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Yes, there is an alpaca in my bathroom. And that deodorant is a topic for another day!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
my natural face routine - the oil cleansing method
I don't usually talk about beauty, but in the past year or so, a good portion of my products have become handmade, so that fits, right?
I don't have what one would call "good" skin. I think I got my first zit when I was about 13, and still get them to this day. That's 15 years of zits. I had resigned myself to this lifetime sentence (seriously, adult acne never ends), when my friend Liz recommended a completely natural skincare routine - The Oil Cleansing Method - which was recommended by her friend, Louise*.
As soon as Liz said the magic words, "No more blackheads," I was sold. I went to Whole Foods the next day and bought Castor Oil (the cleansing oil), Jojoba Oil (the moisturizing oil) and one of those little blue bottles. I mixed three parts Jojoba Oil to one part Castor Oil, and I've never looked back.
So you might be thinking, "Gross, you wash your oily face with oil?" The principal at work here is that oil actually dissolves oil. Crunchy Betty wrote a really detailed post on OCM here, and Louise has detailed instructions here. I also use a spot of Trader Joe's Tea Tree oil on especially troublesome blemishes, and use Bariani Face & Body Cream (made only from olive oil & beeswax) to take care of any dryness. The beauty of this system is that you can tweak your mixture until you find something that is perfect for your skin.
Yes, there is an alpaca in my bathroom. And that deodorant is a topic for another day!
*So what if you want to try OCM, but don't want to go to all the hassle of figuring out which oils are best, etc? Louise can help! She just opened her own etsy shop full of homemade beauty goodness: Brandylou Body Care. She is offering 30% off to readers of Under the Red Umbrella; just use the code BRANDYWHO at checkout. I just ordered the Sunflower Face Oil, and have used the Save Your Body Balm for months. It's good stuff!
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Hooray for crunchy beauty, for Katie, for red umbrellas and for Brandylou!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 11:03 PM
Woah. I have been wanting to try this for a while now and just felt overwhelmed by trying to figure it out. I was at Whole Foods today looking at the oils and I literally had this thought, "I wonder if any of my friends are secretly doing this and not telling me about it..." AND IT'S YOU! ;) Thank you for the guidance. Clicking on the Bradylou Body Care link now...ReplyDelete
I also gave up on acne, but my friend got me a three-step system from Lush and it makes my face sooooo happy! The secret is pH regulation, and, the best way to do that is with natural stuff. I think when my pricey Lush products run out I'll go au naturale :)ReplyDelete
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Help raise money for scholarships and events for University of Houston-Clear Lake's Educational Support Assocation by taking part in the summer fundraiser. Win a soft-sided cooler filled with a variety of items, valued at $50-$75. Tickets can be purchased at the Copy Center located in the Bayou Building on the second floor between now and May 24. Winners will be drawn at noon at on May 24. You don't need to be present to win, but you can't win without a ticket!
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While their mother was away fighting in Iraq and their father was working alone in the basement of his house, two Lansing boys died as fire and smoke swept through their bedroom early this week, authorities said today.
And as relatives of Joshua, 2, and Jeremiah Towers, 5, struggled to make sense of the tragedy today, officials with the
Lansing Fire Department continued to investigate the cause of the blaze.
The boys had been placed in their beds for an afternoon nap at their home in the 3500 block of 171st Street on Monday when the fire broke out in the upstairs bedroom, Lansing Fire Chief Dan Gregorovic said today. The boys died of smoke inhalation and suffered from severe burns, a spokesman for the Lake County Coroner's Office said.


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Brian Hunt, South River's 154-pound senior wrestler, stared down Bruce Baumgardner, a 290-pound former Olympic and world champion, and accepted his wrestling challenge.
Hunt has accepted Coach Baumgardner's offer to wrestle at nationally ranked Edinboro University on a partial athletic scholarship.
"I really like their emphasis on academics," said Hunt, an All-Metro wrestler who won county and regional tournament titles with a 33-3-1 record.
"Every wrestler is monitored and has to go to class and study hall. I wanted good academics and good wrestling, and this program is exactly what I need right now," he added.


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Northeast Metal Works is The One-Stop Metal Plating and Finishing Shop in the Northeast
Our metal plating and finishing division is comprised of Pape Electroplating (founded in 1960) and Waterbury Plating & Painting (founded in 1943)
We provide a broad range of plating, painting and services that exceed our customer requirements for quality and service.
Metal Finishing Services
Bright DipThis is the cleaning of oxides off the surface of brass to give it a more attractive appearance. It is often finished off with a topcoat of laquer or anti-stain chemicals.
Bulk PaintingA durable but cosmetic finish processed in our specialized, high volume, equipment allows for parts to be coated in a 2 part epoxy coating. Our color lab gives us the ability to match almost any color.
CadmiumPredominantly required in military and government specifications, Cadmium offers strong corrosion resistance and lubricity. Unlike Zinc, Cadmium is not as much a "sacrificial coating." Its properties are strong and stand alone but can be enhanced with a coating of Hexavalent Chromate. Hexavalent Chromate is offered in Clear/Blue, Black and Olive Drab Green.
CleaningWe offer a variety of cleaning to you from a gentle rolling in aqueous solutions to aggressive tumbling in acids. We can tailor our process to meet your needs. We can tailor our process to meet your needs.
CopperPrimarily used in the electronics and aerospace industries for its conductive and thermal properties while providing resistance to extreme temperatures. Copper also enhances solderability and can be applied as an undercoating to improve adhesion of additional coatings on the substrate.
Electroless NickelIdeally suited for engineering components, this deposit is harder than electrodeposited nickel and offers excellent wear and corrosion resistance. A process with a high degree of plating uniformity across all surfaces and deep recesses, Electroless Nickel allows for the finishing of complex parts since all wetted surfaces are plated.
Electrolytic NickelElectrolytical nickel (commonly known as electroplated nickel) offers a consistently bright finish. It can serve as a cosmetic finish or a functional finish to enhance electrical conductivity. It is frequently used with an underlayer of copper, which together with the nickel, can provide excellent corrosion resistance. Another use is to significantly brighten brass plating for cosmetic purposes.
ElectropolishSystematically removes any microscopic high points from the metal producing a consistently smooth and bright surface to the part. Electropolishing also passivates stainless steel and causes no hydrogen embrittlement. This process is offered in a bright or matte, non-refelctive finish.
MolykoteWe apply DowCorning Molykote 557 which is a dry film lubricant which is ideal for reduced sticking and temporary wear reduction on items such as hardware, screws, etc.
PassivationPassivation is the removal of iron or contamination from the surface of a stainless steel part. The contamination is a result of the fabrication process and will cause premature corrosion of the part. We can meet your needs for both 300 and 400 series stainless steels.
Powder CoatAn electrostatic coating that is cured under heat allows powder to flow and form a coating across the substrate of a part that is tougher and more durable than conventional paint finishes. Powder coat can typically withstand 1000+ hours of Salt Spray testing.
SeachromeAn environmentally friendly chromium substitute for rack and bulk plating, Seachrome is a proprietary alloy plated over bright nickel. The finish produces a decorative coating that closely resembles the appearance of chrome. Seachrome offers excellent lubricity and corrosion resistance upwards of 2,000 of Salt Spray testing an it may be deposited on a wide variety of substrates.
Small Lot ProcessingWhile we are known as one of the major high volume platers in the North East, we also understand the need for small orders, engineering samples and/or extremely delicate parts to be finished. Our Small Lot Processing department enables us to process orders as small as a few ounces. With specialized equipment that ensures the highest quality available in the industry, your order is processed from start to finish by the same highly skilled operator.
TinElectrodeposited tin is non-toxic, ductile, and resistant to both corrosion and tarnishing. Tin plating provides a uniformly thick coating which is highly conductive and 100% solderable, making it an excellent choice for electrical contacts. The high throwing power of our tin bath makes it possible to plate items of unusual shapes with exceptional reliability.
Tin-NickelThe tin-nickel alloy is a compound of approximately 65% tin and 35% nickel. The tin-nickel alloy is non-magnetic and non-allergic to the skin. Its non-allergic property allows it to replace electroplated nickel on fasteners for garments. Tin-nickel has been used for replacing chromium in decorative and light engineering industries and in the printed circuit board industry as an etch resist. Tin-nickel can be electroplated directly on all of the most common materials. Zinc die-castings would require copper undercoating. It is resistant to tarnish under both indoor and mild outdoor conditions and has an attractive faint pinkish color. Additional applications where tin-nickel is used are in the hardware, automotive, electrical, and electronics accessories. The tin-nickel alloy electroplating is covered under ASTM specification B 605-95a.
ZincA cost-effective coating applied to parts across multiple industries to provide basic levels of corrosion resistance. Rack and barrel zinc plating capabilities enable NEMW to process parts of various sizes and compositions. Most zinc plating is supplemented with chromate conversion coatings that improve the lifespan of the finish. We offer both Hexavalent Chromate and Trivalent Chromate in Clear, Blue, Black, Yellow & Green.
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Category Archives: Business
Business Proposal Writing Made Easy
For the majority of service-base companies such as web site developers, building contractors, computer programmers and advertisers, a large part in obtaining clients comes down to being able to write an effective business proposal.
You do not want to just explain your service, but you are also making a presentation of your business to potential clients – do not miss this opportunity to make an outstanding impression that can win you jobs. The goal is to have clear and concise writing and look professional at the same time.
To clearly communicate your ideas without leaving out important information, it is a good idea for your business proposal to contain the following information in an organized and easy-to-understand format.
Credit Squeeze Keeps Factoring Firms Busy
A small business owner who is trying to grow his/her business during a booming economy will hit some speed bumps when applying for traditional financing if he/she cannot show an extensive profitable operating history. Throw in the current economic climate, and the chance of an entrepreneur obtaining a conventional bank loan is slim to none.
When loans are no longer an option, business owners have to find a short-term funding option to keep them from dipping into their personal savings accounts or having to rely on friends and family for operating cash. Over the past decade, the main fallback has been small business credit cards. During better times, credit card companies actively pursued the small business market. Entrepreneurs were enticed with low introductory interest rates and high credit limits. In addition, banks started offering small credit lines to entrepreneurs who didn't meet conventional loan requirements, and vendors started relying on the efficiency of credit card payments. Needless to say, the small business credit card caught on like rapid fire. Today, nearly 60% of the nation's small businesses rely on credit cards to help fund their daily operations, according to the National Small Business Association.
Yet as the economy worsens, entrepreneurs are seeing their interest rates going up and their credit limits going down. With credit card delinquency as high as 12 percent among small business owners, bankers and credit card companies say the only way to decrease the risk in their portfolios is to make some changes with their small business accounts. As a result, nearly three-quarters of small businesses have seen a large cut in their credit limits over the last six months. Now that access to both bank loans and credit cards is hard to come by, where can the nation's 27 million small business owners turn for funding?
Lucrative Businesses For Mommies
Starting a home-based business is not really as hard as it may seem. In fact, businesses for mommies are now very abundant. If you are a full-time mother and you want to bring in extra income to your household, it is just about time to start a new venture. You actually have plenty of options. Businesses for mommies can range from simple to lavish. Plus, think of the great benefits you will have. Not only will you be able to earn additional money for your daily expenses, but you will also have more time to spend with your loved ones. You will be able to look after your children while you work. Businesses for mommies are really fantastic.
A very popular option is Internet marketing. These days, online businesses for mommies are the easiest, simplest, and most lucrative. You may sell products or engage in affiliate marketing. If you choose to sell your own products, you can either have your own website or utilize existing business websites. There are pros and cons with each option. If you sell products from your own website, you will be able to minimize expenses because you will not need to pay for membership fees. On the other hand, if you utilize an existing website, you will have to pay a membership fee or a percentage of your sales. Nonetheless, if you sell your merchandise via online stores, you will have more viewers and more potential customers. You need to apply good techniques if you want to receive traffic for your own website.
You may also join an affiliate program and engage in affiliate marketing. Here, you do not need to have a product of your own, although having your own merchandise is fine. Usually, businesses for mommies like this require for a website or blog site. The online merchant will offer his products or services through your site and you will be the one to promote them. You may do this by writing articles or posting blog entries. The advertisements will appear on a part of your site. Whenever visitors click on them, you earn a percentage of the total amount. In addition, you may also visit forums and promote the products or services there. Businesses for mommies related to Internet marketing rely on page viewers. So, you really need to have a good amount of traffic to your site if you want to have many clients.
How To Choose A Business Credit Card
A business credit card might a be good option if you are a business owner looking to streamline your accounts management. Here are some factors to consider when choosing a business credit card.
Look At The Interest Rate
One of the most important issues is the annual percentage rate (APR). This is the interest that lenders charged on any outstanding debt. The APR varies considerably between lenders, so it is worth shopping around for one that you find acceptable. You should also pay attention to the interest rate for cash withdrawals. As with personal credit cards, the APR on cash withdrawals can be very high. This is worth considering if you intend to use your business credit card to withdraw cash.
Boost Your Business With Effective Financial Management
Working Capital, to put it briefly, refers to a business organization's total current assets (short-term ones), marketable securities, accounts receivables, inventory, and cash. Management of the financial segment is a great responsibility that demands equal attention on investments as well as sources of income (both long term and short term). In fact, a business firm can never enhance its value if it fails to survive initial hiccups in the short run. Hence, efficient management of finances is essential for any business to survive.
Strategies to finance short-term working capital needs much greater attention than are usually practiced. Precisely speaking, there are two short-term working capital financing options; business cash advance programs and short-term commercial mortgage loan programs that have been often overlooked. But these two working capital funding options are excellent for small and new business ventures to ward initial financial obstructions off their way. Business cash advance is one of the best financing options for businesses accepting credit cards as mode of payment. Speaking of benefits, business cash advance offers great help even to prospering businesses. For instance, even thriving businesses need working capital that might not be borrowed from a bank. Under these circumstances, business cash advance or merchant cash advance programs come to the rescue. Retail chains, bars, and restaurants, service businesses are highly benefited from these finance programs.
Receivable factoring or "credit card factoring" is another unique working capital management strategy, whereby the businesses sell their future receivables at a discount. However, it is not possible for all small businesses to document their receivables in order to qualify for this financing option. The documented sales volume and credit card sales activity of these small businesses serve as financial asset to attain a business cash advance or a merchant cash advance.
Basic Information Regarding Business Financing
It is extremely difficult to find business finance for the new business that you want to establish. The expenses for the new business can be covered by having business financing. There are many options wherein you can select the best business financing for you. You can also on other sources aside from applying for loans. Here are the details of each option that you can choose.
The secured and unsecured business loans
Having a loan is one the traditional methods for your business financing. This tends to tell that establishing a new business requires lots of money. Small and big business also applies for loan base on their choice from different options.
Increasing The Bottom Line With Your Options
You are the proud owner of a web site that is experiencing some success, yet you still haven't achieved the golden chest of web site revenue. Consider increasing your revenue stream by trying a creative approach. With a modest investment this steam of revenue does not require the use of new software, website tools, or a blasting search engine service.
They fuel your future profits by being placed in your option trading account. Perhaps you think you know your stock trading activities from your options. Here we do not use the stock market for your options. We use the futures contracts of the vast commodities markets of this country instead of stock options.
You can best think of options trading as a side business working in conjunction with your online business. Using this options account enables you place trades with several markets such as corn, pork bellies, soybeans, gold or the S & P 500 index.
Steps to a Small Business Loan
Getting a small business loan is relatively straightforward. Like any other loan- car, home, etc., it comes down ability to repay, ability to collateralize, and creditworthiness. Unfortunately, for business owners showing ability to repay it is not easy as showing current check stubs. Nor is collateralizing as easy as a car or home loan which self-collateralizes. But just as there is mechanisms in place to make car and homes loans, there is a system for business loans.
The first order of business is to make sure the home front is in place. That is the personal credit of the principal owners of the business is good. Then the credit of the business needs to be in good standing also. Many times credit applications for businesses want up to ten credit references. The next thing is to make sure the financials are looking good. The balance sheet, the profit and loss statement, and the cash flow statement should all be in order.
The financials lead to the next step and that is developing a business plan. A business plan lays out for lenders how a business intends to use the funds it receives and how it plans to increase sales to repay the money. Though there is a narrative section, what is most important is the projected financials. That means that a business should present two forms of financials. A lender will receive from a business past performance financials and projected financials based upon the capital it receives.


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The Law Firm of Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Announces Investigation into Possible Breaches of Fiduciary Duty by the Board of First M&F Corporation in Connection with the Sale of the Company to Renasant Corporation
Feb 11, 2013, 11:35 EST
NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky is investigating the Board of Directors of First M&F Corporation ("M&F" or the "Company") (NasdaqGS: FMFC) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Renasant Corporation ("Renasant") (NasdaqGS: RNST).
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LINDEN — Dave Larkin, a Certified Financial Planner™ with Merrill Lynch, will present a program, "Plan For The Retirement You Want" at the Linden Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. It will take place in the Columbia Bank Room.
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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Book Blurb: She may resist his bite, but she can't resist his charms…
Werewolf princess Blu Masterson won't allow her seductive vampire husband to consummate their marriage with his bite, marking her forever. Alone in a secluded estate with her sworn enemy, Blu curses the marriage arranged to bring their rival nations together, especially since Creed Saint-Pierre calls out to her most feral desires.
When Blu uncovers her pack's secret plot to destroy the vampire nation—and Creed—she is forced to confront her growing feelings for her sexy undead husband. Will she choose the only life she's ever known or accept his vampire bite?
Book Review: I absolutely adored every single page of this book. I love Blu and I love Creed and I love them together. In this book there is a ton of action, lots of blood shed, super sexy paranormal creatures, and some lovely sensual scenes. I like how Ms. Hauf doesn't just find some lame excuse for Blu and Creed to fall in love. She makes them work at it like real people have to do. This is Romeo and Juliet meets Underworld in reverse. I really adore this book and I will buy it when it comes out. I love love love it!
For more information or for purchasing visit Michele Hauf's webpage.
(BBB): What is your favorite food?
(MH):Chocolate. Most especially chocolate and salt, so chocolate-covered pretzels really rock my world.
(BBB): Who is your most favorite character creation?
(MH): Severo, the werewolf from MOON KISSED. I resisted writing werewolves for so long, and when I finally surrendered, I really fell in love with the big hairy dude.
(BBB): Why Vamps and Weres?
(MH): I've been writing vamps since the early 90s. My first book, DARK RAPTURE, pubbed in 1997, was a vamp romance, so they are close to my heart. I got interested in vampires after watching the remake of Dark Shadows starring Ben Crosse. Weres entered my stories later, but I figure if vampires exist in my world, so too, do werewolves.
(BBB): How old were you when you wrote your first story?
(MH): I've been imagining stories since I was probably eight. I didn't write the first one down until after my son was born and I was on maternity leave and needed something to do while he napped.
(BBB): Do you have any pets?
(MH): Two cats: Toast and Maxwell. Toast hates Maxwell. Max will continuously attempt to get Toast to like him, even if it means defying the claws of death.
(BBB): Love the name of Creed's sword, how did you come up with that? seems simple enough but I want to hear your thoughts.
(MH): Wolfsbane, right? (quickly paging through HER VAMPIRE HUSBAND to make sure I remember that correctly). :-) I figured it an appropriate name for something that takes off werewolf heads. Even though, Creed originally got it from a werewolf who was trying to kill him. I'm sure it was called something different while in the werewolf's hands. And Creed added the silver inlay after he claimed the sword. Just a little something special for the werewolves he goes after.
(BBB): Whats your favorite scent?
(MH): Hmm, I'm not a perfume chick because colognes and strong fragrances give me a headache. That said, I love the natural oil perfumes from Black Phoenix Alchemy lab, and any scent that smells like chocolate, root beer, or cloves, does it for me. I tend to give my characters a favorite scent, but it's often clove, vanilla, sassafras, or something fruity.
(BBB): If you were stuck on a desert island for a month and could only bring 3 things, what would they be?
(MH): First thing that popped into my mind was my Kindle, but recharging that would be impossible. So...I'd grab the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake (a huge freakin' tome) that I've been meaning to read for a decade now (I'm too intimidated by the hugeness of said tome) and finally dive into that (the TV series rocked, starring Johnathon Rhys Meyers). Then I'd have to have paper and a pilot precise V5 rolling ball pen (purple or red) to write whatever came to mind. And probably a picture of my hubby. Aww, I know, everyone sigh now. :-)
(BBB): Can you share a bit about what you are working on now?
(MH): I'm working on SEDUCING THE VAMPIRE which should be out January 2011 from HQN. It's in the same vampire/were world I'm currently calling Beautiful Creatures. This story is a little different in that it takes place in modern times and the 18th C. In fact, the romance is entirely historical, and the action/adventure part is modern. The hero, Rhys Hawkes, goes on a quest to find the Vampire Snow White. And that's all I can say right now.
(BBB): Who is your favorite author? or some of them?
(MH): Of course I love Anne Rice. Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter are must-buys. Jim Butcher, Neil Gaiman, Alexandre Dumas and Laura Kinsale, just to name a few.
(MH): Ha! It's funny, a few reviewers have revealed their girl-crushes for Blu. I have one, too. It all started with a picture of Angelina Jolie. When I create my characters I like to find pictures, and (I've attached the pic) this one of Jolie screamed 'sassy, werewolf princess' to me. And seeing that green wig sort of jump-started Blu's fetish for wearing wigs all the time. Blu is the kind of woman I think everyone might like to be, if only for a day. Fun, funky, sexy and fearless, and just out there, but in a good way.
(BBB): If you could only read one book for the rest of you life what would it be?
(MH): It's a tie: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz or A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
(BBB): It was such an honor to host Michele Hauf here. I can't wait to see what else she has in store for us!
Michele Hauf's Webpage
Michele Hauf's Blog
Vampchix Blog
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Michele Hauf's Facebook
Michele Hauf''s Twitter
Michele is offering up a copy of 'The Highwayman' by her, of course, to a commenter. So leave a comment, question, suggestion, gush session, something pertinent to Michele or her work and you could win! Ends April 23rd, no clue if it's international, I'd say go for it and we will see.
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"McNuh" Surname
Frequency of "McNuh" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "McNuh" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "McNuh" ranked #81,227 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census", US Census Bureau.
"McNuh" Graves on Histopolis
Histopolis currently has 0 grave(s) with the surname "McNuh".
Resource Links for "McNuh"
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Surnames that Sound Like "McNuh"
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creative week.
since i've been drawing a lot in the past weeks i wanted to show you some new things in my sketchbook, wich i had already shown you here . . and i really hope for some critics - so feel free to comment, especially what i could do better!
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DIY american flag shorts.
so, this is my secret DIY: american flag shorts. i wanted to do this for such a long time - and since i had plenty of shorts to customize - finally i found the time and materials to get started.. this is what you need:
1 a pair of shorts - i use levis vintage high waisted cut-off shorts from 2ndhandstores or ebay
2 an american flag bandana - important: at least 55x55cm and cotton! the material of standard flags is nylon, wich doesn't look so good..
3 sewing stuff: scissors, needles, twine
1 cut out a piece of the flag, big enough to cover one side of your shorts, make sure to leave 2-3cm more of the cloth on each side.
2 put the piece of cloth on your shorts and cut out the pockets - always leaving a little bit more of the cloth!
3 to get the cloth under the belt loop cut into the fabric, a little bit longer than the belt loop is, then do two small cuts to the sides and simply push it under the loop. it should close behind the loop. - if it doesn't it won't matter, you wouldn't see it later, because the denim belt loop is over that part.
4 now fit the cloth exactly to the shape of the shorts. flap the seam of the cloth to make sure it won't fringe later or when you put the shorts into the washing machine. at the pocket and zipper fold the cloth really around the denim to get a nice selvage. secure it with (a lot of!) needles.
5 now sew the cloth to the shorts. i decided to use white twine, but you could also use red one, doesn't matter. i did it by hand, you know i'm not that skilled with the sewing machine and i think doing this with the machine would need a lot of expirience, but you can do it whatever way you want to.
6 repeat steps 1-5 with the other side, the star spangled part, of the shorts. for the final touch roll up the seam of the shorts and secure it with several stiches - you won't have to roll them up after washing everytime anymore then.. and you're done!
i loved this DIY, i think it's one of my favourites, it wasn't that easy and took me about 5h, but the shorts went out soo beautiful, can't wait to wear them! and by the way the price is just awesome: €8 - i got the pants in a secondhand store, on sale for just €5, then i simply cut them and the bandana is from ebay and was €3 - compared to the shorts from runwaydreamz for $162 or topshop (OMG, love their new grunge-collection!) for €44 that's just unbeatable! - and i could customize them just the way i wanted it, PERFECT.
posted 1/25/2012 10 Comments
stars and stripes.
posted 1/23/2012 4 Comments
Labels: DIY, INSPIRATION
sweater madness.
i love love love youreyeslie and lately they added some super awesome new shirts and sweaters and really, i WANT THEM ALL! those digital printed shirts, with galaxy prints, moons and bones - GOSH! awesomeness ♥
posted 1/21/2012 1 Comments
beyond infinity.
today a small package from korea arrived here, i couldn't wait to open it, i knew the wonderful galaxy sweater i ordered some time ago via ebay would be in there! and it is so beautiful ♥ it perfectly fits as an oversized jumper (-dress even..) and it's so cozy and warm, i think i'm gonna wear it a lot this winter, i love it! ♥
posted 1/16/2012 14 Comments
inspiration - sketches.
lately i'm collecting a lot of inspiration for my sketchbook, i'm darwing a lot, since i need some artworks to apply for university and therefore i need to practice a lot, i really want to get a place there! maybe i'll show you some drawings of me, if i'm satisfied with the result - perfectionist, sadly.
posted 1/15/2012 1 Comments
Labels: ART, INSPIRATION
the human world is a mess.
the little mermaid - one of the best movies walt disney ever made. when i was a child we had it on video tape and i loved to watch it, and still, ariel is an ispiring person, even if she isn't real. look at her hair, who wouldn't want such long and perfectly red hair? the dream of living like she does, under water, in harmony with all the animals, doing what ever i want to do, being able to live there, deep in the ocean still exists in my mind and sometimes i think about how perfect a life like this would have been.
posted 1/11/2012 1 Comments
Labels: BLOG, INSPIRATION
black dripping soul.
this is what i've done to the pair of jeans - i simply painted it with some black fabric paint, inspired by fashion ache, the blog of two insanely creative girls from poland - check them out, they do super awesome DIY stuff! it's an old pair of jeans, so i could hardly do anything wrong and i think it is perfect for the upcoming ROCK IM PARK festival - well, it's in june - and i've actually already got some tickets and i'm so looking forward, they've announced some super awesome bands lately, enter shikari, linkin park, as i lay dying and a lot more to come up! so yeah, those pants can't be ruined more, and i also don't think i would wear them in normal life too much, but for the festival they're perfectly fine! an this is how would wear those weird paint-dripping pants.. (gosh, i hate my damn stupid face on that picture >.<)
DIY - upcoming.
that's all the stuff i need for my current DIY project.. be surprised and stay tuned for the results! that's at least how i'm gonna spend this awfully cold and snowy saturday..
posted 1/07/2012 7 Comments
Labels: DIY
audrey, please, stop being perfect.
lately i discovered that audrey kitching - the most inspiring person on earth - has, next to lazybones, got another two fabulous online stores, called coco de coeur, with my favourite shirts above, and tokyolux, with my favourites down below. and now stop for a second and take a look at the shirts, aren't they beautiful? i want every single one of them, i would wear them 24/7 and those rainbow/galaxy/bubble gum cats are just too cute to be true! so audrey kitching runs three (!!) adorable online shops, who wouldn't be jealous - and so am i (i would buy them empty if i had the money, really). i absolutely love her blog, her weekly inspirations - galleries are so inspiring, but also her themed galleries about japanese fashion or mary kate olsen are just awesome, audrey's awesome, from what's on her head -her pink hair- in her head -her inspiration- to what comes out of her head -her fashion-. ♥
today i also finally checked out the small second hand store around here and i couldn't resist buying another pair of high waisted levis - number seven! seems like someone got obsessed.. - they were just 5€, so i had to get them and i already cut them but i don't know yet what do do further with them, well i got plenty of time until summer actually..
posted 1/04/2012 3 Comments
Labels: BLOG, FASHION, INSPIRATION
haul - it's sale!
Parka/Mango -
99,95 69,95€ Hat/Accessorize - 24,95 3€ ! Sweater/H&M - 14,95€ Necklace/H&M - 7,95€ Scarf/H&M - 9,95 3€
i had a wonderful day, spent shopping in munich, since it's sale now, and well, if i count everything together, i have saved nearly 60€ with today's purchases! i love sale ♥ also i finally got a new parka, since the zipper of the one i had before broke just after i had it only 2 months or something, i couldn't really decide if i should buy it, because it isn't black and i really wear a lot of black, also i haven't got ANY brown things in my closet, but i don't count beige as brown actually.. the (removable) fur lining persuaded me in the end! (also it's very warm and cozy and i thought if i don't like the colour anymore next year i would simply dye it black, just as my cut-off shorts! - wich i'm actually really planning to do, everyone's gonna think i've got a new jacket.. so biggest DIY project for fall 2012 already.)
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Credit reports, credit scores, credit rating – who would've thought that these numbers and files could have such a huge influence over your life and, dare I say it, your happiness and success? Your credit record can affect your ability to buy a house or get a job. It can raise the rate you pay for insurance and deny you that beautiful new car you want. In short, credit can be a very powerful tool if you use it correctly, or a daunting enemy if abused. So, let's talk about your credit.
The Basics: Credit Reports and Credit Scores
If you have a credit card, a car loan, or even a cell phone, you have a credit report. Your credit report shows the different types of debt you have, like credit cards, car loans, mortgages, student loans. You can see your account balances, payment history and the length the account has been open.
Your credit score indicates the probability that you'll repay your loan. According to the guys at Fair, Isaac and Co. (the company that created the widely-used FICO credit score), your credit score takes into account your payment history, the amounts you owe, the length of your credit history, new credit, and the types of credit you have. So, make sure you have a strong all-around history. The higher your score, the better. Higher credit scores result in lower interest rates and less expensive loans.
What's Credit Got to Do With It?
These days, the answer seems to be: everything. More and more companies are requesting copies of your credit report. Don't be surprised if a potential employer notifies you that a credit check is required for employment, particularly if the job involves working with money. Car insurance companies are also checking your credit. To them, risky borrowers are also risky drivers.
Be All You Can Be: Avoid These Pitfalls
If you want to make sure your credit score is as high as possible, make sure you pay your bills on time every month – particularly credit cards and other loans. Collection accounts seriously damage your credit, and they stay on your credit report for at least seven years.
You also want to keep your total credit card debt to less than 30% of your available credit, and try not to open too many new accounts at once. It makes lenders nervous when they see that you're opening up several new accounts – to them, it looks like you could quickly balloon your debt and become much riskier.
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With spring on the way, Hinsdale's road construction season is about to kick off. Trustees have approved plans that include observation of this summer's planned resurfacing and reconstruction work and design services for next year's work.
"This is all part of the village's continuing effort to move forward with implementing our master infrastructure plan," said Trustee Laura LaPlaca, who chairs the village's Environment and Public Services Committee, after last week's meeting.


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OIB rewind: Voters today will decide the makeup of the Board of Education as well as all 20 seats on the City Council. Will the citywide turnout reach the teens? Let us know what you're hearing. There was a day turnouts for municipal elections were huge, including 30 years ago when Charlie Tisdale became the […]
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Tizzy, Mandy, Lenny; The Mega 1983 Mayoral Turnout
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On Tuesday primary voters will decide which three Democrats advance to the general election as prohibitive favorites to win seats on the Board of Education. The percentage turnout will be death valley. Will it hit the teens? Same thing for the November general election when five school board seats and all 20 seats for City […]
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Ralph Cennamo, multiple mayoral candidate, was one of a kind in city politics. Maverick, opinionated, independent, his span in city politics went back to the era of Socialist Mayor Jasper McLevy who served from 1933 to 1957 right up to the current era. And even in 2008 he was a potential factor holding a spot for […]
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The Connecticut Post on Sunday published a package of stories (Inside the Machine) examining Mayor Bill Finch's primary win over Mary-Jane Foster: the warchest, the role of the party apparatus, hundreds of "consultants" hired to churn out the vote, the bulging absentee ballot operation led by Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa and the queen of ABs […]
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I won't disagree with you Corion because "perlguy" does in fact do a few things incorrect. The filter() and Do_SQL() subroutines don't seem all too practical and 'clear'. On the other hand, "perlguy" understandably explains how to SELECT, INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE database entries which i believe were the key points of the tutorial. It is one of the few (only one i found) tutorials which give you an entire program to disect with line-by-line explanations of what is going on.
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At the bowling center or on display in your home or office, there is nothing cooler than a Viz-A-Ball - real bowling balls designed with your favorite images!
Great ball, has a decent hook to it, it will get dirty no doubt, but it does get people's attention, but in all, not a half bad ball, definately worth the price
It only took me one day to get used to this ball (well after I got the holes perfected)... I bowled a 204!!Everyone said it would get filthy... which it does get dirty... but I clean it after each use and it's as good as new!
Been seaching for a white bowling ball for 4 years.
This ball is good for cosmic bowling and really stands out..and is unique.
I get comments on it, every week, when I bowl in our league. This is one I hear all the time. "Who brought the cue ball?"
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Today I am attending a conference at The-Hub.net workspace collective
in Berkeley that addresses resilience in a shifting landscape. For further
information on the timely topic of design resilience visit: www.justgood.tv
livestreaming and www.shareable.net
for support content. One of the drivers of the conference, Neal
Gorenflo, promotes design for resilience via shared living for
resilience through Shareable.net.
Interesting attendees included several sponsors such as IDEAHIVE.COM (for more on Idea Hive see below)
Design4Resilience Intro:
"It's all about Social Change, Social Innovation, Social Ambition
Activation in challenging times..."
We are currently understanding:
-1 degree can create mass extinction
-2 people in a garage can change the world
-Collapse or construct conversations going on reveal the 'Many
Headed Hydra' of our situation
Design For Resiliance (D4R) – emerged through personal conversations being taken to the
public… to evolve and shape it through cross contribution. Welcome.
Presented: 3 short
framing talks on resilience.
1. Harold Katzmair PhD
and CEO of FAS.at research
-Thriving where cyclical destruction rules
-Generative disruption and creative destruction
-Capacities to adapt to and shape the changes that are out
-Operate under and respond to those conditions
-Strategies that capitalize through thinking, and action
empowerment/capacity building
• Resilience as Capacity Building
-Uncertain about the future? Let's be prepared for a range
of futures
-Build resilient networks as strategy to hedge uncertainties
-Don't know the future but can prepare for the range of
-Redistribute the power to participate in the problem
solving process
-Capacity as resource access and building: Power, money, support and story
• Sciences of Resilience
-Positive Psychology
-Systems Ecology
-Material and Engineering Sciences
-Complexity Theory
-Network Theory
• Capacity to re-invent yourself includes:
-Cycles of change: growth, maturity, back loop collapse, conservation,
new explorations, reorganizations, and releases.
• Features of Complex Adaptive Systems
-And more…. But not the focus here today.
• What blocks resiliency is more important in focus today.
-Lack of resources, willingness and understanding
-Lack of Willingness.
Example of addressing lack of willingness:
Project: Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan. Water
-Began a stakeholder dialogue with farmers. Taking into
account the disempowering centralize hierarchy.
-Dominating mindset of King, Allah or Americans must solve
it, not us, abdicating powers to engage and influence
-Water is not regarded as a commons, nobody then owns the
problem = no participation.
-Centralization (Jordan as symbol of everyplace) as 'Fallacy
of Power' that is failing us.
• Design thinking becomes important then.
Stakeholder mapping:
-Evidence based mapping of the situation
-Interjection and collection/connection of influencers
• Types of Influencers to Create A Network of Resilience
-Cross boundary ethnic groups
-Cross scale links, different levels of time and space from
village to government
-Cross-functional roles and types of knowledge links:
innovators, networks, leaders, facilitators, sense makers, investors,
incubators, bureaucrats, and entrepreneurs
• Adaptive Co-Management Cycle
–Observation of Resource Issue
–Explanations of why this is happening to all
-Policy Alternatives and Ideating Strategies
-Evidence, funding of pilot studies in
-Did it work? Sharing the knowledge.
• Design Thinking Cycle by George Kembel
• 10 Principles of Adaptive Management
-Create frame and story to envision common future
-Create open model…
Harold K Summary
Resilience design is a movement encapsulating a thinking
style. Where is it going?
-In 4 weeks a conference in Vienna is occurring to continue promotion
of bringing resiliency forward.
-Jordan-Model has been applied
-Yemen-Next assignment upcoming
Reliance is not a tech problem but rather requires social
innovation to hedge the risks of not knowing what the future will look like.
Weave cross scaling and cross boundary networks in order to build knowledge and
social memory. Know how stakeholders can be assisted, involved and engaged in
fold networkers… map out the key influencers embedded in structural fold
networks and them be inspired with
strategies for building up adaptive capacity to learn from tools and work
styles established in design and engineering. Observing, framing, ideating,
prototyping, testing, robust decision-making.
2. Stephanie Smith, Architect and creator of Cul-de-sac
Commune concepts and upcoming book.
Start: MSNBC article today: 1.2 Million Families Lose Their
Homes – think of the lives and families destroyed. And yet people are leaning
on their families and friends and coming up with unique solutions and the
article discusses this…. Contrast this with The New York Times opinion response, "Relax, We'll Be Fine". The Millennials
will move into the suburbs, into a post-industrial village recreation.
Stephanie Smith, has thoughts on that. As an architect she
thinks there is too much architecture in the world. I love that she says that,
an honest statement about her profession that is taking away the starchitecture
approach… She is about using what is there, reinvention and evolution design
that is useful to the user. There is potential in the suburbs because there is
so much space unused so much need, so much to work with.
As a social entrepreneur and architect she has been working
-From Cube to Commune – How to create community in cube land
-Cul-de-sac Commune – Creating and teaching about creating community
in the American suburb which is about Design Resilience and shared futures. She
is taking this year to write the book about these ideas and ideas she has
worked on these many years. See her interview last year on NPR:
"Transformation will happen right where we are. Using what
we have, working with whom we have.
Reintroduction of commune concepts into modern life?
Clearing up the past concepts of commune needed, commune is simply a sharing of resources according to
What if we removed the cult (ideology of rock, free love
lifestyle) and used this as a typology, simply of sharing what we do and what
needs doing. How do we get there?"
A year ago she started 3 projects along these lines in Los
Angeles. Got neighbors together… Topanga, Hollywood, Rustic Canyon. It was
initially therapy really to resolve the petty issues of so many things we get
irritated about in communities that do not communicate… your dog was mean to my
dog. Hour upon hour. And eventually they took to it. Communal pizza oven? That
sounds get!!! Excitement, movement, engagement and then they each come to a
point: "Is there an iPhone ap for this? I am not up for spending 4 afternoons a
week over and over again with my neighbors… "
Cul-de-sac Commune Project was on NPR as mentioned, it
inspired many across the country to engage. And now she is taking this year to
write the book and to work on technology for this, an ap for this! At last the
iPad is out! She is doing an iPad version with tools all in one place. A year
Since day is also about design thinking, there are four
things she learned along the way around Resilience and Optimism:
1.A Need To Be Contained
and Densified – For instance suburb is difficult because you want space and
yet ultimately it is too airy, not defined, demarcated. For resilience there is
a need for boundary and more density to continue on successfully.
2. Online and offline
– IN ALL WE DO, both are very important. Instance communication (virtual and
actual bulletin board), mapping (location, GPS), networking (micro-communities
connected) approached so it adds to the real versus take away from it.
3. Productive and
iterative – Not a rock star,
singular design generation coming up. Rather, bottom up design, female not male
is the future model. Wired cover was all about local tech that allows local
success. Gandhi's village model from 'Small is Beautiful: Economics as if
People Mattered.' Her bible from the 70s.
4. Note: Credit was introduced less than 50 years ago.
Stephanie proposes a 3rd
economy, shared and resource-based economy. Current financial constructs are
victimizing… resource-sharing removes the intermediary creating less victimization.
Stephanie's role is providing tools to integrate this economy into our daily
lives immediately to get this sharing going.
Presentation End.
Great questions/comments after:
• Individual responsibility and passion keeps us from
collapsing as well. Being responsible within the community as well as the
community responsibility is important. www.MindTime.com
• Different Drummer idea of Community from Jerry Michalski
–False community ideas (left handers, we are a
team…. untrue)
–Crisis triggers and shows u this is not true.
Crisis is necessary in order for us to form community
-Crisis Triggers and the Initial Chaos: Two
primary and immediate ways out. Leave or lead us out of this.
-The productive way to create community is crisis
is an emptying out and then beginning which is about entering true community.
The rest of the day includes small gatherings of thinking in open contribution.
Sponsorship, Partnership and Contribution Included Many, Here is Information About IdeaHive.com
I conversed with Idea Hive member David Hodgson (firstname.lastname@example.com) on his inspiration regarding sponsorship and purpose:
a majority of organizations are locked into patterns of execution and
are making money via singular execution. To date there has been a great
deal of positive reinforcement for this behavior. As meta shifts occur
and are occurring, what is required is to 'step back' to look at the
multiplicity and rich range of future directions to consider what will
be beneficial and what will not.
do you maximize human well being in a time of discontinuous change? We
are interested in exposing those experiencing stress by nurturing their
capacity for resilient adaptation in these times."
Also member of: www.internationfuturesforum.com


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Christine T. Chambers, PhD, RPsych
|Dr. Christine Chambers is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Children's Pain and a Killam Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology & Neuroscience (with cross-appointments in Anesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine, and Psychiatry) at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is a member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Dr. Chambers' research lab is based in the Centre for Pediatric Pain Research at the IWK Health Centre. She has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers on the role of developmental, psychological, and social influences on children's pain, with a current research focus on the role of families in pediatric pain and social media for health knowledge mobilization. Her work spans knowledge generation (e.g., original studies), knowledge synthesis (e.g., systematic review, guidelines), and knowledge translation (e.g., policy, public outreach). Dr. Chambers is the Principal Investigator of the "It Doesn't Have to Hurt" social media initiative, in partnership with Erica Ehm's YummyMummyClub.ca, and funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), as well as the "Making Cancer Less Painful for Kids" (#KidsCancerPain) campaign in partnership with the Cancer Knowledge Network, and funded by the Canadian Cancer Society. She is the Assistant Director of the new North American Pain School, was the IWK/Dalhousie Centre Lead for the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP), and was a key mentor in the Pain in Child Health (PICH) training program. She is the 2017 recipient of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centre's Leadership Award and the 2016 recipient of the American Pain Society's Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children's Pain Relief. Dr. Chambers is the Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Society of Pediatric Psychology, Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the Canadian Pain Society, a Section Editor for the European Journal of Pain, Associate Editor for PAIN and PAIN Reports, and a member of the editorial board of the new Canadian Journal of Pain. She was a member of the Scientific Program Committee for the IASP's World Congress on Pain (2014, 2016) and is an elected Council Member for the IASP Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood (2014-2019). Dr. Chambers was a Mayday Pain and Society Fellow (2012-13). She has given a TEDx talk on children's pain and developed a YouTube video for parents about how to manage needle pain. She is an Expert Contributor for Parents Canada magazine and gives presentations for scientists, health professionals, and parents around the world. Dr. Chambers was identified as one of the top 10 most productive women clinical psychology professors in Canada. She is also the proud mother of 4 children.
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We promote a family-like atmosphere by encouraging cross-classroom interaction. Classrooms incorporate community service projects into the curriculum to help students learn to respect others.
LCAS is part of the world-wide Seventh-day Adventist Christian school network which is the second largest private school system is the world. The Seventh-day Adventist Christian educational system includes elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in countries around the globe.
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BAGHDAD — In the worst terrorist attack in Iraq in months, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a gathering of police recruits Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding about 150, police officials said.
The attack in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, best known as Saddam Hussein's hometown, was the latest to target Iraqi security forces. Iraq's army and police have made considerable progress in fighting al Qaida-linked militants but continue to suffer sporadic violence as the U.S. military prepares to withdraw its remaining troops by the end of the year.
Prospective police recruits were gathered outside a secured entrance to the provincial police headquarters for the third day of a recruiting drive when the bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives at about 9:30 a.m., according to police in Tikrit.
A police spokesman, Col. Hatem Akram, said officials had warned the recruits over loudspeakers not to collect near the entrance because terrorists have targeted such gatherings in the past. In August, a suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his legs killed more than 50 people at a police recruitment center in north-central Baghdad.
Police said that the victims in Tikrit, about 100 miles north of Baghdad, were mostly young jobseekers who were waiting for interviews and medical checks. While joblessness in Iraq is endemic, the planning ministry reported this week that some 100,000 positions would be available this year in the security services.
"We have a lot of unemployment," Akram said. "All those people are poor people trying to find a job."
Yasir Sabeeh, director of a local satellite news channel, saw pools of blood and blown-up body parts at the scene of the bombing. At the morgue, he counted 37 bodies, many of which had been blown up beyond recognition.
"I couldn't stand the scene and left the place at once," he said.
Officials in Tikrit, the capital of Salahuddin province, which is majority-Sunni Muslim and remains home to many of Saddam's relatives and tribesman, said security had been deteriorating there for months. The head of the provincial counterterrorism department and a prominent judge and his family were killed in recent attacks, according to Suhad Fadhil, a parliament member from the area.
The provincial council fired the chief of police following the attack and demanded an investigation.
While no group immediately claimed responsibility, suspicion quickly fell on al Qaida in Iraq. Fadhil said the terrorists were exploiting the fact that Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's month-old government still hasn't named ministers to head the key national security ministries, with political parties still squabbling over the posts.
"There are many sides who do not want this country to stabilize," Fadhil said. "They want Iraq to remain in everlasting chaos because it serves their interests."
Iraqi security forces have rounded up dozens of al Qaida-linked militants in recent weeks, including men who confessed to planning an October raid on a Baghdad church that killed 58 people. U.S. military officials have praised the police operation, dubbed "The Fist of Righteousness," but said that terrorists have demonstrated the ability to regroup even after the capture of senior leaders.
"They want the media attention these attacks bring in an attempt to spread fear," Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, a U.S. military spokesman, said before the Tikrit attack. "Even now, (al Qaida in Iraq) retains the ability to conduct deadly attacks."
(Hammoudi and Issa are McClatchy special correspondents.)
Iraq scrubs Saddam from its history, but relics remain
Iraq unveils a government, but key posts remain open
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We are counting the days until our next appearances on HSN, and if you haven't already, mark your calendars! Our 24 hour Craft Day shows are on March 7th and our hours for Anna Griffin Elegant Paper Crafting are at Midnight, 11am, 12pm, 4pm and 7pm, 8pm and 10pm. March is National Craft Month, so you can bet that there are all kinds of exciting things planned to celebrate our favorite month of the year!
Last Friday we announced that the Anna Griffin Super Sale is back! It will run from 12pm EST Monday, February 19th through 12 pm EST Tuesday, February 20th. You're going to love this once a year flash sale of crafting items at extraordinary values! Please see our previous post for FAQs on the Super Sale.
Valentine's Day is just a little over two weeks away, and we're sending this lovely card made with our Treasury Stamps and Dies, Treasury Inks, Embossing Powders and more! Grab your set and let's make this together!
- Anna Griffin® Gold/Ivory Cricut® Cuttlebug™ Version 3, 510-398
- Anna Griffin® Tool 'n One, 457-852
- Anna Griffin® Treasury Stamps and Dies, 588-283
- Anna Griffin® Fancy Flourish Dies
- Anna Griffin® Heat Embossing Tool, 592-765
- (1) 5"x 7" ivory card stock base
- (1) Piece of pink patterned card stock, cut to 5"x 7"
- (1) Piece of pink, double-sided card stock, cut to 4 ¼"x 8 ½"
- (1) Piece of light pink metallic card stock, cut to 3"x 4"
- (1) Piece of ivory card stock, cut to 4"x 6"
- (2) Pieces of ivory card stock, cut to 3"x 4"
- (1) Piece of gold metallic card stock, cut to 4"x 5"
- Embossing powder (clear and gold)
- Ink (pink, green, gold)
- Pink bow
- Scalloped craft scissors
- Foam squares
- Adhesive (tape runner)
2. Cut the pink double-sided card stock two inches down from the scalloped edge and add to the base of the card layer.
3. Stamp and emboss the 4"x 6" piece of ivory card stock with the tulip stamp. Use the green ink for the stem of the tulip, the pink ink for the petals, and emboss all with clear embossing powder.
4. Stamp and emboss one tulip on one of the 3"x 4" pieces of ivory card stock using the same inks and powders as #4.
5. Stamp and emboss the sentiment and sentiment border on the other piece of 3"x 4" ivory card stock. Stamp the sentiment with pink ink and emboss with clear embossing powder. Stamp the sentiment border with gold ink and emboss with gold embossing powder.6. Using the Cricut® Cuttlebug™ cut the following:
- Use the small Fancy Flourish die to cut 2 flourishes from the gold card stock
- Use the large circle die to cut the stamped and embossed sentiment border
- Use the small circle die to cut the stamped and embossed sentiment
- Use the small tulip die to cut the stamped and embossed tulip
- Use the tulip border die to cut a border from the light pink metallic card stock
- Using a tape runner, attach the pink patterned card stock to the 5"x 7" card base.
2. Attach the pink, double-sided card stock using foam squares.
3. Adhere the ivory, stamped card stock using a tape runner. The folded, scalloped edge of the pink double-sided card stock should fold on top of the ivory card stock.
4. Using a tape runner, attach the two flourishes near the center of the card.
5. Place the tulip on the tulip border using foam squares, then place in the center of the two flourishes.
6. Place the sentiment on the sentiment border using foam squares, then place on the stem of the tulip.
7. Place the pink bow between the sentiment and tulip.
This card makes such great use of your Treasury crafting items, and creates beautiful valentines. We hope you enjoyed making this card along with us! Join us later in the week for another gorgeous tutorial and Fan Mail Friday.
Bye for now,


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"It's scary," said D.C. Councilman Jack Evans, D-Ward 2, adding that using police officers as hall monitors in schools would be like using National Guard troops to fight city crime.
Originally posted by smilingsarah82
Pisky- so you think that it should go back to the older ways of teaching when teachers were allowed to use rulers to rap kids knuckles? hmmmm..... never thought of that.
Originally posted by Pisky
The only way anything is going to get done on this subject is for people - both adults and children - to be educated. As human beings everyone is born equal. As time goes on, we discover that we do not have equal talents, but each and every one of us has something to offer. So why the bullying, the racism, the inhumanity, the hatred fostered by religion, and all the other 'isms' ? ... There's no point to them - what a complete waste of time and talent.
Originally posted by KrazyJethro
The anti bullying law proposal is dumb.
Teens are especially problematic because they have adult like bodies and child like minds.
I see nothing wrong with having cops in the schools if you want them there. Police presence sometimes only makes problems go underground though, making them harder to target.
and no one was ever shot. We settled our problems with boxing gloves at school or bare fists after school


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Latvian State Regional Development Agency has announced procurement procedure for the provision of expert services for the needs of the PartiSEApate project.
We are looking for expert for development of Concept for a transnational institutional and governance model on transnational coordination, agreements and data exchange in MSP and Recommendations for transnational MSP.
The bodies responsible and/or actually drafting MSP throughout the BSR have joined forces in new Baltic Sea Region programme project PartiSEApate. Project partners will test and develop instruments/models on how multi-level governance mechanisms can be realized in MSP within three pilot case areas: a) Pomeranian Bight (SE, DE, PL); b) Lithuanian Sea (LT, LV, SE, RU); c) Middle Bank (SE, PL).
The first workshop of the ESPON project BSR-TeMo took place on 21 June 2012 in Potsdam. VASAB has initiated the project and VASAB CSPD serves as a Steering Committee for the project.
BSR-TeMo promotes territorial development and cohesion in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) by developing an indicator based monitoring system. The monitoring system will measure the progress in achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion in the BSR by using indicators at different scales. This will contribute to increased knowledge and understanding of territorial cohesion processes in the BSR. Geographically the whole of the BSR, EU as well as none EU-member States, is covered.
On 17 April 2012 VASAB CSPD/BSR welcomed the proposal of the European Commission on the future Community Structural Funds and Common Strategic Framework – see here
On 25 May 2012 VASAB CSPD/BSR welcomed the proposal of the European Commission on the future development of the trans-European transport network – see here.
The VASAB opinion was based on the background research paper – see here
On 19 March 2012, VASAB Committee on Spatial Planning and Development of the Baltic Sea Region has acknowledged the BaltSeaPlan Vision 2030. More information: press release
Joint HELCOM/VASAB, OSPAR and ICES Workshop on Multi-Disciplinary Case Studies of Maritime Spatial Planning (WKMCMSP) took place on 2-4 November 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal. Report of the Workshop is available here.