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What Credit Score Do I Need to Buy a House?
One of the pervasive questions people always ask when inquiring about purchasing a home is, 'What credit score do I need in order to buy a house?' As with most questions in the mortgage world, there is no definite answer. Your credit score is basically a blueprint of your finances that lending institutions use to determine if you should qualify for a home loan.
Typically, the higher your credit score, the greater chance you have of getting approved and obtaining a lower interest rate. Again, this is only typical, not a hard-fast rule.
Your credit score is comprised of five factors, each bearing different weights in totaling your score. The first and most weighty factor is your payment history, followed by the length of your history, the outstanding amounts you owe on credit, new credit lines opened and the types of credit lines open.
Just to give you an idea or a goal to shoot for, a credit score of 660 can give you good flexibility in your home loan options. A lower score does not necessarily disqualify you from home ownership, the aforementioned score is typically considered lend-worthy for the average borrower.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Upcoming Appearance: Javy Guerra
April 28, 2012
The Shops at Montebello
2134 Montebello Town Center Drive
Montebello, CA 90640
(323) 722-8454
This will be inside the mall.
For other upcoming signings, scroll down a bit and on the left side of this blog, you will see "Upcoming Appearances". Click the player for more details.
4 comments:
- Unknown said...
I need to be there!!! lol
- April 19, 2012 at 2:19 PM
- Unknown said...
Don't tell Loney!
- April 19, 2012 at 2:21 PM
- emmvee said...
do you have to get something in order to get his autograph? or are they going to charge a fee?
- April 20, 2012 at 6:35 PM
- Nitasol said...
Where inside the mall? What time does the mall open? Will there be a fee??????
- April 26, 2012 at 9:23 AM
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On July 13, 2014, to mark the occassion of the release of The Emergence of Video Processing Tools: Television Becoming Unglued, Rhizome, the New Museum Education Department, and Experimental Television Center hosted a conversation between inventor Dave Jones, whose video instruments span forty years, artists-designers Kyle Lapidus and Tali Hinkis of LoVid, Rhizome conservator Dragan Espenschied, and Hank Rudolph of the artist space Signal Culture and the Experimental Television Center. Documentation of the entire conversation can be found above.
The Week Ahead: Our Data, Ourselves Edition
Promotional video for Lovid, U R QR (2013).
This weekend, artist duo Lovid will premiere a new project titled U R QR. If you participate, various things will happen to you, including your face being painted in black and white blocks and then photographed; when combined, the resulting images will combine to form a functioning QR code. QR codes have been waiting for a really good art project to come along for a long time, and this could be their big moment.
LoVid's iParade
Locative media art responds to two of the most definitive social issues of our times: the reorganization of everyday life by mobile computing technologies and the seeming assurance of ecological disaster in the foreseeable future. These two developments are often described as conflicting with one another: our digital interfaces dismantle spatial obstacles, bringing once-remote locales into proximity with hyperlinks, projecting us into "non-places." And yet, according to many environmental thinkers, any hope for sustainability requires that humanity reverse the psychic effects of this trend: we must divert our attention away from our screens and back to the physical world around us, creating local community and a sense of place. Locative media art works squarely within this tension inhabiting our post-nature, new media culture, using digital networks to augment engagement of geographic space, to facilitate what Christiane Paul calls "context awareness."
On June 7 and 9, Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus of LoVid will début their new mobile phone app, iParade#2: Unchanged When Exhumed, a 2011 Rhizome commission and the first major piece in their new locative-media art series. iParade#2 uses GPS data to access video, sound, and stories available only in specific spots within the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Harlem. Tali and Kyle described the work to me as "experimental locative cinema" or "locative video," as cinema and video that "offers a new option using GPS and mobile media technology." Their press release suggests that the app be thought of as an adventure and a sort of game: participants will "explore" not only historic landmarks but also "urban mysteries"—though the mysteries remain unsolved. Ultimately, as is true to all locative media works, iParade#2 seeks to "renew viewers' appreciation of their physical environment." Since I will be abroad during the premiere, LoVid offered to give me a ...
Artist Profile: LoVid (Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus)
LoVid is a 2011 Rhizome Commissions winner for their proposal, iParade: Unchanged when Exhumed.
VideoWear, (2003), Mixed Media Sculpture and Performance
Given your interest in revealing electronic circuitry and conduits as a symbol of the body, do you feel that your wearable pieces like Coat of Embrace are extensions of your own body's natural electric currents? Also, reflecting on early sci-fi and cyborg culture, what is your future vision of human interactions with electronics?
All of our instruments, wearable or not, act as extensions of our bodies. Our tactile relationship with the technologies that we use includes building our instruments by hand and designing them around our bodies. Despite or as a result of their origins, these instruments modify how we move while we play them, in ways we cannot predict in advance. They change not just our use of technology, but also the communication between us and our audience during the performance. In some of our work, we amplify natural electrical signals from the human body when we invite our visitors and audience to touch exposed electronic components that are connected to our instruments. This allows the live signals from their bodies to affect the final audio/video. We like creating this circuit between natural and man-made signals as it fits with our vision of a conglomeration of media/technology/electricity with natural and organic systems. In terms of past/future visions, we tend to think in terms of alternate possibilities for both present and future. We envision co-evolution of natural and man-made systems where interactions are innate and automatic.
Many of your pieces include live performance and video that feed into each other. When creating these types of pieces with feedback loops, do you start by searching for a particular visual you are trying to achieve or ...


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Hamlet 2By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Mar 11, 2009
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In the name of God Amen. I Hiram Andress of the County of Delaware in the State of Ohio being of sound and composed mind, but admonished of the frailty of human life am resolved to arrange my earthly concerns and dispose of the substance which the Lord hath committed to my trust, do therefore make this my last will & testament.
On March 17, 1845, Hiram Andress wrote his last will and testament, directing that his estate be divided between his beloved wife Polly and his two daughters, Eliza and Lucy.
He died a few months later and was buried at Oller Cemetery. On his marker, an angel stands beneath a garland of flowers, holding an open book.
Oller Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
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28 November, 2011
Modern Blocks Giveaway
93 comments:
- Lucky Duck Dreams said...
Ive been quilting since 1991. I took a 10 year break in 1999. I learned to quilt on an internet listserv quilt guild called Quiltnet, using emails and asqii drawings.
- November 28, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Bobbi said...
I made my first quilt in 1994 using one of the Quilt In A Day books! It wasn't pre-internet, but back then, there definitely weren't any awesome blogs about learning to quilt!
- November 28, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- The Cozy Quilter said...
I have been quilting since the early 80's. I have loved sewing since I was in public school. I have taken classes and workshops over the years and love to challenge myself with a new technique with each quilt I make.
- November 28, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- Katie R said...
Ive been sewing for 4 years, I have made 2 quilted runners and 1 doll quilt. I'd love to see the book and get the guts to make a full size quilt. I wouldn't had learned without blogs, tutorials, and the internet.
- November 28, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- Lee D said...
I took a class back in 1991 at the old Father Lacombe center in Millrise (now St. Mary's University). Also took a class with a mom's group at the United church on Elbow Dr. Rose was the instructor, a nurse at Rockyview. She ended being my nurse with #3. I see her now and then at quilting shows. I have taken breaks over the years depending on what life was dishing up, ie having 3 kids, moving over seas & back etc. Looks like a great book, congrats on the 2 blocks.
- November 28, 2011 at 9:15 PM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
I've been sewing since I was little--handmade some clothes for my Barbie doll--and then did a lot of garment sewing through high school, college and the early days of our marriage. But I've been quilting since the mid 1990s. After trying nearly every craft option available, I realized what a big part quilting played in my heritage. And one of my best friends taught me. Best thing I ever learned how to do!
- November 28, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- Katie B said...
Very cool! I've been sewing off and on for probably 10 years, but I got into quitting about 2 years ago. I'm 100% online taught.
- November 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM
- Voula Martin said...
I've been quilting for about 3 years, and i learned from books and the internet. I don't have a creative none in my body and need inspiration from others!
- November 28, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- Ray and Jeanne said...
I made my first quilt in 1987. I took a continuing education class from the local junior college. My younger son sat close by while I was doing the hand quilting - he swore that he could feel my love and hugs in that quilt. A few years ago he borrowed the quilt to be sure it was in his possession when I died! BTW I'm enjoying good health - he is just being prepared! ~Jeanne
- November 28, 2011 at 9:31 PM
- Staci said...
I've been quilting about 12 years, and am more and more addicted to it every year. I'd love to win this book for my sister in law. She's my best buddy, and has started quilting a little 2 years ago. She's becoming more and more involved with quilting as she learns more. I think this book would be a fabulous resource for her to use. She just found out she's going to be a grandma, and her daughter loves modern quilts, so this would be perfect for some very fashionable baby quilts and accessories. Thank you for being part of this fabulous book and for giving away a copy!
- November 28, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- MWalker said...
I've been quilting since August 2010, so a newbie. I've watched my mom quilt and sew all my life; I even tried before and was a flop. But last year, it just clicked and now, I'm a quilting junkie too!!!
- November 28, 2011 at 9:43 PM
I've been quilting for just four years now. I started with a "learn to quilt/sampler" class at The Cloth Shop in Vancouver. My baby was 6mos at the time. She's four and a half now with a 4month old sister and the da*n sampler top is almost done. But I've made quite a few other quilts since starting the first one.
I build skills by reading books/looking at pictures (thanks internet!), hanging out/sewing with older ladies who quilt and asking questions of quilt shop employees.
(I don't have a blog, I'm firstname.lastname@example.com)
- November 28, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- Heather D. said...
I've been quilting for about 1 year. I learned on my own, by trial and error and lots of help from the online community! Couldn't have done it without all of you. :)
- November 28, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- KG said...
I haven't been quilting very long, and I am not consistent. My first quilt was a queen sized quilt, about 9 years ago, made out of scraps, and my mother-in-law taught me how to do it. Why queen sized? I didn't know better. And my mother-in-law couldn't talk me out of it. After all, how hard could it be? Ha!
- November 28, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- Sonia B said...
I made my first quilt when I was 15, so it's been off and on for 20 years. I love the graphic nature of modern quilting. Thanks for the chance at this lovely book.
- November 28, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Jill said...
I've been quilting for about 5 years, I tiik a beginning class at a local quilt shop and never looked back!
- November 28, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- Megan said...
I feel relatively new to quilting (started in earnest in 2009, though I'd made a couple pretty bad quilts before then). I'm completely self-taught - starting with books from the library. Found the online quilting world and Portland Modern Quilt Guild soon after and definitely feel like I found "my people". Can't wait to see what you did with your "T" block!
- November 28, 2011 at 10:03 PM
- Julie said...
I have been quilting for 2 years. I have no tv and there is only so much reading you can do. I had always been interested in sewing, my mom is a killer sewist, and I had read someplace that a quilt is to be loved and rolled around in, not all quilts go to the county fair. So I hoped onto the internet and started looking at and reading blogs. Sewing for love, not a ribbon, is very liberating and motivating. I enjoy your quilting and cooking (and so do my kids). Thanks for the chance.
- November 28, 2011 at 10:04 PM
- Tanya said...
I have been quilting for 4 years, but I was stuck until I found quilting blogs and the fire was ignited!
- November 28, 2011 at 10:17 PM
- Sara Weisweaver said...
This book is beautiful! I've been quilting since high school (about 12 years now). I always have several quilts in various stages of completion happening simultaneously--somehow, it helps me stay motivated! My aunt Tammy, who now runs a long-arm quilting business, taught me how to quilt little paper-pieced mug rugs. The next Christmas, I made a simple nine-patch quilt for my now-husband.
- November 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM
- Lisa said...
I started quilting when I started having babies, back in 2001. Just learning as I go!
- November 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM
- trudys_person said...
I started quilting around about 2003-2004 ... my sister bought me a pattern and I started collecting fabrics ... I had to take a class in rotary cutting, machine quilting and applique before I had the nerve to cut into my fabric! But I haven't looked back - I love it! Thank you for the giveaway. I love this book! (I know a couple of the designers.)
- November 28, 2011 at 10:55 PM
- Leslie said...
I've been quilting exactly one year this month and I learned from my lovely mother in law, it has brought us closer together.
- November 28, 2011 at 11:13 PM
- CitricSugar said...
I made my first quilt at ten, self-taught out of a book. It was small and wonky but my grandma loved it anyway. It was years before I tried another, again using a book. Now the online quilting community has helped me learn by leaps and bounds.
Fun fact: My name is Carly but many people mistakenly call me Scarlet upon meeting me. Odd, yes, but it's happened so often that I've considered changing it Scarlet just for whimsy's sake.
- November 28, 2011 at 11:37 PM
- CarlyMaria said...
I've been quilting since mid 2009 and I have been in love with it since.
I learned to quilt from one of CrazyMomQuilts tutorials, and it was amazing! (I knew how to sew already, but that blog opened a whole new world) it something I hope to do until the day I die!
- November 28, 2011 at 11:44 PM
- Emily Day said...
I started quilting about 3 years ago when I sparked an interest in it and then asked for a sewing machine for Christmas. I bought a ton of fabric and a ton of books but wasn't sure where to start, so for about a year, it sat there.. I was intimidated. Then I became pregnant with my daughter and I SO badly wanted to make a quilt for her and so I started a quilt the night I went into labor.. I finished it when she was about a month old and have literally been addicted since them! I have been busting out quilts left and right and am attending my first bazaar in 2 weeks with a chance to sell my quilts! I am SO beyond thrilled. As far as how I learned to quilt.. I just taught myself the basics and went from there! :)
- November 29, 2011 at 12:50 AM
I started quilting last summer because of all the lovely blogs here on the internet. I have been sewing on and off for about 25 years, but after I discovered modern quilt in the summer off 2010 the sewingmachine has not stoped.
Unfortunaly it is a hard time to get all the lovely fabrics here in scandinavia:(.
I´m still learning to FMQ and using all the lovely tutorials from blogs and youtube. ec. I learned the binding teknic from Crazymoms tutorial.
This is enought off my very bad written English - I hope to win this lovely book.
- November 29, 2011 at 1:10 AM
- Unknown said...
I have only just started getting into quilting recently. I started seeing about 3 years ago and have started moving into quilting - I pick up things as I go and am totally self (read online) taught lol...
- November 29, 2011 at 1:13 AM
- Svarta Malin said...
I´ve been quilting since 1991, but not frequently unitl about 2006 when I bougth a new sewingmashine and have a different life than earlier.
Selflearned by books and papers, since 2008 also by other quilters on the internet. Later also a few courses.
I´ve just started to "teach" a friends 13 yearold to sew patchwork and the book would be a fantastic inspiration to both her and myself if I am the lucky winner.
- November 29, 2011 at 2:47 AM
- Camilla said...
I started in about 1998, when I inherited a sewing machine from my husband's grandma. I saw the Kaffe Fassett book Passionate Patchwork and wanted to make the Fonthill Quilt. I attended a class and made a cot sized log cabin quilt first - this is still loved by my children - made before they were born. I did make the Fonthill quilt - its wonky with all those triangles..I did learn about 1/4" seams from it too. We still use this quilt on our bed in the winter - I think it may need some TLC soon to fix some of those dodgy seams. I haven't been to class in ages but will be going to one in January...so looking forward to it :)
- November 29, 2011 at 3:17 AM
- Fran said...
I have been quilting for a little over a year now, I had not much experience sewing but had always thought that quilts & quilting looked great. I then stumbled across modern quilting blogs & have been inspired & obsessed ever since. I'm so grateful to have blogs like yours to help me learn the skills necessary to help me on my quilting journey.
- November 29, 2011 at 4:22 AM
- Josie McRazie said...
I only started in March of this year. My Mother was an amazing seamstress and has been gone for seven years (last March). I was not lucky enough to have learned from her, so I am learning as I go. I bought a machine, a book (Dear Jane of all things) noone told me not to start there, but hey...I am always up for a challenge! I have 58 Jane blocks so far and did the QuiltUber Fest blocks here on line, and the top is all together ready for me to learn to quilt (aahhhhh)! I would love a chance to win more patterns! Thank you!
- November 29, 2011 at 4:39 AM
- Becky (My Fabric Obsession) said...
I've been quilting for about 2 yrs now. I learned by taking a class at my LQS. I've been sewing since I was about 10 though!
- November 29, 2011 at 4:39 AM
- foodmathquilts said...
I started quilting in the summer of 2003 when I was home from university. I made my first quilt from a description on a livejournal blog (not about quilting) and took my first class three quilts later the following spring. I still love the social aspect of tAking classes, and make it to my LQS's UFO pizza party most months.
- November 29, 2011 at 4:56 AM
- Molly said...
Congrats on being in this book! It looks like it's chock full of inspiring blocks. I started quilting in 2009 when my youngest son went to college (sniff, sniff) and I needed a hobby to combat my empty nest syndrome. Well ... I found it! I've been learning and growing in quilting since then and look forward to expanding my skills. I think I get a little better and learn a little more with each quilt I complete.
- November 29, 2011 at 5:07 AM
- JariJari said...
I started seriously in oct 2008 when I got myself a Bernina 440QE which bundled with a free lesson and I made a king size logcabin quilt.
- November 29, 2011 at 5:18 AM
Wow, that book looks inspirational and amazing! I would love to have it in my personal library.
I started quilting when I was 8 - when I cut up all my socks to make a quilt a la Laura Ingalls Wilder. That didn't work out. :-) I started seriously quilting a couple of years ago and pretty much taught myself. Now, I'm a big fan of youtube and blogs like yours!
- November 29, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- KristyLou said...
I have been quilting for about 2 years. I watched my grandma do it for many years, and I finally took a class a couple of years ago! Thanks.
- November 29, 2011 at 5:32 AM
- mjb said...
I've been quilting almost 3 years and learned from books and websites.
- November 29, 2011 at 6:07 AM
- Katrina said...
I started quilting last winter, right after erring a sewing machine for Christmas. Found a tutorial/quilt-along online, and followed along there. I love it, and love the ideas in the book!
- November 29, 2011 at 6:28 AM
- Flaun of I Plead Quilty! said...
I made a couple of quilts about 14 years ago, but had my daughter and no time to really delve into it deeply. Two years ago, I really entered into the time I would actually call myself a quilter. I've learned mostly from the intertubes and pushing myself, though I did take one class on free motion quilting.
- November 29, 2011 at 6:35 AM
- Suzanne said...
Hi Cheryl, I started quilting six years ago when I was weeks postpartum. Good friends who quilted invited me to join a Halloween quilt block exchange and I was too out of it to say no. I have not looked back since and couldn't imagine life without a quilt (or two or three or ... more) in the works.
- November 29, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- Lisa said...
I learned how to quilt in 1976 when I was 14 years old. I wasn't a sporty kid and my mom didn't know what to do with me, so when I said I was interested in sewing, she signed me up for a class. I have been quilting on and off for the last 36 years, mostly on for the last 25. It's amazing how the gadgets to help you quilt have improved. When I started I had to make card board templates, trace and cut out blocks with scissors. Hard to believe I got anything finished! Thanks for the give away!
- November 29, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- Jenny said...
i started quilting at 14. my sisters and i cut squares from my moms scraps (she made our clothes) and my grandma was going to make a quilt with them. well, she decided she didnt want to...so i did! i still have this quilt...its really rough, but i love it
- November 29, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Dawnmarie's Life said...
I started quilting in the spring of 2010, so just under 2 years ago. I taught myself with online tutorials and some advice from my wonderful LQS. So far, every quilt I've finished has been a gift for someone, so I still don't have any in my house but I'm absolutely loving this new hobby and I know I'll have some to keep soon.
- November 29, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Esch House Quilts said...
That book looks amazing - congrats on having blocks in it. It is on my "must get" list :)
I've been quilting since 2002 and took my first class at my LQS.
- November 29, 2011 at 7:40 AM
- Cory said...
I learned to sew in 8th grade and learned to quilt in high school twenty plus years ago. Thank you for the chance to win this book. The more I see of it, the more I want it. Take care and God bless, Cory
- November 29, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- Kate said...
I've been quilting for real since I was in high school - so around 17-18 years! (wow- I feel old now!) my mom taught me.
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- November 29, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Maggi said...
I took my first quilting class at the crafts center in college, but really started in the mid-1990s. Loving all the online opportunities these days!
- November 29, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- Lyanna L. said...
I taught myself how to quilt, and I think I have been quilting for about 2 years now. And I really really hope I win because this is at the top of my Christmas list! =)
- November 29, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Thanks for the giveaway. I've been quilting for about 15 years, since my mom helped me make my first quilt to take with me to college.
- November 29, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Michelle C said...
I'm an Edmonton quilter and I've been quilting for 11 years! I took one class and learned how to quilt "the right way"; matching seams and all.... But my art really took off when I started to just "Wing It." Most times I make it up as I go along, but my preferred method of learning is from books.
- November 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Mandy said...
I have been quilting for about 12 years and I taught myself. I have read books, but mostly trial and error. This year I finally learned free motion quilting and I am so glad I did. I love it.
- November 29, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- Christina Lane | The Sometimes Crafter said...
I have yet to see this book in person, but it looks like it would be fantastic! I would definitly like to own a copy. I have been sewing since I was about 6, and I think I started quilting in my late teens...it all blurs together. I really got more into quilting after my dad's death in 2002. No one really taught me to quilt, it was just something I started doing. I remember my mom was working on a quilt at some point and that kind of sent me in that direction and my aunt is a big time quilter, so she really inspired and influenced me to do more. It was totally my therapy after my dad died, and still is to this day.
- November 29, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Heather said...
I first started quilting after watching the movie "How to make an American Quilt" with Wynonna Ryder. And I was just about to get married, and thought how cool it would be to make my hubs and I a quilt. I've been hooked ever since!! Now I'm trying to find other unsuspecting souls to get addiceted to quilting!! haha My sister inlaw just fell prey to me!!
- November 29, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Kathy S. said...
Thank you for a chance to win your giveaway. I started quilting in January, of this year (2011). I am addicted and do as much as I can. I used to sew my own clothes in the 80's, so I have sewing skills. Most of my quilting skills come from the wonderful blogs that I visit.
- November 29, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Janet said...
I started my first quilt thirty-five years ago, but it burned in a house fire before it was finished. I didn't quilt again until about five years ago. I love the creativeness of quilting. Thanks for a chance to win this book.
- November 29, 2011 at 11:46 AM
- Alaina Beth said...
I have been quilting for 9 years. I learned because my friends roped me into attending a quilting retreat with them because they wanted to have a girls weekend. I still haven't finished that quilt with fabric from Wal-Mart, but I now love to quilt.
- November 29, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- Jody said...
I'm a self taught quilter and caught the "bug" about 5 years ago or so. I'd love to win a copy of this book as it's on my Christmas wish list:)
- November 29, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- kait. said...
I began quilting about 8 years ago when I was 18 and working at a JoAnn's. I had been a garment sewer for a few years and one day decided I wanted to learn to quilt. I bought some fabric and a book and made a quilt! It's a very poorly made one but we still use it on the couch so it's definitely served it's purpose! 8 years and almost 40 quilts on, it's cool to look back an see how far I've come!
- November 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM
- Laura said...
I have been quilting for a couple of years. i taught myself with lots of help from blogs and books. This book looks awesome! thanks for the chance to win.
- November 29, 2011 at 1:13 PM
- And this would be . . . . said...
I got the bug to quilt over 10 years ago...maybe closer to 13. However, the first flimsy I made is still a flimsy. Getting married and having kids put the quilting on the back burner. I started again about 1.5 years ago.
I am self taught but I remember seeing my Grandma quilt and I have the last quilt she ever made.
- November 29, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Debbie said...
I started quilting classes with a friend who was a few months pregnant.
I then found out i was preggers too!! (kids are 3 months apart)
Since he just turned 2 this year- i have been quilting for not quite 3 years. (Jan 2009)
our first quits were string quilts on a foundation square to teach us some basics. it is one i have done twice since in different sizes.
- November 29, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Hi Cheryl, I have been quilting for many years, I think about 20 years. Not every year has a quilt been made...However I am enjoying how productive I am this year. Six quilts and four quilt tops so far (and many WIPs). I have never taken any class (have wanted to) and I have learnt everything I know about quilting from my Mother who is 81 years old and still quilts.
I've enjoyed your blog. However I do not have one. sandraklassenpoboxcom
Blessings to you.
- November 29, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- pinkbrain said...
I've been quilting for almost a year now, but sewing for 20 years now. You and your quilting are the main reason I started quilting. Thank you for inspiring me.
- November 29, 2011 at 2:00 PM
- M-R Charbonneau said...
Thanks for the giveaway! This book is already on my Christmas list, but it would be great to win it! Congratulations on your contribution to the book, Cheryl!
- November 29, 2011 at 2:35 PM
I am a self/blog-taught quilter. My mother taught me to sew but I always hated sewing clothes. I quilted a baby quilt for my child and discovered a new love! I have been quilting for 4 years now. I would love to have a copy of this book.
Rebecca O
- November 29, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- treeswing said...
My Sweetie just started quilting last year and has completed 2 small ones so far. This book would be some nice inspiration for her to make more.
- November 29, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- treeswing said...
oops, my email is creektalker[at]gmail[dit]com
- November 29, 2011 at 3:09 PM
I made my 1st quilt in 1977 when I was heading off to college. (Still have it, but it's definitely seen better days!)
About 12 years ago, I really began to get serious about quilting and actually started taking classes! This year, I joined a quilting group and am having a ball!
- November 29, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Living in the Bay said...
I made my first quilt in 1973 from remnants of clothes I had made throughout my high school years. It was a hodgepodge of colors and the back was a then-modern flowery sheet --now a coveted resale find! And that was it for quilting. Fast forward to 2007 when a good friend invited me to a quilting retreat where she taught me everything I now know about quilting. It was a fantastic weekend of learning and being with wonderful women. Since then I've made quilts for all 12 nieces/nephews, bags, table toppers, buntings. I love quilting! Thanks for the giveaway.
- November 29, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Elizabeth B. (blue.crab) said...
I've been quilting for almost 10 years, but these last few years I've gotten a lot more inspiration from the on-line community. The book looks lovely, I'll have to add it to my X-mas list if I don't win!
- November 29, 2011 at 4:27 PM
I've been quilting for about 15 years. Mostly self-taught, with some help from friends when I got to the tricky bits.
Thanks for the chance to win!
- November 29, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Mary Jo Hutchinson said...
I've been quilting 4 years...I taught myself during my maternity leave, and I have attended two classes at my lqs since then.
- November 29, 2011 at 5:31 PM
- Kristy said...
this book looks awesome! My mom is a quilter, so I made my first quilt when I was in 4th grade (that was like 20 something years ago :p) I have been quilting on and off since then but have really just gotten back into it!
- November 29, 2011 at 6:05 PM
- Lynley said...
I made my first quilt in my late teens - and there was no "learning" involved at all! I made it all up entirely from seeing a finished quilt. Once.
- November 29, 2011 at 6:33 PM
- elle said...
oh, maybe 25 years. My friend helped me cut a gazillion 6 inch strips for a rail fence quilt. She didn't know about rotary cutters or strip piecing. I learned about them quick!
- November 29, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- Alisa said...
I've been quilting since 2003 but sewing for much longer. I learned to quilt by taking a class at my LQS. I had a super teacher and after that I was on my way. I like your block!
- November 29, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- monique said...
I started making quilts around 15 years ago when when my kids were little. Then they entered elementary school and I became even busier AND I lost the little spot where my sewing machine sat. I started again a couple of years ago when I happened upon some fabric on line and fell in love with it. I learned from books and am still learning but now from wonderful blogs such as yours. Thank you! monique
- November 29, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Brenda said...
I made my first quilts in 1992 and I didn't know a thing about quilting. I set quilting aside, then in about 2000 I came back, read every book and magazine I could get my hands on, determined to learn as much as I could. It makes a huge difference knowing some basic techniques.
- November 29, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- Melanie@Crafty Cupboard said...
I've been quilting for a little over 2 years, and I learned from a friend. Then we both found quilting blogs, and we learned a lot more together!
- November 29, 2011 at 8:15 PM
I am really excited about this book. I'm trying to spend responsibly and not willy-nilly. I think this book looks so great. I started quilting about 2 1/2 years ago and I taught myself. I don't have a lot of spare time so I don't have a lot of quilts to show for it but I really love it. email@example.com
- November 29, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- kelly o! said...
Congratulations on your inclusion in the book!
I started quilting about five years ago...needed a hobby after my youngest was born and I became a SAHM. Learned by doing, and I'm *still* learning!
Thanks for the chance to win a terrific book!
- November 29, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Infodetective said...
I've been quilting for six years. My cousin taught me after I moved to a new city.
- November 29, 2011 at 9:45 PM
- Betty said...
I've been quilting for about 12 years, learning from quilting books, magazines and classes. I've been sewing since I learned in 4-H back in the 60's, lol. Thanks for the chance to win the book.
Betty in VA
- November 30, 2011 at 6:10 AM
- Katharine said...
I have been sewing for almost a year and still working on my first quilt! Thanks for the chance to win!
- November 30, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Ellie said...
I'd have to say I'm still learning to quilt. I started in 2008 (unless you count the quilt-in-a-day I started in 1994 but never finished) and learned mostly by going to my grandma or my friends who quilt when I had questions. I just started my 10th quilt yesterday.
- November 30, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Mitzi's Crafty said...
I starting quilting 2 years ago, starting with a quilting class I took at the Stitch Lab here in Austin. I fell in love. This book is at the top of my Christmas list.
- November 30, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Jen said...
I've been quilting since Jan 2009. I learn from books, blogs, a few classes here and there. Mostly from the internet! Would love to play with the blocks in thsi book!
- November 30, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- Jessica said...
I learned to quilt in 2003. I wanted to make a wedding gift for my soon to be hubby and decided a quilt was perfect. I finished that quilt and haven't looked back. I think... what on earth did I do with my free time before quilting. It is still priority in my busy life as mom, wife and quilt shop owner.
- November 30, 2011 at 7:33 PM
- The New Mrs. said...
I have been quilting since 2009. When I graduated from OT school, I had a period of about 2 months where I had trouble finding a job. A friend of my now-husband (then boyfriend) offered to teach me how to quilt during my hiatus. I finished my first quilt and, one week later, I landed my first job!
- November 30, 2011 at 8:03 PM
- SEW RED HOT said...
Hi there, I've been quilting about 13 years, a lot of garment sewing and crocheting in between too. I love leafing through inspiring books. I have never followed a pattern and just make them up as I go along. Its such a fun pasttime!
- November 30, 2011 at 8:08 PM
I started in college when I had to have my wisdom teeth cut out. My mother showed me how to piece. I miss her now.
Thanks for a chance to win.
- December 1, 2011 at 10:26 AM


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Audi R8 GT Spyder: First drive
We at Autoblog have always liked Audi's supercar, the R8. Whether in V8 or V10 forms, its easy-going nature almost seems at odds with the performance available.
One thing that we felt Audi could do though is to turn up the wick and produce a more focused, more powerful version of the car. Ingolstadt responded with the 560ps V10 GT Coupe of which a handful made it to UK shores, to no doubt happy owners.
For those who are in the fortunate position of being in the market for a supercar but missed out on bagging a GT Coupe, Audi has come up with a soft-top solution in the form of a Spyder version of the GT.
You'd better like wind in your hair and get in quick, as of the 333 produced worldwide, just 43 are coming to the UK and just a couple of these remain unsold.
So, what do you get for the £158,145 list price? Well like the coupe before it, the emphasis of the R8 GT is on lightness and more power. The GT might have lost its roof, but don't think it has put on weight. Those clever engineers from Germany have managed to trim a full 85kg from the standard V10 Roadster's weight and drops to 1,640kg.
You'll be able to spot the GT version of the R8 V10 Spyder by the contrasting titanium grey trim elements, a new front splitter with a dual lip, the neat flicks at the side of the front bumper designed to aid airflow over the Audi's body, the red GT badges, the 19-inch grey five-spoke alloys and different wing mirrors.
At the back, there are round exhaust tail pipes, an enlarged diffuser, dark LED rear lights and a fixed rear spoiler.
Inside, the changes for the R8 GT Spyder are as noticeable as the exterior and feel equally special. Highlights include more supportive sports seats and GT branded floor mats. There's suede trim for the flat-bottomed steering wheel, carbon fibre trim on the centre console and a special carbon and alloy gear knob for the auto box which also has the car's unique production number on it.
It might be a lightweight version of the R8 Spyder, but don't go thinking that it isn't well equipped. Standard equipment includes automatic air conditioning, DVD-based sat-nav, and a driver's information system with built-in lap timer and Bluetooth.
The Spyder version of the R8 GT is also available with the punchy Bang & Olufsen sound system as a no-cost option which wasn't available on the coupe.
Underneath the svelte bodywork, there's also lowered stiffened suspension and carbon-ceramic brakes as standard.
So what's the R8 GT Spyder like to drive? Well, we were lucky enough to drive the GT Coupe and Roadster back to back. The 65kg extra weight for losing the roof is noticeable, but this doesn't spoil the driving thrills of this special edition, open-top supercar.
The GT Spyder has the same forgiving handling as the rest of the R8 range. There's some understeer in the slower corners, but this can be dialed-out with careful use of the throttle. Yes, it is stiffer, but there's still plenty of grip and composure. The steering is also well-weighted with plenty of feel.
The changes over the standard car are shown best on the track, where the extra power higher up the rev-range helps the R8 GT Spyder to digest large areas of the track very easily.
Thankfully, like the standard V10 Spyder, apart from the extra weight there are virtually no compromises for losing the roof. In fact, the lack of a roof means you can enjoy more of the howling soundtrack of the V10.
So if you've got almost £160,000 should you snap up one of these? Yes, as the GT improves on the already excellent and capable V10 Spyder with few compromises, and with so few available it is likely to be a sound investment.
However, it is not quite perfect, we've never been fans of the robotised manual R-tronic gearbox in the R8 and it feels slow-witted and never smooth in the GT. Why can't the open-gated six-speed manual be offered as an option?
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Illinois Lawmakers Want Gun Buyers To Reveal Their Social Media Accounts
By Bill Galluccio
February 8, 2019
Lawmakers in Illinois are taking a page of out New York's book with a new proposal that would force anybody who wishes to obtain a firearms license to reveal their social media accounts to the police. The bill is sponsored by two Democrats including State Representative Daniel Didech, who argues that the new law would help keep guns out of the hands of people with mental illness or who have made threatening statements on social media.
The proposed law comes after two high profile mass shootings in 2018 where the killers made disturbing remarks on social media before their attacks.
"A lot of people who are having mental health issues will often post on their social media pages that they're about to hurt themselves or others," Rep. Didech told WBBM. "We need to give those people the help they need."
Not everybody is on board with the law, including the Illinois State Rifle Association, which blasted the legislation.
"When people look at this everyone who has a Facebook account or email account or Twitter account will be incensed or should be," said Richard Pearson with the Illinois State Rifle Association.
The Illinois law does not go as far as the proposed New York law, which would require people who wish to obtain a firearms license to hand over their social media and search engine history to authorities for inspection.
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's "one of the most-feared health conditions" on Wednesday as it issued a draft of the nation's first strategy to fight the devastating disease that is on the rise as the population ages.
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The top goal: Find some effective treatments by 2025, an ambitious quest. The plan also aims to help overwhelmed families care for affected loved ones in the meantime, and to improve earlier diagnosis so that patients can have a say in choosing their care.
The plan says that too often, stigma and misinformation about Alzheimer's and related dementias delay diagnosis and contribute to the isolation that worsens caregivers' burden. So among the promised first steps is a major campaign to better educate the public, and their primary care doctors, about Alzheimer's.
The effort was applauded by Alzheimer's disease advocates as a long-needed step toward addressing the pervasive problem. Eric J. Hall, president and CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America said the plan will be part of a "series of small victories" to address prevention, delay and, eventually, cure of the disorder.
"AFA applauds HHS for making tremendous efforts and headway in capturing the unprecedented opportunity afforded by the National Alzheimer's Project Act to address the multiple challenges of Alzheimer's disease," Hall said in a statement. "As well, we reiterate our appreciation of the Obama Administration's historic $156 million investment that will enable immediate action on ideas developed through the national plan."
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"You start to feel like, 'What will they do next?' " said Bob McLinn, 63, a labor union president who left his job with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in March, earlier than he planned, after political leaders pressed to cut benefits and collective bargaining rights for workers.What demagoguery! We have to contribute more to our pensions as we get each new month's pay, but there was no cut in the ultimate reward. Getting out early isn't a way to preserve the retirement benefit. It's just a decision not to continue putting a chunk of your pay into your pension as you go along working before retirement. If McLinn's communication is typical of labor union presidents, no wonder so many people freaked out and protested last winter.
"There's always been this promise that if you came to work and did your job, at the end there would be your reward — a defined retirement. The idea was you could retire with respect and dignity. But that whole idea has been slashed now, and I felt like, 'What is the point?' "
Now, are states better off if a lot of older workers leave their jobs?
"What we're going to see is a lot of young people reinventing the wheel," said Karen Gunderson, 56, who retired this year from her information technology job with the State of Wisconsin after 26 years, a few years sooner than she had intended, saying she felt that public workers were being "turned into scapegoats" for a troubled economy.
"We're going to waste a lot of tax dollars with young people attempting things that were tried before. You can get people cheaper, but whether you save money, I don't know."I'm mostly curious why the NYT chose to feature this quote and the one above. This isn't serious analysis of what the state did and the real effect on workers. It's more of an effort to propagate hysteria. What did Gunderson — a woman who thinks she was scapegoated — do in "information technology" that younger workers — working at lower pay — would do more expensively? The secret wisdom of the elders is lost, apparently, when somebody retires, and their replacements must puzzle over how to do the complicated work the oldsters had down pat. Is that what it's really like?
[H]ere, in Wisconsin, the battle over public workers may have been the loudest... Union supporters pushed back, leading an effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker next year over the issue. But government workers also left: 16,785 workers filed retirement applications as of Oct. 31, while in all of 2010, 11,750 workers had done so.Where did that all that irrational fear come from? A lot of people are seeing this war... why? Why are they seeing the governor's effort to fix the budget as a "war"? Why do they see themselves as "scapegoats"?
"It's about fear," said Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association. "A lot of people are seeing this war on public employees and saying, let's get out."
Remember "The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things"?
Why are so many fears in the air, and so many of them unfounded?...The link goes to a long passage from that book at the "Bowling for Columbine" website. "Bowling for Columbine," you may remember, was the Michael Moore movie about guns in America, and the point was that the gun-clinging sector of America was seized with irrational fear.
We compound our worries beyond all reason....
We had better learn to doubt our inflated fears before they destroy us. Valid fears have their place; they cue us to danger. False and overdrawn fears only cause hardship....
Any analysis of the culture of fear that ignored the news media would be patently incomplete, and of the several institutions most culpable for creating and sustaining scares the news media are arguably first among equals....
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Three students set themselves on fire on the campus of Senegal's largest university on Friday to protest changes in the way credits are being counted in the college's geography department, witnesses said.
All three survived after their friends threw sand on them, and only one was admitted to the hospital with burns on his arm and a portion of his face.
"Today, I chose to die. I didn't want to live anymore," Mansour Niang said, just before he was taken to see a psychiatrist at the municipal hospital. "I am very proud of what I have done. I'm happy with myself."
The students in the geography department launched a hunger strike last month to protest a change implemented by the university in how credits are counted for the three-year geography undergraduate degree. Niang and his classmates say they were just one credit away from completing their degree, and the change means that they will need to spend another calendar year taking a class that is the equivalent of two hours of instruction per week. It also means they will not be eligible for the masters degree in geography.
Student leader Seydou Niang, who organized the hunger strike at the University of Cheikh Anta Diop, said another 50 students are ready to set themselves on fire in protest. Self-immolation has become a potent protest ever since a vegetable seller in Tunisia set himself alight, an act that gave birth to the Arab Spring.
The state-owned Senegalese Press Agency reported that the rector of the university ruled out any discussion regarding the system by which students are being admitted to the geography masters program. "We cannot go back on our decision which was final," Saliou Ndiaye is quoted as saying.
The University of Cheikh Anta Diop was once one of the most prestigious universities in West Africa. It has fallen into disrepair and the campus is frequently immobilized by student protests and strikes by the relatively low-paid professors.
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Virgin Martyrs Martha and Mary, and their brother Lycarion, in Egypt
The holy virgin martyrs Martha and Mary were sisters who lived in Asia Minor, and fervently desired to suffer for the Lord Jesus Christ. Once, a pagan military commander marched past their house. The sisters went out to him and loudly declared that they were Christians. At first the commander paid no attention to them, but they persistently shouted after him, repeating their confession.
They were arrested together with their brother Lykarion. All three were crucified, and during the execution their mother came to them, encouraging them in their sufferings for Christ. The sisters were pierced with spears, and Lykarion was beheaded by the sword.


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I got a call from Nicola's yesterday, which means I'll be going in this weekend to sign their stock. If you've not heard, Nicola's is my local store and I'm able to provide year-round access to signed books through them. (Not personalized to you, just signed.)
So if you're looking to round out your signed library or get someone hooked on the books, this is a great place to do it either one at a time or all at once. They will ship overseas as well, and getting that signature is a nice bonus after that ungodly shipping. Just email them for an international shipping quote before ordering overseas from Nicolas at email@example.com Domestic shipping is pretty standard.
To order, follow the links below and be sure to ask for a signed book at comment box when you order or you will just get a book. If you're interested in any of the others in the series, or even the Dawn Cook books, a quick search on their site will bring them up.
Oh! And I can guarantee that the EVER AFTER you will get from Nicola's during this offer is a first edition. How do I know? Well, they bought them before the second week of publication. 🙂 Also, they have a full 10-1 number line on the page before the title page. That's how you tell.
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LONDON — British scientists say they have invented a device that could help people overcome the dreaded sound of the dentist's drill.
Brian Miller, a professor of dentistry at King's College London who led the research, says the device works like noise-cancelling headphones and is designed to cover the high-pitched noise of the dentist's drill.
He says patients disturbed by the drill's noise can plug the device into their music players and listen to their own music while blocking out the sound of the drill and suction equipment.
Miller said Monday he has a prototype of the product ready and is seeking an investor to help bring the invention to the market.
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ROC Oil is an international oil company based in Australia. Its activities include oil and gas production, exploration and development, with exploration assets and activities located in the UK, Mauritania, Australia, Africa, China and NZ. (Check our scorecard here.)
Financials and Management
Named after the mythical Persian equivalent of the phoenix, ROC's share price, appropriately enough, has come back from the dead after the company produced a second consecutive net profit for FY12, even if adjusted earnings per share remained negative. While production is nonetheless down from previous years, better cost control and hopes for production from a second field in China's Beibu Gulf should support levels from here. (Check the ROC Oil estimated value chart here.)
ROC's share price has been in a bear market until recently, with significant falls before producing tangible earnings. The trailing PE ratio cannot be used as a credible valuation proxy with a short period of earnings history, nevertheless it has "bottomed" only three times recently. (Check the price/earnings ratio chart here.)
FARMs proprietary positioning system has recently upgraded from "Hold" to a "Buy Half" signal as market sentiment increases regarding a more favourable earnings outlook.
With the current price slightly below this year's estimate and well below next year's estimate of value, there is a considerable margin of safety to justify a larger 4 per cent portfolio allocation. (Check the return on equity chart/earnings per share chart here.)
Macro and Risk
Though geographically diversified in its exploration portfolio, ROC's focus is on the Beibu/Tonkin Gulf, between Vietnam and Hainan in the South China Sea. While a different area to the disputed Spratly Islands to the south, the region is not without sovereign or political risk considering China's diplomatic troubles with its neighbours, not to mention the relatively opaque nature of China's foreign investment and resource licensing systems.
ROC's focus has upside however, namely in Asia's higher-than-average oil prices and its close proximity to a burgeoning market. Experience in the Beibu Gulf also gives ROC a degree of expertise that could be leveraged in its Malaysian projects north of Sarawak and also in the South China Sea. ROC also has operations in Britain, Western Australia and Victoria. (Check the cash flow chart here.)
The bottom line
As it approaches first oil in the Beibu Gulf, ROC's share price rally looks set to continue. And while the oil price outlook remains uncertain we also believe this will produce further upside in the medium-term based on the US recovery and a period of stability following China's Politburo handover. With operations in the South China Sea, ROC is not immune from sovereign risk but this is mitigated somewhat by the company's share price discount to near and long-term value estimates. (See a snapshot of the bottom line here.)
Michael Feller is an investment analyst at Macro Investor, Australia's leading independent investment newsletter covering stocks, trades, property and trades. This week Macro Investor is doing a special edition on the future of the Australian oil and gas sector. A free 21 day trial is available.
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OPD officer Danny Sidders battery case dropped
Officer no longer faces battery charges
An Orlando police officer who has been investigated three times for alleged domestic violence has once again avoided a trial.
This time the state said it did not have enough evidence to proceed with filing formal charges against 43-year-old Danny Sidders, but the officer is still facing a trial in another case.
Minutes after prosecutors announced it would not prosecute Sidders, he quickly left the courtroom.
It's the third time since 2009 he has evaded prosecution on battery allegations because victims declined to testify.
"There were also independent witnesses and the independent witnesses basically said that and indeed said under oath that officer Sidders restrained the other person and that's all he did," said Sidders attorney Michael LaFay.
LaFay said his client has been the target of improper investigations by OPD's internal affairs unit.
WESH 2 News reviewed the results of two prior cases, uncovering photos of Sidders' girlfriend appearing bruised. Sidders said she was attacking him.
For that and another case where he was accused of beating his ex-wife's friend, he received a total of 48 hours of suspension without pay.
Sidders' attorney said the department's punishment has been unjust.
"This won't be the first or last witch hunt in the Orlando Police Department," said LaFay.
Orlando police declined to comment on the allegations made by Sidders' attorney, saying an internal probe into his most recent arrest in November is ongoing.
Sidders also declined to comment on the still-pending evidence tampering case in which he is accused of asking another officer to remove a gun from his home before a home confinement check.
No court date has been set for Sidders in the case in which he's charged with evidence tampering and possession of a firearm in relation to a domestic violence injunction.


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Why Sound Could Win in the Battle Against Video on the Web
Just like you learned to crawl before you walked, you learned to listen to your mother's heartbeat from within her womb before you saw anything outside of it.
On stage at Mashable Connect in Orlando, Soundcloud CEO Alexander Ljung described the early developments of our senses, saying we're born with imperfect eyesight but enter the world with perfect hearing.
He used the infant example to illustrate how our lives began audibly and then transitioned into a visual ecosystem, particularly now that the Internet hosts countless videos screaming for attention.
Ljung, however, envisions us shifting back to those early experiences — "back to the heartbeat" — when sound first reigned supreme among our senses.
"We're getting closer to the point where technology will help us not be deaf online — where we can unmute the web," he said during his presentation, "Sound Will Be Bigger Than Video," which included background music.
But exactly why and how will sound be bigger than video? Ljung cites several reasons.
Videos demand full attention but ... : "Sound is the only thing out there that you can consume in parallel while doing multiple things," Ljung asserts. He also says there eventually will be more minutes spent listening to sound than minutes spent watching videos.
Sound incites emotions: "The fastest way to make you feel is through these," Ljung says, pointing to his ears. "More sound on the web means people will feel me."
Advancements in technology make it easier to create sound: Content creators and everyday people love simplicity. Ljung, for example, pit a record button versus the QWERTY keyboard layout. "Even with sound you don't need 140 buttons; you just need a single button," he says. "We like to think SoundCloud is 140 times simpler than Twitter."
Although videos appear to dominate the web right now, with 60 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, sound creation also is seeing growth. SoundCloud, for one, averages 1 million new users per month, with 14 million registered users in total.
At one point during Ljung's presentation, he halted the music and stopped talking for several awkward seconds.
"Without any sound, this presentation would be kind of bleak," he says, adding that sound is key to our lives. "As humans we're spending more and more of our time online.
"The web is unmuting really fast."
Do you agree with Ljung's prediction that video will take a backseat to sound in the battle for web users' attention? Sound off in the comments, or just take a look at Ljung's amazing shoes he wore on stage. Now those are loud.
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Barron's Buzz: Street Heavyweights See Shift
Midyear Roundtable participants including Bill Gross and Mario Gabelli weigh in on the shifting market. CEOs and business leaders offer tips for young job-seekers. Senior editor Jack Hough has a sneak peak inside the latest issue of Barron's Magazine. Photo: Associated Press.
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So today I had the utmost displeasure of debating with someone with theistic views (although they claimed not to be a theist) about why people believe in "God". There was a forum on this on another site I frequent. This was their response to the question of why people believe in "God".
"People believe because they feel it in their 'soul', God is a part of everyone. People who say they do not believe in God are denying their own feelings and will always relate back to God when they die. Even Darwin did it. Because God has always been here, from the very start of everything which we cannot comprehend.
God is in everyone from the start. Meaning, from the moment you or anyone was born they already have the feeling in their soul. Not sure if you have the same thing or not, but even before I read the bible and researched in to God I felt something that I could not explain, something that caused me to look up at the sky and think. Yes, you can argue and say this is something else that I experienced. But as I said, I cannot explain it. And no, I was not taking anything, ill or all the other scientific explanations.
What I am saying that there might not need to be proof for God to exist, I know, it sounds absurd. If he does exist then he or it will beyond any of our comprehension, as they say, people fear what they do not understand, and human beings hate to be controlled and looked down upon. This is why they call God evil and so on. And yes, I know that others think that is not the only reason why they think God is evil. I like to see two sides of the coin. Personally I think the whole world is stuck in too deep about the whole topic and need to calm their tits.
More like religious extremists think inside the box. Religious people vary greatly, some I would say, as a religious person myself are suck up their own ass while some are extremely opened minded.
Yes, some of that is flawed, but I cannot her to argue, I've had enough of that simple minded bullshit in my life. I just want to see what other people say.
Also, fuck facts. Think outside the box."
I went on to explain to them that just because someone "feels" something, doesn't mean it should automatically be attributed to a god or supernatural being - and that a lot of what we feel and see is a result of more physiological processes than anything. Also that many people aren't "denying" feelings if they aren't currently having them. Additionally, I suggested that if religious extremists are adhering to the fundamentals of a certain religion, then maybe there is something that has to be addressed within the religion itself.
As you could probably imagine, this did not go over well and I got attacked by the poster and their "friend" over a ridiculous amount of back & forth that I'm ashamed I got so interested in being involved in. *rolls eyes extremely hard*
Anyway, what I came to ask is - what would your response be to this poster?
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Just how impossible does something have to be before you won't believe it?
It has never been proven that Zeus doesn't exist, but he has few followers now.
I like that!
-- Sir Arthur C. Clarke --
Yeah, pretty much a waste of time trying to reason with them. The irony of it is, *I* was the one that was called ignorant, stupid, and unable to weigh two sides of an argument even though I mentioned and elaborated on my understanding of why people believe in gods. SMH.
That's because when someone, very common with theists, is losing an argument, they rely on the tried and true debate tactic of insulting your opponent. It causes you to either falter in your argument, get sidetracked, or get annoyed and give up.
Thus declaring themselves the winners. Because, as you know, a winner in a debate is decided by who stops talking first, and who shouts louder.
Oliver Sacks has made something of a side career out of researching this:
Thanks, I'll check it out!
Easy.... They need someone to blame but themselves, also need an excuse for violence.


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5 Marks of a Catholic Family
Are Catholic families supposed to be different? What would that difference look like?
The Church has been considering these questions in earnest, especially in light of the upcoming World Meeting of Families and the 2015 Synod on the Family. While I don't presume to offer definitive answers, considering the Church's writings on the matter, here are what I would like to suggest are the five most important differences that distinguish a family committed to living the Catholic vision of family life.
1. Catholic Families Worship Together
The Eucharist is the source of the deep love and intimacy Catholic families are called to live out. To celebrate this, Catholic families attend Mass together on Sundays and Holy Days (and at other times as we are able) and actively participate in the sacramental life of the Church. Also, recognizing that we sometimes struggle to love each other as we should, Catholic families regularly go to confession (recommended: monthly) to seek God's healing, grace, and inspiration to love more and better.
2. Catholic Families Pray Together
Catholic families are called to love each other with the love that flows from God's own heart. We can only do this if we ask God–together–to teach us what this means. Therefore, in addition to both our individual prayer life and our worship with our parish communities, we gather together for family prayer each and every day. We use our daily, family prayer time to...
- Praise and thank God for his blessings.
- Ask forgiveness for the times we didn't love as we should.
- Ask for the grace to love each other and the world better.
- Pray for both our needs and the needs of the Family of God.
- Seek God's will for our life.
We treat family prayer, not as a duty or a chore, but as the key to true intimacy and joy in our home.
3. Catholic Families are Called to Intimacy
Most importantly, the Christian life is a call to intimate communion (cf. Jn 17:21). Catholic families serve that goal by being schools of love (CCC 1657) where we learn how to love God and each other with our whole hearts, minds, souls, and strength (Lk 10:27). To do this, we constantly seek new ways to be even more open with and loving to each other as husband and wife, parents and children.
For instance; children are supposed to be the visible sign of the loving union between husband and wife. Catholic families live this out both in our openness to life and by working hard on the quality of our relationships with each other.
To do this, we cultivate marriage and parenting habits that make each member of the family feel loved and valued and practice all the virtues that help us live life as a gift (EV#92). For instance; we choose loving guidance approaches to discipline that teach virtue and good behavior instead of merely punishing wrongdoing. We schedule regular one-on-one time with each family member so that we can get to know each other's thoughts, feelings and heart's desires on the deepest level possible. And we take an active interest in all the things that each family member finds true, good and beautiful even when those interests doesn't come naturally to us.
4. Catholic Families Put Family First
Because our family relationships are the primary means God uses to help us become the people he created us to be, we treat family life, itself, as the most important activity in our week. We create and protect family rituals — like regular family dinners, time for prayer and worship, weekly game nights and "family days," and regularly scheduled times for communication and relationship-building — that give us regular time to work, play, talk and pray together. We hold these activities as sacred rituals of the domestic church and value them over all other activities that would seek to compete with them.
5. The Catholic Family is a Witness and Sign
We recognize that God wants to change the world through our families. We actively participate in this plan in two ways.
First, we work hard to be witnesses of the love, joy and intimacy that every human heart longs for. We'll share this love in good times and bad, in sickness and health, for richer or poorer.
Second, we carry this love outside the home by serving our community in a manner that keeps our family together. We intentionally practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy within our home and outside of it. We regularly talk about how we can do a better job of living out our family mission to be a sign of God's love in the world.
How About You?
Again, I don't presume to offer the final answer to the question of what makes a Catholic family different, but perhaps these five "marks" can at least start the conversation. What can your family do to more faithfully live the Catholic difference?


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There is so much action going on during New York Fashion Week, and not all of it is inside the tents.
STYLE360 has always explored the relationship between fashion and contemporary culture by pairing style trends with innovative brands—and 2009 promises to take this tradition to the next level. From September 12 – 15, STYLE360 will serve as the alternative Fashion Week destination and showcase its most impressive roster of fresh fashion talent and inventive design houses yet. Headquartered at the Metropolitan Pavilion in the fashionable Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, STYLE360's sixth year includes not only runway shows, but celebrity-hosted after parties, buzz-worthy press events, and unique product interactions.
Some of the shows going on include:
- Kristin Davis is headlining with her new apparel collection
- Dash by Kim Kardashian presented by Oral B
- Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne
- Liquid Metal
- Geren Ford presented by Tide Total Care
- Accessories designer Rebecca Minkoff presenting her ready to wear collection
- Abi Ferrin presented by Toni and Guy
- Walter presented by Kipling
- Project Runway alum Malan Breton presented by Rado Watch Company
There is also a "Pink Dress Breast Cancer Awareness" fashion show hosted by the Susan G. Komen Foundation and a 15th annual Gen Art "Fresh Faces" fashion event.
Complete information about the event will be posted at Elle.com/style360.


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- The development of ITC has increased focus onto distance learning programs worldwide. Most universities today offer distance learning programs that are based on the Internet. This development represents a fundamental change in the very logic of being a university. It is no longer enough to rely on professor authority. How can one create a learning situation that enables the university to remain viable? In most western countries, the professors have dominated the learning processes at universities. Since the 50s, learning has been about learning-in, memorizing, and cram (Illeris, 2000) where professors most often decide what and when one could learn by providing the context and substance. In this perspective, the student has a role which is close to the one of a passive receiver, and s/he is mainly preoccupied with the problem of generating substance in memory most efficiently. Today, technology challenges our pedagogical reasoning in many ways. However, old pedagogical models often prevail. We see practices where lectures, notes and course information are published on the Internet, where ICT helps professor-student communication, and online based student tests. These attempts are based on old-time educational logic. There are fewer attempts to use ICT according to a different pedagogical perspective than the old professor authoritarian model. The purpose of this paper is to illuminate some challenges virtual students experience when facing a new ICT-based learning situation. We will try to explore and develop understandings of what it might mean to be a student when learning occurs within a virtual problem based learning landscape. When students are used to the traditional classroom, challenges appear in the twilight zone between two pedagogical practices. How do the students cope with challenges that a new virtual program demands, and what paradoxes and ambiguities appear when old learning processes do not work anymore? The present focus reflects an existential-phenomenological point of departure. This perspective is based on the philosophical writings of Søren Kierkegaard and Martin Heidegger (1927/1996; "Being and Time"), and the successors Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. The work is also inspired of the father of culturalism - Jerome Bruner (1996) and Wenger's (1998) community of practice. Thompson (1997) is an inspiration through his initiator of hermeneutical endeavor within consumer research. The consequences of this perspective are that the student and his/her experiences and learning cannot be separated from the student's existence. As for the subject matter, we cannot separate the student from his/her studying. Learning becomes a profoundly socio-cultural process which has to be studied according to the situation and context in which it appears. It is the heart of this project that the twilight zone between cultural roles might reveal some interesting knowledge about the introduction of ICT and its consequences. The socio-cultural conditions of present society set the context for the hermeneutic analysis of meanings and salient life concerns that learning experiences hold for time-pressured virtual students with high degree of responsibilities. An existential-phenomenological assumption is that individuals would tend to interpret their experiences within present socio-cultural framework. Due to its novel characteristics of the program, however, it is particularly interesting to investigate the role that virtual studying serves in the construction of reality and meaning. Furthermore, as it is assumed that experiences cannot be separated from who one is (being-in-the world), the process of human change during virtual studying is also expected to influence salient types of learning, the student's work practice, and his/her private practice.
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- Working paper, (pr)eprint
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- innovationentrepreneurship&lederskab
- Main Research Area:
- Social science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Undetermined
- Publisher:
- Samfundslitteratur, 2007
- Submission year:
- 2007
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
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impromptu outdoor dinner
Last night seemed like the perfect time to cook outside. Israel was in bed early and it was so pretty outside so Jeremiah & I cooked up some sausage, vegetables and gorged ourselves on strawberries and iced coffee. Sitting outside with my husband just talking and laughing...it was a great night.
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- AnonymousMay 28, 2012
My husband just surprised me this week with two bags of my favorite coffee from Stumptown. My husband is a musician and whenever he is on tour and plays a show in Portland there is a fan of his that knows that I like Stumptown and always shows up with 4 or 5 bags of coffee for me. I haven't tried this cold brew coffee yet in your pictures. I'm sure its delicious.ReplyDelete
sweet-the bottles of iced coffee ar great!ReplyDelete
love those bottles of iced coffee! also, the decor looks amazing!ReplyDelete
That looks so idyllic. Very lovely. I hope you enjoyed it to the max!ReplyDelete
I love those unexpected great moments!ReplyDelete
So nice!ReplyDelete
And your pictures is beautiful!
Lovely pics, it all looks yummy! I love your wooden plates. / NikiReplyDelete
So romantic and relaxing...love the peonies!ReplyDelete
warms my heart! I love these moments. And that iced coffee looks like it's about to become my best friend, I'll have to hunt it down in LA.ReplyDelete
Looks delicious!ReplyDelete
Sounds and looks amazing! I love unplanned moments like those. :)ReplyDelete
So delicious!!ReplyDelete
Look, a five star restaurant right outside your door:)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 30, 2012
Sausauge and potatoes look delicious, the Finnish national summer food ;) Greetings by the way from Finland, what warms my heart besides the moment you got to spend with your husband is to see Finish design by Marimekko and Aalto at your dinner table. So proud of our design.ReplyDelete
Looks soooo cosy!ReplyDelete
Beautiful images! I love your blog! Came across it this morning. I will definitely be back. :)ReplyDelete
I love the wood bowls and plates you use in your home! Do you mind telling me where you find these?ReplyDelete
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Skin care company Shea Moisture delivered a mea culpa Monday after a new ad campaign sparked outrage on social media, NBC News reported.
The brand is known for celebrating black women, its target audience, but many were taken aback to see that its #EverybodyGetsLove campaign only featured one black woman among four in the ad who say Shea Moisture products delivered them from "hair hate."
Twitter users mocked the campaign as "#AllHairMatters" and whitewashing. Many black women who spoke up online felt it was an erasure of the loyal demographic who have used the product for years, though some were supportive.
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The massive surge in the number of oil & gas exploration activities across the globe will majorly drive clear brine fluids market over the coming seven years. The product is extensively used in oil drilling activities to reduce any kind of damage that the reservoir may undergo, due to high temperature and pressure that is a staple of any drilling process. The number of rig counts across the globe have been increasing exponentially by the day, which is likely to positively influence clear brine fluids industry size. According to Global Market Insights, Inc., "Worldwide clear brine fluids market was valued USD 870 million in 2015 and will exhibit an annual growth rate of 5% over 2016-2024."
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Clear brine fluids industry encompasses potassium bromide, calcium bromide, calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bromide, sodium chloride products. Clear brine fluids market from calcium bromide will collect substantial revenue by 2024 with an annual growth rate of 5% over the coming seven years. This product is also prominently used as a completion and workover fluid. In addition, pertaining to its inhibitive property, the product is extensively used to control the damage caused by formation pressure, which will impact clear brine fluids market growth.
In 2015, potassium chloride led the overall clear brine fluids market with a revenue collection of USD 150 million and is slated to witness maximum gains by the end of 2024. Potassium chloride is primarily used across the oil & gas sector to stabilize water sensitive clay, while completing the drilling process. Additionally, this product is available at an affordable rate, which will favorably boost the industry trends.
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North America clear brine fluids market generated a revenue of USD 550 million in 2015 and will collect notable revenue by 2024. Availability of shale reserves on a large scale across the U.S. will augment the industry growth. U.S. having led the North America market share in 2015, will gain substantial returns by 2024, owing to the favorable initiations taken by U.S. government to improve energy security.
MEA clear brine fluids will exceed a revenue generation of USD 150 million by 2024 with a significant annual growth rate, driven by the large presence of numerous oil and gases reservoirs across the region.
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