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Markku teaches facts about Finland, cell phone throwing and the S60 the operating system.
Mobile throwing! Hillarious!November 8, 2009
Brand New Windows Messenger S60 Client with Contacts IntegrationNovember 8, 2009
Its been a while since I have used MSN, the Chat service from Microsoft, Windows Messenger, or MSN as many of you will know it by. Google Talk, Twitter, and Ovi Contacts had started to make their way into more, and more mobile devices, and this was probably down to Microsoft announcing that MSN will no longer be free to use, and it would become a paid service.
Well, I have no idea what happened about this paid service for MSN, as I have just installed this brand new client on my N97, and 5800, and there was no mention of paying for this service, however, in the Terms of Service, there is mention of paid for parts of the service, which you will be requested to fill in billing information for.
Anyhow, back to this free MSN client, its pretty darn good actually, and is by far the best MSN client I have used on a mobile device. It does exactly what Ovi Contacts does too, that being deep Integration of your contacts on your device, adding an extra tab at the top of your contacts screen(see screenshots). I have only tested this client with S60 3rd Edition, so please let us know if it also works well on your S60 th Edition.
The download file is just under 3MB in size, but the good news is, it gives you the option of where to install the file on E71. Be patient whilst installing, as it does take quite some time to finish installation, and configuration into your handsets OS, so do not, cancel installtion once started, as this may cause you some problems.
You can checkout this MSN client for S60 here on Ovi Store.
Nokia sues apple over iPhoneNovember 8, 2009
Nokia, the world's top handset maker, today filed a lawsuit against rival Apple, alleging that its iPhone infringes on 10 of Nokia's patents.
The Finnish company said the patents cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and affect all Apple iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007.
"The basic principle in the mobile industry is that those companies who contribute in technology development to establish standards create intellectual property, which others then need to compensate for," said Ilkka Rahnasto, Nokia's Vice President for Legal & Intellectual Property. "By refusing to agree appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation."
Nokia said it had invested $60 billion in research and development.
Google launches voice search for Nokia usersNovember 8, 2009
Search engine major Google unveiled a mobile application for Nokia handsets that will allow users find information through speech on Tuesday.
"The application is equipped with speech recognition technology to understand Indian accents. Its software enables users of Nokia S60 handsets to access information on the Internet by voice search," Google India said in a statement.
Nokia S60 includes most N and E series models like N-86 and E-63.
"The extension of Google's search by voice feature to more mobile handsets is a natural next step for our mobile strategy … With the launch of this service for Nokia S60 handsets, we would be catering to a larger segment of mobile users, as a significant number of Nokia phone users are on the S60," Google India head of products Vinay Goel said.
The application can be downloaded for free from Google's mobile website m.google.co.in.
Maemo-Freedom for EVERYBODYOctober 29, 2009
Software freedom lovers: here comes Maemo 5
There are few days in your life where you feel part of something historic. Today is one of these days for me, and I believe also for any software freedom lover out there. Maemo 5 has been launched together with its damn cool hardware body, the N900. It contains everything you knew about the Internet Tablets plus an evolved UI plus the little feature that raises the eyebrows of all your friends: yes, now it makes phone calls.
We have published a ton of information, pictures and videos about the software and the device as seen from a user perspective. Go to maemo.nokia.com and enjoy this beauty made of basically the same components many of us have in our Linux laptops. Below you have few additional thoughts for those caring specifically about Linux and free software.
Maemo 5 is a computer platform that happens to fit in your pocket: OMAP Linux Kernel, Xorg server, GStreamer, Telepathy, Tracker, GTK+ (Qt also available) and many more. The telephony stack is also there and SMS also works, but this doesn't mean that Maemo is now transformed into a smartphone platform. Landscape mode by default, 800×480 amazing display, full qwerty hardware keyboard, a Mozilla based browser providing you the WWW as you are used to get it… We are just expanding the concept of what features a computer that is always with you is supposed to have.
No-phone-fans, are you still reading with some suspicion in your eyes? Look at this screenshot then (CLI guys please forgive me):
Exactly. If freedom is your concern then you don't need to "unlock" or "jailbreak" Maemo 5. From installing an application to getting root access, it's you who decide. We trust you, and at the end it's your device. Nokia also trusts the open source community in general and the Maemo community particularly helping in getting casual users through the experience path. The N900 might just be a new and successful entry point for a new wave of open source users and developers.
But get no confused: even if a skilled Linux developer can get in the deep insights of the system, Maemo 5 is actually a beautiful and smooth gem for mobile users. I'm personally proud of the work done by the Maemo designers and developers building this beautiful and useful UI on top of Xorg, OpenGL ES, Clutter, GTK+ and our Hildon application framework. A showcase of open source UI.
There are many areas where Maemo 5 excels thanks to open source championing:
Multitasking, with that powerful OMAP3 processor being pushed by the Linux kernel and plenty more components up to Hildon, performing a very visual and usable dashboard. You need to see the videos. The implementation is very nice and makes you fly between apps, web windows and tasks. Little note: the dashboard windows are not simple snapshots, they show you the real content in real time!
I can't describe with words the feeling of listening soma.fm on the air, through my bluetooth headset while commuting on the train. And then a call comes and you can answer pressing a button. Simple? Not with Linux & OSS until recently. 3G connectivity playing together with BlueZ, PulseAudio, GStreamer and Media Application Framework: beautiful.
It's also refreshing to see conversations with your friends where SMS & instant messaging are mingled, thanks to Telepathy magic. Adding chat, microblogs and the likes to the mix is up to whoever wants to push it, since the framework is open.
The camera is also impressive, all sustained by GStreamer. Together with good lens and an impressive display, even my pictures look cool (sometimes, and the camera is not to blame). No hurries to transfer or upload the pictures to see them in a big screen: you get a fair impression of the real thing right there with your device. The Maemo team has several hobbyist photographers and all of us are waiting impatiently to get the green light and start uploading pics.
Thanks to Flor at http://www.flor.wordpress.com
Nokia and Microsoft sign deal to launch Office Mobile for Symbian smartphonesOctober 29, 2009
Nokia and Microsoft announced an agreement. The agreement is that the Microsoft Office is coming to Nokia. The Office Mobile will be only available on the Nokia E-Series. Office Mobile including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote) is only for Eseries. But later the service will be available on S60 Symbian Smartphones.
Together with Microsoft, we will develop new and innovative user experiences for employees of small and large businesses alike, ensuring Nokia smartphones are an integral part of the office and home-office environment, and addressing the significant opportunity in mobile enterprise productivity, declared Kai Öistämö, Nokia's Executive Vice President for Devices.
This is the first time when Microsoft agrees to work on a version of Office Mobile for mobile devices that don?t run on its Windows Mobile platform.
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One of the things I love about Maine is its old fashion charm. Despite modernization, Maine was able to retain its New England charm… especially in the aspect of commercialism and shopping.
Speaking of shopping! I may have frequented the Malls to use my VS gift card to claim my free undergarments or get a $10 discount on special products every now and then… swiped my sacred plastic cards out of mere impulse to acquire a $48 flip-flops… and checked out other outlet stores for SALE and discounts, but that was all about it. The charm of local boutiques and stores selling locally made merchandise is still my kind of shopping.
I live in a rather conservative rural town where my next door neighbor is about half a mile away. And given such scenario, you will agree why I still prefer to pick my fruits and vegetables from the farm or buy them pre-picked from the farmer's market or better yet grow my own vegetable garden. I like my milk and eggs from a friend's farm. And yes, I like my other basic needs Made in America instead of Made in China.
Another thing that I like about Maine is that, Mainers take pride of their home, their livelihood, their history and their roots. That is why even if other states have embraced modernization and succumbed to outsourcing their very livelihood and opted to buy and use low quality products made half around the world, Mainers remained loyal and take pride of their own products. This is very true with The Ramblers Way Farm.
Ramblers Way Farm did not just produce and sell high quality Men and Women's apparels. They source, grow, and produce their fine woolen apparel using 100% domestic resources. They have helped poor small Maine towns by bringing their manufacturing facilities right in their doorstep so they can help revitalize these small Maine communities and its people.
Here is some additional information about The Ramblers Way Farm:
The Ramblers Way Corporate Office is a fully refurbished building that was originally built in 1792 and is located in downtown Kennebunk, Maine. The building has been restored to its original condition, while being modernized to meet today's environmental standards. They have even achieved the coveted Gold Lead Certification level!
So next time you find your way to Maine, don't forget to bring home with you a true-Maine pride.

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Public opinion polls show that the economy is what most concerns people.
Despite much faux populist rhetoric to the contrary, the Tea Party/Republicans favor socialism for the rich, including such government largess as offshore tax havens, low capital gains tax rates and subsidies to the big oil and gas companies.
This further enables the rich to get richer while the poor get poorer and has been a disaster for the American people.
In addition, the Tea Party/Republican policy of cutting back or eliminating vital social safety net programs which protect working people, the poor and disabled -- such as unemployment insurance, food stamps and Medicaid -- is a disgrace. What family values!
Programs offered by President Obama that can reverse this onslaught, such as his proposal to raise the federal minimum wage, are dead on arrival in the Tea Party/Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives.
It is time to put people and nature (protecting our planet) before corporate profits. The Better Off Budget prepared by the Congressional Progressive Caucus does just that. It puts people back to work, takes away harmful cuts, reduces the deficit and prioritizes jobs.
Voting the Tea Party/Republicans out of office is a necessary first step to solving our nation's economic problems.
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BNI Meet and Greet Session - Sutherland Shire May 17, 2016
BNI Sydney Central
Tuesday, 17 May 2016 from 6:45 am to 9:00 am (AEST)
Event Details
This event is for Sutherland Shire business owners who are looking to grow their business.
- Increase your exposure and connection to hundreds of other businesses in the Sutherland Shire
- Substantially increase the volume of qualified business referrals you receive
- Get access to regular education on referral marketing and inspiration for business ideas
If that sounds like something worth your time, you are welcome to come to this breakfast meeting to learn more about how BNI can improve your business.
At this event you will get a thorough overview of the benefits and responsibilities of using the BNI processes. You will also learn about the process of building this Chapter in the Sutherland Shire. You will be given the opportunity to get involved and start to participate in structured (and extremely effective) business-focussed meetings. As an early participant, you will be able to create the culture and influence the mix of other participants from the early stages of re-development of this Chapter.
It is an opportunity worth investigating if you wish to grow your business through referrals. The 600+ members in the Sydney CBD & surrounds shared around $96 million in referred business in 2015!
Open networking and registration from 6:45-7:00. Formal meeting starts promptly at 7:15am.
For more information, please contact Bob Greenup on 02 9191 0691 or email email@example.com
When & Where
Kareela Golf and Social Club
1 Bates Drive
Tuesday, 17 May 2016 from 6:45 am to 9:00 am (AEST)
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BNI (Business Networking International) is the largest referral based business networking organisation on the planet. We offer members the opportunity to share ideas, contact and most importantly business leads are replaced with qualified referrals. Business Networking Groups meet in the CBD and Suburbs.
Successful businesses depend on 'word-of-mouth' marketing as the best form of promotion there is. Relationship networking is a good way to get business. If you would like to find out more please contact 02 9191 0691.
Please feel free to visit a chapter and meet some quality business owners who may have some business for you. Visit our website www.bnisydneycbd.com.au


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"Leftovers" doesn't sound like a word that fits with "extravaganza" very well, but trust me, it does for this! I generally over-prep for classes or events to be sure I have enough for everyone. My stash of prepped projects is starting to overflow. (In fact, I will be doing Leftovers Pt. 2 soon!) This is where you come in!
On class day, you can come to make cards for $1 each. The box is $2. You should be able to click on the photo to see it larger. I have numbered the projects on the photo so we'll both know which projects we're talking about. Below I will tell you what I have leftover from each project and whether I can make more of it. As always, the greetings shown can be changed.
#1: Medallion card I have four Cajun Craze and four Always Artichoke. I don't have a ton of gold EP, so I cannot make more of those.
#2: Nature Walk robin card I am actually out of the retired DSP used on the bottom, but we can substitute. I have six right now and I can make more.
#3: Square Thinking of You card I have six of these and I can make more.
#4: Paradise tropical leaves card I have four of these and I can make a few more.
#5: Triple Treat Flower card I have two of these and I can make more.
#6: Red square flower card This one uses the Poppin' Pastels technique. I have five of these and I can make more.
#7: Blue flower box I have four of these and when you make them, you can use the stamp set that goes with the punch! It will make your flowers even better! I can make a few more of these.
Give me a call or email me to let me know which projects you'd like to make as well as how many of each. RSVP by Oct. 5.
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Jerry gets Luke in trouble. "Luke, let's go, you need to hurry up or you're going to miss the bus!" "But mom, Jerry won't stop talking to me. It's all his fault!"
Jerry is always there for Luke. "Mom, _____ wouldn't talk to me in school today, but Jerry said not to worry about it."
Jerry lives with us. Sometimes. Jerry is usually here first thing in the mornings, and is sometimes in the car with us, but other times Luke will say Jerry lives by Target.
I never make a big deal about Jerry. I had an imaginary friend, so I get it. My only sibling is my brother who is almost 7 years younger than me. I grew up way out in the country without many neighbor kids to play with. So I needed an imaginary friend.
Joe and Emma don't get it. When Luke starts talking about Jerry, they'll giggle. I guess they aren't creative enough to understand :)
One day not too long ago, I thought I'd find out a little more about Jerry. Luke was talking about him and I said, "Luke, where did you meet Jerry?" His answer: "Duh, Jerry came home with me from Russia!"
I sat in stunned silence. Of course. Why hadn't I thought of that before??!!
My son was once a 3 year old, scared little boy who left his orphanage in Russia and everything he had ever known.
Saying goodbye to one of his caretakers as he left the orphanage - forever.
In Russia, right before coming home to the US.
They took him on an airplane - but he had no idea what it was. On a long flight - and he had no idea where he was going. Finally came to an airport where there were more strangers gushing over him. Then they went to this place called home that had 2 dogs (what on earth are THEY?!?) and no other kids.
His world was turned upside down.
What do you people do here in this place called America?
Oh, THAT'S what this is!
Many kids who have spent time in orphanages use coping mechanisms: rocking, swaying, food hoarding. Luke chose to create an imaginary friend.
Fast forward 7 years. Luke is acclimated. Doing great. Used to life in a family, used to life in the US. Doesn't speak any Russian, doesn't really remember Russia.
But Jerry is still around.
Until today. Luke had a look of worry on his face. "What's the matter, baby?" I asked him. "Um. Um.... Jerry is in the hospital."
Me: "He is?"
Joe and Emma: giggle giggle
Luke: "Yeah. He has ammonia."
Joe: "Oh I hate it when I get ammonia."
Me: "Stop it." I turn to Luke: "Jerry has pneumonia, huh?"
Luke: "Yeah, the doctors said it's pretty bad. He's getting all kinds of medical stuff done. He's supposed to text me later and let me know how he is."
(Luke doesn't text...)
Luke: "I think the phone just rang." (It didn't. He picks it up anyway.)
Luke: "Hello. Oh. Oh. Okay. Thanks for calling."
Me: "Who was it?"
Luke: "The hospital. Jerry died."
Luke runs to the bathroom and starts to cry.
I follow him in. "Are you sure?
Luke: "Yes, that's what they said."
Me: "No, Luke, I mean are you sure you're ready to let Jerry go?"
Luke: "What do you mean, I'm 10 now."
Me: "I know, but you have the power to keep Jerry. If you still want him, I mean. It's okay, even though you're 10."
Luke: silence
Luke: "I meant to say that the doctors said he almost died. He's going to be okay!"
I'm sure there's something psychological here. Not sure what. Not sure if I handled it the right way or not. But I do know that Jerry has gotten Luke through some of the toughest times of his life.
Maybe Jerry won't come around as much. Maybe Luke will realize he doesn't need Jerry anymore. Or maybe, just maybe I wasn't quite ready to let Jerry go yet. For as crazy as that sounds.... Afterall, he helped Luke adjust to life outside of an orphanage....


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We all know about Senator Barack ("Come to save us") Obama and his abandonment of his pledge to rely on public campaign financing.
Obama made the pledge as part of his "uniting America" meme and before special interests began each month pumping tens of millions of dollars into his campaign.
When that happened, it was "about face" for Obama, who welcomed the special interest money and abandoned his pledge to rely on public financing.
So be it. He has a right.
But I couldn't help smiling when I learned this is out on the Net:
Obama has traded his Unity Pony for a Cash Cow.Hat tip: Archer 05


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The derivative is $6x^2+12x$.
Work Step by Step
Whenever two or more functions are being added or subtracted, the overall derivative would be the sum of the derivatives of every smaller function. The derivative of $2x^3$ is $6x^2$, the derivative of $6x^2$ is $12x$ and finally the derivative of $-1$ is $0$; hence the overall derivative $6x^2+12x$


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I make a batch of chex mix every new year's eve, in a 15 inch cast iron skillet.
While there are many variations of the recipe, here's how I make it:
1/4 cup butter (half stick)
4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
seasoned salt, onion powder, garlic powder
9 cups Chex cereal (corn, rice and wheat)
1 cup Planter's peanuts
Preheat a cast iron skillet at 250. Melt butter into the skillet.
Add Worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt, onion powder, garlic powder; Mix well.
Add cereal and peanuts; mix until it's all coated. Sometimes I omit the peanuts.
Bake at 250 for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
Prepackaged chex mix doesn't hold a candle to hot, freshly baked chex mix.


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Intel Corp.'s next-generation integrated graphics core will reportedly provide a lot of innovations among graphics capabilities, according to leaked slides from the company's roadmap. Particularly, the new core that is to be found in Intel G965-series chipsets will sport new 3D capabilities as well as high-definition video acceleration.
Intel G965 core-logic will support Shader Model 3.0, including pixel shaders 3.0 and vertex shaders 3.0 as well as hardware decoding of WMV9b HD high-definition video streams. In addition, the new integrated graphics core from the world's largest chipmaker will provide HDMI output, according to slides published by HKEPC web-site. It is unclear whether the new graphics core will support HDCP encryption as well.
According to the web-site, the first A0 samples of the Intel G965 graphics and memory controller hub (GMCH) have been out and their testing is complete. At this point Intel is reportedly testing the B0 samples of the chipsets, whereas the final C0 or C1 samples will be out in 14th – 18th week (May, 2006). The availability of the Intel G965 chipset is expected in the third quarter of the year.
Intel controls over one third of the graphics market. In particular, the company shipped over 37% of graphics solutions in Q4 2005, according to Mercury Research.
The new Intel G965 GMCH product will be the second mainboard-integrated core-logic solution supporting Shader Model 3.0 capabilities. Nvidia Corp. was the first last year to unveil its GeForce 6100 and 6150 solutions with similar feature sets, however, those chipsets were intended for processors by Advanced Micro Devices.


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In the quiet hours I've been strumming on my electric guitar. I've been thinking of writing some songs again... and then I think about what sort of song I'd like to write. Well, this sort of song would be awesome. It fires me up when ever I listen to it and I always have to hit the volume switch just so I can shout "the boy... the BOY!!!!" along with it.
I will never be able to write a song liek this so you'll just have to make do with The Raconteurs and 'Broken Boy Soldiers.'


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Well, I did it! I self-declared Friday to be an official "S-l-o-w Day". And celebrated it. And tho' not all went according to plan, I'm so glad I did plan for it. I enjoyed it so much that I'm officially declaring it a new tradition. Tho' I'll likely try to coincide it with the first official snow day of the year - or will do it without one if we haven't had one before - say … Dec 15 - as part of what made it so special is the otherwise ordinarily "so busy" time I specifically scheduled it for!
Every single soul needs one now and then, and perhaps now more than ever, so I highly recommend it. Giving yourself the gift of a Slow Day before Christmas.
I had two pals to "party" with. Kept my youngest home. It was pretty much a party day for her at school anyhow. And my oldest daughter joined us after school. Each of us donned matching super soft slippers I had found on sale – and brand new pajama pants I'd purchased specifically for this special occasion. Thanks to Bob's Bucks I'd accumulated, I was able to get three pairs for aprx $10 – total! <insert a li'l happy dance in PJ pants here! ; ) > And together we enjoyed a "Girls Day In". Justine baked cookies and created Christmas floats. … three low key (of course!) ingredients: hot chocolate, peppermint ice cream & whipped cream – preferably from in a can ; ) – and, from there you can get more creative if you want with such things as she did (ie. tiny marshmallows! : ). And – at some point, someone popped Polar Express into the dvd player and we became couch potatoes.
Oftentimes by now we would've had an official snow day and celebrated it instead in much the same low key but perhaps not quite so special way. But no snow days here so far this year : / We've had snow – just not properly timed so as to declare an official snow day. Tho' for a special surprise mid-slow day, I did throw in a couple o' LUSH bath bomb snowballs – and - as you can imagine, they were well received ; ) Alexis went home with hers in hand and Justine just may hold onto hers until the first official snow day finally does arrive!
Note: From this point forward some of what I share will pretty much be repeated from a previous post. Sorry. Just wanted to have it all together in on place.
And, on that slow day midway thru' Advent, "it just so happened" that The Greatest Gift Advent devo was much about the difference between how The LORD and we look at and see things. And how the way we see things strangely affects us "from housekeeping to soul-keeping."
I Samuel 16:7b (NIV) …The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance but the LORD looks at the heart."
Pretty convicting stuff for a perfectionist and precisely why I particularly appreciated some things Ann Voskamp pointed out. And with the understanding found in the passage above, perhaps it shouldn't surprise me so much that in the "Upside Down" (relatively speaking) Kingdom of God, the Good King continually turns things "inside out" so to speak, to see the heart of a particular person. And that, it seems, essentially being the "why" behind why God raised up Abel instead of Cain, Jacob instead of Esau, Isaac instead of Ishmael, Moses instead of Aaron, David instead of Eliab, Sarah instead of Hagar, Leah instead of Rachel. Tamar. Hannah. Ruth. Rahab. etc. And that also, it seems, essentially being at least in in part, the reason He eventually raised up His Own Son, The Savior! Down here - upon this earth. And up on the cross. And - from the dead!
And when I stop here and now to ponder how my story fits into HIStory … well – it all gets pretty personal. Especially when I picture how dark, dirty and cold the stable must've been and consider how odd it seems that the Creator/KING OF KINGS & LORD of LORDS would choose, from all of creation, such a place to be the perfect place to make His presence known. Yet the better I get to know Him, the more I understand about the why behind where He chose to make His earthly debut - so perhaps it shouldn't surprise me so much that he would choose such a similar place - that being my heart – for essentially the same purpose. Nonetheless, I still can't help but wonder "Why!?" It is a profound Mystory of HIStory! Yet He, in that uniquely His "upside down and inside out" way of His, has somehow managed to transform my skeptical "Why?!" into the very reason why I celebrate Christmas.
And with all of the individual "inside out" stories woven consistently with what seems to me to be to quite possibly be a red thread (a strand of three cords perhaps?) into HIStory, I do believe I "see" an a-MaZiNg "tapestry of Grace" unfolding. Tho' I can't help but w*o.n*d.e*r … if, since that sinful snag snarled things so soon after "In the beginning …", might the tapestry need to be turned "upside down" in order to put things into proper perspective and so to get the a-MazInG Grace-FULL effect - in the end?!
All this on that day set aside, in part, to slow down so as to attempt to refrain from profaning, in the mundane, that which is meaningful and hallowed in what Ann Voskamp describes as "... the divine design of a day that unfolds with a grace that is not to be missed."
And I've been attempting to wrap words around it all pretty much ever since.
Mere coincidence? Or minute miracle?! I know what I believe. But will allow you to decide that for yourself ; )


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Video Demonstration of End-to-End ICD-10 Testing
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
I've heard a lot of people suggest that an organization needed to do end-to-end ICD-10 testing in order to prepare for the switchover to ICD-10 on October 1, 2015 (we think). I came across this video demonstration of Qualitest doing an end-to-end test of ICD-10:
What do you think of the demo? Is this a valuable thing to do? Should this be done with every EHR and PM vendor and with every vendor that connects to that software?


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"Wake Forest University and The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County will be launching the first course in their summer Lifelong Learning collaborative program next week and have four more courses scheduled to run into early August. While the courses are open to persons of all ages, they are particularly attractive to seniors who want to explore new areas and keep their minds sharp without seeking or worrying about grades and course credit.
Dr. Ananda Mitra, Professor of Communications at Wake, will kick off the program on Tuesday, May 27 with "Our Digital World," an introduction to the Internet in general, web-based applications, interpersonal applications, and interpersonal communication tools such as blogs, podcasts, and chat rooms. 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. May 27, June 2, 5, 9 and 16.
Four other courses are scheduled and registration is still open. Inquiries are welcomed at email@example.com or 336.758.5232. There is detailed information at lifelongwake.wfu.edu.
Dr. Peter Kairoff, Professor of Music, will teach "Secrets of the Great Composers: From Bach to Debussy." Mondays, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 4. This course provides an opportunity to delve into the music of five great classical composers and discover how their compositions are crafted and how their music reflects the times =in which they live.
Dr. Neal Walls, Professor of Divinity, will teach "Jerusalem: City of Three Faiths." Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. July 8, 15, 22, 29 and August 5. Jerusalem has figured prominently in the history of great religions of the world and the archeology of the city is a fascinating trip through the centuries.
Dr. Bradley Jones, Professor of Chemistry will teach "Sherlock Holmes and the Science of Deduction," a course for those intrigued by the world's most famous detective, Tuesdays, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., July 8, 15, 22, 29 and August 5. The original writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be used as the guide for development of the skills of observation and deduction. Each session ends with a group activity designed to mimic one of Sherlock Holmes' famous deductions.
Dr. Omaar Hena, Professor of English, will teach Literature and Vulnerability." Tuesdays, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., June 3, 10, 17, 24, and July 3. Participants will explore the ways in which writers, from Shakespeare's era to the present, questioned the powers of art to represent human suffering and imagined more robust conceptions of meaning and community. This is a journey through a diverse group of authors across history who nonetheless connect to one another by questioning the power of art in times of crisis.
All courses are taught at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 206 N Spruce Street, Winston-Salem."
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Have you ever daydreamed—as we often have—that one of the spandex-suited heroes of "The Avengers" would swoop through your window and whisk you away to romantic bliss?
Come on, we can't be the only ones who have fantasized that Captain America would fight for our honor, that Iron Man's energy would pulse just for us, or that Thor would swing that mighty hammer of his in our direction, right?
Whether or not you dig big-screen superheroes, it's hard to ignore that the actors who suited up to play the Marvel legends in this comic-book adaptation from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator Joss Whedon are easy on the eyes. So easy, in fact, that it's no surprise that all of them have not-so-secret romantic film origins.
If you're going to catch "The Avengers" in theaters, you might want to rev yourself up beforehand with a little movie marathon that highlights some of the more romantic roles the film's stars have played.
Chris Evans (Captain America) - "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond"
Chris Evans has played a few superhero types in his day (Johnny Storm from "Fantastic Four" for instance), but while he wasn't donning a skin-tight, flame-retardant suit or slinging a shield for the cameras, he was bringing a Tennessee Williams screenplay to life. He stars in this 2008 romantic drama as Jimmy, a down-and-out store clerk in 1920s New Orleans who embarks on an affair with a snotty debutante (Bryce Dallas Howard). When scandal and a classist society threaten their love, a truly romantic side of that all-American hunk Chris Evans we never knew comes out!
Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) - "13 Going on 30"
We'd never thought of him as a romantic lead before he played Matty Flamhaff in "13 Going on 30," but now we can't get him out of our minds. He danced his way into our hearts with his gawky rendition of "Thriller" and wooed us with his honesty and class in this bubblegum rom-com about a 13-year-old girl whose birthday wish to be 30, flirty and fabulous lands her in the body of her future self (Jennifer Garner), where she encounters—and falls in love with—her best friend from childhood.
Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) - "Only You"
RDJ has played many a romantic lead prior to his stint as Iron Man, but he is truly Mr. Right in this 1994 gem. Literally, his character's name is Peter Wright, and he falls head over heels for a naive and destiny-obsessed woman named Faith (Marisa Tomei) on a trip to Italy. He's the perfect blend of goofy and charming in this film, which makes you adore him even more when he shows his range of character and dons the Iron Man suit with snarky bravado.
Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) - "Monkey Love"
Before "The Hurt Locker," before "28 Weeks Later," Jeremy Renner played the dopey-yet-lovable Dil in this off-beat, under-the-radar 2002 rom-com also starring Amy Stewart and Seamus Deaver. We thought he was cute back then, but now that he has grown more mature and more muscle and more acting chops since then? Well, playing characters like the bow-and-arrow wielding superhero Hawkeye in "The Avengers," he just may pierce our hearts, Cupid-style.
Bonus: Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) – "Match Point"
ScarJo has a vast repertoire of romance-tinged films under her belt, including "He's Just Not That Into You" and "Lost in Translation," but one of her steamier lovefests comes in the form of a Woody Allen movie co-starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers of "Tudors" fame. She plays a buxom young thing who embarks on a passionate affair with a married former tennis pro. The affair drives both of them to do crazy and dangerous things—she to preserve the relationship, and he to preserve his reputation as a wealthy London socialite.
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This is essentially a facial spray made from mineral spring water. It's really hot at the moment in Thailand, so the mist is really cooling and hydrating. What I love about this product so much though, is the spray nozzle. It spritzes out a really fine mist that covers your whole face evenly. BUT I can't say that it does anything remotely different to my skin to drinking water in a spray bottle.
La Roche Posay Physiological Soothing Toner
I'll do a separate in-depth review on this later so stay tuned! But let's just say that ever since I've used this in combination with the Effaclar K, I haven't gotten a breakout since so yay :)
La Roche Posay Sensi White Cream
This is targeted towards people who have sensitive "Asian" skin. It's a whitening cream that's supposed not so much to completely white out your face, but rather to even out your skin tone and brighten your complexion. Again, I need more time to test out this to give you a good review.
La Roche Posay Effaclar K
Not that I'm saying that this is a miracle product or anything but I noticed a quite remarkable difference to my skin overnight. It's smoother as well as brighter. It's suitable for oily and acne prone skin which I don't have, however prior to purchasing this I got some serious breakouts on my forehand and cheeks. So I gave this a try. But we'll see how it goes for about another 2-3 weeks.
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This is a product that Lisa Eldridge recommended in her sunscreen video which you can watch here. Again, review on this on a later day!
Bioderma Solution Micellaire
Because Thai drugstores have gone completely mad, they are charging about £8 for a 50ml bottle of Bioderma that's supposed to only be £1.5 *sigh* All in all, this is a product that lives up to the hype for me. It's a very soothing and gentle cleanser that removes makeup really well.
If you want to see things that Lisa Eldridge uses on herself and her clients, just have a peek at her website here. Click "search" and see her recommendations of amazing goodness there :)


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This seemed like a fine way to start a new year :-)
Sit back and enjoy
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Just 'cause
Posted by Kristie (J) at 8:46 pm
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- Marg said...
Watching RA is how I started last year, so it sounds like a good way to start this year as well!
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I think that's such an appropriate song *g*. Beautiful yes - and a disaster!
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- Kristie (J) said...
The character that is!!
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- Katiebabs a.k.a KB said...
I hope he cuts his hair soon.
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Appeal hearing in midwives' legal battle
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Sophie's Snow Day
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Thanks for having me come by today. I love the cat on the arm of the chair picture! I sure hope you can visit me here in Fla sometime, Liv. I'd take you to some awesome seafood places and maybe get you on a surfboard.ReplyDelete
Heh. Six years in Honolulu in my twenties and I managed to avoid surfing. Probably not going to start at 40-something...but I'm up for the seafood.ReplyDelete
Thanks again for stopping by.
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2012 at 8:01 AM
Sophie sounds intriguing. Snowbound Hearts is on my must read SOON list. Fun interview. I'm with you I don't want to drive in the snow it's pretty but not conducive to driving in the South.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2012 at 8:03 AM
Love the cat pic. Congrats on your new release. Lived in upstate New York for two years. Had enough snow for a lifetime. Best wishes. RitaReplyDelete
Liv, I'm sorta with you on that. I'm not super coordinated. LolReplyDelete
Darlene thanks. I hope you like Sophie when you meet her.
Thanks for coming by Rita. I bet NY snow was too much. Have friend in Syracuse and visited her once in Mid March and it poured snow all weekend.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the cat compliments! That's Woody, and he isn't as grumpy as he looks in the picture. He is, however, as lazy...ReplyDelete
Now, I wouldn't call that lazy. It takes an incredible amount of work to hold on to the chair.ReplyDelete
Hi Jillian, your story sounds like one I'll have to read! I lived in snow in Germany when I first married and never learned to drive in it. I kept the taxi companies in business. FranReplyDelete
Fran- glad you stopped by. I'd be in that cab with you. Us gulf coast girls are pretty good about knowing our limits, aren't we?ReplyDelete


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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Nightmare Room - No More.
Well Mostly.
One of our favorite places for my husband and myself to visit is the Beautiful San Juan Islands in Washington. We keep talking about how much we'd love to retire there and soak in the beauty all around.
So the logical choice was to decorate our Master Bedroom as if we were on retreat at our favorite place.
Ms. Passion and I were nearly jumping out of our skins as we put some finishing touches on the room today. So without further ado…
The Nightmare (Hoarding) Room Before…
And After…
Are you shocked??? I'm still in awe that this is my home. Gone is the sheet covering the window, the blah beige, the overwhelming feeling of OVERWHELMINGNESS!
Another nightmare view…
to This…
Yes, I know some rules were broken… Where's the dresser's & typical Bedroom furniture? We instead put up a section of the bookshelves that used to be in the family room. This way we can save some of our favorite books, and have a room to go to get away from the house. A place to treasure some of our treasures, and remember some of our amazing adventures to the islands.
A place to read and relax, among other things.
And because I'm digging this so much here's yet another view…
Simply Beautiful.
And while the room is mostly done, there are still some things that need touching up, like finishing the painting of the door trim.
I'm also keeping my eye out for some comfy chairs to replace the ones by the window.
Here's the best part. We are surrounded with items we love. Things that mean something.
Whether it's pictures we've taken while visiting our favorite place…
Or decorating with left-over material that I used to reupholster my husbands boat. I had a lot of sewing homework. Never sewed a bed skirt or valance before. Tried to keep them tailored looking though.
We had to keep the cost to a bare minimum. But using the left over boat fabric made the room even more special for my Prince. He loved that boat. Someday we'll get another one, but until then he can go relax in our room.
Not only did we tackle the Master Bedroom but we also nailed down the closet and Bathroom.
And the old (child-scribbled-on) dresser/wardrobe…
Well, my boys did a bang-up job of painting it.
It's new place is in our closet.
The Before…
I counted 44 boxes of memorabilia, pictures, Christmas ornaments, baby clothes etc. 44 boxes.
From foor to ceiling.
Now for the after.
Notice the top shelf is totally empty. I'm still dumbfounded. Gone are around 6 bags of clothes.
Some Christmas ornaments remain. Not a lot.
The boxes of memorabilia have found a new temporary home. We plan on going through them when the house is done and scanning the pictures, tossing the extra's. It will take a long time. So that will be future homework.
And the bathroom. Here's a peek. I'll show you the before and after pic's next time.
Ms. Passion is amazing and with every step we take I'm feeling more hopeful and more empowered that I'll be able to finally conquer the clutter (hoarding) demon once and for all.
The cost. Although we kept it to a bare minimum and used as much as we could from around the house, the little details can still add up.
$124 for Paint (Much of it can be used in other rooms which will make the other room's re-do a lot cheaper than this one.
$117 for hardware (new dresser knobs, towel racks, hinges, electrical pipe for hanging curtains, curtain grommets, etc.
$77 bedding and towels for bathroom.
$35 thrifted items for decorations and material for backing the curtain and valance & pillows (love thrifting sheets.)
$169 (I THINK) for totally replacing our broken French doors that lead into the bedroom. This was something that Prince Erik tackled on the side.
$69 for Pictures and Frames
Total: $591
It was more than we were planning on spending, a lot more. However, had we put the same room together with new furniture, well, the cost would have been in the thousands. We used the furniture we had and took as much as we could from my fabric stash. It was also our most distressed and neglected room (outside of the kitchen). And the cost covered Bedroom, Bathroom and Closet. So three area's. The Bonus is that there is enough left over paint we can probably tackle the other upstairs bathroom for pennies.
So there you have it. I'm still unbelievably motivated to keep going full steam ahead. With the transformations we've seen so far, our home will be amazing when finished. Even though the work is incredibly hard and time consuming – it's so worth it.
I have a feeling that I'm going to be spending a lot of quiet time in my room from now on.
As for the kids, they're bouncing up and down, in anticipation of when their rooms will get transformed.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Clone me, Please?
Just wishing there was a magic wand where I could make duplicates of myself. A few extra me's could tackle this home so much faster.
It's been two weeks since we completed our family room. Whippee! It's lasted and the kids have helped keep it in tip-top shape. Since then I've been putting every spare second into my bedroom. One of my worst rooms.
And as much as I'd like to show you it's (nothing-short-of-miraculous) make-over – I'm not going to until it's done. It's amazing. Ms. Passion is a miracle worker. Cross your fingers and with a little luck maybe I can show you on Monday or Tuesday. But here are some hints.
First I threw open the window's (pulled down the sheet). I could almost hear the neighbor's silent cheers as the monstrosity came down – NEVER to be put up again.
I spent a day removing items to be sorted later. Donated 4 bags of fabric to the thrift pile and saved another 4 for maybe a future garage sale. Then I spent maybe 5 days painting. FIVE DAYS is insane, but so is trying to paint stripes. If Ms. Passion wants stripes elsewhere in the house I may mutiny. No I won't give up - but I might whine. However after spending so much time I have to admit her technique looks amazing.
The kids are continuing to pitch in. Without them the whole room would have taken twice as long.
And since I can't show you the completed room I thought I'd give you a glimpse into some material I've been assigned to do something crazy with.
The whole process has been liberating. In so many ways. My Young and Gorgeous Counselor summed it up like this by sharing this quote with me.
Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~Marianne Williamson
And guess what? The fear is shrinking and I'm starting to shine.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Crud, Sweat and Tears – Worth It?
So a week and a half after Ms. Passion helped me start on room number one… The Family Room/Library/Music Room… well I'm proud to report that it is 99% done. Remember the beginning of our room?
It involved a lot of Crud removal, Some good old-fashioned elbow grease, and I'm proud to say I bawled like a baby nearly every day.
Saying good-bye to bad habits is painful, but worth it. Remember this wasn't my worst room but a very packed room.
Out of this room went three bookcases full of books, a piano, 6 bags of trash, and probably another 10 boxes of thrift items.
And after that it looked a whole lot like this…
And this… with the couches taking up the majority of the center of the room.
Do ya like all the electronic cables hanging around?
Ms. Passion is a genius – I might add. Before she became a professional organizer she was a home stager. You know, someone who goes into homes and stages it for a quick sale. She knows her stuff. So not only was she helping me organize but she also is staging my home so that it is not only functional but beautiful. We spent around $55 on paint, electrical parts so my husband could rewire the entertainment center, and a art piece and lamp from the thrift store.
Ready for the reveal…
Introducing our 'Family Room'!
We moved the entertainment center to a different wall. Then Ms Passion found a way to make some of my more treasured stuff and arrange it in a way to make my husband say, 'Wow.' at least 5 times when he finally saw the room put together. Wow is right.
The best part was she involved the whole family. Everyone had homework. From sanding…
To painting the trim white (which I've always wanted to do).
To rewiring…
And a ton of dusting and cleaning and re-dusting, and re-cleaning. The whole process was messy.
But so rewarding…
I cheated early on, and tried to do some of the kids homework for them. Cause I could just envision the trim paint slapped all over the walls, etc. However Ms. Passion chewed me out good about that one and she was right. The kids need to invest part of themselves into making this room functional and beautiful. They are more likely to take care of items they worked so hard to make that way.
Ms. Passion even found some fabric in my stash that complimented the couches. So we turned that swatch into some curtains.
The only homework we have left? Well, we are going to repurpose some left-over small matching cubbies into a desk for this corner. And that's going to allow us to pull the computer out of the dining room and put it here where the whole family can use it.
So that's it – One room Done! Guess which room everyone wants to spend time in now? We all love it and can't wait to see the magic Ms. Passion works on the rest of our home. And the rest of the house, – well it's desperate for the same treatment.
So for those who want to follow along I thought I'd post the steps I'm going through to overcome this Hoarding Addiction as well as Ms. Passions lessons that she's giving me.
* Step 1: First you have to ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. Yes, I know I'm a hoarder and I'm SO ready to be in the recovery phase of that illness. Then HAVE A DESIRE TO MAKE A CHANGE and have the courage to realize that you need to ask others for help. Without the Acknowledgement or the Desire you are basically stuck on step one.
* Step 2: ENLIST THOSE WILLING TO HELP ~ family, friends, counselors, organizers, blog buddies, etc. Make sure they are committed, and will hold you accountable if you flub-up.
* Step 3: EVERY ROOM HAS A PURPOSE! If some item is in the room that doesn't fit the room's purpose it needs to leave. You wouldn't cook your food in a bathroom, or do your laundry in the front room. Bring the Purpose back to your rooms. What is the Vision for your home? Both in looks, and how it makes you feel.
Clutter never feels good.
Ms. Passion helped us clear everything out of our family room except items that fit a basic vision for it's purpose. A room where our family could view movies, play board games, study scriptures, and have fun.
All the extra stuff is temporarily being housed in my last room – the front room.
We are going to hit every room this way. One room at a time. Eliminate everything that doesn't fit the room's purpose. I suspect that the hardest part will be seeing all the left over stuff I've accumulated in a embarrassingly large mountain of a pile. That and after the last room is completed; knowing I will most likely have to part with that pile will be excruciatingly painful – but I suspect the beauty of having a home where everything has a place and is in it's place. Well, I'm convinced that-soon-to-be place of peace and beauty will give me the courage to make those hard choices. I'm ready to keep going.
Quick Reminder…
From this…
To This.
And This…
To This.
It feels more Peaceful already.


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The Smoking Cigar
Black marking pens are undoubtedly going dry around the House Judiciary Committee this week as congressional blue noses work overtime to delete the most heavy-breathing sexual passages from the final round of documents from Kenneth Starr's forays through the keyhole. With roughly 90 percent of the remaining 50,000 pages of documents to be censored, free-thinking readers must already be wondering what they're likely to be missing. A clue to the kind of material that inspires a bipartisan coverup can be gleaned from one of answers that was redacted from the transcript of Madcap Monica's final session with Starr's assistants. The demure Ms. Lewinsky was asked, "What did you do with the cigar afterwards?" Frustratingly enough for free-speech fans, Monica's answer was completely blacked out. Somehow Chatterbox doesn't think that the missing cigar was sent over to be kept for posterity at the Smithsonian.
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For the month of November our book club had to opportunity to read the manuscript for the book Christian's Cross. What a fun experience to read something that hasn't been published yet. It was interesting to hear what the group thought about the book.
I don't want to give away the story before it's published, so I will not write much about the plot and characters here. I am one of those who reads for fun and doesn't really critique much while I read, so I didn't have much negative feedback. I enjoyed listening to what others who were more experienced in critiquing written works had to say. If you weren't there you really missed out on some great discussion.
We all seemed to agree that the plot was intriguing and that there were parts of the story that really grabbed you. We discussed all of the characters--what we liked and what we didn't like.
For those of you who could not make it Shirley sent out this great list of questions that we discussed:
1. Could you relate to the character? Why or why not?
2. What did you think about the setting for the story? (Where the story happens.)
3. What seemed believable about the story?
4. What did you think was the most exciting part of the story?
5. Was there a part of the story that was unclear or that you had questions about?
6. Did you have a favorite scene?
7. What did you think about the Inner Mission? How is it like or unlike other organizations that you have known?
8. How did you feel about the ending?
9. Are there parts of this novel that you can compare to other novels that you have read?
10. Other comments?
We also talked about what we liked about the author's writing in general and what we thought he could do differently. We discussed the sentence structure, the dialogue, and editing certain word choices.
Thank you to Shirley for hosting! We all had a wonderful time.
Don't forget our Christmas party coming up Dec. 4th at Michelle's. It's going to be a blast.
What did you think of the manuscript? Write a comment. Let's talk about it some more!


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I love how the mint coloured coredinations cardstock picks up the green in the ministers robe. This pack was very versatile for all occasions. When I first received it I thought I would be only able to use it for kids birthday parties, but no here is a christening.
The flower is a white one which I have inked with 2 Tim Holts distress ink being
- fired brick and spiced marmalade.
I made a little flag from some scrap and a toothpick.
Now don't forget to get your entries into Jo - firstname.lastname@example.com by tomorrow and then come back and have a look at the next months challenge. If you need anything pop over to Jo's shop
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The golden era of muscle cars started in early 1960s and its inevitable end came in early 1970s. However, during its short stint, it left us with the most memorable and highly collectible vehicles. Biggest names of the cars today such as Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Charger and Chevrolet Corvette are from the golden era of muscle cars.
Even though most of the notable cars from that era are long gone, (with many still in collectors garages) many people are still appreciating their value and some of those cars are the most expensive cars that ever sold at auction.
To pay tribute to the legendary kings of the road and drag strips, here's the list of some of the top muscle cars that ruled the '60s and '70s.
1964 Pontiac GTO
Many car enthusiasts consider this car as the very first muscle car. Back in 1964, although this car has a lightweight body, it was packed with one of the biggest and powerful engine. The 389 cu in V-8 engine was stuffed into the lightweight body of the 1964 Pontiac GTO. This car was the collaborated effort of Russell Gee, Bill Collins and John Delorean. They created this car after General Motors issued a ban against factory-sponsored racing.
John DeLorean received various controversies because he named the car after the Ferrari 250 GTO. The Italian sports car was known for its power. However, many people are surprised by the Pontiac GTO's power because this car's engine has 325hp and it recorded a 0 – 60 mph acceleration in just 6.6 seconds.
1967 Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake
Though this car resembles a sports car, it still has American muscle under its small body. In fact, this car was one of the rarest classic American muscle cars.
Carol Shelby wanted to build the fastest car on the road, so he modified a Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake in 1967. He only managed to modify two Shelby Mustang and both of them are packed with the Paxton twin superchargers. It multiplies the engines' actual output. His modified 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake has an 800hp!
1968 Dodge Charger R/T
Dodge Charger is one of those classic cars that survived the test of time. Though this car is originally from late '60s, it's still one of the famous cars of our generation.
Dodge Charger has appeared on various TV Shows and movies. General Lee of "Dukes of Hazard" was a Dodge Charger and Vince Diesel frequently uses various Dodge Chargers on the movie franchise "The Fast and The Furious."
The 1968 Dodge Charger featured hidden headlight grille and it has the timeless body design. Several engine options are also available for this car, it's either the 440 cu in four barrel Magnum V-8 engine with 375hp or the legendary 426 Hemi engine that boast 425hp.
With a stunning look and intimidating power, the 1968 Dodge Charger R/T was indeed a complete package.
1968 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi
The Plymouth Road Runner Hemi is either powered by the 383 cu in four barrel V-8 engine with 335hp or the legendary 426-cid Hemi engine with 425hp. This car became successful because it offers back-to-basics package. Many people back in that period wanted to buy a car without expensive embellishments.
During this car's development, Plymouth focused on its performance rather than its design. Every part that is not related to the car's performance was left behind such as the interior added options.
While Plymouth was acquiring the license to use the "Road Runner" name, they paid $50,000 to Warner Bros. An extra $10,000 was paid by Plymouth because they wanted to use the "beep beep" sound as the Road Runner's horn.
1969 Camaro ZL1
Inarguably the fastest and powerful muscle car of the late '60s. The Camaro ZL1 was powered by the racing engine called ZL1. This 427 cu in big-block V-8 was made of aluminum and it has 500hp. This car could accelerate 0-60 mph in just 5.3 seconds. However, only 69 units of Camaro ZL-1 are made and that makes this car as one of the rarest cars ever.
1969 Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet
Most Ford Mustang fans back in that time considered this car as Ford's challenger against Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird. The Mustang Cobra Jet was the powerful version of Ford Mustang; this car was powered by the big 428-cid V-8 engine with large valve heads.
The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet features a ram-air induction, functional hood scoop and intake manifold from the previous models. Ford officially advertised its engine with 335hp. However, the real output of its engine was close to 410hp.
Before the release of the Mustang Cobra Jet, Mustang was overshadowed by Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Firebird and Plymouth Barracuda. But after the release of the Mustang Cobra Jet, people are starting to consider the Mustang as a real competitor.
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS
This car was always included in the list of powerful classic muscle cars because it was powered by another legendary engine, the LS6.
This car was introduced in 1964 as Chevrolet's entry in muscle car wars. However, this car was not that successful but it still managed to make its own fan base. This car doesn't have an intimidating factor until 1970 when the most powerful Chevelle was introduced. Powered by the 454 cu in big-block V-8 engine with 450hp, this car could accelerate from 0-60mph in just 6 seconds.
1971 Plymouth 'Cuda Convertible
The rare Plymouth 'Cuda convertible was one of the most sought-after muscle cars in history. This car became the holy grail of muscle cars not only because it was powered by the legendary Hemi engine, this car was Plymouth's answer to the powerful and famous muscle cars of that time. Particularly, Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro.
What makes the 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda convertible even rarer? Only 11 of them were built in 1971.
This car was a perfect combination of good looks and powerful performance. Just recently, one of these rare 'Cuda convertibles were sold in Barrett Jackson auction for an astounding $4 million.
1973 De Tomaso Pantera
The brainchild of Alejandro De Tomaso, the 1973 De Tomaso Pantera was an underrated gem. This car was designed by Tom Tjarda while its structural design was created by Giampaolo Dallara. Giampaolo eventually collaborated with the developers of Lamborghini Miura. Alejandro managed to fuse their ideas to create this De Tomaso Pantera
This car is powered by a 351 cu in 'Cleveland V-8 engine' with 330hp then it was paired with a ZF 5-speed manual transmission. This combination achieved a top speed of 150 mph and it can accelerate from 0-60mph in just 5.5 seconds.
In 1970, the De Tomaso Pantera was introduced at New York Show. This car easily gained popularity because of its simple but stunning design along with its powerful engine. After Elvis Presley bought a De Tomaso Pantera, the popularity of this car went to a higher level.
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WHOA we had a super serious storm yesterday!! I love a good bit of thunder and lightening but this was a Wizard of Oz-like tornado. Trust me when I say, I was a tad freaked out! It left our neighborhood all jumbled up with power lines, fallen trees and very sadly a bunch of crushed homes (both of the bungalows behind us are a mess). So today we are feeling very grateful to have a home in one piece and no one hurt. And thank you to Miss Annie for the insanely yummy dark chocolate with pistachio buttercream cupcakes! Did you ever think of opening a bakery? Well, yes you did indeed!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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- Corinne said...
So glad you're all okay! Those cupcakes look super yummy.
- March 1, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- rita jean said...
wow!!! Those cupcakes look really, really good!!! I can't look at them too long--they make me want some. :)
- March 8, 2011 at 3:57 PM
- dangel smith said...
very beautiful girl! so cute baby..
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"Certainly it is not the end of the war ... But when you take Aleppo, you control 90 percent of the fertile areas of Syria, the regions that hold the cities and markets, the populated regions," said a senior pro-Damascus official in the region.
However, the battlefield victories that seem - for now - to have secured Assad's rule have been won in large part not by his own depleted military, but by Russian warplanes and a shock force of foreign Shi'ite militias backed by Iran.
That percentage is rot, but you get the idea. The west is the core of Syria.
How will Assad take the rest of Syria if the rebels don't collapse? Even if America does the work of killing ISIL for Assad, there are Arab rebels in the west and Kurds in the northern strip. We are supporting Arabs in the mostly Kurdish drive on Raqqa.
And I doubt that Arab states concerned about Iranian influence will stand down from their support for rebels (including those we don't like) and give Iran and Assad a victory.
Nor do I think the Turks are eager to have Assad win this civil war.
I read that ISIL was able to recapture Palmyra because government attention was focused on the battle for Aleppo (and since the fall of the city, the Russians are sending troops from Aleppo to Palmyra). This perhaps speaks of the scarcity of mobile forces on Assad's side, where most government forces--like most rebel forces--are local self defense forces.
Early in the fighting before this conflict settled into a civil war, I wrote that Assad couldn't control the entire country with the military he had available.
And the Syrian military has gotten far worse since then. Despite the Russian and Iranian help that has kept Assad afloat that he may have to seriously consider abandoning Damascus and moving the capital to Latakia to make a stand in a rump Syria.
Victory or not at Aleppo--and I doubt we are at the last Battle for Aleppo--Assad is faced with the fact that Syria is in a post-Assad phase already.
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In the hot Portuguese summer a bushfire is not a rare thing. To fight the fires they often use planes. Some kiters wanted wanted first row seats?!?
Look how heavy the plane is when it's full of water. A difficult take off. They should give the pilot a GoPro camera, should be a nice view ;-)
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After a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory in Columbus on Thursday night, the Predators return to Smashville to play the Anaheim Ducks tonight (7 p.m. FS-TN) and hope to have a little quicker start than they have had in recent games.
Against the Jackets, the Predators had zero offense in the beginning and did not get their second shot until there was 2:29 seconds left in the opening period. The Preds are near the bottom of the league in shots, averaging 26.3 shots per game which barely eclipses last place Minnesota who has 26.0.
The Predators have only out shot their opponents five times this season and were ten games into the season before they out shot the Ducks 29-20 on October 29th which was a 3-0 shutout.
This will be the third meeting of the year between the Preds and the Ducks and the last at Bridgestone Arena. In addition to the October shutout from Pekka Rinne, the Preds won 4-2 in Anaheim on November 9.
The Ducks have had a turbulent season this year, bringing an 8-15-5 record into tonight's game. The poor start cost Randy Carlyle his job when he was replaced by Bruce Boudreau last week. The team is 1-2-1 under the new coach and little appears to have changed.
On the flip side, Predators coach Barry Trotz will move past Billy Reay into third place all time in consecutive games with one team at 1013 when the puck drops tonight. Only Al Arbour (1500) and Lindy Ruff (1093) lie ahead of Trotz.
The Predators are hoping to even their home record (4-5-3) with a win tonight. The team has traditionally played well at home and needs to get on a run to re-establish their home ice dominance.
After struggling for years on the man-advantage, the Predators have moved into fourth place in the NHL on the power play with a 20.2% success rate. The Ducks are usually near the top on the power play but are languishing in 15th place (17.5%) so far this year.
It is expected that the two squads will send their top netminders out for tonight's game. Pekka Rinne (11-9-4, 2.61, .920) broke his personal six game losing streak on Thursday. Jonas Hiller (7-12-5, 3.12, .901) has also struggled this year with little support on defense in front of him.
Update from @AnaheimDucks: Dan Ellis (1-3-0, 2.23, .929) will be in net tonight for the #NHLDucks to face his former team in Nashville.
After tonight's game, the Predators will remain home for games with Calgary, Detroit and St. Louis next week.
For POTG ticket pricing go here and use the special offer code "preds" here to get the best prices for the match with the Ducks and all remaining Predator home games.
For other Predator previews, check out Amanda DiPaolo, Ryan Porth, Patten Fuqua, Jeremy Gover, Dirk Hoag, Paul McCann, Predatorial, The Tennessean, and Predators.com.
Ryan Porth has an audio clip with Jerred Smithson previewing tonight's game.
For Ducks previews go to O C Register, Long Beach Press-Telegram, L A Times, L A Daily News, Ducks Blog - Adam Brady, Anaheim Calling, Battle of California, ESPN- Los Angeles, Press Enterprise, Daily Ducks Blog, Ducks and Cover, Ducks and Pucks, Quackalackin', and Brian Kennedy - Inside Hockey.
For the complete Game Notes from NHL Media Services go here.
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
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Mar. 1st, 2011
Madison - JUST IN 3pm
Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time before Walker started equating the erosion of his popular support with a siege. In my estimation, this simply further demonstrates his absolute contempt for actual democracy.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Concrete Barricades Being Installed In Front Of Wis. Capital
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Siofra Cleirigh Buttner was on the shoulder of Stanford's Elise Cranny, and then she wasn't.
Once again Villanova's middle-distance dynamo had found a gear few possess. Once again she powered to the front of the pack and led the Wildcats to a Penn Relays victory — this one, in Friday's 4-by-1,500 relay, was their second in as many days — and once again she was at a loss to explain it all.
"It seems like I get the same question every time," she said. "For me, I just listen to my legs."
And so she did, anchoring the victorious relay with a blistering 4:11.03 leg. The Wildcats, clocked at 17:25.85, won this race for the second straight year and 11th time in all. They also gave fifth-year senior Angel Piccirillo her eighth career victory, a women's record for the Relays.
The performance by Buttner, a junior, was nothing Wildcats coach Gina Procaccio hadn't seen before. After she ran a strong 800-meter leg to key the 'Cats to a victory in Thursday's distance medley relay (see story), Procaccio talked about her "amazing turnover, to go from zero to 60."
"I've never had an athlete accelerate like she has," she said.
Surely that burst comes in part from her homeland. A native of Dublin, Ireland, she talked about running lush, green hills as a teenager.
"I think that just made me a lot faster," she said.
And it comes in part from the event itself.
"When you come here," Procaccio said, "you just become a different being."
But no small part of it comes because of the push Buttner's teammates give her, and the tireless pursuit — on her part, and everyone else's — of the stars who preceded her at VU.
Be assured she doesn't want to drop that baton, any more than she does a real one.
In Friday's relay, she was preceded by sophomore Bella Burda, Piccirillo and another soph, Nicole Hutchinson, the last of whom saw Stanford's Christina Aragon nudge into the lead shortly before the exchange.
And for over three laps, Buttner was content to ride Cranny's shoulder. Her parents and sister were looking on. So too was Procaccio, who fretted a bit, knowing that Buttner's best event is the 800, while Cranny had run a sub-4:12 mile this year, and a sub-4:10 last spring.
"I was hurting that last 800," Buttner said, "but I knew that she was hurting, too."
She also knew she had enough in reserve — that indeed she always does. And sure enough she blew past Cranny with 200 meters remaining, and that was that. The Wildcats won by nearly two seconds.
"I just have full confidence in myself," she said, "and remember what I'm doing it for and who I'm doing it for."
Folks like Piccirillo, a close friend.
"There's no one more deserving (of the record) than Angel," said Buttner, who has won five wheels herself at the Relays.
She followed what she called "the Irish Pipeline" to Villanova, the one laid by Ronnie Delany, Eamonn Coghlan and Marcus O'Sullivan years ago, and during a campus visit got some idea of the import of the Relays when she saw hundreds of wheels lining the walls of one of the school's sports palaces.
"I'd already known a little bit about the Penn Relays," she said, "but once I saw that I really understood the big story behind it."
So she came over. And here's another tribute to her speed — she outran homesickness.
"I don't think when you're a student-athlete, you have time to be homesick," she said.
Buttner reiterated something Procaccio said after Friday's race — that she is following in the footsteps of departed star Steph Schappert, just as Piccirillo and Schappert were following Emily Lipari and Nicky Akande, and Lipari and Akande were tracking Sheila Reid.
The chase is ongoing. And Buttner is forever listening to her legs, forever ready to put it into overdrive.


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Well, the roof and drive seem to easily clear of the white stuff, but the lawn is stuck in white cover mode. The sun has been bright over several days and some thinning of the snow can be found, but some areas look unfazed by the light. We think winter is here. The lake iced over some time after the 16th. No telling if the geese took off but they are not heard honking any more.
Now next door Fish Hook Lake still has water and geese. I see on the web that Big Sand and Long have open water. But, Mud Lake is in winter look. Only a tiny area where the snow has melted leaving clear ice marks the remains of the sun.


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My husband had a special request for dinner. It wasn't steak, nor was it pizza. It was a diner staple... A patty melt. Before then, I have never even eaten a patty melt but now I am hooked. It was so easy, and had rave reviews from the whole family. With a little prep during the day or the night before, you can use this diner classic on your busiest night of the week.
This is one of those meals that you don't need a recipe to make it. Just a few of your favorite toppings.
Make your burger patties about 4 oz, and cook all the way threw. In the winter, I cook them in a skillet, but in the summer cook extra patties on the weekend from the grill. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until the patty melt night. ( if it's longer than 3 or 4 days, put in the freezer, but thaw before using)
You can use whatever leftovers you want. My husband likes caramelized onions and pickled jalapeño peppers. I like sautéed mushrooms and bell peppers. Add a little barbecue sauce or hot sauce or pesto and a cheese of your choice. I find shredding the cheese helps it melt easier, and it uses less cheese to save a few calories. All you do now is place your filling between two pieces of bread, buttered on the outside and cook like you would a grilled cheese sandwich. I like to use my panini maker.
How great would this be on the night where everyone is home for dinner at different times? How about on soccer practice night when you have 30 minutes to get out the door?
What I really like about this meal is the versatility. How about a chicken burger with tomato sauce and mozzarella for a Chicken Parmesan melt, or with a slice of ham and swiss cheese for a Chicken Cordon Bleu melt? Turkey burger with bacon, tomato and white cheddar for a BLT melt? Beef burger with sautéed peppers and onions and provolone cheese for a philly cheesesteak melt? Turkey burger cranberry sauce and brie? The possibilities roll around in my mind until finally its time for dinner.


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1. & Other Stories wool-blend coat / £165
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's officially the last day of summer today. But look on the bright side - that means it's time to buy a new coat! I for one am a huge outerwear fan. I'm also a huge & Other Stories fan. So perusing the high street brand's delicious array of new season coats is pretty much my favourite thing to do right now. This alpaca-blend navy beauty is top of my list.
2. MOP pear detangler / £12.60
Being unashamedly focused on the outward appearance of my cosmetic products, perhaps even more than whether they do a good job or not (sorry not sorry), has meant I've found it something of a struggle to find a detangling hair product that meets my aesthetic requirements. I've not heard of MOP before but this cute little bottle might just fit the bill. Plus it smells deliciously of pear drops, too.
Can't get enough of understated rose gold jewellery. I love that these earrings are a little bit dressy but not so much so that they'd look out of place in the office.
4. Whistles Sidney drawstring bag / £235
You know by now how much I love a good Whistles bag. The best on the high street, hands down. Loving the pale grey colour of this drawstring beauty.
5. Topshop Boutique peplum hem tank top / £38
I can't quite put my finger on why I love this so much, particularly since it may seem a little more feminine than my usual tastes. It's just minimalist enough for me but with a point of difference. Would be perfect with leather trousers or boyfriend jeans to play down the flounce.
6. Tom Dixon cell tea light holder / £14 (reduced from £35)
I love Tom Dixon's designs and the saving on this beautiful tea light holder is too good to resist.
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Per the article I wrote this week pertaining to what direction Wake County School System is going, toward the end of the article, I wrote the following:
Meanwhile NCNAACP Pres. Rev. William Barber, who has been lamenting the Wake School Board's changes and right-wing political influence, has agreed to meet with Supt. Tata about his student assignment recommendations. But Tata has also challenged Barber to prove that the NAACP has worked to recruit black teachers and principals, and has helped with school system community outreach.
Ironically, and apparently Supt. Tata is unaware, but the NCNAACP was rebuffed several times by Chairman Margiotta when it offered over a year ago to work with the conservative majority when it took over, discuss key issues, and fashion a comprise to the Republican-led board's goal of neighborhood schools.
Well, an old crabby critic of yours truly, who goes by the handle of "Howler001 (I'll call him or her "Howie000" for short) apparently took offense to this passage after the News & Observer's T. Keung Hui wrote about it in his WakeEd blog Friday.
Here's Howie's rant:
In truth, Margiotta offered Barber a private meeting with the school board in early 2010, just as Tata has done this time. Barber turned that offer down because he wanted to make a 45 minute public presentation at a January, 2010 school board meeting. Citing the fact that school board policy has ALWAYS been to refuse ANY organization a public meeting, Margiotta countered with an offer for a private meeting, and was rebuffed by Barber and the NAACP. For details, see:
Readers, be careful here. Michaels has an agenda and he's willing to alter the truth in order to make his point. I wish I had more time to point out all the inaccuracies in his blog posts.
And that was at least 30 minutes. Been to many a Raleigh City Council meeting where long presentations by outside groups seeking money or offering services or partnerships have taken place.
Keith Sutton, the board's only black member, had to demand to be included in the meeting that focused on possible racial discrimination against children in his district.