all online. This is useful for beginners for checking odd bits of syntax. The Go website's search box searches only the Go documentation; to search for Go resources generally, visit http://go-lang.cat-v.org/go-search.
The Go documentation can also be viewed locally, for example, in a web browser. To do this, run Go's
godoc tool with a command-line argument that tells it to operate as a web server. Here's how to do this in a Unix or Windows console, presuming godoc is in your
$ godoc -http=:8000
The port number used here is arbitrary—simply use a different one if it conflicts with an existing server.
To view the served documentation, open a web browser and give it a location of
http://localhost:8000. This will present a page that looks very similar to the golang.org web site's front page. The "Packages" link will show the documentation for Go's standard library, plus any third-party packages that have been installed under
GOROOT. If
GOPATH is defined (e.g., for local programs and packages), a link will appear beside the "Packages" link through which the relevant documentation can be accessed. (The
GOROOT and
GOPATH environment variables are discussed later in this article.)
Editing, Compiling, and Running
Go programs are written as plain text Unicode using the UTF-8 encoding. Most modern text editors can handle this automatically, and some of the most popular may even have support for Go color syntax highlighting and automatic indentation. If your editor doesn't have Go support, try entering the editor's name in the Go search engine to see if there are suitable add-ons. For editing convenience, all of Go's keywords and operators use ASCII characters; however, Go identifiers can start with any Unicode letter followed by any Unicode letters or digits, so Go programmers can freely use their native language.
To get a feel for how to edit, compile, and run a Go program I'll start with the classic "Hello World" program—although we'll make it a tiny bit more sophisticated than usual.
If you have installed Go from a binary package or built it from source and installed it as root or Administrator, you should have at least one environment variable,
GOROOT, which contains the
PATH to the Go installation, and your
PATH should now include
$GOROOT/bin or
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Rylan wrote:So Wal-Mart without departments?
And wouldn't inventory management be an absolute nightmare?
mac5155 wrote:Better head out to the store now.
Sarcastic wrote:$179 for a 1080 40 inch Toshiba. At BEST BUY. Might be a good pick that that additional TV or a pc monitor.
pittsoccer33 wrote:Sarcastic wrote:Yeah, BB has a nice showroom. There is a 20th AVE Electronics in Paramus NJ that I went to a few times last summer. Nice showroom with high-end stuff. I get what you're saying. It'll suck if the only place we can buy are walmart and costco. I don't know what BB can do to lower their prices, but it'd be nice if they did.
Its just a race to the bottom. And I don't blame you or anyone else - Sears longest HDMI cable was 12 feet and it was $60. Monoprice is one 10th of that.
But they can't do much to lower their prices. By and large, Amazon is usually not much less (if they are at all) than any big box on middle of the road tvs or bluray players like the Samsung ES6100 or the Panasonic ST50. Especially if you are going to use your Sears or Best Buy charge card.
I've written before how many many times these tvs are sold well below cost. Sometimes the manufacturers will kick back money because of a promotion. As a salesman, my hourly contribution was one of my most important metrics. Since we were losing money on the tv, to justify me being there I had to make sure you left with five years piece of mind (lulz), all the cables you need, a bluray player, a wall mount (installed by our pros of course), and enough 3D glasses for the entire family.
I remember one night in May 2011 that we were running a 10% off promotion. We had the last of our 2010 floor models on clearance. I sold around $4000 worth of merchandise that night, and I lost the store $3700.
Unless you are really able to capitalize on the high margin items (cables, stands, 3D glasses) and high margin services (extended warranty, installation, networking) you as a store will not be able to compete on price.
pittsoccer33 wrote:Sarcastic wrote:$179 for a 1080 40 inch Toshiba. At BEST BUY. Might be a good pick that that additional TV or a pc monitor.
they're losing at least $150 on that thing. these stores have historically thought that (1) they can sell you additional goods and services to make up for it and (2) that you will be so happy you bought this at such a great price that you will become a loyal customer and come see them again.
what the MBAs running these joints hopefully figure out sooner than later is that the people are buying it on price and price alone. they dont care who sells it, as long as its the cheapest price. and they don't want anything else with it. the loyalty is to price.
pittsoccer33 wrote:i think what walmart is doing is genious - not so much the "if youre here and we're out of it you get a raincheck" - but having various promotions at different times. i dont know how you do that logistically, but its a great idea to keep people in the store all day long.
i can tell you i was completely dead from 6:00am-till 10am-ish last year. around 10 the people who actually wanted to shop instead of buy doorsbusters were coming in.
Sarcastic wrote:Kmart has a 42 inch RCA plasma for $199.
pittsoccer33 wrote:Sarcastic wrote:Kmart has a 42 inch RCA plasma for $199.
I would definitely buy that 2 year agreement. I can't tell you how many RCA tvs went bad sitting on our shelves. The speakers in them are the worst too.
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Less than an hour into the drive, we watched from the highway as Bratislava approached and faded away. Hours before the time I normally wake up on a Sunday, we arrived in Budapest.
We spent the remainder of the morning criss-crossing the Danube from Buda to Pest and back again. We spent some time in the Castle District, roaming around the cobblestone streets and snagging glimpses of the buildings over on the Pest side.
A few minutes scaling the walls and I was ready to eat.
I was planning to step into the oldest cafe in Budapest for a slice of cake and tea, but got sidetracked by the scent of caramelizing sugar wafting from an open window. I entered the little bakery and watched as the woman in the white and black polka dot apron made Kürtőskalács, also known as chimney cakes. She rolled out the soft sweet dough and used a pizza cutter to separate out long strips. She methodically spiralled the strips of dough around a small long-handled rolling pin. She rolled the pin on the counter to smooth out the edges. She brushed the dough with butter and rolled it in sugar. She placed the pins of dough in the oven hearth. A motor in the back turned them slowly as the caramelizing sugar crept around and around the dough.
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Athletes never cease to amaze us with incredible feats on the field. No matter the sport, every year seems to bring new heights of physicality, whether leaping over a fence to take a home run away, slamming a running back to the ground or making an impossible move on the pitch to score a goal.
But off the field, their exploits can be somewhat harder to believe. In 2011, ThinkAdvisor looked at the Top 10 Financial Meltdowns by Athletes. That was only the tip of the iceberg. The list of athletes left bankrupt is seemingly endless.
And it isn't just modern athletes like Antoine Walker (basketball). Athletes from other eras, like Denny McLain (baseball), also serve as cautionary tales.
If they'd had access, many of these players could have been helped by the recent efforts of the NFL Players Association, which ThinkAdvisor wrote about in June: Help for NFL Players Suddenly Rich or Suddenly Retired. The players union's four-year-old partnership with Financial Finesse, the retirement and financial education provider, expanded their online program allowing current and former NFL players to get unbiased financial guidance by phone.
Unfortunately, many of these athletes are on their own or chose not to take anyone's advice. Check out ThinkAdvisor's look at 8 Big Financial Meltdowns by Athletes:
8. Denny McLain, baseball:
At least $4 million lost
Baseball's last 30-game winner has faced nothing but losses off the field. Sure he played in the days before even the benchwarmers made millions, but he did take in $200,000 in 1969, split evenly between his salary from the Detroit Tigers and endorsements.
Suspended over gambling allegations in 1970, McLain filed for bankruptcy citing $400,000 in debts and $413 in assets. Strike One. By 1972, he was washed up. From there it was a roller-coaster ride: he wrote a book, ran a bar, sold TV sets, owned walk-in medical clinics, and then, in 1977, filed for bankruptcy, of which the details are hazy. Strike two. From there, McLain ended up spending 30 months in prison in a cocaine-trafficking and racketeering case before the conviction was tossed out for technical reasons. Strike three. Another rise, another a book and a $400,000 a year income at various jobs still left him seeking more. After buying a meatpacking firm in 1995, he was accused in the theft of $3 million from its pension fund. Strike four. After eight years in prison, starting in 1996, he was released. He has proclaimed his innocence ever since. We guess, he's not quite out.
7. Dick "Night Train" Lane, football:
Estimated $5 million lost
A hard-hitting cornerback in the rough-and-tumble 1950s and '60s NFL, "Night Train" Lane liked booze, drugs and women. He married the jazz singer Dinah Washington in 1963 — the year she died. After his career, most notably with the Detroit Lions, ended in 1965, Lane quickly used up all his cash. From then on, he lived on pension checks of $800 a month. He died in 2002 at age 74.
6. Marion Jones, track:
$7 million lost
Marion Jones was a trailblazer on the track, winning five medals (three gold) at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. But the trail she blazed off the track was all too familiar. First, it was the admission that she had used steroids. Then her medals were stripped. Then came financial ruin.
By 2007, The Los Angeles Times reported her total liquid assets were $2,000. During a war of lawsuits with her former trainer, Jones was asked where her money had gone. The Times quoted her as saying for legal bills and to maintain a luxurious lifestyle. To top off 2007, she pleaded guilty to a check-fraud scam and lying about using steroids, and was sentenced to six months in prison.
5. Rollie Fingers, baseball:
$8 million lost
Rollie Fingers was famous for two things: saving baseball games for the Oakland A's and Milwaukee Brewers in the 1970s and '80s and for his handlebar mustache. Pitching in the 1970s and '80s, he earned $6 million playing ball, plus money from endorsements. He tried to diversify, but investments in a pistachio farm, Arabian horses and wind turbines didn't pan out. His 1992 bankruptcy petition stated that Fingers had $50,000 in assets. He was able pay back his debts, including for taxes, by 2007.
4. John Arne Riis, soccer:
$20 million (or more) lost
The soccer star, who made his fortune with several football clubs, notably Liverpool, apparently was the victim of financial fraud. Earning as much as $75,000 per week, Riis, whose career begain in 1996 and who currently plays for Fulham, has been fighting with his advisors and agent. A court found a possible link to a fraud case in Norway.
3. Mushin Muhammad, football:
$20 million lost
Reliable on the field as a receiver for the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears from 1996 to 2009, Mushin Muhammad ran into trouble off the gridiron when his company, Baylo Entertainment, was sued for $25,000 in past-due credit-card charges. The company, a record label, went bankrupt and Muhammad was forced to sell his huge lakeside home and other assets.
2. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, tennis:
Nearly $60 million lost
During her 17-year career on the tennis court, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario earned $17 million. Add to that more than $40 million from endorsements and you might assume that the proud daughter of Spain would be living a life of luxury. But in 2012, a decade after she retired, she revealed in her memoir that all that money was gone. In fact, she said she was in debt because of unpaid taxes. Where did it all go? The former top-ranked singles and doubles player says her parents burned through it. Her mother, Marisa, denies the claim. Whatever the truth, it seems a fortune has vanished.
1. Antoine Walker, basketball:
$110 million lost
Antoine Walker had it good, real good. He was a first round pick for the Boston Celtics in 1996, a three-time All-Star and an NBA champion with the Miami Heat. And he was paid well, very well, to the tune of $110 million over his 12-year career. Alas, it all slipped away.
Walker, who, refreshingly, blames himself, says most of that cash was lost because of leveraged real-estate investments that went bust in 2007 and 2008 just as his career was ending. The banks demanded loan payments and thus was an empire decimated. He filed for bankruptcy in 2010, with total assets of $4.3 million and debts of $12.7 million. Walker also told an ESPN interviewer that some of his cash was used to pay for a lavish lifestyle.
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Armey was concerned that Kibbe structured the deal to personally profit from the book despite relying on FreedomWorks staff and resources to research, help write and promote it — an arrangement he and others at the group believed could jeopardize its tax-exempt status. (In 2010, Kibbe and Armey co-authored a book through HarperCollins, "Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto," that was written with significant help from FreedomWorks staff and all proceeds had gone to the organization.)
So Armey declined to sign a memorandum presented to him in his capacity as a member of the board of trustees stating that the book was written without significant FreedomWorks resources and clearing the way for Kibbe to personally own the rights to the book and any royalties from it...Armey says he was being asked to lie "and it was a lie that I thought brought the organization in harm's way."
To what extent does FreedomWorks = the tea party? Where did all that money come from?
The eight-year-old group has seen its influence and membership skyrocket since affiliating with the anti-establishment tea party. Its fundraising nearly doubled from 2009 to 2010 (the most recent year for which it would provide tax filings to POLITICO), when it raised $13.7 million, according to those filings with the IRS and the FEC, and played major roles in boosting tea partiers to upset GOP primary victories over establishment favorites.If you gave them money, how do you like $8 million of it going to Armey because Armey didn't want to lie about Kibbe's supposed tapping of the organization's resources? Maybe Armey was sad that the book he co-authored with Kibbe didn't have an equivalent benefit.
"I wrote this book and it is my property," [Kibbe] said, adding that he wrote the 416-page book entirely "on my Christmas vacation" last year. Indeed, in the book's acknowledgements, he thanked his wife, Terry, for letting him "work through the Christmas holiday to meet overly ambitious deadlines without sacrificing the demands of my day job."How long is a "Christmas vacation"? Let's be generous and say 2 weeks. He only had to write 30 pages a day. Ever seen anybody write 30 pages a day?
[M]ultiple sources who worked with FreedomWorks and had knowledge of the situation said that several staffers were asked to help research and write the book as part of their work duties. The sources contend that FreedomWorks staff time and resources spent promoting the book detracted from the organization's ability to mobilize conservative activists ahead of the election...Armey's deal for the $8 million entailed an agreement not to leave until after the election, and Armey himself admits that, saying he was concerned the media would write "that the whole tea party movement was in a state of disarray."
"The fear is the organization will become a 5 million-member marketing organization that simply sells books and movies and T-shirts and raises money," one source said. "And that's not what the organization used to do," said the source, who predicted more controversy around the organization. "It's going to get nasty."


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I was back in New York for less than 24 hours this week.
I was there for the annual reception that the non-profit on whose advisory board I sit has been holding for the past two years to honor community leaders' work in ending family violence. Before heading home the next day, I wandered around my old haunts and in addition to the weather, about 20° F warmer than in Boston, there were some of the familiar tell-tale signs that Spring is hitting Manhattan.
First, the construction. I'm not talking about the UES falling cranes-type of construction to erect yet another east-of Lex monolith cookie-cutter apartment building that had the Times proclaiming the Fifth Mad Park once tony neighborhood one of the cheapest places to live (ahem…Yorkville anyone?). That, I've never had the patience for. But, there is something strangely soothing about the life that "MEN AT WORK" orange signs, on-the-ground, public works construction lends to a city. The idea of renewal. Spring cleaning all around. Paving the roads after a long winter that someone had decided is over.Fixing the potholes. Do you hear that, Boston? I repeat, Manhattan is fixing its potholes!
Then there are the flowers, struggling in their little urban gardens. Granted, I didn't make it to Central Park where the trees blossom around the reservoir just a few weeks after cherry blossoms grace Washington, DC. But I did spy a few little blooms peeking out from their 2X3-foot cell on the sidewalk near the parked cars.
But, the true sign of Spring for me in Manhattan is when the fruit (and vegetable) guys return.
Adorning (or shall I say staking their claim on) nearly every corner in my neighborhood and across much of Manhattan are fruit vendors. Some sell vegetables, like this guy above, but it's the fruit that I'm after. Nothing fancy. Not much organic. No farmers' market here. This is just how I would pick up some fresh fuit almost every day on my way home from work. Everything in the City is about convenience, so sometimes I would take a different train so that I would make sure to pass Rana, my fruit guy on my corner, because once I passed my apartment, I wouldn't go back out to just grab some fruit. Rana knew I was loyal — I only went to the guy across the street when he was out of something I needed — so, sometimes he'd spot me an avocado or two on Saturdays on my way back from synagogue because he knew I didn't carry money on the sabbath. I was always sad when Rana and the other fruit guys packed up when the temperature dropped, but like clockwork, they always returned with the sunshine.
One more image that I can't resist sharing. Two gentlemen in Highland dress (not quite complete or formal, but a version of Highland dress nonetheless) also enjoying the Spring weather.
On the T back in Boston, I saw a man dressed like a yellow cow, or a "cowpie" to be exact, on his way to attend a Bruins (hockey?) game. He wouldn't let me take his picture. But he wasn't showing any leg.
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Until this year, every batch of muffins I ever made was a flat-topped failure. I consulted cookbooks, called my mom (whose muffins are always perfect) and tried every conceivable combination of baking powder, baking soda, oil, butter, and eggs. I used dark muffins tins, light muffin tins, different oven temperatures, electric mixing, hand mixing -- still flat. My final attempt wasn't pretty -- twenty-four unevenly cooked, pancake-flat muffins (from 2 different attempts) along with my muffins tins, ended up in the trash, as I declared, "That's it! I'm never making muffins again!"
All this changed when I made my honeyed orange ginger muffins this year. After about 7 minutes, I turned on the oven light and peeked inside. I was shocked. They were rising. I started jumping up and down and exclaiming, "Jeff, my muffins are rising! They're actually rising!"
"Don't jump up and down!" he said. "Don't do anything to jinx it this time." He had a point.
We actually stood at the oven watching those muffins rise as gloriously as angels. After years of abject muffin failure, it was a beautiful moment.
Each plump muffin had a small hill top. I couldn't have been more pleased. Since then I have made several batches, all successful. So what's my secret? Darned if I know. But here are a few suggestions:
- Use both baking powder and baking soda which are leavening agents.
- Stir with a spatula, not an electric hand mixer, for a lighter batter.
- Use light colored bake ware rather than dark to keep the muffin bottoms from burning.
- Fill the muffin cups 3/4's of the way to the top.
- Place the muffins in the center of the oven at 350-375 degrees F. Many muffin recipes call for a hotter oven (400-425 F), but I have found they usually burn on the outside and remain undercooked on the inside.
- Talk sweetly to the muffins as they're baking. Don't underestimate the power of kindness.
- If all else fails, buy a GE Monogram oven. I have made muffins in 7 different ovens, and persistence pays off.
I'm sending my muffins to Michele of Greedy Gourmet who is hosting the third round of Snack Shots. This time she wants muffins, any and all muffins. But hurry! Tuesday is the deadline.
Fresh Strawberry, Almond, and Coconut Muffins
Makes 12 regular size muffins
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2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup lite coconut milk
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon orange zest
3 tablespoons orange blossom honey
2 teaspoons pure almond extract**
1/4 cup toasted sweetened shredded coconut
2/3 cup diced fresh strawberries**
2 tablespoons sweetened shredded coconut
2 tablespoons sliced almonds
Place rack in center of oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Spray a 12 mold regular size muffin pan with cooking spray.
Wash strawberries, remove the hull, and pat dry. Dice and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a separate bowl, whisk together coconut milk, melted butter, and egg. Add the orange zest, honey, and almond extract, and whisk until just combined. Add to the flour mixture, and stir quickly until well combined. Fold in the strawberries and toasted coconut. Spoon the batter evenly into the 12 molds.
For the topping, mix 2 tablespoons sweetened shredded coconut and 2 tablespoons sliced almonds in a small bowl. Sprinkle on top of muffins.
Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops are golden and a cake tester inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a rack to cool for 5 minutes before removing each muffin and placing on a wire rack to cool.
**Note: Pure almond extract is deliciously, intensely flavorful. If you want a mild almond flavor, then I'd suggest 1-1 1/2 teaspoons; if, like me, you want a bold almond flavor, then I'd add 2 or even 3 teaspoons. You decide.
Strawberries are often considered "too watery" to use in baked goods such as muffins and breakfast breads. Here are some tips for baking successfully with fresh strawberries:
- Use only really fresh berries that are firm, not mushy.
- Don't add too many strawberries to the batter which could make it too wet.
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Think of the visuals associated with financial services marketing and you will likely come up with these images: a compass, chess pieces, a sailboat, two people shaking hands.
"These images have been used by financial services companies since financial brochures were invented," says Jay Nagdeman, president of Suasion Resources in Fairfield, N.J. "It's everything that's been done forever more. It's become totally trite."
Nagdeman has worked as a financial services marketing expert for decades and his focus has always been forward-thinking—not backwards. His chief complaint today? Despite significant structural changes in the industry over the last decade, financial services marketing has remained—as he puts it—conservative, relatively undisciplined and expensive. Also in the mix: a shift in client behavior.
"Today, people are hyper informed. They don't need an advisor to tell them their stock earnings aren't what they should be. They've already gotten an alert on their phone, on their tablet. They are able to reference anything they want to reference," notes Nagdeman, author of The Professional's Guide to Financial Services Marketing. "Financial services clients have changed more rapidly than financial services providers. From a marketing standpoint, you need to make sure that current marketing practices are refreshed and resources focused on what will get the highest returns. Doing things the same way as others creates no competitive advantage."
What makes Suasion Resources stand apart from many others like it is that the 30-year-old firm is research-driven. At the start of his process, Nagdeman, who has a team of 16 consultants, interviews the advisor, the team, clients and prospects to determine how a firm is perceived.
"You need that perspective before you pour everything into a kettle and start stirring. The trouble is very, very few advisors or firms really understand how they are perceived in the marketplace. If you don't understand that, you're not able to shape how you want to be perceived," says Nagdeman, who worked on Wall Street for several major investment organizations before starting Suasion.
Deb Boedicker, a partner in Strategic Investment Group in Arlington, Va., approached Nagdeman at an important juncture in the investment management firm's development. "We really needed to do some self-reflection to answer the question: Who are we and who do we want to be when we grow up? In a competitive landscape, one of the most important objectives is to differentiate why us versus them," she notes. "It's not necessarily that one is better than the other, but how are you different and what's your special sauce?"
Nagdeman, she says, helped the firm realize that innovation and creativity are the firm's hallmarks—and shape the way the partners build and manage portfolios. The result? A comprehensive branding campaign called "We're Wired Differently."
"We talked with clients and what they said was that Strategic Investment Group was wired differently than any other investment management firm they'd been involved with," Nagdeman says. "That's a huge value proposition."
Shirley Quackenbush heads Quackenbush Wealth Management Group, a Merrill Lynch team in Newport Beach, Calif. She had used the standard Merrill Lynch marketing materials for years and called on Nagdeman when she decided she wanted to deliver a message that was less institutional and more personal.
"Merrill Lynch materials talk about Merrill Lynch and your financial advisor. Our new materials talk about our personal and attentive service, our service model, and our commitment to that approach along with the strength of Merrill Lynch. It's not about investments, investments, investments," says Quackenbush. "I wasn't looking for something that looked a little prettier. I wanted something that identified who we are."
Part of Nagdeman's playbook includes three fundamentals that often get short shrift: the advisor's website, online marketing and the elevator speech. An effective website has to be navigable and the content simple and fresh. Search engine optimization should be employed so that the advisor figures prominently in local searches. And every single person on an advisor's team should have the same elevator speech down pat.
"Everyone should know it and understand it. Put it in a cube on everyone's desk. Post it in the break room. It's this whole idea of synthesizing why it is people should be doing business with you," he adds. "You have to be able to tell who you are and what you do in a compelling way."
Going forward, Nagdeman says, the gap between financial services brands and social media will narrow. Mobile marketing is going to become a factor and video will grow in prominence. Conventional channels like print advertising, direct marketing and even email will be reevaluated. And a dynamic and competitive environment will give rise to consumer-centric marketing.
"The voice of the client is going to become louder," according to Nagdeman. "What that means is firms and advisors are going to start asking for feedback and getting more input from the marketplace."
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Six Vancouver Island beaches are among a list Canadian Geographic Travel magazine has created of the Top 25 beaches in Canada for the May edition of its publication.
Chesterman, MacKenzie and Long beaches, all on the west coast of the Island between Tofino and Ucluelet, were picked for the list, which senior editor Patricia D'Souza said was chosen to represent the entire country and a wide range of beaches.
The list, which is not ranked in any particular order, is in the form of a photo essay, she added.
British Columbia is home to seven of the top beaches, and another four come from Ontario. Every province and territory has at least one beach on the list except the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
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Combers Beach
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Kinosoo Beach, Alta.
Manitou Beach, Sask.
Grand Beach, Man.
Little Limestone Lake Park Reserve, Man.
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Wasaga Beach, Ont.
Bruce Peninsula, Ont.
Sandbanks Provincial Park, Ont.
Point Pelee, Ont.
Plage de la Dune-du-Nord, Que.
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Sometimes the best education happens outside the classroom.
That's why Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future sent 91 undergraduate students, including three from Toronto, on community-building missions to Israel, Nicaragua, Mexico and the United States last month.
One of these trips, called Jewish Life Coast to Coast, took 20 students to Texas. Among them was Toronto native Elianne Neuman, a graduate of the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto who is now a first-year student at YU's Stern College for Women.
"The trip showed me that a leader can be anybody. It doesn't matter how old you are, what you are doing, where you live – it matters that you have passion and a vision," said Neuman, 19.
While visiting the Jewish communities in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, Neuman and her peers met with community leaders, rabbis, pastors and business leaders. For her, one visit in particular stood out.
"We met with this young Jewish guy, under 30, with four kids, who is trying to open a Jewish day school all by himself," she said. "He's basically our age. Which one of us would think we'd be 28 and opening a Jewish day school by ourselves? But we [got to see] this example in front of us."
The opportunity to learn about different Jewish leaders was what attracted her to the trip. She said YU wants students not only to succeed academically but also to learn how to become a community leader, which was one of the main goals of these trips. "There's a real sense of community here on campus, and I think that they want their students to be able to continue that sense of community when they're off campus," she said.
And if you're going to become a Jewish leader, you need to learn about Jewish communities all over the world.
Elyashiv Gemara, who grew up in Toronto, is now studying business management at YU. Gemara, who said she had always heard about these missions, had the opportunity to go on one of YU's "winter camps" in Israel. At the camp, 39 YU students taught English enrichment through art to 450 students in Jerusalem, Kiryat Malachi and Dimona.
"Every day we had a lesson planned out – a direct educational program and then an art project that had something to do with the lesson given," said Gemara, 22. "The lesson was given in English, and it was unbelievable to see the improvement in the kids' English in just one week."
At the end of the week, the kids all hung up their art projects. "The kids absolutely lit up," she said. "It was amazing to see that after just one week many of the quiet kids were ecstatic about what they were able to accomplish."
Daniella Philips, a marketing student at YU's Stern College for Women, didn't realize that when she signed up to teach low-income kids in Israel she would be learning a lot herself.
"I really underestimated the job that we were doing. I thought we would go down for a week, teach the students in class and then leave – a one-week mission," said Philips. "I hadn't realized the impact and the friendships that were developed over a short week. The students were crying as we said 'bye' to them and danced us to the bus."
She said it opened her eyes to the power of giving back to someone else. "These missions let you experience things you wouldn't have the chance to otherwise," she said. "It's an opportunity to get to know a different Jewish community other than your own and to get to know Jews who live differently than you do. It's about showing that no matter where you're from, we're all Jewish and we're all connected."


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already purchased a set on etsy, but could use another one for a sweet little friend!!! thanks!
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I've used vs in several of my buntings but never exclusively. They look so great and colorful together.
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I've been wanting to jump on the vintage sheets bandwagon, and just rec'd a scrap pack from Jeni/In Color Order, but as soon as I started thinking about it, "they" always say NOT to use sheets for your quilt backs b/c of the thread count. Are vintage sheets of a lesser thread count?
I've been wanting to sew a bunting for a fun party garland!
Would love to include these with the little bit I have. Hoping to make a quilt one day when I get enough.
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I have a baby girl being born in June and I can totally see a vintage sheet bunting hanging in her room. However, I would love to be the winner of any of it!
Your vintage sheet collection has totally inspired me! Love it!
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I would love some of this vintage goodness!
I just finished piecing the blocks for a vintage sheet quilt for my sister. I do not need the temptation to spend more money so I will avoid your shop…for now. I wouldn't mind winning though.
SO pretty! I love vintage sheets, and this would be fun to put together and hang in my girls' room. Thanks for the chance! :o)
You're so kind to share! I would love to win.
The vintage sheets are so beautiful. I've never been lucky enough to find any that are as lovely as yours. And I love the bunting. I think it would look very sweet in my sewing room.
Wow, that quilt in the photos is gorgeous! I didn't realize vintage sheets were so pretty!
Love this fabric! Thank you for the opportunity to win them.
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I've been stashing vintage sheets for a year and a half, but I haven't made anything yet. The sheets are few and far between in our thrift stores here in the South, ugh! Anyway, I'd love to win– pick me, pick me!
So very pretty – just what I need!!!
NOT – but who cares! Not me!!
Thanks for the chance!
You know what us quilters love, fabric is beautiful. I am going to make a quilt for my neighbor next door.
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I love love love vintage sheets… and would just go crazy over a chance to win your bunting flags… that is really a great idea! Please put my name into the hat:D thank you!!!
so pretty! i can't wait for the weather to warm up. i am excited for garage sale weather!
garage sale = cheap vintage sheets!
Sign me up for the penants! I just actually bought the charm packs from your shop. Your destashing is dangerous to me….seems I am always buying/coveting your cast-offs! LOL! Can't resist gorgeous fabric that is already cut up for me 🙂 We'll see if I get to this set before the Christmas quilt kit!
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Those prints are so cute!
Thanks for the chance!
I love a chance to win! I've been wanting to start a vintage sheet collection of my own. Do you have any favorite thrifting tips?
what a lovely colours you've used!
Those are so beautiful! That is a lot of work collecting all of those! Count me in!
I've never sewn with vintage sheets–probably because I can't find them anywhere around here! Love what you've done with the pennants–and good luck with the destash. 🙂
Love the bunting!!!
I have NO bunting in my house! I feel like I need some to brighten up my landing 🙂
The bunting is so sweet! It would look great in my daughter's room or on the deck for a brunch.
I would have never thought of old sheets. thanks for the great ideas.
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Love the bunting. I have been hunting for vintage sheets here, but vintage lately has been pink and blue from the 90's. So not what I mean when I ask at the 2nd hand stores. I would love to win 🙂
Oh how sweet those are…love vintage sheets..and would love to win a set of those…
Have a Blessed day
Tonja
Beautiful (and I bet soft too).
Great collection! Looks like it would be a lot of fun to work with.
Thanks for the chance to win! How cute! 🙂
how totally adorable! I have my eyes out for some vintage sheets to make pj bottoms for me & my daughter. (already broken in & soft!)
So sweet! Would love to make this bunting! Thanks for sharing!
Love these! Great collection.

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Such perfect colors together. Love them!
Beautiful collection! Thanks for the chance!
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NEATO! I have some vintage sheets of my Grandparents that I've been wanting to do something with… these would be a great way to round out the collection. Thanks for the giveaway – great idea!
The vintage sheets are very beautiful. What a great collection.
I would love to win. Thanks for the chance!
Ooooh, I've started a collection for a quilt and would love to add more:)
So springy!! I love it! I love the big floral patterns of vintage sheets and of course would love a chance to win some!

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oh wow, these are gorgeous! for some reason, you just can't find amazing vintage sheets like this in NZ, I so wish we could!
Don't enter me. Seriously. I am trying to destash and haven't even tackles the vintage sheets yet. But how do you cut your triangles? Really, the size looks perfect, and knowing you, you have probably developed a nifty trick! Do share!
I'll take them if Aunt Spicy wins. 😛 Would love to make a bunting and/or maybe bunting quilt.
I only recently realized I like vintage sheets, which is really silly!
How fun! I'd love to have these.
Oh I love these pretties!
Super fun giveaway, thanks! I would love to make a little pennant for my daughter's room, to go along with her V.S. quilt….
wow. would love to win that pennant set!
Thank you for the chance! …(Although, I think I would use them for a quilt:)
Thanks for the chance to win. What a springy bunting!
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Oh I have never made a vintage sheet…..ANYTHING !

Pick me !
Love the triangle bunting!
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I can already see it hanging in the backyard while having a fun little party with my girlfriends. I love it. Thanks for the opportunity to win something so cute.
Love!! have never thought to make a bunting from vintage sheets! I do hope to win!
Lovely fabric, would love a set!
Pick me….love the fabric!!!
fabulous giveaway — I'd love to win 'cuz vintage sheets are soooo hard to find!
I'm a sucker for vintage sheets. Thank you for the chance to win!
So pretty – I want to win:)
These are lovely…..I have just started collecting vintage sheets to make a quilt with…..Your pennant is wonderful……
I would love to win one!
I'd love to make a bunting for my daughter's room – her walls are kind of bare right now.
How pretty!
Just made my first bunting, thanks for the chance to get these beauties!
ADORE! This would be just the thing for my sister's college dorm room, she would looooove it!!
Oh how fun!
Oh, I love vintage sheets. They remind me of summers at Granny's house.
-Allison
Lovely giveaway…My walls are bare, ready for color!
What a beautiful giveaway. Those vintage sheets remind me of Spring (so happy it is almost here!) Would love to display in my new sewing room :)
Thanks!
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Those are so cute!! I would love to win them. I follow the VS blog too. She's got great ideas. Can't wait to build my stash enough to make a simple 4" block quilt out of all my pretties! Jenn
I like the colors of vintage sheets, but I can't get over the fact that they are used sheets. Old used sheets. But I guess if it's a non quilt I would be ok.
ah, lovely – I love your quilt too!
Cute, cute, cute!! I would love to give them to my Mom.

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I love vintage sheets – great giveaway! Thank you – these are wonderful colors and a great collection!
Come on…you KNOW you wanna pick me!
I slept on these,,,,I know I did!
What sweet little pennants! I have been cutting up my sheets and using them too~ these would look wonderful with the ones I have. 😉 Thanks for the chance!
I am new to the vintage sheets craze, but totally inspired to go searching for them now.
Vintage sheets are AWESOME! Thanks for the chance to win! Im going to check out your sale site.
Love them! Thanks for a chance to win some of my very own!
that are so lovely thanks for the giveaway
Love, love love vintage! Thanks for the giveaway.
Love these vintage sheets – bunting is adorable. Thanks for the chance to win!!
I would love to win and give it to my daughter! She loves vintage!
I'd love to win! Thanks for the chance!
I've got the perfect spot in my hall just waiting for a bunting! Thanks for putting it out there for someone lucky!
Super jealous of the cool sheets you find! They are amazing!
I love your vintage sheet projects – so pretty!
I got some of my aunt's and great aunt's vintage sheets (they were still using them!) when they died. I sold them in the cleaning up yard sales…now after seeing your great ideas I wish I had them back! Your bunting looks so cute!
Amy, I love your color combinations! I made birthday buntings for each of my kids, would love to have one for every day too! Pick me, pick me! 🙂
I love what you've done with yours, thanks for the chance to win some of your sweet sheets, stay blessed!
Wow! I have loved seeing what you have made with the sheets! You have me looking for them when I go thrifting!
It would be awesome to have those fabrics! They would feel heavenly on my very sore body. I'll have to check etsy and see if any are left.
Pick me! I love the vintage sheets and the bunting would be so cute for all the baby showers I host!
Vintage sheets are simply delicious to look at. It's so kind of you to do a giveaway. Hope I win.
Oh that's so great of you to share. Seriously. I want these. So please, please pick me! They are adorable!
Love love love
This would be perfect in my niece's room!
I love the vintage sheets!! thanks for a chance to win,Amy
I really, really need a new bunting to replace the stingy one I now have hanging.
Since I am 'of a vintage age' these are perfect.
Hugs,
Gerry
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I love vintage sheets! And what a great idea for a giveaway!! Thanks for the chance…
Beautiful fabric, I am really starting to like vintage sheets.
OMG! You have so inspired me!! Now every time I walk into a thrift store I hear a sweet voice(Yours!lol)"Welcome to your new addiction Trina. Bed sheets to the rear"
OOH, how lovely! Please pick me.
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Well if this isn't the sweetest giveaway yet!! I love vintage and I love buntings! This is a win-win propostition, please count me in!!
This would be such a pretty bunting to hang at Easter and for birthdays. Thanks for the chance to enter the draw – the vintage sheet prints are lovely. I do not own any vintage sheets and would enjoy using these to cheer my mother.
I love vintage sheets, I would love to win this!
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They are so pretty! You have/had collected such a great bunch of them.
I have been drooling over your stash for days now. I scoured my local thrift stores but found no lovely sheets. I would love this sweet collection. Thanks for the giveaway–now I bette scurry over to your Etsy shop and see what's left.
Thank you for a chance to win some beautiful sheets!
cute sheets!

bess 🙂
so so cute! I love vintage sheets!!!
Yay! What a fantastic giveaway!! Thanks so much.
That bunting is so fresh and pretty. Just what we need this time of year when spring is so close but still not here.
This might be a great starter project for a novice like me!
These would be great in my daughters room. I love this collection!
I love the look of vintage sheet sewing projects but have yet to make one.
love this
hope my number comes up!
I have a granddaughter who needs this in her room.
Absolutely adorable
Love these fabics! Thanks for the giveaway!
A pennant out of these beauties would be perfect for my granddaughter's first birthday!
This is way fun! Thanks. :0) joleehamlin [at] comcast [dot] net
You're so generous! Thanks for the chance to win.
My sister needs this bunting for her kitchen mantle! Thanks for the opportunity to try to win die cut pennants!
the bunting is lovely, thanks for the chance.
so very cute!
What fabulous patterns!
The vintage sheet bunting is great!
I promise I can give them a good home where they'd be loved and cared for!
Hope I can enter too. I am in Australia though 🙂
I am entering this since I can not enter the other one:)
I was born in the 50's and was a teen in the sixties….I would love to win these memory makers!!
Thanks for the chance.
The Vintage Sheets are so wonderful… soft and inviting. I would love a set, thank you for sharing.
Love these vintage patterns!
I love Vintage! So glad you are hacking away!
I love vintage sheets, so far I have collected…..2. Needless to say I'm super excited at the idea of getting my hand on some more 🙂 thanks for the chance.
I've not tried bunting before – but this would be a lovely way to start! x
I know exactly what I would do with these..I can see it in my mind's eye.
Ooooh, these are delicious! I love original vintage, and the feelings of times gone by it evokes. I would make an heirloom quilt with these. Judith xo
I just picked up some vintage sheets at a thrift store and have been trying to find some more pieces to go with it—I'd love to have some from your stash to make my quilt!
Oh what a clever giveaway! The colors say "spring"!!!
WOw! thanks for the chance to win these, they would spark up my sewing room so much!
Very springy! They are lovely =)
Lisa
OH these are soo beautiful! I love them!
that bunting is screaming my name 🙂 i didn't see any in your etsy shop so they must have sold out… so i will enter to win one instead!
Beautiful fabrics! Perfect for a cheery bunting! Thanks for the inspiration.
So pretty! — Would love to try this.
I love them.They would look great in my daughter's bedroom.
I've been watching your blog for awhile now and just became a follower. I have recently seen many people using vintage sheets for quilts and crafting projects and am VERY excited at the possibility of winning some for myself! I'd love to try using some.
Very nice. I would like to participate in this sweepstakes
As one that actually slept on some of those patterns… they look better now than they did then!!!
I'd love to make a pennent banner for the sewing room here… It really needs some spicing up!
beautiful! love them! I love how re-useable they are, it makes me what to go garage saleing and find some of my own!
Beautiful fabrics! Thanks for a chance to enter 🙂
These fabrics are awesome! Please count me in, thanks!
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I love it. Me please!
Oh it would be fabulous to win those! I love vintage sheets- such great colors and patterns. Thanks for the opportunity!
The best giveaway on the web!! I would love love love to win this!
Jennifer
i would love one!!
Wow!What a priviledge to get a chance to win those beautiful pennants! Would love to have them.
They are so pretty!
I'm really liking vintage lately.
Bought a few of my own vintage sheets a couple weeks ago. Can't wait to have the perfect project. And count me in for the giveaway! How fun!
I have been looking for vintage sheets, and a great project to use them on!!!
My mother and I were just talking about wanting to do a vintage sheet project!
Oh I am on a HUGE vintage sheet frenzy at the moment – these would be great. I always admire your selections of fabrics (in this case, vintage sheets). You have a real knack!! Would love to win these!
Anna
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Those are gorgeous!!
this bunting would look fab in my girlies room!
Those vintage sheets are so gorgeous and they make the loveliest bunting. I'd love to make some for my little daughter's room.
I have been thrifting a lot, looking for vintage sheets like these! Great giveaway–thanks!
Pick me!!
You need to teach me how you part with such beautiful fabric. I don't know that I could do it. Hope I win.
Sweet looking collection! I really love the look of vintage sheets, and have a bunch from my mom, but the funny thing is that we're still *using* them as sheets!
I would love to have these. I have been thinking about making a bunting to go in my sewing room, this would be perfect! Thanks for the great give away :)

Jessica
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They are beautiful! I just made my first pennant banner for my husband's birthday.
I just started on buntings myself! I also am in love with vintage sheet fabrics!
What beautiful bunting that would make! Thanks for the chance to win!
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They are beautiful!
Those are absolutely delicious!
LOVE. That's all.
Love these! Thanks for the giveaway chance!
Oh these are to die for!

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I just went to your shop to see if there was any vintage sheet fabric left to buy but it has all gone so fast. So i am really hoping to win your die cut pennant set. thanks so much for such a lovely giveaway.

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oh my…i think i have just found a new addiction…really amazing…but how do you get your hands on the old sheets???please pull my lucky number out…lol…xxx
Beautiful! The PERFECT spring time pick me up. I love the cheery colors and patterns!
Oh they are fantastic – they would look lovely strung around my camper, fluttering in the sea breeze.
Oh man I want to win!!! Thanks for offering these as a give away!
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Would love to win these! They are so beautiful!
Love these vintage sheets. Makes me think I might have an old sheet in the back of my linen closet. Will have to look. Would love to win so I could make something special. Thanks.
I love your bunting! It's so springy and fresh – I would love to make one!
Beautiful! Love it… just in time for spring!
I've been dying to make some pennant bunting and just saw a great idea for how they can decorate my sewing room….draped all around the window!
I love these! I used a vintage sheet for the back of my first quilt and it makes me so happy 🙂
these are beautiful!!
I would like to make lots of stuff. Like little girls dresses, quilts, purses…I am full of ideas. I hope I win:)
Thanks for the great giveaway! I would love a chance to win!
Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win.
Very cute!! I can already picture the bunting in my front entryway welcoming in friends and springtime!
What a little breathe of spring your post is bringing me. We still have so much snow. I love the colors of vintage sheets and you have such a fabulous collection.
I would be over the moon to own some of those vintage sheet yummies.
I haven't jumped on the vintage sheet wagon yet, maybe this would be the perfect opportunity. After all, it's fabric, and who doesn't love fabric? Thanks for a great giveway.
I would just feel so honored to win these beautiful fat quarters!
I'd love to make a a vintage sheet bunting for my girls!
great giveaway. thanks
Thanks for a chance to win!
I (heart) vintage sheets!
I love the vintage stuff…and a bunting would be so cute!! I would love to win it.
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Awesome! Thanks for the giveaway!
Hi, if it´s still Monday in the USA, I would like to paticipate in your giveaway. I love those fabrics.
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Love the colors!! I've been dreaming about making a quilt from vintage sheets 🙂
i'm in! inspired by you, i now have a stack of sheets all ready to be cut and sewn. i am going to make a new picnic quilt for this summer. 🙂
me me. .pick me. I love vintage! YUM
I've wanted to make one of these for a long time. I have fabric square hanging over my baby's crib, but they are intended for a quilt for her once I had collecet enough squares to make one, and I have that now, so I will be taking those down and will need to replace it. This would be perfect for her room! (I've started to collect vintage sheets, I have a ways to go to get a good
I hope I am not to late to enter. These are beautiful colors and prints. Thanks for the chance to win.
The fabric is awesome. Such pretty colors. I wonder if my sheets will ever be considered vintage??? Hmmmmmm……. count me in for the giveaway.

Suzanne Mooney
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congrats to susanne and thank you for giving us this chance!
I follow the VS blog and am so happy to have discovered it!


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Because opaque cold-process soap undergoes a chemical reaction in the molds, there are a few extra considerations to keep in mind. (Note: these considerations don't apply to transparent soap since it's neutral when poured. Transparents also lack "stickiness," so there shouldn't be any problem unmolding them.)
Soap needs a certain amount of heat to saponify properly. Most cold-process soap books call for pour temperatures of 80-100 degrees F. These temperatures are fine if you're pouring several pounds into one large mold, but when soap is poured into individual 3 or 4 ounce molds, heat is more easily lost regardless of how much insulation you use. If you've measured your ingredients correctly but your finished soap is soft and/or grainy, raise the soap's temperature to between 115-125 degrees F. next time you pour.
When filling many cavities, realistically consider just how much working time you have before your soap begins to thicken beyond the "easy-pour" state. Dividing soap up into smaller portions for different colors and fragrances will slow you down; some artificial fragrances will speed the thickening. If this is the case, think about making smaller batches. If your soap does thicken before all the cavities are filled, spoon the soap in and tap the molds lightly on the counter top. The clear plastic will allow you to see if any air bubbles remain on the mold's detail surface.
Superfatted soap and/or soap high in soft oils such as canola, avacado, safflower, etc. are a bit sticky, and therefore may unmold with more difficulty than firmer soaps high in palm oil or tallow. These softer soaps will unmold if placed in the freezer for ½-1 hour. For a firm, easy-release soap with a good lather try:
Heat oils to 115-125 degrees F. then add 115-125 degree lye solution. Stir until traced. If temperature has dropped much below 115-125 prior to pouring, reheat on stove top. Makes 2 ½ pounds, or enough soap to fill approximately 9-10 cavities. PS- Mold designs also show up clearer and "crisper" in hard soap than in soft soap.
MORE ON UNMOLDING SOAP If the soap is allowed to remain in the molds for 12-24 hours after cooling down, it releases much more easily than unmolding it immediately upon cooling. (During this extra time the soap is both shrinking and crystallizing.) One final option: If you'd like to experiment with a fairly effective mold release, melt one part paraffin wax then stir into 3 parts mineral or baby 0il. Best used when hot and liquid, but if applied to the molds when cold (as a soft paste) use a stiff brush to insure thin and even application, otherwise inconsistencies can mar the smoothness of the finished soap. Plain mineral or baby oil can also be used to lightly coat the molds (vegetable oils or PAM may possibly saponify if used as a mold release).


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Today I want to tell you about my 4xgreat grandfather John Dawson. He is the earliest Dawson relation I have found in Cowling, West Yorkshire. For a long time I believed that John was a local chap although I hadn't been able to find any clues as to his birth or his parents.
More recently I have discovered via other researchers that it is highly likely that John actually comes from Clitheroe in Lancashire. Now for someone who believed that his roots were firmly set in Yorkshire the idea that I might orginate from Lancashire has been hard to take. But it may well be an opportunity for a later post when I have looked at the information available for the Dawson's of Clitheroe in the future.
But for now I want to concentrate on John's life in Cowling.
According to the IGI John Dawson married Ann Watson on 3rd May 1792 in Kildwick, West Yorkshire. I have an IGI burial record for John dated 16th October 1832 at Kildwick Parish Church.
On the 1841 census I found Ann indexed under the name of Davson. The IGI shows her burial also at Kildwick Parish Church on 9th July 1846.
John and Ann had nine children – Priscilla (1793); John (1795); James (1797); Thomas (1799); Alice (c1802); Elizabeth (c1804); William (c1806); Watson (c1808) and John (c1812).
The first John born on 31st May 1795 died the following year in July 1796.
The village of Cowling has had a number of textile mills over the years and this could be the subject of a post all on it's own. However I want to talk about Ickornshaw Mill which was built in 1791. There is a very interesting story about John Dawson in connection with this mill. The following extract is from a book called Cowling A Moorland Parish written by the Cowling Local History Society and published in 1980.
Ickornshaw Mill
Ickornshaw Mill is the oldest mill still in use in Cowling, being built in 1791, on land bought by John Dehane of Kildwick from Hugh Smith, a yeoman farmer of Cowling who owned Upper Summer House Farm.
The mill was built in three months and a waterwheel was installed by Mr Dawson of Clitheroe who lodged at the public house in Ickornshaw. Here he fell in love with the barmaid whom he married, but as his family disinherited him, he stayed on in Cowling and acted as "engine tenter", blacksmith and mill mechanic. His son and grandson followed in his footsteps tending the wheel for one hundred and ten years. The wheel was capable of 50-60 horse power, running 150-180 looms with the engine completely stopped. In 1910 the wheel was overhauled, after 119 years free of any major repairs, a fine testimony to the quality and craftmannship.
The mill whistle had to be blown at 5.30am to rouse the workers, and as the engine tenter thought this was an unearthly hour to get up, Mr Dawson having an inventive mind, built a contraption from old clocks, picking bands, a weaver's beam, pieces of wire and a few loom weights which would perform the duty for him whilst he slumbered a little longer. He tried out his invention several times, but always being on hand in case it failed, and at last decided that there was no point in him having his "brainchild" working and being present himself. So, the following morning he decided to listen to his invention operating on its own. It started off at the correct time, but Mr Dawson quickly realised that it was not going to stop. However, it did bring the hands to work earlier that morning, anxious to see what all the noise was about. The contraption worked well for some considerable time, and was only terminated when Messrs. John Binns and Son took over the responsibility of rousing the neighbourhood with their own much louder whistle.
I really like this story and have a great fondness for John Dawson.
As mentioned in the extract above his son, John, took over from him. In the 1851 census this John Dawson's occupation is shown as "mechanic". In 1861 and 1871 he is described as "engine tenter".
This John Dawson's son…..also called John, took over from his father and continued to look after the wheel and the engine. I have found him on the 1871, 1881 and 1891 census records described as "engine tenter" – but so far I haven't been able to find him in 1901. In 1881 and 1891 this John was living in Nelson and Barrowford respectively – about nine miles from Cowling – so he had a bit of journey in those days to get to the mill.
I am not the only Dawson to have found the story and the history really interesting. Here is a letter from Jas Dawson dated 3rd December 1937 published in the Craven Herald & Pioneer and reproduced here by Cowling Moonrakers. Jas seems to be the son of the last John Dawson to look after the wheel and engine. The letter was written shortly after the waterwheel had been dismanted and gives more history and information.


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Q&A: Nicki Minaj on new music and 'American Idol'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nicki Minaj, the rapper who has had much success on the pop charts with songs like "Starships" and "Super Bass," says the rerelease of her sophomore album will be nostalgic for her early fans.
"The feel of the rerelease is kind of like my first sound, like the mixtapes," she said of "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded -- The Re-Up," out Tuesday.
The rerelease comes seven months after "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. That album features pop, dance, R&B, reggae and rap sounds. It's a far stretch from when Minaj kicked off her career as a sexed-up street rapper, signed by Lil Wayne in 2009 after she released three buzzed-about mixtapes. Her official debut, "Pink Friday," is near double platinum and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
But the 29-year-old says she's "back to basics" on her eight-track "Re-Up," which features Lil Wayne, Tyga and some of Minaj's proteges.
"It sounds probably more hood in some ways, for a lack of a better word," she said.
Her pop fans won't be disappointed, though: There's also the Dr. Luke-produced, dance-flavored "Va Va Voom."
In a recent telephone interview, Minaj talked about her new music, artists she is mentoring and working (kind of) with Mariah Carey on "American Idol."
The Associated Press: What's the energy like on the rerelease?
Minaj: I studied a lot of the production side of this particular rerelease. It was just important that the beats sounded a certain way. ... I was really able to step up the writing on it as well.
AP: This album features some of your signed artists, Parker and Thomas Brinx. How's it feel to pay it forward?
Minaj: It's exciting because I think that I'm finally in a position to open doors for other people and it's a great feeling because I feel like they're so, so talented. Parker, he's actually from London and he's a writer, producer, singer ... and I'm going to be putting out music with him at the top of the year. ... Brinx was someone that I knew for a long time. I was rapping with him before I even got a deal and his skills have always been so exceptional. ... So I always felt like if I got an opportunity I would bring him along and now I have that opportunity.
AP: You let cameras follow you for a three-part reality special on E! What was that like?
Minaj: It's been fun because I think that my fans are getting a real kick out of it. I'm happy I did it. ... I don't really have an opinion on it. It was just a decision for me to show more of myself and I never really know how people are going to react to it, so I've started stepping back and away, and getting away from just overthinking it.
AP: Were you hesitant about doing it?
Minaj: Of course I was hesitant. I'm a very private person. I definitely thought about it a lot and then I went for it.
AP: What are your favorite albums of the year?
Minaj: I really have been enjoying all of the hip-hop albums that came out because I feel like hip-hop artists have been taking their careers into their own hands and I just want to give a salute to everyone because it's not easy. ... The music has been sort of changing and adding new sounds to the game and introducing new people to the game, so I would just give a big nod to hip-hop for 2012.
AP: Is working as a judge on "American Idol" what you thought it would be like?
Minaj: No. ... They're very long days and that's the biggest thing I didn't really expect. ... I'm used to being able to handle my business at any time, and when it's 'American Idol,' sometimes we're in one place for eight hours judging people and I can't go to my BlackBerry every five minutes like I'm used to. So that kind of slows my business down and that is something that I never could have foreseen. But, as a whole, I love the experience that I'm getting.
AP: How are you and Mariah Carey, another new judge on "Idol," getting along?
Minaj: (Click.)